Lady GaGa to Team up With Britney Spears?

LADY GaGa is set to work with Britney Spears.


The Bad Romance hitmaker — who has previously collaborated with Beyonce, the Pet Shop Boys and Sir Elton John — is set to hook up with the Toxic singer after some nifty matchmaking from her dad!

GaGa took her father, Joseph, along as a guest when she attended the Grammy Awards recently.

When Joseph saw Spears at one of the bash’s aftershow parties, he apparently told the pop princess his superstar daughter is a huge fan and would love to record a duet with her.

“GaGa has made no secret of just how much of a Britney fan she is,” a source told British newspaper The Sun.

Rihanna Weird All Over in New Track “Rude Boy” & Video Sneak

Rihanna's new video is going to be something.

There is a zebra involved, as well as her wearing something resembling a cheesecloth suit made of gold and a leopard print cap. Pretty standard fare.


Donning outrageous fashion only Lady Gaga could compete with, Rihanna appears below in some pics from her upcoming music video for “Rude Boy."

The 21-year-old beauty from Barbados says "a lot of my videos are really dark and edgy and tough,” but this one is more along the lines of her roots.

Those be some crazy roots ...

Tom Cruise Continues With Mission: Impossible IV

Tom Cruise has accepted his new “Mission.”

Cruise will produce and star in “Mission: Impossible IV,” Paramount Studios confirmed on Tuesday.

Joining Cruise as producer will be J.J. Abrams, who also helmed the third installment in the Cruise super-spy franchise.

“Tom and J.J. are great talents and we are excited to be working with them to re-launch this legendary franchise,” Paramount Pictures Chairman and CEO Brad Grey said in a statement on Tuesday.

Both Cruise and Abrams are working together to find a director for the film, which will be released on Memorial Day weekend 2011. The film will go up against Warner Bros.’ “The Hangover 2,” also slated for that weekend.

Cruise first stepped into the “Impossible” shoes of secret agent Ethan Hunt for the original “Mission: Impossible” film in 1996. He reprised the role four years later in the second chapter, directed by John Woo.

Microsoft Slams Google Buzz

“Busy people don’t want another social network, what they want is the convenience of aggregation. We’ve done that. Hotmail customers have benefitted from Microsoft working with Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and 75 other partners since 2008.” – Microsoft statement on Google Buzz.

When one of the big guys launches a new product, competitors generally just sit it out and let the press do its thing. But Microsoft made a point of reaching out today with the quote above, criticizing Google Buzz as “another social network” and noting that Hotmail has aggregated Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and other services since 2008.

Of course Microsoft also owns a chunk of, and has a search deal with, Facebook. So they’re being threatened on a number of fronts. Still, just the fact that Microsoft is speaking on the record about Buzz shows that the guys in Redmond are a little worried. And they are not the only ones.

Yahoo Not Pleased With Google Buzz’s Buzz

Google officially unveiled Buzz, their major step into social statuses through Gmail today at an event held at 10 AM PT. Within the hour, Yahoo PR was set in motion to let everyone know that they actually did this first, almost a year ago.

Here’s the humorous email that was sent out:

It’s been almost a year and a half since we first launched Yahoo! Updates – a social feature that lets people share their status, content and online activities and stay connected to what their friends and family are doing on Yahoo! and across the Web – and we wanted to share the latest on what’s happening with Updates:

Facing the Enemy of Age "Cuteness" Not Upgraded Embarrassing

Vivian Hsu, Rainie Yang, Cyndi Wang, Kuo Shu Yao, Wong Jing Lun, even Show Luo, and also years ago Yuki Hsu, what do they all have in common? But to face the reality of age, how long can cuteness last? Record promotion veteran says: “Cuteness, the most can run for 5 years.”

Vivian’s cuteness, was once teenage boys dream person; Rainie was called “Guru of Cuteness”, as for Cyndi’s current album it’s also playing “added sweetness, and increased sexiness”; Yao Yao is so kawaii that it has melted the hearts of so many home boys, as for guys; Wong Jing Lun dressed up as Detective Conan singing out “My Mother”, and there’s also Show Luo with cool handsomeness “cool guy”, “dance king” as well, once in a while “chance chance” this type of playing cuteness song.

