Paris Hilton Big Brother Inmate?

Atlanta, GA 8/12/2007 2:46 PM GMT

Relax America; Paris Hilton is thinking about entering the Big Brother house in the U.K, not the U.S. A source claims that the socialite wants to do Celebrity Big Brother “if the price is right.” Hilton has reportedly begun talking to them already.

“Paris is keen to do the show because she wants to show people the real her. She wants to show the British public that there is more to her life than shopping and partying and show would certainly make an interesting housemate. It all depends on whether they can afford her,” a source claims.

Paris Hilton has demanded $5 million (£2.6 million) to star in German reality show BIG BROTHER - THE VILLAGE - after turning down their initial $1.9 million (£1 million) offer.

"Please let his happen. Please. It would be the biggest coup the Channel 4 show would ever have -- bar the appearance of Elvis or perhaps, just maybe, Jesus.

I don't know why Paris Hilton would be such great viewing -- she is, after all, a jailbird nobody that has never done anything, ever -- but something tells me it just would be. She'd leave that house either popular as anything having convinced the world that she isn't all bad. Or, she'll leave in a mess, booed from every corner. So hated that even Davina would stand at the bottom of the stairs and boo too.

I wonder which scenario would happen. Either way, she'll still get her spot on the Friday Night Project.

And as for ratings, she's a surefire hit. Everyone would tune in to see how the girl would get on. Could she manage living on equal par with all those people? I quite like her (I know, shame on me), and I think she'd surprise everyone.

And we know she's not shy about being filmed..."

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Fake Steve Jobs Busted

The quest to unmask the anonymous author of The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs, a satirical blog purportedly written by Apple's charismatic chief executive, is over.

The snarky, no-holds-barred diary, which lampooned everyone from tech industry figureheads to tech journalists to venture capitalists, has enthralled and amused the blogosphere for the past 14 months.

In Business 2.0 magazine's recent list of "The 50 Who Matter Now", Fake Steve Jobs ranked 37th, ahead of Evan Williams, founder of Twitter, and just a few spots behind Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook.

But the mystery surrounding who penned the pseudonymous diary - which has attracted readers from the highest echelons of tech, including Steve Jobs himself and Bill Gates - captivated industry watchers more than the content itself.

Today, the mystery scribe was revealed by The New York Times reporter Brad Stone as Forbes Magazine senior editor Daniel Lyons, bringing to an end a six-month search that in recent months bordered on the illegal.

"Well, tip of the hat to you, Brad Stone ... Now you've ruined the mystery of Fake Steve, robbing thousands of people around the world of their sense of childlike wonder," Lyons wrote in his usual acerbic style after he had been outed.

"Hope you feel good about yourself, you mangina."

Previously, Fake Steve lashed out at the "creepy" attempts to unmask him, which reportedly involved shady computer hacking techniques and other privacy invasions.

But today's revelations did little to break Lyons out of his egotistical Fake Steve Jobs character; in fact, the blog will now be rolled into Forbes.com and October will see the publication of Lyons's latest satirical novel, Options: The Secret Life of Steve Jobs, a Parody.

Oroginal and complete story is published at: Sunday Morning Herald

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Some Opinions

AmCan Mom wrote on Jul 23, 2007 11:18 PM:

I pre-ordered the book from Amazon.com and when it came my husband said: "Everyone say good-bye to Mommy! We will see her when she is done reading her new book." Excellent finale!!! "

I L H P wrote on Jul 23, 2007 9:20 PM:

" hi, i have not read the entire book yet bt still i am like addicted just like the others just let me tell u this harry starts out in his bedroom and his 17 b-day is in a couple of days. and dudly is still chubby as ever "

tony wrote on Jul 23, 2007 6:31 PM:

"i was the first to get the book saturday morning at the library and finished it by sunday afternoon. it was amazing! to think that it all started ten years ago. i too was crying at the close of the book, knowing it was over. no matter what anyone says, the book is great,including the epilouge. thank you j.k. rowling for enriching my life with these books."

Grape Crush wrote on Jul 23, 2007 4:10 PM:

"It was a riveting read, and a very satisfying conclusion to the series. Yes, I would have liked an expanded epilogue, to find out more of what happened to the main and other characters, but there's one strong feeling that I came away with overall: It's done. Another book, or a spin-off series, seems pointless. The Harry Potter story just feels complete."

randall wrote on Jul 23, 2007 9:30 AM:

"i think that harry potter books had introduce us to the world of magic and mystical images . to me i have found the book to be very educational by the means of good and evil , the books had tought me that friendship is only speaking to soneone but by beliving and standing with no matter how different and hard the times are . like that harry friends stood by him and the bonds they made witheach other . i think that their friendship should teach us something very important ......and the books could be user as literature ?.... i could read any thing that jk rowling write.... "

Harry Potter n0.1 fan!!! wrote on Jul 23, 2007 9:20 AM:

"it was very amazing!!!!!!!! if she doesnt continue with harry potter she might continue with one of his children!!!!! im very glad on how the book turned out!!!!!!!!! when i got the book i couldnt put it down and when i reached the ending i was so happy!!!!!! it is the best book in the series!!!!!!!!!!!!! i simply loved it!!!!! "

Deb wrote on Jul 23, 2007 8:50 AM:

"AS an adult reading the final book - I couldn't put it down. I found it a fantastic conclusion to the series and it had me crying well before the final chapters - JK Rowlings has addressed the finale as I would have hoped - with explanation and excitment, amazing read - i found the end result well worthy of the 600 odd pages I'd read to get there - my favourite character SNAPE kept me guessing to the end - Marvellous stuff - the only disappointment is it is over."

