True Blood to get hearts pumping as blood-thirsty drama welcomes sexy new cast member Ashley Jones

As if the residents of Bon Temps didn't have enough to deal with, here comes another sexy temptation to stir things up even more.


Meet actress Ashley Jones, the newest addition to the True Blood cast who is set to make her debut in the second series of the popular vampire drama.

She is introduced in the opening episode as the new but terrible waitress at the fictional southern town's diner, but in typical True Blood style, things are not all they seem with her.

'Clash of the Titans' on top of the crowded holiday weekend

The official battle over 3-D screens comes to a head this weekend. (Everything up until now has been preamble.) For Warner Bros. must land its Clash of the Titans in first place to justify its decision to go 3-D and move its release date to the weekend following Dreamworks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon. Dragon, which already suffered from following Alice in Wonderland so closely, has been doing solid business during the week, earning close to $15 million just through Wednesday. And the third party in the race is Alice, which is still a player in the game, earning another $6 million from Monday to Wednesday, primarily from kids out on Spring Break.

The weekend becomes even more complicated when you figure in the fact that it’s Easter, the NCAA Championship reaches its final four on Saturday night, and Good Friday does mean a good day for movie-going. In fact, the highest-grossing film on Easter weekend was Scary Movie 4, which earned $40.4 million back in 2006. Also competing for some box-office coin are two films not debuting in 3-D this weekend. Miley Cyrus opened her tailor-made Nicholas Sparks’ movie The Last Song on Wednesday to $5 million. And Tyler Perry will bow his sequel Why Did I Get Married Too for a bit of counter-programming. Check out my predictions after the jump. And enjoy the Easter Bunny.

Charlie Sheen Leaving Two and a Half Men

Charlie Sheen wants out.

After seven seasons, CBS’s hit sitcom Two and a Half Men will be down one man after the April 9 taping, sources tell PEOPLE. The reason? “Charlie’s just done,” says a set source. “And he’s quietly telling his friends he’s not coming back.”

Although sources say the network hoped the star would sign a new contract for an eighth season, Sheen recently turned down the offer. “He wants to move on,” says a friend of the actor, whose contract is fulfilled after he tapes this season’s 22nd episode. “Leaving is 100 percent his idea.”

Sheen rep Stan Rosenfield would only say: “Charlie’s deal is only through this current season.”

Sheen, who faces domestic violence charges stemming from a Christmas Day fight with wife Brooke Mueller, entered rehab on Feb. 24 as “a preventative measure” and has been returning to rehab after work each night.

A CBS spokesperson says the network doesn’t comment on contract issues. But a source close to the show says “negotiations are ongoing and nothing has been determined.”

Microsoft's big gamble with free Office

Microsoft has a new plan to make more money from Office: give it away.

With Office 2010, one of the biggest changes is how many ways there are to get Microsoft's most profitable software program for free.

In addition to the free, browser-based Office Web Apps, Microsoft is also offering PC makers the ability to install a basic version of Office on new computers. The new program, Office Starter, includes a stripped-down version of Word and Excel. PC makers, retailers and Microsoft can all make money if the PC buyer later upgrades to a paid version of Office.

"People will be exposed to the Office 2010 experience from the minute they turn on that PC," Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop said Wednesday in an interview here. Microsoft is estimating that 80 percent of new PCs sold at retail after the launch of Office 2010 will have the starter edition of Office pre-installed, he said.

It's obviously a huge gamble for Microsoft, which still makes the bulk of its profits from Windows and Office. That said, most of the Office money comes from businesses and, on the consumer side, Microsoft is also trying to contend with free rivals like Google Apps.

Apple Makes a List of iPad Ready Sites and Checks it Twice

No shock and awe here. Apple’s offensive on Flash Player continues, and this time they’ve created a website that details exactly which sites have joined the foray. It’s a nice site, sure, but we’re wondering if this kind of thing is all that necessary. After all, the general rule of thumb is that people are going to browse the Internet to whichever site they want. No Flash Player, or Flash Player, probably won’t change any of that. (Outside of the video streaming sites, of course.) But, that’s not stopping them, so here’s the list after the break.


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Windows 7 share climbs again

Continuing its fast adoption pace, Windows 7 made up more than 10 percent of devices accessing the Web for all of March, according to new figures from NetMarketShare.

The operating system topped 10 percent usage on a weekend day in February, but March marked the first full month where its use cracked that milestone. For March, Windows 7 made up 10.2 percent of Net-accessing devices, up from an 8.9 percent share in February.

