The New, Sad Lady Gaga Rumor: Hospitalized Repeatedly for Dangerous Dieting

Internationally celebrated for her wildly original performances, Lady Gaga may have a wildly unoriginal habit: going hungry to look good onstage. A new biography penned by Maureen Callahan, 'Poker Face: The Rise and Rise of Lady Gaga,' reveals startling claims about the seemingly confident singer, according to RadarOnline.

Gaga's former tour manager, David Ciemny, alleges in the book that the 24-year-old binged on junk food when not depriving herself of calories altogether. And he claims that in 2009 alone, the Grammy winner landed in the hospital six times while dieting to slim down. Not once, not twice, but six times last year.

Back in March, fans fretted about her health when she nearly collapsed onstage, seemingly exhausted. And in April, the pop star's rep denied that Gaga was on a bizarre baby-food diet, after rumors circulated that she was subsisting on the small jars of pureed food -- rumors that sounded crazy to some, but since Gaga's a darling among fashion insiders, it isn't difficult to believe that she conforms to that industry's golden standard: be as tiny as possible, whatever it takes.

HTC's dual-mode CDMA / GSM Android slider hits the FCC, decked out in shades of Verizon


Remember that big, honking red-and-black HTC slider that dwarfed an EVO 4G? It's back sporting Verizon colors just as we were told, and with a few more confirmed specifications thanks to the ever-reliable FCC. The HTC "PD42100" is still missing a proper internal codename, but test reports confirm it's ready for at least CDMA 2000 and GSM 850 plus EV-DO Rev. A, Bluetooth and 802.11b/g/n WiFi at 2.4GHz frequencies. There's no word on that 1.2GHz processor or 4-inch display, but it's clear we're looking at some chunky chiclet keys and there's definitely a removable battery. We can't wait to get our hands on what surely looks like the new king of Droids.

'Killzone 3' makers run into unexpected challenges going 3-D

Where do you put the blood splatter?

It's just one of the questions the developers over at Guerrilla Games have found themselves trying to answer as they've worked on "Killzone 3," a first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3 that gamers will be able to play in stereoscopic 3-D.

Sony announced at the Penny Arcade Expo this week that "Killzone 3" will be hitting store shelves Feb. 22, 2011. It is among the first in a new wave of stereoscopic 3-D games scheduled to hit stores in the coming months.

But being among the first ain't exactly easy.

At the PAX video game conference taking place in Seattle this weekend, I had a chance to play a bit of "Killzone 3" in 3-D as well as chat with Steven Ter Heide, senior producer at Guerrilla Games.

Raymond Lam admitted to hospital

Raymond Lam who has been busy with filming was admitted to the hospital yesterday. He was accompanied by his father to receive further treatment. The doctor diagnosed that he has cervical displacement. His bones were protruding his nerves, therefore he needed to stay in the hospital to get a detailed check-up. Because of this, he also missed the selection for Jade Solid Gold.

After his concert, Raymond has been working non-stop. Recently, he's collaborating with Charmaine Sheh to film their new series, "Colorful World of Sister Fa". Maybe it was because previously when he was training in his dance, he was hurt but did not receive proper treatment, and he overworked himself, finally his body could not take it. Raymond felt dizzy when he got up but he still wanted to continue working. At about noon, he couldn't move his neck and was sent to hospital, accompanied by his father.

Doctor said that Raymond has cervical displacement, causing his bones protruding his nerves, therefore it affected his neck's movements. Doctor advised him to stay in the hospital for further observation for 2 days. He was supposed to attend selection for Jade Solid Gold and was expected to get 1 and a half awards. In the end, he had to miss the event. An executive revealed that Raymond was injured and expressed that he's resting in the hospital now. The inital plan for him to duet live with Ah Sa had to be canceled. However, during the show, Raymond who was bedridden talked about his condition through the phone, he said, " I'm sorry I couldn't make it to come, but now my neck can move a little bit, maybe because recently my work has affected my old injury, I promise everyone that I'll recover soon."

