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Fan Bingbing in the Onlookers' Eye

1/11/2010 12:17:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Maggie Cheung is regarded as a synonym of noble elegance whereas Carina Lau is hailed for being a woman that defines natural grace. While speaking of actress Fan Bingbing, people call her a Chinese 'Femme Fatale' for the voluptuous beauty she flaunts either on glossy pictures or red carpets.


Maybe it is because her beauty is so blinding that few onlookers would look beyond her face and deep into her heart.

Love or hate, the actress turning 30 has climbed up to new heights in her career, successfully juggling roles of a prolific actress and owner of private-run film studio in this past year.



Fan Bingbing was the cover girl again for the February issue of 'Marie Claire' and an accompanied interview she emptied her heart to gave the readers a much closer look at this radiant star off screen.



As a typical Virgo Lady, the self-critical actress would take her time to tidy up wardrobes for a whole day; she would be sweet enough to have a box of gifts collected beforehand, properly tagged and delivered in due time to people she cares for; also a considerate girl, she talks about an assumable meeting with would-be mother-in-law when she would choose to dress neutral, an effective practice she thought would convince the mother that she is not taking away her son. While back to work and with other actresses around, she may feel like an Amazonian woman who is ready to take others under her wing.


Lin Chiling dispels rumours of her engagement

1/11/2010 12:17:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Model/actress Chiling Lin has set the record straight on the rumours of her engagement to bathroom equipment heir Scott Qiu.

Asked if he was a potential husband, she told talk-show host Shen Chun-hua: 'I've never said so. The media said it on their own.

'I haven't had such thoughts.'

Lin, who dated pop star Jerry Yen previously, was asked about a letter of apology he wrote her and never sent after their break-up.

China Times said she was speechless for a few seconds, before saying: 'I don't want to read it.'

But she said she and Yen are friends who still talk on the telephone.

'Avatar' leads box office for fourth weekend

1/11/2010 12:46:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

"Avatar" ruled the North American box office for a fourth weekend on Sunday, days after it soared up the worldwide rankings to become the second-biggest movie of all time.

James Cameron's 3-D sci-fi epic earned $48.5 million across the United States and Canada during the three-day period beginning Friday, distributor 20th Century Fox said.

Its total rose to $429.0 million, making it the seventh-biggest movie of all time in North America, before accounting for inflation. The last movie to enjoy four consecutive weekends at No. 1 was the Batman movie, "The Dark Knight," in 2008.

Fox, a unit of News Corp, has said it expects "Avatar" to challenge "The Dark Knight" ($533 million) for the No. 2 slot in the North American record books. Cameron's "Titanic" holds the title with $601 million.

International moviegoers have driven the new film's success. As of Wednesday, they had chipped in $761 million, taking the film's worldwide total to $1.14 billion. "Avatar" passed the $1.12 billion tally of "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" to become the second-highest worldwide release ever, trailing only "Titanic" with worldwide sales of $1.84 billion in 1997-1998. Fox will release updated international weekend sales data later on Sunday.

"Avatar" is the tale of a disabled ex-Marine sent from Earth to infiltrate a race of 10-foot (3-meter) blue aliens and persuade them to let his employer mine their homeland for natural resources. It was reportedly the most expensive film ever made, with a budget of at least $300 million.

Avatar - $48,500,000
Sherlock Holmes - $16,610,000
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel - $16,300,000
Daybreakers - $15,000,000
It's Complicated - $11,007,000
Leap Year Uni.- $9,165,000
The Blind Side - $7,750,000
Up in the Air - $7,100,000
The Princess and the Frog - $4,700,000
Invictus- $1,715,000

Adam Lambert Wants a Boyfriend!

1/11/2010 12:46:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

ADAM Lambert wants to be in a relationship!

The hunky American Idol runner-up — who recently split from longtime beau Drake LaBry — says he’d love to have a new man in his life, but his busy schedule gets in the way.

“I’m not in love,” Lambert told US TV show Extra, adding that he likes to casually date and enjoys meeting new people.

“I’m not in the position to be in a relationship. Ultimately, I would love that.”

Adam has previously revealed that he’s only ever been in love once.

“My life has changed so much, I’m not sure what my needs are anymore,” he said in a November interview with the USA Today newspaper. “At the moment, it’s probably difficult to have a relationship.

“I’m going to be doing a lot of growing in the next couple years. I’ve only been in two relationships, and really, really in love just one time. That’s one part of my life I’m learning about — my heart.”

BoA’s 7th Japanese Studio Album is pushed back to Feb 10,2010!

1/11/2010 12:46:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Previously reported that Asia Star BoA will be releasing her 7th Japanese Album on Jan 10,2010!


Yet, news came out today saying that on Jan 8, her Japan Official website has changed the date of the release and saying that the album is pushed back to Feb 10, one month from the previous released date.

