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And the Biggest Turkey of the Holiday Weekend Was…?

11/29/2010 11:49:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 ruled the Thanksgiving box office, with an estimated $50.3 million Friday-Sunday gross.

But did Tangled challenge Potter? Do Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway nude scenes sell? Was Burlesque really the new Showgirls? And, let's have at it, what was the weekend's biggest turkey?

The surprising answers:

For starters, nope, Burlesque was not the new Showgirls: Showgirls opened bigger.

Yup. If you use Box Office Mojo's secret formula, and adjust the box-office receipts of the 1995 "classic" for inflation, you'll find the elder film grossed roughly $14.8 million in its Friday-Sunday debut versus the $11.8 million weekend for Cher's and Christina Aguilera's backstage musical.

But, hold on…

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'Naked Gun' Funnyman Leslie Nielsen Dead at 84

11/29/2010 11:48:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Leslie Nielsen, who made audiences laugh with his ridiculous seriousness and deadpan deliveries in the absurd scenes of comedy films like Airplane! and The Naked Gun has died. He was 84.

His agent, John. S. Kelly, confirmed that the actor died Sunday near his home in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., surrounded by his "lovely wife and friends" at 5:34 p.m. ET, due to complications of pneumonia.

Nielsen had been hospitalized for nearly two weeks as a result of pneumonia, his agent said.

"Just in this last 48 hours, the infection has gotten too much," his nephew Doug Nielsen told Canadian radio station CKNW. "He just fell asleep and passed away."

Canadian In Hollywood

Born in Saskatchewan, Canada, where his father was a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Nielsen began his career in television in the 1950s, after training at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse.

He found early success as a dramatic actor in the 1972 blockbuster The Poseidon Adventure (he played the captain of the doomed ship) and on TV shows like Bonanza and The Fugitive.

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Kim Kardashian plays dead in a coffin as stars leave the web until $1m is raised for charity

11/29/2010 11:47:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , , , , , , 0 Comments

Lying on her back in a coffin, Kim Kardashian plays dead in a new advert.

The reality star is promoting an internet campaign in which stars including Lady Gaga, Justin Timberlake and Usher will quit social networking sites to raise money for charity.


In an unusual initiative, a host of celebrities will log off and not sign back in until $1 million (£640,000) has been raised.

The Digital Life Sacrifice is being organised by Alicia Keys' Keep A Child Alive charity for World AIDS Day on Tuesday.

Jennifer Hudson, Ryan Seacrest, Elijah Wood, Serena Williams and Swizz Beatz are also taking part.

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Jackie Evancho Is Billboard’s Best-Selling Debut Artist Of 2010

11/29/2010 11:47:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments


Move over, SuBo. There’s another talent show sensation breaking records on the Billboard charts.

Jackie Evancho, the 10-year-old soprano who stole hearts with her mesmerizing voice on the fifth season of America’s Got Talent, has set a Billboard record with the release of her debut album, O Holy Night.

On Tuesday, the disc of holiday hits and covers debuted No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and topped the classical charts with 293,000 copies sold in its first week of release. Jackie has become the youngest solo artist with a Top 10 single on the charts and even managed to become the bestselling debut artist of 2010.

“Jackie Evancho is one of the purest and finest vocalists I’ve ever heard, and the initial response to her debut release has been phenomenal,” says Steve Barnett, chairman of Evancho’s home label at Columbia Records.

Still basking in the joy of her record-setting sales, Young Jackie is already busy rehearsing for her next performance. Evancho will sing live at the annual New York City Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Rockefeller Center on Nov. 30.

WikiLeaked Diplomatic Cables Confirm China’s Politburo Was Behind Google Hacking Incident

11/29/2010 11:47:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Details about the U.S. State Department cables obtained by WikiLeaks are starting to come out. Although WikiLeaks itself may be under a denial of service attack, it provided several newspapers around the world access to the raw documents it is preparing to release later today. The New York Times just posted it’s first article summarizing the contents of the cables and highlighting the most newsworthy ones.