Lady Gaga Pops Up At Eminem, Jay-Z Detroit Show

Pop star makes appearance at historic hip-hop concert.

The stars definitely came out for Eminem and Jay-Z.

The hip-hop heavyweights brought big-name guests like Dr. Dre, 50 Cent and Drake onstage during their two-night Home and Home Tour run at Detroit's Comerica Park. One megastar didn't hit the stage but did show support during the duo's final Motor City show: Lady Gaga.

According to The Detroit News, the pop sensation, who was in town for her own Monster Ball Tour date on Saturday (September 4), checked out the show from a raised platform in the middle of the arena. Decked out in a silver miniskirt and sporting sable-colored locks, the native New Yorker grooved to Jigga and Alicia Keys' smash "Empire State of Mind." Gaga even threw up the Roc-A-Fella diamond when Hov ripped The Blueprint album cut "U Don't Know." Rap-Up.com reports the singer sipped from a plastic cup throughout the show, and took in Jay's set for about an hour before retreating backstage.

Kanye West Is Still Talking about Taylor Swift—No, Seriously, He Even Wrote Her a Song!

As crazy, semi-coherent, typo-laden Twitter rants go, Kanye West's often take the cake.

Today's example is no exception.

The controversial hip-hopper went on a nearly three hour tweet bender Saturday morning, expressing in great, 140-character depth his thoughts on Taylor Swift and last year's VMA debacle—and guess what? He's "sorry" and he's written the country music darling her very own Kanye West original.

"I wrote a song for Taylor Swift that's so beautiful and I want her to have it," Kanye tweeted in the wee hours of the morning. "If she won't take it then I'll perform it for her."

This declaration came on the heels of an ongoing Twitter diatribe about his hard knock life in the public eye, and the trauma that came from his now infamous interruption of Miss Swift at the 2009 MTV VMAs.

Are Paris Hilton's Legal Woes All Part of Her Plan?

Paris Hilton's recent headlines reek of desperation. In the wake of the deluge of Lohan press for her substance abuse and subsequent incarceration one can't help but wonder whether Paris' elementary logic led her to believe a coke bust would be the only way to regain the spotlight.

People are paying attention to Paris now for the first time in over a year. Since this woman is typically a well-oiled publicity machine it's hard to believe that any of this is an accident.

But Hilton's former spinmeister, now our own Naughty but Nice Rob Shuter says that while he believes Paris is desperate for attention, she is too lazy to plot something like this as a stunt.

"Knowing Paris I'm sure she doesn't mind that we are all talking about her and not Kim Kardashian for a change but her recent arrest was in no way a press stunt," Shuter says.

"She wouldn't give up a night clubbing for the cover of Time magazine. Paris is happy to be part of press stunts after she wakes up (so nothing before noon) but to ask her to work on getting herself back in the press when she would rather be playing is something she wouldn't even consider."

Mr. Extreme Closeup suggests next-gen iPad is testing FaceTime... right now


Honestly, from this distance it's hard to tell what's going on, but 9 to 5 Mac says we're looking at a next-gen camera-equipped iPad fielded specifically to test video calls. As you may recall, iPhone software surfaced with a very similar menu just weeks before the iPhone 4 came out, which either means someone was inspired to create a clever 'shop, or that we just got our first real glimpse at iProd 4,1. Oh, and Mr. Extreme Closeup? He's our friend Blurrycam's old college roommate, didn't you know?

Motorola DROID 2 has lowest smartphone return rate on Verizon Wireless?


On the fence about the Motorola DROID 2? Wondering if people are happy with the device? Well, we have been told that the Motorola DROID 2, according to one of our connects, has the lowest smartphone return rate on Verizon Wireless. Not only are people apparently thrilled with the device, but that pesky fluctuation issue with the antenna doesn’t seem to be a problem either, as we have also been informed that the DROID 2 has one of the lowest dropped call rates on the carrier. Who knew.

