American Idol: The end of the road for Garcia, Stevens

Double elimination show strangely bland with little surprise in who was cut


“Idol Gives Back” takes place next week, bumping the results show that usually takes place on Wednesdays. And this week offered a preview of that event with footage of Elliott Yamin and Kara DioGuardi in Africa showing where previous “Idol” charity dollars have gone and where new cash will hopefully be going.

As cynical as I am, it’s hard to argue that the event isn’t a nice way to get people to open their hearts and wallets to groups that can probably put the dollars to better use than the IRS, which is where many of us will be sending our money Thursday.

Ke$ha: Fighting a War, Posing with Paint

In the latest issue of Interview magazine, Ke$ha is described as the "chart-topping, glitter-caked new queen of drunk-girl dance music. [She] might very well be the perfect post-modern pop star: one who lives her life like it’s a reality show.”


But is that image contrived? Many critics think Ke$ha is full of $hit, just pretending to be eccentric in order to garner publicity.

The singer swears she really is a freak, though, and a quote in the Interview feature seems to back this up:

“None of it’s fabricated. Like, I have a belief that if I wear my placenta in a necklace, there’s a possibility of me gaining second sight, like being psychic. I would be wearing it whether or not I was in the public eye... I went yesterday to a past-life regressionist, and he told me that in my past life I was assassinated. I’m pretty sure that I was JFK in my past life.”

Well... okay then.

Angelina Jolie Bonds With Brad Pitt's Mom!

Angelina Jolie took a break from shooting The Tourist to bond with her Brad Pitt's mom Jane Pitt.

On Wednesday, the two were spotted with 20-month-old twins Knox and Viv Jolie-Pitt looking out on the family's apartment balcony in Venice. (Jolie, 34, held Viv; Jane held Knox.)

Grandma Jane and Grandpa William (Brad's dad) arrived earlier this week.

The balcony has been a favorite spot for Jolie -- who is not pregnant, despite a new tabloid report -- to pose with her twin babies.

Not every outing has been pleasant.

On Friday, while catching some fresh air, Knox dropped a stuffed toy bunny into the waters of the Grand Canal.

Despite the mishap, Jolie's father Jon Voight recently told the kids are "spectacular."

Apple Ships 500,000 iPads, Supply Gets Squeezed

Apple says it delivered more than a half-million iPads during the tablet PC's first week of general release, and so will be delaying the iPad's international launch. And after the first five days of the mobile device's release, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said about 600,000 iBooks and 3.5 million apps had been downloaded by iPad users. Analysts predict that the iPad could sell as many as 7.1 million units in 2010.

Apple said April 14 that it had delivered more than 500,000 iPads during the tablet PC's first week of general release, exceeding the company's internal predictions. The demand reflected by those sales, coupled with "a large number of preorders for iPad 3G models for delivery by the end of April," has led to a postponement in the iPad's international launch.

"We know that many international customers waiting to buy an iPad will be disappointed by this news," read a statement posted on Apple's Website, "but we hope they will be pleased to learn the reason—the iPad is a runaway success in the United States thus far."

Apple had previously announced, during an April 8 news conference at the company's Cupertino, Calif., headquarters, that about 450,000 iPads were sold in the first five days. During that conference, Apple CEO Steve Jobs also said about 600,000 iBooks and 3.5 million applications had been downloaded by new iPad owners. Those 450,000 iPads included the 300,000 units sold by midnight on April 3, the device's first day of general release.

MacBook Pro Core i7 review


While the MacBook Pro is just another Intel-based computer with standard internals, slightly inflated price tags, and a familiar (if legendary) design sense, Apple having the absolute corner on the market for building machines that legitimately run OS X can be a little rough on the upgrade obsessed. Waiting 10 months for a new computer, without an industry full of hungry competitors with wild alternatives to quench your thirst, can be difficult, and the January launch of Intel's new Core i5 and Core i7 chips for laptops further fueled the saliva. Still, Apple would like you to believe these new MacBook Pros with their 2010-ready internals and same-as-last-year good looks have been worth the wait. Find out for yourself in our full review after the break.

10 Things Google Must Do to Build an iPad Killer

Rumors abound that Google is planning on building a tablet that will compete with the Apple iPad. But in order for that mobile device to even come close to beating Apple's tablet, Google needs to follow some strategies to gain the upper hand.


