Lady GaGa goes futuristic with an Incredible new look

Lady Gaga certainly has some outrageous costumes both on and off stage, but her latest outfit seems rather incredible.


After leaving the stage last night at the O2 Arena, she slipped into something which looked straight out of Disney film The Incredibles.

The oddball singer's outfit was complete with a futuristic visor and even had a camera on her shoulder so that she could personally film the paparazzi.

The red long-sleeved top was complete with black PVC trimmings - strategically place, and she teamed the look with ripped fishnet tights.

She looked spookily similar to Elastigirl - the wife of Mr Incredible in the 2004 Disney/Pixar movie.

GaGa, real name Joanne Stefani Germanotta, was on her way back to her hotel after a sell out night in London.

Confused Britney Spears Goes Back to Blonde

Looking a bit melancholy or just straight up confused as to where the hell she is at the moment, Britney Spears heads to her salon for a nighttime hair appointment.


As she walked to the Hollywood salon, the star's hands never left her hair. Was she having weave issues? Second-guessing the transformation about to take place?

Could she simply not remember where she was going? Whether she turned off the coffee? Or remembered to DVR The Secret Life of the American Teenager?

One never knows with Britney ...

First Windows Phone 7 Series partner device unveiled (with video!)


Microsoft's Aaron Woodman just pulled off a little surprise here at The Engadget Show: he brought out LG's Windows Phone 7 Series pre-production prototype! The QWERTY slider is the first branded Windows Phone 7 Series device the world's ever seen, and while the hardware and software are both obviously early, we can tell you a few things about it: it's just a hair thicker than an iPhone or Nexus One, there are dedicated hardware camera, volume, and power buttons in addition to the back, home, and search buttons dictated by Windows Phone 7 Series, and we noticed a five megapixel camera with a flash on the back, along with a headphone jack. Can't say much apart from that right now, since things are so early and everything is subject to change, but things are certainly moving along. It's all going down on the show right now -- see it on video after the break!

What Comes After the iPad?



When the iPad was unveiled in January, everyone could agree on one thing: it did look a lot like a big iPhone. Begeek.fr extends Apple's consistent design to its logical conclusion in the company's next two revolutionary devices.

Apple supplier audit reveals sub-minimum wage pay and records of underage labor


Apple's famous desire for total control over its operations seems to have extended to its manufacturing facilities as we've come across Cupertino's Supplier Responsibility 2010 Progress Report, which details audits the American company has done of its overseas suppliers and the failures identified therein. The findings are pretty damning on the whole, with more than half (54 percent) of all factories failing to meet Apple's already inflated maximum 60-hour work week, 24 percent paying less than the minimum wage, 37 percent failing to respect anti-discrimination rules, and three facilities holding records of employing a total of eleven 15-year olds (who were over the legal age of 16 or had left by the time of the audit). Apple is, predictably, not jazzed about the situation, and has taken action through train-the-trainer schemes, threats of business termination with recidivist plants, and -- most notably -- the recovery of $2.2 million in recruitment fees that international contract workers should not have had to pay.

Tiger Woods: In Rehab For Drugs, Not Sex?

Tiger Woods is hiding the real reason he returned to rehab, according to the National Enquirer, which alleges he's in treatment for drugs, not sex addiction.

According to the venerable celebrity news publication, Tiger has checked into The Meadows treatment center in Wickenburg, Ariz., to battle his addictions.

To prescription medications.



Woods made no mention of his drug habit in his 13-minute apology speech, and insiders say wife Elin refused to participate in his sex addiction therapy.

American Idol: The First Four Gone Meet The Press

It’s never easy making it all the way through Hollywood Week and then getting the boot after your first performance as one of American Idol’s Top 24, but Season 9’s early exits were pretty accepting and gracious. Janell Wheeler, Ashley Rodriguez, Joe Muñoz and Tyler Grady spoke to the press about what-ifs, judges, friends, and giving your fans what they want. – Cynthia Wang

Only One Regret: Janell Wheeler, the 24-year-old from Orlando who demonstrated star power during Hollywood Week with her rendition of “American Boy,” regretted only one thing, and that’s leaving her six-string behind. “In order for me to really have ensured my place in the next round,” she says, “I really should have gone ahead and brought my guitar out and performed a top 40 hit like ‘American Boy.’ I think I knew exactly what [the judges] wanted from me; I just was choosing to do it the second week.” On a positive note about her performance of Heart’s “What About Love,” Wheeler says, “If there is any way to go out, I’m so proud of the way I did. Several of the girls have even texted me and said, ‘Janell, you have so much poise and you’re a class act.’ I kept it together, I sang my song better than the first time and I’m really happy with how it went.”

