TV Version of 'The Myth' Aired

The TV version of the hit film "The Myth" began airing on China Central Television's channel 8 on Sunday. Jackie Chan, who is the chief supervisor, and artistic supervisor Stanley Tong were on hand at the release event with cast and crew.

TV series "The Myth" brings the love epic to the small screen. Audiences will see a mesmerizing love story set against the backdrop of an ancient war. It features plenty of suspense similar to the Hollywood hit "National Treasure".

The press event was in the format of an award ceremony. Each star entered as if they were picking up an award. At the end, male lead Hu Ge and female lead Bai Bing jointly sang the theme song of the TV series. While the tune remains the same as the theme song from the film, the lyrics have been changed a bit. The part, originally sung by Kim Hee-Sun using Korean, has been translated into Chinese.


For the fifty-episode TV series, the male lead is a modern-era archeologist who travels back to ancient times where he eventually becomes a general. The prolonged TV series will definitely add enchanting details, and fully display the contrast between the modern and the ancient time periods.


Lead actor Hu Ge carries his cell phone into the ancient era, and his lines feature some modern idioms, adding a comedic element to the production.

Android Taking Wind Out Of iPhone's Sails



Just in time for Google to unveil its own Nexus One smartphone, ChangeWave Research reports the public is more excited than ever to buy an Android based handset — at the expense of Apple, Microsoft, and Palm.

ChangeWave surveyed 4,068 consumers in the first weeks of December and found that 21% of people looking to buy a smartphone in the next 90 days want to buy one running on Android. That's up from 6% when ChangeWave asked people in September.

Considering Verizon is spending tens of millions marketing the Droid, this shouldn't come as a shock. Google is a popular brand unto itself, so it makes sense that people are excited about its smartphones.

Apple remains the smartphone of choice for now, with 28% of the people saying they will buy an iPhone. The BlackBerry falls to third place with 18% — but interest in BlackBerry devices actually perked up. Meanwhile, Palm needs big help.

Skiff Reader is largest yet, will be hitting a Sprint Store near you



Amazon's Kindle DX may be big, but it's not the biggest any more. The Skiff Reader is here to take that crown -- despite being a mere quarter inch thick. It packs a 1600 x 1200 11.5-inch touchscreen (finger and stylus) that, as you can see from the above screenshot, should do much better justice to magazine and newspaper layouts than we've yet seen from an e-ink-based reader. That's exactly the sort of advance Hearst was promising when it first mentioned the device last month. Skiff includes 4GB of on-board storage (just over 3GB is available for content) with SD card expansion, and there's a 3.5mm headphone jack for tunes and, hopefully, text-to-speech. Content can be side-loaded over a mini USB jack or delivered via WiFi but, more importantly, 3G is also on offer thanks to Sprint, who will also dedicate some space in its retail stores to sell the thing when it launches sometime this year. Price? That we don't know.



Ke$ha Leads U.S. Pop Singles Chart for Second Week

Rookie pop singer Ke$ha leads Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart for a second week with "TiK ToK" while setting the record for most single-week downloads by a female artist (610,000).

The prior mark was set by Lady Gaga's "Just Dance" (419,000) exactly a year ago. Gaga surpasses that sum as well with "Bad Romance" selling 445,000 downloads this week, good enough for No. 3.

Iyaz's "Replay" jumped two places to No. 2. Former No. 1 "Fireflies" by Owl City rebounded one to No. 4, while recent chart-topper "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z + Alicia Keys fell three to No. 5.

Jason Derulo's "Whatcha Say" (No. 6) and Jay Sean's "Down" (No. 7) each moved up a slot. Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." returned to the top 10 after a six-week break, soaring 11 places to No. 8. "Sexy Chick" by David Guetta featuring Akon slid three to No. 9. "Do You Remember," featuring Sean Paul & Lil Jon, jumped four places to a new high of No. 10, breaking a three-week streak of no titles moving into the top 10.

Disney starlet Selena Gomez enjoyed some holiday download benefits as she and her accompanying band The Scene scored the chart's top debut at No. 39 with "Naturally." They also re-entered the Hot 100 at No. 92 with "Falling Down."

Mariah Carey's outfit is horribly familiar as she strips off tutu to reveal a sparkly mini dress

It's unlikely that the likes of glamour model Jordan have ever crossed into the rarified world inhabited by diva Mariah Carey.



So when Mariah's stylist suggested a huge tutu, which she could strip off to reveal a glittering shift dress, it must have seemed like a novel idea.

Sadly for Mariah her stage outfit last night bore more than a passing resemblance to Katie Price's ill-fated wedding outfit.

The singer descended to the stage in an over-the-top fairytale white gown at the Borgata in Atlantic City.

This was soon removed to remove a jewel-encrusted shift dress.

When Jordan married Peter Andre in September 2005 her outfit was remarkably similar.


But despite her love of bling, even Mariah didn't go as far as Katie, who made her arrival in a jewel encrusted carriage. instead she stuck to a flower-bedecked swing.

As well as her successful singing career, Mariah is carving a new role for herself as an actress.

Her critically acclaimed appearance in Precious is released in Britain later this month.

And it has emerged that the 40-year-old is being lined up to play High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens's mother in a new comedy.

Britney Spears Covers 'Elle' With Her Boys

It's a blond and smiling Britney Spears gracing the January 2010 cover of Elle magazine with her two song, Jayden James and Sean Preston Federline.


