Before she was famous: Future Lady Gaga loses it on TV prank show

Here's Lady Gaga in a prank TV show before she was famous.



The Poker Face star - then known by her real name of Stefani Germanotta - appeared as a contestant on MTV's Boiling Points back in 2005.

The programme, similar to Candid Camera, featured contestants being subjected to rude and annoying behaviour, unaware that they are being filmed.

'Tooth Fairy', 'Extraordinary Measures' and 'Legion' will all fall to 'Avatar' ?

Neither a grown man in a fairy costume, nor Harrison Ford, nor badass avenging angels will be able to topple Avatar, even as James Cameron’s 3-D extravaganza enters its 6th weekend in theaters. Avatar has already grossed more than $500 million domestically and is likely to surpass The Dark Knight’s cume of $533 million by the close of the weekend. As such, Dwayne Johnson’s The Tooth Fairy, the Harrison Ford- Brendan Fraser medical weepie Extraordinary Measures, and Sony’s supernatural drama Legion will all have to vie for 2nd, 3rd and 4th place, along with holdovers Book of Eli and The Lovely Bones.

Read on for my predictions.

Hayden Panettiere goes for a heavyweight new look... red hair and a champion boxer for a boyfriend

A newly redhead Hayden Panettiere finally flew out of Miami yesterday after a romantic month holed up with latest boyfriend Wladimir Klitschko.



The Heroes actress, 20, has spent the past few weeks sunning herself with the Ukranian boxing champ, 33, after he invited her to join him in Florida for New Year.

As well as getting to know Klitschko, it appeared the young star also decided to dye her previously blonde hair red over the holidays.

Despite her honey-coloured tan, Panettiere looked washed out thanks to her copper locks.

She reportedly postponed her flight back home to Los Angeles twice this month after she couldn't bear to be parted from her new love.

Why Apple's Tablet Will Include Gaming

No one knows for certain what exactly will be announced at Apple's semi-exclusive, invitation-only event in San Francisco next week. But a lot of us are thinking it will be the unveiling of an Apple tablet. Here's why you should care.



Apple has finally woken up to the potential and fiscal importance of gaming on the iPhone. Nowadays their popular smartphone, and the iPod Touch, are both marketed as gaming devices. The tablet would be a great way for Apple to extend their reach into gaming.

This morning the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple is actively working with Electronic Arts to show off the device's gaming capabilities. And let's not forget that several gaming sites, including Kotaku, have been invited to the big show on Jan. 27.

Windows 7 way hotter than Vista off the line, now more popular than all OS X versions



We learned back in November that Windows 7 was having a much (much!) better first few days in retail than Vista did when it launched, but now that the system has had a full quarter and change to make an impression, it looks as if that growth isn't slowing down. According to new figures from Net Application, Win7 is achieving a higher level of market penetration in a faster amount of time than Vista did; after a month, Vista was stuck at 0.93 percent, while Win7 nailed the 4 percent mark. After two months, Win7 jumped to 5.71 percent, while Vista was barely over 2 percent after the same amount of time. 'Course, the newest version of Windows had a holiday season to help it out right from the get-go, but there's still no denying that people are flocking to the system even now. What's most interesting, however, is that the overall market share of Windows 7 alone has now surpassed all OS X versions that are being tracked (10.4, 10.5 and 10.6), so put that in your pipe and smoke it. Smoke it long and hard.

Microsoft fixes 8 IE holes, including one used in attacks

Microsoft on Thursday issued a cumulative critical patch for Internet Explorer that fixes eight vulnerabilities, including a hole targeted in the China-based attacks on Google and other U.S. companies.

The security update is rated critical for all supported releases of IE 5, 6, 7, and 8, according to the advisory. The more severe vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user views a malicious Web page using IE, it said.

This IE security update was already planned for release on the next scheduled Patch Tuesday (February 9), Jerry Bryant, senior security program manager at Microsoft, said in a blog post.