Although Google has yet to confirm that it's working on a tablet computer that would compete with the iPad, it's becoming increasingly likely that the search giant will try to supplant Apple as the leader in that market. The move underscores Google's willingness to take on Apple anywhere it believes it can turn a profit.

Thanks to its reliance on advertising, Google is able to turn that profit in ways that, so far, Apple has not. That has helped it look beyond search and find other areas, specifically the mobile market, in which to expand.

Angela Zhang reveals inner diva at concert

Angela Zhang Shao Han will be starting off her "Angela Zhang Pandora Star Concert Tour" in May, and spent approximately 35 million TWD to create an out-of-this-world star dancing stage, similar to the movie "Avatar". Even her fans think that with her big eyes and slender body, she is like an Pandora princess. Angela laughs, "I've watched 'Avatar' three times, even I think that I look like them."

To focus on her individual concert, Angela has started working out about two months earlier, and has 7 nutritional meals a day. She also does yoga, shape boxing and runs to prepare for the dancing and singing routine. Angela will also challenge three eight degree range of singing styles, and hopes to surprise everyone.

Comic G-Dragon goes to jail from Allkpop

As a self proclaimed G-Dragon fanboy, the recent news that the concert issue is being brought back to court for another hearing came as a huge shock to me. Even though he was cleared of charges the first time around, there’s no guarantee that he will be cleared of it this time.

In the worst case scenario, G-Dragon might just end up serving some jail time after all. Although jail time is probably too severe of a punishment, you can’t help but admire the irony of that situation considering what jail is infamous for.

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Hence, this comic strip.

Rihanna Cheers on Baseballer Beau at First Game

Now that Rihanna finally confirmed that Matt Kemp is her boyfriend, she's being a supportive girlfriend in public.

Yesterday, Ri-Ri was front and center to cheer on her man at the Dodgers home opener and watch him collect some hardware.

Matt received both Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards for his prowess last season as Rihanna looked on, clad in a hoodie and shades.

Bonus: There was no Jessica Simpson-esque jinx in effect—the Dodgers beat the Diamondbacks, 9-5!

Elin Nordegren Meets With Divorce Attorney for 'Several Hours'

The will-she-won't-she divorce speculation for Tiger Woods' wife took a turn toward the divorce side as Elin Nordegren met extensively with a divorce attorney, according to RadarOnline

The website claims that shortly before leaving for a Scottsdale, Ariz., trip without her husband, Elin visited with a divorce lawyer in the home she is renting in Orlando, Fla. The meeting lasted for "several hours" according to Radar, which described her trip as a solo vacation.

While the couple has made some progress since Tiger's bombshell revelations of serial infidelity, the website maintains that this has ceased since Tiger announced his return to golf -- that Elin has grown cold and became convinced that Tiger is not serious about making up for his serial cheating.

She has exerted much more independence, taking several trips without him and she has refused to put her wedding ring back on. She was also a very noticeable no-show at Tiger's return to golfs in the Masters.

Jailbroken iPhone 3G shown running OS 4.0 complete with multitasking


Although Apple has made it perfectly clear it will not enable multitasking on the iPhone 3G due to “hardware limitations” (specifically its 128MB of RAM and 400MHz processor), iPhone hacker cdevwill quickly discovered that an unbelievably simple modification of the N82AP.plist will enable multitasking on the iPhone 3G. And wouldn’t you know it, today a video was posted to YouTube which shows an jailbroken iPhone 3G with the modified .plist running multitasking as if it were no big deal. While it’s tempting to say Apple is simply restricting multitasking to the iPhone 3GS and up for the sake of hardware sales, it must be remembered that the APIs which actually allow for processes to run in the background are not implemented in any of the applications running in the video. In all likelihood, simply streaming music from Pandora while switching between playing Doodle Jump and firing off some tweets would likely bring the iPhone 3G to its knees. We mean, just look how painfully long it takes to open up the Clock application. But that’s just our take. Check out the video after the jump and let us know yours.

Opera Mini now the number one free download in all 22 App Stores


Seems like users actually do want a choice, Steve.

Lee Hyori has a 2nd title song for her 4th album installed for fans & more

Lee Hyori prepares for the 2nd part to her comeback!


