Fans Flocking To See 'Sex And The City' - In The
City

NEW YORK (AP) - Forget the Empire State Building.Some New York tourists are eager to see the city's other landmarks: Carrie's stoop, Charlotte's gallery and that restaurant where Samantha threw a martini in a boyfriend's face.[...] Read more!

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Sumitomo Chemical Will Have 40-Inch OLED Panels
Ready To Go In 2009

Japanese company Sumitomo Chemical expects to launch the production and sales of OLED panels 40-inches and larger next year. The chem company is currently looking at possible partnerships in Japan, but claims to be developing macromolecule-type OLED panels which can be produced using ink-jet printing, lowering production costs and allowing the company to focus on larger panel sizes.Via Japan Corporate News

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DTV2009: Orlando Testing Out Digital Switch
Starting June 25

Wilmington, NC's planned digital switch this September 8 is getting all the attention, but 11 Orlando, Florida stations are planning their own analog shut-off testing, starting this June 25 at 8 PM. The participating stations include WESH, WKMG, WFTV, WCEU, WKCF, WMFE, WVEN, WRDQ, WOTF, WTGL and WBCC and two more tests will follow the initial June 25 switch. So far tests in Las Vegas have gone off without a hitch, but some concerns have been raised about the Wilmington switch being smack dab in the middle of North Carolina's hurricane season.Via Engadget HD

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DTV2009: Wilmington Won't Pull Analog Plug In
Event Of A Hurricane, We Sure Hope Not

After concerns were raised about the September 8 Wilmington analog shut-off falling right in the middle of North Carolina's hurricane season, the FCC has assured city officials that should a hurricane or tropical depression occur prior to shut-off day, the test would be postponed. Kevin Martin, FCC chair, also pointed out that coming February 17, 2009 when the entire country switches to digital the country will be forced to deal with all kinds of similar issues. Additionally, one of the main reasons for the digital switch is to free up spectrum for a nation-wide public emergency alert system.Via Broadcasting & Cable

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The Real World Hollywood: Joeys Intervention -
and Rehab

In just a few short weeks, Joey has officially been made The Real World’s most hot-headed, out of control, male cast member in the history of the show.There may have been more scary cast members in the past, but the way that he was portrayed this past week was beyond scary for his roommates on [...]

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MySpace Karaoke: The Best and the Worst

MySpace Karaoke launched last week and I finally got around to checking it out today. Since MySpace is a pretty awesome place for music, it just makes sense that the site would be the home for a bunch of randoms to achieve web superstardom via karoake. YouTube has already done it, so why not MySpace?What [...]

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Aliens in America gets axed

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Two weeks ago, I posted about Aliens in America's Adhir Kalyan landing an important recurring role on FX's Nip/Tuck. At the time I reported that news, it was unknown if The CW comedy would be renewed or not but it sure didn't smell good for the series since Kalyan, one of the show's star, got that other gig and rumors claimed that Scott Patterson was shopping around for a new job.

The grim reaper made a new victim: Aliens in America was canceled this week.

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America's Next Top Model: Buh-Bye Brotha!

This week's penultimate episode of Cycle 10 found me a bit under the weather. You see, life in Rome isn't always cactus hats and romantic rendezvous with smolderingly sexy signorini in shadowed streets. (But sometimes it is.) No, there are times when Rome is a blanket of pollen that covers you every time you step outside causing your nose to go bonkers and your eyes to water like you're back in 1997 watching Titanic (allergies) for the very first time. Hooray for allergies! So, you can see why I was worried that another horrible episode would send me over the brink. But no, somehow the cosmos aligned and the unthinkable happened. The judges finally spoke with the voice of reason and seemed to apply rationale to their commendations and criticisms. Miracle of Miracles! I'm thrilled!

If you need something else to get you excited, just think about these big hands. And you know what big hands mean. Big... gloves.

