That's magic! Harry Potter star Emma Watson is named Hollywood's highest paid actress

Last year was a big one for Emma Watson.

She had her final teenage birthday, she started university - and she managed to become the highest paid female star in Hollywood.

The Harry Potter actress, 19, is said to have banked more in 2009 than established stars such as Cameron Diaz, Angelina Jolie and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Her income was put at £20million in the table of Hollywood's top 40 earners compiled by Vanity Fair magazine.

She came 14th overall - and is the youngest person, male or female, to appear.

The magazine said her fee for appearing as Hermione in the final two parts of the Harry Potter series, The Deathly Hallows I and II, was £10million for each film.

Her Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe fared even better and was placed sixth overall with an income of £25.6million.

Incredibly, the 20-year-old was the highest paid actor on the list, with the top five places all occupied by directors.

The magazine, which compiled its figures from various Hollywood sources, said Radcliffe pulled in £25million for his role in the final two Potter films.

He earned a further £600,000 in royalties from Harry Potter merchandise.

Radcliffe, who has used some of his earnings to build up a property portfolio in the UK and U.S., earned more than Johnny Depp and Robert De Niro.

Taylor Swift: ‘Don't Mess With Mr, Guys!’

Taylor Swift says guys need to “watch out” how they treat her — because if she’s treated badly, she’ll put pen to paper and write a song about it!

The Love Story singer — who recently split from Twilight star Taylor Lautner and is said to have hooked up with singer John Mayer – says she’s not a lady to be messed with.

“Writing for my record is like opening up my diary for the last two years, so we’ll see what it says. It’s not over yet,” Swift, 20, told Fox News.

“[Guys will have to watch out] if they do questionable, mean or bad things.”

“I just had some time off over the last couple of weeks to reflect on everything and think how lucky I have been over the year, and I’ve been writing a lot for the next album,” she added.

“As I am looking back I’m always in the present and I’m looking forward at the same time.”

Kelly Clarkson Slams Taylor Swift's Boss for Lame Defense

It's about to get all music industry insidery up in here. Earlier today, Scott Borchetta, the head of Taylor Swift's record label, felt the need to defend his star from all those mean people calling out her lackluster Grammys night duet with Stevie Nicks.


Really, he just made the whole situation worse by issuing way too many excuses for something that really isn't an issue. A sampling: T.Swift's an emotional singer, not a technical one; she's the "voice of a generation"; critics just like to tear people down; there were also technical difficulties that made it hard for her to hear the mix; and "This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note."

And that was the one that sent Kelly Clarkson over the edge and compelled her to let Mr. Borchetta have it...

Another Early Account of How Microsoft Strangled Its Own Tablets

In former VP Dick Brass's stabbing assault on Microsoft, he pointed to how his tablet projects were strangled to death by competing groups inside the company. So it's interesting to see the record of infighting go back further.

First, Microsoft didn't give Brass as many engineers as he wanted—just six, instead of the 20 he wanted. (He did manage to snag two guys worked at Xerox's nigh-mythical PARC, the birthplace of the GUI that inspired the Macintosh.) Consequently, the team ran into issues like handwriting recognition that only worked half the time, and a confusing interface, according to user tests.

BusinessWeek also reported back then that Office group wanted to focus on their own applications, even though the tablet group knew having software ready to go was key. Bill Gates went for the weak compromise, an add-on pack with tablet-specific features. This seems to support Brass's allegations in the NYT op/ed that the VP of Office at the time "refused to modify the popular Office applications to work properly with the tablet." Ironically, the person who shut down Brass appears to be Steven Sinofsky, current president of Windows—the guy who turned the division around and gave us Windows 7.

Microsoft to patch 26 holes in Windows, Office

Microsoft will patch 26 holes next week, including critical ones in Windows, one affecting the kernel of 32-bit versions, and several holes in Office, the company said Thursday in a preview of its Patch Tuesday.

Five of the 13 bulletins affect vulnerabilities that could lead to remote code execution and they are rated critical. The bulletins affect Windows 2000, XP, Vista, and Windows 7, as well as Server 2003 and 2008, Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2004 for Mac, according to the advisory.

"The Office-related bulletins are both rated Important and would require user action to be exploited (usually in the form of convincing a user to open a specially crafted file)," Jerry Bryant, a senior security communications manager at Microsoft, wrote in a blog post. "The vulnerabilities only affect older versions of Office so customers on Office 2007 or Office 2008 for Mac will have no actions this month."

Included in the bulletins will be a fix for a hole in the kernel of 32-bit versions of Windows that Microsoft disclosed two weeks ago, Bryant said.

Reese Witherspoon moves on from Jake Gyllenhaal on a date with handsome Hollywood agent

Reese Witherspoon only split from Jake Gyllenhaal two months ago, but it appears she may have already found a new man.


