Oksana's Rep: Don't Blame the Victim

Oksana Grigorieva's spokesperson is lashing out at Mel Gibson's camp, claiming his client is the victim of a smear campaign.

Spokesperson Stephen Jaffe tells TMZ, "While Mr. Gibson's camp has floated a variety of false claims in the press to try to distract the public from the true facts at hand, it is telling that his camp has not once denied that it is Mr. Gibson's voice on the published recordings."

Jaffe adds, "It is common in such cases for those who perpetrate domestic violence to vilify the victim of that domestic violence. One would hope that those who are close to Mr. Gibson would take a more constructive approach."

Jaffe is partly reacting to a TMZ story which cited an expert who claimed there was evidence Oksana's injuries were self-inflicted.

Another expert familiar with the case tells TMZ, "It is obvious not only from the photograph of Ms. Grigorieva, but from other evidence, including Mr. Gibson's own admission, that he struck her in the mouth and temple, that she sustained injuries as a result of his blows. The notion that her wounds were 'self-inflicted' is ridiculous and not credible. No legitimate, independent expert photo analyst could reasonably draw such a conclusion. Her injuries are consistent with her account."

Verizon’s unsold KIN being returned today; websales frozen


If you were still harboring desires for a Microsoft KIN of your own, act fast. According to two sources speaking to WMExperts, Verizon are freezing sales and sending back all remaining stock today, Sunday July 18th. Having axed the feature-phone project – targeted at a “Generation Upload” teen market that didn’t seem particularly inclined to either give up their regular “adult” smartphones or stomach overpriced data packages – it now looks like Microsoft are gathering up the unwanted remnants.

So, if you still see a KIN fitting into your life somehow – and we do still have a soft spot for the dinky form-factor of the KIN One – then probably best to head down to your nearest Verizon store first thing and catch them before they get busy with the packing tape. A quick check of Verizon’s own site shows the listings for the two handsets are still present, but clicking on them prompts the warning that neither is “available at this time”.

Samsung Captivate now shipping from AT&T, right on cue


Sure, the Samsung Vibrant came out three days earlier, but you don't care if T-Mobile customers beat you to the Galaxy S punch -- you're on AT&T, and it's about time you had (another) high-end Android smartphone to call your own. Our recent hands-on showed it was a bit sluggish, so you might want to wait for our full review, but if your heart's set on that 4-inch Super AMOLED screen and 1GHz Hummingbird core, you're only two clicks away from adding the Android 2.1 handset to your virtual shopping cart. Click one is our source link, immediately below.

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After School GaHee, “I don’t like guys who are shorter than me”

After School GaHee reveals that her ideal man has to be taller than herself.


GaHee did guest appearance with members Nana on MBC SaeBaKwi aired on 17th July when she talked her standard for her ideal man, “I don’t like guys who are shorter than me.”

With GaHee’s statement, the other male guest appearances on the show had felt embarrassed. So as to not make them feel bad and hurt, GaHee presented a set of sexy dance routines on the show, much to the delight of the other star appearances and the TV viewers.

Meanwhile, GaHee revealed on the show, “Even though my parents know that I can’t drink, I can actually drink about 2 cans of beer.”

Wanna Hit The Town With Ben Affleck & Blake Lively?


Ben Affleck is at it again. The Gone Baby Gone director can't stop mixing Boston, crime and drama—this time in a thriller called The Town.

In addition to directing, Affleck also plays the hardened bank robber who falls for one of his victims, Rebecca Hall (Frost/Nixon). Jon Hamm's the FBI agent hot on Ben's trail, Blake Lively's a trashy Boston stripper with a wicked-cool accent and The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner is Affleck's partner in crime.

