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Colin Ferguson: Duck, duck, goose is a lie

(CNN) -- Colin Ferguson and the Syfy channel have built a loyal following for the show "Eureka," now in its fourth season. The series' titular, top-secret town is filled with uber-geniuses and one wily sheriff, which turns out to be a great mix for science fiction. Ferguson is in Atlanta, Georgia, to promote "Eureka" at Dragon*Con, and stopped by CNN studios to answer a few of our fan-centric questions. CNN: Sheriff Carter (your character on "Eureka") is a very ingenious guy in a...

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Aaron Douglas: Dragon*Con’s mercurial sci-fi fan

(CNN) -- Aaron Douglas, better known as "Chief Tyrol" on "Battlestar Galactica," is a Dragon*Con veteran. Well known for being open with fans and the life of the Dragon*Con party, Douglas made a pit-stop at CNN to answer some of our BSG-fan questions. CNN: Had you seen the original BSG before taking the role? Aaron Douglas: Absolutely, I grew up on the original BSG, I grew up on "Star Wars." The great thing about "Battlestar" was that it was basically "Star Wars" but once a week, as opposed to waiting for three years for the movie to come out. I was a huge "Battlestar" fan. CNN: Tell us about when you first auditioned for "Battlestar Galactica" -- was it for the part of Capt. Tyrol? Douglas:...

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Nadine Coyle’s bar blues: Girls Aloud seeing red tape that could end her dream of …

She was long tipped as the one most likely to succeed a post-Girls Aloud career. But it looks like Nadine Coyle’s next hit could be financial. Her bar, Nadine’s Irish Mist, in Sunset Beach, California, owes the local Orange County tax authorities some $40,000 (about €31,000) – a sum that is increasing daily thanks to punitive interest rates. And to cap it all, the Coyle family business may be operating illegally, according to Orange County officials. Drink up: Nadine Coyle's Irish Mist, which is located just south of Los Angeles, was envisaged as the first in a chain of theme pubs It’s all a far cry from Nadine’s plans to make the bar the first in a chain...

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Let her push case! Spoiled princess Ashley Greene lets flunky tote FOUR cases

She usually comes across as a very down to earth, normal girl by Hollywood standards. But Ashley Greene behaved like a spoiled princess today as she waited for a limo to pick her up at Paris' CDG airport. The Twilight star looked a little overwhelmed with luggage as she landed in France earlier. Oblivious: Ashley Greene chats away on her phone while a flunky takes her luggage And it looked as if she brought quite a few things from Los Angeles for her European trip. But the actress clearly had no intention of actually carrying any of it herself - or even of helping. Instead, the 23-year-old made an airport flunky carry all four cases while she chatted away on her phone. She didn't even seem...

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Mother hen! Kate Gosselin feathers her empty nest with supplies for her pet chickens

She's usually running around after her eight children all day on reality TV show Kate Plus 8. But with all the children now in school all day, Kate Gosselin suddenly has a lot of extra time on her hands. So the 35-year-old mother of twins and sextuplets, paid a visit to a local store today to buy supplies for her pet chickens. Nesting: Kate Gosselin buys supplies for her pet chickens at a Target store in Pennsylvania The reality TV star can finally do whatever she feels like until the kids are home. But even in her spare time, Kate is busy taking care of shopping for her family..   More... And she was recently spotted leaving a Target store in Pennsylvania with no less than 24 rolls of...

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Apologetic Kanye West writes a song for Taylor Swift… and posts 70 tweets about how …

It's been a year since Kanye West infamously interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech during the MTV Video Music Awards. And in an attempt to move on from the sorry debacle, the rapper has written a song for the country sensation. 'I wrote a song for Taylor Swift that's so beautiful and I want her to have it,' he Tweeted. 'If she won't take it then I'll perform it for her.' There's no word from Taylor as to whether she'll accept the peace offering but it's clear that as this year's awards approach on Sept. 12, West wants Taylor and the world to know that he is really, really sorry. Sorry Taylor: Kanye West has apologised to Taylor Swift and written her a song ahead of his return to the...

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Mystery as Elton John’s mother puts a job lot of her son’s commemorative records and …

Sir Elton John’s mother is to sell off 40 platinum and gold discs from the star’s chart-topping pop career. The treasure trove for pop fans also includes the disc for his first major hit single, 1970’s Your Song, a platinum award for the first million sales of his 1973 album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, and another for the phenomenal success of Candle In The Wind as a re-released tribute to the Princess of Wales after Diana’s death in 1997. Sheila Farebrother, 85, is even putting up for auction copies of recordings Sir Elton has given her over the years, as well as the VIP passes she used for backstage access to her son when he was on tour. Golden boy: Sir Elton John...

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Still stunning at 66: Catherine Deneuve outshines her younger co-stars at Venice Film Festival

Forty three years after dazzling in Belle De Jour, Catherine Deneuve is still winning over film audiences with her evergreen beauty. Promoting her latest film at the Venice Film Festival today, the French actress looked decades younger than her 66 years as she posed on the red carpet. With her honey blonde hair hanging loose and looking sleek in a brown draped gown, the veteran star easily outshone her younger female co-stars Karin Viard, 44, and Judith Godreche, 38. Dazzling: Catherine Deneuve looked years younger than 66 as she arrived on the red carpet at the premiere of Potiche in Venice In an interview last year, Deneuve maintained she had never had surgery and credited good genes for...

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ATM robbers in Palmdale sought by deputies

Daily NewsPosted: 09/04/2010 03:30:39 PM PDTUpdated: 09/04/2010 04:12:23 PM PDT Palmdale deputies are looking for two men who may have been...

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RM90,000 to restore Gone With The Wind gowns

FANS of Gone With The Wind obviously do give a damn about Scarlett O'Hara's extravagant dresses with a US museum appeal for funds to restore gowns from the 1939 movie meeting its target in three weeks. The Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas in Austin, which acquires and preserves cultural materials,...

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