Jessica Simpson's hungry for love as puts on sickly display of affection with new boyfriend over dinner

It appears curvy reality star Jessica Simpson has a voracious appetite for more than just pasta as she drools over her boyfriend at dinner.

The reality star, once described as 'sexual napalm' by her ex John Mayer, had no qualms about putting on a very public display of affection with Eric Johnson.

Jessica, who turned 30 earlier this week, was joined friends as she dined at a restaurant in Capri, Italy, while on holiday.



But not even their presence prevented her and former NFL player Johnson getting very well acquainted.

Jessica has been in Italy with her new man and pals to celebrate her milestone birthday.

Over the past few days she has been pictured sharing many a tender embrace with Johnson as they went on shopping trips and sailed aboard a luxury yacht.

Lindsay Lohan Not Skipping Jail For Rehab, Says District Attorney

Lindsay Lohan’s big shot lawyer Robert Shapiro might be making a desperate bid to have her stay out of jail, but the prosecutor handling the case, Danette Meyers, tells RadarOnline he shouldn’t waste his time.

"It's a really a moot point to ask Judge Revel to send Ms. Lohan to rehab only as Judge Revel has already sentenced her,” Meyers told RadarOnline exclusively.

Shapiro, who was a part of the legal "Dream Team" which represented OJ Simpson at his murder trial, will ask the judge to place the Mean Girls star in a rehab facility instead of sending her to the slammer.

But warned Meyers, “Ms. Lohan is going to jail... Judge Revel could have sentenced her to more time behind bars, but she didn't.

"The only issue to be decided is what rehabilitation facility Ms. Lohan will be sent to after she serves her jail time.”

Shawn Chapman Holley, the former lawyer for Lohan, quit after the actress was sentenced to 90 days in prison for violating her probation stemming from a 2007 driving while intoxicated case.

RadarOnline first revealed Chapman Holley quit before she was moved on, after catching Lohan shopping for a new lawyer.

Apple set to debut 11.6-inch MacBook Air and new iPod touch?

It has been a bit quiet on the Apple rumor front of late with all the talk of recalls and reception issues with the iPhone 4 filling the news. A new Apple rumor has surfaced for those needing a steady diet of rumors. This rumor comes by way of DigiTimes and has Apple set to throw a couple new products onto the market soon.



DigiTimes reports that Apple is set to throw a new version of the MacBook Air onto the market with an 11.6-inch display and Intel Core ULV CPU. The machine will reportedly land in the second half of this year and be built by Quanta computer.

DigiTimes also reports that a new version of the iPod touch is coming in August or September. We have already heard grumblings about an iPod touch with a camera coming to market. DigiTimes reports that the camera will be a 3MP unit and will do video and still shots. The new touch is also said to use the A4 processor.

iPhone 4: Consumer Reports Needs To Get It Together

Sometimes I want to buy something like a blender or a car or a washing machine. And sometimes my wonderful and loving mother (her birthday is coming up) finds out because I accidentally tell her, or my dad does, or she uses that mom ESP thing that she used to find out I was hiding beer in my closet in high school.

Anyway, she finds out. And then I can’t buy the one I want to buy, the shiny one on Amazon, because some issue of Consumer Reports said that the better one is the boring unshiny one and I need to be more responsible and stop wasting money on stupid stuff. And so a chart of red and black dots gets to decide for me. Because one thing I’ve learned in life is to never make mom unhappy. She’s upset enough that her son turned out to be a blogger, whatever that is.

But the thing is, that trust that my mom gives to Consumer Reports was hard earned over decades of obsessive use. She trusts Consumer Reports. And if I read it I might trust it too. If they rated stuff on shininess I’d definitely subscribe. Or if they rated robots.

