Justin Bieber & Jaden Smith Duet: "Never Say Never"


Just in time for summer, here comes Justin Bieber with a heroic little video ditty for Jaden Smith's Karate Kid remake.

For a while it looks like Jaden's just going to sit there like a lump while the Biebs rocks the teenage world in a recording studio intercut with clips of the movie to add a little production value. But Jaden finally cuts loose with a few choice dance moves and nifty rap break.

How Dakota Fanning Balances Hollywood and High School

She may have started out a child actress, but Dakota Fanning hasn't given up one quintessential part of her teenage years: the prom.

"[I went with] a group of friends," the actress told PEOPLE while hosting the UCLA 5K Run/Walk on May 23 benefiting the Child Life/Child Development program at Mattel Children's Hospital. "I think you put more effort into getting ready before than actually you spend at the place. But it was so much fun."

Fanning, 16, currently a junior and a varsity cheerleader at an L.A. high school, says she's "lucky" to be able to have a movie career while going to school – where she isn't treated differently because of her Hollywood status.

"I've been able to have a really great experience and it's almost over. I can't believe it!" she says.

Outside of school, Fanning's enjoyed another kind of experience: Being part of the Twilight worldwide phenomenon as the villainous Volturi Jane.

Who Needs Windows? Google Starts Putting Their Computers Where Their Mouth Is

I’m not sure Google has ever come out and said that they hope the future of computing doesn’t involve Windows. But we all know they’re thinking it. However, while they may think that way, it’s been hard to take that too seriously since most of the computers they do their work on likely run Windows. In the near future though, that may not be the case.

A new report tonight in the Financial Times suggests that Google is steering its employees away from using Microsoft’s dominant operating system in the workplace. In fact, the reports says that, “New hires are now given the option of using Apple’s Mac computers or PCs running the Linux operating system.” And it states that getting a computer running Windows may require permission as high up as Google’s CIO.

I wouldn’t be surprised if we see some of this downplayed by Google over the next few days (the sources are all anonymous employees rather than spokespeople). But I also wouldn’t be surprised if it’s entirely true. Google does believe that it was vulnerabilities in Windows that lead to the infamous Chinese hacking incident earlier this year (which subsequently led them to pull out of China). They undoubtedly know that while they may have closed one hole, many others exist, and it’s only a matter of time until another incident happens again.

Best Buy now offering Kin One free, Kin Two for $50 on contract


For all its faults, the prime reason we panned Microsoft's Kin was price. Why buy a Kin when you could get a more capable iPhone, Palm Pre or Android device for the same price? This week, it seems someone at Best Buy HQ has seen the light. As of today, the brick-and-mortar electronics superstore has knocked $50 off the price of both handsets, making the Kin One free and the Kin Two cost only $50 on a two-year contract, with no mail-in rebates or other nonsense required. Now, if only do something about that $30 monthly data plan, your teen might finally have a vaguely compelling reason to pick one up.

SISTAR’s Push Push MV Teaser released

After making their debut through Ceci magazine and finally releasing their official jacket photos this month, the girls of SISTAR have finally released the MV teaser for their debut track Push Push.


The MV teaser reveals the girls looking rather spunky and sexy, sporting fresh styles and rockin’ hairdos. Check out the girls below as they line up and get their mugshots taken before you. The song sounds catchy enough, but I guess you couldn’t expect anything less as the track was produced by Brave Brothers.

S.H.E's Selina ordered to lose weight for concert by management

Three years ago, the empresses of girl groups S.H.E was a huge success in helping break sales of over a million from endorsing a female sportswear brand. To reward the popular Taiwanese female group for their achievement, the company recently presented a handmade gold-threaded shirt. The three ladies couldn't help but laugh, and replied, "There's a lot of value and empress power as a result of this gold-threaded shirt."

Since their sportswear brand promotions, S.H.E's preparations for their upcoming "Love the World" concert tour is in full swing, yet her management has expressed concern regarding the weight of S.H.E member Selina as of late, and has asked Selina to lose some weight in preparations for the tour. Selina expressed, "We're currently rehearsing our dances and working out, and when it's time for the concert, we'll all be in good shape." The "overweight" member of the group has also divulged that the group will be adding some extra material for their Taipei concert to give thanks to their fans.

Watch Out! It's Summer's Five Biggest Star Bombs!


So, where does the late MacGruber rank among summer's all-time box-office bombs?

It doesn't. It was a Will Forte comedy, for non-A-list sake. The true summer box-office bomb is spectacular in size, scope—and star failure.