Coming back with a new album after 1 year and 9 months with 4th album ‘H-Logic’, it is known that Lee Hyori has a 2nd part to her comeback installed for fans. It is known that Lee Hyori will be promoting her album for 4 months from now till July. This is the longest promotion period for her after she came out as a solo singer. And her album promotion will be separated in part 1 and 2. As there will be a repackaged album coming up.

Coming June, she will be releasing a repackaged 4th album with 6 news songs in additional to the 14 songs in her 4th album. And she is currently also preparing for the title song to the repackaged album.

End of the road for Windows Vista RTM

Yesterday, April 13th, marked the end of the road for Windows Vista RTM.

It’s that time again…what time is that, you ask? Could it be the U.S. April 15th Tax Deadline? Spring Break? Daylight Saving Time? No, it’s not any of those. But it is the second Tuesday in April, which means it’s time for certain Microsoft products to reach the end of support.

This time, Windows Vista with no service packs installed (sometimes referred to as RTM or SP0) will be reaching end of support on April 13th.

What does that mean for users still running this OS? Well, basically this means that Microsoft will no longer provide any more security fixes for that OS. You’ve reached the end of the road.

Ellen DeGeneres Shape Magazine May 2010

“Food used to be really important to me. I loved steak, I loved hamburgers, I loved all that stuff. I can’t believe how irresponsible I was, eating what I ate….”


Emmy-winning talk show host and American Idol judge Ellen DeGeneres may be the first Shape cover model to not don a two piece for her guest sport on the health & wellness mag — but the comedienne does share some helpful tips for how she keeps her body in tip-top condition.

El — a yoga fanatic — adheres to a strict diet that excludes all meats, diary, and sugar.

Report: Microsoft gear made under harsh conditions

Microsoft says it has launched an investigation into labor practices at a Chinese factory following a report alleging the vendor used large numbers of teenagers working in harsh conditions for low pay to build the company's mice and other products.


The investigation follows a report from the Pittsburgh-based National Labor Committee that found the KYE facility in Dongguan City, Guangdong, China allegedly uses significant amounts of teenage labor and has workers laboring as much as 80.5 hours a week for wages that amount to just over 50 cents an hour in take-home pay.

"We are like prisoners," one worker told the NLC, according to the report. "It seems like we live only to work. We do not work to live. We do not live a life, only work."

Gigi Lai gets expensive gifts from husband for carrying twins

Gigi Lai is 6 months pregnant, she was confirmed to be carrying twins. Gigi was seen shopping with her nanny and friend in Central the other day. The reporter went up to ask her how she was feeling ? Gigi did not reply but just smiled. The reporter saw her double chins as well as her 3 sizes up maternity dress.


Since it was confirmed that Gigi is carrying twins, both families are excited. Husband Ma Ting Koeng even canceled their wedding anniversary party end of January and arranged for her to have a detailed check up at Canossa Hospital. He than asked the servant to cook Chinese tonic for her including superior blood bird nest (頂級血燕) Cordyceps sinensis (特大冬蟲草) and king maw (花膠王) everyday. Their food bill for those Chinese tonic is costing 300,000 HKD a month.

How I Learned to Love Windows Media Player

I've used a lot of media players over the years, but I've always avoided Windows Media Player like the plague. Then I encountered Windows Media Player 12 on Windows 7, and suddenly I find myself singing a different tune.


Note: We realize that after almost six months in the wild, Windows 7 is far from cutting edge, but if you're still under the misconception that Windows Media Player has nothing worthwhile to offer, do yourself a favor and read on.

HTC Desire, LG Viewty GT,Pantech Sirius & Gigabyte GSmart

HTC Desire coming to U.S. Cellular?


While Verizon’s busy with the HTC Incredible, other US carriers might get the HTC Desire – which is, as you probably already know, another high-end Android 2.1 smartphone from HTC.

We’ve already heard that the HTC Desire is headed to AT&T, and now it looks like the handset will also be available at U.S. Cellular (a bit surprising, since U.S. Cellular is only a regional carrier).

Apparently, the Desire has appeared on a U.S. Cellular rebate form leaked via Howard Forums, which suggests that the handset might be released before July 15.