T-Mobile Samsung Vibrant, Verizon Motorola DROID X available today


Let’s be honest, you don’t need a reminder. You’ve had this date circled on your calendar for weeks… and rightly so. Today, both T-Mobile and Verizon will release what is sure to be known as their flagship Android handset. T-Mobile is releasing the Samsung Vibrant — their version of the Samsung Galaxy S — for $199 on contract. The Vibrant comes with a 1 GHz Hummingbird processor, Super AMOLED display, 5 megapixel camera, and Android 2.1. Verizon is offering the Motorola DROID X — also for $199 on contract — which packs a 4.3″ display, 1 GHZ Texas Instruments OMAP3630 processor, 8 megapixel mechanical shutter camera, and Android 2.1. Tis’ a great day for Android fanatics. Do let us know if you pick one of the new handsets up!

SHINee unleashes song medley teaser for new album!


Earlier today, SM Entertainment released some good news about SHINee’s comeback date and some other information regarding teasers although title song, concept name, album name, tracklist, etc remained a mystery.

Well, the boys have now released their song medley teaser for their new album where we get to hear their singing voices once again after 9 long months.

9 brand new songs are featured on the medley where the boys sing all kinds of songs that range in different genres too. With their soft and sexy voices, their comeback is definitely going to be an explosive one.

Ahead of Korea comeback, BoA spotted with blonde hairstyle for recent photoshoot


Singer BoA spotted with unique blonde hairstyle!

Photos of BoA doing a photoshoot for a makeup brand recently were revealed online and had garnered great interests from fans and netizens, especially since it has been announced that she will be having her singer comeback in Korea after 5 years this August.

Go under the cut for more photos and comments by netizens.

HTC wants to sell 8.5 million devices in Q4, 6 new smartphones will help

HTC is apparently set to launch six new devices in the fourth quarter in the US and Europe. These launches may help it reach a sales target of 8.5 million for Q4.

As is usually the case with HTC leaks, some of the smartphones we keep hearing about (via leaked codenames, pictures or both) seem more and more real with every day that goes by.


So, the HTC Vision may be real and headed to Europe in October.

Whether or not the model that will ship will look anything like this previously leaked photo is unknown at this point.

A dual-core processor will be running the show on the Vision, and Android will be the chosen OS.

Consumer survey shows Apple and HTC on the rise, RIM and Motorola in decline


Changewave’s latest smartphone survey results are out and the compiled data confirms what most tech savvy people know: Apple and HTC are on the rise while Motorola, RIM, and Palm are on the decline. The survey queried over 4,000 consumers and questioned them about their future smartphone buying habits. Not surprisingly, the survey revealed that Apple is a driving force in the smartphone market with more than half (52%) of the respondents indicating that they would be purchasing an Apple iPhone as their next smartphone. HTC came in a distant second with 19% showing interest in HTC smartphone offerings. HTC was followed by Motorola (9%), RIM (6%), and sadly Palm (0%).

Looking historically, the survey reveals that Apple and HTC are the only two manufacturers which are generating increased interest in their handsets. Interest in Apple has skyrocketed from 31% to 52% due to the hype surrounding the iPhone 4 launch; while HTC has been propelled upward from 12% to 19% due to the interest in the EVO 4G and the Droid Incredible. Motorola, RIM, and Palm all show a decline as none of those three manufacturers released a new handset in months between March and June 2010. With the myriad of problems affecting the iPhone 4, the low inventory of HTC’s android offerings, and the launch of the Motorola Droid X, it will interesting to see how these figures shape up in the next survey.

Bedraggled Britney Spears sports a stained pink vest as she heads into the recording studio

Surely a hairbrush and a clean t-shirt wouldn't have gone amiss, Britney?

The singer was snapped heading into a recording studio in Los Angeles yesterday looking a bit bedraggled.

Her hair was tangled and messy and her black make-up was smudged around her eyes.



The 28-year-old pop star also wore a pink vest top that had a stain down the front and struggled to contain her bra strap.

And she looked like she'd put on a few pounds, judging by her slightly protruding midriff, and didn't look at all happy to have been caught on camera.