Microsoft has known about the hole for at least four months, after it was privately disclosed it to the company, Bryant said.

Rookie band CN Blue is hit by plagiarism accusation for their title single “I am a Loner”! ; CNBLUE’s response

One week after their debut and being #1 in various charts, bad news hit the rookie band CN Blue as their single “I am a Loner” is said to sound similar with a song titled “Bluebird” from an indie band named Ynot?.



CN Blue agency F&C Music via a telephone interview with seoulntn says, “CN Blue just released their album and start their activities, so sad that the band is hit by such accusation. It’s not a plagiarism. We will release our official statement within today”, he said.

Netizen says,”CN Blue ‘I am a Loner’ sounds similar to indie band Ynot? digital single ‘Bluebird’ released on May 2008.”

Previously, CN Blue leader Jung YongHwa gained his popularity after his appearance in SBS Drama ‘You’re Beautiful” even before his band official debut in Korea. CN Blue had their debut showcase on Jan 14,2010 and gained people’s attention since then.

Edison Chen made public appearance to support FAMA without fear

Last night, Edison Chen appeared high profile in Causeway Bay's shopping center to support his artist FAMA's new album promotion. Edison did not have any bodyguards, he calmly said: "There are many people at the scene, it is very safe."



FAMA's new album <O'Fama> promotional event attracted nearly 500 fans and onlookers to support them. During the time, Edison suddenly made an appearance, FAMA was shocked to see his presence, C Kwan said: "I saw our Boss come out, I felt nervous because we need to have an explanation for our Boss." Edison expressed that when he has time he'll attend events to support FAMA.

Samsung files for “Vita OS” trademark – another mobile OS?

Samsung is yet to show us what its newly-announced Bada OS is all about. Until we see any Bada phones, though, we have to mention that Samsung could be readying another mobile OS called Vita OS – or maybe that’s just an alternative name for Bada, we can’t know for sure.



What we do know is that Samsung filed for a “Samsung Vita OS” trademark on October 22, 2009, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) – one day after it filed for the Bada OS trademark.

Like the Bada OS trademark, the Vita OS one is related to “mobile phones; mobile phone operating system software installed in mobile phones”, so it’s obvious that Samsung wanted or still wants to use this name for its mobile platform.

Palm Pre Plus, Pixi Plus pricing announced by Verizon

Verizon has just announced the prices of Palm Pre Plus and Palm Pixi Plus – its first WebOS smartphones, officially unveiled two weeks ago.



As expected, the prices are similar to the prices of Sprint’s Pre and Pixi: $149.99 and $99.99, respectively (both on contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate received “in the form of a debit card”). For $29.99 more, Pixi Plus buyers will even be able to choose from various optional Pixi Touchstone Back Covers (in pink, orange, green, blue and black).

The Runaways First Look: Kristen Stewart as Joan Jett

They'll soon reunite for Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, but Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have taken a little break from one another.



(Just on-screen, breathe easy Robsten fans.)

Pattinson is starring alongside Emile de Ravin in Remember Me, a romantic drama that premieres in March.

Stewart, meanwhile, takes on the role of iconic rocker Joan Jett in The Runaways. She anchors the film with Dakota Fanning, who plays Cherie Currie, as the musical pair rise to fame as part of one of the first-ever female bands.

Insiders Reveal Why Rob Lowe Is Leaving Brothers & Sisters

It's true. Rob Lowe is leaving Brothers & Sisters.

Reps for ABC and Rob himself just confirmed the news to us.

Though the series isn't hurting for big names, what with Calista Flockhart, Sally Field and Rachel Griffiths on board, it's still somewhat surprising ABC would let its best-known male actor go, right? So why is this happening? Here's what I'm hearing from insiders...

Sources who work on the show tell me that for several weeks now, producers have been discussing killing off a main character from Brothers & Sisters at the end of the current season for budgetary reasons.