Rainie and Wong Jing Lun’s management company said, actually from the looks, personality, speech, determines which is the most convincing, so Wong Jing Lun was set up as “poor no one loves” that type of “cuteness”, is forever a girls best opposite sex friend, he can’t eat the depressed love prince market, but he can rely on affinity to conquer the world.

Because cute singers have to “grow up” risks are huge, most have to “freeze growing”, younger image, lower the age of songs, actions continue to be kawaii, but even with ignoring the actual increase of age, continuing to be cute, it will be forcing. Getting close to 35 Vivian Hsu, has insisted the cuteness for many years, has gradually transformed into an elegant mature lady.

TaecYeon and YoonA speak up about scandal, YoonA chooses Lee Seung Gi over TaecYeon

2PM TaecYeon and So Nyeo Shi Dae Yoona talk about their scandal.


The both of them were on SBS Strong Heart aired on 9th February. Kang Ho Dong then asked TaecYeon, “Have you heard about the talk of the town?” and TaecYeon answered “No. I don’t know about it.”

MC Kang then asked, “There are rumours that you and YoonA are a thing.” TaecYeon seemed a little flustered then continued, “Yes, I heard about that. That I am close with YoonA.”

Kang Ho Dong joked, “But do use take note of how you put your words across on broadcast even though there are saying that the 2 of you are close.” He was playing on the fact that TaecYeon addressed with ‘YoonA’ instead of ‘YoonA ssi’.

Anne Hathaway On Her “Weird Features” and Surprising Style Icons

Anne Hathaway looks as unequivocally gorgeous and radiant as ever on the March cover of InStyle—though she’s probably the only person out there who doesn’t see it: “I think I’ve got really weird features. I have very large features on a very small head,” she tells the magazine. “But, you know, I’m not going to beat myself up. It’s my face. I’m not very pretty. But that’s OK because I do know that I look like myself, and I think at the end of the day, as nice as pretty is, authenticity is more important.” The self-effacing actress continues: “If I don’t work out at all, I have too much curve and no tone—which is not OK. It’s about finding balance.”

Hathaway strives for equilibrium in the way she dresses too, with her tomboy-by-day, glamazon-by-night approach: “In the evening it would never occur to me to go out in motorcycle boots like this,” she says, referring to the black Burberry pair she wore to her interview. “I love going out in high heels and dressing up and glamming it up, and having there be a distinction between what happened throughout the day and the evening.” As to where she finds style inspiration, the 27 year-old, who calls out Marc Jacobs as one of her “all-time favorite designers,” has a long list of Hollywood peers who demonstrate “innovation and originality,” including Tilda Swinton, Gwen Stefani, Lady Gaga, Selma Blair, and Natalie Portman, and says: “I like people who are true to themselves.” The March issue of InStyle hits stands this Friday, and for more on Anne in the meantime, visit instyle.com.

Kendra Wilkinson, OK! Weekly Continue to Set Horrible Examples

Shame on you, Kendra Wilkinson. You're a mother now. It's time to set a good example.


Not a week has gone by in 2010 where Kendra has not been featured on the cover of a supermarket tabloid. She's not exactly talented. She needs to make money somehow. We get that.

But the latest issue of OK! Weekly continues a disturbing trend by magazines across the nation, most notably this pathetic rag: the focus on post-pregnancy weight loss.

Even Kourtney Kardashian acknowledges that it's perfectly acceptable to not return to a size two immediately upon giving birth. One is tired, one is taking care of a newborn, it's quite alright if one's figure shows the signs of new motherhood.

Google Buzz goes mobile, except for BlackBerry and webOS

I am not very interested in any service that can’t be taken with me on my mobile phone so after seeing Sam’s coverage of Google Buzz I immediately started searching for how I could use it on my smartphones. There are actually a couple of ways to interact with Buzz on your smartphones and the easiest way (for iPhone and Android owners currently) is to simply point your mobile browser to buzz.google.com. You can read about the mobile web app features on the Google Buzz for mobile site and see a table at the bottom that shows iPhone and Android have the best support with limited support (Buzz layer on Google Maps for mobile) on Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile. Unfortunately, there is no support for Buzz on RIM BlackBerry devices at this time.