Britney has kept a fairly low profile over the past couple of weeks, but the last time she was spotted out and about, her attire left a lot to be desired then.

Sporting knee-high socks. tiny shorts and very unkempt hair, she started screaming at the waiting cameras as she stopped at Starbucks to get a frozen coffee.

And yesterday she emerged again looking a mess as she went to lay down some eagerly-awaited tracks.

HP Android tablet coming later than you think, or not at all


Although nothing official has come from HP on this front, we got some pretty solid word back in April that the American giant was mulling an Android tablet. As it turns out, what with the WebOS acquisition that followed and HP's dogged commitment to Windows 7, that Googly project has apparently slipped out of the limelight in HP HQ. Word from All Things Digital is that there'll be nothing forthcoming this year (as was tentatively expected) and if an HP Android tablet is to materialize, it'll have to come in 2011. The company seems to be in the midst of reallocating resources to its higher priority projects, and who knows, should that rumored Hurricane tablet blow us all away, Android might never gets its chance to shine at all.

1 billion app downloads from the Android Market

The Android Market is on track to set milestone after milestone.

Before the end of this month, it will have 100,000 apps available for download.

And now it looks like the 1 billion downloads mark has been crossed.

That means that, from the beginning of the Android Market’s existence up till now, there have been 1 billion app downloads from it.

This isn’t yet confirmed by Google, but AndroLib’s statistics show that it has, indeed happened.


If so, I’m sure that Google will make a big announcement soon. Perhaps they’re waiting for 100,000 apps to be available so they can make one announcement for both accomplishments.

Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for Symbian S60 launched

Opera is on a roll these days. After launching Opera Mini 5.1 (Android version included), the company has now announced the availability of the first beta of Opera Mobile 10.1 for Symbian S60.


Among the new features that Opera Mobile 10.1 beta for S60 comes with, Opera mentions accelerated speed (thanks to the Presto rendering engine, the Carakan JavaScript engine and the Vega graphics library), and support for geolocation (you can activate or deactivate sharing your location at any time).

Speed Dial, tabbed browsing, Opera Link and Opera Turbo are, of course, also included in this beta.

The new Opera Mobile 10.1 is available for both 3rd and 5th edition S60 smartphones, and can be downloaded if you visit m.opera.com/next on your handset.

Jennifer Aniston is a Mom ... Again and Again!

Not unlike Life & Style's obsession with Kim Kardashian's revenge body, OK! Magazine really needs to hire some new writers to think up fresh material.

This week's cover story, regarding Jennifer Aniston becoming a mom - not just down the road, she is a mom, the mag boasts - may have been exciting.

There are just two problems:
  • It's blatantly false.
  • They ran almost identical stories three times this year already, including one just a few weeks ago, and in both U.S. and international editions.



This time, it's rumored boyfriend Chris Gartin who's made Jennifer Aniston’s dreams come true ... since he's got two adorable kids from his previous marriage.

Christian Bale Mel Gibson: The Phone Fight!


It was only a matter of time before some enterprising (or bored) sound engineer came up with the idea of combining the Mel Gibson threats against his ex-girlfriend with the Christain Bale movie set rant from a few years back. Together, they make for a hilarious phone fight that will go down as one of the most foul-mouthed two minutes and eleven seconds in online history….

Apple addressing iPhone 4 issues Friday?

It appears that Apple's silence on the iPhone 4 issues will come to an end later this week.

Apple is planning to hold a press conference at 10 a.m. in Cupertino, Calif., on Friday to discuss the iPhone 4, according to CNET blogger Jim Dalrymple on his personal blog, The Loop. No other details were provided.

It's likely that this is Apple's attempt to address the uproar over the iPhone's signal loss problems. It's been reported by some iPhone 4 customers since the day the phone was available that when the phone is gripped in a certain way, it can cause reception and bandwidth to drop.

Apple at first addressed the reports by telling users to hold the phone in a different way or to buy a rubber bumper case to prevent fingers from coming in contact with the phone's exterior antenna. Later, Apple said the problem lay in the way the phone displays signal bars and said a software update to fix the issues would be forthcoming.

