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We Will Beam Electricity Directly Into Your Brain -- No Wires Needed [Mad Engineering]
If you're sick of your laptop and mobile running out of power, fret no more. Researchers have invented a system of "wireless electricity" that powers up your devices without having to plug them in. Yesterday the CTO of Intel, Justin Rattner, wowed a crowd of journalists with the prototype for this wireless electricity system. Using an emitter device, Rattner beamed power to a lamp on stage, powering up the bulb from a distance. Sounds convenient, but many questions remain. Is it safe to wander through an en

Living The Hollywood High Life With ‘House Bunny’ Star And All-American Rejects Frontman Tyson Ritter
Being a movie star sure seems easy. Free screenings, hanging out with other celebrities and parties at the Playboy Mansion are just part of a day in the life. Well, this ascent onto the silver screen is something Tyson Ritter of The All-American Rejects is just getting used to. And let me tell you, after spending several hours on Ritter detail at the premiere of “The House Bunny” (which marks the head Reject’s film debut) I found out firsthand that superstardom does take its toll …

The Shiniest Stories Of The Week [Best Of The Week]
Locked yourself in the bathroom with the new copy of the Star Wars Force Unleased and Old Republic Campaign guidebooks? We understand, which is why we've compiled a list of the best stories of the week, just for you. 5 Manga Movies We Want to See After Akira Blows Everyone's Mind Just a temporal hop, skip and a jump away is 2009's live-action big screen version of Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira, but if the American adaptation of the manga/anime phenomenon that launched a thousand otaku is a smash success, what t

Why Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale named their boy “Zuma Nesta Rock”
Last night when the news broke that Gwen Stefani had her baby and named it Zuma but the gender wasn’t known yet the first thing I did was look up the name. Since it was listed as a girl’s name, and sounded pretty feminine to me, I made up an “it’s a girl” graphic, declared it a girl and hoped to call it a night. Then People came out with the news that the Stefani-Rossdale’s had decided to name their little boy Zuma and it became the latest addition to the ever-growing lis

Celebs News: Britney Spears, Jay Z, Sienna Miller and more in Mirror.co.uk’s Friday gossip round-up
The land of celebrity is going baby crazy. Spice Girl Mel C has just announced she’s expecting her first child, Matt Damon has had another baby girl, Gwen Stefani’s given birth to her second son as has Kirstie Allsop and old snake hips Ricky Martin is the proud father of twins, thanks to a surrogate mother – ask no questions. But of course, the best thing about stars reproducing is the weird and wonderful names they conjure up for their new additions. Gwen and husband Gavin have come

Darth Vader — Sith lord, dirty old man?
The latest entry into the "Star Wars" canon features a new, female character whose charms are not lost on Anakin Skywalker, the Jedi general on the brink of becoming the baddest bad guy the galaxy has ever known.Ahsoka Tano — who easily out-toughs even Princess Leia in her prime — is smart, sassy and skilled with a light saber. And despite that she's merely a teen 'toon, Ahsoka kicks up more chemistry in a few scenes with the animated Vader-in-waiting than the real-life Natalie Portman could muster over

Bigfoot Hunters Fess Up: Just A Joke Man [OMFG Bigfoot]
A CNN affiliate sat down with the two Georgia Bigfoot scam artists, where they explained that the whole Bigfoot "discovery" was just a joke that got way out of hand. "Now the two Georgia men admit that the hairy, icy blob was an Internet-purchased Sasquatch costume stuffed with possum roadkill and slaughterhouse leftovers." Legal actions are underway, according to CNN. I still say those two fellas almost got away with the perfect crime. [CNN] Read More:

What Do We Think of Ed Westwick’s Poetry, Kids?
Ed “Not Gay for Chace Crawford” Westwick has broken the cardinal rule of fame — never, ever, ever share your poetry with the media. (You hear me, Jewel?) Ed shared a poem he wrote (from memory!) with reporters at the launch of Coke’s new aluminum cans. He says he wrote it “at like six in the morning.” Um, something tells me the kind of coke going into Ed’s system doesn’t come in an aluminum can. Because, like, who the hell in their right mind just recites their own

Misty May-Treanor & Kerri Walsh Gold Medal Match - Olympic Pics
What more could any heterosexual sports fan ask for? Two tall women wearing white bikinis & playing beach volleyball...IN THE RAIN!! The stars truly aligned perfectly for the big gold medal match against China's top team of Tian Jia and Wang Jie, who are ranked second in the world behind May-Treanor and Walsh. At the end of the day, the American duo made Kung Pao chicken out of Jia & Jie & walked away with the gold. Ok, ok, it was a pretty close match with scores of 21-18 & 21-18, so nice try Chin

All Things Dancing with the Stars - Will Warren Sapp Tackle Dancing?
Dan Marino may not be joining Dancing with the Stars, but have no fear: You may still get your ...

