Tiger and Elin Woods: A Portrait of Happiness

Tiger Woods and his estranged wife Elin have been doing everything they can to work out their issues, even after he so blatantly lost his way in recent years.


By lost his way, we mean he lost his pants. In the presence of pretty much any cocktail waitress that caught his eye. All while married with two little children.

While a dozen Tiger Woods mistresses coming out of the woodwork is difficult to forgive and impossible to forget, their family life is getting back to normal.

Earlier this month, Elin moved back in to begin the process of rebuilding their marriage and Tiger's image. Now they've made it a whole week under one roof!

'Alice' dominates; 'Remember Me' unlikely to cross $10 million

Box office numbers are in for Friday and Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland is dominating for a second straight weekend. The 3-D extravaganza starring Johnny Depp earned an estimated $17.5 million for its second Friday in theaters. On track now for a 57 percent drop, the PG-rated film is expected to earn around $58 million for the weekend and is likely to post a $200 million cumulative gross after 10 days.

The rest of the top five is led by new releases, with director Paul Greengrass’ The Green Zone the best performer of the bunch. But that’s not saying much. The $100 million Iraq war drama starring Matt Damon grossed an estimated $5 million on its first day in theaters. The weak bow should extrapolate to $15 million for the first three days. Third place will likely belong to Robert Pattinson’s romantic drama Remember Me. The inexpensive film co-starring Pierce Brosnan grossed an estimated $3.5 million on Friday, putting it on track to earn more than $9 million for the weekend.

The No. 4 spot four likely go to the R-rated comedy She’s Out of My League. The film grossed just over $3 million on Friday for a projected weekend take of $9 million. And No. 5 should belong to Our Family Wedding, whose $2.5 million Friday gross is likely to translate into $8 million by Sunday. Check back tomorrow for a full report.

Apple iPad Sells 120,000 Units Total on Friday

The iPad went on pre-order status on Friday, and from early estimates, the tablet has taken on quite the success. While we’re still waiting to see some end of the weekend numbers, we’re pretty sure that the Cupertino-based company can take some solace in the fact that the tablet has been a success. Of course, in situations like this, numbers generally speak louder than words.



So, how’s it break down? From what we can tell, just after the first day, Apple reached somewhere in the ball park of 120,000 tablets sold. As it goes, it looks like the WiFi-only version of the iPad was the largest seller, and we’re likely to think that has something to do with the simple fact that it’s due out on April 3rd. Another shocker though, is that it’s also looking like the orders for the 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB models were just about equally split. So, while cost may have something to do with it, for the most part it’s looking like customers just don’t mind dropping the extra coin for the extra space.

Google '99.9 percent' sure to shutter Google.cn

Google, seemingly torn between Chinese censorship and Chinese opportunity, is now "99.9 percent" certain that it will shut down its Chinese search engine, Google.cn.

According to a Financial Times source "familiar with the company's thinking," the search giant, having reached an apparent impasse with the Chinese government officials, has drafted detailed plans to close the Chinese search business, though it remains optimistic about finding a way to maintain its overall operations in China.

For Google, which, amid an investigation into alleged Chinese hacking of prominent U.S. Web properties, expressed in January that it no longer intends to run a censored search engine in China, staying in China after shuttering Google.cn could involve enabling its Chinese sales, software development, and research operations to remain intact.

Chen Qiao En leaves Roy Qiu for movie career

Last year, Chen Qiao En earned a total revenue of 35,700,000 TWD and became idol dramas’ cash cow. In the new year of the tiger, she continues her success. As the well-known “Lingerie Queen”, Qiao En just filmed another seasonal lingerie ad. During the second half of 2010, she also wishes to enter the movie industry. But as her wishes for her career expand, it is rumored that Qiao En has also given up on her love life. Her purported 7-month long romance with Roy Qiu seems to have gone under drastic changes.

Following rumors: after Qiao En finished filming [Easy Fortune Happy Life], she began a relationship with Roy Qiu. However, after she finished filming Jia Qi Ru Meng in Mainland China, Qiao En had many secret meetings with directors from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan to fulfill her dream of becoming a movie star. It looks like Qiao En’s schedule for the second half of 2010 is already full with movie contracts. As it is harder for Qiao En to meet with Roy Qiu, they have not have contact for a long time. There must be a rift between the two as well since many of their friends did not support this pairing.

Crystal Bowersox's Illness Clouds Contestant's Future

You're a big deal if you can force 'American Idol' to shift its schedule. Last week, the guys sang before the girls after Crystal Bowersox's doctor kept the sick singer off the stage. It was an unprecedented shakeup for one of TV's most reliably scheduled shows. This week, Bowersox swept the incident aside and followed her talent into the Top 12. But will her health keep her from winning it all?

