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Jennifer Love Hewitt

2010-03-02T03:56:00.000-08:00

Shakira on Beach

2010-03-02T03:52:00.001-08:00

50K MUSIC MAG

2010-02-25T22:06:00.001-08:00

50K MUSIC MAG - issue #12

FHM Philippines May 2008

2010-02-25T22:02:00.001-08:00

FHM Philippines May 2008

Pretty Celebs 40+

2010-02-20T07:02:00.000-08:00

These women are gorgeous and all of them are over 40.

Nicole Kidman (42)

Courtney Cox (45)

Juliette Binoche (45)

Michelle Pfeiffer (51)

Julianne Moore (49)

Halle Berry (43)

Elizabeth Hurley (44)

Salma Hayek (43)

Kristin Davis (44)

Pamela Anderson (42)

Monica Bellucci (45)

Naomi Watts (41)

Jennifer Aniston (41)

Helena Christensen (41)

Connie Britton (41)

Catherine Bell (41)

Lauren Graham (42)

Gillian Anderson (41)

Demi Moore (47)

Stacey Dash (44)

Diane Lane (43)

Shania Twain (44)

Mariska Hargitay (45)

Kate Garraway (42)

Famke Janssen (42)

Carla Bruni (42)

Sarah Palin (45)

Catherine Zeta Jones (40)

Hilary Duff is engaged

2010-02-20T06:42:00.000-08:00

Hilary Duff has scored a proposal from hockey player Mike Comrie.

The Edmonton Oilers player gave the 22-year-old star an engagement ring while the duo were vacationing in Hawaii, People.com reports.

"After having been together for over two years, they are very excited to share this happy news," Duff's rep Nanci Ryder told the magazine. "They are thankful for all of your warm wishes."

The announcement does not come as too much of a surprise. Bauer-Griffin's blog posted photos early on Feb. 19 of what appeared to be Comrie proposing to Duff on bended knee in a hotel room. The actress can be seen with her mouth agape as she seems to look down at the engagement ring in Comrie's hand.

Comrie, 29, a former player for the New York Islanders, is often cheered on by Duff at his games.

Meanwhile, Comrie is a frequent fixture at Duff's various press functions.

The actress was spending some time in the sun after filming her new movie, "In the Business of Falling in Love," in New York. The movie reportedly has a plot similar to that of "Sex and the City."

Section 8 Comes to PS3

2010-02-18T16:12:00.000-08:00

Section 8 released without a lot of fanfare for the Xbox 360, making the release of the promised PS3 version left in a lot of doubt. Well, it turns out it is coming, just not in the format you'd think.

Developer TimeGate Studios have announced the game will be an exclusive download for PSN, with no disc version. It'll also feature all of the content released for the 360 and PC versions for absolutely free.

The game will be released onto the service this Spring. TimeGate didn't confirm a price, but seeing as how the 360 version quickly found its way into bargain bins upon release, don't expect it to be all that much.

Review

Far away from the prying eyes of the war-fearing citizens who make up the bulk of peaceful society, a battalion of armor-clad soldiers stages needless battles in desolate environments. Section 8 is a generic look at the struggles futuristic space marines will have to go through, but despite its uninspired trappings, the intergalactic fights are unpredictable and chaotic, and the diverse array of objectives gives more thoughtful players a chance to help their team in ways other than unmitigated destruction. There are a few missed opportunities in Section 8, such as vehicles that are all but worthless and environments that are too large for their own good, but the main elements are enjoyable, though not quite gripping. With a dull aesthetic and heavy reliance on gameplay techniques found in other first-person shooters, Section 8 struggles to stand out from the pack, but the engaging matches and satisfying gun battles make this online-focused game worth playing.

Although the focal point of Section 8 is the 32-player online conflicts, there is a single-player campaign that goes slightly beyond mere training levels. The story surrounding your feats is entirely forgettable, but the levels themselves are generally well designed, offering a fun alternative to the online warfare. The maps in the campaign are the same as in the online mode, but they're structured differently, and their vast size mimics a real-life siege as you slowly gain ground, complete objectives, and push the enemy further and further back. Whereas the multiplayer versions of these maps are completely open as soon as matches begin, the single-player offerings have walled-off areas that open only once you reach certain checkpoints. Because its levels are structured in an easily digestible fashion, Section 8 is able to introduce you to this world without overwhelming you with sprawling levels and an overabundance of objectives.

The only match type in Section 8 is called Conquest. Here, two teams strive to earn victory points by killing other players, capturing control points, and completing dynamic combat missions (DCM). There is no way to choose just team deathmatch or a capture-the-flag variant, but the different objective types are all rolled into this mode, making for an ever-changing, unpredictable experience. To capture a control point, you have to find either a neutral or enemy-owned computer and hack it by tapping a button. Once it's in your possession, you earn the accompanying turrets and other defensive structures, making it difficult for the other team to steal them back. Every few minutes, teams earn points for the number of control stations they possess, and victory is awarded to the team that reaches the designated number of victory points first.

