Pop Culture Roundup May 11, 2007

The surviving members of Pink Floyd reunited for a recent tribute to the group's late founder Syd Barrett.

Guitarist David Gilmour, bassist Roger Waters, drummer Nick Mason and keyboardist Rick Wright all appeared on stage at the "Syd Barrett -- Madcap's Last Laugh" gig, held at the London Barbican venue.

But it would appear the long-feuding Gilmour and Waters have yet to bury the hatchet. The pair appeared separately, the BBC reports, and were not photographed together.


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The fourth season of "Battlestar Galactica" is reportedly its last.

EDWARD JAMES OLMOS: ...This is the final season as we speak. All of us are very saddened by that, but we always knew there was going to be a conclusion and we would find Earth, so we will be finding Earth this season.

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Scotty, report to the bridge.

A search team continues to look for a rocket carrying ashes of the actor James Doohan, who played Scotty on "Star Trek," almost two weeks after it hurtled to the edge of space from New Mexico, the company behind the launch said on Thursday.

Remains of the Canadian-born actor, who died two years ago at the age of 85, blasted off from a remote launch site on April 29 carrying a payload that included the ashes of astronaut Gordon Cooper and several experiments.


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Butt him, Superhorse!

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NBC has picked up the new "Bionic Woman" for next season.

"The Bionic Woman," from exec producers David Eick, Glen Morgan, Jason Smilovic and Michael Dinner, stars Michelle Ryan as a woman remade into a techno wonder (on a show itself remade from a 1970s hit).

Also: The Daily Mail has posted the first shots of Michelle Ryan as the Bionic Woman.

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Gina Holden will play Dale Arden in the Sci Fi Channel's new "Flash Gordon" series.

Holden, who also appeared in The Butterfly Effect 2 as well as the upcoming Alien vs. Predator 2, will play Flash Gordon's love interest in the show, which is based on the classic SF comic-strip franchise.



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Paul McCartney's upcoming LP, Memory Almost Full, will be available for official download and Beatles' tracks may follow.

But while the Beatles' catalog has been under lock and key for years, it turns out that the chance to click-wheel one's way through Rubber Soul may have arrived at last.

McCartney said in an interview for Billboard's May 11 issue that a deal to clear the way for digital distribution has been "virtually settled" in light of the settlement of a lengthy trademark dispute between Apple Inc. (the Mac maker) and Apple Corps (the Beatles' company).


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The Hammer Horror studio is back from the dead!

...now the brand that defined the great British film alongside Ealing comedies and James Bond is back in business and plans to make more movies to terrify a new generation of fans.

Responsible for the classic horror series of Dracula, Frankenstein and Quatermass, alongside such gems as Blood from the Mummy's Tomb and the Sweet Scent of Death, the company will repackage some of these old favourites but also plans new productions, inspired by such modern horror movies as the just released 28 Weeks Later.


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NBC has launched a Web series that takes a behind-the-scenes look at "Heroes."

The eight installment series will go inside the making of “Heroes” and will begin rolling out exclusively on NBC.com on May 21st. The same day, “Heroes” Character Profiles will launch on the site as well. Additionally, the popular “Heroes” online graphic novel continues this summer with new chapters. The announcements were made by Vivi Zigler, Executive Vice President, NBC Digital Entertainment and New Media.

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