Former 'American Idol' favorites Christina Christian, Megan Joy, Carly Smithson and David Cook also experienced health scares during competition. Cook, whose condition was perhaps the most serious in 'Idol's' history, was hospitalized for heart palpitations and high blood pressure after Dolly Parton night during season seven. He went on to win it all.

Bowersox, a 24-year-old Ohio native and mother of one, suffers from diabetes. She is the unanimous favorite among online betting sites to win season nine. Last week, it was questionable whether she'd even be able to compete for the Top 16.

But 'Idol' producers shuffled the schedule to accommodate the hospitalized musician. The men performed on Tuesday, and the women on Wednesday, allowing the sick Bowersox an extra day of rest, and injecting a fascinating storyline into a show whose ratings have recently slumped. Predictably, show producers said the shakeup was all about Bowersox's health. Had she failed to make it onstage last Wednesday, she would have been the first competitor in the show's history to be disqualified for health reasons.

"If you're in the Olympics and you're going for the semifinal, for the final, if you don't turn up, you don't get straight through to the final," executive producer Ken Warwick told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show last week.

Crystal turned up last week, in a big way. Simon Cowell raved about her performance of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Long As I Can See the Light.'

"This was like the moment we realized with Kelly Clarkson that we've got a really serious artist here."

Demi Lovato Confirms She's Dating Joe Jonas

It's like the happy ending to a Disney movie: A smitten-sounding Demi Lovato revealed Friday that she is indeed dating Joe Jonas.

During an interview with Access Hollywood's Billy Bush on his radio program, The Billy Bush Show, the host asked Lovato if she'd ever dated any of the Jonas Brothers, "Umm, maybe," she said coyly.

"Which one? Joe?" asked Bush, to which Lovato said, "Yeah. He's actually… he's my best friend."

Pressing for clarification, Bush said, "So you guys went from boyfriend-girlfriend to best friends?"

"No kind of the opposite," the 17-year-old Sonny with a Chance star explained.

"Oh? So you're dating him now?" asked Bush.

"Umm, yeah he is my best friend and he is incredible," Lovato finally confessed.

Yet another round of BlackBerry slider pics


And just like that, today we have the third photo leak of the mysterious BlackBerry slider. Unlike the first time we saw it but much like the second, the device has been placed next to a Curve 8900 for the sake of a size comparison. On its side the slider is noticeably thicker than the 8900 , but today it has been turned on its side in order to let us know exactly how thick this sucker is. What this device is actually called is anyone’s guess, but the general consensus is that this is not the Storm3. So what then is it? Lately a rumor has been floating around that it is actually a Bold owing to its identical styling queues to the current Bold 9700. Adding to this rumor is a UAProf found on RIM’s website for a 9700a that lists a portrait HVGA+ display (as opposed to the Bold 9700’s landscape HVGA+ display) and this all seems rather possible. Of course dealing with prototypes things can and will change as needed, so it looks like we’re going to have to twiddle our thumbs a little while longer until some more information comes to light. Hit the jump for a pic of device’s rear sans battery cover showing off its brand new F-S1 battery.

MySpace’s Mid Level Management Structure Is Crumbling

The problem with all of these people who are walking out the door at MySpace isn’t so much the number of them, because MySpace is trying to replace them by hiring more people. It’s the fact that the best people are leaving, and taking a lot of the knowledge base with them.

Three star senior employees left to go to cross-town startup Gravity, we reported earlier this week. And tonight we’ve heard that Jeff Webber, the engineering director that oversees the email, instant messaging and other “communications” platforms for MySpace, resigned earlier this week as well to join a startup. He’s been at MySpace for nearly three years and was one of the star engineers and leaders, says one source.

Gillian Chung admits it's hard for her to find her other half

Twins was the guest for "Be My Guest" interview that is broadcast tonight at 7pm and 11pm. During the interview, Charlene Choi (Ah Sa) and Gillian Chung (Ah Gil) frankly said that two years ago, the Artists Photo Scandal forced them to grow up. And also gave them unexpected opportunties for development. Speaking of her love life, Ah Gil hopes that her future other half can control her, Ah Gil said: "If now someone pursues me, I will consider him. After what happened, it's really hard to find someone who is committed and accept my past."

Ah Sa was asked if she would not be happy to respond to her relationship with Ronald Cheng? She said: "The media have reported way too much, I have always been truthful, but I just don't want to be too truthful."

Twins recalls the time they entered the industry and was not willing to meet the public as a duo, they were worried that they would not be welcomed. The two also said that the first time they worked together because they were immature and if they had something to say about the job, they wouldn't dare to speak up. It was only 3 years later when they went on a trip together that they started becoming good friends.

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