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President at 24

Tony Award-winning actress Cherry Jones will play President Allison Taylor when 24, the show about the exploits of counter terrorism agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland), returns in January for its seventh season, Fox TV announced yesterday.

The series has been an Oval Office groundbreaker before, with Dennis Haysbert playing President David Palmer, the nation's first black president.

Jones, winner of best-actress Tony Awards for The Heiress and Doubt, has appeared in films including Ocean's Twelve and The Perfect Storm and has guest-starred on TV shows including the White House drama The West Wing.

Ouch!
Beau Bridges endured physical pain while filming two My Name Is Earl episodes that won him an Emmy nomination for best guest actor in a comedy series.

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Pete Wilson, long-time Bay Area television journalist, dies at 62

07-21) 13:25 PDT Palo Alto, Calif. (AP) --

Pete Wilson, an award-winning broadcast journalist who co-anchored the evening news at the San Francisco Bay Area's KGO-TV, died of a massive heart attack during hip replacement surgery. He was 62.

Wilson, who also hosted KGO Radio's daily afternoon talk radio call-in show, died Friday night at Stanford University Hospital, according to KGO-TV, San Francisco's ABC affiliate.

Wilson's last television broadcast on KGO-TV, also known as ABC7, was on Wednesday. Before his surgery, Wilson had told radio listeners he was nervous about the procedure.

Wilson first joined the news operation at KGO-TV in 1983 after a stint at KTXL-TV in Sacramento. He later went on to anchor the news broadcast at San Francisco competitor KRON-TV for 12 years before returning to KGO-TV about five-and-a-half years ago.

A Wisconsin native, Wilson began his broadcasting career at a country-western station in Milwaukee more than 30 years ago. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in journalism and creative writing.

The Vietnam veteran won several Emmys, Associated Press awards and two Peabody awards for his work, including one for his coverage of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

"He was never fully satisfied just reporting the facts of a situation," KGO Radio President and General Manager Mickey Luckoff said. "He constantly questioned and probed the logic behind the beliefs and views of those in the news."

Wilson lived in Marin County. He is survived by his wife, Sandra, and a son, Brendan, a college student.

Original News from: www.sfgate.com

Mourinho Urges Galaxy: Don't Take Risks With Beckham

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho hopes LA Galaxy will not take chances with the fitness of superstar recruit David Beckham.

The Major League Soccer side host Premiership big hitters Chelsea in Los Angeles tonight in a prestigious friendly which has been billed for weeks as Beckham's baptism into the US soccer scene.

But the script has been compromised by an ankle injury that could well delay Beckham's much-anticipated Galaxy debut.

While Mourinho has reassured all and sundry that the Chelsea players would not be intent on targeting Beckham should he play and aggravating his injury, he has advised the Galaxy coach, Frank Yallop, to think long and hard about whether or not play his prized asset in a friendly against the Blues.

"When I was a child I heard dozens of stories of Eusebio, who was injured but had to play a certain game because of the cachet of the match," recalled Mourinho.

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Waiting over for Harry Potter fans

The wait was finally over this morning as thousands of Harry Potter fans got their hands on copies of the seventh and final book.

Thousands of people queued at book shops and supermarkets around the country, waiting for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to go on sale at midnight.

More than 1,000 fans lined the streets around Waterstones’ flagship store in central London and another 1,000 waited at Asda’s superstore in Pudsey, near Leeds.

Many will have already started reading the book this morning but one of the first to finish it was speed reader Anne Jones, who read more than 199,900 words, on 607 pages, in 47 minutes and one second.

Spoiler Warning

Fans from India confirmed that Harry is not dead at the end.

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J.K. Rowling - Life without Harry

She is feted across the globe for her magic-filled books but now the final Harry Potter has hit the shelves, what on earth will J. K. Rowling do with herself?

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, on finishing the last page of his historical novel, The White Company in 1890, cried "That's torn it!" and flung his steel-tipped pen across the study so it twanged in the wood panelling. Edward Gibbon, on finishing Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire in 1787, after 15 years' work, went for a reflective stroll in his arboretum and recorded "a profound combination of exhilaration and melancholy".

When J.K. Rowling completed the last page of her seven-volume, multi-movie-spawning, billion-spinning, Harry Potter super-saga this year, she, too, felt the moment deserved a memorial. She was staying at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh and recorded the moment by writing in marker pen, on a marble bust, the words: "J. K. Rowling finished writing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in this room (652) on 11 January 2007."

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Book Leaks

By Rick Aristotle Munarriz

We're still a few hours away from the release of the final book in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, and Scholastic (Nasdaq: SCHL) is already putting out fires. The stateside publisher has been chasing down online retailers who shipped the book too soon, as well as reviewers with early critiques and cyber-spoilers who have put pages from the book online.

It probably doesn't help that Rowling, who hasn't had a problem offing key characters in recent installments, has made no bones about the need to kill a few more in the final book.

Does Harry die? Will his buddy Ron Weasley meet his literary demise? Is Hermione Granger no stranger to the grim reaper?

I don't know. And even if I did, I wouldn't tell you. Secrets were a lot easier to keep when everyone didn't have one-click access to the rest of the world through blogs, online discussion boards, and personal websites.

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• J. K. Rowling's Official website
  

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at wikipedia