Like every week, we open to the girls ruminating over the previous panel. Unsurprisingly, Whitney's concerned that she was in the bottom two for two weeks running. We get all sorts of model math like this week will be really hard because since there's four models, half of them will be in the final two! Dominique readily observes that you have to be the best out of the bunch. Gee, doll, I was so confused as to what the goal was the last ten weeks!I'm reminded of a quick aside that I wanted to bring up this week when Anya interviews that she can't be concerned with the other girls but can only focus on doing her best - her hair is all dolled up in big sausage curls, a look we haven't seen before. BUT STILL, she is wearing the same red tank top that she always does in every interview. I've noticed for weeks that the girls have been wearing the same clothes in the cut-away interviews while the degree of their makeup and hairstyles have varied greatly. I apparently never put two and two together and thought this out - hey, maybe I'm not so good at model math. Do you think production really has the girls change into the same top for the sake of continuity when they interview them periodically throughout filming? I'm thinking more and more that the answer is yes and I don't know why that seems so crazy to me because there are a lot of practical applications for it. It probably does a better job of helping keep the winner a secret. I also remember reading an interview with Elyse from Cycle 1 where she complained that the show was edited to use some unflattering footage from the first week of shooting in the last couple episodes that showed her ranting about the other contestants. She got her panties in a bunch because apparently, she wasn't hating on the other girls at that point in the game, and she claimed that everyone could tell because her hair and shirt were from another pre-makeover episode. So maybe the producers wizened up and instituted this same-shirt rule to deceive us viewers? All the better to manipulate you with, my dear! Stumbling into the glampartment, the girls are shocked to find the walls covered with pictures of Cycle 9 winner Saleisha. I'm sort of like, WTF, but Dominique at least seems to have been anticipating this because according to her, the pictures of Saleisha are "finally" up. Also, ouch Saleisha, this is quite the downgrade because Jaslene's pictures were pictured all over the permanent LA digs instead of just randomly brought in by the Tyra Bunny for half an episode in the temporary abroad residence. Dominique drones on about how she and Saleisha are born winners before retiring to the bedroom to sleep off her headache. Fatima, Whit, and Anya wait the requisite three seconds after she's left the room before bashing her to pieces. Anya has temporarily forgotten how much all the competition-bashing bothered her last week and she joins in on the fun. I'll obviously allow it considering how much Dominique's idiocy gets under my skin. Well. The producers have kept us in the dark on an important little secret - Dominique's a big, fat, pig. And yes, I use the term "important" loosely because I'm pretty certain an appetite are lack thereof isn't enough to keep you from the Top Model crown so long as you still have a banging body in your shots. Whit however is profoundly disturbed that Dominique "eats worse than I do!" But horror of horrors, the biggest crime here is that she's stealing Whit's food! Clearly, Dom's a fool if she tries get between Whit and her banana bread or potato latkes that we know she's terribly fond of.

ME WANT FOOD!

Well, cue another soliloquy from Dominique about how she's in it to win it and how in her own esteemed opinion, she's the most improved of the girls. Oh, doll, did anyone ever explain the difference between MIP and MVP to you? I was voted most improved on my high school's soccer team but that certainly doesn't mean they would have wallowed helplessly if I didn't show for a game. This show isn't called America's Most Improved Model... although AMIM would be a fun acronym.For the next challenge, the girls roll up to a park that's a few blocks from my apartment. Excuse me while I curse myself for not being superintuitive enough to have figured this out while they were filming last winter. You know Mr. Jay probably wears enough cologne that you could smell him from kilometers away.Anywho, they happen upon Paulina, frolicking through a meadow with a midget. The midget is actually a photographer named Francesco and he's here to teach the girls what goes on behind the camera. According to Paulina, good models must know what is happening on the other side of the lens to be at their most successful. I can't believe it, a challenge that is actually useful! Also, is Francesco legitimately a fashion photographer? Because he's rocking a long sweater coat not unlike the ones that were popular way back during my sophomore year of high school. So apparently bad American fashion is just like bad American pop music: they both head to Europe to die.

Fall into the Gap!