Although the tug-of-war aspect of capturing control points can get tiresome before long, the dynamic combat missions do a good job of keeping matches fresh. You earn feats by completing certain tasks, such as killing two players with a knife or destroying one tank, and once you earn enough feats, a DCM is automatically triggered. There are six different mission types that can be initiated, and these diverse objectives add a lot of excitement to the matches. You have only a limited amount of time to complete these, so it makes for frantic action as you try to beat the clock while your opponents attempt to halt your progress. Not only do you get more victory points for successfully passing (or thwarting) these missions, but you earn other bonuses that make victory easier to achieve. For instance, if you can successfully steal intelligence from within your enemy's base, you can see your opponent's positions across the entire map. Because of the importance of these mini-missions, teams usually go full throttle trying to complete them, which makes for exciting combat sequences.

You drop in from the sky instead of normal respawning, and you can choose where on the map you want to land.

Whether you're playing alone or with 31 of your closest friends, there are six guns and seven gadgets to choose from, though you can carry only two of each at a time. It's not easy to switch your gear midbattle, so you'll have to choose your loadout wisely depending on which objectives you want to go after during your life. The guns are entirely standard, and include the requisite fast-shooting automatics, a slow but powerful shotgun, and an ultraprecise sniper rifle. They each excel in specific circumstances, so you can't rely on just one gun throughout. The missile launcher, for instance, has such unpredictable splash damage that it's virtually worthless against another human, but it can destroy a turret with just a few blasts. The gadgets are just as diverse, including a wrench that can repair structures and heal fellow soldiers, remote-controlled mines, and a knife that gives you a melee attack. The sensor blocker is one of the most valuable gadgets, allowing you to mess with your opponent's radar so you can rush into his base unseen. The limited number of weapons and gadgets is disappointing, but they are well balanced and fun to use.

While walking from fight to fight, you character moves incredibly slowly, but you have a few tricks that make movement a little more interesting. First, you can sprint. If you run for a few seconds without interruption, you kick into overdrive, which lets you move at an exaggerated rate, and if you crash into enemies, you kill them instantly. More importantly, you have a rocket pack, which allows you to jump ridiculous distances. The ability to jump all over the place lets you tackle objectives in new ways, since you can easily crash through the ceilings of certain buildings instead of simply walking through the door, but the difference it makes in combat is even more apparent. It's easy to fly behind cover midbattle or surprise your opponents by dropping in unexpectedly from above, so you have to constantly be on your toes. The difficulty of hitting a flying target is mitigated by a lock-on system. By zooming in on foes, you can enable lock-on, which gives you a steady aim as long as they stay within view. This feature isn't overpowered because an enemy can quickly jump or run away from your sights, but if you lock on to oblivious foes, you can kill them before they have a chance to evade you.

When you kick into overdrive, the game moves into a third-person perspective.

As you complete objectives, you earn money, with which you can purchase turrets and vehicles. The turrets are especially helpful, letting you set up minigun-wielding or rocket-spewing units to defend your control points while you go off to complete a dynamic combat mission. The vehicles, on the other hand, are quite lame. You can summon either a mech or a tank, but both are extremely disappointing. The mech is even slower than your sluggish walking pace. With no ability to sprint or jump ridiculous heights, it can only plod along the ground, drawing fire from enemies tauntingly out of your reach. Although you have more energy within the mech than outside of it, your foes can easily surround and dispose of you, quickly showcasing how fruitless your purchase was. The tank is just as ineffective, getting stuck on every divot and pebble along these rocky roads. It's a shame the vehicles are so utterly pointless because the battles could have used a dose of variety. With only six different weapon types, battles can unfold in only so many ways, and the worthless vehicles don't add any much-needed spice.

Beneath its generic exterior, Section 8 is a fun take on the ongoing battle between rival space marines. Though there is only one match type, the dynamic objectives keep the action feeling fresh and continually force you to switch your tactics to counter the changing battlefield. The expansive environments can get lonely if you find yourself far away from everyone else, but they are well constructed, giving many different ways to try to capture control points or ambush your hapless enemies. And if you can't find enough players to fill all 32 spots, you can add as many bots as you want. The bots present worthy adversaries and allies, not only in their battle acumen, but in the way they approach objectives or just hang back to defend your base. With a few more weapon types and vehicles that actually worked, Section 8 could have been a lot more exciting. As it is, this is a satisfying take on the genre that makes up in fun what it lacks in innovation.

