MySpace launches MySpace Music

MySpace’s entry into the streaming music space called MySpace Music has launched.
Using the service you’ll be able to listen to music from many recording artists and if you want to buy one you’ll be sent over to Amazon to purchase it from their DRM-free MP3 store (lately the only place I’ve been buying music).
Some early [...]

NBC returns to iTunes

At Apple’s Let’s Rock event today they announced that NBC content was returning to iTunes and would be available in HD.
That means that all of these neworks are also back:

USA Network
SCI FI Channel
Bravo
Sleuth
NBC News

Yep, that also means that shows like 30 Rock, The Office, Hereos and Battlestar Galactica are also back.

Age falsification for some Chinese gymnists?

While everyone on the Chinese Olympic gymnastic team has a passport that indicates that they either are or will be 16 by the end of the 2008 calendar year, a requirement for them to be eligible to compete in the Beijing Games, some information has been uncovered that seems to prove otherwise.
News outlets have reported [...]

China uses lip-syncing prettier girl to open Olympics

When the 2008 Olympics opened and 9-year old Chinese girl named Lin Miaoke took the stage to sing during the opening ceremonies she touched the hearts of millions with her pretty face and beautiful voice.
Surprise–the voice wasn’t hers.
The actual singer, Yang Peiyi, wasn’t as pretty and had crooked teeth so she was kept off stage [...]

VUDU adds movie renewals, new 99-cent SD channel

Set-top streaming video provider VUDU announced a couple of new features that set it out a bit from the competition such as Apple and their Apple TV.
Traditionally when you rent a movie online you have a fix number of days to watch it and when it expires you’ll need to rent it again for the [...]

Early review trashes The Clone Wars movie

Harry Knowles, founder of Ain’t It Cool News, got a chance to check out a screening of the new Star Wars animated feature The Clone Wars, opening in the US on Thursday. What did he think?
Lucasfilm asked him to pull the review if that gives you an idea.
“I hated the film. HATED IT. REALLY HATED [...]

Triumph rips Comic-Con 2008 attendees [UPDATED]

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog made an appearance at Comic-Con 2008 to interview some of the attendees and if you’re a fan of Triumph, hilarity ensued.
At a running time of over 9 minutes it’s a bit on the long side, but if you’re a Triumph fan you’ll enjoy every minute of it.
Check it out over [...]

Prince of Persia movie delayed

Apparently the video game-based movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, originally expected to be released on June 19, 2009, has been delayed until May 28, 2010.
It’s not exactly clear why its been delayed, but it does seem to still have Jerry Bruckheimer producing it, Mike Newell directing it and Jake Gyllenhaal starring in [...]

Blu-ray to pass DVD sales by 2011

The may be a bit biased, but Sony Pictures Home Entertainment said that they expect by sometime in 2011 that sales of Blu-ray movie will surpass DVD sales.
They also expect that by the end of 2008 Blu-ray sales will grow to 25 percent, up from just 9 percent at the end of last year.
Although Sony [...]

Trailer released for upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The next Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, is coming on November 21st and the first trailer has been released.
Fans of the series can check it out below–looks pretty good.

[Via CrunchGear]