There's lots of playtime as the girls boss each other around and pretend to shoot each other (obviously with cameras, not guns). To introduce the actual challenge, Paulina brings out Ann Shoket, EIC from Seventeen. The peanut gallery titters with excitement. Well, semi-enthusiastic excitement at least.The challenge goes a little something like this: Each girl will have five minutes to photograph Paulina. They will then be graded on how well they work with P-Dubs (that's right, I'm bringing it back) as well as how good their photographs turn out. This week's prize is an extra 50 frames at the next shoot. Which, like, cool and all, but I'll take Anya's $10,000 check or Claire's Bora Bora trip thankyouverymuch.Fatima's up first and very calmly directs Paulina into a variety of poses. Dominique coerces Paulina into a lot of awkward positions including propping her leg up onto a high wall. Dominique gives no worthwhile direction, instead telling P-Dubs, "Have fun! Whatever you feel like you want to flow and do, I want you to do that!" Paulina cries foul and says that she doesn't have a good idea of Dominique's direction as a photographer. In Dominique's defense, the girls are coming off of a shoot with Tyra whose completely nonsensical vision was about whored up Renaissance ladies on the Sunset Strip. Now, won't you excuse me for a moment while I go pick my own jaw up off the floor because I just defended Dominique?Whitney incorporates the foliage in the background into her shots. Even Dominique confesses that Whitney seems to be doing a very professional job of communicating. Paulina liked that Whit didn't hesitate. Yay, Whit! Anya has all sorts of crazy ideas like throwing a pile of leaves in the air and actually tells Paulina to check out some leaves on a plant "like you're curious." Anya, babe, I'm pretty sure even Curious George wouldn't be interested in some half-dead leaves on some veiny old plants. Paulina thinks that Anya needs to narrow her focus.

"I will narrow my gaze at you in an attempt to get you to narrow your crazy."

After Ann and Paulina review the film, it's pretty clear that Dominique and Anya bit it while Whitney and Fatima rocked it. Fatima wins it (booo) because her film had the most options. Fatima nearly fake cries it up because she's so overcome with emotion from winning her first challenge. I know that in the judges eyes, Whitney's in the lead for the fakest girl of the competition, but does anyone feel like Fatima should be at the top of that list instead? At least Whitney's real to people's faces whereas I feel like Fatima's always busy giving us some whole inane show of gratitude or whatever.Back at the house, Fatima works on her runway while Dominique feels free to criticize. Yet again I find myself agreeing with Dom (people, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE??) who blasts Fatima for the awkward swively thing that she does at the end of the runway when she should be holding her pose. The same awkward swively thing that she kept doing at the Cover Girl commercial shoot! Fatima gets all hot and bothered about the unsolicited advice but before we can hear how she really feels, Dominique drowns her out with the "Ode to Dominique's self-confidence" (long version). Of course, Dominique's blind to the fact that the other girls are sending her their best "shut the eff up" stares. Even Anya interviews about how annoying it is to live with Dominique. I'm pretty sure Anya has never said a mean thing about any of the other contestants so if she's outwardly bothered, then circumstances must be dire. Another Mona Tyra Mail: "They're out for blood, but they'll give you a taste of fame." Anya thinks this has something to do with lots of guys... has she embraced her super pale skin and spent her time hooking up with vampires? How else do you take blood + fame = guys? The van drops the girls off at the bottom of a staircase that they ascend to find Mr. Jay. Quick, check out the cameraman who is blatantly in the left side of the shot! Some editor fell asleep on the job! Jay's also wearing quite the jacket which I'm pretty sure he fashioned out of his favorite Chanel purse.

Bag Hag

Jay explains that this week's shoot will be a nighttime one where the girls will be styled like 50s movie stars and they'll be stalked by the paparazzi. So, obvi we need a photographer who knows what it's like to be in the public eye, right? Who else could it be besides Nigel? Swoon.

I'll show him my public eye. Wait, what?

