Forget ‘Idols’ singing No. 1 hits — focus is Miley

Though Miley Cyrus has a successful career, even she understood it may have seemed a little odd to have her mentor contestants who were mostly older than she is.

In many ways, Tuesday was a typical night on “American Idol.” Crystal Bowersox was good, Paige Miles and Tim Urban were bad, Ellen DeGeneres compared one singer to a pen and quoted Oliver Twist to praise another ... you know, the usual.

But that wasn’t why people tuned in. The big story was the guest mentor, Miley Cyrus — or as Crystal’s child probably knows her, Hannah Montana. Now she’s looking to evolve from those tween idol roots into bigger, better and slightly more serious things, and what better way to do that than to offer advice to the “Idol” finalists.

Of course, the advice that worked best for her was “Get your own show on the Disney Channel,” but that wouldn’t be practical for someone like Andrew Garcia, as Disney Channel stars tend not to have neck tattoos. Beyond that, what advice could someone younger than all but two of the 11 finalists possibly have about how succeed in the music business?

She acknowledged that herself, saying, “I know how talented they are, so I was like, ‘How am I going to tell them what they are doing wrong when I don’t really see it?’ ” Miley, don’t worry. Ellen is still asking herself that very same question every week.

Christina Aguilera “Not Myself Tonight” Song Debuts Next Week

Christina Aguilera is back with a new single called “Not Myself Tonight.”


On Tuesday, the pint-sized powerhouse released the edgy official cover for her comeback single “Not Myself Tonight.” Produced by Polow da Don (Can’t stand him….), the track is set to debut on radio next week. For more information, be sure to visit ChristinaAguilera.com.

And don’t forget, the diva herself will be making her acting debut alongside singing legend Cher in the movie musical Burlesque later this year.

Producer: Miley Cyrus Not Too Young to Mentor on Idol

Is Miley Cyrus too young to be a celebrity mentor on American Idol? Show executive producer Ken Warwick says fans and skeptics alike should tune in to Tuesday’s Billboard No. 1 hits-themed show to see for themselves how the 17-year-old star proves age is just a number.

“Miley brought an amazing, youthful energy while working with the Idol contestants this past weekend,” Warwick tells PEOPLE. “Her experience in the music industry and her advice in handling fame at a young age proved invaluable.”

On Wednesday’s results show, Miley will return to perform her hit song, “When I Look At You,” and new couple Joe Jonas and Demi Lovato will sing their duet, “Make A Wave.”

“All of our contestants use what they learn from the mentors each week to carve their own path in the in the competition,” Warwick says, “and Miley was no exception to this.”

“Twilight Eclipse” Poster

On Tuesday, Summit Entertainment revealed the first promotional poster for the eagerly-anticipated third installment of the increasingly-popular Twilight film franchise.


“It all begins… with a choice,” the tagline teases Twi-Hards.

The poster art for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse plays up the eternal love triangle between Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart), her vampire boyfriend, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), and her werewolf best friend, Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) — who also happens to be holding a torch for her.

Sandra Bullock Not Seeking a Divorce Lawyer

Sandra Bullock has not been looking for a divorce lawyer – and neither has husband Jesse James, their reps tell PEOPLE.

TMZ reported Tuesday the actress's representatives "had been in touch with several high-end divorce lawyers," while James's reps had "contacted several lawyers" in case Bullock filed for divorce following his reported infidelity.

Bullock's rep tells PEOPLE: "Neither she nor her representatives have contacted or shopped around for divorce lawyers."

James's rep says the report was untrue.

Bullock's rep also denied an Internet report that on Sunday night Bullock – who has moved out of the family home and has been lying low in the wake of the infidelity news – dined with producers to discuss an upcoming project in which she would play Meryl Streep's daughter.

"The entire report," says the rep, "is another piece of fiction."

HTC EVO 4G announced for Sprint – the world’s first WiMAX Android handset; Hands-on

CTIA 2010 is the place where Sprint has finally unveiled North America’s first 4G / WiMAX smartphone.


