'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports || 'Bioshock,' which became one of last year's biggest console games, is making the expected move to the big screen with Gore Verbinski on board to direct, according to Variety || The last two seasons of 'Lost' will now be 17 hours each instead of 16 hours to make p for time lost because of the Writers Guild of America strike, says The Hollywood Reporter || Common, a rap artist, has decided to take a turn to acting and has been granted a role on 'Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins,' according to Variety || For the first time, SciFi Channel will rerun episodes of the 1987-94 series 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' joining 'Charmed' and 'Mork & Mindy' on the cable outlet, Variety reports || 'Star Trek: The Experience' may be running out of steam. Cedar Fair, which owns the Las Vegas attraction, says there are no plans to renew its contract with CBS Corp., which could close the event next year, TrekToday reports ||

'300,' 'Battlestar Galactica' Take Top Prizes In Genre Awards

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By MICHAEL HINMAN
Source: SyFy Portal
Oct-01-2007

It only took three years of being the most-nominated program, but "Battlestar Galactica" is finally a winner at the SyFy Genre Awards, being the favorite for Best Series/Television by the more than 25,000 voters participating in the eighth annual event.

"Galactica" once again came into this year with the most nominations, spread out through various actor categories and even a couple of nods in the Gene Roddenberry Lifetime Achievement Award category, but was shut out from every one except for Best Series, where it beat out some tough competition like "Doctor Who," "Lost," "Heroes" and "Jericho."

The Frank Miller epic "300" also did well in this year's Genre Awards, sweeping all the movie categories including Best Actor for Gerard Butler, Best Actress for Lena Headey and Best Movie.

But don't discount any of the other shows. The Stargate series did very well with Amanda Tapping from "Stargate: SG-1" winning Best Actress/Television, Richard Dean Anderson winning Best Special Guest for his role in "SG-1's" "200," and Joe Flanigan making a surprise win as Best Actor/Television for "Stargate: Atlantis."

Another Tapping project, the online series "Sanctuary," won the first-ever award for Best Web Production, beating out two Webisodes of "Battlestar Galactica" and a "Star Trek: New Voyages" episode. In the same vein, GateWorld outlasted some strong Web sites, including last year's winner Whedonesque, to win Best Web Site.

"Heroes" on NBC also took home a trio of awards including Best Supporting Actor/Television for Masi Oka, Best Supporting Actress/Television for Ali Larter, and Best Young Actor for Hayden Panettiere.

For Best Episode/Television, the first season finale of "Doctor Who" was a winner, "The Parting of the Ways" while the late James Doohan won this year's Gene Roddenberry Lifetime Achievement Award.

A video production of all the winners can be found here, which already has been viewed by more than 1,000 people since being released Saturday night.

The SyFy Genre Awards started in 1999 and has been a staple of the SyFy Portal universe for nearly a decade. Considered the original virtual awards (and one of the largest), the Genre Awards get a list of nominees from a hand-picked committee from around the world. Then, fans have a chance to vote for their favorites once per day for 30 days, which this year attracted more than 25,000 people.

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