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Mariah Carey Pregnant With Baby Boy?

10/26/2010 06:20:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

A bouncing baby boy for pop powerhouse Mariah Carey?

The blogosphere is abuzz with reports that the 41-year-old singer is expecting her first child — a son — with husband Nick Cannon, 30. The notoriously private Carey has remained tight-lipped on rumors that she is harboring an occupied uterus. We now hear, however, that Mariah will confirm her pregnancy sometime in the next two weeks, during the promo tour for her hotly-anticipated holiday album, Merry Christmas II You — dropping Nov. 2 already a smash on Billboard’s new holiday singles chart.

“She’s having a boy, but the reason that Mariah didn’t want to say anything is because she is 40, and she’s superstitious,” whispers a snitch. “But she’s going to appear on Oprah and The View, so she’s planning on making the announcement soon.”

The Veronicas PETA Ad

10/26/2010 06:18:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , 0 Comments


Australia pop dup The Veronicas have joined the ranks of celebs speaking out against the use of fur in a graphic new advertising campaign.

Singing twin sisters Jess and Lisa Origliasso flew in to Sydney this week to unveil their gory new anti-animal cruelty advertisement in cooperation with controversial animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA).

While The Veronicas don’t go naked like many of PETA’s other celebrity centerfolds — ie: Eva Mendes, Kimora Lee Simmons, and fellow Australian Sophie Monk — the ad shocks nevertheless. Smartly-dressed, Jess and Lisa each hold a skinned rabbit with the caption “Here’s the Rest of Your Fur Coat” in a mock fashion shoot.

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Teaser Trailer for Justin Bieber's Movie 'Never Say Never' Arrives

10/26/2010 04:18:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

The first sneak peek to Justin Bieber's movie "Never Say Never" has been provided in a form of teaser trailer. A courtesy of ET Online, the snippet includes glimpses of footage from the YouTube sensation's childhood and comments from his mentor Usher as well as some female fans.

Said to be more than a biopic, "Never Say Never" is made to "tell the underdog story of where he [Bieber] came from." Jon Chu, who is on board to direct the movie, has previously teased, "There's not going to be acted-out scenes and I can't talk about the rest. It's not your typical concert film and it's not going to be a biopic ... but it is about his life. I think it's more of a documentary."

"[It's] a movie for his fans, a movie for people who don't know him," the helmer added. Moreover, Bieber has invited his fans to take part in the film, asking them to submit a home video of themselves singing along to Bieber's "That Should Be Me" or they should "Show us how 'U Smile' " by sending in a photo or video.

"Never Say Never" will be made in 3-D and is slated to be Valentine's Day movie, securing February 11, 2011 slot.

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With OS X Lion, It’s No Longer Point & Click, It’s Flick & Swipe

10/26/2010 04:18:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


It feels like we’re on the verge of something — “feel” being the keyword. Personal computing has more or less been the same for a few decades now. It’s the mouse, the keyboard, the monitor, and the machine. With things like notebook computers, this has been altered a bit, but it’s the same basic idea. But with the rise of smartphones and now tablets, the whole concept is finally starting evolve. And it looks like OS X Lion will be a key to this transition.

On stage last week during their Back to the Mac event, Apple gave a sneak peak at some of what they have in store for the next version of OS X. Of note, CEO Steve Jobs made it very clear that it has been born out of the concept of “OS X meets iPad”. In other words, OS X meets iOS, Apple’s touch-based operating system.

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1000 Windows Phone 7 apps now available, here are my top 5

10/26/2010 04:18:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , 0 Comments

Something I have experienced and enjoyed on iOS, Android, and Symbian devices over the past couple of years is the initial launch of official app stores. I am experiencing that joy of discovery and thrill of the hunt daily on the couple of Windows Phone 7 devices I am testing out with daily revelations. According to the folks at WPCentral Microsoft has now passed the 1,000 app mark and we are still two weeks away from the US launch of actual smartphones.

I now have just over 30 apps loaded on the HTC Surround and wanted to share with you some of my thoughts on the ones I have been using the most and consider my top 5. This list will obviously change over the next couple of weeks when devices hit the street here, but it will be interesting to see how the number of apps and usage of them change over time.
  • Shazam: I am horrible at remembering songs I hear on the radio and have come to rely on Shazam on my devices. The version for Windows Phone 7 is even more useful to me since it has a Zune button so you can quickly conduct a Marketplace search and get the song from the Zune Marketplace.
  • Netflix: The Netflix app was one of the first I installed and I used it to watch a couple of movies via WiFi and 3G. The performance is quite good and it is handy to be able to watch videos on long commutes.
  • Weatherbug: The Weatherbug app is fairly new and is one of the first we see that has support for a custom live tile. With the Weatherbug app loaded and the option for the tile selected you will see you local weather location, condition, and temperature appear on the tile on your Start screen.
  • Twitter: There is no Twitter integration included in Windows Phone 7, but there are a couple of apps. The official Twitter app is easily the better performing one at this time and works as well as it does on Android. Unfortunately, it does not work in the background so every time you leave and come back or have the display off and turn it on again you will see your Twitter stream refresh.
  • Flowerz: There are several games available now, but one of my favorite is Flowerz. This game is also what has my wife stealing the Samsung Focus from me daily and is one reason she is seriously considering a move to the T-Mobile HTC HD7 device. Flowerz is an enjoyable matching game that lets you earn Xbox LIVE achievements.

