Jimmy Kimmel and President Obama high-fived their performances. But it was anything but a memorable evening of comedy at tonight’s White House Correspondents Dinner, that annual media-politics-showbiz schmoozefest in Washington DC. After three years in a row of telling funny jokes, President Obama flatlined. And ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel didn’t fare any better: he was bland to a fault. They also couldn’t get any laughs out of the few Mitt Romney jokes they told, even though the GOP presidential candidate wasn’t in attendance. Here’s the live-blog. Judge For yourself: UPDATE 7:30 PM: Jimmy Kimmel at the mic now. Just as Obama closed on a mention of the Secret Service scandal, that’s the topic Kimmel opens with. “Mr. President, I know you won’t be able to laugh at any of my jokes about the Secret Service,” Kimmel says looking at the Commander-in-Chief, “so cover your ears if that’s physically possible.” The ABC host continues: “I do have a lot of jokes about the Secret Service. I told them for $800 I wouldn’t tell any. But they only offered $30.” Kimmel is on a roll and tells still more Secret Service jokes. Then he starts on other subjects. “It’s kind of hard to be funny with the President of the United States sitting right next to you, looking at you. And somehow day in and day out, Joe Biden manages to do it,” says Kimmel noting the Veep’s absence. Praising the popular First Lady and her anti-childhood obesity campaign, Kimmel makes a joke about the girth of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie who laughs when the talk show host reminds that the state’s slogan is “not the Olive Garden State”. He raises the Democratic strategist’s comment who criticized Mitt Romney’s wife Ann for “not working a day in her life”. Then the crowd loves it when Kimmel uses that to make fun of tonight’s guests “Kim, Lindsay, etc” for not knowing anything about current events. Kimmel’s digs at the press are the first real lulls in his performance. “What’s black and white and read all over?” he asks. His answer of “Nothing any more” gets public groans from the mediacentric audience. A boo is heard. “Really?” Kimmel asks in response. “The Christie jokes are OK, but not [that]?” After a joke about Abraham Lincoln killing himself falls flat, Kimmel asks, “Is the Fox table laughing or did Rupert Murdoch hack into all my jokes already? … Some people think Rupert Murdoch was intentionally trying to appear to be confused when he testified in front of the British government recently. I don’t know. The man is 81 years old. I think you have to know how to use a cell phone before you can know how to hack into one.” Kimmel starts on the campaign fundraiser which George Clooney is hosting for President Obama at the actor’s home in Los Angeles on May 10th: “I for one have always dreamed of eating a Hot Pocket with the President of the United States and Batman,” quipped the comic. Kimmel is now weighing in on a wide range of targets. Some are observations, like this: ”Here in one room we have members of the media, politicians, corporate executives, advertiser, lobbyists and celebrities. Everything that is wrong with America is here in the room tonight.” He jokes that Kim Kardashian is as big a threat to America as Osama Bin Laden, which doesn’t go over well. His other jokes are about gay marriage, Keith Olbermann, Current TV (“Channel 1,000,000″), pot-smoking, Michelle Bachman’s husband (and his sexuality), Benjamin Netanyahu’s name (shortening it to “Yahoo!”), Midest peace (“a mutual love of Falafel and terrible dance music”), and the Obama healthcare plan. “I think I’ve figured it out,” Kimmel says, addressing the President. “you’re not from Kenya. It’s even worse. You’re from Canada.”

As someone who has switched (and reset) Windows Phones quite a bit, for one reason or the other, I know how painful it is to get the phone to “my state”. Yes, entering my Windows Live ID and setting up Facebook account sets up a ton of stuff automatically (Contacts, Calendars, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pictures) but there are still a lot of personalization items which I have to repeat every single time. Here is what I have to do every time I set up a new Windows Phone, after setting up my “accounts”: Reinstall all my apps. It is a bit easier now with web marketplace and apps like Reinstaller, but I still have to manually reinstall each app. Customize each app with login information, settings for the app, etc. Set up my live tiles for various apps. Some apps offer secondary tiles (like “Sports News” in a newspaper app, for example), so these have to be manually set up. De-dupe contacts across Windows Live, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn. This seems like a bit of functionality which was left off for lack of time. On Windows Live website, these contacts are in fact de-duped, but on the phone, they are not. So I have to go in and clean up manually. Create my People Groups and pin them to Start Screen. I like this feature a lot, so I do like to create three groups: immediate family, cousins, and close friends. That way, I see the updates from these groups bubble up over all the other noise. There’s no way to save these Groups in the cloud so they automatically come when I sign in. Adjust system settings like letting Bing use location services, my Office username, etc. I don’t play many games, but if I did, almost none of the games save their states in the cloud, so all game progress gets lost when moving phones. Connect to PC to set up wireless sync (and check if there are any updates available for the phone). As you can see, there is a lot of work to be done after signing into various accounts to set up a new phone. How does it go with iPhone? Read on!

Wi-Fi calling is a lifesaver for all T-Mobile customers, allowing them to make calls when they are in a no network zone or in areas with spotty T-Mobile coverage. However, the Wi-Fi calling feature has turned out to be a curse in disguise for owners of the recently launched HTC One S. Apparently, there is a power management bug connected to the Wi-Fi calling feature of the One S that drains the battery of the handset. While most Android phones already suffer from poor battery life, the One S uses Qualcomm’ newer generation S4 processor which allows the phone to easily last through a day of heavy usage. However, this Wi-Fi calling battery drain bug effectively reduces the One S battery life to a few hours, thus making lives of its owners tough. The silver lining is that a T-Mobile representative has confirmed that the bug indeed exists and that it will be fixed in a future software update. Now, all T-Mobile One S owners need to do is make sure they always are near a power outlet with their phone’s charger and pray that T-Mobile rolls out the update ASAP.

Lindsay Lohan was just one of many celebs who was lucky enough to score an invite to the 2012 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner held at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C, on Saturday night. The annual event is not only attended by the president and the first lady, but many other government officials, members of the press corps, and even Hollywood stars. Though the troubled actress -- who was the guest of Fox's Greta Van.... "Modern Family" siren Sofia Vergara popped a pose in black cocktail frock and platform pumps. The actress and a few of her co-stars had seats at the ABC News/Yahoo! News table. Proceeds from the dinner go toward scholarships for aspiring journalists and awards recognizing excellence in the profession. 18-year-old Dakota Fanning (“War of the Worlds”) wore a slightly dowdy (albeit it event-appropriate) frock and matching metallic sandals. At least her mane looked luxurious! Kim Kardashian managed to leave Kanye West's side in NYC in order to head to D.C. for the big shindig. The reality star, invited by Fox News, wore a velvet gown with embellished shoulders and her hair pulled up into a high bun. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo and his wife Candice Crawford left their new 3-week-old baby boy at home for a night so they could attend the prestigious soiree. The couple was photographed while at the Time/People/Fortune/CNN pre-cocktail party.