Previously known as HTC Supersonic, the device is officially called HTC EVO 4G, and it seems to be the most feature-packed Android smartphone ever – even besting the Google Nexus One (which, by the way, will also be available to Sprint customers).

The HTC EVO 4G resembles the Windows Mobile-based HTC HD2, but it has more features and, of course, it supports both EV-DO Rev A and WiMAX connectivity.

Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 Android 2.1 smartphone announced ; Hands-on

Samsung have announced their latest Android smartphone, the Galaxy S, and it’s running Android 2.1. The Galaxy S GT-I9000 has a 4-inch Super AMOLED display running at WVGA 800 x 480 resolution, together with a 5-megapixel autofocus camera, 1GHz processor and the company’s own custom UI and “social hub” for integrating social networking functionality.


There’s also A-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0 and WiFi b/g/n, while onboard storage will be either 8GB or 16GB. That can be expanded courtesy of a microSD card slot happy with up to 32GB cards. Connectivity includes quadband GSM and triband (900/1900/2100) UMTS/HSPA.

China blocking some Google searches & More

China did not erase Google from the Internet on Tuesday, but it did take a few steps in response to Google's decision to move its search engine to Hong Kong on Monday.

Chinese Internet users can still access Google.com.hk, calming fears of those who thought China would impose the same total ban on Google search that it has long had on services like Blogger and YouTube a day after Google announced its new plan for China. But in some cases, users are being prevented from clicking through to Web sites listed in search results for sensitive topics.

Gene Munster, a financial analyst with Piper Jaffray, put out a research note Tuesday morning based on a conversation with a contact in China, who observed that the blocking would appear after consecutive searches for a particular topic. In some cases it appears that access to Google.com.hk was blocked after repeated searches on a sensitive query, but restarting the computer after running into The Great Firewall appeared to restore access.

That's exactly how China censors search results on Google.com, which led Google to enter the country in 2006 in order to provide a better and faster search service that didn't have to pass through the government filters. Placing those servers inside of China forced Google to comply with self-censorship laws, however, which Google signaled it no longer had any intention of doing in January.

Rain’s special album comeback code: “Sexy”, title song confirmed

‘World Star’ Rain (28) will be having his comeback. After his 5th album ‘Rainisim’ released in October 2008, it will be his singer comeback after 18 months.

And the comeback code will be sexy this time. He will put a stop with all the idols advocating concepts like ‘beastly-dol’ or ’sexy-dol’. Ahead of the comback, we have already seen the teaser video released on 23rd March. In the teaser, we can see Rain showing off his masculinity in the new concept.

The transformation in his style is also radical. He had shoulder-length wavy locks and fake eyelashes attached to his lower eye lashes. A JTune Ent rep said, “It will go with the music style. We have not revealed the most shocking features yet.”

This will be his 2nd album after he left JYP Entertainment and set up his own music label. And this time the album will be titled ‘Back To The Basic’ which means going back to the beginning.

Jolin Tsai wants to be her own boss

Appledaily reported today that the songstress is rumored to have already started her own company earlier this year. Her current contract with Warner Music will expire after the release of her new album this summer. Jolin Tsai has gone through quite a few record companies over the years, but she has stayed with her management company Mars Entertainment Ltd. It was reported that she collaborated with her boss from Mars Ltd to open her own company in the beginning of this year. Mars Entertainment denied the news saying, “There are no such plans at this point, the rumor is incorrect.”

Jolin Tsai joined Mars Entertainment back in 2002 after her contract dispute ended. She released the hit album Magic on the following year under Sony, and reportedly received 120 million (NTD) when she signed on with Capitol. Jay Chou’s JVR Music was rumored to be interested in signing her, but both parties have since denied the rumor.

More tops stars are going independent by starting their own companies

A-Mei Chang, 2005, Mei Entertainment Ltd
She reportedly paid her ex-boyfriend 50 million (NTD) to buy back her contract after they broke up. Her current manager is Chen Zhen-Chuan.