The Oscar winner, 33, was spotted enjoying an intimate meal for two with Hollywood agent Jim Toth at an Italian restaurant last week.

A fellow diner at the Locanda eaterie in Santa Monica said the actress and her handsome companion were 'very flirtatious' and 'very friendly' throughout their meal.

Witherspoon met Toth - who works for the Creative Artists Agency - in the restaurant and spent two hours with him huddled in a corner.

An onlooker told People magazine: 'They were very flirtatious throughout dinner.

Lady Gaga: “I Was Never Supposed To Do ‘We Are The World’”

In an interview with Access Hollywood’s Billy Bush on Thursday, pop sensation Lady Gaga set the record straight about recent rumors that she was supposed to participate in the star-studded re-recording of “We Are The World” for Haitian Relief — only to pull out at the last moment.


The “Bad Romance” crooner explained that while she was asked to lend her famed vocals to the 25th anniversary of the charity effort, she politely declined.

“I’ve actually been in rehearsal for my new tour, but I was never supposed to do ‘We Are The World.’ So that’s a rumor,” Gaga told Billy. “I believe that they may have asked, yes, about it, but I was unable to do it.”

Anne Hathaway Envies Angelina's "Kissing" Skills

When the Valentine's Day star, 27, shares the different types of on-screen kisses with the U.K. edition of GQ magazine, she laments that "full-on movie kissing" isn't one of her strong suits.

"It's a totally different experience," she says of the forceful kiss. "But really you have to be Angelina Jolie to pull that off and still look good. I don't know if you've noticed, but I ain't no Angie."

She does dispel some tips on what she calls "pretty movie kissing," and uses the back of her left hand as the lucky recipient.

"You have to leave your mouth open a little bit," she tells the magazine's March issue (out Friday). "Open up. More, more, ever so lightly… Otherwise you're going to be getting smoothy. Now, slow it down ... just a little bit."

With that skill, it's a wonder the actress -- who has been dating actor Adam Shulman since 2008 -- hasn't gotten carried away on set.

"If you're both unattached and you get along, of course kissing in a movie is fun," she says. "But you can never get truly deep down and into it. Well, I can't. Jennifer Garner -- now that girl can movie kiss!"

Microsoft schedules 12 Windows Phone sessions for Mix 10 conference

Microsoft has not just one or two, but now 12 sessions dedicated to Windows Phone app and game and development on the agenda for its Mix 10 conference in mid-March, the company announced on February 4.


Microsoft still isn’t providing any specifics about what the content will be for those sessions (I’m guessing that will come some time after the Mobile World Conference in mid-February in Barcelona). But there are now 12 placeholders on the Mix site for those sessions.

Microsoft On Claims of Lameness: It's the Scale, Stupid

After former VP Dick Brass publicly excoriated Microsoft's management and philosophy in an NYT Op-Ed this morning, the company had three good options: fully discredit his claims, let it pass, or admit shortcomings. Or, I guess, none of the above.

Microsoft's response came in the form of a blog post from the company's VP of Communications. It moves through Dick's piece point by point, sort of, so we'll move through his post point by point, sort of.

Dick Brass accused Microsoft of stifling innovation, and stretching even small projects—like the implementation of ClearType, a font antialiasing feature for Windows—into years-long fiascos. Their response?

For the record, ClearType now ships with every copy of Windows we make, and is installed on around a billion PCs around the world. This is a great example of innovation with impact: innovation at scale.

Now, you could argue that this should have happened faster. And sometimes it does. But for a company whose products touch vast numbers of people, what matters is innovation at scale, not just innovation at speed.

Ella is one of the candidates for being a girlfriend, Wu Zun discusses criteria for his other half.

Being in the industry for a few yrs, Wu Zun's rumoured girlfriends are ever changing. From Ariel Lin to Ah Sa, to Angela Zhang, even Wu Zun laughed and said, "Who i'm supposed to have, I have all of them already." No matter if she's funny or cute, seems like all the different sort of characters a female is supposed to have, she's included in the list already. And recently, the one that is most exposed would be the "rather boyish" Ella. Ella, who seemed as though she can only be "good brothers" with Wu Zun, can also actually be one of the candidates of being his girlfriend. He said, "Actually, she is a very caring and responsible girl. It's not definite that being friends is the only option." Not only Ella, Wu Zun expressed that actually, other female artistes can also be possible of being a girlfriend. "Actually, all of them can have the possibility of being a girlfriend, it's only depending on whether I have the feel."

Even though the rumours haven't stopped, ever since Wu Zun entered the industry, he has been single. However, Wu Zun, who has been having a good career doesn't feel any regrets on being single. "My schedules are already packed to the brim, and moreover, there are very few girls who would be able to accept being together with her boyfriend, seeing him for less than a month in a year. Even on Valentine's Day, we're unable to spend it together, so let nature take its course ." He who has good looks, admits that when choosing a girlfriend, he doesn't really look at the appearance of a girl. Being honest and responsible is more important to him. He said, "Because i don't like girls who are pretentious, being a little innocent would be better, she would then be willing to share with me anything."