What better way to exit into the weekend than with a little bit of love, and a whole lot of lust, courtesy of the uber-sextastic Miranda Kerr and a little bit of lingerie. Now, you know, Miranda Kerr anything drives us funky mad insane with passion, but this latest mini-shoot for Victoria's Secret bras and panties, well I think we're going to need to re-Scotch Guard the carpets here. She's just such an amazing looking woman and in little bits of silk with her new MILFtastic boobtastic, it's just 100% sugar. VIEW MORE

Looks like NBC has another definition of "forever" -- the network has benched its new sitcom "Best Friends Forever" indefinitely, according to the show's creators, writers and stars Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham. The series, which premiered the first week of April, has only aired four of the six episodes ordered and shot for Season 1, leaving two unaired episodes. "Betty White's Off Their Rockers" will air in its Wednesday night timeslot. "BFFs" is about two best friends, Jessica (St. Clair) and Lennon (Parham), who are navigating life together as they grow up -- which includes Jess moving back in with Lenn and her boyfriend, Joe (Luka Jones), when her husband files for divorce. Fred Savage directed the show's first season. Lennon Parham first tweeted the news, saying "Best Friends Forever" is "being taken off the air until the summer," but NBC has yet to release any official scheduling plans

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James is number one on the New York Times best-seller list -- an unusual slot for a pornographic novel. And it has gotten there by word of mouth. Have you heard about it? Have you read it? Are you thinking you might? In my conversations with women all over the country in recent weeks, the answers are variations of yes. Not that the plot matters, but it's about an innocent college student and an incredibly attractive and very rich man, who also keeps a bondage chamber. Seduction, submission and sex are the formula for a publishing category called Romance, which is the most profitable of all ($1.4 billion). As one Barnes and Noble clerk told New York Magazine about his customers, "It's always older women, never younger than 30. ... In the five years that I've worked here, I have not seen a single man buy one of these books." I can understand the turn-on of fantasizing about a godlike suitor who desires us madly; beyond anything he has ever known. What goes on in his "Red Room of Pain" is more a matter of taste. But why are women my age -- including many of my friends -- not only reading it but talking about it? It's the talking about it part that interests me, because as I travel around the country meeting with groups of women to discuss my latest book How We Love Now, the subject of sex inevitably comes up, and when it does, the consensus is that while many women are having great sex and many others are having sexual problems, we are not sharing our experiences the way we do on most other topics. Many in those audiences express the wish that they could talk more freely with their partners and share this part of their lives with close friends. "Having said that," one added, "I still don't know where to begin." There are obvious reasons for this reticence -- discomfort with the subject, concern about betraying partners in conversations with friends, feeling foolish about having an interest in sex "at our age." It is in answer to the last inhibition that Fifty Shades of Grey comes in. I think that one reason we are reading it is because whether or not we are currently in a sexual relationship, we want to confirm that our juices are still flowing. There is enough unbonded -- "pure vanilla," Grey calls it -- eroticism in the book to do that. By talking about the book, we are also able to gauge whether other women are exploring the same territory. "I'm reading 50 Shades of Grey" is code for "I still have sexual feelings; do you?" But once that curiosity is shared, it is still hard to move on to frank talk. At least among ourselves. Every time I blog about how we aren't talking about sex, I get hundreds of anonymous comments. They go on and on in a real conversation -- informative, compassionate, honest, detailed, and funny. For the moment, anyway, that's where people can really let their hair down. A recent blog elicited a challenging statement that offers some reasons why we don't talk about sex -- and why we should:

After three and a half years of work, journalist Jill Bauer and photographer Ronna Gradus premiered their new film, "Sexy Baby: A Documentary About Sexiness and The Cyber Age," at the Tribeca Film Festival Friday. The film follows Nichole, a former porn star making a life for herself beyond the business; Laura, a 22-year-old elementary school teacher having labiaplasty (cosmetic surgery to decrease the size of her labia); and Winifred, a 12-year-old Manhattanite exploring what sexy means in the age of Lady Gaga and Facebook. HuffPost Women spoke to Bauer and Gradus about why they made the film, why chose the subjects they did, and what they learned about how porn and social media are impacting women's sex lives. What inspired "Sexy Baby"? Ronna: I was shooting a pretty boring story about a noise ordinance, [involving] the club scene in Coconut Grove, Fla., and it was College Night Out. All of the mainstream clubs had poles. Girls were dancing on them, and their classmates and other guys were putting tips in their shorts. It was total stripper behavior. I went clubbing in high school and saw plenty of crazy things, but there was some sort of vibe here -- something about this was really upsetting to me. I called Jill, and I was like, "I had the weirdest experience, and I can't figure out what it was." Later in the day, she looked through the pictures and helped me articulate what was so weird. Jill: I noticed in one particular picture [that] the girls were really trying hard, dancing and writhing on the pole and doing all sorts of stuff to get the guys' attention, and the guys were a little bit checked out. It wasn’t as titillating as it should have been, and that really intrigued me. I thought, "This is the kind of thing that would be, I don’t know … interesting to guys, so why are they not that glued to it?" R: It's like they were all sort of just role-playing, kind of on autopilot, like, "This is what we do now, we dance on stripper poles." J: I said, "I don’t exactly know what this story is, but I feel like there is a story here." R: We knew it was going to be a huge challenge. How on earth are you going to pitch an idea, sell an idea, to people? "There is a 12-year-old, a lady of having this operation and a porn star, and it totally makes sense." We knew it was going to be really difficult, but we went for it anyway.

I don't know if Miss Manners, Martha Stewart or any other blond woman keen on handing out the rules of genteel and polite society has come out with a primer on things best not to say to women who have been pumped full of mind-altering hormones and endured an alphabet soup of invasive procedures (ART, IVFs, ICSI's, IUI's), miscarriages and/or had failed adoptions. So even though I am only a redhead who occasionally confuses my desert fork with my salad fork, I thought I would take this matter into my own hands and create a guide of what not to say to someone who is infertile, going through infertility treatment or has just had a miscarriage. Perhaps if I do this I and others who are in my position will stop enduring these comments that hurt more than a progesterone shot in the rear. For those of you who have endured any or all of these statements you might want to print this and pass it out to all your family and friends to stop them from further inappropriateness. And, those who work in a reproductive endocrinologists office, you might want to give copies of this to each patient and have them give it out to their friends and family as they begin treatment. I am only half joking about this. Really, people need to learn what is okay and not okay to women who have extremely high levels of stress and estrogen. These following statements are just not okay: 1. "You must not really have wanted to have a child or you would have one." Really, is that the problem? Me and Hillary, we just didn't want it enough. Thanks. 2. "You must have some psychological block that is preventing you from getting pregnant." I am guessing that means Jamie and Britney Spears are totally free and clear of psychological issues. Good to know. 3. "If you would just change your beliefs about all of this, you would get pregnant. Have you seen 'The Secret'?" This question always makes me want to ask the well-meaning questioner if they have seen my middle finger. I believed I would get pregnant -- I mean, I believed. I believed so strongly that I had names and furniture and preschools picked out. If I didn't believe, I wouldn't have shelled out $100,000 in my attempt to conceive, and I certainly wouldn't have endured that kind of pain and suffering. 4. "If you would just quit trying you would get pregnant," or, "If you would adopt you would get pregnant." No, this myth is just that: a myth. According to RESOLVE: The National Infertility Association, "Studies reveal that the rate for achieving pregnancy after adopting is the same as for those who do not adopt" -- and the percentage of people who get pregnant after failed infertility treatment is even smaller. I find the notion of adopting in order to get pregnant totally unconscionable. If you want to adopt then you adopt, but you don't do it as a means of getting pregnant. We haven't been trying to get pregnant for almost four years and not once in all of these years of not trying have we managed to get even a little bit pregnant. 5. "God has another plan for you. God doesn't want you to be pregnant," or, my personal non-favorite, "God wants you to be in service and if you had a child you couldn't do God's will." Please, please, I beg you, unless God has phoned you up or shown up in your living room with choirs of angels, would you please do me a favor and not be a spokes person for any deity on my behalf. Oh, and if God has visited you and given you an inside scoop to my life purpose, I would suggest you find your way to the nearest psychiatric hospital. 6. Another of the God ones that should to go unsaid: "Maybe God knew you wouldn't have made a good parent." Following this logic one would have to infer that all the people who have children are great parents. One trip to Mc Donalds will disprove this absurd theory. "God" gives all manner of incompetent people children. I know many parents that any higher power in its right mind would have never chosen to care for a houseplant let alone a helpless child. 7. "Do you want to throw me a baby shower?" No, I don't. I love you. I love you very much, but I just cannot throw you a shower or even go to your shower. Sometimes the mere act of taking a shower makes me cry. Going to a party to celebrate someone else having a baby is out of the question. Also, I am not going to birthday parties 1-12. Once they are 13 and are driving you to drink, I will happily attend and I will come and celebrate your suffering. I hope you understand. 8. "I am thinking about having an abortion." No, do not tell me this. I am all for choice. Really, I am. I just cannot hear about your choice just now. 9. "Do you want to go to Chucky Cheese, Disneyland, Toys R Us or to the American Doll store with me?" No, no I don't. I want to go to a bar and drink a bottle of Vodka and smoke a carton of cigarettes -- would you care to join me? 10. "I had six kids, and as soon as I had them I realized I didn't want to be a mother." It was 6th child that made you realize this? When talking, it is important to be aware of your audience. This is not something you say to a woman who was not able to have one child. 11. "I have a very small family, I only have four kids." Please be quiet. 12. "You can be a mother to your friends kids." I know people mean well by this. But, to those of you who say such things, let me tell you that babysitting for your kids is not the same thing as being a parent. It just isn't.