However, that gain came from a drop in older versions of Windows, not from users switching from the Mac. Windows XP usage declined a full percentage point, from 65.5 percent to 64.5 percent of the market, while Vista's share dropped half a percentage point, to 16 percent.

The meaning behind Lee Hyori’s Swing MV

A recent tip from an unnamed source explained the newest music video for Swing from Lee Hyori. The music video was released just a few hours ago but it’s been gaining a whole lot of attention already. Causing fans to be even more hyped for Hyori’s comeback with her fourth album H-Logic.


Now, the music video of Swing might have been confusing for some of you guys since the storyline is a bit difficult to understand. Supposedly this unnamed source is a friend with the director of the video and this was how it was explained. The clown in the video represents Lee Hyori’s ex-boyfriend. Whoever it may be, the clown is supposed to come off as a hurtful and almost scary ex-boyfriend she’s had in the past. Since the whole song is about love and despair, it’s likely that an ex is incorporated into the MV.

SME's Responsible for the Internal Conflict Between the TVXQ Members

SM Entertainment is responsible for the internal conflict between Dong Bang Shin Ki members. – Interview with President Kang, CreBeau.

Recently, the police have finished the investigation for CreBeau's lawsuit against SM Entertainment. The lawsuit documents have been sent to the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’s Office, and at the same time, President Kang has voiced out his unhappiness about this whole issue.

*Irrelevant parts omitted*

On that very day, President Kang also revealed some information from the investigation.

The questionable declaration letter, with UKnow YunHo's and ChoiKang ChangMin's signature, that was revealed during the press conference, was not written by themselves, but by SM Entertainment.

Rain Makes It Onto the List of Candidates For TIME Top 100 Most Influential People...Again

TIME Magazine posted their 2010 list of 200 candidates for their annual ranking of the top 100 most influential people in the world, yesterday April 1st. Those listed range from politicians, athletes, entertainers, artists, etc. Rain was among these 200 greats, showing up at number 48 on the list.


This is not new to Rain being that it is his fifth year being nominated. He proceeded to make the final published list in 2006, but hasn't been able to accomplish the feat again since. However, the pop star did manage to make it into the top three for the online ranking of the top 100 most influential people in 2007 and 2008.

The magazine described Rain as a Korean superstar that has performed for successful world tour concerts. His roles in the Hollywood films "Speed Racing" and "Ninja Assassin" were also mentioned.

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Reportedly Elope; Breaking Dawn Production in Jeopardy?

We knew Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were missing each other and "counting down the days" until filming began on Breaking Dawn. But it appears they missed each other even more than we imagined ... in our wildest dreams.

The two reportedly eloped to the Caribbean island of Martinique.

No photos from the impromptu wedding were leaked because "the couple insisted on total privacy," says a local source, saying they even used assumed names.

"Not even their family members were there."

The five-minute nuptials reportedly took place at sunset Saturday at a private resort. If only they had chosen an island off the coast of Brazil, like Edward and Bella.

Oh well, nobody's perfect ... well, except for the future spawn of Robsten.

Didi Benami: 'It's been a crazy-cool ride'

When Didi Benami got on to American Idol, she wasn't prepared for the level of scrutiny she was about to receive. After all, she told reporters during an exit-interview conference call Thursday, "I wasn't an avid American Idol watcher." When she got to Idol, she found an environment that was "insane, intense -- like boot camp for singers."

Didi seemed in good spirits and mentioned several times how excited she was about getting to go on the summer tour (since, for one thing, that means she won't have to spend another summer waitressing). As for getting eliminated from Idol: "You get kicked down, you've got to get back up and start over. It's not anything I haven't done before."

In fact, Idol was a lot like her Los Angeles experience in general. "You get kicked down a lot," in Los Angeles, says Didi, who moved there from her native Tennessee when she was 19. "I've had crazy roommates and all sorts of ridiculous experiences," she says, including living briefly in her car several times. Those ridiculous experiences gave her the motive to teach herself to play guitar, so she could write songs as a means of getting out words and emotions she couldn't otherwise express.

Miley Cyrus Thinks She Might Deserve an Oscar For The Last Song

Miley Cyrus is incredible in The Last Song ... just ask Miley Cyrus!

Critics have widely panned the film, which is the teen queen's first major acting role outside of Hannah Montana, but that hasn't made Miley any more humble.