Wonder Girls to cancel their US Tour

Yesterday we reported that the Wonder Girls was postponing their US album back to March-April due to the departure of Sun Mi. Now JoongAng Daily is reporting that the Wonder Girls will be canceling their US Tour altogether.


From the article:

The Korean pop group Wonder Girls have cancelled their headlining. Tour of the United States, which was supposed to start at the end of February.

It seems all of these decisions were made after one of their members, the 18-year-old Sun Mi, called it quits last month to return to school. The CEO of the company that manages the group, JYP Entertainment’s Park Jin-young, first cancelled the U.S. tour and postponed their U.S. debut album release for April.

G-Dragon interrogated for sexually explicit scene at concert

Big Bang’s leader, G-Dragon, was interrogated on the 4th for his sexually explicit bed scene at his first solo concert.


When asked about the sexually explicit bed scene, G-Dragon responded with, “I didn’t know it was that sexually explicit.”

When asked if he knew the song he performed, “She’s Gone,” was inappropriate for minors, G-Dragon responded, “I didn’t know.”

Adam Lambert Wants to Experiment With His Sexuality

ADAM Lambert says he likes making out with girls “from time to time”.

The American Idol runner-up — who is openly gay — admits he is keen to experiment with his sexuality.

“I like making out with girls from time to time. I have this curiosity at the back of my mind. I’ve never had sex with a woman and I’m a little bit curious about it,” he said.

Lambert recently revealed that he met pop superstar Madonna “for five minutes” at her New York apartment and the pair spoke about the pressures of life in the public eye.

“It was wild, I’ve looked up to her as a popstar… She came in with no make-up, yoga wear, totally Zen and her presence is very powerful, very intense,” he said last month.

“The first thing I said was, ‘Oh my God!’. I said, ‘I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’m just really intimidated right now’. And she said, ‘Why?’

“‘Because I love you!’ And she said, ‘So love equals intimidation for you?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, pretty much. Most of the time, I think, when I feel love, that’s the way it manifests itself at first’.

“I talked to her about celebrity and how to deal with it all. [She said], ‘Just keep your eye on the prize and put your blinders up. Don’t get sidetracked with all the extra fuss’.”

Ugly Betty: How Will It End? Is Betty Getting Married? Find Out!

All the women who are independent, throw your hands up at me! Especially, um, if your name happens to be Betty Suarez.

Ugly Betty is coming to an end this season, and sources are spilling that a wedding is in the works. So will it be Betty's? And what's in store for the other characters? Here's what I'm hearing...

Despite previous reports that the writers have been trying to decide whether Betty will end up with Gio, Daniel or Henry, I'm now told that, although nothing has been set in stone, they're leaning toward a Kelly Taylor-esque, "I choose me" ending that may end up sending Betty (America Ferrera) to a foreign land for a fabulous new job. She may even end up with an old friend there.

But wait a minute, what about all those cute boys we thought she'd end up with? After all, Betty ended up with Daniel (Eric Mabius) at the end of the original series.

"They probably aren't going to have Betty end up with Daniel," says one inside source. "Some key people do not want that to happen."

Hmph!

Brittany Murphy's Cause of Death Determined

Brittany Murphy's death was accidental, the L.A. County Coroner determined, TMZ reports.

According to the coroner's findings, the 32-year-old died of community acquired pneumonia, iron deficiency anemia and multiple drug intoxication -- which included prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

The report also indicated that her death was "preventable." TMZ says that her pneumonia was "treatable," but she wasn't taken to the doctor in time.

"This death could've been preventable," Assistant Chief Ed Winter says, PEOPLE reports.

"Murphy was planning on seeing a doctor, but she unfortunately passed away before she did. This was a case of a person with pneumonia who was anemic (having a low blood count) who was taking medication when she should've been getting medical treatment," Winter adds.

In a previous interview with PEOPLE, Brittany's husband Simon Monjack said, "I took very good care of my wife ... She was on an antibiotic and she was taking cough medicine and doing all the right things."

Can 'Dear John' knock 'Avatar' out of its top spot?

