Video game fan boys would be delighted to know that the sequel to the 1982 cult classic Tron is opening this weekend.

The concept of a human being transported into the digital world is still impossible but is amusing nonetheless.

Tron Legacy is Tron’s sequel set twenty years after the events in the original movie.

Actor Jeff Bridges reprises his roles as Kevin Flynn and Clu, the former CEO of ENCOM International and creator of the popular arcade game TRON. Actor Bruce Boxleitner is also coming back for his roles as Alan Bradley and Tron, an executive consultant for ENCOM International and close friend of Kevin.

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An inspirational boxing drama based on a true story, The Fighter stars Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale on the roles of professional boxer “Irish” Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale).

Actress Amy Adams co-stars as a love interest of Ward.

This early, critics are already praising the trio’s performance with all of them gaining nominations for the Golden Globe Awards. The movie itself is also in the running for Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama.

Wow, this is a must-see movie especially for a fighting fan like me.

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Amare Stoudemire’s scoring streak continues…

… but his team the New York Knicks’ winning streak breaks.

With 0.4 seconds remaining, the Boston Celtics’ Paul Pierce hit the jumper to break the tie and advance 118-116.

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Here are quick facts about Facebook: it has more than 500 million users, 1 out of every 10 people  uses it, the site handles 1.7 billion interactions a minute and almost 1 million new people sign up for Facebook every day.

And thanks to the critically-acclaimed movie The Social Network, we now know that it was created by Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook has become a social phenomenon in a global scale that Zuckerberg was named today as Time’s Person of the Year for 2010.

At 26 years of age, he became the second-youngest individual ever to be given the honor. Only aviator Charles Lindbergh was younger when he was named Time’s Man of the Year in 1928 when he was only 25.

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Having a hard time thinking of what gifts to buy to make your “true love” happy on Christmas?

Well, look no further as the carol Twelve Days of Christmas lyrics lists a series of gifts that you can give on each of the twelve days of Christmas: one partridge in a pear tree, two turtledoves, three French hens, four calling birds, five golden rings, six geese-a-laying, seven swans-a-swimming, eight maids-a-milking, nine ladies dancing, 10 lords-a-leaping, 11 pipers piping and 12 drummers drumming.

If you’re asking, “how much would each of the items in the 12 Days of Christmas cost?”, be prepared to break your bank.

Since 1984, U.S. bank PNC Financial Services tracks the cost of the items in the carol The Twelve Days of Christmas as some sort of tongue-in-cheek economic indicator that came to be known as the Christmas Price Index.

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When you think of Christmas carols, the song Twelve Days of Christmas immediately comes to mind.

With its harmonious melody and captivating lyrics that enumerates a series of gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas, it has enchanted people from all over the world for hundreds of years.

Yes, the song is already old as it was first published in England in 1780.

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