On Tuesday, Softbank Mobile announced their lineup of new models and a major new addition to the "White Family" who appear in their commercials. There have been more than 60 commercials in the series since it started in June 2007, based around characters played by Ueto Aya (Daughter, photo center), Dante Carver (Son, photo left), Higuchi Kanako (Mother) and a white dog as the Father. Joining them will be Quentin Tarantino (46), who did some filming while here to promote his latest movie, "Inglourious Basterds." That movie stars Brad Pitt (45), who was also in town and has appeared in Softbank TV commercials in the past.

Tarantino will play Uncle Tara-chan, with an image based loosely on the legendary Sakamoto Ryoma. The 19th-century samurai was one of the most prominent figures to embrace western culture and famously carried a Smith and Wesson revolver along with his sword. The image seems to suit Tarantino, the man who brought us the "Kill Bill" movies, perfectly. Asked about working with the director, Ueto said, "I was surprised that he was so fired up. He was really into it and ad-libbed a lot of the samurai moves."



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lol, apparently Quentin is a fan of Aya's movie, Azumi.

Ron Livingston and actress Rosemarie DeWitt got married on Nov. 2, in San Francisco, Livingston's rep tells PEOPLE exclusively.

Livingston, best known for roles on Sex and the City, The Time Traveler's Wife and Office Space, and the Rachel Getting Married actress, met while shooting the Fox show, Standoff. They've been dating for over three years.

Livingston recently wrapped Going the Distance opposite Drew Barrymore and Justin Long.

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I love these two together, so happy for them!

Taylor Swift glitters in gold as she arrives at the 2009 CMA Awards held at the Sommet Center in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday night (November 11).

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The CMA Red Carpet Arrivals

 

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almost as good as bad romance tbh

"your sons a fag"

say no to the f word!!!

eta: OMFG SUE

I'M GOING TO CRY THIS WAS SO UNEXPECTED AND ADORABLE

When Morace Park bought a can of nitrate film on eBay for $5, he was surprised to discover that it contained footage of Charlie Chaplin.

The inventor was utterly astounded when his friend John Dwyer, a former member of the British Board of Film Classification, told him that he had discovered rare footage of the performer, and possibly an unknown Chaplin work. Unlike many nitrate films, the contents of this 1916 can were still intact.

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Any other Chaplin fangirls up in here? I'd love to see this.
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Try again, Kristen.

Tending to her promotional duties as the face of the brand, Scarlett Johansson attended a Mango collection launch party in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday night (November 11).

Held at Caja Magica, the “In Good Company” actress posed for pictures and mingled with a guest list including Vanessa Romero, Eugenia Martinez de Irujo, Dree Hemingway and Ana Garcia Sineriz, among others.

The Mango outing comes as Miss Johansson readies for her turn on the Broadway stage in the Arthur Miller play “A View From the Bridge”.

Slated for a 14-week run, Scarlett’s duties will begin with previews starting on December 28, while the show will officially open on January 24.

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Keeping on top of her glamorous look, Halle Berry was spotted dropping by a Beverly Hills skin care clinic this afternoon (November 11).

The Academy Award winning actress flashed her beautiful smile as she strolled past paparazzi, wearing a black and grey ensemble complete with black thigh-high boots.

In related news, Miss Berry recently sat down for an interview with NBC’s Natalie Morales, which will air on a NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams segment tomorrow night.

During her talks, the 43-year-old revealed, “My mother was a battered woman and that was my childhood for a good chunk of it.”

Using the experience as an inspiration to help others, Berry became involved with Jenesse Center - which offers help for domestic violence victims.

Expressing her fondness for being able to work with the residents at the LA treatment center, Halle whole-heartedly tells, “I care, I really care about these women and children.”

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Making the most of their night on the town, Fergie and Dita Von Teese were spotted having quite the good time together at the VIP Room in Paris, France on Tuesday night (November 10).