On the contrary, so convinced is she that this is her big break into acting stardom that she's thrown around the word "Oscar," according to close sources.

And she's apparently serious, too.

"Miley really thinks she is this big time actress," says a pal. "The publicity is going to her head. She's gotten mixed reviews but only hears what she wants to."

While the 17-year-old has yet to make such a claim in public, thise close to her say she's already talking about commanding twice the money for her next role.

Alanis Morissette “Prince Of Persia” Theme Song “I Remain”


A Middle Easten-infused track from Canadian star Alanis Morissette will serve as the theme song to Disney’s upcoming blockbuster Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, featuring Jake Gyllenhaal. Alanis will croon her single “I Remain” during the movie end credits, The New York Post’s PopWrap Column reports. Prince of Persia opens in theaters May 28. Take a listen to the track HERE:

Lindsay Lohan Tweets Abuse Allegations at Dad

If Michael Lohan weren't preoccupied with emailing The Hollywood Gossip at all hours of the night, he might try reaching out to his estranged daughter instead.

Clearly he has his work cut out repairing that relationship.

Thursday, Lindsay Lohan lashed out at her dad, alleging once again that he abused her when she was a kid. Specifically, the troubled star alleged that he "verbally/literally HURT my mother, brothers, sister Aliana ... why, i ask u?"


Microsoft files for Windows Phone 7 Series Panoramic User Interface patent

When Microsoft announced it’s Windows Phone 7 Series OS, everyone was pretty impressed with the new innovative Panoramic User Interface.


Well, the guys at Microsoft seem to be pretty impressed with themselves too. They think they’ve found a new perfect UI paradigm for a mobile device, that moves beyond tired PC desktop user experience. And they want to have it for themselves, without others getting into a game with some copycat UI.

The JooJoo is here... seriously ( video)


Of all days for this thing to arrive... it had to be today. Yes folks, as you can see in our gallery below, the JooJoo is not only real, but we've got one. We're not going to go into details right now, as we've got our hands kind of full this week, but we suggest you hang tight until our review hits (probably early next week) so you can make the final decision if it's going to be this thing or, you know, some other tablet. Or maybe you just want to keep that $500. Hey, it's your call, pal. For now, check out our unboxing, and at least breathe a sigh of relief that if you did shell out for one of these, it's likely going to hit your doorstep pretty darn soon.

We've got a video encoding right now which runs through some of the UI of the device. We hear you in comments, and would like to let you know that there's no conspiracy here -- it's a question of spending time with a device to review it properly. Unless you know what our schedule is like, we'd appreciate everyone chilling out on the episodes in comments. We're happy to shut them off on this post if you can't control yourselves.

Apple's HTC Complaint Is Officially Moving Forward

The ITC has agreed to investigate Apple's complaint against HTC. It'll be a long process, and this in no way indicates how the ITC might eventually rule, but an Apple victory could mean a US ban of HTC phones.


The suit is a sweeping accusation of patent theft, and a ruling against HTC would likely have broader implications on the rest of the industry as well. Within 45 days, the ITC will set a target date for when the investigation will be complete—and for a case of this magnitude, that would likely be months from now. Any actionable ruling would have to be implemented within 60 days of that ruling.

A large-scale ban would have to be implemented by the courts, and is probably unlikely. If it does happen, though, they'll have to pry the Evo 4G out of my cold, dead hands.

iPad apps now available for purchase in the iTunes App Store

So, here they are. We’ve already seen them a couple times, still images along with it, but Apple has gone ahead and released the floodgates. That’s right, if you were looking to catch a glimpse of what’s to come for the iPad in the applications front, you can go ahead and head into the iTunes Store, and knock yourself out.


As you can see from the image, which is a very, very brief glimpse of what you’ll find in your own spelunking adventures, it looks like the applications are going to be a bit more expensive. We already got a glimpse of that before, but now we can basically say that it’s confirmed. Applications like Fieldrunners have taken a bit of a price increase. The original appilcation goes for $2.99, while the iPad specific application is going for $7.99.

Jay Park posts new video on Youtube channel


2PM ex-member Jay Park posted a new video on his Youtube channel on 1st April.
The video shows his collaboration with Yoshi Wright. This is his 2nd video posted up on his official Youtube channel.