Here are our picks for five beach-season bombs so devastating they blew up careers:

What would you ask Steve Jobs at tomorrow's D8 interview?

Steve Jobs will appear at the opening night of the eighth D: All Things Digital conference tomorrow night. The notable tech and media event will also include Hollywood director James Cameron, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, among others. The conference runs June 1-3, 2010 near Los Angeles, Calif.

All Things D’s Kara Swisher hinted at some of the questions that she may ask The Steve on her blog:

There is much to talk to Jobs about, obviously, including the new iPad, the mobile market and the iPhone, its tense relationship with Google (GOOG) and the next innovations from the Silicon Valley computer icon.

PlayStation 3's first 3D title updates coming June 10th to Japan


Good news / bad news, folks. First with the smiles: PlayStation 3's first 3D-enabling updates are due out on June 10th for downloadable titles Super Stardust HD, WipEout HD, and Pain. The first two games get the added dimension for gratis, but Pain lovers (who should be accustomed by now to its abundant premium add-ons) will need to fork over ¥300 (approximately $3.28) for the benefit. The other stickler is that these updates are so far only announced for Japan -- and by merit of a Bravia promotion, Europe as well. So what's a North American gamer with a penchant for wearing special glasses to do? Keep waiting, true believers.

TaecYeon confesses, “Right now, as well as in the past, I like YoonA the best”

Group 2PM member TaecYeon shows his affection towards So Nyeo Shi Dae YoonA.


On SBS Family Outing 2 aired on 30th May, WonderGirls had appeared as special guests on the show together with the Family members making a visit to GaeMi Village in KangWonDo.

YeEun said on the show, “TaecYeon, who is from the same agency as I am, talks really a lot about So Nyeo Shi Dae.” SunYe also added, “Ever since So Nyeo Shi Dae appeared on 2PM ‘Idol Army’ in the past, he just keep talking about them.”

Wonder Girls, “JYP tells us to wait 2 years until dating”

Girl group Wonder Girls are attracting attention because they have revealed that Park Jin Young keeps telling them to put off dating.


The Wonder Girls have participated in a recent recording of KBS2TV’s “Win Win.”

When the MC’s asked the Wonder Girls, “Don’t you want to date now?” they replied, “We want to date, but JYP told us to wait 3 years to date when we debuted. But when we promoted in the US, he told us to wait 2 more years.”

Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe look devastated as they shoot their final Harry Potter scenes

The lead actors from the Harry Potter films have expressed their devastation over the franchise coming to an end, but now the pain has been captured on their faces.

As Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger, and Daniel Radcliffe, wizard Harry Potter, shot their final scenes for the film, they looked distraught.

The actors were shooting in the countryside near Stevenage, Hertfordshire, for the seventh and final Potter movie and were noticeably emotional.


Watson had her hand on Radcliffe’s shoulder to comfort him, while their co-star Rupert Grint, who plays Ron, also had a frown on his face and his arm in a sling.

The final episode in the series will see the three friends propelled into the future, where we will see them as middle aged parents.

Katy Perry tells record company she'll get pregnant if they don't reduce her work schedule

It appears the popstar lifestyle may be starting to wear a little thin for Katy Perry.


The U.S. star, who is engaged to British comic Russell Brand, is reported to be concerned her record company are pushing her too hard.

And now she has even threatened to get pregnant if they don't reduce her promotional schedule for her second album, due out this summer.

The I Kissed A Girl singer told The Sun: 'I’ve told them not to p*** me off and if they continue to push me harder, I’ll just get pregnant.

'I have the power to have unprotected sex!'

Apple sells 2 million iPads ahead of iPhone 4G / HD launch

Exactly one week ahead of WWDC 2010 (where the iPhone 4G / HD should be officially unveiled), Apple announced that it sold more than 2 million iPads worldwide – in less than two months since the iPhone OS-based tablet was launched (April 3).


The news comes only few days after Apple started shipping the iPad to international markets (including Canada, the UK, Germany and Japan).

Obviously, Steve Jobs had to use the word “magic” again when talking about the iPad:

“Customers around the world are experiencing the magic of iPad, and seem to be loving it as much as we do.”

Firefox for Windows starts 64-bit transition

Mainstream microprocessors have been 64-bit for years. Operating systems have followed suit. Now it's time for a program used by hundreds of millions of people to make the leap: Firefox.