The iPhone’s Peephole

Daring Fireball’s John Gruber wrote what I thought was a good response to my post about Apple’s App Store sexy app policy. While I noted that one of the reasons Apple’s policy was silly was because each iPhone contains two apps, iTunes and Safari (both made by Apple), that grant users access to content much worse than the kind of stuff now being banned from the App Store, he comes back to say that maybe the idea isn’t to remove this content from the iPhone itself, but rather just from the actual App Store.

My first reaction to this was the humorous thought that both iTunes and Safari would be banned from the App Store had they not been included by default on every iPhone. But that actually lead to a more interesting thought that a few other posts around the web back up today: Safari is the iPhone’s peephole.

What I mean is that Apple very tightly controls nearly every aspect of the iPhone (and really, all products). While they undoubtedly have both selfish (app revenues) and unselfish (protection) reasons for doing this, this type of suffocating control should be enough to make users walk away. But it’s not. And a big reason may be Safari.

Think about it: you can’t have porn on your iPhone — but actually, you can. You just have to go through Safari. You can’t have Google Voice on your iPhone — but actually, you can. You just have to go through Safari. Other Google Apps? Same thing.

Press Start: 'Final Fantasy' on iPhone; more 'God of War III' footage


Classic role-playing games Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II have made their way to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Publisher Square Enix announced both games are now available in Apple's App Store for $8.99. Both titles -- which were originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System in the late-1980s -- include specially designed controls tailored to the iPhone and iPod Touch, as well as additional dungeons not featured in the original release.

- GameTrailers has posted some pretty astonishing video of Sony's big hack-and-slash action game God of War III, slated for release March 16. The footage features a handful of Kratos' new tricks, including boots from Hermes that allow him to perform quick dashes. Viewers will also get a peek at a boss battle featuring Hades and another encounter with the massive Leviathan.

Palm Pixi now $50 on Sprint


Likely a direct counterstrike to Verizon's $79.99 Pixi Plus, Sprint has dropped the retail price of its original WiFi-less Pixi all the way down to $49.99 after $100 mail-in rebate on a new two-year contract. As you might recall, the Pixi debuted at $100, but now that the Pre's leaving it in the dust with both high-quality gaming and Flash support, a little more price separation between the two makes a lot of sense. Alright, Sprint, strong work -- now you've just got to drop the Pre a few bucks to distance it from Verizon's Pre Plus and you'll be good to go.

Jaebeom has plans for AOM album feature and ABDC audition? ; 2PM will continue all of their activities

Looks like Jaebeom may be switching gears and moving on after all.


It’s been revealed that Jaebeom might be singing for his friend ChaCha’s upcoming album. ChaCha, a fellow member of Art of Movement (the bboy crew that Jaebeom is a part of) and R&B artist, has been revealing information regarding an upcoming album. The following message was recently posted on Daum’s Tellzone, attracting the attention of many 2PM fans:

Thank you all for subscribing or befriending me on youtube! I’ll try and make time soon to skim through all of your questions, so I can answer them with genuine consideration! If you were wondering, I plan to release a solo album in June 2010 ‘CHA CHA MALONE – TWENTY TEN’ as an unsigned artist and \Jay will be featured on the album with his new and improved voice! He can sing even better now!

Listen to BEAST’s Shock of the New Era mini album!

After just releasing their hot new teaser yesterday, BEAST continues to keep things interesting for their fans by dropping the tracks for their latest mini album Shock of the New Era. The album is due out on March 2nd but the whole album has already leaked on the internet.


The boys promised us a genre that was fresh and boy did they deliver! While maintaining a sound that is uniquely their own, the group offers us five brand spankin’ new tracks that range from their rock dance genre to smooth R&B. From what I’m hearing, I’m definitely loving every single track! Thanks to KingPolo for the tip, and if you like the music remember to support them by purchasing the album on March 2nd.