Jacky’s new album makes money

With sales for Jacky Cheung’s new album "Private Corner" reaching 200,000 copies in Asia alone, a celebration gathering was held yesterday. At the gathering, Jacky also debuted his new MV for the song "Double Trouble", which he invested HKD$500,000 of his own money to make. The MV was directed by Xia Yong Kang and features mainland China model Du Juan.

Given the extremely high production costs of Jacky’s new album and the disadvantage of not having TVB as a promotional stage, the fact that the album is able to avoid loss and actually make money is amazing. To this, Jacky commented: “I still hope that the royalties issue will be resolved soon so that the MV for "Double Trouble" can air on TVB.”

Mikako Tabe, Haruma Miura to star in "Kimi ni Todoke"

The "Kimi ni Todoke" live-action film now has a cast: actress Mikako Tabe (21) and actor Haruma Miura (19) will take on the starring roles. The movie was first revealed in January, though no details were known at the time.


The original manga by Karuho Shiina has sold more than 10 million copies over 10 volumes so far, and an animated version just finished airing on NTV. The story revolves around a shy and misunderstood high school girl named Sawako Kuronuma (Tabe), whose appearance resembles the character Sadako from the horror movie "Ringu." When Shota Kazehaya (Miura), one of the most popular boys in school, begins talking to her, her life completely changes.

Newly single Kim Kardashian soaks up the sun as she tweets: 'I never want to go home'

Lying on a sunbed in her tiny string bikini, soaking up the Miami sun, Kim Kardashian's life looks pretty perfect.


And it seems she thinks so too.

In the city with her sisters Khloe and Kourtney while they film their new reality show, Kim tweeted: 'I never want 2 go home!'

Of course, the 29-year-old's willingness to stay away could be due to her recent split from sportsman boyfriend Reggie Bush.

Bullock and James engage in 'phone screaming matches': report

Actress Sandra Bullock has gotten into a series of nasty phone fights with cheating hubby Jesse James -- even reportedly blowing up at him weeks ago regarding his infidelity in an incident that left the bad boy biker in tears.

"When they do talk, it's very little and very nasty," a friend of the Academy Award-winning actress told Us Weekly. "She won't forgive him for this."

RadarOnline reported today that Bullock, 45, who is contemplating a divorce, confronted James about his adulterous ways long before In Touch magazine broke the news two weeks ago that he was having an affair with a former stripper named Michelle McGee.

"Sandra is basically so embarrassed she wants to die," an inside source told RadarOnline. "They have had several screaming matches over the phone."

The source added that James "was drinking while they were talking" and that once Bullock said she was leaving him and that it was over he "broke down in tears and tried to emotionally manipulate [her] with his daughter [Sunny]."

Angelina Jolie Springs into Action in Salt


Action!

Angelina Jolie gets violent in her newest thriller, Salt, out July, as a new trailer shows.

The actress, 34, shoots a cop, gets whiplash as she drives a car off a parking garage and has a sexy makeout scene.

The clip also shows Jolie -- who plays a rogue CIA agent -- dyeing her hair multiple times.

WSJ: CBS bringing free HTML5-encoded TV shows to the iPad, ABC plans detailed & More


The Wall Street Journal is reporting that ABC and CBS are hard at work adapting episodes of their TV shows for the iPad, with both set to offer streamable programming to new slate owners immediately upon launch. Their delivery strategies diverge slightly -- ABC will use the app that was unearthed (and confirmed by us) this morning whereas CBS will stream through the browser (hello, HTML5!) -- but the eventual user experience will be a commercial-supported affair that should be familiar to those who've used their respective online streaming services already. All that remains now is for NBC and Hulu to fall in line, as expected, and your portable media consumption menu will be complete. It'll also be interesting to see what happens to iTunes Store pricing for episodic TV programming, which will soon be up against free (or in Hulu's case, potentially subscription-based) alternatives.

iPhone Windows Phone 7 theme looks blasphemously great [Video]

iPhone 3GS meets Windows Phone 7 meets blasphemy? If you like your iPhone just as God – or Steve Jobs – intended it then look away; tinkerer woocash-kun has come up with a new theme for his Apple smartphone that makes it look just like Microsoft’s upcoming platform.


As well as the panel-based main menu there’s a second set of pages with WP7-style mini icons. He’s also created a lockscreen for the iPhone, also resembling Microsoft’s version, but so far the notifications bar along the bottom doesn’t work as it would on a real WP7 device.