The beta version of that update, iOS 4.1, was released to developers Wednesday.

Microsoft Bing grabs search share from Google

After some slips in the market, third-place Bing inches up in June

After struggling for a few months, Microsoft's Bing search engine showed growth in the U.S. in June.

While still lagging far behind Google, Bing showed greater growth than its main search rival last month, according to a report from comScore, Inc., an Internet research company. Bing, which had its first anniversary in late May, saw its search share in the U.S. market increase from 12.1% in May to 12.7% in June.

Google lost a little ground last month with its search share dipping from 63.7% in May to 62.6% last month. Second-place Yahoo had slightly better news with its bite of the search market edging up from 18.3% to 18.9%.

According to comScore, Americans conducted 16.4 billion searches in June, up 3% from the previous month.

Bing may not have seen a huge increase in its share of the lucrative search market last month, but the uptick was good news for a service that has seen its share of ups and downs in the past several months.

Joey Yung promises not to leave EEG; Denies trying to kick Vincy Chan out


Joey Yung's 3D MV (Disfigured) held its premiere yesterday. She is the first Hong Kong artist to film a MV in 3D. She joked that the MV production costs were a few 100 million. Although she's not sure of the actual production costs, she believes it is quite an investment. It was rumored that her contract with EEG ending soon, so EEG is investing greatly on her new MV, do they want her to renew the contract? Joey said: "EEG has always treated me well. Since I debuted, EEG gave me everything I have. Every time I release an album, there is always a fresh new feeling with good ideas. No one came to discuss contract renewal with me because my contract is not up yet. Even if my contract is ending, there is no discussion needed, it will automatically take effect. Bottom line is the day I'm still singing, I won't consider other companies."

Not measuring with money

If other companies use a high price to pull her over, she won't do it? Joe said: "For the mean time, I won't consider nor are there any companies who have contacted me. EEG and I have a good relationship, it is not measured by money. How EEG supported me, I should actually pay money back to them." It was rumored that EEG gave her a HK$40 million necklace as a reward for her staying with them and said that she wanted Vincy Chan out as one of the contract renewal conditions? Joey denied to all the rumors, she said: "I have never received such expensive necklace, such beautiful necklace I don't have a chance to wear. If EEG really wants to give me something, why not fulfill my greatest wish and promote cultural purposes."

Park JaeBum comes back strong with ‘Count On Me’ on album and music charts

Park JaeBum comes out strong with the sales of his new album.

According to HanTeo chart, JaeBum’s new minialbum ‘Count On Me’ released on 13th July went up to #1 on the daily album sales on the same day selling 21,989 copies just for that day. This also place JaeBum on the #12 position in terms of album sales on a single day for this year.


So far for this year, Super Junior stands #1, #4 and #5 with the 4th album A version, B version and repackaged version, while So Nyeo Shi Dae stands at #2 and #3 with their 2nd album and repackaged version for the top album sales on a single day.

JaeBum’s new minialbum is up #1 on HanTeo’s real time chart at 5pm on 14th July, and it is expected that the album will bring in better results on music and album charts.

Motorola Droid X gets cinematic 'Tomorrow' trailer (video)


Yeah, we said trailer. The Droid family has seen its fair share of atypical ads, and while this one won't tug on your heartstrings, it'll definitely captivate. Unless you're already three sheets to the wind and well on your way into an early weekend. Either way, you should really have a look after the break.

iOS 4.1: redesigned signal bars and Game Center, watermarks for jailbroken iPhones

Apple has just released a beta version of the iOS 4.1 SDK.

This SDK is meant for developers to play with to make sure their apps will work fine with the new version of the OS.

And while it is a beta, it gives us glimpses into the new features that the next iteration of Apple’s mobile OS will bring.


The redesigned signal bars are there alright. They’re taller now.