In hair and makeup, Jay coaches the girls to be cinematic (translation: move around!) while they shoot. A sexy male model arrives to play the role of "hot Euro boyfriend" for the shoot and I'm a little conflicted because I won't know where to look if he and Nigel happen to get on camera at the same time. Fatima interviews that she's nervous about shooting with a guy because she's never had a boyfriend. Oh honey, just fake it till you make it. Good advice that can apply to nearly every aspect of life, but especially here.Anya's first on set and holy eyebrows! Is this what they did in the 50s? I think the makeup artists layered tar over her existing platinum brows. She kind of looks like Jennifer Connelly from certain angles. The key theme of the shoot that needs to be hammered home is that the girls need to look as if they've been caught by the paparazzi. Anya struggles to do this and instead looks like she's modeling too much. Jay tries to distract her while Nigel shoots to get a more genuinely surprised look from her and he seems to be pleased with the results. Still, he thinks that Anya shouldn't need to have the shots pulled from her and should be able to summon them herself by this point in the competition. Anya knows this wasn't her best shoot and looks really disappointed when she heads back into hair and makeup.Fatima thinks she's got a huge advantage with the extra frames she has on her shot. Nigel literally walks her through the shoot and shows her all sorts of ways she could play it. My favorite Nigel walk is the cute little "sultry" trot that he does. Jay chimes in and tells her the importance of being in motion and looking like she's been caught. Fatima sort of sways around the actor and even turns her back to the camera! Jay's peeved off the charts. "Hey Fatima," he shouts to her, "I just want to remind you, you do get 50 extra frames. Yeah, we might need those." Ooooo, bruciatura! Translation: Burn! I like me some feisty handbag Jay!Before she shoots the extra frames, Jay drags Fatima over to glance at the film and she admits that they're kinda bad. I'm thinking Jay might have a slightly more expressive word to use than "kinda." Round two is equally abysmal with Nigel announcing that he's bored stiff. In an effort to get some kind of emotion out of Fatima, Jay tells her to get in a fight with the actor-boyfriend and ahhh! Ahhh!! The stupid snarl face IS BACK. Please oh please oh pretty please let the judges realize this already!

It's really a coin toss as to who's a better Grimace.

Whitney wants to take a pretty picture so she decides to make a coy little "oh" face in every shot. Nigel tells her she's being too posey and she relaxes a bit. Jay tells her to interact more with the boy toy and that seems to bring out some better shots.Dominique does a lot of booty tooching (or whatever it was that Tyra called it) and Jay looks like he's seen a ghost of trannies past. Nigel makes fun of her and Jay looks bored. Since Jay was pretty vocal about everyone sucking across the board, all the girls are nervous for panel and I've gotta admit that the editors did their job this week because at this point, it seems like a toss up.At panel, Ann of Seventeen is this week's guest judge. As everyone checks out Anya's best shot, Tyra immediately brings up how her picture last week was the best of Anya so far in the competition. Thanks for bringing it back to you once again Tyra! You never disappoint.

"Anything you can do, I can do better! I can't hear you Jay! Back me up!"

Anya's shot:

Tyra thinks that Nigel's picture captures her real beauty. Nigel already had Anya's angles worked out from the previous nudie shoot. Still, Nigel thinks that Anya lucked into the picture because she happened to be surprised on the shoot, not because she was in control of it. Paulina revisits the energy that Anya brought to the shoots that she did with all the girls, but damn Paulina, maybe you should focus on your own girls for a minute! Let those puppies breathe!

Tyra thinks that Whitney looks gorgeous but doesn't look surprised. Paulina believes that this is the first picture that does justice to Whitney's beauty. Nigel notes that Whitney had a hard time getting into character. Tyra feels that Whitney should have played more helpless since the actor seemed so angry at the paparazzo and then imitates Whitney by doing her best Blue Steel. Hoolia says, okay, seriously, Whit's look isn't even close to anything Zoolander and while she doesn't look particularly shocked, she certainly looks more surprised than all of the other girls, except maybe Anya.

More fashion criticism for Dominique since she continually seems to wear the long tunic with tights combo. Tyra tells her to pull at her hips but Dom thinks this is a game of Tyra Says and proceeds to pull at every part of the garment except at her hips - Tyra didn't say! Nigel says that the shot is the softest one of the bunch while Mizz Jay gasps with horror. Paulina says what's on everyone's mind and calls a spade a spade. Dominique looks quite tranny and can't fight it. Tyra sympathizes because her face can take a lot of makeup so she frequently gets done up like Tyrone. Now there's something I would have liked to see in the recap show. But unlike Dominique, Tyra's got the know-how to figure out how to relax her facial features to counteract the heavy makeup. She instructs Dominique to do two poses - one hard and one soft. Dominique gets it right, but Hoolia thinks it's too little, too late.