Programmer Armen Zambrano Gasparnian announced the first 64-bit Firefox builds for Windows on Friday, offering an FTP site for those who want to download it. But the software isn't for mainstream users yet.

For one thing, there's no installer included yet, though that work is under way, too. For another, the software is still one of the very raw "nightly" builds for developers.

Support for 64-bit processors is one of the planned Firefox 4 features. Mozilla hopes to release Firefox 4 by the end of November.

ASUS Eee Pad EP101TC, EP121 and Eee Tablet get official

Computex 2010 doesn’t kick off in earnest until tomorrow, but a few of the big name exhibitors have snuck in ahead with some early press conferences today. ASUS are first out of the gate with their iPad competition, and they’re taking a three-pronged approach: the ASUS Eee Pad will be available in 10-inch (EP101TC) and 12-inch (EP121) variants, and offer Windows Embedded Compact 7 and Windows 7 Home Premium respectively, while the ASUS Eee Tablet is a monochrome digital notebook, packing 2,450dpi touchscreen input sensitivity and targeted at note-takers like students.


The ASUS Eee Pad EP101TC doesn’t have finalised specs as yet, but it measures just 12.2mm thick and weighs 675g. The Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS promises the same flexibility and interface as existing users are expecting, but there’ll be more cloud-integration too.

SS501 releases full MV for ‘Love Ya’!

Last week, SS501’s new mini-album Destination was released ahead of schedule along with a teaser for the music video. Now the full length music video for the group’s comeback title track Love Ya has been released!


It’s been over half a year since the group’s last mini-album and fall hit Love Like This. Now after much anticipation, SS501 returns to heat up the summer with this brand new “dark” concept. As previously mentioned, it takes places in a vague Baroque setting as it combines sad classical orchestra with a modern upbeat tone. So without further ado, check it out below!

K-pop group Super Junior’s concert causes stampede at Shanghai Expo, one death reported

A Korean pop concert held yesterday at the Expo Culture Center caused something of a stampede – reports of how bad it got vary, from the Epoch Time’s rumor that someone died to Shanghai Daily’s blithe announcement that the streets were “blocked by fans.”


If anything, this event was a warning about the power of K-pop: South Korea had planned a “classical and pop” concert that included insanely huge acts – Kangta, BoA and Super Junior, whose Shanghai shows sell out at 10,000+ seated stadiums each year they come. They’re so insanely huge that it almost makes you wonder what organizers were thinking when they arranged that show.

Sammi Cheng and Andy Hui caught in couple dressing

Sammi Cheng and Andy Hui has been separated for 8 years now and there always has been rumours about them reconciling. But last month they were seen having hotpot together with the other 3 members of the Big 4 (Dicky Cheung, William So and Edmond Leung) for 3 hours in Shanghai. Yesterday, the 2 of them were seen at the Beijing airport in their black colour couple dressing, taking the same flight back to Hong Kong, allowing more rumours to their reconcilation.

Yesterday, Andy Hui first appeared in full black dressing and shades at the Beijing Airport checking in. About a minute later, a big group of fans came surrounding a female star who was also dressed in black and shades. It was then found that she was the female star that has been friends for 11 years with him, who is also his ex-girlfriend, Sammi. Many passerbys were caught by surprise. They were happily talking to each other and also appeared friendly responding to fans, then board for the same flight returning to Hong Kong.

Madonna to Treat Herself to $200k Worth of Surgery?

MADONNA is planning to spend $200,000 on plastic surgery as a present to herself for her 52nd birthday, according to reports.

The star is keen to have some work done in a bid to keep her face and body looking as sexy as possible.

“Madonna has been feeling her age since her divorce from Guy Ritchie in 2008,” a source told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper.

“She thought she’d be living ‘happy ever after’ but it hasn’t happened that way.

“She’s been dating the model Jesus Luz who is a lot younger than her and she wants to keep looking her best.

“Her friends have recommended things to have done and she’s considering them as a little treat for turning 52 in August.

Charlie Sheen Facing 45 Days In Jail For Domestic Assault


The highest-paid star on primetime TV is facing six weeks in the clink.

Charlie Sheen is due in court next week to face charges related to his Christmas Day 2009 arrest for an alleged assault of his estranged wife Brooke Mueller. The Two And A Half Men star is reportedly planning to plead guilty in exchange for more serious charges being dropped. Too bad for Sheen that said plea agreement means he’s looking at up to 45 days behind bars.

In fact, Charlie’s attorney is so sure there’s an orange jumpsuit in her client’s future, she’s even requested that the jail make a special exception and lift their ban on smoking just for the actor.