Sorry Bit.ly, Twitter Confirms It Will Launch Its Own Link Shortener

Another hole is about to be filled in Twitter’s product features. CEO Evan Williams just confirmed plans to launch its own link shortener on stage during the final Q&A session at Chirp. HE noted that it would be “stupid” not to add native link-shortening capabilities into Twitter, since most Twitter clients already have that feature. “We want to solve that problem,” he said. “Everyone else has solved that problem. We are probably not going to give people a choice. If they want to use a different shortener, they can use a different app.”

It is not clear how the new feature will affect bit.ly, the third-party link shortener Twitter currently uses as its default, but it sounds like that may change soon. Clues to just such a change have appeared recently. Twitter investor Fred Wilson singled out link shorteners in a post urging Twitter developers to stop filling holes in Twitter’s product.

Justin Bieber Jumps over Usher to Back on Top

Canadian teen idol Justin Bieber returned to the No. 1 spot on the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, while rock guitarist Slash scored the highest debut after his debut solo album came in at No. 3.

Bieber's "My World 2.0" sold 102,000 copies during the week ended April 11, according to Nielsen SoundScan. It has sold 676,000 copies after three weeks. The album debuted at No. 1, but fell to No. 2 last week to make way for Usher's "Raymond v Raymond." The Usher album slipped to No. 2 with 92,000 copies, taking its two-week tally to 422,000.

Slash's self-titled album followed with 60,000. It's the former Guns N' Roses' and Velvet Revolver member's first solo effort, although he has a lot of help from some very famous friends on the set. Each of its tracks sports guest vocals from a familiar artist, including guest turns from Fergie, M Shadows of Avenged Sevenfold, Kid Rock, Ozzy Osbourne, Kid Rock, Dave Grohl and Adam Levine.

Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" rose one to No. 4 with 57,000, and the "Now 33" compilation fell two to No. 5 with 53,000. Their respective totals rose to 1.7 million and 311,000.

Angelina Jolie Pregnant With Baby No. 7? No, She's Not

Is there a new addition on the way for the Jolie-Pitts? Eh — not likely, but that’s the story Star Magazine is tellling.


Angelina Jolie has sparked pregnancy rumors after apparently suffering chronic morning sickness on the set of her new Johnny Depp-assisted thriller, The Tourist, according to tabloid reports.

But a source close to Angelina Jolie calls a new report claiming the actress is three-months pregnant with her seventh child "totally false." A rep for the actress also denies the pregnancy reports. Six is still enough for the Jolie-Pitts.

On a tight schedule, Katy Perry arrives at recording studio in an eye-watering LBD

Recording her new album in New York yesterday, Katy Perry clearly believes there's no excuse to dress down.


Arriving at a studio in Chinatown, New York, the I Kissed A Girl singer looked ready for a night out clubbing in a little black dress and killer heels.

The 25-year-old's dress was so tight in fact, onlookers could clearly see the outline of her strapless bra underneath.

June 22 iPhone HD / 4G announcement date confirmed?

Whether it will be called iPhone HD, iPhone 4G or something else, a new Apple iPhone is coming this summer (and another new one next summer, but we’re not going to talk about this one right now).


We’ve previously heard that the new iPhone might be announced on June 22, and it looks like this date is the real one.

According to Modmyi, Apple has “reserved the very conference center where the company announced the three previous versions of the iPhone” for June 22. Unfortunately, Apple’s hasn’t officially confirmed this, so we still can’t be 100% sure of the date.

Verizon HTC Incredible official Show Up. April 29 seems to be the launch date

Although it didn’t issue a press release (as usual in these cases), Verizon has just officially presented the long-awaited HTC Incredible, which now appears on the carrier’s website as “coming soon.”


Verizon doesn’t provide too many details, but it says that “the next chapter in the Droid saga begins April 29th.” And speaking of Droid, the new smartphone’s name is actually Droid Incredible by HTC, and not HTC Incredible.

April 29 might be the date when the Droid Incredible hits the shelves, but it may also be just the date when Verizon will start taking pre-orders. We’ll see soon.

Apple fails to deliver international iPad on time, delays launch by one month

Due to unexpected high demand in the US, Apple is unable to launch the iPad in other countries at the end of April – as it initially said it would.


The Cupertino company claims to have sold more than 500,000 iPads in the US since launch (April 3), and says that demand is “likely continue to exceed its supply over the next several weeks.”