It was decided this week that Rob Lowe would be the one to leave the show, primarily because Rob felt he was being underutilized in the ABC family series and had asked to exit the show. Easy choice, right? And definitely an amicable split, from what I hear, which explains why ABC just released this statement to us: "We would like to keep Rob at ABC; we feel he should be anchoring his own franchise. We are in talks now."

Though producers wrote a juicy storyline for Rob last season involving a near-death experience due to heart attack, he has largely stood at the sidelines this season as Calista Flockhart took center stage in dealing with her character Kitty's battle with cancer.

"Tooth Fairy" not as painful as it looks

Ever since Arnold Schwarzenegger terrorized a classroom of 5-year-olds in 1990's "Kindergarten Cop," it has become de rigueur for other cinematic strongmen to try to muscle in on the family-film market. But of all the heavyweight action heroes who have traded violent fight scenes for heart-tugging moments of family bonding, only Dwayne Johnson (the artist formerly known as "The Rock") seems entirely at ease in PG-rated surroundings.

In such movies as "The Game Plan," "Race to Witch Mountain" and now "Tooth Fairy," Johnson establishes a comfortable rapport with his younger co-stars that's difficult to fake. It doesn't hurt that he feels little to no shame about sending up his macho screen image; in "Tooth," for example, he prances about in a pink tutu with the same enthusiasm that he displayed punching out bad guys in "The Rundown."

Johnson's compulsively likable presence is the saving grace of "Tooth," almost diverting attention away from the film's muddled script (credited to five writers) and made-for-TV mise-en-scene. He'll certainly be the main draw for families who should turn up in decent numbers this weekend, driven by fond memories of "Game Plan" as well as a general dearth of fresh options for kid-friendly romps.

First YouTube, Now Vimeo: How HTML5 Could Finally Kill Flash Video

Flash powers almost all the video on the web nowadays, so it's obviously good enough. But is there a better way? YouTube, and now Vimeo, who're both giddily jumping into bed with HTML, sure seem to think so.



Vimeo's new HTML5 system is just like YouTube's, in both execution and technical details, in that it'll only work with a few browsers—Safari and Chrome, for now—and that it's compatible with most, but not all, of the company's video libraries. It's something that most people won't bother to try at this point, and if they do, they're probably be underwhelmed, since HTML5 video playback is almost indistinguishable from Flash video playback. (Moving pictures!)

The Apple Tablet: 'A First-Generation iPhone That's Met Its Match With a Rolling Pin'

According to AppleInsider's sources, this flickr image is the closest mockup of the Apple Tablet that anyone has seen to date. And yes, it's essentially a big, first-gen iPhone that's "met its match with a rolling pin."



Rather than a plastic back, AI claims the Tablet will have the same, two-tone aluminum look of the original iPhone. But while this image is thought to be very close to Apple's final design, it doesn't sound like a full-fledged OS X will be on board. Why? The Tablet will have an iPhone-inspired Home button (along with a 10-inch screen, 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack, built-in speaker grills, a microphone, GPS, 3G connectivity and a 30-pin dock connector, if AppleInsider has it right).

Personally, I never grew tired of the iPhone's original look, and I'd love to see the design in tablet form. What about you?

Apple wants a tablet in every home, a use for everyone

Apple wants to change the way television, news, and books are distributed once and for all, and it's going to use its soon to be unveiled tablet to try and do it. That's according to a Wall Street Journal article citing what seems to be several unnamed sources "familiar with the situation." The Cupertino powerhouse has reportedly been in contact with television networks as well as magazine, newspaper, book, and textbook publishers for some time now in hopes of giving the tablet a purpose and not just a cool piece of hardware.

Apple's vision is supposedly of a tablet in every home—a shared device between family members that allow them to quickly check their e-mail or read the news. The device, which will sport a virtual keyboard, could have virtual sticky notes to leave for other family members or user identification using the device's built-in camera. Although it's unclear whether these features will make it into the final product, they do seem to have a family-oriented focus.