Are Questions The “Future Of Facebook”?

About a week ago, word started getting out that Facebook is beta testing a new “killer app” called Facebook Questions. For beta testers, the Questions feature appears in the left-hand column just below Events and Photos. It lets you ask and answer questions to and from your extended circle of friends.

A few days ago, Facebook opened up the private beta further and is now taking applications for anyone who wants to enter the beta. Facebook is taking its Questions product very seriously. “Help us build the future of Facebook,” reads the title of the page.

It puts the Questions product on par with Photos and Events.

As a beta tester, your job will be to ask great questions and provide great answers about your favorite topics. Economics? Skydiving? Relationships? Mexican Restaurants? It’s up to you. You’ll be the first person outside of Facebook to use this product. Your expert writing will be seen by tens of millions of people — including job recruiters. And we’ll bring our best beta testers out to California to tour Facebook headquarters and meet the team.

Apple rumored to begin paying Foxconn employees direct wages


Chinese website Zol -- which is owned by CBS Interactive -- is reporting that Apple may be moving toward a model of paying Foxconn employees direct subsidies, in the form of small percentages of of the profits from whatever product line they work on. It's also interesting to note that the report claims that Apple has looked into the situation, and found that the general unhappiness of the workers and the recent spate of suicides could be attributed to low wages. The report says that Apple -- which apparently pays Foxconn 2.3 percent of the final retail price for a given product -- will pay an additional amount directly to the workers, which would give a significant boost to the roughly $132 they're currently pulling in per month. The actual payout numbers we're hearing -- around 1 to 2 percent of a retail price of the products manufactured -- don't exactly make sense so we're hoping to get clarification as to the breakdown if the rumor turns out to be true. The report also states that the iPad production line will be the first to benefit from the scheme. We have asked Apple for comment and will update if and when we hear back.

MSI WindPad 100 and 110 tablets surface at Computex 2010

Computex 2010 is running full steam ahead today and there have already been some cool new gadgets debuted at the show. The MSI WindPad 100 and 110 tablets have surfaced. The WindPad 100 is a Windows 7 tablet that runs on an Atom Z530 CPU. The rig runs Windows 7 Ultimate, but MSI uses a custom UI over the top of the OS.


The machine has HDMI out and a pair of USB ports and it will have a webcam as well. The machine will retail for $499 when it lands on the market later this year sporting its 10-inch 1024 x 600 screen. Alongside the WindPad 100 came the WindPad 110.

MBLAQ, “Rain always refrain us from from revealing his stories”

MBLAQ confesses that they are always been watched over by Rain.


MBLAQ Lee Joon and Mire were on MBC ‘Elegant Life’ to be aired on 1st June when they revealed that they have been revealing a lot of their agency president Rain. With their continuous revealing of their president, their manager is getting a little nervous about it and have to stop the boys from doing it.

Mir said, “If we don’t talk about Rain, we would get edited out, so we started revealing Rain’s stories. Rain always ask us, ‘Were you going to use my stories as broadcast content again?’.”

After School splits up into subgroups

It seems like After School is going in the same direction as Super Junior, as they will soon promote as subgroups.


Their company Pledis Entertainment recently revealed that the group will be promoting as two three-member groups, and as a solo singer. They will soon be releasing several albums for each subgroup and will be promoting separately.

Andy Lau's invested film: Impossible to make 10 million in box office

Andy Lau's new invested film held its premiere last night, Andy expressed that he hopes the film can make 5-6 million in the box office. Producer Gordon Lam interrupted: "If its less than 5-6 million then I will never act again." Andy was very concerned and told Gordon to take back what he said. Later, Gordon asked why Andy's so modest to set a goal of just 5-6 million? Andy said: "5-6 million is already pretty high, more than 10 million is impossible. In a situation, a person knows how high they can go, have to know their place. This movie is not a grand production produced by a known producer, director or classy actors. It is just a movie with junior level actors and a new director. Receiving 2-3 million is already very good." What's the payback then? This movie will play in Mainland where an estimate revenue of 20 million yuan, earn some profits there.

This film will play in both Beijing and Shanghai, some cinemas also will play the movie in the original Cantonese version. Before some HK produced movies playing in Cantonese, some audience complained that they couldn't understand, Andy is not worried that audience might not understand because there are only a small number of cinemas playing the Cantonese version. Audience afraid that they won't understand the Cantonese version can choose not to watch that version, also there is always subtitles if the language cannot be understood.

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