Avatar has now defeated Titanic in every milestone the great boat epic upheld for well over its decade in power. As the new king of the world, Avatar has every right to take its crown–and its nine Oscar nominations–and go quietly into the night. But will it? It’s held on to the top spot for a miraculous seven straight weekends, and with last weekend’s fall of only 10%, it looks like it can stay on top forever. That is, until it encounters the force of young, screaming teenage girls. Yes, Dear John looks like your typical sappy romance but don’t underestimate the power of the sap. It’s why Lifetime is a force on cable television, Valentine’s Day exists, and Hallmark is a $4.3 billion company. It also helps that Dear John sports Channing Tatum, Hollywood’s latest “It” guy who in the next two months will be in two movies based on Nicholas Sparks adaptations (he’s also in Disney’s March 31 opener The Last Song opposite Miley Cyrus). He’s done dance movies (Step Up), actioners (G.I. Joe), and now he’s taking on romance. Will he succeed? If the screaming girls at the premiere are any indication, the answer is already a yes. Read on for my predictions.

Microsoft readies Office 2010 upgrade program


An item briefly posted to a blog by a Microsoft employee offered details of a "technology guarantee" program giving purchasers of Office 2007 a free update to a comparable version of Office 2010--if they buy between March 5 and September 30.

It is not uncommon for Microsoft to launch a "technology guarantee" program ahead of a new version of Office or Windows, offering buyers of a product late in one cycle an upgrade to the new version once it comes out. So it's not a shocker that Microsoft has one planned for Office 2010.

Zune Pass hit by wave of disappearing music?

From time to time, every music service software will happily see to it that some of your music vanishes because of digital rights issues and other legal matters. As of late, Microsoft’s Zune Pass subscription service seems to make more and more music from collections evaporate into thin air with an alarmingly higher rate.


Users have registered similar complaints on the Zune forums, disappearing acts ranging from including all the music from some artists (Arcade Fire, Vampire Weekend, and Spoon, and others), while others have seen only some albums, or some songs disappear.

Check out Ellen DeGeneres on 'American Idol'

Here it is, PopWatchers: the first look at Ellen DeGeneres sitting at the American Idol judges’ table. Hard to judge the judge yet, since this clip is so short — but do you think her “that was something else” comment was praise or put-down?



Who’s excited for Ellen’s debut, and for the start of Hollywood Week on Tuesday?

Snooki Makeover “Inside Edition”

While we’re on the subject of Jersey Shore, series star Snooki sure cleans up nicely…..once those extensions are tamed and the seven layers of tan in a bottle wears off. Have you seen the results of the reality TV sensation’s recent makeover with Inside Edition?


Snook traded in herhigh poof and breast-baring tips for a sleek ponytail and an Alice + Olivia shift dress.

“I look like my Grandma,” the 22-year-old retorted after checking out her conservative new look. “I can’t walk out of the house without bronzer,” she grunted.

Alex Meraz Twit-Rips Taylor Lautner & “Valentine’s Day” Movie

At least one member of The Twilight Saga’s Wolf Pack won’t be purchasing a ticket to see one of the year’s most anticipated comedies.


Alex Meraz, who plays Paul in the popular film franchise, lashed out at co-star and fellow werewolf Taylor Lautner in a vicious series of posts to his Twitter account on Wednesday night. Meraz was less than impressed with Lautner’s role in the upcoming ensemble rom-com Valentine’s Day.

True Blood's Anna Paquin on starting a family with co-star and fiancé Stephen Moyer

After being in the public eye for nearly two decades, Anna Paquin has learnt to keep her private life just that.


But after falling in love with co-star Stephen Moyer on the set of True Blood, the 27-year-old has opened up about her relationship.

And she says the couple are united by their passion for work.

'We're pretty mundane,' she claims. 'We walk our dogs, rehearse lines.

'But our shared passion for our jobs is a really exciting thing. It's part of the reason we ended up together.'

Logan Lerman “Spider-Man 4?”

Logan Lerman, star of the new film Percy Jackson and the Olympians, called in to The Billy Bush Show on Thursday, where he revealed that he is in discussions to replace Tobey Maquire as a high school aged web-slinger in the recently-announced reboot of Spider-Man.


“There have been a few discussions, it’s definitely something I’m looking into,” Logan told Billy this afternoon.

Online chatter has everyone from Michael Cena to Zac Efron to Robert Pattinson up for the role of Peter Parker, the crime-fighting superhero who masquerades as a shy photographer. For his part, 18-year-old Lerman says he’s been a Spidey fan for most of his life.

Motorola Devour has Flash support, makes Pixi look like an underachiever

Motorola's official spec sheet for the Devour reveals that there'll be a Flash Lite runtime on board -- presumably version 3.1, which offers support for a variety of video codecs and Flash 9 content -- and more importantly, it'll work in the browser. That's pretty cool -- it gives the Devour one small leg up on its Droid big brother and matches capabilities that HTC has rolled out in the past on the Hero, but what's more interesting is that the Devour allegedly uses the same next-gen low-cost smartphone processor from Qualcomm, the MSM7627, as the Pixi. Palm has elected not to roll out the Pre's upcoming Flash support to the Pixi on account of its lower-end specs, which begs the question: is Android's Flash Lite 3.1 player significantly more efficient than webOS' Flash 10.1 player, does the Devour have more horsepower packed in there than it's letting on, or does Palm just have higher performance standards for annoying ads than Moto does?

