Miley & Billy Ray Cyrus Salute the Troops – With a Surprise

Hannah Montana stars Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus know how to plan a sneak attack: After inviting dozens of military families to fill the studio audience during the March 12 taping of the hit series, they surprised the audience by inviting them to take part in filming a concert scene for the show.

"My dad has always been super involved with the troops so [the producers] always try to find things that are close to our hearts and that we're really involved in," Miley, 17, told PEOPLE.

Adds Billy Ray, 48: "This past December I was in Afghanistan and Iraq and that trip inspired the writers to say let's do an episode to say thank you to the troops."

'Mission: Impossible' Star Peter Graves Dead at 83

Film and television star Peter Graves died Sunday of a heart attack outside his home in Pacific Palisades, California, his business manager, Fred Barman, confirmed to the New York Times. He was 83.


According to his publicist, Sandy Brokaw, Graves collapsed upon returning from brunch with his wife and children. One of his daughters administered CPR, but was unable to save him.

Graves, whose career spanned about 60 years, was perhaps best known for his Golden Globe-winning portrayal of IMF leader James Phelps on the iconic spy series 'Mission: Impossible,' which ran for seven seasons on CBS. He later reprised the role in an ABC reboot, from 1988-1990.

Graves' small-screen career dates back the mid-'50s when he landed a regular gig on the NBC Western drama 'Fury.' From then on, he became a regular face on television, with additional roles on 'Whiplash,' 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents,' 'The Dean Martin Show,' 'Fantasy Island' and, more recently, the WB family drama, '7th Heaven.'

iPhone-Loving Microsoft Employees Endure Unspeakable Hardship

The WSJ has a discussion today of the phenomenon of the iPhone-using Microsoft employee. Apparently that time Ballmer fake-stomped an iPhone is emblematic of some (barely) real anti-iPhone sentiment in Redmond.


Interestingly, it turns out that 10,000 iPhone users accessed Microsoft's employee email system last year—about 10% of the total company's workforce. But like a gay man in the army, iPhone users are not always free to be open with their love. In fact, this story is almost exactly like the saga of homosexuality in the armed forces, except in most ways.

Two Surprise PlayStation Move Maneuvers

We've been trying to notice every little thing about the PlayStation Move this week. Each detail is telling. Here are two surprise Move maneuvers I witnessed during demos of Move this past week at Game Developers Conference.


1) The XMB Maneuver — I watched a developer use the swinging motions of the PlayStation Move controller to swipe through the PlayStation 3's cross media bar, the menu interface that lets gamers find content and settings on their console. I saw this when a developer needed to restart a game of Move Party, a game that is played with one Move wand held in your hand. The Sony developer pressed the Move's PlayStation button, which produced the console's standard, overlaid menus allowing the player to quit the game. To swipe from a "no" to a "yes" response, the developer waved his Move hand and pressed a button. The game quit. To swipe through the XMB and restart the game, he waved his hand some more.

HTC Touch Pro 3 rumoured for summer, likely to disappoint

A poster at XDA-Developers who claims to have inside knowledge of HTC’s release plans has said HTC intends to release the latest version of HTC Touch Pro franchise this summer.


Just had a dinner with a friend of mine who is the main distributor for HTC in Europe, and he informed that they will receive the first shipment of Touch Pro3’s this summer and they will be on sale in Europe third quarter of this year. This is my main contact for HTC devices and he arranges a Touch Pro2 for me 4 months before it was officially released…He told me that the device will be much smaller and thinner, and soon he will provide me with the evidence including the full specifications Do you guys think this would be something you would purchase or would you rather wait for the Windows Phone 7?

Google Is Working On Letting Users Link Their Gmail And Google Apps Accounts

Many people (including myself) have come to the conclusion that Gmail, with its threaded messages, spam filtering, and vast storage space, is one of the web’s best webmail providers. In fact, we like it so much that we use it for both our personal accounts and work accounts using Google Apps. But that also poses a problem: many of us wind up having to maintain two separate Google accounts, which means we have to swap logins whenever our Gmail, Reader, or other data is stored under the other account. Fortunately, there may be an end in sight for this juggling act.

As today’s SXSW panel on Gmail came to a close, the panelists revealed one last juicy tidbit: they’re working to resolve the problems with multiple namespaces that users have to deal with. The team didn’t get specific — they simply repeated that they have to deal with the same problems, as they have “@google.com” accounts for work and standard Gmail accounts for personal use. And they know it’s a pain.