On Good Friday at around 3:30 p.m., Laura and Mike Canahuati of Houston got a call from a neurologist confirming their worst fear. The tests results showed their 5-month-old daughter Avery has a rare and incurable genetic disorder. Avery was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy, a genetic disorder that attacks spinal neurons and progressively debilitates muscle function. Avery's was Type 1, the most severe kind, and doctors told them their little girl had only 18 months to live. "We had several days of sitting in shock and crying and then we pulled ourselves out of that," Laura said. "Since we had such a short time, we knew we wanted to make the best of it." To cherish every moment with Avery, the Canahuatis created " Avery's Bucket List," a blog written from Avery's perspective where they chronicle her world and track their family adventures, checking things off from the bucket list as they go. The bucket list includes milestones in every child's life - from sitting up, kissing her mom and dad, to having a birthday party, meeting Santa Claus, losing a tooth, visiting college and more. "We have our days, it's not that we don't," said Mike Canahuati, 31, who writes the blog in his daughter's voice. "The blog made it into … 'Let's go to the Canahuatis and smile at Avery and appreciate life instead of crying." "I have a lot of living to do in just a little bit of time," Avery "writes" on the blog. "In everything I do, the two most important things are that I'm spending time with my mommy & daddy, while at the same time spreading awareness for SMA." Avery's story and bucket list has struck a chord online. Since the Canahuatis started the blog earlier this month, it has racked up close to 500,000 page views, Mike said, with people as far as Malaysia, Hong Kong, Germany and New Zealand visiting it. "When we saw how many people it was reaching in a few days, that's when we realized we could really get the word out on SMA and spread the word as much as we could," said Laura, who worked as a kindergarten teacher before giving birth to Avery, an 11-11-11 baby. SMA is the No. 1 genetic killer of children under the age of 2 in the U.S., but most people don't know about it, Laura explained. An estimated one in 40 people are carriers of SMA. If both parents are carriers, like Laura and Mike are, there's a 25 percent chance of their child having SMA. Laura and Mike urge all parents to talk to their OB GYNs and get tested to see if they are a carrier for SMA. "Our goal for Avery to be the face of SMA. Just like when you say the word cancer, I don't think there's a single person who doesn't know what cancer is, we want it to be the same for SMA," Laura said.

As she entered the 2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night, Kim Kardashian again teased that she's considering a mayoral run. "Stay tuned," Kim told Politico. "I always set my goals really high." In an unaired clip from the second season of "Khloe & Lamar," Kardashian revealed her plans to run for mayor of Glendale, California to her sister Khloe Kardashian-Odom. "I decided I'm going to run for the mayor of Glendale," Kim said. "It's going to be in, like, five years. So I have to buy a house. Noelle and I are looking into all the requirements." Kardashian, who is of Armenian descent, said she's eyeing Glendale for her political debut "because it's, like, Armenian town." Kardashian is attending the White House Correspondents' Dinner as a guest of Fox News. Kris Jenner, the reality star's "momager," said Fox News is "on every TV" in her home. "Our parents are complete Republicans," said Kardashian, who added that she's a Democrat.

Joe Manganiello has tackled vampires, witches and werewolves on "True Blood," but for his new stripper flick "Magic Mike," he faced a whole new challenge: thongs. "It was uncomfortable at first. It sort of felt like a wedgie, but once you get into the routine of wearing one, you know what to do and you just do your thing," Manganiello told People about wearing his first thong. "We all had to suffer a bit for our craft." Manganiello co-stars opposite Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer in "Magic Mike," a new movie about male strippers. He wasn't the only one to struggle with the wardrobe. "White Collar" star Bomer said he had trouble figuring the undergarment out. "The first time I tried, I had never worn a thong before, so the first time I tried it I put it on wrong and my junk didn’t fit in it," Bomer told MTV. "I had to call a wardrobe person in, 'Something is wrong with my thong, you guys. I think we are gonna have to figure this out,’ and they're like, 'Yeah your legs are in the wrong holes.’ That was step one." In "Magic Mike," Tatum stars as the titular character, a stripper teaching Pettyfer's newbie the ropes. Manganiello plays a fellow stripper with a unique name. "My publicist saw ['Magic Mike'] and couldn't form a sentence afterwards," Manganiello said. "Anybody who knows me is going to definitely see me in a different light. My character's name is Big Dick Richie for a reason."

There's a scene at the end of this week's episode of "Girls" (Sundays at 10:30 p.m. ET on HBO) where Hannah and Marnie dance around to Robyn's "Dancing On My Own." That was the moment I knew that Hannah had finally won me over. For the first time, she's admitting that she doesn't know everything. It's a humbling experience, but thankfully, Robyn makes everything better. Even though girls can identify with Hannah's situation -- well, not all girls -- she never seemed extremely likable. Is she smart? It seems so. Refreshingly self-aware? Sometimes. Vulnerable? Without a doubt. Does she need a good smack upside the head? Definitely. But this week, Hannah seemed real. Not only does she fall for yet another one of Adam's heinous lies, but she also discovers that her college boyfriend is gay and had she been more aware and less emotionally needy in college, she probably could have figured it out. "He seemed gay," she admitted to Marnie. Despite being cut off from her parents in the pilot episode and losing out on a job opportunity got her extremely inappropriate date rape joke -- which was almost as awkward as Ashlee Simpson's infamous "SNL" hoedown -- Hannah doesn't seem too concerned with her joblessness. Rent is due in a week, but I don't think she really cares. But how is she affording all of these cupcakes? Is she on a cupcake-only diet? Since this episode is entitled "All Adventurous Women Do" (Jessa says all adventurous women have at least a couple of strands of HPV), here's a few of the things that our favorite girls -- and obviously all adventurous girls -- do. All Adventurous Women Do Accuse Their Ex-Boyfriends of Giving Them HPV Last week, Hannah got scared after Adam revealed that he never uses condoms, so she Google searches "The stuff that gets up around the sides of condoms." This results in a frantic -- albiet hysterical -- trip to the gynecologist where she reveals her life-long fear of AIDS. This week, Hannah discovers that she does have an STD -- HPV, a common virus that most sexually active adults will contract. Unfortunately, despite last week's Google searching frenzy, Hannah wasn't feeling lucky enough to read up on HPV to know that. When she confronts Adam, blatantly lies, telling Hannah that he was just tested "for that s---" and there's no way she got it from him. Had she done a fraction of the paranoid research she did last week, she would have known that men can't get tested for HPV. Instead, Hannah reconnects with her college boyfriend Elijah, who is now gay (shock!), and accuses him of giving it to her. Unsurprisingly, he's not happy about these accusations. If you've been waiting to see Hannah get a serious reality check, then this might just be your favorite scene in the entire series. Kudos to Elijah for calling Hannah out for being ridiculous. "I think it was Maya Angelou that said. 'We are only as blind as we want to be.'" Amen, Elijah. "Book of Mormon" actor Andrew Rannells does a fantastic job battling it out with Dunham, who finally proves that she has some serious comedic chops. "In what way does my father read gay to you?"