Because of this, the iPad will be launched in international markets at the end of May. Apple – which is expected to unveil a new iPhone on June 22 – should announce international iPad pricing on May 10, when international customers will also be able to pre-order the device.

Eminem Says 'There Is No Relapse 2'

After repeated delays in releasing Relapse follow-up, rapper tweeted that the project has been scrapped.

Last spring, Eminem promised to drop a sequel to his Relapse album in late 2009, announcing that he'd almost finished work on the follow-up to his comeback effort. "It's extremely close to being finished," he said of the sequel LP. "It just depends on how many songs I wanna put on it." Then, the rapper pushed the release back to 2010.

And early Wednesday morning, he did a complete reversal, tweeting, "There is no Relapse 2." It was the first tweet from the rapper since March 29, when he promised, "Don't worry. Some big news is coming. Soon."

With no elaboration, the latest terse missive sent fans into wild speculation about whether the notoriously exacting, and reclusive, MC had decided to completely scrap the album, or if he is headed back into semi-retirement. A spokesperson for Eminem could not be reached for comment at press time to elaborate on what his future plans are and what will become of the tracks he'd recorded for Relapse 2.

Dong Bang Shin Ki Hero JaeJoong, Xiah JunSu and Micky YooChun to form unique unit


Amidst the discord between the Dong Bang Shin Ki trio and their agency SM Entertainment, Avex Japan posted up an announcement on 14th April announcing that the trio will promote as an unique unit.

Meanwhile, news have came in today that SM Entertainment will be filing a lawsuit against the trio claiming 2.2 billion KRW following the news that they will be filing for an appeal against the provisional decision for the trio’s lawsuit against the company last July.

More details under the cut.

Twins Rehearsal: Ah Sa puts her love injuries away; too much dancing Ah Gil feels dizzy

"Twins Everyone Bounce Up Concert" will be held on April 16 - April 18th in Hong Kong Coliseum. Yesterday Charlene Choi (Ah Sa) and Gillian Chung (Ah Gil) were rehearsing for the concert. Joey Yung and William Chan went to visit them accompanied by their Manager Mani Fok with a platinum disc.


After the divorce press conference with Ronald Cheng, Ah Sa appeared tired at rehearsal yesterday. Asked if she's really that tired? She did not respond, Ah Gil helped her out and said: "We are rehearsing for the concert, it's very tiring because we were practicing in the dance room just before this. We just started this massive rehearsal yesterday, just spinning in circles made us dizzy. When I was practicing at home, I was a little dizzy and scraped my hand, it bled a little too." Did losing too much weight cause the dizziness? Ah Gil believes that it's not because of losing weight.

Filming commercial together: Jay Chou does magic, Jane Zhang surprised & shy

Jay Chou, JJ Lin and Jane Zhang came together in Shanghai to film a commercial for a certain brand's new green tea lemon flavour soda pop. During the filming Jay Chou did magic for Jane Zhang, Jane Zhang seemed nervous as it was her first time working with Jay Chou.


In this commercial, Jay Chou, JJ Lin and Jane Zhang played the roles of artists. Due to the fact it was a drinks commercial, all three could not avoid getting wet and sprayed, not only that but it was during when the weather was not warm but cool. During the filming, Jay Chou shifted time and space, from the big bus he cut across to a water world party. In order to fully show the wonderful moment of falling into the water and also to enhance the power of the dance within the water, Jay Chou did it with wires, he showed off his "Green Hornet" class kung fu. During the process, Jay Chou was suddenly hit by inspiration, he couldn't help but start doing Michael Jackson style dancing in mid air, he also mixed in a "bird spreading its wings" move, a combination of Chinese and Western.

Lauren Conrad: Heidi Montag is a Liar

Former Hills star Lauren Conrad says Heidi Montag's allegations of sexual harassment by the show's creator Adam DiVello, are as fake as Heidi's rack.


Well, she didn't choose those words, but she might as well have.

"Similar to most of my fellow MTV cast mates, I am in utter shock at the allegations made against Adam DiVello," she tells Us Weekly in a statement.

"Not only are they completely absurd, but they are 100 percent without merit ... Adam is a true professional and a wonderful person to work for."