Subscriptions may also be the way in which Apple entices new content publishers into getting on board. Newspapers are pretty straightforward, but Apple has supposedly been floating a "best of TV" scenario to the major networks too. If this model were to be realized, it would include a "bundled" subscription that would offer users on-demand options from participating networks. Each network would include four to six shows each, with revenue likely being shared between the networks.

Google sees fourth-quarter revenue, earnings rise

With the economy beginning to show signs of a recovery, Google's growth continued in the fourth quarter as the company beat analyst estimates and saw revenue rise 17 percent from a year ago on strong ad sales.




Last year was an "extraordinary end to a roller-coaster year by any means," Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said in a conference call with analysts. "The digital economy continues to grow very rapidly, and specifically we're moving literally eyeballs and advertising online. And we continue to benefit from that...We're back in business full blast."

Revenue for the quarter ended December 31, excluding traffic acquisition costs, was $4.95 billion, slightly higher than the $4.92 billion analysts were expecting. Including those costs, Google posted total revenue of $6.67 billion.

Preview BoA’s upcoming album ‘Identity’




Three weeks ago we gave you some information pertaining to BoA’s upcoming 7th Japanese album titled IDENTITY. Although the official release isn’t until February 10th, audio previews of all 13 tracks have been released on the internet.




Jacky Cheung’s New Album: High End Production

It’s been 5 years since Jacky Cheung released a Cantonese album; his new album <<Private Corner>> will be released worldwide next Friday (January 29th). This album has been in preparations for a long time – all because Jacky takes the production of his album very seriously. Originally, a portion of the songs were already recorded, however after Jacky listened to them again, he decided to give up on 6 songs and instead choose a few new songs to re-record, resulting in additional time and costs. In post-production, the album was first sent to the U.S. for sound-mixing, then sent to Germany for disc printing, so that his fans – who have waited a long time for this album – can enjoy the highest quality recording.

Jacky described his creative album from 5 years ago as his most personal album to date; however this time around, he took the musical genre that he enjoyed listening to the most [jazz] and converged it into a record – presenting his “private corner” so that all his fans can experience his “private world.”

George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio Donate $1 Million to Haiti Relief

George Clooney and Leonardo DiCaprio are opening up their wallets to help victims in the earthquake-ravaged Haiti.

Clooney is donating $1 million to Friday's "Hope for Haiti Now" celebrity telethon. He will officially make his donation during the telecast.

He told Entertainment Tonight that he's been up "three days straight" trying to put together the broadcast, which will air on all four leading U.S. networks, dozens of cable channels and internationally on Internet websites. Brad Pitt and Robert Pattinson are among the participants; Beyonce and Madonna have been added as performers.

Meanwhile, DiCaprio also has donated $1 million.

His money will go to the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (CBHF) to support near-term assistance and long-term recovery efforts, his rep tells UsMagazine.com.

His donation, dispersed through the Leonardo DiCaprio Fund, which fosters awareness of environmental issues, will help with immediate relief efforts as well as with longer-term redevelopment and infrastructure projects, including a focus towards sustainable development.

Carrie Underwood “How I Met Your Mother” Picture

Late Wednesday, series regular Neil Patrick Harris Tweeted the first image of Carrie Underwood on the set of How I Met Your Mother. The country star will make her sitcom debut on the popular CBS comedy in March. The recently-engaged Underwood is snapped beaming as she sports a beehive and a retro ’60s flight attendant uniform.



“This week’s awesome guest star: . HIMYM – You’ll Love The Way We Fly!” Neil’s caption reads.

Robert Pattinson and Sean Penn's Super Team-Up?

Robert Pattinson's brought plenty of dough to movie theaters, so why not bring Water for Elephants?

