The finalists for the 2008 Hugo Award have been announced. Here are the novel category nominees:

The Yiddish Policeman's Union by Michael Chabon
Brasyl by Ian McDonald
Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer
The Last Colony by John Scalzi
Halting State by Charles Stross

I haven't read any of these yet, but I've had Halting State on my to-read list for quite a while now. I'm currently reading River of Gods by Ian McDonald and am not liking his style too much, but I'm not very far into it yet - so hopefully it improves.

The full HD trailer for Tropic Thunder is out. Robert Downey Jr. is hilarious in this.

A woman spent 2 years on her boyfriends toilet, and she was literally stuck to it when the authorities tried to get her off.

Only 6 days till the release of Black Tide's 1st album. I have high hopes, but am fully prepared to be underwhelmed. If Shockwave is their best song I'll be disappointed.

The new Wednesday 13 album - Skeletons gets released April 19th. Its odd, horror-pop music that reminds me of Marilyn Manson. Not my normal music taste, but I liked the last album alot.

2 tracks from the new album have been put up at the MySpace link above.

UPDATE: The release date has been pushed back to May 13, 2008, and you can pre-order it from Amazon.