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Blasts rock US embassy in Yemen

Al-Jazeera aired video it said showed the moments after the attack

A double car bomb attack on the US embassy in Yemen has killed at least 16 people, Yemeni officials say.

Washington said bombers targeted the main security gate as staff were arriving for work, but they failed to breach the compound's walls.

The militants, who were reportedly dressed as policemen, also exchanged gunfire with guards during the assault.

The US blamed al-Qaeda for the attack, and President George Bush said it was a reminder that the US is at war.

Security sources said six members of the Yemeni security forces, six attackers, and four bystanders were killed in the attack, which occurred in the capital, Sanaa, at about 0830 (0530 GMT).

We saw... a massive fireball very close to the US embassy

Trev Mason
eyewitness

Yemen faces new Jihad generation

US officials have confirmed that none of the casualties were Americans

Speaking in Washington, Mr Bush said the attack was "a reminder that we are at war against extremists who will murder innocent people to achieve their ideological objectives".

Mr Bush said the US government wanted people to be able to lead normal lives and would "help governments survive the extremists".

Condemning the "vicious" attack, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said it bore "all the hallmarks of an al-Qaeda attack".

Separately, White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said the US would continue working with Yemen's government to "increase our counter-terrorism activities to prevent more attacks from taking place".

'Massive fireball'

British citizen Trev Mason described hearing explosions while in his residential compound near the embassy.

"We heard the sounds of a heavy gun battle going on," he told CNN television.

"I looked out of my window and we saw the first explosion going off, a massive fireball very close to the US embassy."

The attack is the second on the embassy in the past six months.

Earlier this year, the US ordered the evacuation of non-essential personnel from Yemen after mortar bombs were fired towards the embassy. They missed but hit a nearby school.

A group calling itself the Islamic Jihad in Yemen said it had carried out the attack, and threatened to target other foreign missions in the region unless its jailed members were released.

The authenticity of the claim could not be immediately verified.

'Sophisticated attack'

Sean McCormack said he understood that two vehicle-borne bombs had been involved in Wednesday's attack.

"They didn't succeed in this case, and it's a testament again to the kind of security upgrades that we have put in place," he said.

"We are looking at what further security steps we might take in the coming days to make sure the embassy is protected."

Yemen has long been a haven for Islamist militants.

In 2000, 17 US sailors were killed when suicide bombers with alleged links to al-Qaeda blew themselves up on an inflatable raft next to the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden.

The government of Yemen, which backs America's "war on terror", has often blamed al-Qaeda for attacks on Western targets in the country.

US special forces have been helping the government fight the Islamist militants, but analysts say there has been only limited success in restraining the militant groups.

Yemen is a desperately poor corner of the Middle East and, like Afghanistan, there is rugged mountainous terrain, with a vast supply of weapons.

Investors edgy as US stocks fall

US stock markets sank on fears the bailout of insurance giant AIG would not be enough to dispel the gloom engulfing the financial world.

Finance firms fell with Goldman Sachs 15% lower while Morgan Stanley saw shares 25% down in afternoon trade.

Investors were unnerved by recent dramatic events, including Lehman Brothers' demise, leading European indexes to end down.

The Dow Jones industrial average shed 2.1% having fallen more than 4%.

The FTSE 100 closed 2.2% lower while France's Cac 40 shed 2.1% and Germany's Dax shed 1.7%.

The global financial crisis

In pictures

It has been a tumultuous week on financial markets, with significant changes in the financial landscape.

Key events on Wednesday included:

Beleaguered HBOS in merger talks with Lloyds TSB after a steep fall in its share price
US insurance giant AIG being bailed out by the US government
Volatile stock markets as global investors remain nervous
Trading on the Russian stock exchange being suspended
Barclays snapping up key assets from Lehman Brothers after its bankruptcy

Finance shares globally were among the most volatile on Tuesday.

How big are these companies?

Top UK mortgage lender HBOS, which has faced heavy selling this week, had a rollercoaster ride.

HBOS shares fell some 50% before recovering after it emerged that it was in advanced talks to be taken over by Lloyds TSB.

But by close of trade HBOS was 19% lower, while Royal Bank of Scotland shed 10.4%.