Paulina's jealous of Fatima's shot for the second week in a row.l. Fatima explains how nervous she was because she's never had a boyfriend and... and Mizz Jay and Tyra cut her off. Girl, modeling's all about being what your not! Tyra points out that she had never been a couturier in a castle but she was last week! Couturier in a castle, eh Tyra? That sounds a bit classier than Renaissance woman strolling down Sunset Strip like Vivian Ward. Nigel's disappointed because Fatima had an extra 50 frames but the shot looks like a Cover Girl outtake. Tyra claims Nigel had everything set up perfectly for the shot but Fatima didn't bring it to the next level. Jay says it's nothing more than a pretty picture.Now, I normally skim over the judges deliberation since it's just a rehashing of what was already said to the girls, but there were a few fantastic revelations that I must discuss. Thank goodness Paulina points out that Fatima does not look caught in her picture and I am beyond thrilled that the judges are finally applying the theme of the shoot to the judging - they let other girls slide on stuff like this all the time and Fatima should definitely be penalized for not taking that to heart. Nigel pipes up and shares that Fatima was "quite snooty" (love those Brits) on set and ignored all the advice she was given. I'm over here doing a round of applause because again, FINALLY, Fatima's getting criticized for thd behavior that she's been exhibiting week after week. Ann of Seventeen thinks Whitney needs to be more va-va-voom and none of the other judges pipe up to say "Oh yeah, Tyra told her to dial down the sexy last week." Nigel thinks that Dominique isn't pretty enough to handle the Cover Girl contract that comes with the ANTM crown and Jay chips in, "That's why it's called Cover Girl, because it covers up the man in you!" LOL Jay, but wouldn't the product you're describing be called Cover Man?Tyra calls Anya then Whitney, leaving Fatima and Dominique in the final two. It might just be the Nyquill kicking in, but I'm over the moon right now. Either way, it's a win-win in my book. Fatima should have had an amazing shot because she had 50 extra frames but she only produced something ho-hum. Oh and she's a shitty listener, too. Dominique couldn't master the strong face and the judges are questioning how much she's really improved. Fatima gets saved and Dominique goes home.Ding-dong the witch is dead! Are you guys as excited to see Dominique go as I was - even though I agreed with her a lot in this episode? Am I allowed to just blame the allergy meds? How do you feel about the final three? As much as I'd love for Whitney to get to the end, I'd be happy with Anya. Still, I'm thinking that since it's another commercial, Fatima's (unfortunately) going to dominate that shoot. It was also hard to tell from the clip if they'll be speaking in English or Italian since Anya's equally difficult to understand in both languages. So, who are you rooting for?

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Jennie Garth will be part of the 90210 spin-off

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Actress Jennie Garth, who portrayed Kelly Taylor in almost 300 episodes of the hit series Beverly Hills, 90210, will appear on the series' spin-off set to premiere this coming fall season on The CW. The actress, who will appear in a recurring capacity on the spin-off, will reprise the same role that helped put her on the map in the 1990s.

It's not unusual to see original cast members make their way in spin-offs. And when said spin-offs have teens attending school, it's a regular occurrence to see the original cast member be part of the school's staff. Kelly Taylor is no exception here. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Kelly Taylor will become a guidance counselor at West Beverly Hills High. Nothing more is known at this point about the character and if other 90210 original cast members will join her on the show.

Jennie Garth was also part of the cast of What I Like About You and of Season 5 of Dancing with the Stars.

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TV Tonight: An American Crime on Showtime

An American Crime, which premieres tonight on Showtime, is certainly not going to be an easy film to watch. Even the trailer gives me the creeps. But that may be a credit to the performances in the film, which stars a handful of my favorite actors: Ellen Page, Catherine Keener, James Franco, and Bradley Whitford.

The film ? which showed at Sundance in 2007 before being purchased by Showtime ? is based on the true story of an Indiana woman (Keener) who abused a teenager in her care (Sylvia, played by Page) in 1960s Indianapolis. Keener's character, Gertrude, becomes a mother figure to Sylvia, who's living with Gertrude and her children while her parents are off traveling with a carnival. But somehow, Sylvia ends up on Gertrude's bad side ? a side with vindictive acts and horrifying consequences.

Some dialogue is taken from court transcripts about the case, which are chilling in the trailer and must be even more so over the course of a full movie. I'm not sure if I can sit through this movie without it turning my stomach, but the quality of actors involved is so high, I might give it a shot. The movie premieres at 9 p.m. tonight and will be available On Demand starting May 11. To check out the trailer, just

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