Taylor Momsen “Material Girl By Madonna & Lourdes” Spokesmodel

Teenage badass Taylor Momsen — or as she’s commonly known: “The Anti-Miley” — is the very angry face of Madonna & Lourdes’ hotly-awaited Material Girl clothing line.


The Gossip Girl’s star’s first ad for the freshman brand — set to hit the racks of Macy’s next month — emerged online Wednesday. The always-edgy Taylor manages to give us the finger with her eyes, but we don’t get much of a glimpse at Madge and Lourdes’ designs. Speaking of which, we wonder why Lourdes wasn’t selected to front this campaign?

We won’t have much time to ponder that: Macy’s is already running a teaser campaign for the collection’s release: “Who is the Material Girl? Find out on 8.3.2010, only at Macy’s.”

'Batman 3' production to begin April 2011

Holy sequel-news, Batman! At the London premiere of Inception, star Michael Caine revealed to Digital Spy that Christopher Nolan’s as-of-yet-untitled sequel to Batman Begins, and the $1 billion-worldwide-grossing The Dark Knight, is slated to begin production in April of 2011. Although Nolan, his brother Jonathan, and David S. Goyer are still working on the script, an insider confirms that, although subject to change, Warner Bros. is indeed on track for an April start date, and Christian Bale, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Gary Oldman are attached.

So far, Nolan himself has been reluctant to talk about the future of the caped crusader. Apparently he’s very much of the mindset that, until his current film, the critically-adored Inception, opens this Friday, he’s not interested in discussing details of his future projects. But Warner Bros. has also penciled in the next Batman for a July 20, 2012 release date. The studio was determined to set a definitive release date this far in advance due to the strong slate of other superhero movies to be released in the next two years.

Microsoft comes clean on doling out cash, free hardware to entice Windows Phone devs

Microsoft director Todd Brix has apparently revealed what's been known from a series of non-denied rumors for a while now: they're making it rain on mobile developers with good ideas. According to a BusinessWeek report, it seems they're pursuing a number of angles to entice software shops to help build out Windows Phone 7's launch catalog, ranging from offering free test hardware to simply paying cash, sometimes in the form of revenue guarantees that Microsoft will meet if apps don't meet sales goals in the Marketplace. Of course, there's not really anything wrong with Microsoft inorganically pursuing support for its ecosystem like this -- they've certainly got the pocketbook for it, and considering their come-from-behind position, they ought to be using any tool available to 'em right now to get this thing as ready as it can possibly be for app-hungry customers later this year.

Numbers Are Out, HP and Dell Still Lead In US Computer Sales


HP and Dell continue to dominate the landscape with 25.7% and 24% market shares, respectively, while Acer, Apple, and Toshiba round off the Top Five.

Apple claimed an 8.8% share this quarter, just above Toshiba's 8.5%, while Acer dropped from 12.3% to 11% this spring, narrowing the gap between third and fourth place. It looks like the iPad (which, as a tablet, was not included in these results) might be squeezing in on Acer's would be netbook buyers. Better get that tablet out soon and get in on the action, Acer.

Overall, US computer shipments were up a not-very-exciting (and not very surprising) 12.4%, while worldwide computer shipments rose 22.4%.

Hulu Plus launches on PS3, exclusive to Sony's console through 2010


The Sony Defense Force has reason to celebrate today, as the circle is now complete -- where Netflix HD once spited PS3 for Xbox 360, today Hulu Plus has chosen the PlayStation for limited console exclusivity through the end of the year. Today, "a select group" of PlayStation Plus subscribers can download the Hulu Plus app and start watching immediately, while regular ol' paying members can ask nicely (via the same app) and wait patiently for the privilege of shelling out an additional $10 a month. Those who aren't dropping $50 a year on PlayStation Plus aren't entirely out of luck, they'll just have to wait till the end of the preview period to get their Hulu on.

