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Q: Does Universal have any plans to release the third and final season of the 1970s "Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" series on DVD? It has been several years since Season 2 was released and fans of the show would like to complete the collection.

Sadly enough, not so far, though the company has been known to keep its mystery fans in suspense. Universal released the first season of "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" series in early 2005, then waited more than two years before releasing Season 2 in the summer of 2007. The company certainly seemed enthused about the prope...

Q: I saw an ad for a battery, and it looked like Mike Piazza was trying to start his car. Was that him? It was an ad for an auto-parts store.

There's been a surprising amount of buzz about this, many people wondering whether or not that's retired baseball great Mike Piazza schlepping car batteries for Autozone. It is indeed the Met himself (or former Met anyway), looking disgruntled at this car that sadly is not equipped with a Duralast car battery, which are available at his nea...

Q: I was watching the Jet Li movie "Romeo Must Die" the other day and recognized one of the actors but couldn't place him. Who's the guy playing Mac, Isaak's right-hand man?

Shining through that film in the role of the double-crossing crime lieutenant Mac, Isaiah Washington was still a few years away from fame when "Romeo Must Die" came out in 2000. Despite his well-earned breakout performance, there was still a forest of small parts and direct-to-video thrillers between him and "Grey's Anatomy,&...

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