The Indian president has approved Sachin Tendulkar's nomination to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament. Tendulkar met the Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday and was offered a seat in the upper house's nominated category. He accepted the offer and his name went from the prime minister's office to the home ministry, and then the office of the President, who formally approved the candidature. Tendulkar will fill one of 12 seats in the Rajya Sabha that are reserved for those persons "having special knowledge or practical experience in respect of such matters as literature, science, art and social service." Tendulkar is the first sportsman to be nominated in this category, which has no election process. (Former Indian hockey captain Dilip Tirkey, who took oath as a Rajya Sabha yesterday, was elected.) Previous nominated MPs, who serve a six-year term, include the musician Ravi Shankar, the singer Lata Mangeshkar and the artist MF Husain. Tendulkar's nomination had not been expected to meet with much opposition, given his stature in India. The nomination came from the ruling Congress party, which is currently fighting political battles on various fronts. Before meeting the prime minister, Tendulkar and his wife Anjali met the Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who reportedly congratulated him on his hundred international centuries. The reaction from the main opposition party, the BJP, was swift and unambiguous. The party's chief spokesperson, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said: "Sachin is a great player. We are proud of him. If Sachin is being nominated surely he will devote some time to Parliament." The BCCI also welcomed the move. "We are happy that Tendulkar's services as a sportsperson has been recognised," the Indian board's chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty told PTI. "He's been a true ambassador for the country and he deserves it."

Yesteryears actress Rekha and cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar was nominated for Rajya Sabha member. Sachin Tendulkar, 39 who hold uncountable records and brought pride to the country has been recommended for nomination as members of Rajya Sabha along with Rekha who ablaze the silver screen with her marvelous acting. Rekha one of the leading heroines of 80’s was honored with many awards for her films. Sachin’s nomination came as a surprise as he was not conferred with Bharat Ratna after so much demand and debate. The nomination of the two has been approved by President Pratibha Patil. In March, Sachin completed the historic achievement of scoring 100 international centuries. Earlier in the day, Tendulkar and his wife Anjali, met Congress President Sonia Gandhi at her residence. Tendulkar would be the first active sportsman and a cricketer to be nominated to Rajya Sabha. The House already has few well-known celebrities.

Any news from the Victoria’s Secret brand comes to attract lots of attention and admiration and now we have the chance to take a peek at the latest Pink lookbook released by the renowned lingerie label. Gorgeous American hottie Karlie Kloss is the latest model, who has joined the group of beauties featuring in Victoria’s Secret Pink lookbook. The 19-year-old supermodel shows off her flawless body by sporting some alluring pieces from the brand’s fun, flirty and fresh collection. Sexy and provocative, but also romantic and youthful, the latest Victoria’s Secret Pink lookbook featuring Karlie Kloss brings cute pieces for all those free-spirited girls and women, who aren’t afraid to have fun with their styling. Karlie Kloss made her debut as a VS angel during this year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The 19-year-old model told ‘OK!’ that, “As an American girl growing up watching the Victoria’s Secret show every year with three sisters, this is a dream. These women set the ideal for beauty for American girls across the country, and now, to be one of those girls; the opportunity to be up there and to walk with the women I idolized growing up — it was a very surreal, very cool experience.” The latest Victoria’s Secret Pink collection is flooded with comfy, practical pieces, ideal for gym and relaxed weekends with your friends. Cool tops, fabulous sweats, cozy hoodies and sneakers are some of the noteworthy pieces found in the lookbook. There are also voguish sleepwear stunners like sleepshirts, snooze-worthy sleep pants, boxers, toasty-warm PJ sets, and thermal long Janes. If you are on the hunt of the prettiest and the most alluring lingerie pieces, make sure to take a look at the latest Victoria’s Secret Pink lookbook, as it features some colorful and bright demis, push-ups and multi-ways that will instantly charm you. Covered with nice prints, these items are made from shiny fabric that feels like velvet on your skin. The label also has some bralettes with adjustable straps and yoga-push bras for lounging and workout. Moreover, there are lovely accessories, such as totes, laptop cases, backpacks and travel wheelies, towel sets, socks, and slouchy booties in the collection. Get inspired by the mesmerizing Victoria’s Secret Pink 2011-2012 lookbook and give a fun update to your underwear drawer!GET MORE

Marilyn Manson is heading out April 27, 2012 on the Hey... Cruel World tour, his first tour since 2009. The Hey... Cruel World tour is in support of Manson's highly anticipated eighth studio album, Born Villain, set for release May 1st, 2012. Born Villain showcases a return to the hard-driving, heavier industrial sound that helped Manson cross the genres of glam, shock and heavy metal over a decade ago; a sound which has become signature Marilyn Manson. There are few bands who have impacted music like Marilyn Manson. Taking a tradition begun by amazing, creative artists like Alice Cooper, Mercyful Fate and Kiss, Marilyn Manson grabbed it by the balls, bitch-slapped it with some heavy industrial and techno metal, and then squeezed until it screamed. Marilyn Manson busted the Shock Rock genre wide open and moved it into a whole new realm of influence and, of course, controversy. Born Villain, Marilyn Manson's first release since his move to Cooking Vinyl records, may well be one of the rocker's strongest albums to date. Along with the Hey... Cruel World tour, Marilyn Manson will also be performing at Rock on the Range on May 20, 2012, in Columbus, OH, along with a stellar line-up that includes Incubus, Rob Zombie and Shinedown. Visit www. MarilynManson.com for tickets, tour updates and to pre-order Born Villain. Read more:

As you may know, after Kate Middleton becomes the Queen of England, she and I have a secret plan to abscond with her from the castle and take her to the woods to be my rebel hottie squeeze. The plan is so secret that not even Kate knows about it yet, only my allergists, the right and honorable Dr. Franz Ketchum, who has been inoculating me with various antibodies for several months now so my peat moss allergies won't cause me undue discomfort when I do abscond to a woodland environment. I can't remember a royal that I just liked leering at so much as the Duchess of Cambridge. Out at a screening for the film African Cats, with Prince Bill somewhere in tow, Kate just compels me to want to scale her battlements and enter her humid castle keep with my lance extended. That's it, I've run out of crude analogies. READ MORE

