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Rubbing The Crystal Ball: Movieline Predicts the Hollywood Year Ahead

Today, as you’re well aware by now , Movieline celebrates its first birthday on these Internets [SFX: popping of champagne corks, the joyous slap of high-fives, the grinding snarl of a chainsaw carving an ice sculpture of Jim Cameron’s bust], and the occasion is being marked with some contemplative looks back at the previous year in entertainment as observed by our bouncing baby e-publication. With the retrospective angle so ably handled by other colleagues, this column’s been tasked with looking ahead to the coming year, and so we’ll gaze into the Movieline crystal ball and try to discern from the murky, flickering images contained therein what unexpected trends, paradigm-shifting events and other assorted happenings to expect from Hollywood in the next 12 months.

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Rubbing The Crystal Ball: Movieline Predicts the Hollywood Year Ahead

Syfy Acquires WWE SmackDown — Really

When you think of the Syfy network, you think of sweaty, steroid-fueled men (and women) issuing choreographed moves like the shining wizard , the Mongolian chop and the Bionic elbow for your guilty pleasure, right? Well, that is what the “Imagine Greater” network is hoping for when it premieres WWE Friday Night Smackdowns on Oct. 1. Syfy president Dave Howe rationalized that the partnership is perfect because “WWE is the ultimate in imagination-based sports entertainment.” Standing moonsault ! [ TVbytheNumbers ]

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Syfy Acquires WWE SmackDown — Really