I don't think anyone has got any or much confidence in market direction for more than a few days

Darren Winder, Cazenove

Topsy-turvy trade

Trade is likely to remain rocky amid concern that financial system instability will continue after the dramatic events of the past few days.

"I don't think anyone has got any or much confidence in market direction for more than a few days," said Darren Winder, a strategist at Cazenove.

AIG's bail-out follows the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers, which caused share prices to plummet across the world's financial markets.

The White House on Wednesday defended the takeover of AIG, saying: "You have a government that is willing to lead, act where appropriate, and govern to make sure that we limit broader financial harm to the economy," said White House press secretary Dana Perino.

Another investment bank, Merrill Lynch, has been sold off to Bank of America.

Russia's stock exchange suspended trade following steep falls in shares.

Asian shares had a mixed session. Stocks in Tokyo, Taipei, and Seoul all rose, although prices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Australia lost ground.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index ended up 1.2% at 11,749.79, having risen by as much as 2.3% earlier in the day. The index had hit a three-year low on Tuesday.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng index ended down 3.6% at 17,637.19 points.

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Senator Barack Obama will intensify his assault against Senator John McCain, with new television advertisements and more forceful attacks by the candidate and surrogates beginning Friday morning, as he confronts an invigorated Republican presidential ticket and increasing nervousness in the Democratic ranks.
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Mr. McCain’s choice of Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate and the resulting jolt of energy among Republican voters appear to have caught Mr. Obama and his advisers by surprise and added to concern among some Democrats that the Obama campaign was not pushing back hard enough against Republican attacks in a critical phase of the race.

Some Democrats said Mr. Obama needed to move to seize control of the campaign and to block Mr. McCain from snatching away from him the message that he was the best hope to bring change to Washington.

After back-to-back attack ads by Mr. McCain, including one that misleadingly accused Mr. Obama of endorsing sex education for kindergarten students, the Obama campaign is planning to sharpen attacks on Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin in an effort to counter Mr. McCain’s attempt to present himself as the candidate of change with his choice of Ms. Palin.

Mr. Obama's campaign released two new advertisements this morning that underscored the tougher road it is taking, criticizing Mr. McCain for, among other things, favoring tax cuts for corporations and acknowledging that he doesn't know how to use a computer or send e-mail. "Things have changed in the last 26 years, but John McCain hasn't," an announcer says in one advertisement. "After one president who was out of touch, we just can't afford more of the same."

The new tone is to be presented in a speech by Mr. Obama in New Hampshire and in television interviews with local stations in five swing states, backed up by new advertisements and appearances across the country by supporters.

In addition, advertising themes will be pay equity for women, an issue that has particular resonance as the campaigns battle for female voters, and a more pointed linking of Mr. McCain to President Bush and Republicans in Washington.

But Mr. Obama’s aides said they were confident with the course of the campaign. They said that, other than making some shifts around the edges, particularly in response to Mr. McCain’s effort to seize the change issue from Mr. Obama, they were not planning any major deviation from a strategy that called for a steady escalation of attacks on Mr. McCain as the race heads toward the debates.

That response is characteristic for a campaign that has presented itself as disciplined and unflappable and is reminiscent of the way Mr. Obama’s campaign reacted a year ago when it came under fire from allies who said it was not being tough enough in going after Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“We’re sensitive to the fluid dynamics of the campaign, but we have a game plan and a strategy,” said Mr. Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe. “We’re familiar with this. And I’m sure between now and Nov. 4 there will be another period of hand-wringing and bed-wetting. It comes with the territory.”

Still, Democrats outside the campaign suggested Mr. Obama should be urgently working to regain control of the message.

“The Obama message has been disrupted in the last week,” said Representative Artur Davis, Democrat of Alabama. “It’s a time for Democrats to focus on what the fundamentals are in this election.”

Phil Singer, who was a press secretary for Mrs. Clinton in her primary campaign against Mr. Obama, said, “The Obama people need to reboot and figure out ways to make the McCain-Bush argument newsworthy again.”

The uneasiness among Democrats is the result of a confluence of factors in the week since Mr. McCain accepted his party’s nomination in St. Paul. The selection of Ms. Palin became the defining event of Mr. McCain’s convention, revving up the conservative base and drawing the spotlight away from Mr. Obama.