Translated Q&A at 2PM-fans conference on 27th February


With many curious about the content to the conference between 2PM 6 members and the fans which took place on 27th February, a list of answers and questions by 2PM fan union was released after the conference.

Go under the cut for the translations.

Kristen Stewart And Robert Pattison Photographed Together At Heathrow Airport!!!

Kristen Stewart has been photographed at London’s Heathrow Airport accompanied by a man who fans believe is her rumored boyfriend — and Twilight costar — Robert Pattinson!


The duo were seen flying out of the UK on Friday, Feb. 26. We aren’t sure where they were going.

Earlier this week, Kristen — who picked up the Orange Rising Star honor at the BAFTA Awards on Sunday and Woman Of The Year at the Elle Style Awards on Monday — revealed she hates having to give speeches to a room full of people she admires.

Adam Lambert to Perform on American Idol

Adam Lambert will return to the American Idol stage this season.

A few hours after Allison Iraheta and Kris Allen performed for fans, Lambert Tweeted today:

"Yes, I have been booked on Idol! Can't reveal the date yet but it's a ways off... So excited. Kris and Allison were awesome last night."

They sure were. But Lambert's debut album sold the most copies of any season eight finalist and his appearance later this year is sure to draw huge ratings.

But which competitors will still be around to see him? Our money is on Andrew Garcia, Casey James, Didi Benami or Crystal Bowersox to walk away with the season nine crown. What do you think?

Ke$ha Has A Crush On Ricky Gervais: “I’d Hit That….”


Ricky Gervais has been dating the same woman for 25 years – but The Office creator, 48, might find it reassuring that he can still turn the head of some of today’s young pop singers – especifically “TiK ToK” singer Ke$ha. The 22-year-old L.A. party girl, known for her glittery makeup and club anthem, has a thing for the portly comic, who she met at the Shockwaves NME awards earlier this week.

“I met [Meighan] backstage and he’s hot. You guys have a lot of hot babes over here,” Ke$ha told The Sun. “That fat guy who’s in The Office. I’d hit that.”

15 iPad mysteries remain?

Think you know all about Apple's iPad? Here's what we don't know


Steve Jobs is such a great salesman that he can actually give us a sense of familiarity with something we don't know anything about. Apple's iPad is a perfect example. But huge, fundamental questions about the device remain unanswered.

Such as...

Next-gen iPhone may be equipped with camera-based swipe controls

As Apple’s expected to launch its next-gen handset this summer, we’ll be seeing a higher volume of iPhone-based intelligence in the upcoming months. Patently Apple has revealed a patent application outlining a system that would potentially utilize the iPhone’s camera for touch-free gesture control.



The technology could be used for any number of applications: “For example, during access of a voice mailbox, the user may swipe his finger in the direction of the arrow … over the lens to rewind the playback of a voicemail message. The user may swipe his finger over the lens in the direction opposite the arrow to fast forward the playback of a voicemail message.”

Vodafone UK to launch the Google Nexus One in April

According to initial rumors, the Nexus One should have been available via Vodafone since late January or early February. However, Google’s first phone is not ready yet for Voda.


And although there hasn’t been any official announcement about the exact release date of Nexus One via Vodafone, it looks like the carrier’s subscribers in the UK will be able to buy the smartphone starting April.

Telegraph.co.uk has it that “sources close to both companies have confirmed that April is when the company will have a realistic chance of being ready for the launch.”

Android version of Mozilla Fennec pictured on Nexus One and DROID


Not a heck of a lot to report on this one, but a picture is worth a thousand words, no? The Mozilla team has posted a couple teasers pictures, on their Facebook page, of the Fennec mobile browser running on the HTC Nexus One and Motorola DROID. No word on a release time line or when a public build of the mobile Mozilla offering will be available to the masses. We’ve got the DROID picture queued up for you after the break.

2PM, troubled with the matter of ‘agreement’ about Jaebum’s permanent secession?

2PM, troubled with the matter of ‘agreement’ about Jaebum’s permanent secession? One industry associate, “One member of the mean, at opposite ends with management company.”

Members VS Company, disagreements emerged at the 2PM fan conference?