Now the New Moon hottie is, per Variety, in talks to join Reese Witherspoon in the adaptation of Sara Gruen's best-selling novel about a circus veterinarian during the Great Depression. Producers are also wooing Sean Penn for a spot in the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, but a source close to the actor says the Oscar winner has not committed to the project.

I Am Legend's Francis Lawrence is attached to direct the Fox 3000 feature.

Meet The New YouTube: Less Clutter, Easier Search, And No More Stars

YouTube is on a roll. Last night, the world’s largest video site rolled out HTML5 support, its first video rentals, and even a nifty music feature called Disco. Today, it’s making an even bigger change: the site is launching a new ‘Watch’ page, stripping it down to its most key elements and ensuring that nothing is drawing your attention away from the video on the screen. To most people, this Watch page is really the heart of the YouTube experience — it’s where you view clips and browse for the next thing you want to watch, so any significant changes are a big deal. The new streamlined page is opt-in for now, and you can activate it here.

Many of the changes are aesthetic. You’ll find that YouTube has removed nearly all labels and extraneous text, resulting in a much cleaner feel (and one that feels more Googleish). The logo has even dropped the “Broadcast Yourself” tagline, though YouTube hasn’t committed to dropping that entirely. Things like the video description have been moved around, the all-important view counter is bigger, and nearly all ‘advanced’ information has been collapsed (you can hit buttons to reveal it again).

Recent PS3 updates prompt more complaints of console failures

Well, we heard a raft of complaints of Blu-ray drive failures and other issues when Sony rolled out the 3.0 and 3.1 firmware updates for the PlayStation 3, and it looks like things may have taken another turn for the worse with the recent 3.10 and 3.15 updates. While it's a bit early to call things widespread, some forums are once again starting to heat up with reports of various problems that mostly seem to have occurred after the 3.15 update rolled out last month -- although some folks also seem to have had trouble with the earlier 3.10 update. As with last time, the issues being reported vary a bit, but the 60GB PS3 seems like it may be the most affected, with one completely unscientific poll on the official PlayStation forums finding that 27 users of the 60GB model had no issues after the 3.15 update, while 35 users had either some "bad" issues or a complete system failure ('course those with no problems aren't that likely to be seeking out threads about problems). So, anyone notice that their PS3 isn't behaving like it should?

HTC Obsession to launch on AT&T and T-Mobile as the Diamond3?


Windows Mobile 7 may be hitting AT&T and T-Mobile in the form of the HTC Diamond3, previously known as the Obsession. The Diamond3 will reportedly sport a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor, GSM/HSDPA connectivity, 3.7 inch capacitive AMOLED display with multi-touch, 5 megapixel camera with flash and HD video recording, 512MB RAM/512MB ROM, 4GB of internal storage, microSD expansion (up to 32GB) and a 1230mAh battery. The Obsession/Diamond3 is also going to be a GSM only device, no CDMA counterpart is in the works as sales of the last CDMA Diamond were sluggish. With HTC and LG rumored to be prepping Windows Mobile handsets for a mid-year launch, what are the odds that Windows Mobile 7 will be unveiled at MWC 2010?

Rumor: Jaebeom is returning with a music video?; JYPE denies

Many rumors regarding ex-2PM leader Jaebeom have surfaced in the past day, and Newsen has a few more for us!

Today, it was reported that Jaebeom completed a filming session for a music video in the United States. Many predict that this footage is preparation for Jaebeom’s comeback to Korea. One entertainment related source stated:

The music video features Jaebeom as the main character. It looks like they are going to release the music video soon and officially state Jaebeom’s return.

Although many believe that Jaebeom will definitely return, others think that Jaebeom may return to Korea to restart his career as a solo artist instead. Along with the solo artist rumor and Jaebeom starring in a Hollywood movie Hype Nation speculation, word’s gotten around that Jaebeom might be a permanent member of MBC’s Come To Play.