A few advanced features supported on Android 2.0+ and iPhone are Buzz on a place page, voice shortcuts, and Buzz icon shortcuts. You can actually speak “post buzz” in voice search from the Google Mobile app on the iPhone or the quick search voice widget on Android. The Buzz layer on Google Maps comes in the form of updates to G

Google Buzz Launch

Google has a problem. Despite having their hands in just about everything online, they’ve never been able to tackle what is a key part of the fabric of the web: social. Yes, they have Orkut and OpenSocial, but no one actually uses them. Okay, some people use them, but not in the meaningful social ways that people use Facebook or even Twitter. Today, Google may have just solved their social problem.

Google Buzz is easily the company’s boldest attempt yet to build a social network. Imagine taking elements of Twitter, Yammer, Foursquare, Yelp, and other social services, and shoving them together into one package. Now imagine covering that package in a layer that looks a lot like FriendFeed. Now imagine shoving that package inside of Gmail. That’s Buzz. If Google Wave is the future, Google Buzz is the present.

Raiding the Android pantry: after Froyo comes 'Gingerbread'


Anyone who's been following Google's codename saga for Android builds is probably 15 pounds heavier just from hearing the names themselves -- Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, you get the idea. Delectable dessert names aren't the only common theme here, though: they're going in alphabetical order, so we need a "G" sweet next. Well, Google's Brian Swetland -- who works on Android's Linux-based kernel in Mountain View -- has dropped that knowledge in passing while discussing kernel versions on LWN.net. Ready for this? "Gingerbread." Sounds good to us, but naturally, we're more concerned about what's in the build than what it's named, and we don't have those details yet other than Swetland's belief that they'll "likely be on [Linux kernel 2.6.].33 or .34" by the time it hits. Time to start thinking about the "H" treat -- any ideas?

Apple Job Posting Hints at Webcam in Future iPad

We all know the iPad is eventually going to gain a camera at some point. (Apple’s iPhones, iMacs, MacBooks and iPod Nanos have cameras, so why not?) The better question is when? An Apple job listing suggests not too soon.


Apple has posted a job listing seeking a performance and quality-assurance engineer for the “iPad Media” division to test still, video and audio capture and playback. Sounds like a webcam for video conferencing.

“Build on your QA experience and knowledge of digital camera technology (still and video) to develop and maintain testing frameworks for both capture and playback pipelines,” the posting reads.

Robert Pattinson: ‘Breaking Dawn is a Burden’

ROBERT Pattinson says the fourth Twilight film feels like a weight around his neck — because he doesn’t know when he’s supposed to be shooting it.

The actor will reprise his role as vampire Edward Cullen in the final Twilight film based on the books Breaking Dawn — which may be broken into two films, due to the number of books.

“It will be strange but it will be great just to be able to know what I’m doing,” R-Patz told a Scottish newspaper.

“Not knowing when Breaking Dawn is going to shoot – because it changes all the time — is a kind of burden, to have this thing where you don’t know when it’s going to happen.

“So you’ve got to organize everything in your life around that and that can be difficult.”

Katherine Heigl Gets In “The Money”


Katherine Heigl has replaced actress Reese Witherspoon in the upcoming motion picture comedy One for the Money, according to Variety. Based on Janet Evanovich’s novel of the same name — Katherine will play a jobless lingerie buyer who becomes a bounty hunter to pay her bills.

Superman Reboot Getting the Dark Knight Treatmen

After taking the Caped Crusader to the dark side, Christopher Nolan is looking to do the same for the Man of Steel.


The Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Dark Knight director has agreed to "mentor" development on a new Superman movie for Warner Bros., per Deadline Hollywood. Nolan will oversee the Supes reboot while he continues working with brother Jonah Nolan and David Goyer on the script for the highly anticipated third Batman flick, due out in 2012.

But can even Nolan's considerable talents save Superman from box-office kryptonite?

Ellen Tortures With Ease on American Idol



Ellen DeGeneres' first episode of American Idol could have been her 100th. She fit right in.

Not only did the show wisely not dwell on her too much, leaving the emphasis on the terrifying "sudden death" round of Hollywood week, but she wasn't too funny, either.

Meaning, we hope, there's plenty left in the tank for future rounds.