Verizon Mobile Hotspot on webOS devices now free, Pre Plus and Pixi Plus fall to $49.99 and $29.99

Whoa, we didn't see this one coming: Verizon just slashed the cost of its 3G Mobile Hotspot feature for the Pre Plus and Pixi Plus all the way down to $0, effectively giving you a broadband modem for your laptop, iPod touch, and up to three other devices for $60 less per month than you'd pay with a MiFi that accomplishes exactly the same function (and $50 less than any other tether-capable Verizon handset). For some, this alone could be reason enough to take the plunge and become a webOS user, we'd wager. Here's Verizon's official statement on the matter:

"Customers who purchase or upgrade to a Palm Pre and Palm Pixi will get the Mobile Hotspot for free. Existing customers who already have the service will find charges on their next bill will be $0.00."

Britney Spears shops on Rodeo Drive in geek chic glasses and super short dress

Her short skintight dress might be the perfect outfit for a night dancing in a sweaty nightclub.


But amongst the high-fashion labels and flagship stores of LA's prestigious Rodeo Drive, Britney Spears's revealing outfit looked out of place.

The 28-year-old didn't seem bothered, with a large grin on her face as she shopped in the designer boutiques.

Britney teamed the dress with geek chic dark rimmed glasses and a pair of white wedge sandals.

Rodeo Drive featured in the film Pretty Woman, when Julia Roberts was turned away for being inappropriately dressed by a pair of snooty shop assistants.

But with her fame and multi-million pound fortune, there was little danger of Britney receiving an unwelcome reception.

Jen Aniston "Needs a Big Wake-Up Call" as New Film Bombs

Is Jennifer Aniston in need of a Hollywood makeover?

The star's exhaustively hyped The Bounty Hunter (with rumored fling Gerard Butler) has grossed a disappointing $38.4 million in ten days -- a slight improvement on 2009's Love Happens, which made less than $23 million overall. (Management made only $935,000.)

The problem, Hollywood insiders say, is Aniston's outdated persona that pits her in one romantic comedy after another.

"Aniston just can't play the good friend anymore," an anonymous film critic snipes to the New York Post. "She's aged out, no matter the yoga and the highlights. She just can't do America's sweetheart next door. She needs a big wake-up call."

The critic adds that her "taste in men" is "totally off...She's missing a common-sense gene."

"It's hard for any TV stars to make the transition to movies," one movie producer tells the Post. "Certainly no one else from Friends made it."

Lee Hyori ‘Swing’ MV revealed!

The teasing began just four days ago as the first concept photo of Lee Hyori’s comeback fourth album H-Logic was revealed. Fans were teased even more later that day as a pop art comic style teaser video was released. Then on April 1st, Lee Hyori’s first track Swing, featuring Garry of LeeSsang was revealed.


Today, the music video for her song, Swing from Lee Hyori’s H-Logic album was unveiled! As you will see from below, the MV has a rather eerie setting, with the clown being a prevalent theme throughout the clip.

Aaron Kwok and Zhang Ziyi in 'The Era of Magic' ; Jacky Cheung and Tang Wei in "Crossing Hennessy"

Aaron Kwok and Zhang Ziyi to Play Aids Couple in 'The Era of Magic'


Zhang Ziyi and Hong Kong actor Aaron Kwok will play a couple suffering from AIDS in director Gu Changwei's first-ever feature film tackling the issue, entitled "The Era of Magic."

Aaron Kwok was spotted on the set in Beijing Tuesday with a bearded and weary look, the Beijing News reports.

The film, adapted from a novel, tells a tragic love story between two AIDS-afflicted lovers. Kwok plays a primary school teacher who is sent from the city to teach in the countryside, but contracts AIDS and develops a crush on Zhang Ziyi's character, also an AIDS patient.

Director Gu Changwei insists Zhang Ziyi as the right actress for the lead, despite her recent embroilment in a slew of scandals about her personal life and alleged donation fraud.

SNSD’s Sunny is…

As of late, it has been announced that SNSD/Girls’ Generation’s Sunny will be leaving the group after promotions for Run Devil Run are over.

April Fools! Did you fall for it? Kudos to you if you didn’t but if you did, maybe you should belong on this poll along with Sunny…

SNSD’s Sunny has just been voted as the star who would most likely be fooled on April Fools’ day through music portal site Bugs. The poll was held from March 22nd to the 29th and received over 3,000 votes. Sunny received 32.15% of these votes.