Google pullout from China imminent

When Google was targeted by Chinese hackers at the end of last year, the company threatened to end its search operations in China. At issue were both the ongoing requirements from the Chinese government to censor search results on Google’s Chinese language search sites (google.cn) and attacks on Google’s properties from within China seeking information on human rights activists, both inside and outside the country. Now these issues have come to a head and several sources are reporting that Google will most likely shut down google.cn shortly.

Although Google appeared to be going about business as usual in China (posting openings for engineers, managers, and sales staff in China), behind the scenes negotiations between Google and the Chinese government over protection of Google intellectual property and, more importantly, ongoing censorship have exposed irreconcilable differences. According to the Wall Street Journal,

5th batch of ‘Black SoShi’ concept photos featuring YoonA and Tiffany revealed!


The 5th batch of ‘Black Soshi’ concept photos featuring members YoonA and Tiffany has been unveiled on 15th March.

Earlier batches of photos revealed features Yuri, TaeYeon and Seo Hyun, SooYoung and HyoYeon and Sunny and Jessica.

T-ara ‘I’m Really Hurt’ 2 Parts MV revealed

Having made a comeback with a sexy concept, girl group T-ara demonstrated the limitless extent of their versatility through a boyish look in their I’m Really Hurt MV–three of them, to be exact.


In one of their performances on SBS Inkigayo and through several concept photos released earlier, the ladies showed a sneak preview of what was to be expected in the full song and their next image. However, the aforementioned did not do justice to the full MVs, which have been released today.

Shirley and Tavia Yeung both generously admits participation in ICAC investigation


TVB General Manager Stephen Chan and Producer Ronald Chin recently have been involved in a corruption case. It was said that ICAC is suspecting TVB executives opened their own company and was targeting the first line TVB artists giving them salary pressures. The new company invites TVB artists to help a "friend" in shopping mall and ribbon cutting events for lesser pay, all proceeds go to the new company and not TVB. It was also said that there was some sexual harassment going on during variety shows towards the artists.

ICAC has approached several TVB artists for investigation. Because TVB ordered their artists to keep their mouths sealed, to avoid getting involved in the case, artists avoided the media including Linda Chung, Shirley Yeung and Tavia Yeung. Yesterday when the 3 ladies returned to TVB City, once they saw a large group of reporter standing outside, they quickly ran in. Linda Chung did "tai chi" and shook her head yelling "No" to the media. Tavia on the other hand was more relaxed and kept her mouth shut as she walked in. At a series promotional event, Shirley Yeung generously admitted that she was investigated by the ICAC.

After School 3rd single jacket photo revealed – comeback as 8 members?

7-member girlgroup After School transforms as 8-member group for their comeback.


On 15th March, the 1st jacket photo for the group’s’ 3rd single comeback was posted on their official homepage. But in the photo, 8 members were seen gaining much attention from fans and netizens.

Especially for the new member, her face was hidden in the photo, bringing the level of curiosity higher from fans. For their new single, After School is going for the 3 charms ‘radical + strong + sexiness’.

`Alice' extends her No. 1 stay with $62 million

Alice is still ruling the movie palace.


Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" easily remained the No. 1 weekend draw with $62 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Disney fantasy has climbed to a $208.6 million total domestically, becoming the first $200 million hit released this year.

In its second weekend in theaters, "Alice in Wonderland" pulled ahead of the $206.5 million domestic haul of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" to become the top-grossing of Depp and Burton's seven films together, which include "Edward Scissorhands," "Sweeney Todd" and "Corpse Bride."

Miley Cyrus to Critics: Get a Hobby!

In a recent interview with KIIS FM, Miley Cyrus confirmed her relationship with Liam Hemsworth and sent a message to her critics, possibly signaling out THG: Get a life!

"I may not be the best singer in the world, but I don't lip synch, I'm honest. I'm honest in acting, too," Miley said. "I'm doing what I like, people that are dogging me probably aren't, which is why they're down on me., I want to tell them ‘go get a hobby!'"

Ouch. We are, indeed, doing what we like, Miles. But we don't begrudge you a self-defense.

As for Hemsworth, Cyrus is confident that he's dating her for all the right reasons.

Ke$ha: ‘I’m a Walking Celebration of F**k Off Irreverence’

SINGER Ke$ha wants to be a “walking celebration of f**k off irreverence”.