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Tokyo Film Fest Suppressed By China – Vivian Hsu in Tears

10/26/2010 04:17:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments

Vivian Hsu Ruo Xuan cried! Because of Taiwan’s representing film group, is suppressed by China at Tokyo’s Film Fest, Taiwan’s artists were completely not able to step on the red carpet in their prepared outfits, nor to step on stage, given unequal treatment, Vivian couldn’t help the sadness swelling up. The news director of the film bureau returned to Taiwan with the team in the evening, talking about the suppression they went through, talking of Taiwan’s film welcomed by the Japanese, chokingly couldn’t hold back his upset emotions.

News bureau of film director Frank Chen: “Taiwan film is great! Japanese Ah! Japanese really likes us Taiwan. (Jia You! Jia You!) Once I think of this, I’m a little choked! Sorry! I shouldn’t really behave so impolitely.”

Speaking of Taiwanese film shining internationally, film bureau director Frank Chen was choked into tears, artists traveling along to Tokyo were also in verge of tears; because of suppression by China at the film festival. Director Li Gang: “A one China issue is of course a bigger problem than a film!”

Director Li Gang didn’t even finish his sentence, Vivian on the side couldn’t hold back and cried, using her hands to wipe tears. Ethan Ruan quickly patted Vivian on the shoulders to comfort her, and showed eye contact with crew members to get tissue. With Vivian in an emotional state, she turned around to cover her emotions.

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Dell Venue Pro to spawn Android version; WP7 presales tip Nov 8 release

10/26/2010 04:17:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments


Dell’s Venue Pro will apparently be bringing its QWERTY sliding action to Android, with the company apparently planning a second version of the 4.1-inch touchscreen smartphone running Google’s mobile OS. That’s the word from PC World, which has also flagged up presales of the existing Windows Phone 7 Venue Pro kicking off at Amazon UK.

Amazon aren’t the only ones, either. Expansys also has the Venue Pro listed for £499.99, while Clove undercuts them both at a mere £440.63. All three retailers list initial availability as November 8 2010.

The Dell Venue Pro, like other Windows Phone 7 devices, has a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512MB of RAM and 1GB ROM, along with 8GB of internal storage, a 5-megapixel camera and WiFi b/g/n. The display is a 4.1-inch WVGA OLED panel with a Gorilla Glass screen.

Microsoft Not So Keen On HD Re-Releases For The Xbox 360

10/26/2010 04:16:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , 0 Comments


From Ico to God of War to Sly to Beyond Good & Evil, the PlayStation 3 is currently being inundated by high definition ports of classic PS2 games. The Xbox 360? Notsomuch.

"I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea," Microsoft Game Studios Corporate Vice President Phil Spencer told IGN. "I'm going to think about it from the customer's perspective, and are we really delivering something of value to the customer at a price that they want?"

"We obviously have a lot of new things going on, so the thought of re-doing a bunch of things is probably difficult to just weave into the overall portfolio. If you can provide real value to the customer, there could be possibilities for that, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about it."

Really? We wish you would. Sega's offerings of games like Crazy Taxi are OK, but some bigger, boxed games from Microsoft's own studios would be better. A HD remake of Halo 1 - complete with Xbox Live multiplayer - is an obvious wish, but shiny versions of Project Gotham Racing 2 and Fable would also be great, thanks!

Microsoft: HD Remakes Not a Focus

[IGN]

AKB48's "Beginner" ships 1 million copies for release

10/26/2010 04:15:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , 0 Comments


Sports Hochi reports that AKB48's 18th single, "Beginner," will have an initial shipment of 1.03 million copies for its release on October 27. Although not likely, this gives it the opportunity to sell one million copies in its first week, which has not happened since Hikaru Utada's 1999 hit "Addicted To You."

This is a record initial shipment for AKB48. In addition to the group's expanding popularity, "Beginner" has also been attracting a lot of attention because of its controversial music video. Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima ("Kokuhaku", "Kamikaze Girls"), the video had to be edited for television due to its theme of violence. As a result, it was recently decided that the unedited version will only be available through the mobile download service Recochoku.

AKB48's sales have been very strong so far this year. Their last two singles consecutively sold more than half a million copies in the first week, making them only the third female artist to achieve that (the other two are Hikaru Utada and Ayumi Hamasaki).

Early sales indicators are positive. According to the PR office of music store Tower Records, reservations for "Beginner" surpassed AKB48's previous single "Heavy Rotation," even though the reservation period this time was shorter.

Chinese fans want Taecyeon and Yoona to get married

10/26/2010 04:13:00 PM kenmouse , Posted in , , , , , , 0 Comments


For fun, Chinese fans of Korean entertainment tried to pair up their favorite idols to see who would make the best married couple. A survey was held on the popular Chinese website ‘baidu,‘ asking users which Korean celebrities should be a couple on “We Got Married”.

The survey included the following ‘couples’:
  1. 2PM’s Taecyeon and SNSD’s Yoona
  2. 2PM’s Wooyoung and SNSD’s Taeyeon
  3. T-ara’s Jiyeon and Yoo Seung Ho
  4. Shin Min Ah and Lee Seung Gi
  5. Big Bang’s G-Dragon and Wonder Girls‘ Sohee
  6. Yoon Si Yoon and Shin Se Kyung
  7. SHINee’s Minho and KARA’s Goo Hara
  8. Big Bang’s Daesung and KARA’s Jiyoung

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