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Geek News March 19

Sources say Tom Cruise is talking about a fourth Mission: Impossible movie. The source says Cruise is "working on the story right now" and that he's been "thinking about how to stage a big action sequence in downtown Tokyo."

“Ain’t it Cool” is reporting that Forest Whitaker has dropped out of Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables due to a scheduling conflict. So who has Sly found to replace him? None other than Curtis Jackson aka 50 Cent. Anyone who has seen Get Rich or Die Tryin' or Home of the Brave or Righteous Kill knows that 50 Cent is probably the worst actor ever!

FREDDIE PRINZE JR. has been cast in an NBC comedy pilot called "No Heroics". It's about four MEDIOCRE superheroes . . . who are secretly living amongst us.

CBS and www.NCAA.com have not only increased their bandwiths for this week's tourney games, they've also installed a 'Boss' button, which allows employees to watch March Madness at work. Press it, and the audio feed turns off while a fake Microsoft spreadsheet pops up on the screen. The FBI estimates that $2.5 billion will be wagered on this year's NCAA basketball tournament. Only 4 percent of those bets will be wagered legally in Nevada. Last year, the "Boss Button"recorded more than 2.5 million clicks.

Strange shapes have been photographed hovering over London leading to speculation they could be UFOs. Derek Burdon was shocked by what he saw after he took a scenic pictures of the UK capital then noticed four flying saucers on the far right of the picture. Although invisible to the naked eye, the shapes can be clearly seen on the picture. In February video footage of a UFO hovering above the British coastline was captured by vacationers.