Dave and Thomas

A man tried to jump into the Pope Benedict XVI’s popemobile today, but was quickly overpowered by bodyguards and hauled to the ground.

The incident, which immediately recalled the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II in 1981, occurred at the beginning of the Pope's weekly general audience in St Peter's Square in the Vatican. Pope Benedict did not seem to notice the man and continued his audience as usual.

A Vatican official said the man, who was wearing a pink t-shirt, black shorts, a cap and sunglasses, managed to reach the back of the Pope's open-topped vehicle before the pontiff's team of eight guards wrestled him to the ground. He is being questioned by Vatican police.

For those of you worried about Disney dipping their mouse toes into the biblical realm remember they were the ones that produced "The Chronicles of Narnia," so it's really not new territory. No word yet if it would be animated or live action. [ ...more ]

Big budget series and cable TV stations usually don't mix. But hand it to the producers of 'Battlestar Galactica' for getting a lot of miles out of their remake of the sci-fi classic. Reports from the producers angle to next season being the last and that's probably a wise decision.

The good part of this is that they can go out on a high note. Ratings have dropped but the show is still popular. If they leave next season, which won't start till 2008, then they have a chance for fans who have left the show to get caught up and allow for a huge promo push to make their last season their best and most popular. The problem with a lot of Sci-fi based shows is that after they get popular they seem to hang on too long and turn to crap. You know the ones. We're proud of the series and what it has done and we look forward to the DVD sets and possible spin off in the future. [ ... more ]

Update: Sci Fi Channel has confirmed the end of the series as of today so it's official.