Consumer Reports still gives Apple’s iPhone 4 the big thumbs down


In response to Apple’s antenna-oriented press event, Consumer Reports responded by refusing to give the Apple iPhone 4 its golden seal of approval. The consumer product ratings company commended Apple for taking a first step in solving the antenna problem but denounced Apple’s case giveaway as a limited and temporary fix. Consumer Reports states:

Consumer Reports believes Apple’s offer of free cases is a good first step. However, Apple has indicated that this is not a long-term solution, it has guaranteed the offer only through September 30th, and has not extended it unequivocally to customers who bought cases from third-party vendors. We look forward to a long-term fix from Apple. As things currently stand, the iPhone 4 is still not one of our Recommended models.

Consumer Reports joins a growing list of companies, including Nokia and RIM, that are responding in a less than favorable way to Apple’s proposed solution.

HTC fires back at Apple antenna demo with percentage pew-pew


Apple's Friday press conference may have left a bad taste in some rival handset manufacturer's mouths, but not all of them are taking Cupertino's derision of their devices seriously -- HTC's Droid Eris was arguably the most affected by the grip of doom, its bars dropping to zilch when held, but the Taiwanese company's keeping any controversial opinions to itself for now. Instead, it's sharing a simple percentage to help clear the air. Whereas Apple claimed over 0.55 percent of customers called AppleCare with reception-related complaints, HTC's Eric Lin told Pocket-lint the Droid Eris technical support rate was 0.016 percent, nearly thirty-four times lower -- though even with a seven-month head start, we have to wonder if the Eris sold close to three million by the time Verizon brought the axe down.

Jaycee Chan Speaks about Ah Sa Falling Ill: "She Carries Too Much on Her Shoulders"

The news of Charlene Choi recently falling ill and fainting in her home due to a heatstroke and exhaustion have led her fans to be constantly worried. On July 16, Jaycee Chan, who has previously had rumors with Charlene, expressed in an interview, "Ah Sa falling ill is actually a good thing, because she carries too much on her shoulders, she's too tired. It just so happens that she can take advantage of this situation and rest a little." Regarding Ah Sa falling ill, Jaycee Chan who has always had a carefree personality was optimistic and said: "Fainting is a good thing, after fainting she can rest for a long time."

Yesterday, NetEase Entertainment spoke to one of Charlene's managers Ms. Chen who clarified, "Ah Sa's condition is not as severe as people are imagining, she experienced gastroenteritis, went to the hospital for a doctor to examine her, ate some medication and received an injection. She's gone home to rest and she's okay, she can walk she can move, she does not need to be hospitalized. Thank you to fans and the media for your concern."

Raymond Lam's bitter love for "Retarded Sheh" trying for TV King

Raymond Lam is TVB's favorite for heavy promotions. He gets to lead many series and open concerts, taking the spotlight in two areas. TVB also made arrangements for Raymond's drama "Growing Through Life" as this year's TVB anniversary series and decided to pair him up with Charmaine Sheh for a new series. TVB is working their way in pushing Raymond up for TV King.

TVB is really making Raymond in power this year, having him in series and movies one after another. After "The Mysteries of Love", his other series "Growing Through Life" will be broadcast as the anniversary series. By the end of the month, he'll be holding his 4 night concert as well as release his new movie "The Emerald and The Pearl" with Charlene Choi, Joey Yung and Wong Cho Lam, schedule to release on August 5th. Although Raymond's popularity skyrockets, TVB still wants to maintain Raymond's momentum during the TVB anniversary award celebrations, so they scheduled Raymond to start a new series in mid-August, keeping his first line Siu Sang status and popularity.

Microsoft confirms 'nasty' Windows zero-day bug

But it won't patch the vulnerability for Windows XP SP2 or Windows 2000

Microsoft on Friday warned that attackers are exploiting a critical unpatched Windows vulnerability using infected USB flash drives.

The bug admission is the first that affects Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) since Microsoft retired the edition from support, researchers said. When Microsoft does fix the flaw, it will not be providing a patch for machines still running XP SP2.