Kyocera Zio M6000 hands-on: you get what pay for


It's totally unfair to Kyocera that we played with its new Zio M6000 mid-tier Android smartphone mere hours after our first look at the HTC EVO 4G, but while we were excited to see a cheaper phone with an 800 x 480 screen, the end result is pretty disappointing. The device crams that resolution into a 3.5-inch screen, which wouldn't be so bad if the capacitive touchscreen element wasn't so low-end. It seemed both unresponsive and lacking in accuracy -- at times we had trouble even dragging open the notification tray. We were told that we were looking at a prototype of the device, but the crumminess seemed pretty uniform across multiple Zios we tested. The device also seemed just generally sluggish -- we'd think the 600MHz Qualcomm processor could handle Android 1.6 just fine, but perhaps there's some optimization left to do. Kyocera told us that the phone is easily upgraded to 2.0 or 2.1, based on carrier wishes, and that they don't have any plans for skinning it. Ironically, running 1.6 on this high res display actually ends up looking worse than a regular low-res screen, due to the blurry icons and UI elements. The cheap looking capacitive touch buttons aren't much out of the norm for Android, but interesting the phone doesn't have any haptics to let you know if you've clicked one. Meanwhile, the haptic feedback for touchscreen typing is cranked to 11 and significantly unhelpful.

Reggie Bush, Kim Kardashian Split Up Again?

Reggie Bush and Kim Kardashian may have have split up for the second time.

A source told E! Online that the relationship is over because the Super Bowl winning running back was always uncomfortable in the spotlight that his girlfriend's fame brought. The source added that it was a mutual decision.

However, PEOPLE claims that it's not official yet. "They are trying to decide what to do right now. Reggie has issues with her busy life and schedule and she can't give it all up."

Another friend tells Usmagazine.com that the couple does not know where things are headed.

"Her fame is just a little too much for him to handle. She travels the world and has created brands. He just can't keep up. They are unsure of what will happen in the future," the friend explained.

Hollywoodlife.com reports that Reggie has already been acting single and partying without Kim on March 20.

“Pirates Of The Caribbean 4″ Casting Tall Gals Without Implants

The latest Pirates of the Caribbean casting call is keeping it real — literally.


The new “Pirates of the Caribbean movie want to be as historically accurate as possible –particularly when it comes to breasts — and that means no actresses with implants.

(Won’t that eliminate about 50% of the working actresses in Hollywood?)

Miley Cyrus Plans to Quit Music

MILEY Cyrus wants to quit the music industry.

The Hannah Montana actress and Party In The U.S.A. hitmaker — who stars opposite her boyfriend Liam Hemsworth in upcoming film The Last Song — says she’s keen to focus on her movie career.

“I just want to do films ’cause I like being someone else,” Miley, 17, said during an interview on The View Monday morning.

“I just feel like the music industry isn’t as positive as I’d like it to be.”

Miley recently revealed that dating her costar Liam led her to made extra effort on-set, which she also said was positive because she is trying to promote a more mature image as she makes the transition from child star to serious actress.

“It was really good working with Liam, because it makes you want to come to work and look good,” she said.

Zach Braff Facebook status update: "Scrubs'...is no more.'

As many of Zach Braff’s fans have already seen, the actor posted a status update last night on his Facebook page that reads: “Many of you have asked, so here it is: it appears that “New Scrubs”, “Scrubs 2.0″, “Scrubs with new kids”, “Scrubbier”, “Scrubs without JD” is no more. It was worth a try, but alas… it didn’t work.”

So does that mean Scrubs has officially ended? Not so fast, says ABC. According to a source at the network who spoke to EW, no official decision has been made. Check back with EW.com for further updates.

Presenting Adam Lambert... in a Kilt!

Just a photo of Adam Lambert during the Scotland leg of his international tour would likely be enough to satiate curious fans.

But combine the two elements mentioned below and listen closely... you'll likely hear screams across the globe from Lambert lovers:

First, the singer told the UK's The Daily Record that he and Lady Gaga recently "had a couple of whiskies" together. How did it go?

"[We] traded stories about life and music in the studio and, in some ways, we are cut from a similar cloth. She did theater for a while too and she got into the club kid scene in New York and I did in LA. We had a similar experience and it's a compliment to be dubbed the male version of her."