Mr. McCain’s increasingly aggressive campaign has sought to put Mr. Obama on the defensive in each news cycle, using any development at hand, like Mr. Obama’s colloquial comment this week about putting “lipstick on a pig,” to keep attention away from Democratic messages about the economy and the similarities between Mr. McCain and Mr. Bush.

And a series of quick polls taken after the Republican convention have suggested that Mr. Obama has lost support among white women and independent voters. Polls taken so close to major political events are notoriously unreliable, but Democrats remember what happened in 2004, when Republicans used the period right after Senator John Kerry’s nomination to undercut him with a series of attacks.

Katie's Play Is Selling A-OK
Filed under: Broadway Babies > Katie Holmes

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Hard to believe!

Katie Holmes could be part of one of the fall season's biggest 'non musical' box office winners on Broadway.

Variety reports that the producers of the Homles-starring play All My Sons have just announced that their advance ticket sales total about $3.5 million.

Guess those box office dud rumors can be put to rest for the time being.

[Image via WENN.]

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Dina Plays Nice
Filed under: Lindsay Lohan > Love Line > Dina Lohan > Michael Lohan > saMAN Ronson

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It's been a while - DAYS! - since we heard from Lindsay Lohan's parents, but our prayers have been answered.

This time around it's momma Dina Lohan who's speaking out.

So what does the Orange Oprah have to say????

She claims she really likes Lezlo's girlfriend, saMAN Ronson.

That's not what daddy, Michael Lohan, had previously said.

Remember, Michael claimed that his concerns over the bad influence that is Ronson grew out of the shit Dina was telling him about LezLo and saMAN!

But Dina says that's not true.

And, Wednesday night, while she was at a benefit in NY with the happy couple, Dina spoke to reporters, naturally.

Momma said, "I love Lindsay and I love Samantha, if they are happy, I am happy. This is my child, I mean, what better place for a child to be than happy in her soul and her spirit."

How sweet and - yet - she seems so fake!

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Not Engaged
Filed under: Tara Reid > Love Line

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We bet her alleged fiance, Julien Jarmoune, had a coronary when he heard the wedding rumors and asked her to put an end to the insanity ASAP!

Tara Reid is NOT engaged. Thankfully - or unthankfully, depending how you look at it.

Here's what the former actress wrote on her blog:

Yet again another rumor. No.. I am not engaged and Julien does not own J & Company. I have been hard at work launching MANTRA and Julien launched his own denim line called Black Orchid.
I am about to leave to NY on Saturday to shoot the campaign for MANTRA. I am so excited! Can't wait for all of you guys to see the photos!
Xoxo
Tara

Heavens help the man who actually gets dragged down the aisle with Terror.

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Kanye Speaks!!!!
Filed under: Kanye West > When Celebrities Blog

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Mr. West is breaking his silence about his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday for being a tad too aggressive with a paparazzo and vandalizing his camera.

The rapper turned to his blog on Friday and said the following about the incident:

"We back in the lab!!! I'm cool with the paparazzi. This guy wasn't cool. I gotta work now… I'll rant later!"

And there you have it.

We look forward to that "rant"!

[Image via WENN.]

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3. Matt Damon vs Sarah Palin
4. Tina Fey May Return To SNL To Play Palin!
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7. She's Back, Jack
8. Sarah Palin Speaks!
9. Breaking Tradition
10. Sarah Palin's Son Is A Druggie???

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9. CBS Pulls the Plug on 'Misleading' McCain Ad
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Ben Affleck Gets A Makeover
Filed under: Ben Affleck > Jason Bateman

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Blast from the past!

No, he's not making a sequel to Dazed & Confused, sadly.

Sporting a long wig, Ben Affleck was spotted on the set of his new film, Extract, Thursday in Los Angeles.

Yes, that's Jason Bateman next to him.

Yum!

[Image via Daniel Mayer Photo.]

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He's Loaded!
Filed under: TV News > Anglophilia

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Wow!

House star Hugh Laurie will be making $400,000 per episode in his new contract with the show.

That salary will make him one of the highest paid actors on TV.

That's a lot of money! We can't believe he's not the top earner!

His network mate, Keifer Sutherland, gets about $500K per episode for playing Jack Bauer on 24.

Laurie was making a 'measly' five figure rate per show when he started in 2004.