Among the 251,287 U.S. diplomatic cables leaked by WikiLeaks, there is one set which deals with the massive computer attack on Google and other companies which was first revealed last January. At that time, Google went public with its contention that the attacks came from the Chinese government, and resulted in Google temporarily pulling out if China. They returned in a more limited way last summer.

According to the NYT, some of the new leaked cables point directly at China’s Politburo for instigating the original attacks:

A global computer hacking effort: China’s Politburo directed the intrusion into Google’s computer systems in that country, a Chinese contact told the American Embassy in Beijing in January, one cable reported. The Google hacking was part of a coordinated campaign of computer sabotage carried out by government operatives, private security experts and Internet outlaws recruited by the Chinese government. They have broken into American government computers and those of Western allies, the Dalai Lama and American businesses since 2002, cables said.

The cables should shed some more light on why the White House and State Department backed Google so vociferously at the time.

AMOLED shortage to become a surplus in 2011

11/29/2010 11:47:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


Samsung's beautiful Super AMOLED panels are becoming more and more common in mobile devices, but they're not as common as they could be if there were more of the things flying out of Samsung Mobile Display factories. Predictably that's set to change in 2011, with SMD planning to fulfill its promise and bring another production facility online, while other competitors in Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore will ramp up their own AMOLED facilities in the coming year. Meanwhile, China is said to be working on its OLED supply chain as well, meaning those displays of the passive matrix variety will also be flying off of assembly lines soon. So, 2011 may still not be the year of a chicken in every pot, but it could be the year of glowy organic goo in every smartphone.

S.M the Ballad releases debut album, “Miss You”

11/29/2010 11:46:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


After delaying their debut album due to the Yeonpyeong Island skirmish, SM Entertainment’s quartet has finally released their first single album, “Miss You.”

Featuring the rich vocals of Trax’s Jay, Super Junior’s Kyuhyun, SHINee’s Jonghyun, and rookie Jino, various other artists have joined the team in order to create a perfect ballad album fit for the winter season.

The album contains a total of five tracks, including their title track, “I Miss You,” “Hot Times,” Kyuhyun’s solo, “Love Again,” Jay’s solo, “Another Day,” and Jonghyun and Jino’s duet, “Don’t Lie.”

Kyuhyun’s solo track was composed by Honeydew’o’s Jung Yeob and Ecobridge while the neo-soul duet between Jonghyun and Jinho, “Don’t Lie,” features rapping by Super Junior-M member, Henry.

Check out the album below!

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Performances from the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards

11/29/2010 11:46:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


The 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was held overseas for the first time in its history, at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Hotel in Macau where a host of stars from Korea and around the world attended, with millions watching it live (or delayed) through TV broadcasts and online streaming sources.

There were a number of special performances from participating artists, and if you had missed the live broadcast for some reason, or just want to see it all again, just check them out below!

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Winners of the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards!

11/29/2010 11:45:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


The 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards (MAMA) was held overseas for the first time in its history at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Hotel in Macau where a host of stars from Korea and around the world attended, with millions watching it live (or delayed) through TV broadcasts and online streaming sources.

Here are the list of winners from this year’s show!

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'Harry Potter' Leads Holiday Weekend With $50.3M

11/29/2010 12:23:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , 0 Comments

Harry Potter has narrowly won a box-office tangle with a fairy-tale princess.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" remained the No. 1 movie with $50.3 million over Thanksgiving weekend, closely followed by the animated musical "Tangled" with $49.1 million.

According to distributor Warner Bros., the next-to-last "Harry Potter" movie raised its domestic total to $220.4 million after just 10 days in theaters.

"Tangled" is the latest Disney cartoon musical, with Mandy Moore providing the voice of fairy-tale princess Rapunzel. The movie raised its total to $69 million since opening the day before Thanksgiving.

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