With Fergie’s band members Will.i.am and apl.de.ap also on-hand, the Black Eyed Peas frontwoman and her burlesque dancing gal pal sipped on wine and champagne while getting quite cozy on the dance floor during the course of the evening.

Later on, Dita switched gears and headed over to a gentleman suitor while Fergie and her bandmates entertained the lively crowd.

The sighting comes in the midst of marital affair allegations surrounding Fergie’s husband, Josh Duhamel, with an Atlanta-based stripper claiming to have hooked up with the “Transformers” stud in early October.

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NEW YORK – Longtime CNN host Lou Dobbs shocked his viewers Wednesday by announcing that he would be leaving the network effective immediately.

The daily host of "Lou Dobbs Tonight" addressed his viewers after giving the day's headlines and told them Wednesday's show would be his final time in the anchor chair.

"This will be my last broadcast," he said.

He said CNN had allowed him to be released from his contract early and that he was considering a number of options for the next stage in his career.

"I will let you know when I set my course," he said. He said he wanted to "contribute positively to a better understanding of the great issues of our day."

CNN President Jon Klein in a statement hailed Dobbs' "appetite for big ideas, the megawatt smile and larger than life presence he brought to our newsroom."

"With characteristic forthrightness, Lou has now decided to carry the banner of advocacy journalism elsewhere," Klein said. "We respect his decision."

The longest-running anchor on CNN's air, Dobbs was one of the nation's leading financial journalists before turning his program in a more opinionated direction. His persistent advocacy against illegal immigration angered many.

"I'm the last of the original anchors here on CNN and I'm proud to have had the privilege of helping to built the world's first news network," he said.

CNN's average prime-time audience was third behind Fox and MSNBC during October, and it was even eclipsed by sister network HLN among younger viewers, according to the Nielsen Co.

Dobbs has written three best-selling books: "Independents Day: Awakening the American Spirit" in 2007, "War on the Middle Class" in 2006, and "Exporting America" in 2004.



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WHO GOT KICKED?

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Sneak Peeks for this week Grey's Anatomy episode.


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( those freckles look as real as her tits )

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GUYS THE FRECKLES ARE FAKE

In the Tokyo Dome City Illumination Event, they'd announced an upcoming Hey!Say!7 CM~
Basic rundown of the event:
*Opening-> NYC
*A bit of MC and then YUUKI100%
*Illumination Ceremony
*MC TALK
*blew kisses*-> "We'll always be by everyone's side!"
*==> announcement of HS7's new CM, to be broadcasted on 16thNov!
* HAND-SHAKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! awww...

Apparently the CM will be for the new autumn/winter edition of Lotte Ghana Chocolate!

CLICK BELOW *If you wanna see a preview pic of the HS7 CM
or you'd like to know why nearly all the fans cried in the hand-shaking session (I bring u MC talk report!!!)
*also to view a newspaper pic from the illumination event ^__^

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... (because any good fag has it on constant rotation right now), what you listening to now? 

Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater

Maggie Stiefvater's third book debuted at no. 9 on the NYT Bestseller list and is already generating speculation re: its movie franchise, sequels, and product spinoffs. We are always optimistic when approaching the Next Big Thing of YA; after all, Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy did spectacularly well and is as complex, beautifully written, subversive, and brilliant a triad as any lover of literature could hope for (although DEAR GOD do not subject yourself to the UNFORGIVABLE film version of The Golden Compass, which was so bad we actually walked out in the first half-hour, SHRIEKING (really; just ask the people sitting in front of us, who changed seats to get away from us before we departed the theater in a frenzy of ire)).( Read more... )

I've never read the book Shiver, so I can't judge the book myself, but I am definitely tired of whiny heroines who have no sense of self outside her dangerous paranomoral hottie boyfriend who she'd die for apparently because he's a dangerous paranormal hottie. I just finished reading Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick and almost hurled.

Thoughts, ontd? Can you rec any decent YA books with a kick ass heroine? HOW ABOUT COMPTON COOKIE LOL