There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, and these days it's often a feeling of confusion at the latest beach photoshoots from teen wannabe drama queen Courtney Stodden. The fact that she got married and lost her virginity at 16 to her stand-in grandpa is actually now the most normal thing about her. In her most recent incarnation of underaged teen sex on the beach, Courtney fixes her bike, roams the beach, and plays volleyball like a true future porn star champ, all in a cleavage revealing top and butt baring bottom. If you want to look, I give you absolution from any and all venal sin stuff. I can actually do that. If you don't want to look because of Courtney's 17 going on 45 years of age, I can respect that too. Except for missing that butt shot, that one you really should see. READ MORE

he Atlanta Falcons gave up only a seventh-round draft pick Wednesday when they acquired four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Asante Samuel from the Philadelphia Eagles. The Falcons announced the trade after Samuel agreed to restructure his contract to a three-year, $18.5-million deal. His contract with Philadelphia called for him to earn $9.9 million in 2012 and $11.4 million in 2013. Samuel, 31, gives Atlanta a strong but high-priced trio at cornerback with Dunta Robinson and Brent Grimes under new defensive coordinator Mike Nolan. Grimes, who signed his franchise tag tender Tuesday, will make $10.262 million this season. Robinson will earn $6 million. SOCCER Bayern Munich advances to final Bayern Munich became the first team to advance to a Champions League final it is hosting, beating Real Madrid, 3-1, on penalty kicks at Madrid as Bastian Schweinsteiger converted the final shot after Sergio Ramos sent his over the crossbar. Bayern, a four-time champion of European soccer's top club tournament, reached the final for the second time in three seasons and will play Chelsea at Allianz Arena on May 19. Chelsea eliminated defending champion Barcelona on Tuesday. Following Bayern's 2-1 win in Germany last week, Real won the second leg 2-1 to force the shootout, the first in the semifinals since Liverpool defeated Chelsea in 2007. Monterrey won the CONCACAF Champions League title despite a 2-1 loss to fellow Mexican club Santos Laguna at Torreon in the return leg of the final series. Monterrey won the first leg, 2-0, and has clinched the title 3-2 on aggregate. A divided Southern Section Council voted 41-40 to endorse a series of proposals to revise CIF transfer rules this fall, including implementation of a monthlong sit-out period instead of a one-year penalty for transferring without moving. It means the Southern Section representatives will be instructed to vote in favor of the proposal at next week's meeting of the State Federated Council. If approved, the new transfer provisions would take effect for the new school year. Athletes who transfer at the end of this school year and before the next school year begins without moving would be eligible for competition on the following dates: Oct. 1 for fall sports, Dec. 31 for winter sports and April 1 for spring sports. It's a one-time-only transfer provision. Those who transfer a second time without moving would be ineligible for one year.

In the last month or so, a Symbian Belle firmware had leaked online for the Nokia C7 and the E6. However, no Belle firmware leaked online for the Nokia N8, which is probably the most popular Symbian^3 phone out there. Unlock Phone 4G/4S ios 5 www.iphone-unlockme.com - Factory Carrier Unlock Only $19.99 Unlock Sim To Any Network 3GS 4G 4S Now, it looks like the guy who leaked the earlier Belle firmware felt bad for the N8 owners and has leaked a new Belle firmware for the handset. The leaked firmware (v111.030) is newer than the C7′s leaked Belle firmware. The new firmware contains quite a lot of new widgets and is also much more smoother and faster compared to the C7′s Belle FW. Interested readers can find the download link and installation steps here. The official Symbian Belle update for all the existing Symbian^3 handsets is expected to land sometime in Q1 of 2012. For the unknown, the Belle update will bring with it a noticeable improvement in the UI of Symbian phones, new animations, widgets, up to 6 home screens and much more.

Since 2008, I’ve been a dedicated iOS user and somewhat of a fanboy. While I’ve spent plenty of time playing around with Android phones such as the Droid RAZR and the HTC Desire, they’ve all been laggy and generally do not provide an enjoyable experience for me. But while Android didn’t stand out for me, another mobile OS did: Windows Phone 7. To be honest, most Windows Phone devices have been pretty dull. The Samsung Focus, HTC Titan and others have looked like any other non-iOS. However, this completely changed when Microsoft and Nokia announced their partnership and Nokia announced their new series of Windows Phones. In case you’re unaware, Nokia originally announced the Lumia 710 and 800 in November of 2011. The Lumia 710 featured a whole new design while the 800′s design was carried over from the MeeGo-sporting Nokia N9. The Lumia 710 would be brought to the US via T-Mobile while the Lumia 800 would stay in Europe. This did eventually change as the unlocked Lumia 800 was offered in a wallet crushing media pack, which cost $899 at Microsoft Stores in the US. Then CES 2012 rolls around and Nokia announces two more devices: the Lumia 900 and the Lumia 610. The 610 is meant for emerging markets as the expected price of the unlocked phone is sub-$250. The Lumia 900 on the other hand, is an AT&T-exclusive high-end Windows Phone for the US market. Priced at only $99 (on-contract) in the US, the Lumia 900 rocks a 4.3″ touchscreen and a front facing camera. The US variant of the Lumia 900 also packs LTE connectivity while the international version is running on HSPA+. Now that I’ve run down all the specs and history of the Nokia Lumia series, I want to give you my full thoughts on the Nokia Lumia 900 after I was given one last week. While this won’t be a full review of the Lumia 900, it should give you a good idea of an iPhone user’s thoughts on the device.

“Asma al-Assad is glamorous, young, and very chic — the freshest and most magnetic of first ladies,” writer Joan Juliet Buck began her profile of Syria’s first lady in Vogue last year. Amid descriptions of Assad’s “energetic grace” and Christian Laboutin shoes, Buck wrote: “The 35-year-old first lady’s central mission is to change the mind-set of six million Syrians under eighteen, encourage them to engage in what she calls ‘active citizenship.’ ”Well, perhaps. But just as Buck’s profile appeared, Assad’s husband, Bashar al-Assad, began a bloody crackdown on his opponents. Since then, about 9,000 Syrians have been slaughtered by security forces loyal to Assad, Syria’s hereditary president. Meanwhile, rather than the progressive, arts-loving, British-educated banker of Buck’s telling, Asma al-Assad has emerged as the Marie Antoinette of the Arab Spring. E-mails leaked by Syrian opposition groups last month showed that she was involved in shopping online for jewelry, chandeliers and designer shoes in boutiques in Paris and London while her government’s violent repression was underway. Buck’s article, in the March 2011 issue of Vogue, drew widespread surprise and ridicule, especially among Washington’s foreign-policy community, which had long regarded Syria as a regional troublemaker and leading violator of human rights. It contained little hint of the Assad family’s history of repression, offering only that Syria is “a country full of shadow zones.” And then the story disappeared. The 3,200-word article apparently proved so embarrassing to the magazine that it scrubbed it from its Web site, an almost-unheard-of step for a mainstream media organization and a generally acknowledged violation of digital etiquette. Today it’s impossible to find the article, “A Rose in the Desert,” on Vogue’s Web site. Links to it lead to a notice on Vogue.com reading, “Oops. The page you’re looking for can not be found,” next to a photo of a fashion model looking sternly into the camera. Buck’s story is still available on the subscribers-only Nexis database, which archives published articles and broadcast transcripts. According to the Atlantic magazine, the only freely available copy of “A Rose in the Desert” is on a Web site maintained by a Syrian journalist

Sprint Nextel Chief Executive Dan Hesse said that the carrier will continue to offer an unlimited data plan for the iPhone, telling CNET that the data plan is the company’s “distinctive differentiator.” He told CNET reporter Roger Cheng that he doesn’t anticipate that the unlimited plan model will change any time soon, saying that it’s a “marriage made in heaven.” Hot gadgets for spring 2012: Here are some of the top consumer gadgets that have been creating a lot of buzz this season. Titans of the technology industry: These executives lead some of today's most innovative and influential technology firms. The company announced its earnings Wednesday, posting a loss overall with a small gain in revenue. According to the company, Sprint sold 1.5 million iPhones last quarter — nearly half, 44 percent, to new customers. Those numbers were still outstripped by competitors who reported slower iPhone sales — AT&T with 4.3 million and Verizon’s 3.2 million. Still, as GigaOm’s Kevin Fitchard notes, 1.5 million is not a bad figure for Sprint, especially considering that the number-three carrier is about half the size of AT&T or Verizon. Fitchard calculated that Sprint’s iPhone sales make up about 4 percent of Apple’s global sales last quarter. So while customers aren’t beating down Sprint’s doors to get the iPhone and its unlimited data plan, the carrier is holding its own. The company has been struggling a little as its makes the transition to its LTE network, coming in last in PCWorld’s test for the nation’s fastest cellular networks. The company’s WiMAx 4G network came in behind T-Mobile’s 3G network. Hesse told Cheng that he believes that if Apple decides to include 4G LTE capability in the next iPhone, Sprint will get the device at the same time as its competitors.