But while DeGeneres looked very serious in her reading glasses and crushed dreams like a grizzled veteran, she still brought some much-needed funny to the proceedings—an element Idol has always possessed, only this time it was coherent and intentional!

Not that Paula Abdul wasn't missed...

Google says very hard to operate in China

Google Inc co-founder Sergey Brin said on Tuesday it has become "very hard to operate" in China, but he is optimistic that the Internet company can continue to "open up information for everyone everywhere, free of political censorship."

"In the past couple of years, especially since the Olympics, the situation has gotten considerably worse on a variety of fronts," Brin told Reuters.

Google sent shockwaves across business and political circles when it declared on January 12 it would stop censoring Chinese search results, and said it was considering pulling out of the country.

Brin's comments are among the first by senior Google management on the issue since the announcement.

He said that not only has information been omitted from the company's core search service in China, but also other Google products as well.

"Other sites of ours, such as YouTube and Google Docs ... are blocked," Brin noted.

Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Trailer

Alongside the announcement of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Ubisoft today also revealed a teaser trailer that already reveals interesting details on the game.



The first major thing seen in the trailer is an actual quote setting the tone for what Ubisoft intends to allow players to do in the game. "The soldier of the future is an F-16 on legs," the trailer quotes from U.S. Army Natick Research and Development Engineer Jean-Louis DeGay.

The second major tease given is the appearance of a squad of soldiers coming out of what looks like a cross between ghillie suits and futuristic stealth cloaks. Other than that the trailer is just a speech about the tools and threats of tomorrow.

As has been previously announced today, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier will be coming to all platforms Fall 2010.

HTC Legend caught on camera again; Hero 2.1 update in March

Had enough of the HTC Legend yet? No, us neither, and so it’s great to see the Android smartphone – which we’re presuming is the successor to the well-esteemed HTC Hero – show up in the wild again. After its first live appearance yesterday, the Legend has now given us a side-shot over at Android Community.



According to the tipster, the Legend’s display is particularly good, and the optical mouse works well. However beyond that the phone is very similar to what’s on offer in the Hero, though the slightly faster Qualcomm MSM 7227 600MHz processor does supposedly make video capture and graphics performance more swift.

Warner CEO: iTunes price increase led to lower sales, recession might also factor in


Don't pat yourself on the back too much for calling this one, but Warner CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. has now confirmed what many have suspected: higher iTunes pricing has led to slightly slower sales. Specifically, he says that while the variable pricing introduced early last year has been a "net positive" for the company, revenue growth on iTunes slowed to just eight percent in the last quarter, compared to a hefty 20 percent a year earlier. He is also quick to point out, however, that raising prices 30 percent during a recession may not have been the best idea in hindsight. Interestingly, Bronfman seems to think that e-books actually stand a better chance at holding to up to price increases than music, noting that the "book publishing industry, on the iPad, has much more flexibility than the music industry had."

Google Maps 4.0 with Buzz support now available in Android Market

Looks like Android's getting in on the new Google Buzz party in more ways than one today -- in addition to support in the browser, Maps 4.0 is now in the Android Market and it's all Buzz-ed up and ready to go. We've heard from both Droid and G1 owners that it works on their devices, so we're guessing every other Android set out there running 1.6 or higher will work as well -- let us know if you find anything else cool, won't you? Same goes for you S60 and WinMo kids out there.


TVB’s contracted artists not allowed to perform at award ceremony

The 29th annual <<Hong Kong Film Awards>> will be held at the HK Cultural Center on April 18th – the ceremony itself will be broadcast simultaneously by ATV, Now TV, and RTHK. Yesterday, HK Film Award Association Chairman Gordon Chan, along with Vice-Chairman Eric Tsang, Josie Ho, last year’s Best Actor Nick Cheung and Best Actress Paw Hee-Ching, held a press conference to announce the nominees for this year’s awards.

Gordon Chan admitted that he is not worried about ATV doing to the ceremony what TVB did last year (editing of the show to the point of oblivion) because ATV’s biggest promise in bidding for the show this year is to broadcast the show in its entirety with as few edits as possible. He revealed that for this year’s award show, the association was able to obtain enough financial backing to cover the production costs – in addition to the HKD 5.8 million contributed by the HK Film Development Fund, the royalties from ATV and Now TV are practically double the amount that TVB used to pay. He also revealed that this year, it was actually the HK government that asked for the open bidding [for broadcast rights] to take place because it is more fair – the broadcast rights will be in effect for 2 years.