BoA 7th Japanese Studio album titled “Identity” has shown a fresh-er look of her as she goes short hair for this album concept.

In conjunction with her upcoming album release, BoA will also held a national tour all over Japan from February to April 2010 under the title “BoA LIVE 2010“. The tour will start on Feb 17 with the following cities on the list : Kobe, Kanagawa, Fukuoka, Osaka, Hiroshima, Aichi, Sendai, Saitama, etc. As closing, BoA will be singing in her Tokyo Concert on April 15 and wrapped up her national tour in the sakura country.

Apple Tablet may ship with multi-touch version of iWork

1/11/2010 12:45:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Apple has reportedly spent a considerable amount of time in recent years working on a version of its iWork productivity suite that could be controlled solely through the use of complex multi-touch gestures, making it well-suited for inclusion on the company's forthcoming tablet device.

Those claims were embedded in a profile piece Saturday published by the New York Times on the growing number of slate-like computing devices that are in the process of making their way to market, or already on the market, including the Kindle, the Alex, the Que proReader and the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid.

In particular, the newspaper cited "conversations with several former Apple engineers" who've reportedly had a key role in the ongoing development of Apple's much-anticipated tablet device who suggest the company may require that users adapt to a "somewhat complex new vocabulary of finger gestures to control it, making use of technology it acquired in the 2007 purchase of a company called FingerWorks."

“The tablet should offer any number of unique multitouch experiences — for example, three fingers down and rotate could mean ‘open an application,’ ” one former Apple engineer reportedly told the paper. A second added that the Cupertino-based company has “spent the past couple of years working on a multitouch version of iWork."

Based on these rumblings, the Times speculates that Apple's looking to market its upcoming tablet device as "a fully functional computer, rather than a more passive device for reading books and watching movies." Such a move could reportedly help the electronics maker seek a higher average selling price for the device when it hits the market later this year.

Apple is widely expected to introduce its tablet offering later this month, with recent reports predicting that the device will be available for purchase near the end of the first quarter (March) or sometime the following quarter (which runs April - June).

Miley Cyrus steps out in a revealing ripped top with ripped jeans to match

1/11/2010 12:45:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

She says she’s a tomboy at heart, but Miley Cyrus’s outfits have become more and more revealing as she attempts to distance herself from her clean-cut Hannah Montana persona and yesterday the Disney star didn’t disappoint as she flashed her bra in a sexy ripped top.


The 17-year-old donned the cobweb style grey t-shirt, which looked as though it had been ripped to shreds from behind, with paint-splattered and ripped jeans plus knee-high studded boots during a shopping trip in Los Angeles

Miley’s outfit caused a stir as she stopped off at a nearby coffee shop in Beverly Hills but the teenager seemed unfazed by the admiring glances she received from onlookers and later posed for pictures with a group of fans.



The outing came as she arrived back in the US with Australian boyfriend Liam Hemsworth, 19, after spending the New Year visiting his and friends in Phillip Island, Victoria.

When Miley, who had managed without a security escort for her whole trip, flew home from Melbourne airport, she caused such excitement that she was given a police escort through the terminal and rushed through customs in a bid to escape the paparazzi and screaming fans.


The star recently admitted that she finds life in the spotlight extremely difficult and enjoys returning home to Nashville, Tennessee where she is able to go out with her friends without being bothered.

'I got on the plane to Georgia, and I was lying in my mom's lap and crying and saying, '"I'm so happy to be getting out of Los Angeles,"' she told Harper's Bazaar magazine.

'I went out every night with my friends. I did karaoke. I danced. All this stuff would've been such a big deal in Los Angeles: Who's she with? Why is she dancing?

'I felt alive and real. It's so much easier to know who you are when there aren't a thousand people telling you who they think you are. I felt like I was really figuring myself out. Usually I have someone whispering in my ear, but I was on my own.'

Earlier this week it was revealed that Hannah Montana, the Disney show where Miley found fame, is likely to be shut down for good after filming its fourth season.

VanNess Wu and Autumn’s Concerto director in a love triangle?

1/11/2010 12:45:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

It was previously reported that Van Ness Wu and his Autumn’s Concerto director Chen Hui-Ling are unusually close. They have denied such rumors and maintained that they have a professional relationship. Director Chen plans to shoot a new mini-series in March and has invited Van Ness to be the producer. Apparently director Chen’s boyfriend, who is a lighting technician, will also be working on this series, making it a collaboration of the (rumored) love triangle.



The rumors started as Van Ness Wu was often seen hugging and holding hands with director Chen on the set of Autumn’s Concerto. Director Chen explained that she only thinks of him as her little brother, and she was close with everyone from the crew anyways. His manager also confirmed the same, “Van Ness Wu treats everyone like family.”