On the 25th, news like lightning on a sunny day struck the celebrity industry, with the title of ‘Jaebum’s permanent secession’. Many have their eyes on the matter as management company JYPEntertainment (from now on JYPE) went on with the fan conference as scheduled.

At first, the fan conference which started at 3pm on the 27th at a shopping mall in Seoul’s Songpa-gu Moonjeon-dong, was scheduled for all 2PM members and JYPE associates, as well as 10 fan representatives, however as of now, 4:30pm, it is known that only 4 of the 2PM members are present.

Also it was originally planned that only the pre-finalised fans would be there, however it is said that many fans under the name ‘Hottest’ visited the site to listen to JYPE’s side after hearing the news of Jaebum’s ‘permanent secession’.

"Down With Love" Fights Against Piracy with Behind-the-Scenes NG Footage

Due to leakage of the serial, some viewers have already watched the pirated online edition of CTV and GTV's idol drama serial - [Down With Love], which stars Jerry Yan and Ella. In an attempt to revive the viewership ratings, the TV stations are going to further "value-add" to the serial. For the coming telecast of this weekend's episode, behind-the-scenes NG footage of the cast will be screened just before the commercial break. Some of the footage includes Jerry Yan making "farting" sounds, adding impromptu lines to his script, and other hilarious moments of NG. The TV stations hope to re-attract viewers and remind them of the "good show coming up".

In the NG footage, Jerry Yan forsake his idol "burden" to join Ella in making "farting" sounds using their mouths and both artistes' expressions looked extremely hilarious. There was also once when he noted a plane flying overhead while filming and he added a line, "What is the matter?! How can a plane fly past at this moment?" There were also moments whereby Jerry would purposely "freeze" in the middle of his act, meanwhile Ella let slip on a "rated" joke. All these unrevealed NG footages will be shared with viewers in hope that they can understand the merits of staying tuned to watch non-pirated edition of [DWL]. On the other hand, Chen Xiao Xuan, who acted as Xiao Xiao Bin's mother in [DWL], shared that she has to hand it to Xiao Xiao Bin who is very obedient to his father during the filming period. "If it was my own son doing this, he would never accomplish filming."

That's a devilish look to pull off, Lady GaGa

After an exhausting week at work, most people prefer to slip into clothes that are a little more comfortable.


But then Lady Gaga has never been one to follow convention.

The American pop star arrived for dinner on a night off from her tour wearing an even more outlandish outfit than her usual stage attire.

Unfortunately, her devilish, horned headpiece had the effect of making her look as though she was wearing antlers.

But fashion experts suggested it was a tribute to late designer Alexander McQueen.

One of his last collections was called Horn of Plenty.

Caught! Rob & Kristen Continue Pub Crawl of Love!

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were spotted fitting in one last round of pub hopping before R.Pattz is due back to the States to promote Remember Me this weekend. Robsten, who seem more far lovey-cozy than usual, of late, hit up the Macbeth in London Thursday night and were inseparable per usual.

Now, are you ready for this? We have it confirmed by multiple sources at the venue that Rob and Kris were:

"100 percent there together," says a sober eyewitness.

Now, take that to mean what you will (as we so know you will)!

A lucky fan at Macbeth last night that twittered she did in fact see Rob and Kristen at the pub together, tho she only took a pic with R.Pattz. Don't you love technology nowadays?

British politician Nicolas Clark (who has had to protect his tweets since most likely getting hounded by Twi-hards) also twittered Tuesday night he saw Rob and Kristen at the Marquis of Granby share "just a couple of kisses on the lips," later adding "R+K were acting like a couple."

Microsoft to Google: Who cares who squealed to the EU? Deal with it.

In a blog post today, Microsoft took exception about being on the receiving end of some finger-pointing that surrounds the European Union’s new investigation into Google’s power over the advertising industry.

Earlier this week, Google posted a blog entry that essentially named Microsoft as the driving force behind the EU investigation. But then Microsoft fired back with its own entry that 1) basically says they are not the driving force and 2) that even if they were, so what? Competitors are usually the ones who complain about what they consider to be unfair competitive actions.

Dave Heiner - the author of the blog post - ought to know. He’s been Chief Competition Officer at Microsoft since 1994 and has seen his share of regulatory scrutiny.