VanNess Wu gives up alcohol and sex for his next stop of happiness

This is an excerpt of Van Ness Wu's interview with ELLE TW.

Despite declaring his position to stop the game of love, rumors about Van Ness Wu’s love life never seems to stop, he said, “I think it’s non-sense. I already said it out loud but I wasn’t being heard. Nevertheless, I tell myself not to get upset over these things.” He reminds himself that in return of the strong resentment he feels, he should pray for those who have misunderstood him. When he sees a beautiful girl, he won’t pretend that he didn’t see her, but instead he will give her an honest compliment. But that would be all, because Van Ness Wu clearly knows his next stop is to find a woman who can start family with him.

For someone who lived by his nightlife, an idol star who has fallen to alcohol and fame, Van Ness Wu finally found his religion during a time when his life wasn’t going the way as expected. From that point on, he changed himself and was determined to be a mature man who is responsible for his life. Not only did Van Ness Wu abstain from alcohol and sex, he also gave up the youthful arrogance of self-righteousness. He came back with a brand new image to play the sentimental male lead in the idol drama Autumn’s Concerto. It made many people took notice and fell for Van Ness Wu again.

Lady Gaga Hits New York Like a Rocket

Lady Gaga sure didn't look – or sound – tired.

Following the cancellation of four previous shows due to exhaustion, the pop sensation unleashed a high-energy performance in New York Wednesday night as part of her Monster Ball Tour, and delivered the first of her four sold-out performances at Radio City Music Hall.

The singer, 23, put on quite the show for her hometown crowd, which included Sting, wife Trudie Styler, Donald Trump and, according to a source, Madonna and daughter Lourdes. She opened with "Dance in the Dark," wearing a costume featuring lightbulb-like adornments, followed by "Just Dance," with her playing a keytar and strutting onstage like a human disco ball.

"This, New York, is my first of four dates with you. So tonight I might not go all the way," Gaga teased her audience before making a sexually explicit remark that drew roars.
Concertgoers, many in their own outrageous Gaga-esque outfits, were equally tireless throughout the show. They were on their feet for the duration, dancing and singing, effectively transforming the iconic locale into a pulsating nightclub. Gaga balanced out the visual- and production-heavy show with her powerful voice in the ballad "Speechless" and a torchy revamp of "Poker Face."

Robert Pattinson and Kristen No Longer Hiding Romance!

ROBERT Pattinson and Kristen Stewart are no longer keeping their hush-hush relationship under wraps.

According to Life & Style magazine, the couple are happy for their relationship to be public knowledge when they return to film the fourth Twilight movie, Breaking Dawn.

“Rob and Kristen are very happy, and everyone that’s part of the franchise is so happy for them,” a source said.

“They don’t feel the need to hide it anymore.”

Meanwhile, insiders claim Rob’s mom, Clare, is keen for her superstar son to start a family with 19-year-old Kristen.

“Rob’s mom Clare believes the responsibilities of raising a child would help keep him grounded as his success in showbiz continues to explode,” a source said.

“She doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with them having a baby at a young age. She simply adores Kristen and is already treating her like a daughter-in-law.”

Nokia smartphones to come with free GPS navigation – now official

Nokia is just about to announce “something big” related to its Ovi services, but, before this to happen, Reuters is reporting that the world’s largest handset maker plans to offer free GPS turn-by-turn navigation on its smartphones. Not in select markets, but worldwide.



The news comes several months after Google has announced its free navigation service for its also free Android operating system – in the US only.

Both Google’s and Nokia’s offerings are likely to harm big GPS services providers like Garmin and TomTom.

Nokia already has some phones that provide free navigation – like the 5800 Navigation Edition and the 2700 Navigation Edition.

Apple tablet: 70% won't spend more than $700, survey says



70 percent of consumers won’t spend more than $700 for an Apple tablet, and consumers were equally split over whether they would pay for 3G connectivity, according to a new study.