Autumn Concerto's director Chen Hui-Ling at the 2008 Golden Bell Awards with awards for best editing, mini-drama writer, and theater director.

Van Ness Wu’s successful turn in Autumn’s Concerto has propelled him to the king of ratings among F4. He plans to expand his work behind the scenes by collaborating with director Chen on the new mini-series. Van Ness revealed that while shooting the Autumn’s Concerto, he experienced inexplicable frustration for 3 days in a row. On the fourth day, he dreamed of God and was told, “You're okay, it'll be fine.” Van Ness said the condition stopped after that day, while his manager explained he was probably just too deep into his acting.

Ex-Dead Space devs arming Modern Warfare 3?

1/11/2010 12:44:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , 1 Comment

What we heard: In July 2008, Infinity Ward announced that its top developers had signed a long-term contract with Activision. Besides involving presumably large monetary sums, the deal allowed the Santa Monica studio to branch out from the Call of Duty series it created in 2002 to work on a "unique new IP."

Now, with Call of Duty franchise sales topping $3 billion, unconfirmed reports indicate Infinity Ward may be focusing on its mystery project. Citing "US Insiders," the UK site says that Activision has farmed out development of the sequel to the megahit Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which minted $550 million in five days last November.

If Infinity Ward is indeed moving on to its Next Big Thing, who might take over such an important franchise as Modern Warfare? Citing more unnamed sources, VG247 has two suspects: an unnamed Canadian studio, and Sledgehammer Games, Activision's newly founded San Francisco Bay Area studio.

Sledgehammer seems the more likely suspect, given that it has publicly said it is working on a "new game based on one of Activision's existing franchises." It is also currently hiring lead online multiplayer designers who must have at least "five years experience working on current AAA multiplayer shooters for current consoles and PC." Then there's the shop's sterling pedigree: its two founders, Glenn Schofield and Michael Condrey, were the main minds behind Electronic Arts' acclaimed Dead Space series before Activision poached them last July.

The official story: Activision reps had not returned requests for comment as of press time.

Bogus or not bogus?: It's certainly in the realm of possibility, since Call of Duty development has been farmed out before. Since 2006, former Spider-Man developer Treyarch has made World War II-themed entries in the series while Infinity Ward crafted the first two Modern Warfares. Also, after eight years of Call of Duty, the latter studio's talented development team is likely ready to try something completely different.

Michael Jackson WAS murdered: Death certificate amended by coroner after police investigation

1/11/2010 12:44:00 AM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Michael Jackson’s death has been officially ruled as murder, it was revealed today.

The cause of death on the 50-year-old’s death certificate has been amended to 'homicide' after months of speculation.

According to the document the King of Pop died from ‘acute Propofol intoxication’ due to an ‘intravenous injection from another’.

On the original certificate issued on July 7 deputy coroner Cheryl MacWillie refused to give a cause of death.

However after further investigations, the certificate was amended and re-released in August by medical examiner Christopher Thomas. It now states the cause of death on 25th June 2009 as 'homicide'.

A source said that the Jackson family are 'keeping faith with the police', adding: 'We still feel that there is more than one person responsible for Michael's tragic death.

'Joe won't give up on getting justice for his son and a lawuit is his focus.'

The news comes after it emerged that the singer’s doctor Conrad Murray is expected to be charged with manslaughter.


Dr Murray could be prosecuted for 'gross negligence' for his treatment of the pop star during his last hours, police sources said.

Murray, a cardiologist, was with the star at his rented Los Angeles mansion in June and tried to revive him when he was found unconscious.


Murray already has a Houston law firm building his defence. Police affidavits say he admitted loading up Jackson with Propofol and other drugs in the hours before his death.

Miranda Sevcik, a spokeswoman in Houston for Murray and his lawyer, Edward Chernoff, said Friday the doctor had no comment and reiterated that Murray neither prescribed nor administered anything that should have killed Michael Jackson.

Jackson died while under Murray's care as the singer prepared for an ambitious concert schedule.

The district attorney's office is waiting for Los Angeles police to turn over the case before presenting it to a grand jury, the law enforcement source said.

A spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, however, denied that any decisions have been made.

'We have been working closely with the Los Angeles police during the pendency of this investigation,' spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said.

'There is no case before us at present and no final decision has been made.'

To prove a charge of involuntary manslaughter, authorities must show there was a reckless action that created a risk of death or great bodily injury.

If a doctor is aware of the risk, there might also be an issue of whether the patient knows that risk and decided to take it.

A large number of witnesses have been interviewed by police, including those who were present during Jackson's last days and those who worked with him in preparation for his comeback concert, 'This Is It'.

Authorities have also lined up medical expert witnesses who will testify about the normal standard of care in a situation such as Jackson's and will give opinions on why Murray's actions constituted gross negligence, the source said.

The police investigation was substantially completed by the end of December, the source said.

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