Way to move on up, doc!

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There's Only One Way This Can End
Filed under: Personally Perez > Zportz

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In the ring!

Come on, SantinA. Bring it.

Perez is not afraid of you!

P.S. We love Beth. She's so trashy and stoopid!

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Their Latest 'Victim'?
Filed under: Tom Cruise > Juliette Lewis > Pink > Lisa Marie Presley

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The power of Xenu!

We hope this isn't true, but…..

Star magazine is reporting that Pink has turned to Scientology!

The singer supposedly sought comfort in the "religion" following her split from ex-husband Carey Hart.

Her pal, fellow rocker Juliette Lewis, is said to have introduced her to Scientology.

Pink's attendance at Scientologist Lisa Marie Presley's baby shower last month is making sense now! In fact, she hosted the party!!!

A source tells the rag, "Pink is in the beginning stages of checking out the religion, but she has taken to it and she wants to get more involved."

Expect a Pink/Tom Cruise sighting very soon!

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Quote Of The Day
Filed under: Quote of the Day > Celebrity Feuds > Miley Cyrus > Jonas Brothers

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"There’s a lot of shit out there where people are calling it ‘rock.’ I went into Barnes & Noble the other day, and there’s a huge display that says ‘rock & roll,’ and it had a big thing of Miley Cyrus and the Jonas Brothers. I went, ‘What the fuck is this?’ People are believing that shit that is not rock & roll, is not the rock lifestyle, is rock.”

- Mötley Crüe’s Nikki Sixx tells Rolling Stone

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At Least This Is Doing Well

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At Least This Is Doing Well

Filed under: TV News > Tyra Banks

We mentioned last week that Tyra's America's Next Top Model bombed this season.

According to the ratings, the two-hour Top Model premiere was down 11% from the February cycle and a hefty 32% less than the September 2007 series premiere.

But, luckily for Tyra, the fourth season debut of The Tyra Banks Show, ranked in as number one with female viewers 18-34 - among all other talk shows!

Finally, some good news for Ms. Banks.

And what does she have next in line for her topics?

She just opened up by stripping down to help women "feel better about themselves by helping them recognize their true beauty."

And on tomorrow's show she's going to talk about why some African American women "take drastic measures to change their skin tone by bleaching their skin to make it lighter."

Is she gonna talk to Michael Jackson???

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Just Like Old Times

Filed under: Anglophilia > Mika > Katy Perry

Awwwww! Wish we could be there!!!

We're there in spirit, though!!!

Miz Katy Perry currently has the #1 song in the U.K. - for the 5th week in a row! - with her worldwide monster hit I Kissed A Girl.

So, straight from her performance at the MTV VMAs, the singer hopped on a flight to Europe, where she'll be working her toosh off for the next month.

On Tuesday night, the singer caught up with old friend Mika in London.

The pair went together to the Serpentine Gallery Summer Party, a big deal on that side of the pond.

We can't wait ’til November, when we're back in London - AND Liverpool for the first time!

[Photo via Getty Images.]

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Ellen, Supermodel!

Filed under: Beauty Buzz > Ellen DeGeneres

Did her newlywed glow help her seal the deal????

Talk show queen Ellen DeGeneres has signed on to be a new spokeslady for CoverGirl make-up.

She's supposedly shooting a campaign this week.

Rumor has it that she was paid a lot of money — $1 million!

Nice!

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Naomi + Babies = Bad Idea!

Filed under: Baby Blabber > Naomi Campbell

Naomi Campbell want to be a mother.

God help us all!

Earlier this year, the phone-throwing diva was rushed to a hospital in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to have a cyst removed.

However, she's now admitting that it was actually a surgery to incorrect her infertility.

Campbell says, "They thought it was a cyst. When they opened it up they realized it was more."

Naomi says she's now ready to have a family.

We hope she works out all her anger management problems first!

Naomi says, "I was not able to have children up until March. Now it's in God's hands. I would love to have a family."

So, who should be Campbell's babydaddy?

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Mushy Too Much To Handle - Splits With Beau

Filed under: Love Line > Mischa Barton

It's back to the single life for Mischa Barton.

Turns out that the former actress grew tired of her boyfriend of seven months, Rooney frontman Taylor Locke.

