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Samsung Fascinate ready for Best Buy in-store pre-order ahead of rumored September 9 launch

8/30/2010 04:44:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Verizon can't be feeling too hot about being the straggler to the Galaxy S party, but the wait seems to be almost at an end. Best Buy's just started taking in-store pre-orders for the Fascinate, while the latest internal document leak from VZW indicates a specific September 9 launch for the 4-inch Android handset. That's when you should be able to snap the Fascinate up along with a prepaid data plan from Big Red, which fits in nicely with earlier unsanctioned disclosures on the matter. Either way, Samsung's quest to conquer all networks with its Super Gorilla phone will be coming to a victorious end pretty soon.

Super Junior’s Choi Siwon & Donghae to act in Taiwanese drama Glamorous Challenge

8/30/2010 04:44:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments

Super Junior’s Choi Siwon and Donghae has been cast into Taiwanese drama Glamorous Challenge as the leading male roles.

According to Taiwan iFensi on the 24th, “The decision to cast Choi Siwon and Donghae into Glamorous Challenge has been finalized.”


Glamorous Challenge is a remake drama of a Japanese comic titled Skip Beat about a girl that gets betrayed by her long time boyfriend. In an attempt to get revenge, she debuts as a celebrity and the drama unfolds with the various events she experiences soon after.

Taiwanese actress Lin Yichen will be playing the leading female role. Choi Siwon and Donghae already appeared in her music video for Firefly last September which was how the two were brought up during casting discussions.

Choi Siwon’s character is a successful celebrity that chooses business over his girlfriend. Although he is able to capture the hearts of women with his charismatic looks, he often looks back on his memories with his innocent girlfriend.

Donghae will be playing the role of a top star and is regarded as having the best looks and acting skills in the industry. He is also a mysterious figure of the leading female’s childhood, having disappeared when they were both young.

This will be Donghae’s first time acting so much attention has been put on whether he will be able to express a character with perfect looks but awkward emotions.

Glamorous Challenge will begin filming by March of next year.

Leo Ku Donates 100 Thousand HKD to Families Suffered in the Hostage Crisis

8/30/2010 04:43:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Leo Ku, Joey Yung, and 30 other singers attended to a Solar Project 2010 event yesterday. The organization also announced Leo donated 100 thousand HKD to Tung Wah Group Hospitals, helping families who suffered in the hostage crisis tragedy.

Leo said this tragedy is painful, but after being sad and angry, it's more important to give the biggest encouragement and support to survivors. He hopes the dead can rest in peace. If he didn't have work, he would also participate in the march because it's one of the ways to express support.

Joey also said: "Love can win over everything. When encounter unhappy things, everyone need to gather together. Everything would turn better. Hope this can let foreigners know: Can't bully Hong Kongers!"




Jay Chou tries out hosting with the Taiwanese version of SMAP x SMAP

8/30/2010 04:43:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Looks like Jay Chou wasn’t kidding when he said he wanted to try out hosting. It’s been confirmed that he will host a new show for Cti to be aired during primetime on Saturdays. The 90-minute program will begin taping in September, and it is said to be somewhat like popular Japanese show “SMAP x SMAP”. He will cohost with his friend/dancer Ice Cream (雪糕), Xiao Mai (小麥), stylist Du Guo Zhang (杜國璋) and actress Eri Otoguro (乙黑繪理), who previously appeared in a music video for The Drifters.

Jay Chou is rumored to be paid NT$500,000 for each hour of hosting, which doubles the salary of his former mentor Jacky Wu. JVR Music denied the claim saying he won't take a single penny because hosting is not part of his regular activities. Since he has very high expectations for the show, they will spend most of its budget on the production.

Jay Chou's first (official) hosting gig will include music and dance performances, skits and interviews with guests that he will personally invite. In addition to tops stars like Jody Chiang and A-Mei Chang, his ex Jolin Tsai is also rumored to be a possible guest.

Source: Appledaily, Chinatimes

'Exorcism' has slim box-office lead over 'Takers'

8/30/2010 04:42:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

The fright flick "The Last Exorcism" and the heist thriller "Takers" were in a photo finish for the top spot at the weekend box office, according to studio estimates Sunday.

Lionsgate's "The Last Exorcism" had a thin lead with a $21.3 million debut, closely followed by Sony's "Takers" with a $21 million opening. They were close enough that rankings could change after final numbers are released Monday.

After two weekends in the No. 1 spot, Lionsgate's action romp "The Expendables" slipped to third place with $9.5 million, raising its total to $82 million.

Playing in narrower release, a 3-D special edition of "Avatar" pulled in $4 million, lifting the sci-fi sensation's domestic total to $753.8 million. The new version of the 20th Century Fox blockbuster adds nine minutes of footage.

Both "The Last Exorcism" and "Takers" debuted well above studio expectations, though the openings were modest compared with most big summer debuts.

Overall revenues came in at $115 million, down 8 percent compared with the same weekend last year, when the horror tale "The Final Destination" opened on top with $27.4 million, according to box-office tracker Hollywood.com.

"We've had two weeks of films being all stacked up very closely to one another, and that's a really tight margin between these two," said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office analyst for Hollywood.com. "But it's sort of a battle in a marketplace that really isn't setting the world on fire."

With summer blockbuster season generally over, late August often is a solid time to release scary movies such as "The Final Destination" and "Halloween II," which opened over the same weekend last year.