Raymond Lam uses "lan gag" to fight for TV King

The recent highly popular Raymond Lam has been really having a lot of news, besides being said that he would have a chance to compete against Chris Lai for TV King, it was also rumoured that his concert's date was clashed with Miss Hong Kong, hence there was no hope for an additional session to be added. Regarding the different rumours, Raymond appeared to be calm. Speaking about Chris Lai's (One Mountain cannot have Two Tigers), Raymond plays "lan gag" and pointed that he is only a "horse that's willing to run", very humourous.

Raymond Lam, Gigi Leung and a few others were recording for Jade Solid Gold yesterday. Raymond who will be having concert at the end of this month, about the news rumours that Miss Hong Kong which has problems with their venue has to re-schedule to be held back at Hong Kong Coliseum, making Raymond's dreams to have an additional session to vanish. However, when reporters asked Raymond in detail, he did not seem to know about it, :"You need to ask the executives about this." It might be possible to add a session before the first day, however looking at the Hong Kong Coliseum's booking, there will be Alan Tam's concert held on the 24th, therefore there needs to be some time in between for re-building of the stage, probably Raymond's hope for an additional session would not come true.

SHINee confirms comeback date and teases with group photo

Fans have been disappointed that SM Entertainment hasn’t mentioned much about SHINee’s new comeback date, however fear no more! SM Entertainment has confirmed that the boys will be returning as soon as next week!


The agency stated, “Further teasers will be released up to and on the 19th. SHINee is preparing to make their official comeback on the 23rd (Music Bank).”

Minho has been recovering fast from his calf injury with physical therapy, so they’re hoping they can continue with the comeback date of July 23rd if all goes well.

Mel Gibson Roars Oral Sex Demands in Newest Tape

In RadarOnline's fourth blistering Mel Gibson audio rant, the actor literally roars (think tape two) for oral sex while threatening to burn the house down.

"I deserve to be b***n first! Before the f***ing Jacuzzi! Okay? I'll burn the goddamn house up, but b**w me first!" Gibson, 55, thunders, so enraged that he's left panting for breath.

Oksana Grigorieva, 40, also apparently sought the number of Gibson's therapist, giving him more ammo to unload. "Don't you ever speak to him! Find your own g*****n therapist! Because you've got problems more than me!"

Oksana maintains supreme calm throughout the new three-minute tape.

Gibson seems to be raging over an incident that occurred with Grigorieva the evening before (honestly, it's hard to tell). "I should've woken you up and said f****ng b**w me b***h!" Mel explodes. "I should've f***in' woken you up and said, 'B**w me!' You would've liked that better, yeah? But you need the g****n sleep!"

Oksana defends herself, saying she waited in bed for him but fell asleep. This sends Mel careening off the deep end once more: "Waited and waited! What, two and a half f***ing minutes?! You're f***ing snoring. Don't you dare."

Eminem leads the Billboard 200 again, Big Boi's 'Left Foot' steps in at No. 3

Eminem‘s Recovery spends it’s third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 229,000 copies. In turn Drake’s Thank Me Later spends a third week at No. 2, selling 74,000 albums. The chart’s top newcomer is OutKast’s Big Boi. His debut solo album Sir Lucious Left Foot … The Son of Chico Dusty starts at No. 3 with 62,000 units moved.

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack slips one spot to No. 4 with 45,000 records sold. Justin Bieber‘s sold 43,000 copies of his My World 2.0. It climbs one spot to No. 5 . The Now 34 compilation drops a spot to No. 6 with 33,000 sold. Jack Johnson’s To The Sea moves up one to No. 7, selling 30,000 albums. Lady Gaga‘s riding high from her Today show performance last Friday. The Fame jumps up five places to No. 8, selling 29,000. Lady Antebellum’s Need You Now rises one rung to No. 9 with 28,000 copies sold. Enrique Iglesias’ Euphoria is the chart’s second-highest debut at No. 10, He sold 27,000 copies.