The two were apparently on some three-week safari and charity trip through Africa recently, which went HOrribly wrong.

It seems all that time spent together wasn't good for the two.

A source tells In Touch Weekly that before they're safari excursion, "They'd only see each other for a few days at a time."

The two hardly spent much time together before that - what type of a relationship did they even have?

The source adds, "Mischa and Taylor's romance worked because they spent so much time apart. He'd be on tour or she'd be working in Europe and they talked over the phone or e-mail."

As for their recent trip to Africa together, "They fought almost every day on the trip. She broke up with him just a few days after they returned to LA."

Poor Mushy Fartone.

She's like the Z-list version of Jennifer Aniston!

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Holmes & Jackson: Reunited!

Filed under: Broadway Babies > Tom Cruise > Love Line > Katie Holmes

Katie Holmes might have one normal friend left!

Before there was Tom Cruise, there was her first love and co-star in Dawson's Creek, Joshua Jackson.

The two hadn't seen each other recently, until Jackson paid Holmes a surprise visit as she rehearsed for the potential Broadway disaster, All My Sons.

According to an inside source tells the Daily Mail, "Joshua wanted to check everything was OK. They haven't spoken in a while and, naturally, he was worried. So he just decided to drop by."

The source adds, "It was really sweet, he just turned up unexpectedly with a bunch of flowers and said: 'Hello stranger.' Katie was shocked, but so happy to see him. It was a wonderful surprise. She gave him such a big hug."

Katie dated Jackson for a bit over a year back in 1998 during her pre-Scientology days.

In an interview after her breakup with Jackson, she later said, "I fell in love, I had my first love, and it was something so incredible and indescribable that I will treasure it always."

The source added, "Joshua made it clear she wasn't alone. He's not out to cause trouble. Her life is truly bizarre now, but having some friends supporting her who have nothing to do with her LA set-up could make all the difference. Josh would love to see Katie as the carefree and relaxed woman he once knew."

Awwww, how sweet and just…. a little too late!

If he really cared so much, wouldn't he have intervened a while ago?

According to the source, though, the two have barely kept in touch since they last worked together on the show five years ago.

Wonder what would have become of Katie's life if she had stayed with Jackson?

[Images via WENN.]

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Message Good, Method Not Cool

Filed under: Gay Gay Gay > Katy Perry

The Ohio church that 'played' with Katy Perry's I Kissed a Girl lyrics on its signage to dissuade its girls from kissing other girls ("I kissed a girl and I liked it, then I went to hell") was hit by vandals.

We agree that,
God
Adores
You

…but, there's a better way to get the word out, right?

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Must Listen To This!">You Must Listen To This!

Filed under: Madonna > Australiastic > Listen To This

Former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes has done the most exquisite remake of the Madonna classic Dress You Up.

You can listen to it below and click here to download it for free, courtesy of Mr. Hayes.

Darren explained his reinterpretation on his blog.

He says:

In 1985 the Her Madgesty released a song that made me want to dance, sing and get up and do my thing.

I recently performed a live version of it at my New Years Eve show last year and fulfilled a lifelong indulgent ambition.

In celebration of the Queen's show in London this week Justin Shave and I recorded a studio version based on an original tour demo floating around from the Reinvention Tour era that I believe was scrapped. My vocals pay homage to the way the Boy Toy adlibed them during the Virgin Tour.

It's sooooooo good!

Listen NOW.

The Queen of Pop will be quite pleased.

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MTV's VMA Ratings Rocked

Filed under: TV News > MTV > Britney Spears > Russell Brand

2008's MTV Video Music Awards delivered!

In the key 18-34 demographic, this year's show ratings were 15% higher than the 2007 broadcast and 41% higher than the 2006 edition.

The show was also the highest-rated telecast on all of cable in the 12-34 demo this year.

Dayum!

We guess casting the unknown Brit comic Russell Brand didn't bite the net in the ass!

MTV.com also saw a boost this year.

Its VMA-related pages delivered more than 10 million page views, a 110% increase over last year.

But, y'all know there's a certain someone MTV needs to tip its hat to for the massive ratings.

Britney. Spears.

You know you tuned in just to see her!

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viernes, 5 de septiembre de 2008

Akon Did It Again!