Justin Timberlake "Makes Fun of" Jessica Biel to Pals

Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel's notoriously on-and-off relationship is once again on the rocks as the singer cozies up to ex Cameron Diaz while shooting the romantic comedy Bad Teacher, reports the new Us Weekly (on newsstands now).

Multiple sources tell Us Weekly that Diaz, 37, and Timberlake, 29, flirt openly on the Valencia, Calif., set.

"He tortured Jess by taking this role, and they are reaching a breaking point," a pal tells Us Weekly. "The truth is, I don't know if they can survive this."

While shooting, it's like "old times" for Timberlake and Diaz, who dated for four years before he began romancing Biel, 28, in 2007.

There's "lots of laughing, making fun of each other, kidding around off camera," the source says. "She's sassy with him -- and slick, prancing around in tight clothes."

“Jersey Shore” Girls Makeover Harper’s Bazaar May 2010 [Photos]

“I know a couple things about manners. I just don’t use them…” Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi


The Guidettes go to Charm School…. The ladies (I use this term loosely) of MTV’s Jersey Shore will wow fans of the breakout reality hit with a dramatic makeover and an etiquette intervention in the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar. In a photo spread snapped by shutterbug Danielle Levitt, Shore stars Snooki, JWoww, and Sammi take some lessons in social grace from Manhattan socialite/CW reality star Tinsley Mortimer and Lizzie Post, and showcase their new sense of style in a buzzworthy spread for HB.

The May issue of Harper’s Bazaar debuts on newsstands April 27 — but here’s a sneak peek!

Google launches Twitter timeline search

Almost everything you've ever said on Twitter is about to be discoverable through Google.


Google announced plans Tuesday to roll out a timeline of archived Twitter messages organized by topic, allowing searchers to see when Twitter activity spiked with tweets related to their search query. When the user clicks on a particular day that contained an outsized number of tweets related to that topic, they'll be presented with a scrolling list of the individual tweets from that day.

It's sort of like the timeline search feature that Google rolled out several years ago, only for tweets. Searchers will be able to start at "right now" at the far right-hand side of the timeline and scroll back through time by moving to the left.

Twitter has 105,779,710 Registered Users, Adding 300K A Day

Twitter’s Biz Stone just reeled off some key, and very long awaited stats at Chirp. The stats:
  • Twitter has 105,779,710 registered users.
  • It gets 300,000 new users a day.
  • It receives 180 Million Unique visitors a month.
  • And 75% of traffic comes from outside of Twitter.com

The numbers are a bit confusing because you don’t have to be a registered user to visit Twitter.com, and 75 percent of usage comes from other apps, which really underscores the importance of outside developers. CEO Evan Williams later on noted that developers are making 3 billion requests a day through the APIs.

Another stat: Twitter now has 175 employees, up from 25 a year ago.

Rainie Yang plans to bear-hug Jerry Yan at her concert

Rainie Yang will be debuting at Taipei Arena and will acknowledge idols Faye Wong and A-Mei by singing "Chess Piece" (Qi Zi) and "I Want Happiness" (Wo Yao Kuai Le). She revealed that at 13, she was acted as an extra in A-Mei's MV "Impulse" (Chong Dong), where she held a glowstick and waved it around but to her surprise, when the MV aired, all you could see was the glowstick, she didn't get to show her face at all, making her excited for nothing. Recently she bumped into A-Mei backstage and Rainie told her that she was going to sing this song, A-Mei also encouraged her saying, "It's your turn now!"


Special guest Jerry Yan sent an encouragement text which made Rainie laugh out loud, it read, "Do your best, don't feel too pressured! To FTV (pin yin: Dao Min Shi)." At the time she didn't understand the message, thinking to herself, "What am I going to FTV for!" Then she suddenly realised, "Dao Min Shi" was a reference to his character "Dao Ming Shi" in "Meteor Garden". This "Yan-style humour" caused non-stop laughter for her. Their act for the concert has been kept a secret, Rainie kept everyone in suspense saying, "You never know, there might be chest-stroking or a bear-hug, hope he doesn't mind!"

2NE1 Transform into Cosmetics Models!

2NE1 is a girl group that has always filled the stage with their charisma, but what would they look like as cosmetics model?


Last year, the groups successfully launched their consecutive hits, “Fire” and “I Don’t Care,” making the new group become instant super stars. And now, 2NE1 would be the protagonist to a new cosmetics ad.