According to a new survey by Retrevo, 44 percent of consumers said they would not buy the rumored iTablet or iPad if it required a monthly data plan, while 39 percent said they wouldn’t buy one without it.

Vicki Zhao Bows out of "14 Blades" Promotion

Actress Vicki Zhao Wei, who has kept out of the public eye for months, has paired up with Donnie Yen for a photo spread in "Cosmopolitan," which is available today online.



Zhao costars with Yen in the upcoming martial arts flick "14 Blades." The two first worked together in Gordon Chan's 2008 thriller "Painted Skin."

Jackie Chan to Fight the Last Good Fight in His 100th Movie

Jackie Chan announced his 100th movie project in Beijing on Wednesday – a collaboration with "Rumble in the Bronx" director Stanley Tong.

"Shi Er Sheng Xiao," literally "The 12 Chinese Zodiac Animals", features many intense fighting scenes, almost from the beginning to the end, the super kungfu star said.

A major fight scene of the action movie cost 70 million yuan, or more than 10 million U.S. dollars, Chan revealed.

"I think I won't fight so fiercely as this in the future," said the 56-year-old.

The action movie tells about a Chinese hero bringing back the bronze head statues of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals, which were sacked by the French and British armies from the imperial Summer Palace in Beijing in 1860.

"We wanted to make this film as early as six years ago," Chan said. "Last year, the news about the statues' auction struck us and we finally started on it."

Chan's most recent release was the Chinese-language gangster thriller "Shinjuku Incident," in which he plays a Chinese immigrant who becomes a hit man for the Japanese mafia.

Ashley Greene Thinks She Looks Manly

ASHLEY Greene wants a male body double.

The Twilight actress — who plays Alice Cullen in the hit vampire movie franchise — says her physique is quite masculine and she has often considered having a member of the opposite sex stand in for her during more challenging scenes.

“I might ask for a male body double because I have broad shoulders, but definitely not because I have two sets of sexual organs,” she said.

The 22-year-old star also spoke of her admiration for Charlize Theron, and admitted she hopes her career will emulate that of the South African-born beauty.

“What would I like to be doing in 10 years? I’ll be 32,” she said. “Maybe having a baby.

“No, I think something along the lines of doing a really incredible, inspiring film with a strong female character. I think when I’m around 32, I’ll be up for things like that.

“Charlize Theron in Monster was an inspiration. She’s one of the most incredibly beautiful people alive, and when I was watching that movie, she scared the s**t out of me. I thought she did a fantastic job.”

Wu Chun won't show flesh in new movie, says 14 Blades director

Fans eagerly anticipating seeing the hunky Wu Chun topless in his newest movie will be disappointed. The most the Taiwanese singer-actor from boyband Fahrenheit will expose in period blockbuster, 14 Blades, is his navel region.

In town recently to promote the movie, Hong Kong director Daniel Lee said that including the former gym instructor in his diverse cast just to have him go topless would be very low-grade. The movie also stars Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, Kate Tsui and Singapore's own movie star Qi Yuwu.

Set in the late Ming era, the movie centres on the imperial court where a power-hungry eunuch tries to topple the Emperor by buying over the incumbent's elite team of secret agents. One loyalist (Donnie Yen) is betrayed and then hunted by his former colleagues.

Even during the pre-production stages, the film received a lot of attention with its muscled male stars of Donnie and Wu Chun.

Firefox 3.6 brings speed improvements, new Personas feature

Firefox fans, start your browsers. On Thursday, Mozilla released Firefox 3.6, the latest update to its popular Web browser, bringing fixes, enhancements, and new features to the Web-surfing masses.

Among the new end-user features in Firefox 3.6 are a theme capability called Personas that allows users to change the look of the browser without having to restart, a Plugin Updater that now detects out-of-date plugins, and form completion that suggests answers for common questions. Mozilla has also improved the stability and speed of the program with better JavaScript performance, faster startup times, and quicker overall responsiveness. Mozilla says Firefox 3.6 is more than 20 percent faster than Firefox 3.5.