In a security advisory, Microsoft confirmed what other researchers had been saying for almost a month: Hackers have been exploiting a bug in Windows "shortcut" files, the placeholders typically dropped on the desktop or into the Start menu to represent links to actual files or programs.

"In the wild, this vulnerability has been found operating in conjunction with the Stuxnet malware," Dave Forstrom, a director in Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group, said in a post Friday to a company blog. Stuxnet is a clan of malware that includes a Trojan horse that downloads further attack code, including a rootkit that hides evidence of the attack.

Forstrom characterized the threat as "limited, targeted attacks," but the Microsoft group responsible for crafting antivirus signatures said it had tracked 6,000 attempts to infect Windows PCs as of July 15.

DROID Incredible 720p update slated to drop this weekend?


A rumor originating from Droid-Life suggests that DROID Incredible owners may be the recipients of an OTA update this weekend. The update is rumored to bring 720p video recording, several bug fixes, Skype, the MyVerizon app, updated widgets, and the DROID red eye boot animation to the Incredible. Some hard-core Android fans will be disappointed to know that this update is expected to be Android 2.1 and not the much anticipated Froyo build. If this rumor pans out, and Big Red sticks to its previous rollout schedule, Incredible owners should receive the update in waves with a small number receiving it on day one and increasing numbers on subsequent days. If you are one of the lucky recipients of the update, hit us up in the comments with your first impressions.

UPDATE: Looks like the OTA update is now hitting handsets!

Can you make your current phone lose signal depending on how you hold it?


With Apple publicly stating specific handsets are susceptible to the same kind of antenna attenuation as the iPhone 4, and RIM and Nokia chiming in, we wanted to know what you guys are finding. Can you reproduce the same effect on your handset? Here is a handset that Apple didn’t specifically call out, the Verizon BlackBerry Bold 9650, and you can see it takes a nice hit when we hold it pretty firm in our hands. I’m pretty sure this has always happened, but I’m not sure I noticed until now. Plus it’s on Verizon. *Gasp*

Katy Perry relives her teenage dreams with saucy new video

Katy Perry is clearly not the sort of girl who hangs about.

She holidayed with Russell Brand a week after their first date, soon becoming engaged, and produces records with at an incredibly prolific rate.

From her second album, Teenage Dream, comes the title track, with former No.1 California Gurls still riding high in the UK charts.

It's her sixth single since the breakthrough I Kissed A Girl way back in 2008.



The video for California Gurls featured Perry naked, squirting cream from her breasts and wearing a bra with cherry-topped buns.

For her latest outing, the 25-year-old has returned to her home town of Santa Barbara, California, and employed a number of her friends in the video.

She also gets hires dreamy actor Josh Kloss, from The OC, to kiss her in a hotel pool in scenes so racy they might even raise the eyebrow of her fiance, Brand.

In another provocative still, she is seen kneeling on a beach in a bikini with her cleavage well to the fore looking hopefully up at a man in a pair of orange trunks.

'Inception' nabs over $20 million on Friday; 'Sorcerer's Apprentice's' spell fails

Christopher Nolan is having a fantastic Saturday. Jerry Bruckheimer is not. For the Dark Knight director scored over $21 million on Friday for his original, mind-bending film Inception. (That includes the $3 million brought in from the opening midnight shows.) The Leonardo DiCaprio-starrer, from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, could now earn $60 million for its three-day opening frame. That’s quite a contrast to The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Disney’s failed attempt to recreate the magic of The National Treasure franchise. The film from Treasure producer Bruckheimer, director Jon Turteltaub and star Nicolas Cage grossed an estimated $5 million on Friday for a weekend take that may just hit $15 million. The film opened on Wednesday but even those two days of grosses won’t help the film get much past $20 million for the five-day period.

Third place is likely to be held by Despicable Me, Universal Pictures’ animated hit that earned another $10 million on Friday for a weekend that could translate to $30 million and over $118 million for the ten-day old film. Spot four and five are likely to be held by strong-performing holdovers Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Toy Story 3. The two films grossed $4.5 and $3.5 on Friday, respectively. Eclipse’s cume by the end of the weekend should stand at near $265 million while Toy Story 3′s numbers will have topped $360 million by tomorrow. Come back tomorrow for a full report.