Politics aside, the back-and-forth schoolyard - er, blogosphere - bickering over who told and who didn’t really shouldn’t matter. It won’t change the fact that regulators found enough of a there there to launch an investigation. And rest assured that the investigation won’t come to a close overnight.

Dell confirm Mini 5 AT&T connection, Android Market access & more

Hungry for more on the Dell Mini 5 MID? As well as confirming that the Android slate is the first of several such tablets from the company, Dell head tablet honcho Neeraj Choubey has also been spilling the beans on carrier partnerships, Android Market compatibility and the potential for next-gen resistive screens being used instead of capacitive on future models.


In an interview with LAPTOP, the talkative Choubey confirms that the Mini 5 is Android Market compliant and should run any app in there which conforms to Google’s developer guidelines. He also confirms that Dell are in talks with AT&T to offer the Mini 5 on their network, presumably subsidized.

TVXQ’s Toki Wo Tomete covers revealed

The boys of TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki are planning to release a new single titled Toki Wo Tomete / Let’s Stop Time on March 24th. Even though that’s still about a month away, the covers of the CD+DVD and regular CD version have been released.

Regular CD Version


Actress Lee DaHae gets lovecalls from Hollywood

Will Lee DaHae advance to Hollywood too?


On Feb 26, 2010 Lee DaHae was seen at a party! But NOT in Korea yet in Hollywood !

The pretty actress attended a character launching party held by a global entertainment company Warner Bros in LA. And, this invitation has made people curious whether this is a sign of her Hollywood career advance.

Simon Cowell Is Engaged!

Simon Cowell is finally settling down.

The feisty American Idol judge, 50, is engaged to makeup artist Mezhgan Hussainy, multiple insiders confirm to UsMagazine.com. When approached for comment, Cowell's rep told Us, "Simon does not discuss his private life."

Hussainy also confirmed the news to RadarOnline earlier Friday.

Cowell recently dodged engagement rumors.

"I spoke to Simon in London yesterday afternoon, just before he took his flight back to LA," his longtime publicist and close friend Max Clifford told Us Feb. 18. "I asked him: 'Look, are you engaged? Is it true?,' and he said, 'No! No. I'm not engaged.'"

But Clifford told Us Cowell and Hussainy, 36, were "an item" and were "happy."

Angelina Jolie out of 'Wanted 2': Follow-up project not a lock

Sources confirm New York Magazine’s report that Angelina Jolie will not reprise her role as the highly trained assassin Fox in Wanted 2. The script for the sequel was already complete and the studio had hoped to get the film into production this year. It’s not clear now if they will proceed. While New York said Jolie has opted instead to do Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, which was said to have moved to Warner Bros. after it lived at Universal for years, Jolie’s reps say the actress has passed on doing Gravity at Warner Bros. It’s not yet clear as to why and sources indicate the Gravity portion of the story was quite premature. Warner Bros. is still unable to confirm whether or not Gravity is even set up with the studio. Stay tuned.

‘Precious’ wins big at NAACP Image Awards

It was a winning night for “Precious” at the 41st NAACP Image Awards.

The heart-wrenching tale of an illiterate and abused teen who finds hope in a Harlem classroom was named outstanding motion picture and outstanding independent film at Friday’s ceremony. Stars Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe, screenwriter Geoffrey Fletcher and director Lee Daniels also won.

Daniels excitedly accepted the best-picture prize, surrounded by his cast and fellow producers.

“No one in Hollywood told me they wanted to see a movie about a 350-pound black woman with HIV,” he said.

Sidibe objected, and Daniels corrected himself: “She’s not 350 pounds. This was before you were hired.”

The director twice told the orchestra to stop playing him off, but Daniels was ultimately cut off as gospel duo Mary Mary took the stage and the show came to a close.

Presented by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Image Awards honor diversity in the arts and outstanding achievements in film, television, music and literature.

Sidibe cried as she accepted the award for outstanding actress in a motion picture for her starring turn as Precious, the overweight, twice-pregnant teen who discovers her self-worth through reading and writing.