As for the amazing photo above? That's a shot of Adam in his "glamkilt," as he Tweeted. He said that wearing the outfit it "like having a cactus - a little pet cactus."

Earlier on the tour, Lambert shared an evening with Boy George. Below, you can watch him walking the streets of Scotland.

Adobe CEO the iPhone's lack of Flash: It's an Apple issue

Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, must be getting tired of these pesky Apple iPhone questions.

On Adobe’s fiscal first quarter earnings conference call, Narayen was asked about Flash on the iPhone—not to mention the iPad.

“We’ve been fairly transparent,” said Narayen. “We’re committed to bringing flash to any platform with a screen. This has nothing to do with technology. It’s an apple issue and you’ll have to check in with them.”

Needless to say, the Apple-Adobe relationship remains on the rocks.

Nintendo 3DS Also Has "3D Joystick," Force Feedback & More

Nintendo's fifth generation version of its wildly popular Nintendo DS hardware, the Nintendo 3DS, comes with more than just the power to display 3D images. It also comes with a new joystick and force feedback, according to one report.


Fortunately, that report is from the typically reliable Nikkei, who writes that Nintendo "plans to give the new system a 3-D joystick and a force feedback mechanism that will let players feel the collisions of a game character." Nintendo has experimented with force feedback on the DS with the Rumble Pak add-on, originally bundled with Metroid Prime Pinball.

250GB Xbox 360 hard drive now available for $129.99


It's been available in Japan for a little while now, and it looks folks over here will finally be able get a standalone 250GB hard drive to breath some new life into their Xbox 360 as well. First revealed on the Xbox 360 Dashboard, Microsoft has now come out and confirmed that the drive will cost $129.99, and says that it should be available at retailers starting today (although Amazon is only listing an in-stock date of March 28th). And, yes, it does come with a transfer cable -- that's it next to the drive in the image above.

Motorola i1 video tour


We checked out Motorola's i1 last night at a dinner event, but didn't get any decent video for you so we went back to the booth and sorted that out. The i1 is definitely an interesting device, though whether its rugged mil-spec feature set -- we were playing shuffleboard with them last night, seriously -- will appeal to its intended market is still kinda up in the air. Don't get us wrong, it's not like the set is missing a pile of features, but it's essentially a giant glass display and we worry it'd eventually suffer a shattering end. Check out the video tour below and chime in, if you use iDEN let us know what you're feeling about this.

Louis Koo & Sandra Ng have supernatural power in new film

Louis Koo, Sandra Ng and Peter Chan attended "Fantastic Crazy" press conference yesterday. Louis dressed up as an oriental "Batman" and Sandra was in red. They play the role as a couple having supernatural power. Sandra said "Since we both have supernatural power, there are lots of incredible stunts involving waist bending and body stretching. The cups and saucers in the room were all broken." Louis added "Sure sure." Sandra said Peter, her husband is the film producer, he should be there watching the shooting of the film, but he left half way. Sandra went on to say "In fact, that was the day when the film had its blessing ceremony. He was only there for that occasion. After he had gone, I was more relaxed." Louis said although he and Sandra have worked together a few times, it was the first time they play the role as a couple. He didn't feel very comfortable at first.

Jesse James Sandra Bullock Divorce

Sandra Bullock is reportedly consulting with divorce attorneys, prompting speculation that the Oscar-winning actress is planning to dissolve her marriage to reality star Jesse James.


The Blind Side actress — whose husband cheated on her with tattoo model Michelle ‘Bombshell’ McGee — has reportedly asked her assistants to search for a “high-end” legal team to represent her if she decides to split from the motorcycle enthusiast for good, TMZ.com said Tuesday.

“We’re told Sandra’s reps have been in touch with several high-end divorce lawyers. Our sources say Lance Spiegel, who handled divorces for Charlie Sheen, Heather Locklear and Michael Jackson, is the frontrunner,” the site writes.

Ke$ha Like You've Never Seen Her Before!

We've seen the outrageous outfits and makeup, winced as she tried to be sexy in her videos and put up with her Britney bashing.

But is it possible under all of that Ke$ha is really nothing more than just a sweet, innocent girl next door?