When asked if artists from the Big 4 record companies will be invited to perform at the award ceremony, Chan responded: “Haven’t decided yet. Basically, if the artists are contracted with TVB, even if they are singing the theme song for any of the nominated films, they will not be able to perform at the ceremony.” Eric Tsang was asked if he is allowed to appear on ATV (due to his relationship with TVB). He responded playfully: “Using status of ‘film artist’ should be okay, however since I should respect the ‘big boss’ (TVB), I will go check with them first.”

Kelly Chen's New "Explosive" Hair Style

Kelly Chen's new mandarin album 'Glimmer" will be released in March. Recently, she has been spending a lot of time doing the music video in which she appears as the lead singer in a rock band. In order to match the theme of the MV, Kelly has her hair styled looking like a rocker. The stylist spent over 4 hours to do her hair. This is because he has to curl Kelly's own hair first and than add on a piece of wig. The end result is an "explosive" hair style. Kelly's costume was sponsored by Chanel and her thigh has stick-on body tattoo which is the first body tattoo produced by a brand. Kelly told reporter "This type of body tattoo is very popular this year. It is convenience to stick on and also very stylish. I hope this will give the fans a new look." Kelly is hoping she can finish working on her record before the Lunar New Year. She wants to have a few days off during the festive periods as she has to start promoting her mandarin album at the end of the month.


Jennifer Aniston Hearts Gerard Butler

Jennifer Aniston may be back with Brad Pitt according to tabloid reports that are hilariously manufactured, but she is still Gerard Butler’s biggest fan.

In fact, she's been praising her co-star in The Bounty Hunter so much, she's fueling long-standing rumors that the hotties are more than just friends.

“We just had so much fun together you know. He’s just fun. Gerry’s the most unpretentious guy,” Jennifer told Access Hollywood in a new interview.

“He’s definitely a guys guy, but he’s absolutely the most lovely, sort of self-deprecating and just what you see is what you get,” she says of Gerry.

“We look at work the same way. We always have each other’s back.”

NOOOO! John Mayer Allegedly Brags About Taylor Swift Hook-Up

We pray this isn't so...

According to In Touch Weekly, John Mayer and Taylor Swift - it pains us to even write these words - hooked up in late January. At least that's what the douchebag of male singer told a friend.

It's already been confirmed that the pair met for dinner in Nashville. But an insider tells the tabloid they got extra cozy in a recording studio there.

“She was sitting on John’s lap, her arms were around him, and she was talking in his ear,” said the source. “They were acting like teenagers.”

Well, Taylor is only 20 years old. Yet another reason (aside from how much cooler she is) for Mayer to keeps his hands off her.

Mayer and Swift dined that evening at the restaurant Cabana and were joined by pals afterward. From there, the magazine alleges, they went back The Hermitage Hotel alone, where they were privately escorted to John’s suite.

Some Good News, and Some Bad News, About Adobe Flash 10.1


The good news first: Adobe's promising Flash 10.1 is going to hit smartphones—Android, WebOS, Windows Mobile—and desktops in the "first half" of this year, a slightly less squishy date. And it'll come over the air. The bad part?

Well it's bad for Android, anyway: You're gonna need Android 2.1. At least. Because it provides some access Adobe needs to make the Flash magic happen. So, sorry everything but the Droid and Nexus One, at least for the moment. The "over the air" thing is also kind of "up in the air" as to what that means: It could come from your carrier, it could come from your phonemaker, or failing all else, it could come from Adobe. Which means, Flash isn't necessarily going to hit your phone at the same time as everybody else's. Depends on your phone. But, they're betting that over half of smartphones—53 percent—will have Flash Player by 2012. Not surprisingly, Adobe says Flash 10.1 is going to be all over some tablets, too, with accelerated performance on Nvidia's Tegra 2, Qualcomm's Snapdragon (like what's in the Nexus One), and Freescale's i.MX515.