Windows Mobile 6.5 to become Windows Phone Starter Edition

Windows Phone 7 Series might have been the big news out of Mobile World Congress this year, but it looks like Windows Mobile 6.5 will live on as the basis of Windows Phone Starter Edition. We'd already heard some whispers to that effect, but now it's been confirmed by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, who got some answers about the stripped-down mobile OS directly from Redmond. It's obviously designed to be a cheaper alternative for developing and emerging markets, much like Windows 7 Starter on the desktop, and it'll come in versions with and without Office Mobile preloaded when it ships on devices later this year. (Office 2010 will be included when it's officially released.) Here's the odd thing, though: when asked which features of 6.5 have been stripped to create Starter, MS replied with a list of radio support that conspicuously omits HSDPA 3G, but includes EV-DO. Simple typo, or an attempt to force international adoption of WinPho 7 in developed countries with 3G networks? We'll do some digging and find out.

P.S.- Just to be clear here, it appears that the family will be Windows Phone 7 Series, and then potentially two WinMo 6.5 products: Windows Phone Classic and Windows Phone Starter Edition. Only Starter has actually been confirmed at this time, though, and we still don't know exactly how Microsoft is going to organize all of this and sell it. We'll keep you updated.

The Stalling Of An Anti-Bush Video Game

Evocative and provocative, a game born of the anxiety about George W. Bush's polices abroad would have included a Chinese invasion of the U.S. and the emotional journey of a soldier struggling over whether to flee military service.


But the game was killed, not by politics but the popularity of the other game that developer David Jaffe was working on.

During our weekly Kotaku Talk Radio podcast, special guest Jaffe spoke at length about his canceled PSP game, Heartland. Read about how the game came to life, how it died, and the game developer that rose from its ashes.

Following the release of God of War for the PlayStation 2, David Jaffe was eager to create another story-based game. It was this desire that gave birth to Heartland, a first-person shooter for the PlayStation Portable that he hoped would make players weep openly.

"Heartland was a very liberal response to the Bush administration and the Iraq War. What I really wanted to do was to create a first-person shooter on the PSP that really tried to evoke emotions beyond the traditional emotions you get in a first-person shooter – you know, adrenalin and competition. I wanted to also evoke fear and sadness.

JooJoo ship date pushed to March 25 due to manufacturing issues


Well, that didn't take too long. Just a day after we pondered the shipping status of Fusion Garage's JooJoo tablet, the company's come clean and told us shipping will delayed to March 25 because of a manufacturing issue with the tablet's 12.1-inch capacitive screen. Yep, it looks like it's going to be at least 27 more days until you've got a JooJoo of your very own -- which means, of course, that Fusion Garage will now be trying to launch this thing during the same week Apple's scheduled to launch the iPad. Ouch. To its credit, Fusion Garage says it's not happy with the delay and has promised a free accessory to pre-order customers to make it better -- we're told it's likely to be the $30 stand. We'll see if that's enough to hold back the effects of Cupertino's coming media blitz, but either way we're quite excited about making a tablet sandwich at the end of March.

Verizon-bound CDMA Google Nexus One apparently passes the FCC

The FCC has just approved a CDMA HTC-made smartphone with the model name PB99300.


Since the GSM/HSPA Google Nexus One is the PB99100, the PB99300 is likely the CDMA version of the Nexus One, which should be launched via Verizon soon (Google has officially announced that Verizon would support the Nexus One).

Unfortunately, we still don’t know when exactly a Verizon-ready Nexus One will be available, but it looks like that day is near.

BEAST releases Shock teaser!


After teasing us twice with MV teaser images, BEAST has finally revealed their MV teaser for their upcoming title track Shock! The teaser is blazing with fire and charisma, check it out below!

Rumors has it that due to the investors running away, "Future X Cops" was left with no money for special effects !

"Future X cops" screening time in Mainland China is still undecided, it is reported that because the investor disappeared, the movie directed by Wong Jing, starring Andy Lau, Fan Bing Bing, DaS and Xu Jiao had no money to make the special effects, bringing up a rumor that the movie is "having a bad tail".

This rumor is coming from HongKong... Reporters asked the movie's promotional team for more informations and the response they got was "That's absolutly only rumors !"

But the strange thing is that when the journalists could finally reach Wong Jing, the 2 times he used "in the middle of a reunion" to hang up really quickly ; a totally different reaction from the one who used to chat again and again with journalists.

"Future X cops" was supposed to start screening today in Mainland, but from waht is known, the screening time kept on being pushed back, and is already pushed temporarly to end of March or beginning of April.