"You don't see many low-budget genre films released in June or July or even early August," said David Spitz, head of distribution for Lionsgate. "You don't want to put 'The Last Exorcism' up against 'Inception' or these big blockbuster films."

"The Last Exorcism," about an exorcist trying to cast out a demon from a teenager, cost just $2 million to produce, and Lionsgate bought domestic distribution rights for less than $1 million.

"Takers," which cost a modest $32 million to make, features Matt Dillon, Hayden Christensen, Paul Walker and Idris Elba in a thriller about bank robbers pursued by a tough cop.

Rory Bruer, Sony head of distribution, said he expected "Takers" to remain in second place, slightly behind "The Last Exorcism," once final figures are released Monday. Yet the two movies were pacing Hollywood to a strong finish to the summer season, he said.

"I do think both pictures were pretty terrific for ending summer with," Bruer said. "To have two pictures at $20-plus million at the end of August is a good thing."

The extended version of James Cameron's "Avatar" played in just 812 theaters, compared with 2,874 for "The Last Exorcism" and 2,206 for "Takers."

Besides $4 million domestically, the "Avatar" special edition added $4.3 million overseas. The extra revenue is mere icing for the biggest modern blockbuster, whose initial release took in $2.7 billion worldwide.

"There is no unhappy attached to 'Avatar,' because it's the greatest. It's always done business. It's the biggest picture in history," said Fox distribution executive Bert Livingston. "People bought tickets everywhere this weekend. There's no bad."

Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Hollywood.com. Final figures will be released Monday.

1. "The Last Exorcism," $21.3 million.
2. "Takers," $21 million.
3. "The Expendables," $9.5 million.
4. "Eat Pray Love," $7 million.
5. "The Other Guys," $6.6 million.
6. "Vampires Suck," $5.3 million.
7. "Inception," $5.1 million.
8. "Nanny McPhee Returns," $4.74 million
9. "The Switch," $4.7 million.
10. "Piranha 3D," $4.3 million.

Friends worry about the future of Lindsay Lohan

8/29/2010 11:57:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Now that Lindsay Lohan is out of rehab, many close to her wonder if she will be able to get her life back on the right track.

She dodged serving her full jail sentence after only spending 13 days behind bars, and then also got out of serving two months inside a rehab facility.

Lindsay was released from rehab after only serving 23 days because her doctors told a judge that the type of condition that she has did not need to be treated in an inpatient setting.

Lindsay must attend an outpatient clinic for the time being, but the opportunities are there for her to resort to her old ways.

“Lindsay says she’s determined to stay sober and focus on work,” says a Lohan source. “[But] it’s too soon to tell what will happen. We’ve seen these moments of ‘purity’ before, but as soon as she gets a taste of the nightlife and the drama, she usually falls back into old habits fast.”

Justin Bieber, Too Sick to Sing?

8/29/2010 11:56:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Girls flocking to Syracuse this weekend got devastating news today: Justin Bieber is postponing his concert at the New York State Fair -- originally set for 7 p.m. tonight -- until this Wednesday, according to TMZ. He's reportedly suffering throat trouble and simply too under the weather to sing. (No word on whether medical intervention involved reaching under his bangs to feel for a fever.)

Naturally, fans of the 16-year-old pop star are atwitter on Twitter, and their idol is trying to keep them in the loop.

Yesterday, Bieber tweeted: "Been super sick lately but u guys are carrying me. thank u for the love." He later added, "thanks 4 the kind wishes. Im tough. Im Canadian. Love yall."

Officials at the fair promise to honor all tickets for today's performance, according to the Long Island Press, when filling seats for the rescheduled concert on Wednesday. The Associated Press reports that Bieber made it to the stage last night to perform for fans in Newark, N.J.

What Mysterious Device Is The CTO Of HP Playing With ?

8/29/2010 11:56:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

One's big, one's small and the other's a wristwatch? That's what Phil McKinney, CTO of HP's Personal Systems Group, seems to be holding in his hand. Could it be a legit webOS tablet? Pre 2? Or a *gasp* webOSwatch?

Your guess is as good as mine. The picture was taken to drum up interest in a potential SXSW talk about what gadgets we would be using in 2015. I'm assuming those devices McKinney is holding would be those type of gadgets.

[Hacking the Future via Twitpic via @MarkatHP]

Samsung Galaxy Tab, in the wild and now teasing CDMA

8/29/2010 11:55:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Samsung's Galaxy Tab has once again surfaced online via unofficial channels, and this time it's carrying a sticker on one side that clearly states CDMA. The iAndroid forum goer who allegedly snapped these shots praised the device for its strong speakers, call quality (although not clear if that's over 3G or WiFi), and ability to run Flash -- but at the same time notes the GPS is just a bit slow (it does work, though). More pictures in the gallery below, right next to our ever-increasing impatience to try this little guy out ourselves.


Wonder Girls special live performance this Friday!

8/29/2010 11:55:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments


For those of you in Seattle, you’ll have a chance to check out the Wonder Girls, this Friday, September 3rd!

As some of you might know, popular MMO, Aion, will be releasing their latest 2.0 patch: Assault on Balaurea. And since the Wonder Girls have a rich connection with Aion, they will be at the launch party and put on a special live performance.

For those of you Aion players, they will also feature an in-game Wonder Girls performance, which is kind of cool right? But the best part is, with the release of Aion 2.0, we’ll all be able to get “2 Different Tears,” Wonder Girls costumes in-game! (Yes, we play Aion – Zikel!).

Anyway, for full details and instructions on how to attend the event, click here.

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