Is Google at Risk of Becoming the Next Microsoft?

In late April, JP Morgan invited me to a “thought leaders dinner” to discuss the latest goings on in Silicon Valley and digital media. In a private room at the swanky San Francisco restaurant Kokkari, there were about 20 of us seated around a long rectangular table, including venture capitalists from prominent firms, highly successful entrepreneurs, and a handful of people from J.P. Morgan, including Jimmy Lee, the firm’s well-known Vice Chairman, who sat at the head of the table. (I was, like Kevin Costner’s character in Bull Durham Crash Davis, “the player to be named later.”)

Anyhow, after about an hour and a few glasses wine, Jimmy raised the main question he was curious about: “I want to know from each of you: which company would you go long on and which would you short?” We could pick any timeframe. And, as it turned out, while the long picks varied widely from Amazon to Yahoo!, 12 of the 15 ‘thought leaders’ shorted Google. Jimmy was surprised, virtually astounded: “Wow!” he exclaimed, “You guys are really negative on Google, huh?”

Rain unloads stake in his own company

Korean singer and movie actor Rain has liquidated all of his management company’s stock, of which he was the largest shareholder. Since the announcement of Rain’s selling of shares in J-Tune Entertainment, his management company, its stock value plunged nearly 60 percent from the end of June.

According to sources in the financial industry and the Financial Supervisory Service, the largest shareholder for J-Tune Entertainment is now Won Young-sik after Rain sold all of his 3,507,230 shares, or 4.27 percent of the total, on July 9.

Rain’s sell-off throws into question whether he will sign again with J-Tune Entertainment – of which he is the only signed artist – which is why J-Tune’s stock price has fallen to 270 won ($0.22) from 645 won at the end of last month.

“The stock has lurched in value after the announcement of Rain’s liquidation made the rounds,” said Choi Joon-geun, an analyst at Shinhan Investment Corp. “As Rain’s influence was great in the company’s initial listing, the news understandably had an impact on the stock’s value.”

Rain became J-Tune Entertainment’s largest shareholder in 2007 after he participated in a paid-in capital increase that created the company as well as an over-the-counter acquisition, mounting to an investment of 48.1 trillion won ($39.97 billion).

However, he has steadily sold his shares since June of last year, with what was originally a 14.83 percent stake gradually shrinking.

Paris Hilton Busted at Airport with Pot in Her Purse

Paris Hilton was held by police on the French island of Corsica and caught with less than a gram of marijuana in her purse, the Agence France-Presse reports.


The heiress, 29, was stopped at the airport in Figari after arriving on a private jet from Paris on Friday. According to reports, police soon released Hilton without charging her.

Hilton, who had a brush with the law in South Africa earlier this month after allegedly smoking marijuana at the World Cup, is expected to continue her travels in Sardinia, Italy.

Oksana Grigorieva Leans on Her Ex for Support, Claims She Didn't Release Tapes

As the battle wages on for Mel Gibson and ex Oksana Grigorieva, she continues to claim she didn't release the explicit, racist-ridden tapes or the photo of herself with broken teeth.

"I didn't release anything and I'm not happy with the lies being spread," she told PEOPLE. "But when the court is done with the investigation, then I'll be able to talk."

For now, Grigorieva is reaching out to her ex, former James Bond actor Timothy Dalton and explains he's a good shoulder to lean on.

Dalton is the father of Grigorieva's 12-year-old son, Alexander and has been seen coming to her house, which is owned by Mel Gibson.

"We raise our son together," Grigorieva said. "He's a good father and they have a very good relationship."

TMZ reported earlier this week that Grigorieva used tapes of Gibson's explosive rants to attempt to extort him of more than $10 million.

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