On July first of this year the interest rate on Stafford student loans, the same loans many of you use to help pay for college, are set to double. That means some hard working students will be paying about a thousand dollars extra just to get their education. So I’ve called on Congress to prevent this from happening. What we’ve said is simple: now is not the time to make school more expensive for our young people. JIMMY FALLON: Oh yeah. You should listen to the President – or, as I like to call him, the Preezy of the United Steezy…Things are heating up inside of Congress’s chambers, behind all those closed doors. So the president made a few discreet calls across the aisle. He said ‘Hey, let’s get together on this one.” With college getting more expensive, is it enough by itself to satisfy all your collegiate needs? Ah, Pell no! “If Congress doesn’t act it’s the student who pay. The right and left should join on this, like Kim and Kanye,” sings Tariq Trotter, aka Black Thought. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Now there’s some in Congress who disagree. They say keeping the interest rate low isn’t the way to help our students. They say we should be doing everything we can to pay down the national debt. Well, so long as it doesn’t include taxing billionaires. But their position is that students just have to make this rate increase work. Frankly I don’t buy it. JIMMY FALLON: Mmm-mmm-mmm! The Barackness Monster ain’t buying it. We all know our legislative bodies in the House, tossing and turning late into the night, but still Republicans disagree and could even filibuster. But, if they do, the president said, they’re gonna feel it, buster. “The GOP is steady saying ‘No, no no!’ They should find something new to do like Tom Tebow,” sings Tariq. Following a commercial break, The Roots played Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together,” to re-introduce Obama, who sang the song back in January at a fundraiser. Fallon had a hard time hiding his laughs while subsequently interviewing Obama, de Moraes says: “Fallon, who’s been giddy since Obama walked out on stage, begins to “interview” Obama. And, by “interview” we mean suggesting Obama deliberately fall while getting off Air Force One because it would be really funny, like the time President George W. Bush choked on the pretzel. Obama says he doesn’t find it funny, but Fallon can’t let it go. They speak a few minutes about the handful of Secret Service “knuckleheads” with the hookers in Cartagena, Columbia, and the press scramble to write lead stories about it, while they move on to some sports references, and Fallon says he really likes Obama’s house -- “it’s a rental,” Obama explains, Fallon giggles.” Fallon joked about the investigation into the actions of Secret Service members while stationed in Columbia, asking Obama if he had been “having the best time hanging out with the Secret Service,” David Nakamura of 44 said:

The actress -- who plays Black Widow in the Marvel universe and has a sizable role in "Marvel's The Avengers" -- co-starred in "Iron Man 2," but likely won't appear in "Iron Man 3." According to the site ScreenRant, Johansson began a recent interview by saying she wouldn't have time to return for the next Marvel blockbuster. During the video-taped portion of the chat, however, Johansson did allow that a Black Widow movie would be something she'd be very keen on doing. "I think you build this character with the hope that the fans want more," Johansson said. "I personally think there is an awesome Black Widow movie in there, that is kind of a 'Bourne' type of film, that I think will take the whole comic book genre in a completely different direction." While there is no confirmation that Johansson won't co-star in "Iron Man 3," she hasn't been mentioned in any of the recent casting stories about the film. Tweeted Variety reporter Jeff Sneider, "Yes, ScarJo will spend late May/early June filming [Joseph Gordon-Levitt's] movie, not IRON MAN 3 ... Did that movie really need Black Widow? Nah." To that end, "Iron Man 3" has a ridiculously large cast. In addition to star Robert Downey Jr., the film is set to feature appearances from Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Ben Kingsley, Guy Pearce and maybe even Jessica Chastain. "Iron Man 3" is due out next year; "Marvel's The Avengers" is in theaters next week.

In a twist of irony, a West Virginia woman is trying to collect money from a collection agency. Diana Mey, of Wheeling, W. Va., won the largest judgment ever against an abusive debt collection company -- more than $10 million. "I'm a mom, and I'm a housewife, and I'm an accidental activist," Mey said. From her small-town home base in Wheeling, Mey went after a debt collection empire that hounds people nationwide and won. But she still hasn't received any money. "I don't know that I'll ever collect a dime, but if I can get their operation shut down, that would make me very happy." Watch the full story on "Nightline" TONIGHT at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT Two years ago, a debt collector with a company called Reliant Financial Associates, or RFA, left a message implying that her house was in jeopardy if she didn't pay a debt. The message stated: "I'm calling in regards to a preliminary asset liability investigation. They are in the process of serving some court documents in regards to case 29369... They have some information now pending questions at the property,... Springdale Avenue, in Wheeling, West Virginia. It is in your best interests to contact the department. You are required to contact 866-764-9779." It is illegal for debt collectors to make empty threats about serving people with a lawsuit or seizing their home. And it was especially galling to Mey, who says she is debt-free. "They threatened to take legal action against our property and it wasn't even our debt," Mey said. Millions of Americans are victims of this kind of mistaken debtor identity, partly because of a new breed of collectors called "debt buyers." They purchase old debts for pennies that the original creditors have given up on and then try to collect them for a big profit. Critics say debt buyers sometimes use outrageous tactics to get the money where others have failed. RFA is a debt buyer. Mey wrote RFA a cease and desist letter, telling the company not to contact her anymore, and sent it certified mail. Postal records show exactly when RFA signed for it. Precisely 23 minutes later, Mey started getting mysterious hang-up calls that showed up on her caller ID as coming from her local county government. "So I called the number back and it was the sheriff's department. And I asked if someone there was trying to reach me. And they said, no - nobody there was trying to reach me," Mey said.

New Song · Scene of the week-Week 48-Nayak · Anil Kapoor laughs on 100-150 cr grossing Indian Stars and Stars being content doing well on Indian TV etc · musicaday-246 · Tezz to have three alternative endings The shooting of Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha's Rowdy Rathore in Karnataka's temple town of Hampi was disrupted after activists said the minimum number of local dancers had not been used. The unit members of "Rowdy Rathore", directed by Prabhu Deva, had to beat a hasty retreat after a few hours of shooting Monday afternoon following objections by local activists. A song sequence, featuring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha, along with many dancers, was being shot in Hampi, about 400 km from Bangalore, where the mercury has shot up to over 40 degrees. Despite the gruelling heat, shooting was in brisk progress when some local activists pointed out that the movie's production house, Sanjay Leela Bhansali Films, had not used a minimum of 30 percent of local dancers for shooting the song. Another reason for stopping filming is that the unit had taken permission to shoot a song sequence from Tuesday to Friday, but had begun Monday itself, said activists. Venkoba Naik, a local activist and freelance journalist, told IANS from Hampi that the entire film unit had no Kannada technicians and all of them, including the dancers, were brought from Mumbai. It is stipulated that 30 percent of local artists had to be used for the song shoot in Karnataka.

