‘Dream’ come true

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Think of “Dream Machines” as being “Pimp My Ride” for sci-fi geeks. When series stars Marc and Shanon Parker were tapped to build a custom jet car for 50 Cent — which they do in the series premiere airing tomorrow at 10 p.m. on Syfy — the brothers were as inspired...

Clean sitch

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The Situation’s situation is over. Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino is out of rehab, just in time to gym, tan and get his laundry done before filming begins on the upcoming Season 6 of “Jersey Shore.” “The Situation is home!!!” he wrote on his Facebook page yesterday. “I just want...

Bravo lands a Zuck

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Bravo is branching out from its bread and butter programming starring giggling glamour girls and back-stabbers in high heels. Among the list of upcoming series in development that the cable network announced yesterday, are two reality series targeted at the tech-savvy crowd. “Silicon Valley” is the brainchild of Web entrepreneur...

A knockout: Mariska lays down ‘Law’ in Chinatown

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Detective Olivia Benson is a knockout. Here’s a look at “Law & Order: SVU” star Mariska Hargitay, who plays much-beloved Det. Benson, decking a suspected rapist after chasing him through the Chinatown streets in an upcoming episode. The scene also includes Benson slapping the perp and throwing him to the...

David Letterman signs on for two more years of ‘Late Show’

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Don’t have a heart attack – David Letterman is staying put for another two years. CBS has announced that it has reached agreements with both Letterman (“Late Show”) and Craig Ferguson (“The Late Late Show”) and will be extending the hosts’ contracts through 2014. The contract extension means Letterman will...

First black ‘Bach’?

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Lamar Hurd wants to be the first black “Bachelor.” The Fox Sports Northwest college basketball analyst has released a nearly 10-minute-long audition video in an effort to jump start a grassroots campaign — complete with rose-decorated T-shirts — to be cast on the next season of the ABC reality dating show. The...

Han solo: is sitcom next?

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Local “American Idol” wannabe Heejun Han is heading back home after taking ninth place. The Queens singer is due back in the Big Apple tomorrow after being voted off of “Idol” Thursday night — amidst criticism of his singing abilities and skepticism over how seriously he was taking the competition. “Everyone...

Han solo: is sitcom next?

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Local “American Idol” wannabe Heejun Han is heading back home after taking ninth place. The Queens singer is due back in the Big Apple tomorrow after being voted off of “Idol” Thursday night — amidst criticism of his singing abilities and skepticism over how seriously he was taking the competition. “Everyone...

This TV makes yours look fat

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Would you pay $8,000 for a TV that’s as thick as a sheet of corrugated cardboard? Electronics maker LG is reportedly ready to introduce the first big-screen TV in May using OLED technology that allows sets to be built less than a quarter inch thick. Early adopters eager...

‘Jersey Shore’ didn’t grow up. It grew out

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DJ Pauly D is in the house — but it’s not the famous one in Seaside Heights. He’s traded that joint in for a room in his dad’s house in his Rhode Island hometown. You’ll see Pauly D’s new digs during tomorrow night’s premiere of...