Symbian opens up its source code, available now for your downloading pleasure


It is official. The Symbian Foundation has released Symbian as an open source product today, four months ahead of its scheduled mid-2010 completion date. As with other open source projects, the move will allow developers to modify and contribute to the source code in hopes of improving the overall quality and hastening the development of the operating system. An open source Symbian can also be installed on any compatible device for free which should help to further expand Symbian’s reach and solidify Symbian’s position as the dominant mobile OS worldwide. Beating Android to the punch, Symbian will publish its platform roadmap and planned features up to 2011, an outline which the Symbian Foundation notes can be modified and expanded based upon developer contributions to the mobile OS. The full Symbian source code is available for download now at Symbian’s developer website.

Motorola Milestone “Coming Soon” to Canada, Sans Manitoba and Saskatchewan

The Motorola Milestone has been on course to launch on TELUS in Canada in early 2010, so this isn’t necessarily breaking news in that sense, but IntoMobile has a couple of additional nuggets of information to throw in the mix.

The biggest news is that the latest Telus ads are showing the Milestone as “coming soon”…except in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. This would normally come as a pretty big shock to most, except this isn’t the first time this has happened. In fact, the grandaddy of them all, the iPhone 3GS, is STILL not available in these two provinces and there’s no way of knowing when that’s going to change.

So what gives? It’s the fact that there’s still no HSPA coverage there. The network just doesn’t see a point in selling a premier 3G phone in an area that can’t enjoy 3G. Some may beg to differ, but most North American wireless carriers have similar attitudes about selling 3G devices in non-3G areas.

HP slips out stylish, Core i3-based G62t laptop


It may be in the same family as HP's budget-minded G60 laptop, but the company's new G62t model has more in company with the high-end Envy 15 in terms of appearance, and that's certainly alright with us. Equally respectable are the laptop's specs, which include a standard Core i3 processor (upgradable to Core i5 or i7), 3GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, a 15.6-inch LED-backlit display, and a DVD burner (upgradable to Blu-ray if you like). The biggest downside is the non-upgradeable integrated Intel HD graphics -- but with a starting price of $699 (and plenty of HP coupons floating around), we're guessing plenty of folks will be willing to accept that slight drawback.

Chinese New Year special Red & White program teases with 30 artists

Taiwanese broadcasting station TTV’s NT$20 million Chinese New Year’s special program “Superstar Red & White Entertainment Awards” went on stage last night at National Taiwan University’s Sports Center. The scene of the event saw over 30 artists performing that included Coco Lee, Elva Hsiao, Show Luo, Jimmy Lin, and Nicky Wu. Lasting five hours, the Harlem Yu-led white team attracted a live audience of 2,000 witnessing the idol's graceful presence.

The program was excellent watching, but TTV regretted being unable to invite singers like Jay Chou and A-mei to participate. Host Chang Hsiao-yen stated, "We have so many amazing artists, but because it was an outdoor show, we hoped that we could spread the word to let even more singers come." The “Superstar Red & White Entertainment Awards” by Hsiao-yen and Harlem was outstanding with the two red and white competing teams of singers lighting up the stage. The costs of the sound and special effects went into the tens of millions (of Taiwanese dollars), which consisted of Taiwan, America, Canada, Malaysia, and satellite viewers being able to watch the program.

Yamashita Tomohisa's New Drama Wins Praise


Japanese entertainment magazine TV Guide created a poll asking readers the best drama this season. The results - Yamashita Tomohisa and Aragaki Yui's Code Blue Season 2 had the most votes. Many viewers praised the drama, saying the storyline this season was better than the first. In second is NHK's Taiga drama Ryoma den, starring Fukuyama Masaharu. For this one, viewers have said, "the actual character of Sakamoto Ryoma is not very interesting, however the way Fukuyama portrays him is very captivating. In third is the TBS drama Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge starring KAT-TUN's Kamenashi Kazuya. Most viewers say the storyline is very entertaining. However, the ratings seem to have slipped from the first episode, which was at 12%, down to 7.6% for the third episode which aired last Friday.

2PM releases new single for Spris

Beastly idol 2PM releases a new CF song.


A while back, 2PM did the song ‘Tik Tok’ for Cass beer CF and on 5th February, they released another CF song ‘Crazy4S’.

This song is for the group’s endorsement on clothing line Spris. The MV for the song is also released on 5th February. The song is a dance song written by Kim ChangDae who also wrote the songs ‘Tired Of Waiting’ and ‘I Hate You’ by the group. The song is said to be one song that JYP “would want to put in their full length album.”