Kerala education board is certainly is on its way to raise the bar for the rest of education boards of India with its stupendous performance to finalize the results and providing it to the about 4.7 lakh anxious students who appeared in the SSLC examinations this year. Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy yesterday made an announcement to the media that the SSLC results would be declared today i.e. 26th April at 11:30 am which is within a month of examinations were conducted. Education Minister P. K. Abdu Rabb would be announcing the results at a press conference and subsequently these results can be checked on the various websites including the official results portal of Kerala education board at http://keralaresults.nic.in and http://kerala.results.nic.in. Students can also get the results on the mobile by sending an SMS to Kerala Short Code 537252 in the format SSLC registration number. Education board of the state which has the highest literacy rate keep pushing the limits to bring the highest standard of services to the students as it has already distributed the 90 percent of the text books for the upcoming session. Results of class 9 and below would be published by 2nd May'2012.

The Rangers basically had a bullpen game against the New York Yankees with Scott Feldman forced into spot starting duty. Feldman and four others combined to allow three runs against the Yankees while the Adrian Beltre delivered with three RBI in the 7-3 win. The Rangers have now won every series they've played this season. In the stretch of 12 games against the Red Sox, Tigers, Yankees and Rays, that looked potentially troubling two weeks ago, the worst the Rangers can finish is 7-5. Robbie Ross has as many wins as Albert Pujols has RBI. Gauche update: The Angels lost. The Rangers upped their lead over the Angels to 8 1/2.

Looking good, Heidi Klum! The fashion icon posed for a new ad for the beauty brand Astor to celebrate its 60th anniversary, and left little to the imagination. Klum appears nude in the new ad, but is covered with an elaborate and colorful design by makeup artist Joanne Gair. The "Project Runway" host, who has been in the news lately due to her split from her husband of seven years, Seal, wrote about her experience on her blog: It took 12 hours for Joanne to complete my look, but this actually wasn't the first time she has painted me from head to toe. This was probably close to the 13th time I've been body painted by her, so I'm used to getting it done--the process takes awhile, so you have to be good at being patient! While sitting still for hours just for one outfit -- or lack thereof -- may seem extreme, Klum is definitely used to all the preparation. She and her soon-to-be ex used to dress up in extravagant costumes and body art for their annual Halloween parties. Check out Heidi's colorful photo below. For more, head over to Heidi's blog.

"Mad Men" got psychedelic this week when Roger Sterling tripped on LSD at his wife's psychotherapist's apartment. "Mad Men" was bound to run into '60s counter-culture at some point, but nobody could have guessed that the set-in-his-ways World War II veteran Sterling would be the one doing the experimenting (he just wasn't made for these times). At the end of his reality-bending adventure, which "Mad Men" conveyed through a shrinking cigarette, a musical vodka bottle and a rapid-fire internal monologue, Roger found himself "alone in the truth" with his wife Jane, and they both recognized it was time for them to get divorced. The storyline got HuffPost TV thinking about some of TV's most memorable drug trips. Plenty of iconic characters have dabbled in hallucinogens through the years -- whether it be LSD, mushrooms, peyote or frog's saliva. From Tony Soprano to Homer Simpson, "The Good Wife" to "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia," enjoy this video mashup of classic TV trips.

Ten years to the day after Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes was killed in a car accident in Honduras, her former TLC groupmates have a huge announcement: They're reuniting for a US tour, and will be bringing the late R&B star back to life. TMZ reports Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas are getting ready to hit the road this year and have already booked five major cities. As if that wasn't news enough, they're taking a page out of Dre's Anatomy Dr. Dre's handbook and bringing the missing member back to "life" on a big screen. Left Eye's vocals will also reportedly be a part of the show. Though she passed away a decade ago, fans remembered her for her contributions to music and charities today. Lopes died on April 25, 2002 in Honduras, where she had decided to develop a medical and educational nonprofit organization. She was in the country to volunteer at a child welfare center. It sas 1998's Hurricane Mitch which inspired Lopes to volunteer in the country. She promoted literacy programs and intended to build a children's camp. News of plans for a digital Left Eye comes on the heels of Dr. Dre's announcement that has yet to decide whether to tour with the instantly infamous Tupac Shakur hologram. Though the dead rapper's "appearance" at Coachella was a big hit, Dre said there were no official plans to take "him" on tour, despite previous reports.

Aziz Ansari had a pretty hilarious take on the new "G.I. Joe" trailer, taking to Twitter to share his reactions as he watched . The trailer for "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" hit the web yesterday, and we already took a turn noting some of the clip's cheesy (but awesome!) lines. Among the most notable lines: "What if the president isn't the president?" "This is it, boys. This is what we waited for." And, perhaps most memorably: "Boom." Though Ansari's tweets are sure to please his fans, they raise an interesting point: Will movie studios soon be paying comics and other celebrities to draw attentions to their trailers? We've already seen a huge increase in pre-release footage, with teasers for trailers and stills seemingly being released every single day. And, of course, no one would be surprised if studios are calling in favors from celebrities in their wheelhouses.

HTC Desire is a newly announced phone which is also known as HTC Bravo. it almost looks like the Google Nexus one phone and most of the hardware features are same. also this phone runs with Android OS, v2.1 Eclair version. it has a 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen and it has 480 x 800 pixels resolution. also HTC Desire has a track ball. it supports multi-touch and has an Accelerometer sensor as well. this mobile phone has very good sound quality and it supports Dolby Mobile sound enhancement. like Google Nexus one, HTC Desire has a 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM. the internal memory of this phone is 576MB and it supports up to 32GB memory cards. in connectivity side, HTC Desire has 7.2MBPS HSDPA speed and 2MBPS HSUPA speed. it also has bluetooth and wi-fi features. the main camera of this phone is 5MP and it supports HD D1 720x480 pixels resolution 30fps high quality video recording. HTC Desire has a good GPS receiver and a digital compass as well.

The new Samsung ES90 is a 14.2MP compact digital camera with 5x optical zoom and HD Movie Recording . It supports USB charging so you can even charge it using your laptop or USB in the car stereo system . Samsung ES90 Digital Camera features : 5x Optical Zoom 720p HD Movie Recording 2.7 Intelligent LCD Smart Auto USB Charging Digital Image Stabilisation Object Tracking AF Samsung ES90 Digital Camera specifications : Image Sensor : 14.2MP Optical Zoom : 5x Display : 2.7-inch Internal storage : 37MB External storage : SD Card (up to 2GB), SDHC (up to 16GB) File Format Still Image: JPEG (DCF), EXIF 2.21, DPOF 1.1, PictBridge 1.0 Movie Clip: AVI(MJPEG) Audio: WAV USB 2.0 (Hi-Speed) Audio Microphone: Mono, Internal Speaker: Mono Power source DC power input 5.0V Battery: BP70A (740mA) Charger: AD5055 Connector Type: 8 pin (USB/AV out) Dimensions (WxHxD) : 96.9x58x20.2 mm Weight : 120gm (without battery) Samsung ES90 Price in India : Around Rs.5,500 . It is available now .

India Post is offering a six percent discount on gold coins on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya across its 31 designated post offices in the national capital. "You are entitled to a flat discount on the purchase of gold coins of any denomination. The coins are available in denominations of 0.5, 1, 5, 8, 10, 20 and 50 gm of 24 carat with 99.99 percent purity," the ministry of communications and IT said in a statement. Currently, 10 gram of gold is priced at Rs.28,000, compared to Rs.22,000 during the like period of the previous year. The offer is valid for two days April 23 and 24 and gold coins will be made available at post offices including those at Civil Lines, Connaught Place, Greater Kailash, Hauz Khas, Lajpat Nagar and Rohini Sec-7 among the 31 designated post offices in Delhi. Akshaya Tritiya, which falls on today (April 24), is considered by Hindus as one of the most auspicious days of the year. It is also known as Akha Teej. Buying gold is an important aspect of the day and is a part of worshipping Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth in households. India Post, in association with the World Gold Council and Reliance Money Infrastructure Limited, commenced the sale of gold coins manufactured by Valcambi, Switzerland, initially at a few post offices across the country in October 2008. Today, the gold coins are available through more than 800 post offices across the country.