On the 15th, SBS TV “One Night TV Entertainment” would broadcast the filming of 2NE1’s cosmetic ad. In the filming, the girls showed off a youthful and energetic charisma; a welcome show to fans who don’t see what they are up to these days since it has been rare seeing them on stage nowadays.

'American Idol' finalists talk about Ryan Seacrest's strange behavior: 'We were worried about Ryan a little'

As I’ve already noted in mind-numbing detail in today’s American Idol on-the-scene recap, Ryan Seacrest’s behavior was all kinds of bizarre, both on- and off-camera last night. Well, after the show, I got a chance (along with a few other journalists) to ask some of the Idol contestants about Seacrest’s antics.

We started off with Tim Urban, who perhaps suffered the worst of Seacrest’s weirdness: the Idol host’s decision to start slow dancing with one of Lee DeWyze’s beefy buddies while Urban was performing “I Can’t Help Falling In Love.” “It was a little weird,” Urban said backstage after the show, “because people laughed at [Ryan] dancing in the middle of the song, so I had to zone it out. I could kind of catch it in the corner of my eye that he was dancing. I just tried not to think about it.”

“Shrek” VMAN Photo Spread Stirring Up Controversy At DreamWorks


Bosses at DreamWorks Studios — a division of Paramount — are none too pleased with the latest adventure of Shrek and his friends. Celebrity photog Ellen von Unwerth snapped Fiona, Donkey, Puss in Boots and the rest of the inhabitants of Far Far Away on location at The Standard New York for the upcoming summer issue of VMAN Magazine.

Global CIO: Google CEO Eric Schmidt's Top 10 Reasons Why Mobile Is #1

Speaking to 400 CIOs, Schmidt said "the answer should always be mobile first." In his own words, here are 10 reasons why that's so.

The mobile future has arrived. And if you think the changes it's causing so far have been crazy, just wait until later this year when it starts to really exert its influence. The big question: are you ready?

A few months ago, when we put together our Global CIO: The Top 10 CIO Issues For 2010 list, one of the 10 was "The Mobile Enterprise and the Mobile Mindset." And a column last month asked, "Global CIO: Will The Mobile Tipping Point Bury You?".

And on Monday, Google CEO Eric Schmidt articulated a very clear sense of why Google is so bullish on mobile computing not just among its enormous consumer base but also for its newly significant market of CIOs in the enterprise.

Spotted: Leehom and woman behaving intimately in public

First-time movie director Leehom was caught behaving intimately with a woman in full public view at an event last month to celebrate the completion of his movie Love Announcement's shoot.

After the wrap party at Shanghai's Muse nightspot ended at around 6am, a tipsy-looking Leehom was seen throwing his arms around a fair-skinned woman, who looked to be around 30 years old. The two behaved as if they were unwilling to leave and clung onto each other for a while. He whispered into her ears and she returned the favour by holding his neck, before embracing him by the waist.

The good-looking singer-songwriter, one of the most coveted bachelors in the Mandopop scene, has previously been linked with singer A-mei, actress Shu Qi and his Lust, Caution co-star Tang Wei.

Official movie trailer to ‘71 – Into The Fire’ released


The official trailer to upcoming movie ‘71 – Into The Fire‘ starring idol Big Bang TOP and top actors like Kwon SangWoo, Kim SeungWoo and Cha SeungWon has been revealed.

The movie is scheduled to release in June 2010 in time to commemorate the 60 years that have passed since the Korean War first broke out.

Lee Hyori picks SNSD Yuri and 2NE1 CL as the most impressive girlgroup juniors

So Nyeo Shi Dae Yuri and 2NE1 CL have been chosen by Lee Hyori as ‘female singers who will be able to secure a future in the music industry in the long run’.


Lee Hyori was asked ‘Which girlgroup junior have caught your attention’ in an interview on 13th April and her answers were Yuri and CL. She said, “The 2 of them will do well if they come out as solo singers.”

Hyori’s reasons were, “It’s like looking at myself in the past. When I saw So Nyeo Shi Dae’s concert, Yuri’s solo performance was the most impressionable for me. My solo performances during Fin.K.L concerts had also garnered much attention from the music industry. I see that Yuri will have great potential as a solo singer.”

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