Taylor Swift's label chief defends Grammy performance

If you thought Taylor Swift sounded a little off on Grammy night, you weren't alone. There's been so much blog buzz and criticism of her song with Stevie Nicks that the head of her record label is defending her performance.

"This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note," Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta told The Associated Press in a phone interview. "This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It's not about that technically perfect performance."

Borchetta first responded to the backlash in The Tennessean, where he said: "Maybe she's not the best technical singer, but she's probably the best emotional singer because everybody else who gets up there and is technically perfect, people don't seem to want more of it. … She's an extraordinary songwriter and her vocal performances are getting better. Everybody is not perfect on any given day."

Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato Shoot Down Feud Rumors, Dine

In a July 2009 interview, Demi Lovato had a simple message: Miley Cyrus is my total BFF!


By October, however, tension seemed to have arisen between the pair, as Lovato Tweeted to Miley that she barely knew her anymore. This exchange took place soon after Demi broke up with Trace Cyrus.

Ever since, fans of both stars have wondered what the status of their friendship is. This week, we seem to have gotten the answer: it's all good.

Miley, Demi, and Liam Hemsworth dined together on Tuesday night at Jerry's Famous Deli in Studio City, CA. Do these look like a pair of feuding enemies to you?

Tiger Woods Reportedly Leaving Rehab This Week

According to RadarOnline, Tiger Woods is leaving sex addiction rehab by the end of this week. His wife Elin reportedly flew to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to bring him home, sources said, adding that the couple plan to go away together, alone, for a few days.

"Tiger and Elin want to be alone out of public when he leaves the clinic," the source says.

Woods has allegedly been undergoing a sex addiction rehab program at a treatment facility in Mississippi since in January. But speculation has grown, even after photos surfaced online.

According to the Melbourne Herald Sun (via CBS News), Woods could be back playing competitive golf as early as Feb. 17 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson.

Hey, Google! Why No Multitouch for the Droid?

History will note that Steve Jobs was right: Google can be evil. And what it's doing to Android is a case-in-point.

Only Nexus One customers are getting new multitouch features, all you Droid customers are just out of luck.

Multitouch was one of several updates to its Nexus One smartphone that Google released Wednesday. The company did not provide the update to other top-tier Android smartphones, such as the Motorola Droid.

CNET reported that Google is blaming the feature disparity on the difference in processor speed between the two handsets. Yesterday, my former CNET colleague, Molly Wood, offered wonderful details on how Android is being undercut by Google.

The Droid supposedly doesn't have the necessary horsepower for touchscreen gestures, such as pinching to zoom. But, how does that explain that the European version of the Droid already has multitouch?

As do other less-powerful handsets, such as the Palm Pre and Android-based HTC Hero.

Maybe this is all just a misunderstanding and the Droid will soon gain feature parity with the Nexus One. But, I'm not holding my breath.

The Money Behind the New Computing War

I love when tech companies go to war. And this one is going to be huge. No, not huge: Gigapocalyptical. The domination of a new age of computing is at stake, and Apple, Google, and Microsoft want to win.


This is the money they can play with. First, Microsoft with $40.4 billion in the bank. That's actual rupees plus short and long term securities. Apple follows up closely with $39.8 billion, while Google trails way behind with only $24 billion. And the almighty Intel? $18.9 billion.

Yes baby. I can't wait for the nuclear ballistic missiles to start filling the skies.

Former Microsoft VP Dick Brass weighs in on why Microsoft 'no longer brings us the future'

"Unlike other companies, Microsoft never developed a true system for innovation." Dick Brass, a former VP at Microsoft, lays out in a scathing NYT op/ed how the company has destroyed its ability to "bring us the future." It's insanely fascinating.

His anecdotes, from this time running tablets at Microsoft—a type of computer the company believed was the future—are chilling, revealing the destructive level of competition between some divisions. For instance, someone in his group developed ClearType, Microsoft's font smoothing tech that was developed to sell ebooks, but other groups at Microsoft freaked out and actively sabotaged project, or tried to steal it from the tablet division, which is why it took 10 years to actually make it out into the world.

His other example is ridiculous too: The head of Office believed so strongly in the keyboard and mouse, he refused to develop a version optimized for tablets. Which is the exact opposite of what Apple showed last week, obviously, with a fully redesigned, multitouch version of iWork for the iPad. And it's the lack of software that doomed tablets from Microsoft.

Super Junior criticized for rude behavior at Seoul Music Awards

Idol group Super Junior just can’t seem to stay away from controversy.


Last night, the 19th High1 Seoul Music Awards took place, where Super Junior picked up three awards. But it was also Super Junior member Kyuhyun’s 22nd birthday.

