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Bruce Boxleitner, the star of the Sci-Fi classic film Tron and the hit Sci-Fi TV series Babylon 5, told the Eon magazine site that he would be willing to appear in the proposed sequel to Tron, Tron 2. Director Steven Lisberger is reportedly working on the script for the sequel and the plot of the new Tron apparently does not include any of the original characters.

Boxleitner also told the Eon that he wonders whether or not any new Babylon 5 project would be able to get off the ground. Meanwhile, Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski told fans recently that he is in talks with the Sci-Fi channel on a variety of projects reportedly set in the Babylon 5 universe. According to the Sci-Fi wire, a spokeswoman for the Sci-Fi channel only confirmed that talks about "unspecified projects" are in progress.

But even so Boxleitner is unconvinced. He told the site that Time/Warner (which is now owned by AOL) will be asking, 'Where is the money to be made?' The actor also said that it isn't about what the fans want or whether it would be 'cool', it's about how much money can be made from something. He added that the Syndication market is "disappearing" and that if the Sci-Fi channel were going to rekindle Babylon 5 that they should continue to do the two-hour television movies, because he thinks, "it's viable".

Steven Spielberg received an honorary knighthood on January 29th in a ceremony at the British Embassy in Washington. According to the British Ambassador, Sir Christopher Meyer, Spielberg, best known for his films "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Jurassic Park", received the honour in recognition of his "unique and outstanding contribution to international film".

According to the Official Star Trek site, Star Trek: the Cinema Audio Society has nominated Voyager, for an award for "Outstanding Sound Mixing". The series garnered the nomination for the "Unimatrix Zero" episodes, which list CAS member Alan Bernard as the sound mixer. The awards will be given out March 3rd in Universal City, California.

The nominees for the annual TV Guide Awards, which will be televised on FOX on March 7th, were announced on January 29th. The star of James Cameron's "Dark Angel", Jessica Alba, was two nominations for the awards. She was nominated as "Actress of the Year in a new show" and "Breakout Star of the Year". Kristen Johnston from "3rd Rock from the Sun" garnered a nomination for "Supporting Actress of the Year in a Comedy series", Alyson Hannigan from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" won a nomination for "Supporting Actress of the Year in a Drama series".

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