Will MacGruber Blow Up at the Box Office?

The clock is ticking, America.



While it used to be that most movies based on SNL skits were box office bombs, the trailer for MacGruber looks like it could just be clever enough to save the day.

Provided there aren't too many wires.

Led by Will Forte as the MacGyver-esque title hero, the film seems to have everything a good comedy needs these days: kickass action, salty humor and the awesome Kristen Wiig. The rest of the cast is inspired, too: hapless helper Ryan Phillippe, craggy military man Powers Boothe and slick villain Val Kilmer in a return to comedy that could just make us forget about The Island of Dr. Moreau. Almost.

Google's HTML5 YouTube Videos Don't Need Flash



Up until now, talk around HTML5 has largely focused on its promise, without many major sites actually implementing HTML5-specific features as anything more than tech demos. Today, YouTube is taking steps to let users work it into their everyday browsing experience: you’ll now be able to watch some of the site’s videos without a plugin, using the video and audio playback support included with HTML5. No, you certainly won’t need HTML5 to watch any videos, but if you’d like to try viewing the site’s videos without Flash, you now have the option. You can activate the feature in the YouTube TestTube. To get the new player to work, you’ll have to be using Chrome, Safari, or ChromeFrame on IE. Note that YouTube is currently pushing the feature out, so it may be an hour or two before you can turn it on.

Unfortunately, this isn’t being rolled out to all videos. You can only watch videos that aren’t being monetized and that haven’t been annotated (obviously YouTube hasn’t implemented overlays in its HTML5 player). Still, this is a big deal — YouTube is probably the most popular Flash-reliant site on the web. The switch isn’t surprising at all given Google’s support for open standards, but it’s clear they’re moving at a fast pace.

BlackBerry Magnum touchscreen/QWERTY phone spotted

RIM’s rumored BlackBerry Magnum has been spotted in the wild, at least in prototype form. As you might quickly spot, the smartphone lacks a center trackball or touchpad; instead, this full-QWERTY BlackBerry has a touchscreen display.




The images were posted by CellGuru on Twitter, though there’s no extra information about specifications or indeed even if there’s an OS loaded onto the device. Certainly there are no images of the handset powered on.

Gillian Chung celebrates 29th birthday with fans before leaving to Mainland



Today is Gillian Chung's 29th birthday, but she is currently in Mainland filming a TV series. She met up with nearly a hundred fans to celebrate with her before she departed to Mainland. Fans knew that Ah Gil will be busy working on her new album during her birthday, so they especially gave her an "Blessing Ah Gil's Music-Film Goes Smoothly" cake for her. Because Ah Gil had the ability to make her own cake, so the Fans gave her the freedom to create her own.

Besides the cake, Ah Gil also received several Mickey Mouse gifts from Fans, so she can bring them along with her to Mainland. Ah Gil then performed her new song <Many Hearts - 心多> as a way to thank them, one Fan even went and danced with Ah Gil while she sang creating a high atmosphere.

William Feng and Roy Chiu fights over Chen Qiao En in "Lan Se JIa Qi"

Recently, idol drama "Lan Se Jia Qi" is filming in Hangzhou. Good friends William Feng and Roy Qiu fights over Chen Qiao En in the drama. Their love triangle is the highlight of the drama.



That day they were filming a scene where the two male leads fought over Chen Qiao En. In order to achieve a more realistic effect for the cameras and yet not hurt each other, William Feng and Roy Chiu rehearses before filming start. When the camera starts rolling, Roy Chiu beats up William Feng. Chen Qiao En immediately shields him and looks at Roy Chiu angrily. The director is demanding and in order to achieve realism, he calls out NG whenever there is any part that does not match his standards. Because of this, William Feng has to be knocked down to the ground many times and ended up with bruises on his elbow.

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