Apple Store is down: MacBook Pro refresh expected

Could a MacBook Pro refresh be in the offing? We’ve just checked the Apple Store and it’s currently offline for updating, while rumors are circulating that an anonymous source has fingered the reworked flagship notebooks for a launch today. Elsewhere leaked screenshots from Best Buy’s inventory system have seemingly confirmed that the current MacBook Pro SKUs have been deleted and the laptops are no longer available to order.



Meanwhile we’ve already seen leaked Geekbench benchmarking results for what appears to be an Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro. A new MBP with Intel’s fastest Core i7 chips has been rumored for some time, though we’ve also heard talk of a Core i5 option for more affordable versions.

Howard Stern to American Idol: Pay Up and I'll Judge!

Fox may want to invest in a quick-triggered bleep button.


Rumors that Howard Stern is considering taking Simon Cowell's soon-to-be-vacant seat on American Idol are true! The shock jock confirmed the buzz yesterday on his Sirius radio show.

"There's not a better job on the planet than judging that f--king karaoke contest," he said. "It might be possible, we'll see. They'd have to pay me a ton of dough because I already make a ton of dough."

Given that Stern's $500 million contract with Sirius is up at the end of the year, the reality show really would have to come up with a ton of dough. Some reports even speculated that Stern was being offered a number that matched his radio gig.

"By the way, they had it all wrong," he said. "I never said I got made an offer. I said I was in discussions to take over a show on a network.

Why Wasn't Michael Jackson's Doctor Charged With Murder?

Why wasn't Michael Jackson's doctor charged with murder? What does involuntary manslaughter even mean? He deserves everything he gets!

Just because fans were screaming "murderer" as Conrad Murray entered the courtroom today—and just because the Jackson royal family has decreed that Michael Jackson was "murdered"—doesn't mean the doctor is a homicidal maniac in the eyes of Lady Justice.

When it comes to the law, you need to put aside the fan hysteria and look at the facts.

And there's a big reason why prosecutors are going with an involuntary manslaughter charge—to which Conrad has pleaded "not guilty." Which is...

They aren't seeing the kind of evidence they'd need to pin a murder on Murray. For murder charges, the law needs to prove intent to kill—and prosecutors don't seem to think that was the case.

Motorola still leading the US mobile market, followed by LG and Samsung

Although Motorola is struggling for market share in Europe and Asia, it’s still the number one phone maker in the US.


According to comScore, which ranked handset makers “according to their share of current mobile subscribers age 13 and older,” Motorola had 23.5% phone market share in the US between September and December 2009, while LG and Samsung came second and third, with 21.9% and 21.2% market share, respectively. Nokia was in the fourth place (9.2% market share), while RIM’s 7.0% share put the company in the fifth place.

Microsoft, Google split over browser bug bounty

To entice security researchers to look for holes in the Chrome browser, Google has announced it will pay $500 for bugs found in the code. But several experts say that's not enough money to motivate skilled vulnerability researchers.

"I think it's ridiculous," Charlie Miller, a senior security researcher at Independent Security Evaluators, said when asked Monday for his opinion of Google's new bug bounty program. "It's insulting. It's so low."

Under Google's new "experimental" incentive program announced last week people will get paid $500 for select interesting and original security vulnerabilities discovered in Chrome, or $1,337 for particularly severe or clever bugs. That figure refers to the geek term for elite, or "leet," which can be spelled out using the numbers.

Mozilla pays $500 to researchers who find valid security bugs in the Firefox browser, the Thunderbird e-mail client or the Mozilla suite.

You would think Google would be roundly praised for offering to pay researchers for work they often do for free. But not everyone is impressed.

2NE1 is already #1 on online music charts

Earlier we reported the release of 2NE1’s surprise new single Try To Copy Me for an upcoming Samsung CF. It’s only been a few hours and the song is already #1 on the online music charts!


Monkey3 predicted earlier that SNSD/Girls’ Generation would be holding the #1 spot for a while but it looks like they didn’t count on this surprise release as 2NE1 climbed up the ladder faster than a turtle.

Many were actually amazed that hip hop duo Untouchable beat out SNSD, 2AM and U-KISS in only a week, but it seems 2NE1 took a one up and beat them all out within a few hours. Monkey3 predicts that it’ll be a non-stop battle between SNSD, 2AM and 2NE1 for the top 3 spots.