It sure appeared that way this morning, when the "TiK ToK" singer was spotted frolicking in the surf at Bondi Beach in Sydney sans any sort of face paint and wearing a rather conservative, black, one-piece bathing suit.

It's almost enough to make us forget her more obnoxious public persona and actually kinda like the gal.

Now if we could just get her to do something about that dollar sign in her name.

Opera suggests Safari for iPhone sucks, submits Opera Mini to Apple App Store (video)

While Mozilla canceled its Windows Phone 7-related plans, Opera has officially submitted Opera Mini for iPhone to the Apple App Store, and is now obviously waiting for the Cupertino giant to approve it.

Of course, no one knows if Apple will approve Opera Mini or not (well, save for Steve Jobs himself), but Opera wants to make us understand one thing: its browser is much faster than iPhone’s native Safari browser.

In the video below, Opera tested Opera Mini and Safari at the same time on two iPhone 3GS smartphones – with no 3G and no Wi-Fi enabled, thus relying only on 2G (EDGE). The result: while Safari loaded only one page, Opera Mini for iPhone loaded no less than 5 pages.

Google's China headache not likely to go away

The one-company, two-systems concept didn't work for Google in China. It's not clear how long having one system will work, either.

In following through on its very public threat to shut down its censored Chinese-language search engine on Monday, Google ended months of speculation about its plans following its January announcement that it had been hacked by cybercriminals working from inside China. And in the same moment that Google started redirecting traffic from Google.cn to Google.com.hk and its Hong Kong-based servers, a new era for Google and its operation in China began.

Hong Kong enjoys special legal rights that most of China does not, under the "one country, two systems" approach, allowing Google to remain technically inside of China but free to offer an uncensored search engine. But the vast majority of Chinese Internet users sit behind The Great Firewall of China, which gives the Chinese government the ability to restrict certain Web sites from appearing on computers in China.

Jerry Yan opens up about his impoverished childhood

Taiwan superstar Jerry Yan revealed some intimate details of his impoverished childhood during a recent interview with Japanese television station NHK in Taiwan.

Yan said his father got sick and passed away when he was just 12 so his mother raised both him and his older sister by working as a seamstress. They were so impoverished that Yan could only afford to eat damaged fruit as a child, according to a report on Chinese website Sina.com.

Yan, a former member of the now defunct boyband F4, started working to supplement the household income when he was still in his fifth year of primary school.

He also went on to describe his early home as having a cement plaster ceiling that constantly flaked off and containing an old refrigerator that once gave his sister an electric shock.

Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf to Film Transformers 3

Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf are ready for round three!

The two will reprise their roles in the third film of the Transformers blockbuster franchise, which is set to hit theaters in 2011.

"Transformers 3 has been going very well," director Michael Bay wrote on his official blog Monday.

In addition to the two young stars, he says he's added some big names to the cast.

"We just locked in Frances McDormand and John Malkovich," he wrote. "Both amazing actors I've always wanted to work with."

Live pics of Nokia N8-00 12 megapixel Symbian^3 Nseries flagship leak

I told you things are about to get much more interesting for Nokia and Samsung.


And, less then a day later they already starting to.

Yesterday some info about the upcoming Nokia E7-00 Symbian^3 based ESeries device leaked. Today we get the goods on the new Nokia Nseries flagship – Nokia N8-00.

Well, not everything about it, but a bunch of real live pics from Chinese portal IT168.com, confirming that device exists

Robsten: Missing Each Other, "Counting Down the Days" Until Breaking Dawn

Fans can see them together in the new Eclipse video, but separate work demands have Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson longing for one another in real life.

Rob is in Europe shooting Bel Ami, while Kristen remains in L.A., ironing out details for her upcoming film, K-11. The long distance relationship is hard on them.

“They’re counting the days till they start Breaking Dawn,” a source reports.

That would be the fourth film in the Twilight saga, scheduled to begin production in the fall. For now, the days of possible neck nuzzling are few and far between.

Freida Pinto Denies “Bond” Casting

Freida Pinto won’t be tickling Daniel Craig’s fancy as the next “Bond Girl” after all.