Dell moves back up to #2 position in global PC sales, Acer slips to 3rd, HP still reigns supreme


Acer Chairman JT Wang is quick to say that he thinks that iPad sales are only going down from here, but maybe he should listen to that age-old idiom: people in fragile economies shouldn't throw stones. According to iSuppli's latest report on the global PC market, Acer slipped down to third place after losing 6.2 percent of its market share compared to last quarter. Dell, meanwhile, lost a relatively slim 1.2 percent of its share, bumping it back up to second place -- a position it had previously given up to Acer. Meanwhile HP still sits on top, commanding 18.1 percent of the market share, though that too is down, 6.3 percent over last quarter. Still, all three are well up over last year, an encouraging sign in these supposedly troubling times.

Jaejoong, Yoochun, Junsu to make a comeback in Korea

TVXQ’s Jaejoong, Yoochun, and Junsu, will be making a comeback to the Korean music industry, according to an industry representative on the 5th.

The representative revealed that the three members are working with famous producer, Kim Hyungseok and have contracted with Warner Music Korea, for distribution rights. The album is currently in preparation with a tentative release date set for the 2nd half of 2010.


A representative of Warner Music Korea spoke with Star News and stated, “We’ve recently contracted with the three members of TVXQ for the distribution rights of their new album. They are working with producer Kim Hyungseok and will be making a comeback by the end of this year with a new album.”

Another representative also revealed, “They’re working extremely hard right now to make their comeback possible.”

Fahrenheit is all you can touch for $22


Following the footsteps of Jpop and Kpop idols, Fahrenheit held a paid event at the National Taiwan University Sports Center. Fans shelled out NT$700 (~$22 US) to attend their autographing and mini concert. Many fans felt that it was a little pricey, but to compensate, Fahrenheit joked, “Today is 'all you can touch.' You’ve paid $700, so it’s time for you to ‘touch’ it all back!”

The venue was filled with 2000 fan girls excited to see their idols. When Fahrenheit performed their latest single, “Super Hot”, they ensured hotness by satisfying fans with full nipple glory. Four lucky fans also got to interact with the Fahrenheit members on stage and “touch all they want.” However, Wu Chun’s fan was rather shy and kept her hands inches away. Calvin Chen couldn’t stand watching them any longer and decided to hold the fan’s hand and directly put it on Wu Chun’s chest, which caused all the other fans to scream.

Van Ness Wu saves the "Queen"

Next Media’s first ever drama “拜金女王” (roughly translates to "Material Queen") was without any male lead after Jerry Yan dropped out. Luckily they are back on track with Van Ness Wu signing onto the drama. It will reunite him with Autumn’s Concerto producer Chen Yu Shan and director Chen Hui Ling after their hugely successful collaboration last year. Most stars tend to be wary of replacing another in existing projects, but Van Ness Wu doesn’t seem to have this problem -- He almost replaced Vic Chou in the movie “The Killer Never Kills” before withdrawing due to scheduling conflicts.

Van Ness Wu was recording his album in Japan when producer Chen contacted him. He returned to Taiwan to finalize the agreement right away, and met with the drama’s stylist Patricia Field (from “Sex and the City”). In addition to growing out his hair, Van Ness Wu will also be taking French and violin lessons for his role. His costar Lynn Xiong will play an orphan-turned-materialistic model in the title character. Her height is reportedly 178 cm so the 180 cm tall Van Ness might experience a bad case of "Donnie Yen" if she wears in stilettos. Material Queen expects to begin filming at the end of September.

Source: Appledaily

'She's a brilliant actress': Machete co-star Jessica Alba defends Lindsay Lohan

Barely a week after she was pulled over by police for running a stop light, Lindsay Lohan may have got herself into car-related trouble again.

The actress allegedly 'clipped' a baby stroller with her high-powered car as she was driving on Wednesday.

But her Machete co-star Jessica Alba is standing up for Lohan, calling her 'brilliant.'



Alba talked about Lohan's ability to make fun of herself saying, 'It's good; it's hilarious.