The participants that voted Sunny for the top spot said that she looked like the type that would be fooled easily. However, others commented that her image in Invinsible Youth shows otherwise.

2PM’s Nichkhun was voted into second place with 31.5% of the votes. Participants reasoned that because Nichkhun doesn’t fully understand the Korean language just yet, he would be easy to fool.

Angelina Jolie “A Self-Centered Psycho,” Says Former Bodyguard

Angelina Jolie doesn’t usually sue tabloids, but this story might inspire her to unleash the team of fancy suits and ambulance chasers on In Touch Weekly.

A man – identified only as Bill – claimed he worked for the Oscar-winning actress at the start of her relationship with screen hunk Brad Pitt in 2005 and insists she’s nothing like her holier thou art public image.

“Angelina has a public and a private persona,” Bill revealed. “In my opinion, the real Angelina is self-centred and a control freak. She has no patience at all. She doesn’t do things out of the kindness of her heart. And she’s totally psycho. She screams and yells a lot, then walks away.”

Bill also alleges that Angelina would take her anger out on her partner and their children

Selena Gomez & Nick Jonas Split – Again

Just as Joe Jonas is showing the world he's happily dating Demi Lovato, another Jonas brother finds himself single: Nick Jonas and his on-again, off-again girlfriend Selena Gomez have called it quits, a source confirms to PEOPLE.

Though the couple never publicly confirmed they rekindled their relationship, the source says, "They were an item, but they are no longer together."

According to the source, the Disney Channel stars, both 17, broke up in early March, largely because work was going to keep them apart: Gomez is scheduled to film a movie in Europe this summer, while Jonas is expected to tour with his siblings at the same time.

Though they are no longer romantically involved, "it's evident to everyone that they will always have a super strong connection," says the source.

Anna Paquin Comes Out as Bisexual

No one saw this coming! Anna Paquin, who plays a telepathic vampire lover on HBO's True Blood, has come out as bisexual.

Paquin, who's engaged to her True Blood costar Stephen Moyer, makes the announcement in a PSA video promoting the Give a Damn campaign, which features celebritiess speaking out for equality.

"I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn," Paquin, 27, says on-camera during a private taping on Jan. 30 in Los Angeles. Sources said they were unaware beforehand that Paquin would make the announcement.

Others who were present at the taping included comedian Margaret Cho and singers Mya and Jason Mraz.

Heidi Montag Has More Star Power Than Lindsay Lohan

You know you’ve stepped in it when even Heidi Montag has a better chance of getting a job than you do — but that’s exactly what’s happened to former child starlet Lindsay Lohan.


The trouble-prone LiLo has such a tumultous life off screen that Hollywood casting agents are having a difficult time landing the star any viable acting projects, thanks studios’ unwillingness to insure her and directors unlikilness to give her a chance. In fact, nowadays agents have an easier time casting The Hills’ Montag — who was recently cast alongside Jennifer Aniston, Nicole Kidman, and Adam Sandler in the upcoming romantic comedy Just Go With It.

New “A-Team” and “The Expendables” Trailer Premieres

New “A-Team” Trailer

A new trailer for the deliciously-terrible A-Team Movie rolled onto the Interwebs this morning….I’m not whether this is genuine trailer or if we’ve been Rickrolled! I’m going to assume this is not an April Fool’s joke. Oh Hollywood, when will you learn! This looks almost as bad 2006’s Miami Vice. Another classic franchise Tinseltown destroyed. At any rate, The A-Team — which intends to pay homage to one of TV’s most beloved ’80s series– arrives in theaters June 11.


“The Expendables” Trailer

The new trailer for Sylvester Stallone’s The Expendables is pretty much you’d expect from something spearheaded by an aging action star. We’ll leave it up to you to decide whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.

What's Google planning for Chrome 5?

After a year and a half, Chrome has come a long way toward matching the features of better-established browsers. Now, with version 5 coming together, a lot of Google's work focuses on advancing the state of the browser art.

The new Chrome 5 is available in beta now for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, not that most Chrome users will ever have to know the version number if Google has anything to do with it. Chrome versions are called "milestones"--fleeting waypoints along an unfinished journey to a better browser. But what exactly will moving into the rear-view mirror once Chrome 5 is finished?

In short, a lot. Chrome fans may be dissatisfied with the speed with which their favorite features are arriving--print preview, for example, still seems distant, and Mac OS X and Linux users still have only a beta version of the browser to work with--but Google's pace of Chrome development is fast. Here are some highlights of what's coming in Chrome 5.