Zhang Ziyi Fulfills Quake Donation Shortfall

Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi has donated 160,000 yuan (US$23,430) to make up for a shortfall to the one-million-yuan donation she claimed to have made after the May 12, 2008 earthquake in Sichuan Province, her agent Ji Lingling said in a written apology Monday afternoon.

The statement was a reversal following Ji's insistence on Friday that Zhang did contribute one million yuan in cash immediately after the earthquake after claims were made online that the film star didn't give as much as she promised.

Ji said in Monday's statement that everything was her fault. The agent said both she and Zhang had no idea about the shortfall until she received a receipt from the Chinese Red Cross Foundation for 840,000 yuan.

However, Ji told Sina.com on Friday that several senior Red Cross executives had confirmed the one-million-yuan donation.

Oscars 2010 Poster, Featuring Steve Martin Alec Baldwin

For Hollywood’s elite, March 7 can’t come quickly enough: The gowns, the lights, and the comedic stylings of hosting duo Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin.


The guys will be sharing duties as Masters of Ceremonies at this year’s Academy Awards, and both Martin and Baldwin and photographed perched highly atop the shoulders of an Oscar statuette on this newly-released poster promoting next month’s show.

Katy Perry, Russell Brand ‘Come to Blows Over Wedding Plans’

KATY Perry is already furious with fiance Russell Brand – because he keeps making jokes about their wedding day!

The I Kissed a Girl apparently hates it when she tries to discuss their pending nuptials with British comedian Russell and he deflects her questions with humor.

“Russ is the kind of guy who sees the funny side of everything and he uses that to his advantage,” reveals a source close to the couple. “He deflects most questions about the wedding day with a joke or a wisecrack but now Katy is getting a little fed up with it.

“This is her special day but she feels it’s turning into a big joke. She also fears other parts of their relationship will end up the object of his humor.

“She loves his charm and wit but she’s having to lay a few ground rules for her sake as well as their future together.”

Samsung Monte S5620 gets official

A little over a week since we saw it leak into the wild, the Samsung Monte S5620 has been officially launched. A 3-inch capacitive touchscreen featurephone, the Monte S5620 packs UMTS/HSDPA (900/2100, 3.6Mbps) along with quadband GSM, WiFi, A-GPS and Bluetooth 2.1. The Monte also has a 3.2-megapixel camera with smile-shot and face detection.

While the Monte isn’t a smartphone – in fact it runs Samsung’s own TouchWiz 2.0 Plus platform – Samsung reckon it has much of the functionality of one. They’re particularly proud of the handset’s browsing abilities, which support full HTML and both landscape and portrait modes, and its social networking: there are Facebook and MySpace apps, as well as Twitter and Bebo widgets and a multi-platform IM client.

You also get Exchange ActiveSync support, an FM radio with RDS and Google Maps 3.0. Memory is 200MB internal with a microSD slot (up to 16GB cards supported) and the 1,000mAh battery is rated for up to 298 minutes 3G talktime or 454hrs 3G standby.

LG GT350 QWERTY phone announced as the successor of KS360

It looks like it’s an important day for South Korea’s major phone makers: after the Samsung Monte S5620 and the LG Mini GD880, now the LG GT350 has been announced as well.


Building on the success of LG KS360 (also known as LG Neon and sold in more than 5 million units since August 2008), the new LG GT350 comes with a 4-row sliding QWERTY keyboard, and features an interface optimized for social networking – full integration with popular sites like Facebook and Twitter is included.

The LG GT350 also features push e-mail, web browser, and a 3 inch display (which is fully touch-enabled, unlike the display of KS360).

LG Mini GD880 gets official, will be available in March

The same day when Samsung announced the Monte S5620, LG unveiled a new touchscreen phone, too – the LG Mini GD880.


Touted as “the smallest and slimmest 3.2-inch full touchscreen phone on the market today,” the LG Mini GD880 features textured metal accents on the sides and it kind of resembles the LG GD510 Pop.

The Mini GD880 comes with HSDPA (7.2Mbps), Wi-Fi, A-GPS, FM radio, and a 5MP camera with advanced face detection. The phone also has some unique features, like: Social Network Connect (for keeping in touch with online friends), Social Network Feed (showing automatic updates on the home screen), and a Social Address Book.

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