Paris Hilton and Benji Madden spent their Fourth of July weekend in Las Vegas, watching a boxing match at Planet Hollywood before joining Nicole and Joel at the Hard Rock on Saturday. Paris and Benji kept the fighting in the ring, avoiding a run-in with Stavros Niarchos at Blush nightclub later on in the night. Apparently, Paris' ex made a quick exit when he realized the couple was going to be seated near him. Paris luckily missed out on sin city
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Eva Longoria and Tony Parker celebrated their first wedding anniversary yesterday with a trip to Italy. These two love their tropical vacations, so we're not surprised that they packed up their swimsuits and headed to Portofino like another celebrity couple to soak up the sun. Eva and Tony relaxed on a boat, slathered each other up with sunscreen and played poker with friends. With one year under their belt, Eva and Tony seem as happy as ever
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Looks like Ryan Gosling isn't flying solo in NYC ? he was spotted on Friday strolling through the city hand in hand with a mystery lady. We'll always miss seeing Rachel McAdams by his side, but we can't expect him to keep his hotness to himself forever. By Saturday, Ryan headed out of the dreary East Coast weather and back to LA for some furniture shopping in his favorite cap but without any pretty brunettes.
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Drew Barrymore and Justin Long, one of the most attached-at-the-hips (or more accurately lips) couples in Hollywood, have broken up. Her rep confirmed the news with no other details than that the two "remain friends." We weren't always the world's biggest supporters of Drew, Justin and their PDA-fests, but they did seem genuinely in love and it's always sad to hear about a breakup. Source

Here we go again. Another relic pops up of questionable authenticity that one or two experts is saying casts doubts on the unique claims of Christian orthodoxy. So of course Time.com put the story of the so-called "Gabriel's Revelation" tablet in its July 7 top stories lineup (see screencap at right), with the teaser headline, "Was Jesus' Resurrection a Sequel?" The story by David Van Biema and Tim McGirk breathlessly began by noting how this "r
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Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Business With development of the latest Call of Duty falling to Treyarch, what's COD1/2/4 dev Infinity Ward up to? We'll give you one guess. If you said "Call of Duty 5," Activision would say "no comment." But you'd likely definitely be correct. But the company, who recently renewed its publishing contract with Activision, has its sights set on more than sequels.In an update on his blog, IW's d
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Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Strategy In case your appetite for voice-controlled strategizing hasn't been whetted enough by the bountiful beta leaks, an Ubisoft Forum Manager has announced that you can get "access to the exclusive Stress Test" (i.e. early playtime) for Tom Clancy's End War by pre-ordering the game at participating retailers. More details are said to be forthcoming; a stress test registration page has b
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Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Action Previously on The Young and the Sadness.*A mysterious stranger, Nibris, enters the scene*Nibris: Come away with me, and I'll make all your mature-themed, Wii horror gaming dreams come true.Joystiq: Can it be? Is it true?Nibris: It is true! Just listen to my story and you'll know in your heart that it is so.Joystiq: I'm just not sure I can believe in you.Nibris: Look, I bring you concept art to prove my fidelity.J
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Houston firefighters and paramedics are searching for a man who vanished after reportedly jumping into Greens Bayou in east Houston this afternoon.

Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt, who hasn't pitched since June 30, said today he expects to start Friday against the Washington Nationals.

Sheriff's deputies responding to a domestic violence call in northeast Harris County shot a man on Monday when he lunged at them with an ax, officials said.

Qik has released one major update and two new features that will make broadcasting your content faster and more streamlined. For you power users out there, you’ll probably appreciate the release of Qik’s latest Symbian client version (0.08.70), which minimizes the latency of content from when you record to when it’s available online. [...]

“Knock, knock.” “Hello?” “Secret Service - open the door please.” Opening the door, you ask - “Yes?” “Are you Mr. Smythe who writes for Extrmeme Politics?” “Yes.” “We’d like to talk to you about some of your Web activity regarding assassination and our President.” A little far fetched? Maybe, but we could also have this scenario…. You watch as your doo
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A longtime Wall Street Journal editor pushed aside by Rubert Murdoch was named editor of the Washington Post today

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In one corner we have the iPhone 3G?the second coming of one of the most successful and influential gadgets in history. In the other corner we have Hellboy II: The Golden Army?the second coming of a moderately successful comic book adaptation about a big red demon fighting for the U.S government. It's a (kind of, sort of) clash of the sequel titans! Which one will you be spending your money on when the big July 11th release date arrives? Gawker
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newVideoPlayer("/batphone_giz.flv", 475, 376,""); Nokia just sent us the 6205 Dark Knight phone in a promotional box and man, is it cool. The box, that is. As you can see in the clip above, the purple box with pretty green bow on top surprised the hell out of me when I opened it?it cackled in the Joker's voice. The box is also packed with a DVD of Batman Begins and a creepy Joker card that has the scribbles of a madman all over it. Way to go wit
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The Nahamer T450 toaster concept from Rob Penny gets a big thumbs-up in the design department with its good looks, viewing window and revolutionary toast-dropping technology. Instead of popping up, the toast slides gracefully onto your plate?saving you the trouble of singed fingers in the process. Unfortunately, the whole concept takes a turn for the stupid with the declaration that it would be the world's first environmentally sustainable toaste
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