Nina Dobrev Photoshoot

2010-02-17T23:23:00.000-08:00

Canadian Actress Nina Dobrev Photoshoot

Miss France 2010

2010-02-17T23:16:00.000-08:00

Kim Sharma in Bikini Shoot

2010-02-17T22:45:00.000-08:00

Kim Sharma born on 21 January 1980 is a Bollywood actress and model. She recently acted in a teluge movie 'Yagham' .

Making of AVATAR <.> Using Advanced Motion Capture Technology

2010-02-15T19:57:00.000-08:00

Football Models

2010-02-15T19:50:00.000-08:00

S.I. Swimsuit Issue

2010-02-15T03:05:00.000-08:00

For four decades, the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has strategically titillated — and offended — Americans. Even as the publishing industry struggles financially, the issue's annual release is still a Big Event, yielding significant revenue and reliably launching new models' careers. (Watch an AP report about this year's SI cover model, Brooklyn Decker.) Here, a quick timeline of notable moments in Swimsuit Issue history:

The phenomenon debuts, 1964
With a dearth of sporting news to report, then-editor Andre Laguerre decides to pad the January issue with a little cheesecake. The cover features model Babette March knee-deep in surf wearing a relatively boyish and innocent white bikini beside the words "A Skin Diver's Guide to the Caribbean." The phrase "Swimsuit Issue" is yet to come.

Cheryl Tiegs propels the Issue to new notoriety, 1978
The fresh-faced supermodel dons a see-through, fishnet one-piece more properly described as a "concept" than as a piece of clothing — and triggers a public uproar. More than 340 readers cancel their subscriptions.

The Swimsuit Issue turns 25, 1989
Supermodel Kathy Ireland — who appeared in the issue for 13 consecutive years starting in 1984 — graces the 25th anniversary cover, setting a sales record that's yet to be broken.

Men invade the Issue, 1994
Five members of the American men's water polo team pose alongside models Rachel Hunter, Elle Macpherson and (veteran) Kathy Ireland inside the issue, the first time females are forced to share the stage. "The men are always in the water," notes the New York Times, "and do not pose provocatively...."

The Issue becomes a standalone product, 1997
With 1997's effort, fronted by a young Tyra Banks, the swimsuit package expands from a multi-page section within a regular issue to achieve special-issue status. No longer do the supermodels appear alongside athletes

The body-paint gimmick debuts, 1999
The creative team paints a "swimsuit" on the naked body of Heidi Klum, introducing one of S.I.'s most dependable ways to guarantee outrage. "Sports Illustrated editors have always felt obliged to pretend that the swimsuit issue is a source of massive national controversy," observed Bryan Curtis in Slate in 2005. "This is best observed in their insistence, two weeks after the annual issue, on printing correspondence from outraged parents and besmirched librarians."

Reader protests mount, 2005
After years of complaints from subscribers protesting the Issue's objectification of women, Sports Illustrated offers subscribers an "opt-out" option, citing "good manners."

Beyonce redefines the parameters, 2007
The pop-star graces the cover of "Swimsuit 2007: The Music Issue," becoming the first "nonmodel and nonathlete" to score the coveted spot.

Walmart shoppers complain, 2008
Walmart faces customer protests for openly displaying the cover photo of model Marisa Miller posing topless.

The swastika cafuffle, 2010
S.I. gets bad buzz for a photo (included in the web version of the swimsuit package) of blond beauty Genevieve Morton posing next to an American WWII-era fighter plane emblazoned with two swastikas. Denying that the shot is, in any way, pro-Nazi, S.I editors point out that each swastika represents a German fighter plane shot down by U.S. pilot, Lt. R. H. Parker.

Canadian Model Jayde Nicole

2010-02-15T02:30:00.000-08:00

Angel Faith Wallpapers

2010-01-28T21:48:00.000-08:00

Pretty Moscow Club Girls

2010-01-28T21:44:00.000-08:00

Izabel Goulart in Walls

2010-01-20T08:54:00.000-08:00

Izabel Goulart may have lost her wings after serving as a Victoria’s Secret Angel from 2005 to 2008, but the 25-year-old Brazilian model still works for the lingerie line, even appearing in the most recent annual runway show in November of 2009. She’s also the main reason why we were able to tolerate pre-holiday shopping excursions to H&M with our lady friends, thanks to Izabel’s larger-than-life images in the fall 2009 campaign. A favorite guest of late-night funnyman Conan O’Brien, we were irrationally ecstatic when the supermodel announced she was yet again single on one of her last visits to O'Brien's show. Although she has worked for the likes of Chanel, Ralph Lauren and Stella McCartney, posed for French Vogue and Numero, we think of her best as a deliciously fallen Angel who, despite no longer having her wings, can make even the most racy set of lingerie seem heaven-sent.

Golden Globes 2010 Predict-a-Gown! What Will Globes Stars Wear?