More than 500,000 iPhones sold in Korea in four months

Launched in South Korea on November 28 2009, Apple’s iPhone 3GS has been sold in more than 500,000 units until now across the country – which is exactly what KT (the only Korean mobile carrier that sells the iPhone) has planned. According to the carrier, about 4,000 iPhones are being sold each day.


Apparently, South Korea is the seventh country where iPhone sales passed the half million mark.

Samsung Omnia2, one of the iPhone’s main rivals in Korea, was sold in 600,000 unit until March 30.

Nokia invests in Palm to work on a dual boot MeeGo / WebOS smartphone? WebOS to merge with MeeGo in 2012

Remember those rumors about Nokia buying Palm?


Well, this may not happen too soon, but the two companies are already looking for ways to cooperate more closely, in a bid to recapture the dominance of fast growing and lucrative smartphone market.

Well-known Russian site Mobile-Preview.com reports that Nokia and Palm have entered into a partnership with the initial goal of developing a dual boot smartphone, running both WebOS and MeeGo (the recently-announced platform which combines Maemo and Moblin). With the eventual goal of merging the two OSes into a single distribution in 2012.

Angela Zhang slips; sits on floor and continues to sing

On March 30, Angela Zhang made an appearance at the Shanghai Waitan Music Ceremony as "World Exhibition Ambassador". Performing in the light rain, Angela who was wearing 3.5 inch stilettos accidentally took a wrong step and slipped. However she didn't let this affect her performance and continued singing whilst sitting down, then stood up again afterwards, winning the crowd's applause.

Angela Zhang, Leo Ku, Chen Kun, Angelica He and other well-known singers came together to sing the World Exposition song "2010 Is Waiting For You". Followed by that, when Angela sang the World Exposition mascot Haibao's theme song "Haibao Has Come" solo, she fell and landed on the floor boards, the workers broke out in a cold sweat, very scared when they heard the loud fall. When she fell, she used her left hand to support herself and resisted the pain of her sprained wrist. Even after the performance, she went offstage and patiently took photos with all the little children before going backstage to attend to her injury with ice.

"Personal Taste" already stirring Asia

New MBC TV series "Personal Taste" is already stirring Korea and Asia since its premiered last night, according to Korea's major broadcaster MBC on Thursday.


MBC said in a press release that the show is already receiving inquiries about overseas broadcasting copyrights and has been sold at "unprecedented prices" to several countries in Asia including Hong Kong and Thailand.

"Sales inquiries are pouring in from Japan and China, the biggest markets for the Hallyu," explained an official at Victory Production Company, who produces the drama. "It is expected to be sold at the highest price in the history of Korean dramas."

Show Lo Eats 50 Buns and Makes $5 million.

This year, in January, Vic Chou took over after Show Lo endorsed Rejoice Shampoo, and because of this, the two were rumored to be on bad terms But in a short 2 months, Show Lo took over Vic Chou's endorsement of Family Mart. It's said that the endorsement was for $5 million, which was $2 million more than Vic Chou.

"Love for Eating" Makes Deep Impression ; Survey of High Popularity

According to reports, Show Lo is endorsing bread from Family Mart, because Family Mart had surveyed, and he had the highest popularity, and on top of that, news had reported that he liked eating red bean buns/breads, so his "love for eating" image made a deep impression. Usually when celebrities film commercial for food, lots of them would want to throw up after eating so much of the same product over and over again, so they won't actually eat/swallow it. But Show really ate them, every time the director said, "One more time," he'd run to get a bun to eat. For the entire day, he ate about 50 of them, and happily exclaimed, "So awesome!"

Wondergirls Top Taiwan and Hong Kong's Music Charts

After becoming the first Korean artist/group to make it onto the Billboard Charts with their hit "Nobody", the Wondergirls are showing no signs of slowing down by dominating the music charts in Taiwan and Hong Kong.

After releasing their "Taiwan Special" album in Taiwan last February 10th, they quickly shot to number one on several of the major online and offline music charts such as G-Music, E-Momo Music Channel, Chinese Telecom emomo Charts, etc. It was announced that they even took the top spot on the major KK Box chart this week!

The Wondergirls have sold 25,000 copies of their album in less than two months time. To put that into perspective, the record number of albums being sold by a foreign Asian artist in Taiwan or Hong Kong during a short amount of time stands at 30,000 albums.

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