Filed under: Akon

Akon Punches Chick Out At Concert - Watch more free videos

He got physically agressive with a concertgoer - a female! - at a show last weekend.

And it was caught on tape!!!!

Idiot. Idiot.

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U2009

Filed under: Music Minute > Bono

Could this be a bad sign?????

U2's next album was expected to be released this fall, though it's now been pushed to early 2009.

The band will continue to write and record material until then. Currently, they've been recording in the south of France.

They've also confirmed the delay of the new album on their official website.

Bono says, "This is our chance for us to defy gravity once again. We have what it takes, we have the songs, new rhythms and a guitar player who is not ready to re-enter earth's atmosphere until he's taken a slice of the moon!"

He adds, "It's been fun, it's been maddening… there have been injuries and recoveries, no babies born that I know of, but this one is nearly ready for the new year of 2009."

The new album will be a follow up to their 2004 How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb.

It's been that long????

Bono continues, "It’s a brand new chapter for us, and everyone we’ve played the tracks to has said that musically it feels like another departure."

"The last two records were very personal, with a kind of three piece at their heart, the primary colours of rock - bass, guitars and drum. But what we’re about now is of the same order as the transition that took us from The Joshua Tree to Achtung Baby," he says.

And according to Bono, there were about 50 or 60 new songs for the band to consider for their new album.

So let's hope this one is the best of them all.

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Chatting With…. Russell Brand

Filed under: Exclusives! > Personally Perez > Anglophilia > Russell Brand > Chatting With...

We caught up with British funny man Russell Brand, and of course we taped our lovely video chat for your viewing pleasure.

The Winehouse-coiffed comedian definitely brings the LOLs!

We talked to him about his gig hosting the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, why Brits are the worst tourists in the world (according to a new poll), and - of course - the elephant in the room.

CLICK HERE to check it out!

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The Next Superman Is?

Filed under: Gay Gay Gay > Film Flickers

With the success the Dark Knight had at the box office, it's only natural that they're going to come out with more superhero movies. Many MANY more.

The next talked about big superhero movie to be "reimagined" will be Warner Bros' Superman.

But the real question isn't when or if the movie will come out, it's who will play Clark Kent?

Several online fans have already been campaigning for actor Tom Welling (above left) for some time now.

Welling plays Superman on the TV show Smallville.

However, there's also a lot of support for homolicious British actor Henry Cavill (above right), from The Tudors.

Coincidentally, Cavill also auditioned for the role of Superman when they were casting for Superman Returns back in 2004.

He had also previously auditioned for the lead roles in Batman Begins and Casino Royale.

Maybe the Superman role will be his big break?

Also reportedly in the list of top contenders for the role is Canadian actor Victor Webster, who's been in various TV shows.

So whom do U think should play the new Superman?

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Hospitalized!

Filed under: Politik > Barack Obama

Let's hope he's ok.

The Rev. Jesse Jackson was hospitalized on Thursday after complaining of severe stomach pains.

Jackson became sick earlier this week and he is currently undergoing tests at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

As for a diagnosis, doctors have told the 66 year-old Jackson that he has viral gastroenteritis, however they are conducting a few more tests.

According to Jackson, he was helping out with voter registrations in Georgia, campaigning for Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, when he began to feel sick and apparently became dehydrated.

As of today, Jackson said he was feeling better, though he's still not certain when he'll be released.

Get well soon!

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Comeback Accomplished!

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The New Kids on the Block must be thrilled they decided to do a comeback.

It's working!

NKOTB just got their new Interscope comeback album, The Block, released and their tour is sold out.

And the estimates for their first week sales is said to be…. around 115,000.

That should at least guarantee them a Top 5 spot.

Congrats!

Does this mean N'Sync will be making a comeback as well?

Maybe without Justin!!!

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Metallica's 180

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Talk about a change of heart!

Metallica's latest album has been leaked by a French fan in advance of its September 12th release, and they're actually happy about it.

For reals!

Drummer Lars Ulrich told San Francisco radio station Live 105, "If this thing leaks all over the world today or tomorrow, happy days. It's 2008 and it's part of how it is these days."

This is the same Metallica who was suing mad about piracy a few years ago!

We get it, Metallica! These days you make loads of money playing live, not by selling albums, right?!

[Image via WENN.]

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