The Saddest Part Of The Whole iPhone 4 Antenna Fiasco Is How Proud Steve Jobs Was When He Introduced It

Apple's iPhone 4 Antennagate rolls on, with the question now, What is Apple going to do about this? Is it going to let it blow over?


Is it going to slash prices on its "bumper" cases to appease the affected "death grip"-phone holders? Or give them away for free? Is it going to give everyone a gift certificate to the Apple store?

Whatever ends up happening, it's worth taking another look at how Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 4's antenna system at the WWDC keynote in June.

At no point did he suggest there would be any sort of vulnerability. Instead, he seemed really, really proud of it, calling it "brilliant engineering" and boasting that no one had ever done something like this before.

Microsoft exec mocks iPhone 4, dubs it Apple's Vista

Consumer Reports urges Apple to provide free cases to all iPhone 4 owners

A top Microsoft executive today compared Apple's iPhone 4 to his own company's problem-plagued Vista operating system.

"It looks like the iPhone 4 might be their Vista, and I'm okay with that," said Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating officer, in a keynote speech at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), which runs through Thursday in Washington, D.C.

The successor to Windows XP, Vista launched in early 2007 and was heavily criticized by users, and in a series of e-mails that became public during a class-action lawsuit, even by the company's own senior executives. The consensus, deserved or not, has become that Vista was one of Microsoft's worst operating systems.

Earlier in his talk, Turner poked fun at the reception problems that have dogged Apple's iPhone 4 since its June 24 launch. "One of the things I want to make sure you know today is that you're going to be able to use a Windows Phone 7 and not have to worry about how you're holding it to make a phone call," Turner said, referring to the Microsoft mobile operating system set to debut on smartphones this fall.

Cecilia Cheung, Tony Leung to Star in Chinese Version of 'The Illusionist'

Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung will star with Tony Leung in Derek Yee's new film which will begin shooting next February, Cheung said recently in Shanghai.

When Derek Yee replied to questions from the Hong Kong press, he confirmed that this film will be Cheung's first since giving birth to her two sons in three years.

The film, entitled "Da Moshu Shi" ("Great Magician"), is a story about two childhood sweethearts set during the early part of the twentieth century. Yee had intended to keep the film a secret until it was discovered by the Guangzhou Daily. Information about the film was found on the Web site of the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television (SARFT).

"Great Magician" is in line with "The Illusionist", a period drama based loosely on the Steven Millhauser story "Eisenheim the Illusionist", which was later adapted to the American big screen by Neil Burger. Actor Edward Norton starred in the film with Jessica Biel and Paul Giamatti. The film tells the story of Eisenheim, a magician in early 20th century Vienna.

Joey Yung is richest singer in Hong Kong

It's been 10 years of smooth sailing for Joey Yung's singing career.

Last year the Hong Kong pop singer celebrated her 10th year in the industry. What that also means is that her 10-year-long fixed term contract with Emperor Entertainment Group Limited (EEG) came to an end.

Although Joey still has an additional five-year album contract with EEG, the company seeks to keep their 'golden goose' and has been trying to convince the star to sign a longer contract.

After a year of consideration, Joey extended her contract for another five years recently, effectively extending her tenure with EEG for yet another 10 years.

With the contract inked, Joey's estimated worth is now pinned at around HKD 500m (S$100m), making her the richest among singers in Hong Kong.

Remember When We Were All Supposed To Quit Facebook?

These past few days, I’ve sat here and watched as the iPhone 4 antenna hoopla has swept the nation (and I assume the world, though I’m not hearing much from abroad). Don’t get me wrong, the issue is very real. And undoubtedly for some, it’s a problem. But talk of the $1.5 billion dollar recall that is never going to happen is quickly spiraling out of control. And it has reminded me of something.

Remember when we were all supposed to quit Facebook? You should. It was a whole two months ago.

Surely you didn’t forget how no one would shut up about Facebook and its privacy issues? I mean, it was a massive deal, as we were told over and over again. Some people were practically screaming it.