President Bush: An 'Awfully Special' Wedding Weekend
As tiny Crawford, Texas, and surrounding towns emptied of wedding guests on Sunday, President Bush pronounced the weekend an "awfully special" one. And, by all accounts, an emotional one for the First Family. "Our little girl, Jenna, married a really good guy," the president told reporters on the tarmac before boarding Air Force One with First Lady Laura Bush and his parents for the return trip to Washington, D.C. The ultra-private wedding on Bush's gated ranch was the president's first turn at playi

Did Hayden Panettiere & Lindsay Lohan Have Lesbian New Years Sex?
Photo Credit: INFphoto.comPlease excuse this Friday Flashback coming so late in the day...These were snapped at a wild New Year’s Eve party late last December in Capri, Italy. Everyone knows that Lindsay Lohan swings both ways & it’s pretty obvious that when you put some alcohol inside a wild, barely legal midget, she’ll be down for pretty much anything. So with all that in hand, we’d have to say that at the minimum, Lindsay Lohan & Hayden Panettiere scissored until

Arts, Briefly: Cannes Winner to Open New York Film Festival
The 46th New York Film Festival will open with the North American premiere of “The Class” (“Entre les Murs”).

Poll: Which Baby Name Brings the Most Crazy?
We're nervous about letting Jason Lee roam free with the baby-naming book looking for a swell moniker for his new baby girl, after he named his son Pilot Inspektor. And while we know that the name of Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's newborn, Zuma Nesta Rock, has cool pop-cultural resonance, it still sounds more like the name of a Police CD than an offspring. Are these the kookiest celeb kid names ever, or are there others more unworthy? Take the poll below or leave us a comment to let us know how you fee

Lindsay Lohan’s Father Wants To Fight Kevin Federline For Charity
The father of actress Lindsay Lohan wants the fight to happen so that it can help raise funds for some undisclosed cancer charity on Long Island. “Everyone wants me to fight K-fed because he’s a notorious celebrity dad and so am I. It’s for charity,” he told OK! Magazine. “It’s serious boxing. You have to go get a trainer. I have to register with the Mature Boxing Association.” Problem is, Federline hasn’t even been approached yet to participate. And what too

The Exhibitionist : 3 Defenses for 3-D Films
Filed under: Animation, Music & Musicals, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Exhibition, ColumnsAs an opinionated cinephile, Roger Ebert has every right to dislike 3-D movies. And recently, on his blog, Roger Ebert's Journal, he wrote about such disfavor. Basically, in response to accidentally missing the press screening for the new animated 3-D flick Fly Me to the Moon, he admits that, because of a certain prejudice against the format, he likely wouldn't have enjoyed the movie anyway. My issue here is not to attack

News Bites: Gisele Bundchen Likes Her Legs. A Lot.
- Supermodel Gisele Bundchen is aware of her gams. She wants you to be aware of them, too. It's summer, so it's time for denim cut-offs and short skirts to tantalize and tease. I'd say Tom Brady's a lucky man but looking at these photos makes me feel like I do when I'm at a Superbowl party and I don't understand what's going-on exactly. And at least those have food. - Avril Lavigne's Malaysian concert will still go on, despite government authorities having a problem with the sexual content. Sexual content?

Review: The Longshots
Last year I saw Gracie, a movie about a teenage girl who wants to play high-school soccer in the late 1970s, when the game was considered a males-only sport in America, and faces a lot of opposition from her school. I finished my review with the line, "If it were football, would we be agreeing more with Gracie's opponents?" The Longshots gives us the opportunity to consider that question. Can we sympathize with, and cheer on, a girl who wants to succeed as a quarterback in an all-boys' football league? The

Selena Gomez @ 2008 Imagen Awards in Beverly Hills
Selena Gomez & Nick Jonas Swap ’Sexy’ Emails"I love your mouth and I love your smile. It totally melts me," Nick wrote to Selena, according to Star.The magazine’s mole says that the youngest Jonas Brother is besotted with the Disney starlet."They have inside jokes and write sexy little things - he’s totally in love," the source says."They are addicted to e-mailing each other. That’s what teenagers do!" Sourceread more

Fire Up Your Silk Screen: Mickey Mouse Might Be in the Public Domain
For a long, long time, the holy grail of copyright has been Mickey Mouse. In 1998, as Disney's copyright in the character was about to lapse, the company furiously lobbied Congress to extend copyright protection — which they did, with the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (or, as it's called by opponents, the Mickey Mouse Act), which pushed Mickey's entry into the public domain back another twenty years. But now legal scholars — acting on a discovery by a disgruntled ex-Disney archivist

CHELSEA HANDLER, WILL YOU MARRY ME?
So I’m having dinner with a friend tonight. He reads my blog and so knows about all my celebrity crushes. And he’s like, “Okay, let’s rank them. Who do we have? Michael Phelps, of course. And Patrick Stewart. And Adrian Grenier. Oh, and Adam Duritz. And who else is in your top five? Christian Bale? Rank them from one to five.” And so we go through the process, and Adam Duritz came out on top, and my friend’s like “Really? Even with the fat?” And I thought abou