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Zune HD: First touch screen Zune?
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: HDTV, Microsoft, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Rumors,
If what you see above is truly the Zune HD, the next iteration of Microsoft’s flagship PMP, then color us both curious and impressed. Impressed by the seemingly high definition screen, curious at the lack of the Zune hardware’s calling card, the Zune pad. Could we be looking at the first touch screen Zune, sporting an HD display? If so, we’d like one immediately. Time to make some phone calls.
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| Engadget
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Sex and the City Sequel Spoilers!
The Sex and the City big-screen sequel is a done deal. The wheels are in motion. The train has left the station. And the spoiler excitement has only just begun. What will happen in the Sex-y new flick? Where will life take Carrie and Big?
Do you really want to know? Follow the jump to get Sex and the City sequel spoilers.
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Read More | MSNBC
Video recording coming with next iPhone
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Apple, Cameras, Smartphones, Handhelds, Rumors,
We’ve been hearing that video recording would be coming to the iPhone for a while, but now we’ve got the evidence to back it up. Our friends over at MacRumors got ahold of a leaked screenshot showing a toggle within the Camera app that lets you choose between snapping a photo and recording a video. In order to enable the feature, plist config files in the current iPhone 3.0 firmware need to be edited so as to make it appear that a video camera is present. Other hidden features include a compass, camera auto-focus, and voice control, which we assume is for voice dialing.
One would imagine that new features like these would require some sort of newly updated iPhone to take advantage of them. Coincidentally, the iPhone 3.0 software will be made available in June—just in time for the next iPhone to launch. We are officially excited.
Read More | MacRumors
Zac Efron, the Movie Star
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,
High School Musical icon Zac Efron may not be Footloose, but he’s still got plenty of potential projects to consider. Fans will soon see Efron starring as a younger version of Matthew Perry in 17 Again, yet another movie based on adults going back to adolescence. It’s also rumored that Efron will be featured in the next chapter of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and will co-star in the sequel to Hairspray.
Efron is playing it coy when it comes to both rumored projects, telling reporters that he would be happy to be involved in the Pirates project. Rumor has it that Johnny Depp is currently in talks to work on the flick. “It sounds like a good idea,” Efron said of the potential Hairspray sequel, which is not yet confirmed.
He may, however, have wrecked his chances to become a leading man for Judd Apatow. In 17 Again, Efron shares an on-screen kiss with actress Leslie Mann…otherwise known as Mrs. Apatow.
Read More | MSNBC
Google To Buy Twitter?
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Google, Internet, Rumors,
Rumor has it that Google may be buying Twitter. Michael Arrington of TechCrunch reports that he has two unnamed sources who say that they are in the late stages of negotiations. Twitter already turned down an offer from Facebook, although that deal involved overvalued stock. Google plans on paying cash and/or public stock. We guess that this is a win-win for both. Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone have already sold Blogger to Google and considering that tweeting is more popular all the time, this will involve big profits down the line.
Read More | TechCrunch
Exclusive: Twitter integration coming to OnStar
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Internet, Transportation,
OnStar users, look out—Twitter is about to become a part of your experience. How so? Well, being an owner of a couple of Cadillacs with OnStar built-in, we sometimes receive surveys or phone calls asking us how we are liking things. Nothing out of the ordinary. However, in today’s survey, I found a portion that was particularly interesting:
“While in your vehicle, you can use OnStar to submit and retrieve tweets (messages) via your Twitter account. Using OnStar’s Voice-Activated Hands-Free Calling system, and having your voice converted into text, you can provide updates which would appear in the “What are you doing?” section of your Twitter homepage. It is also possible to listen to a tweet that was sent to you by someone else after it has been converted into voice. You can send and receive tweets without having to type or read anything.”
Did you get that? Voice to text conversion using your in-car hands-free system so that you can both post to Twitter, and hear what is going on with your friends. Kind of crazy when you first think about it, but after a few minutes, you can start to imagine some cool uses. You can voice-tweet something like “I’m headed to downtown Seattle, where can I find the best slice of pizza?” You can then listen for responses, and when you hear one, have OnStar direct you to that location. Or you can just, you know, mess around on Twitter while driving without trying to juggle your iPhone and the steering wheel.
No word on when exactly the service will go live. Oh, and you can follow Gear Live on Twitter.
LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian Heat Up LIfetime’s Ratings
I guess it’s like they say - there’s no such thing as bad publicity.
Those curious to see LeAnn Rimes and Eddie Cibrian’s on-screen action (we’ve already seen the off-screen version), gave Lifetime its best numbers of the year. Saturday’s premiere of Northern Lights, an adaptation of a Nora Roberts novel, was watched by approximately 4.5 million voyeurs. That’s the largest audience the cable channel has seen for one of its movies in 2009.
According to Us Weekly, the costars - both married - have been engaging in an affair since filming the project last fall. Although Cibrian has denied any wrongdoing, the country singer has only said that this is a “difficult time” for her and her loved ones.
Read More | Hollywood Reporter
Anne Hathaway to Get Happy
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Movies, Music, Child Stars, Rumors,
Anne Hathaway, who learned how to Get Smart with Steve Carell last year, will soon figure out how to Get Happy, too.
The statuesque star will play screen and stage legend Judy Garland on both the stage and screen, in the upcoming adaptation of the star’s 2001 biography Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland. Hathaway is the first big name to be attached to the project, which is still in early stages. Though stage and movie rights have been purchased, no directors or writers have been tapped.
Read More | Entertainment Weekly
LeAnn Rimes Reportedly Has Affair with Married Eddie Cibrian
Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Music, Television, Hook-ups, Videos, Rumors,
UPDATE: You can see surveillance footage of Rimes and Cibrian together here.
CELEBRITY PR TIP #124: If you’re going to put yourself in a questionable situation, at least wait until after your promotional tour is over.
Just days before her new made-for-TV movie is set to debut, LeAnn Rimes has become the focus of unwanted media attention. The star of Lifetime’s Northern Lights is now having to skirt rumors of a possible affair.
According to Us Weekly, the married country singer has been romantic with Eddie Cibrian, the costar of her Nora Roberts adaptation. Cibrian, who was recently seen playing a cheating husband on several episodes of Ugly Betty, is a married father of two. (RANDOM SIDE NOTE: Tori Spelling also met Dean McDermott while filming a Lifetime movie.)
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American Idol Tell-All: A Real Possibility?
Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Music, Prime Time, Reality, FOX, American Idol, Gossip, Rumors,
Rumors have been brewing for years that someone is penning an American Idol tell-all that will divulge all the dirty details many viewers already suspect. One blogger claims to have a “tipster” who has new information on the rumored tome.
The book is reportedly being penned by an ex-employee of the popular reality series. According to the unnamed source, juicy details to be featured in the upcoming novel include: “medication/drug issues of Paula” and details about her “two gallon-size Ziploc bags full of orange prescription bottles, as well as dozens of loose pills at the bottom of each bags.”
It will also describe details about Idol plants, long rumored but scarcely confirmed, and deals they have “worked out with the show” that allow them to “avoid the audition process.” Another tidbit tells us that the book will also delve into song choice and producer persuasion therein, suggesting that some contestants are forcibly compelled to change their choices.
But this is not the first time these rumors have surfaced - nor the first time someone was supposed to be writing a book about them. Is the American Idol tell-all a real possibility…or just another TV show myth? Doesn’t it make more sense to believe that any ex-employees of the show who might have some sensitive information have long since signed non-disclosure agreements?
Read More | Evil Beet Gossip
