♦ NHL 2K9 Hands-On

Can a simplified control scheme help 2K regain the NHL gaming crown? Until last year, 2K Sports had been the undisputed king of hockey games. But with NHL 08, longtime rival Electronic Arts took the crown away from 2K. With development on NHL 2K9 moving to its Marin studio and a dedication to simplify the bloated control scheme, 2K is hoping to return to prominence with this year's iteration.	1 vote

♦ Panic At The Disco Working On 'Pretty Awesome' New Material, May Direct Next Video Themselves

Panic at the Disco are writing songs for their follow-up to Pretty. Odd and are considering directing the video for their next "secret" single themselves.	1 vote

♦ O’Donnell quits blogging

Actress-turned-TV personality Rosie O'Donnell has decided to take a break from posting news on the internet because she has become addicted to blogging. The comedienne regularly posts her thoughts and opinions on her official website, allowing fans to respond with their comments and advice.	1 vote

♦ TCA Wrapup Roundup: Welcome to the Dollhouse

America's TV critics are picking the cocktail spears from their clothing, heading for LAX and embarking for their home cities, having concluded one of the weirder TV critics' press tours in a while. Weird because there was relatively little new TV to preview in it. Largely because of the writer's strike...	1 vote

♦ Thinktank linked to Gordon Brown breached charity laws

The Charity Commission voiced "concern" that the Smith Institute had frequently held events at 11 Downing Street, and ordered the organisation's trustees to bolster governance. The institute's trustees have now been ordered to carry out a review of its procedures and report back to the commission in six months' time.	1 vote

♦ The woman who sees angels, literally

If someone claims that he or she talks to angels every day, the person might be seen with a subtly skeptical eye. But somehow Lorna Byrne is different. Lorna Byrne claims in her autobiography, Angels in my Hair', that she has been communicating with angels since she was a child.	1 vote

♦ Jessica Alba poses with baby on cover of OK! magazine (AP)

NEW YORK (AP) One reason Jessica Alba named her baby daughter Honor was that she felt her own was pretty bland. "I was always irritated that my name was Jessica," the 27-year-old actress tells OK!	1 vote

♦ Gwen Stefani's fat fear

Gwen Stefani says being an overweight child has made her weight conscious. The No Doubt singer says she struggled with her weight when she was growing up and insists she has to work hard to maintain her figure.	1 vote

♦ Oasis Dig album

Oasis have unveiled the title of their new album. Their hotly-anticipated seventh studio effort, 'Dig Out Your Soul', will be released on October 6, and will be preceded by a new single, 'The Shock Of The Lightning' on September 29.	1 vote

♦ Ali Larter's 'juicy butt'

'Heroes' actress Ali Larter is proud of her "juicy butt". The 32-year-old star revealed she was once told to lose weight by movie bosses but refused to conform to the idea of the perfect Hollywood body.	1 vote

♦ Life on Vacation: Live like a Rockefeller in quaint Woodstock

No, it's not that Woodstock — not the one where Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and friends played in 1969. That's in New York. This is Vermont's Woodstock, where Laurance Rockefeller and his socialite friends played during countless summers from the 1960s through the 1980s. With its golf courses...	1 vote

♦ They say it got smart: a 2008 review of the PS3

Back in the crazy days before the current generation of gaming consoles, the console you bought at retail was the console you had for the life of the hardware. My SNES acts exactly the same now as it did when it was first released, and outside of the addition of Xbox Live, the first Xbox system remained largely unchanged throughout the hardware's life cycle. Those days are long over...	1 vote

♦ Free Chronotebooks at the Muji Times Square store this Friday!

(Credit: MUJI U.S.A. To celebrate the opening of their newest Times Square flagship location, Japanese retail store MUJI will give away 500 "Chronotebooks," their unique take on the classic (read: boring) paper planner. (Credit: MUJI U.S.A.)MUJI's second store in New York, located at 620 Eighth Avenue, will offer exactly 2,170 items at the time of the opening...	1 vote

♦ Angelina Jolie Tops Motorcycle Movie Poll.

Angelina Jolie Tops Motorcycle Movie Poll.... Angelina Jolie's action-packed motorcycle chase in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider has been named the best two-wheeled movie moment of all time, in a poll by biker fans. The actress' bike chase in the 2001 hit computer game adaptation topped of a poll issued by U.K. bike insurers Bennetts beating legendary ac...	1 vote

♦ Mr Big Fooled Fans While Filming Sex Movie.

Mr Big Fooled Fans While Filming Sex Movie.... Actor Chris Noth often teased journalists during filming for Sex And The City: The Movie in order to keep fans guessing about the plot of the long-anticipated film. The cast went to extreme measures to ensure the storyline was kept secret, even filming several alternate endings on the streets of New York to confuse onlookers.	1 vote

♦ Ubisoft: no acquisitions, more focus on casual games

It's good to know that Ubisoft isn't planning on joining the acquisition game, but then again, after EA and Activision are done, there probably won't be much left to acquire. According to statements by Movistar's José Santos Esteras, the company has a deal with Apple to begin distributing the iPhone in Spain. Senior Windows Systems C++ Programmer at StackSafe, Inc. Developer at youDevise, Ltd.	1 vote

♦ Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly new single Keep Singing Out

Following the success of his recently released second album ‘Searching For The Hows And Whys’, Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly releases new single ‘Keep Singing Out’ on 12th May on Atlantic Records. The single, a massively uplifting, album highlight, will be available on limited edition 7” vinyl. The B-side will feature Get Cape&#...	1 vote

♦ Reynolds Wants Kids With Johansson.

Reynolds Wants Kids With Johansson.... Scarlett Johansson's engagement to Ryan Reynolds could be followed by another big announcement, because the actor is desperate for kids. The couple made the big announcement on Monday (5May08) a year after they hooked up, following 31-year-old Reynolds' split from singer Alanis Morissette.	1 vote