The Blah Blah Blah hitmaker doesn’t do anything to deliberately create an image and believes her true personality is reflected in her songs and videos.

“OK, you think it’s all an image — well that’s so not true,” she said. “I would hope to come off as a walking celebration of f**k off irreverence and youth and fun.”

The 22-year-old star also claimed she is like a “pimp dance commander” who loves instigating fun evenings with her friends.

“I get drunk and I like to dance to vinyl records in my room with my friends,” she said. “I guess I’m not a party girl in the ‘vagina hanging out of my skirt’ kind of way.

“I like getting drunk and partying but not in a gross way, I’m more like a pimp. More like a dance commander. Especially in America, ‘party girl’ is not a good image.”

Jaxbot's Windows Phone 7 Series Theme now available in beta (video)


Even if your handset of choice won't be eligible for upgrade to Windows Phone 7, there's no reason you can't enjoy the look and feel of Microsoft's latest and greatest with a well-executed skin, right? Looks like Jaxbot's Windows Phone 7 Series Theme is available in passable beta form -- great news for any and all of you jealous WinMo 6.5 users who might be reading this -- and it can be had right now (as in now!) at the XDA Developers forum. Want to see it do its thing? Peep the video after the break.

4th set of concept photos to ‘Black Soshi’ featuring Jessica and Sunny revealed!


The 4th set of concept photos to ‘Black Soshi’ featuring members Sunny and Jessica has been revealed!

Earlier batches of photos revealed features Yuri, TaeYeon and Seo Hyun, and SooYoung and HyoYeon.

S.H.E sings in the rain, Ella calls out for Jerry Yan

What is "empress" ostentation? Yesterday, S.H.E held a signing event at Ximending on a luxurious stage that cost NT$400,000 to build. The 3 ladies had fun together with the fans. Ella, whose neck was sprained, had to get acupuncture treatment in order to go on stage. Despite this, she even called out for her co-star Jerry Yan to come and pre-order 100 of their CDs.

Even though the SHERO pre-order signing event was mixed with rain, the number of enthusiastic fans did not decrease -- some had gotten there early in the morning to grab seats. In order to strengthen the momentum for this "Heavenly Empress Group," for this first signing, HIM spent an enormous amount of money to build a stage that could be raised and lowered, and also extended the stage. Donned in powerful black rocker outfits, S.H.E performed their album's first track of the same name. In spite of the heavy rain that poured down on the extended stage that was not covered, they interacted with the fans.

Wonder Girls are back in NYC to focus on their U.S. album

K-pop sensation Wonder Girls have postponed the release of their first U.S. album, which was originally slated for February, to April.


They headed back for New York on the 13th, after visiting Singapore and Korea. They were only in Korea for two days, which was probably a bummer for the girls and fans alike. Perhaps they even visited Sunmi during their brief stay.

Yenny tweeted, “finally arrived …!! X)”

The Wonder Girls’ representative said, “The Wonder Girls will concentrate on their first U.S. album from now on.”

Chasing after Sonia Sui Tang with his bared body, Blue Lan Zheng Long got wounded

TTV, Sanlih idol drama: ‘Tou Xin Da Sheng PS Nan’ during a snatch scene, Blue Lan grip Sonia Sui’s wrist till bruise and Sonia’s watch also scratch Blue Lan’s elbow unintentionally, both of them are wounded.

In the drama, Xia He Jie (starring Blue Lan) and Ma Xiao Qian (Starring Sonia Sui) were having a date in the hotel, Ma Xiao Qian seized the opportunity of taking away Xia He Jie trousers and room card while he was bathing, Xia He Jie had to chase out covered in towels, so the two persons were having a chasing scene in the hotel corridor.

In order to emphasize realism, Blue Lan’s hands clenched Sonia Sui’s wrist upon chasing up to Sonia Sui, and on the other hand, Sonia Sui while struggling to break away, did not expect her watch to scratch Blue Lan’s elbow and it bleeds on the spot, Sonia Sui while taking a break during meal time also found bruises on her wrist.

2PM’s Follow Your Soul MV released!

Earlier this week, boy group 2PM teased their fans with the release of the MV teaser for their track Follow Your Soul. The song and MV are being used to promote the OPPO Mobile brand.


As expected, we follow the boys as they share very cute moments with a very lovely young lady. However, after the awesome dance breaks come to pass, so do the 6 members in the young woman’s life. Although the song ends on a rather sad note, the MV is still very awesome. Check it out below!

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