With the little guys sporting dress shirts, slacks and suspenders, they're the cutest accessories Brit-Brit could have chosen to accompany her gold dress for the occasion. Pop stars are dominating that month's Elle, with Lady GaGa sharing the issue's cover with the pop star mam.

Photos inside feature the Circus singer sporting a flamboyant turquoise goatskin coat with fox fur and amarabou-feather trim by Valentino, as well as studded leather Christian Louboutin pumps behind the bars of an obviously symbolic gilded cage.






Microsoft offers Windows XP, Office XP users 50 percent discount to encourage upgrades

Microsoft officials are well aware that its biggest Windows 7 and Office 2010 competitors are its own previous product iterations (Windows XP and Office XP/2003). To try and wean users away from older, “good-enough” releases, Microsoft is introducing a new licensing promotion.

The revamped “Up to Date Discount” program is targeted at small/mid-size business (SMB) customers running older versions of Windows and Office. Between January 1 and June 30 of this year, Microsoft is enabling users running Windows XP or Vista (on the operating system side) and Office XP, Office 2003 or Office 2007 (on the productivity suite side) to receive a discount of 50 percent on the cost of their licenses for Windows 7 and Office 2007 (or Office 2010, once it is released by June 2010).

The 50% discount calculations “are based on estimated retail prices and reseller prices may vary,” Microsoft officials acknowledge. But the Softies say U.S. customers who sign up for the program “would be paying $35.00 for a Windows 7 Professional Upgrade and/or $91.00 for Office 2007 Professional Plus in year 1, plus receiving all of the Software Assurance benefits (such as an automatic upgrade to Office 2010 when it launches, Office Home Use Rights, and much more) for that price.”

As you’d expect, there are lots of caveats. First,customers get the 50 percent discount only for the first year of their Open Value Subscription (OVS) payment. (OVS is a Microsoft licensing program, introduced last year for SMBs, which allows users to pay for software licenses over time and includes many of the same provisions as Microsoft’s Software Assurance licensing program.) The new deal applies only to those customers using the Professional versions of Windows and/or the Professional versions of Office.

The new promotion, which Eric Ligman, Global Partner Experience Lead with Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Group, announced via the Microsoft SMB Community Blog on January 1, goes beyond the current Up-to-Date Discount offer. Before the new so-called “N-2″ update to the program was put in place, Windows XP users and Office XP users were ineligible for the discount. But Microsoft is now offering users of the older Windows and Office releases coverage if they’re willing to sign up for the Open Volume Subscription plan.

Meanwhile, speaking of new Microsoft licensing promotions, Microsoft is introducing “version 4.0″ of another SMB promotional licensing offer, known as “The Big Easy,” according to Ligman.

Starting January 3, SMB customers can increase dollars available for them to spend with Microsoft partners “by purchasing multiple qualifying product groups, adding Software Assurance to their orders and/or acquiring advanced, premium or Enterprise editions of the MIcrosoft Solutions.” To qualify, customers need to buy products through their Microsoft partners between January 3 and March 31 via the Microsoft Open License, Open Value and/or Open Value Subscription programs.

Products included under the program include Dynamics CRM, Office Communications Server, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Systems Center and Windows Server, among others.

Facebook Rolling Out Redesign To Some Users



Facebook seems to be rolling out its new site design to at least some people outside the company, although none of us at TechCrunch have yet to be graced with its presence. The new design is “exactly” like the screenshots that GigaOm posted on December 27, says one source.

Applications are taking the biggest hit, as Facebook announced in October. The search bar has been moved from the right to left-center and the navigation bar is simplified. Notably Facebook has removed the double link to your profile. Settings and login/logout have been combined into a single “account” drop down.

There isn’t a whole lot to hate here, but Facebook users have a fine tradition of trashing any changes to the site, and this will likely not be an exception.

Any of you on the new version yet? Let us know, and send in those screenshots.

Barbie Hsu's Motorcycle Fetish in 'Hot Summer Days'

Short hair, smoky eyes, daring tattoos, black leather pants - Barbie Hsu went all out for her new romance film Hot Summer Days.


Dubbed a queen of 'beauty and cosmetics,' Barbie Hsu is notoriously meticulous about her hair, which is always kept long, and the right makeup.

This smoky style was the most daring change she has ever tried.


Barbie Hsu plays a rebellious but kind motorcyclist diagnosed with an illness in 'Hot Summer Days', in which ten superstars share five amazing love stories.

Other stars in the movie include actors Nicolas Tse, Daniel Wu, Vivian Hsu, Rene Liu and Jacky Cheung.


As a joint project by Huayi Brothers, 20th Century Fox and STAR, the film is aiming at a promising Valentine's Day market and is slated for release on February 11, 2010.

2PM’s Comeback Album Set for April

The 2nd half of 2009 was filled with various comeback stages from hot male and female groups. The team most distinguished was beastly idols 2PM, having created 3 hit songs in a row such as ‘Again & Again,’ ‘I Hate You,’ and ‘Heartbeat.’

Having taken over the 2nd half of the music market with ‘Heartbeat,’ their comeback has been revealed to be an album release in April of 2010.

Producer Park JinYoung created powerful and wild beats fit for 2PM’s image through their debut track all the way to ‘Heartbeat.’ Each comeback was met with a complete change in image, making many expect the new album to be just as unique.

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