Topless Lady Gaga Q Magazine Cover Banned In US

Lady Gaga’s topless cover feature on the March issue of Q Magazine has been banned by several major retailers in the US.


The “Poker Face” hitmaker made headlines when she walked out on a photoshoot with the magazine earlier this month when bosses at the publication refused to let her strike a controversial pose in a bid to poke fun at rumors that she is a hermaphrodite. Q editors eventually rearranged the shoot, but the final pictures show Gaga posing topless in just a pair of leather trousers.

Lindsay Lohan's bloated face shows the ill-effects of her exhausting jet-set lifestyle

It appears Lindsay Lohan's transatlantic party lifestyle may be catching up with the troubled star.


As she flew to Europe today the former child star's face looked bloated and swollen, following three days of hard partying.

It may be that the 23-year-old is simply in need of a good night's rest.

Lindsay only returned to the States this week, following a week of late nights while in London.

She then flew to Atlantic City, before returning to Los Angeles where she hit the clubs with a vengeance.

On Tuesday she spent the night at Bardot Hollywood, where ex-girlfriend Sam Ronson was DJing. But with Lindsay not even arriving until after 1am it was a very late night.

An observer told people.com: 'She wouldn't leave, and at the end of the night, you could tell she was waiting for Sam.'

Motorola open to Windows Phone 7 and MOTOBLUR on other devices

Motorola has been struggling more than some phone makers with the poor economy. The fact that before Android Motorola hadn’t had a popular device since the RAZR didn’t help things. When Android became popular Motorola pretty much abandoned WinMo and clung to Android the way a drowning man clings to a bit of driftwood.


IntoMobile reports that Motorola co-CEO Sanjay Jha has said that Motorola is considering offering Windows Phone 7 devices. There are no hard details, but you can bet Motorola is keen to try any mobile OS that will help it increase market share.

Apple predicted to introduce lower cost iPhone models in June

Apple's next update to the blockbuster iPhone handset is expected by one prominent analyst to have a lower total cost of ownership, and to also include new gesture-based functionality.

Katy Huberty with Morgan Stanley maintains that the biggest barrier to greater iPhone adoption is the cost of the hardware, followed by the service plan. The investment in the device has been its biggest issue in both developed markets like the U.S. and emerging ones like China.

But Huberty expects Apple to address that in June, by introducing a new model that will be economically friendly to even more consumers.

"We expect Apple to launch new iPhones in June that offer both a lower total cost of ownership and new functionality, potentially including gesture-based technology," she wrote in a new note to investors Friday.

Symbian^4 UI video previews are not as fascinating as you’d think

More than a month after we saw the first Symbian^4 UI concept proposal images, here we have Symbian^4 (well, an early version of it, anyway) demoed on video.


If you expect something revolutionary, you’ll be disappointed.

Of course, you can see that Symbian^4 lets you freely place widgets on the customizable homescreen, but, really, the only noticeable thing is that Dali-like clock. But let’s wait and see what Symbian^3 will bring first, and then judge Symbian^4.

Gillian Chung Returns to Big Screen

Hong Kong singer-actress Gillian Chung is brushing off her sex scandal troubles and will reappear on the silver screen in director Jeffrey Lau's new production, "Once Upon a Chinese Classic."


Led by Hong Kong actor Ronald Cheng and mainland actress Sun Li, the slapstick comedy rallied a cast of 58 Chinese stars, like Huang Bo, Sandra Ng and Eric Tsang.

Gillian Chung plays the role of Sun Shangxiang, an ancient princess and the sister of Sun Quan (182-252), the Emperor of East Wu during the Three Kingdoms period.

Rainie Yang voted sexiest Taiwanese star by US men's magazine

Rainie Yang's sweetie pie image now has international fans. The 26-year-old Taiwanese singer was voted as the sexiest Taiwanese female in US men's magazine Complex Magazine, thanks to her fresh and sweet appeal.

The girl-next-door apparently is the hot favourite among American men. Rainie beat even the Taiwan's most famous legs, Lin Chi-ling. The supermodel-cum-actress with the baby doll voice was 5th place, lower than another cutie pie actress Ariel Lin, who's ranked 4th.