2010-01-20T05:53:00.000-08:00

Think you can guess what Jennifer, Reese, Drew, and more will bring to the red carpet?

Katharine McPhee Reveals Her ‘Rebellious’ Move

2010-01-20T05:29:00.000-08:00

When Katharine McPhee first sat in stylist Peter Savic’s chair last year, the American Idol alum admittedly wanted something drastic, but wasn’t sure what. “I was feeling rebellious. That’s when I knew I wanted something big,” she tells Shape in their February issue. “So I said to my stylist, ‘Just chop it all off and make me a blonde!’” Katharine’s rash decision may have turned out to be more work for her in the end, but it helped the star bring out a new side of herself. “I felt edgy and playful. I went out and bought new clothes for the new me. It was definitely a good thing to do,” she says about her first day as a blonde. And her hair wasn’t the only thing changing in her life. Katharine, who had struggled with bulimia for seven years, was finally starting to feel good about her body too. “I stopped fighting myself and became more forgiving of my body,” she says. “Ironically, the weight came off naturally through exercise but no dieting.” In fact, Katharine felt so good about her new self that she had no problem stripping down to her bikini for Shape. Hear more on how she got her confidence back, and try out Katharine’s new high-intensity fitness routine, in the February issue.

Hotsome Car Wash Girls

2010-01-20T05:06:00.000-08:00

Aniston And Butler Not Dating or Dating

2010-01-20T04:55:00.000-08:00

Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler played with the cameras backstage at the Golden Globes last night, giving photographers sexy poses, including Aniston showing lots of leg in her slinky black gown with a thigh-high cut.

The two were rumored to have dated during the filming of The Bounty over the summer. Both actors' camps denied reports of a fling and Butler told a reporter once that the rumors were "annoying" and "ridiculous."

Yet the two seem to enjoy perpetuating the "gossip." Aniston's ex, Brad Pitt, and his new woman, Angelina Jolie, made it a point not to attend the awards ceremony last night after last year's famous run-in which found Aniston nervously presenting an award on stage right in front of Pitt and Jolie.

Was Aniston posing with Butler so provocatively a revenge photo? Tongues are wagging but sources tell X17, Butler and Aniston are really a no-go.

Movie Updates

2010-01-20T04:29:00.000-08:00

Harrison Ford talks about his new movie, Extraordinary Measures

If a character intrigues you enough, would you want to play that regardless of how good the movie might be? Yes and no. I mean, I have done that in the past ...

Marc Webb is officially directing the new Spider-Man movie

The script will be written by James Vanderblt, who apparently has such a great script that it served as the catalyst for the new vision. ...

BLUE VALENTINE New Movie Photo with Ryan Gosling & Michelle Williams

Check out a new photo for BLUE VALENTINE featuring Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams. The movie also stars Mike Vogel, John Doman, and is directed by Derek ...

Brad Pitt and Matt Damon team up together in new movie | MuchMusic ...

Brad Pitt and Matt Damon team up together in new movie. January 19th, 2010. I'll take two, please. Brad Pitt and Matt Damon have been cast as two of the voices in the 3D film, Happy Feet 2. The film, also featuring the voices of Robin ...

Sandra Bullock: 'If I Really Wanted Statues I Would Have Done Other Films A ...

Access' Scott “Movie” Mantz calls “New Moon” flawed, cheesy and slow paced - but should he even be reviewing this movie? And, find out why Scott is calling ...

X17 News - Aniston And Butler Not Dating, Despite Flirtatious Photos

This is nothing but PR for their new movie. Apparently this is the only way they can attract interest in their new movie. January 18, 2010 5:53 PM. Posted by: Anonymous. Well if there is or isn't something going on it's their business. ...

Lindsay Lohan Forgets Her Bra

2010-01-19T23:41:00.001-08:00

Jessica Alba Forgets To Shave Her Armpits

2010-01-19T23:20:00.000-08:00

Zooming in to see if Jessica Alba's dress had black piping or it was just her bra showing, something else jumped out instead.

Alba, who looked otherwise stunning at Saturday's Art Of Elysium gala in Los Angeles, hadn't shaved her armpits. The busy mom was there with husband Cash Warren.

Jennifer Aniston took the stage at last night’s Golden Globe Awards

2010-01-19T23:11:00.000-08:00

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All eyes were on Jennifer Aniston when she took the stage at last night’s Golden Globe Awards. The normally conservative star stuck to her classic black, but stunned audiences with her slit-to-there Valentino gown. Though Jennifer usually shows off her toned–and tanned!–legs in minidresses, we loved seeing her in something so sexy and different. And with hunky costar Gerard Butler by her side, this sexy Valentino number was the perfect way to end her flirty and fabulous Golden Globes weekend