Where are all those people now? I haven’t heard a peep about it in weeks. Weren’t we all supposed to quit Facebook and bitch about it until Mark Zuckerberg was forced to resign? What happened?

I’ll tell you what happened: people got bored of hearing about Facebook privacy. More to the point, the hits/pageviews/mentions based on the controversy quit rolling in. So it was on to the next hot controversial topic.

15 million People Want iTunes in the Cloud

New research by the NPD group confirms a suspicion. Much of the world wants to see iTunes streaming their music from the cloud. And many will pay to make it happen.

According to NPD's polling of 3,862 iTunes users over the age of 13, roughly 25% of iTunes users would be interested in a free-from-anywhere library streaming option—that's a total of 13-15 million customers in the US alone.

Many customers would be interested in an unlimited streaming pay service as well. Provided that it supported multiple devices, NPD estimates that 7 to 8 million iTunes users would be willing to pay a minimum of $10/month to subscribe.

As the NPD points out, that's a billion dollar market in the first year—a market that's only likely to grow as the public understand what the heck this whole cloud thing is, anyway.

[NPD]

Bristol Palin Getting Married ... To Levi Johnston!

Perhaps the most on-again, off-again politically tinged relationship we've all had the pleasure of following has taken a new turn: Bristol Palin, 19, and Levi Johnston, 20, are engaged again, Us Weekly exclusively reveals.

"We got engaged two weeks ago," Bristol tells the magazine. "It felt right, even though we don't have the approval of our parents."

That's right -- Sarah Palin doesn't approve. But the couple says they reconnected three months ago, while hashing out the custody details for their 18-month-old son, Tripp. Bristol and Levi were engaged once before, but called it off just weeks before she gave birth.

"I really thought we were over," Levi tells Us Weekly. "So when I went, I had no hope. I think we both just started talking -- and then we took Tripp for a walk."

Bristol finishes the tale: "When he left that night, we didn't hug or kiss, but I was thinking how different it was. He texted me: 'I miss you. I love you. I want to be with you again' ... I was in shock."

The lovers have often seemed permanently star-crossed -- even long into their separation, they habitually referenced each other on talk shows and in magazine profiles.

Apple Just Bought Their Own Google Earth


Per usual, it seems as if this deal has happened in the dark of the night, but thankfully for the curious among us, it's a bit difficult to disguise a caravan of humans escaping Québec and fleeing to Cupertino. According to a report in The Sun as well as an independent confirmation on our end, Apple has picked up a small Canadian firm by the name of Poly9. As of now, every last employee has been relocated to California, with the couple who declined left to find other work in the Great White North. Poly9's official website is also blanked out, but in the past, the company has been credited with developing loads of web-based mapping programs (primarily in Flash, crazily enough) as well as APIs for a handful of monolithic clients like Microsoft, Yahoo!, NORAD and MSNBC. Generally speaking, Apple tends to integrate its purchases into the workflow at a rather rapid clip, so we're actually expecting something to come of this in the not-too-distant future. What, exactly, remains to be seen.

Intel's Sandy Bridge CPUs to arrive ahead of schedule, could be with us this year


Right now, Intel has every right to lay contentedly atop the laurels of its biggest quarterly profit ever, but that's not what the company is doing at all. Instead of protracting the life of its current-gen processors unduly, Intel is planning to accelerate the roadmap for its next generation of multicore parts, codenamed Sandy Bridge. The difference between the Nehalem-based stuff we have today and the upcoming chip is that the Sandy Bridge architecture takes everything down to 32nm -- including the graphics processor and memory controller which are built at 45nm at present -- while keeping it all within the same enclosure. Enthusiastic feedback from customers who were given tasters of the Sandy stuff has been to blame for this haste on Intel's part, and we're told that with additional investment in 32nm infrastructure, the chip giant plans to make deliveries late this year. That in turn could potentially result in some eager vendor pushing a Sandy Bridge laptop or desktop out before 2010 is through -- which would be all kinds of nice.

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