A spokesperson for the Slumdog Millionaire stunner has denied reports the actress has signed up to appear in the upcoming 23rd installment of the 007 franchise, set to take place in Afghanistan.

“It is of course very flattering to even be rumoured to be part of a Bond film but she has certainly NOT been approached for the role of the next Bond girl opposite Daniel Craig as yet,” Freida’s official spokeswoman Divya Tejuja said in an e-mail Tuesday.

Most iPad owners expect to ignore App Store

As the April 3 launch of the iPad approaches, market researcher ComScore has found that consumers expect to use Apple's tablet mainly for surfing the Web and checking e-mail--not for rushing the App Store.

According to ComScore's survey of 2,176 "Internet users regarding their awareness, attitudes and opinions of the Apple iPad," 50 percent plan to surf the Web on it. That activity was closely followed by 48 percent saying they expect to use it for e-mail.

The top two activities were trailed by listening to music, reading books, and watching videos or movies, which tallied 38 percent, 37 percent, and 36 percent, respectively. ComScore also found that 35 percent plan to store and view photos on the iPad.

Nintendo Announces New Hardware, The Nintendo 3DS

At E3, Nintendo will be introducing new hardware, the Nintendo 3DS.


In an official release, Nintendo describes the portable as allowing games to be "enjoyed with 3D effects without the need for any special glasses". It is not yet known how the 3D effects will work, but it is possible that it could work like this Japan-only DSiWare game.

According to Nintendo, the product will go on sale between April 2010 and March 2011.

The Nintendo 3DS will succeeded the Nintendo DS series and will have backward compatibility for Nintendo DS and DSi games. It is important to stress that the Nintendo 3DS is a new hardware series.

JooJoo finally shipping?


Do our eyes deceive us? Can it be that JooJoo -- the CrunchPad that wasn't -- has progressed from pre-order status to shipping? Sure seems that way. Two days ahead of the revised March 25th launch date we see that the JooJoo is now taking proper orders for their Ion-based $499 Atom tablet with 12.1-inch capacitive touchscreen, in the US anyway. So, did anyone get a revised delivery status?

Kyocera offers new Android-powered Zio M6000 smartphone

Kyocera has pulled the wraps off a new Android device called the Zio M6000. It has been a long while since I saw any new devices from Kyocera and the company claims that the new M6000 adds a human touch to the smartphone market.


The Zio device runs on the CDMA2000 1x EVDO rev A network and sports WiFi. The screen of the handset is 3.5-inches and is touch capable. A track ball for navigation also complements the touchscreen. Other features include a 3.2MP camera that can record video at 30fps and a media player.

Jay Park to return with new record?!


First a Youtube cover and now an official musical return? It looks like Jaebeom / Jay Park’s return to the limelight (not that he was ever out of it, truthfully) is picking up momentum!

Recently, music producer & songwriter Einztein posted a few messages on his Twitter that’ll get fans anywhere & everywhere curious…

Space Shower Music Video Awards: Namie Amuro wins Best Video

The recipients of the 2010 Space Shower Music Video Awards were announced on Monday. This year, the biggest winner was Namie Amuro, whose song "FAST CAR" (from the album "PAST < FUTURE") picked up two awards: Best Video of the Year and Best Art Direction Video. Ringo Shiina also won a pair of awards: Best Artist and Best Female Video.

The complete list of awards are as follows:

* Best Video of the Year: "FAST CAR," Namie Amuro
* Best Artist: Ringo Shiina
* Best Your Choice: "Oshakashama," RADWIMPS
* Best Director: Yuichi Kodama
* Best Male Video: "Shunkan Speechless," KREVA
* Best Female Video: "Tsugou no Ii Shintai," Ringo Shiina
* Best Rock Video: "Last Love Letter," Chatmonchy
* Best Alternative Video: "Oyasumi Paradox," Etsuko Yakushimaru
* Best Pop Video: "Butterfly," Kaela Kimura
* Best Groove Video: "SOUND BOY THRILLER feeeeeeeeeeat. LISA," m-flo

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