The top 10 list of female stars are Rainie Yang, Megan Lai, Joe Chen, Ariel Lin, Lin Chi-ling, Barbie Hsu, Angela Chang, Bianca Bai, Coco Chiang, and finally, Cyndi Wang.

Rainie was last seen in the Taiwanese romantic-comedy serial, Hi My Sweetheart, starring opposite Show Luo and Lee Wei. She will also be featured in an upcoming new horror flick, The Child's Eye in 3D, which is directed by the renowned Pang brothers.

American Idol Makes First Four Cuts

Sheryl Crow once crooned that "the first cut is the deepest."


For American Idol last night, the first four cuts were the most erroneous. Let's analyze each below:

Joe Munoz over Tim Urban?!? The latter might be cute, but did you see the look of shock on his face after Ryan told Tim he was safe? Did viewers really do Urban a favor by keeping him around and ensuring his weak vocal skills will be torn apart again and again until America comes to its senses?

Tyler Grady over Jermaine Sellers?!? We weren't fans of Grady's 1970s-inspired gimmick, either. But he made a great point (which Simon acknowledged, if you read his lips) about the judges selecting him for the semifinals... but then jumping all over him for the same schtick that got him there.

It would have been nice to have seen if Tyler had more to offer going forward, especially compared to the over-emotional nonsense that Sellers through our way this week.

Sir Anthony Hopkins Practically Calls Paris Hilton Stupid

Anthony Hopkins may have been knighted, but apparently no one ever taught him that name-calling isn't nice.


Not that we totally blame him.

The Oscar winner doesn't exactly call Paris Hilton "stupid," but that's clearly what he was thinking.

"You look at the red carpet, Paris Hilton, you know, these people and you think, 'Is there anything going on up there?' " he tells Starpulse.

He doesn't think much more highly of models.

Google explains search rankings after complaints in Europe

Google has offered a general explanation of how it ranks its search results, one day after the European Commission said it was looking into antitrust complaints against the company.

In a blog post Thursday, Google Fellow Amit Singhal also referred to a recent op-ed piece suggesting that regulators should control how search engines rank results. He stressed that developing search rankings is very difficult, implying perhaps that regulating search would be hard for any government to do well.

Laying out the challenge, Singhal said Google processes hundreds of millions of queries a day, with at least 20% of them totally new. To handle the volume and variety of queries, the company uses a collection of algorithms to sift through data.

RIM BlackBerry slider coming soon?

It looks like RIM is getting ready to launch a BlackBerry smartphone with a sliding QWERTY keyboard in the vein of the Palm Pre.


There aren’t any official details about this at the moment, but BGR says the new BlackBerry slider will feature Wi-Fi 802.11n, and a 360 x 480 pixels display, most probably touch-sensitive. It will run BlackBery 6.0 OS – which seems to be that new touch and Web-friendly OS that we’ve heard about not long ago.

Reportedly, the unannounced RIM smartphone is a GSM/HSDPA device, so AT&T or T-Mobile could launch it in the US.

Haleron's 7-inch iLet Mini HAL costs $199, ships March 1


Want a tablet computer sans all the brand loyalty drama and eye-opening prices? Haleron's got just the thing for you with its iLet Mini HAL. Its humble spec brings only a 600MHz VIA CPU and 128MB of DDR2 RAM to the table, but it runs Android 1.6 and if all you want is a tablet to access the web with, do you really need more? Additionally, the onboard 2GB of flash storage is augmented with 10GB of cloud storage and the cheap expandability that's on offer via flash memory cards or USB drives. The iLet Mini HAL costs $199 with shipping starting next week, and we've been reliably informed that there'll be no additional charges no matter how many poor Space Odyssey jokes you decide to make.

TVXQ has the top selling album… in the world?

Many of you know that TVXQ / DBSK / Tohoshinki’s Best Selection 2010 album is a best seller in Japan but did you also know that it’s the best selling album in the world this past week?


According to GLOBAL TRACK CHART which is an aggregate of various charts across the globe (Billboard, Oricon, etc.), TVXQ’s Best Selection 2010 album had the top sales globally for week 9 of 2010 by moving 413,000 units. Number 2 was Sadé – Soldier Of Love which moved 289,000 units and Number 3 was Lady GaGa – The Fame (Monster) which moved 187,000 units.

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