The Board of Intermediate Education, A.P, has declared the Board of intermediate 2nd year results 2012 on Tuesday. The results for the first year were declared on April 20, 2012. The BIE promotes the vision of world-class education in AP through quality leadership, support, and services as it aims at continuous improvement of education in the State. Results announced on following sites: http://examresults.aponline.gov.in http://results.aponline.gov.in http://results2.ap.nic.in http://results1.ap.nic.in http://www.cgg.gov.in/inter2 http://203.199.181.53/inter2 http://203.199.178.17/inter2 http://202.65.158.39/inter2 http://202.63.107.66/inter2 www.ap.bsnl.co.in The BIE was established in 1971, to regulate and supervise the system of Intermediate education in the state of AP and to specify the courses of study and matters connected there with. The Intermediate Public Examination is being conducted since 1978-79 both at the end of 1st year course and at the end of 2nd year course. Earlier the Public Examination was only at the end of 2nd year. Candidates are examined in Part-I English, Part-II Second Language and Part-III Group subjects for 500 marks in 1st year and 500 marks in 2nd year in Arts Group, and 470 marks in 1st year and 530 marks in 2nd year in MPC group, and 440 marks in 1st year and 560 Marks in 2nd year for the Bi.P.C. group. The percentage of pass marks in each paper is 35. The division in which the candidates are placed is decided on the basis of their passing all the papers in the 1st year and in the 2nd year.

North Korea's military vowed a new and unusually specific threat to its neighbors, saying it would reduce South Korea "to ashes" in less than four minutes. The statement, released Monday when programming was interrupted on North Korea's state TV by a special report, comes amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula. Earlier this month, North Korea was unsuccessful in a long-range missile launch, prompting worries that North Korea may conduct another nuclear test. South Korean officials say new satellite images show that North Korea has been digging a tunnel in what appears to be preparation for a third atomic test. According to the Associated Press, the statement from North Korea was unusual in promising something soon and in describing a specific period of time. The North Korean military threatened to "reduce all the rat-like groups and the bases for provocations to ashes in three or four minutes, (or) in much shorter time, by unprecedented peculiar means and methods of our own style." For months the North has castigated South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and the conservative administration for insulting their leadership and criticizing a new cruise missile capable of striking anywhere in the south. South Korean officials responded, urging North Korea to end the threats. "We urge North Korea to immediately stop this practice," Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Hyung-suk said, according to the Associated Press. "We express deep concern that the North's threats and accusations have worsened inter-Korean ties and heightened tensions." Meanwhile, in a meeting Sunday with a North Korean delegation in Beijing, China's senior official on foreign policy praised the leadership shown by North Korea's new young leader, Kim Jong Un.

Deion Sanders' contentious divorce took another ugly turn on Monday, when the Pro Football Hall of Famer posted a photograph of him and his two sons filling out a police report against their mother, Pilar Sanders. The photograph above was tweeted by Sanders 14 minutes after he posted the following two messages on his Twitter timeline. (The bottom message was sent first.) He captioned the photograph with the message, "filling out police reports now! Thank God for this platform to issue the Truth." TMZ reports that police were seen outside Sanders' house on Monday night and an unidentified person was in handcuffs. His estranged wife was taken to a hospital after complaining of a medical problem. Last month, Pilar Sanders filed a $200 million defamation lawsuit against her husband. She was responding to a tweet from Deion's daughter, Deiondra, which said Pilar was a "gold-digging [expletive]." Deion later explained that the statement couldn't be defamation because it's true. The NFL Network analyst filed for divorce in December and the story has been a fixture of the tabloids ever since. How grotesque is it? Deion, who just used his children against their mother to win public sympathy points, thinks he's the victim. And he may even be right.

The $60 LED light bulb is coming down in price – just in time for Earth Day. The bulb's manufacturer and select utilities on Sunday are starting rebates of up to $25, but they still need to convince folks that it’s worth paying upfront to save over time. The pitch: the 10W bulb will last 30,000 hours and save some $165 over its lifetime compared to a similar 60W incandescent -- plus it's just as bright. The odd-looking bulb (watch the video above for a demonstration) was unveiled last year and word then was that it'd cost around $60. But the electronics conglomerate Philips this week said its brainchild would be on store shelves with a $50 MSRP, less an instant $10 rebate. On top of that utilities will have rebates of $15-$25 starting on Earth Day. But that's still at least 15 times more expensive than incandescent bulbs, which are being phased out by a Bush administration law because of their inefficiency. The LED bulb did win a $10 million federal prize for lighting efficiency last year. But it was also the only entrant and the Department of Energy contest requires that the winning bulb be sold for $22 or less in its first year on the market. Phillips, for its part, is bullish on its bulb. "Because the new bulb is 83 percent more energy efficient than the standard 60-Watt incandescent, consumers can now experience new savings for their pocketbooks," Philips North America executive Ed Crawford said in a statement announcing the rebates.

That’s a Double Bypass from the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, where a woman -- eating a double-patty beef burger mashed between two lard-covered buns -- suffered an apparent heart attack. She was unconscious as she was rushed to the hospital Saturday night; she is expected to recover, KTNV.com reported. To be fair, the burgers themselves may not be the culprit. The restaurant owner, Jon Basso, noted that the woman was also smoking and drinking a margarita. "I would say the woman gave her body every single thing it could handle and it finally gave out," Basso told KVVU-TV Fox5. This is the second time in three months that someone has collapsed while eating a burger at the Heart Attack Grill, where the motto is “Taste worth dying for.” Guests are described as patients in the restaurant’s stated quest against anorexia. In February, a man in his 40s was eating a Triple Bypass when he began sweating and shaking. "I actually felt horrible for the gentleman because the tourists were taking photos of him as if it were some type of stunt. Even with our own morbid sense of humor, we would never pull a stunt like that," Basso told Fox5. He said he heard the man had been hospitalized and getting better. The restaurant doesn’t try to hide that it serves up fatty fare. A sign there reads, “Caution: This establishment is bad for your health.” Patrons who weigh more than 350 pounds eat free (and yes, there is a scale to catch the skinny minis angling for a free lunch.) The restaurant has explained that yo-yoing weight is unhealthy, so why not keep guests steadily obese?

Sean Penn isn't necessarily known for his sense of humor, but the dude is funny. There's his still-iconic performance as Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," his brief flirtation with "The Three Stooges," his self-effacing appearance on "Between Two Ferns" with Zach Galifianakis, and now this: Deadline.com reports that Penn is in talks to join Ben Stiller in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." A remake of "Walter Mitty" has been in development for years. Everyone from Jim Carrey to Mike Myers to Sacha Baron Cohen were involved in discussions to play the lead role, which Danny Kaye originated in the 1947 film. Stiller attached himself to star and direct last April, and casting has been going strong since. Also onboard to co-star are Kristen Wiig, Adam Scott, Patton Oswalt and Shirley MacLaine. Per Deadline.com, Penn's role would be small. The actor -- who has won two Oscars -- rose to fame after playing Spicoli in "Fast Times." His most recent play for laughs was in the Funny or Die video, "Clinton Foundation: Celebrity Division." Perhaps unsurprisingly considering this casting news, Penn appeared with Stiller in the star-studded spoof. Watch it below.