Anyway, during the awards show, Super Junior members celebrated Kyuhyun’s birthday at their table with a birthday cake. Netizens are appalled at this behavior, as they found it rude that they would do such an act at a prestigious awards ceremony. Their reasoning is that, instead of honoring and celebrating the artists who were winning awards on stage, they brought out a cake to celebrate Kyuhyun’s birthday. In addition, there was a magic show on stage from Lee Eun Kyul, but because of Super Junior’s celebration, all of the attention was shifted onto them, furthering the anger from netizens.

Close source denies Vicky Zhao Wei pregnancy report

FILM director Daniel Lee Yan-gong has denied a newspaper report over his statement confirming the pregnancy of Chinese actress Vicky Zhao Wei.

Lee said he was misinterpreted by the media.

In the news report, Lee was quoted as saying: "As good friends, we should give her (Zhao) more privacy. On this matter, we are by her side. Everyone wants to see the birth of their own child."

He was reported making the statement during a promotional tour of his latest movie 14 Blades at Chengdu, China last Friday.

Four days later during another tour in Xian, Lee made a clarification over the matter, Ming Bao reported.

He said the "child" in his statement was referring to 14 Blades.

"My full sentence was 'The movie is to be released immediately, everyone wants to see the birth of their own child'," he said.

Zhao, the lead actress in the movie, was absent from the event.

She had not made any public apperances since Dec 4 last year and this had led the media to continue believing that she is pregnant.

Lee Byung-Hun role to expand in sequel to "G.I. Joe"

Hallyu star Lee Byung-hun may be headed to establishing firmer ground in Hollywood.

Paramount Pictures, the creators of "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra," has reportedly decided to give Lee's character Storm Shadow more weight in the second installment of the action flick set for release in 2012.

Paramount judged that the Korean actor contributed much to the success of the first pic and are developing on the stories surrounding Storm Shadow.

His agency BH Entertainment however, said they do not know as of yet how important Lee's role will be since the screenplay for the movie is not been complete.

Filming for the sequel of the movie based on the Hasbro toy line is set to start in August.

James Cameron Confirms 'Technical Discussions' About 'Avatar' Sequel'

Writer/director discussed the possibility of a follow-up to the highest-grossing domestic film of all time on 'Larry King Live.''

On the same day that "Avatar" was officially announced as the highest-grossing domestic film of all time ($601 million at the box office and counting), writer/director James Cameron appeared on "Larry King Live" to talk all things blue and alien, as well as a tiny bit about the sequel that we all know by now is going to happen.

"[W]e have had some technical discussions of how we would do it," Cameron said on Wednesday's program.

That vaguely worded statement might jibe with rumors circulating on the Web that technical crew for an "Avatar" sequel are already being hired. One might have hoped for King to follow up with a probing question or three, but the CNN host seemed content to move on. Sit-down interviews with Cameron are hard to come by these days (unless you're Oprah), so King's interview represented a significant missed opportunity to reveal breaking news. Instead, King spent his time rehashing the cinematic past, talking B.O. numbers and giggling over a mockup of himself as a blue Na'vi alien.

Lil Wayne: God Wants Me in Prison

Lil Wayne is constantly moving. But the hyperactive hip-hop star will find himself suddenly sedentary come Tuesday, when he has to report to prison to serve a yearlong sentence for gun possession.

"I don't like to stop," Wayne, 27, tells Rolling Stone. "I believe you stop when you die."

He says his prison term is God's will for him and everything happens for a reason."I look at things as 'Everything is meant to be.' I know it's an experience that I need to have if God's putting me through it."

Wayne's felony charge came after a July 2007 arrest in New York City, when police found a .40-caliber handgun in his tour bus. Initially Wayne, whose real name is Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., pleaded not guilty – but in October, he changed his plea to guilty in exchange for a reduced 12-month sentence.

But before he finds himself waking up behind bars at New York's Rikers Island, Wayne is packing in video shoots, recording sessions of songs from The Carter IV and time with his family. He says he's avoiding getting tips on prison life.

"This is Lil Wayne going to jail," he says. "Nobody I can talk to can tell me what that's like. I just say I'm looking forward to it."

“The Fast & The Furious 5?

The adrenaline-pumping The Fast & The Furious franchise is revving its engine for a fifth installment, Variety said Thursday.


Universal has greenlit the project — tentatively-titled Fast Five — will find the Dom Toretto and Brian O’Conner on the run from the law. The feature is expected to reunite director Justin Liu and series stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker — who withdrew from the franchise in the third film Tokyo Drift but returned for 2009’s Fast & Furious. Bringing in a global total of over $350 million, Fast & Furious was one of Universal’s highest-grossing films of the year.

Fast Five will race into theaters next year.

Apple Now Lets You Preview iPhone Apps In Your Browser

In November 2009, Apple launched a feature dubbed iTunes Preview, which essentially enabled people to see what music is available on iTunes from their Web browser without the need to fire up – or install – the desktop software program.