'The fact that she can poke fun at herself - she's a brilliant actress.'

And she urged people to remember Lohan's career than than focus on her personal life.

She says: 'Mean Girls is a classic. It's so good. How can you ever forget that? I think people should probably focus more on someone's career and maybe less on someone's personal circumstances.

'Machete' and 'The American' neck and neck at Friday box office

Early estimates put Machete just a slice ahead of The American at the Friday box office — the former took in roughly $3.9 million for first place, while the latter banked about $3.8 million for second place — but it’s still too close to predict which film will win the Labor Day weekend. Both films appear to be on track for anywhere between $15 and $16 million for the four-day holiday, but The American received a deadly “D-” CinemaScore, and the bad word-of-mouth portends a steep drop off for the Europe-set thriller. (Machete, by contrast, got a “B” CinemaScore.)

The news doesn’t get much better for the other film debuting this weekend, the Drew Barrymore-Justin Long rom com Going the Distance: While it did enjoy a decent “B” CinemaScore grade, it grossed an anemic $2.2 million on Friday for fifth place, and will likely struggle just to make it past $9 million for the four-day holiday. Last weekend’s top two films, meanwhile, round out the top five for Friday: Takers took in about $3 million for third place, and a four-day total heading towards $14 million; and The Last Exorcism scared up around $2.3 million for fourth place, and a holiday cume north of $9 million.

Check back here on Monday morning for the complete Labor Day holiday box office report.

Preparing for battle: Rihanna goes naval for her first movie role (and the red hair has gone too)

She's clearly a woman of many talents.

Fresh from her hit Last Girl on Earth tour and a sixth number one U.S. single, Rihanna is now turning her hand to acting in her first big movie role.

And the 22-year-old looked almost unrecognisable on the Hawaiian set of her new film Battleship.



Decked out in camouflage trousers, black boots, baseball cap and black T-shirt, the singer's hair was also cropped shorter, and is back to its usual shade of brown.

Rihanna, who plays a naval officer in the forthcoming movie, has been sporting bright red hair in recent months.

She also showed off a multitude of tattoos on both arms, and at one point did not appear too happy to spot a photographer on the scene.

Battleship, loosely based on the popular board game, follows an international fleet coming together to save earth from alien invaders.

Jolin Tsai shows her princess air

It seems that Princess Jolin has ruffled some feathers.

In the filming of China's variety programme Hua Ren Da Zong Yi recently, the mando pop princess's manager had apparently made so many requirements, that it had infuriated the show's host, Cao Ke Fan.

The special requests were namely; no broadcasting of Jay Chou's songs, no mentioning of the "Double J" relationship and no sharing of stage with other artistes.

The arrogance showed by Jolin's management resulted in a disgruntled host, who went on to express his discontentment online.

"Even the managers of fellow veteran celebrities, like Frankie Kao, Bai Lang, Tian Li and Lin Zi Cong, went along with the program's flow. On what grounds does Jolin's management have to make us accede to their demands?" an angry Cao wrote.

The matter was brought up once again in a newer episode of the show, where Cao explained that it would have been a win-win situation for both the programme and Jolin had the singer co-operate.

Fahrenheit admits to kissing each other

Rest assure fans, your pretty boys are not homosexuals.

On a recent episode of Taiwanese variety show, SS Xiao Yan's Night, the four member band made a surprising revelation that they had shared smooches amongst themselves.

"We'd get nervous when kissing our co-actresses, hence, we practice by kissing with each other!" explained Aaron Yan.

Singing aside, the members of Fahrenheit have all been involved in various acting projects, many of which were collaborations with beautiful idol drama actresses.

So did Wu Chun feel anything special when kissing Ariel Lin, whom he had earlier collaborated with in Tokyo Juliet?

"That was my first ever kissing scene and she helped me a lot," the reserved Wu Chun replied, averting the question.

On the other hand, Aaron Yan, who is the youngest of the group, named his Patty Hou as his most memorable on screen kiss.

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