At the time, you weren’t able to actually listen to a sample of music tracks from your browser, but that changed earlier this year when Web-based audio previews were quietly added (paving the way for the imminent roll-out of iTunes.com).

This morning, Apple activated the iTunes Preview feature for iPhone / iPod Touch applications in addition.

To see this for yourself, open any direct link to an iPhone app (example) in your favorite Web browser.

You’ll notice that instead of only throwing up a dialog box prompting you to confirm that you wish to launch iTunes on your desktop, you’ll see a nice page with the app logo, price, description, screenshots, rating, reviews and more in a new window or tab.

Simultaneously, iTunes will be opened and you’ll be directed to the app’s detail page in the App Store.

Samsung M100S is the company’s first Android 2.1 phone

Today, Samsung has unveiled its first Android 2.1 phone, the Samsung SHW-M100S.


Unfortunately, it looks like the M100S will be available only in South Korea (starting March, via SK Telecom).

The Samsung M100S features a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display, an 800MHz processor, Wi-Fi, GPS, DivX support, T-DMB, 3.5mm headset jack, social networking services, 5MP camera with 720p video recording, and the latest version of TouchWiz UI.

Sony sales, earnings bounce back

Thanks to intensive cost cuts, and buoyed by sales of Vaio PCs and PlayStation 3 game consoles, Sony's quarterly results are back in the black.

After four straight quarterly losses, the company rebounded in the third quarter of its fiscal 2009. Net income jumped 660 percent to 79.2 billion yen ($871 million), compared with 10.4 billion yen in 2008's third quarter, Sony reported Thursday.


Sales for the quarter ended December 31 rose 3.9 percent to 2.24 trillion yen ($24.6 billion) versus 2.15 trillion yen in the year-ago quarter.

Edison Chen wants Tony Leung to play him the most in a film

This year Edison Chen turns 30 years old and has experienced a lot in the last 10 years. Besides the Artist Photo Scandal 2 years ago, he has demonstrated talent in doing business and investment. Edison was asked if his life experiences were brought up to the big screen as an inspirational story, which actor does he want to play him the most? He expressed Tony Leung Chiu Wai is the best candidate.

Before the photo scandal, Edison's goal was to earn enough money buy age 32 for retirement, but because of the incident his plans were forced to change. Now, he's still ambitious in business planning to have 18-25 clothing stores opened worldwide by 2012. he then will continue to open up to 30, 50 stores with more and more people acknowledging his brand. He said: "After the incident, there are more people in my store. Before 50 or 60 year old people that didn't listen to hip hop music would not know who Edison Chen is, now everyone knows who Edison Chen is. Some people would come have a look at my store in disguised. Since the opening of my store, I deliberately tied the brand to myself. Currently, there are many foreigners out there that knows this brand, but don't know who Edison Chen is yet, but I'm still really happy."

SNSD releases practice dance video for Oh!

SNSD’s Oh! track has only been out for a week, but it’s already taking the kpop scene by storm – it’s only a matter of time until the girls start raking in those awards!


After releasing a peppy music video last week, SM Entertainment has uploaded a new video on their official Youtube account with raw footage of the girls running through their Oh! choreography.

It’s nice to see that, even without the aesthetic help of attractive stage outfits and brightly colored backdrops, the girls still shine.

Charmaine Sheh denied dating Moses Chan

Charmaine Sheh has always been the gossip target for dating male artist each time she works with in TV series. Recently she is rumored to be dating Moses Chan when they are working on "Can't Buy Me Love". One magazine reported Moses is using the "coffee" technique to gain her admiration, and they have been going out for two months. There is another rumor that Moses was told off in the street by Bernice's father. Bernice is getting very jealous that she told Moses that she is not going out with him any more. Yesterday, three of them attended different functions. Moses and Charmaine both denied the rumor that they are dating. Charmiane even said she is as an outsider, she is preparing a wedding gift for him when he gets married. Moses teased Charmaine by mentioning Kevin Cheng. He said they are all brothers and sisters.

Charmaine attended a function in the race course yesterday. She told the reporter that she hasn't got the "Peach blossom" fortune, it was only a rumor. Reporter asked if it is true that Moses and her are having a love affair, she said "I am almost ready having prepared a wedding gift for him! (Who is he marrying?) I don't know, the rumor is not true." Talking about Moses uses coffee to pursue her, reporter asked her if it is true also? Charmaine smiled "He was the emperor that day, he bought coffee for all of us, not only me. Moreover, it was only a cup of coffee, not an apartment, don't make it a big thing." Charmaine expressed Moses and her are only colleagues. She went on to say "I better leave him to explain to her (Bernice) I am not the party involved, I am only the victim. I will not answer any further questions." Reporter asked if she wishes them all the best, Charmaine said she wishes them both Happy New Year.

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