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Gwyneth Paltrow has reportedly been admitted to a hospital in New York City. The Oscar-winning actress was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital on Monday afternoon, according to a report by Us Magazine.

“She was slumped over in a wheelchair pushed by [husband] Chris Martin,” an eyewitness told Us. “She looked not well.”

Later that night a bag labeled “Gwyneth Martin” was delivered to the hospital from Organics Avenue, an organic foods store in New York.

A rep for the actress told US, “We are not commenting as it’s a personal matter.”

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Steve Jobs is an evil genius!

The Apple mastermind introduced the new MacBook Air today.

It weighs three pounds. Will retail for $1799. Comes out in two weeks. It's eco-friendly. It has tons of new features. It can make you cum!

 

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Apple introduces iTunes movie rentals, HD rentals

Apple has officially announced movie rentals for iTunes. Studios involved include Touchstone, MGM, Miramax, Lions Gate, Fox, Warner Brothers, Walt Disney, Paramount, Universal, and Sony, just to name a few. The new feature will launch today with 1,000 available films by the end of February -- prices will come in at $2.99 for a regular rental, and $3.99 for new releases. You'll be able to begin watching your movie in 30 seconds, and will have the rental for up to 24 hours, during which time you can transfer the file to an iPod or iPhone and take it on the go. Additionally, you'll be able to nab HD rentals for just $1 more, respectively.

Apple unveils the Apple TV, take 2

 

Apple just admitted that the first Apple TV didn't quite work out -- so it's back with a new model that can access iTunes directly, and streams movies from the new rental store in both DVD quality and HD with 5.1 surround. HD rentals cost a dollar more than SD content -- $3.99 and $4.99, and they'll sync back to your computer as well. The YouTube selection has also been expanded to 50M videos, there's now Flickr support in addition to .mac, and what's more, the entire UI has been revamped. The new single menu interface offers quick search of all available titles, and includes access to 600 TV shows that are available for $1.99, as well as your iTunes library and HD podcasts. Current owners aren't left out in the cold, though -- Apple's offering the new software as a free download. That's not all, either -- to lure you in to the frightening world of HD rentals, Apple's dropped the price to $229, down from $299.

Apple and Fox announce iTunes-ready digital copies on discs

It's not exactly a new idea, but Apple and Fox have just announced that DVDs and Blu-ray discs from the studio will include iTunes-ready digital copies of the movies from here on out. That welcome feature will first be available on the Family Guy Blue Harvest disc, which will pack a file that you can "instantly move to iTunes." Not much more than that at the moment, unfortunately, but we're sure all the details will be making themselves known soon enough.

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Kvikmyndaleiga á iTunes

Einn alveg ágætur

Á eyðieyju einni fjarri allri mannabyggð  (auðvitað) strandaði skip en á
skipinu var fólk samankomið af ólíkum  þjóðernum. En það var ekki fyrr en
mánuði síðar sem greyið fólkið fannst og  hafði þá ýmislegt á daga þeirra
drifið...

Strandaglóparnir voru:
2 ítalskir menn og ein ítölsk kona
2 franskir menn og ein frönsk kona
2 þýskir menn og ein þýsk kona
2 grískir menn og ein grísk kona
2 breskir  menn og ein bresk kona
2 búlgarskir menn og ein búlgörsk kona
2 japanskir menn og ein japönsk kona
2 kínverskir menn og ein kínversk  kona
2 bandarískir menn og ein bandarísk kona
2 írskir menn og ein írsk  kona
2 íslenskir karlmenn og 1 íslensk kona

Mánuði síðar á þessari  sömu eyju höfðu eftirfarandi atburðir átt sér stað:

Annar Ítalinn drap hinn vegna ítölsku konunnar

Frönsku mennirnir og franska konan lifa í sátt og samlyndi

Þjóðverjarnir hafa komið sér upp mjög stífu vikulegu fyrirkomulagi um að
heimsækja þýsku konuna

Grikkirnir sofa hjá hverjum öðrum á meðan gríska konan þrífur og eldar
handa þeim

Bretarnir bíða  enn eftir að einhver kynni þá fyrir ensku konunni

Búlgararnir horðu  lengi á sjóndeildarhringinn og svo á búlgörsku
konuna og stungu sér síðan til  sunds

Japanirnir sendu símbréf til Tokýó og bíða enn leiðbeininga

Kínverjarnir hafa komið upp apóteki, vínbúð, veitingastað  og
þvottahúsi og kínverska konan er barnshafandi af völdum "þeirra" því
starfsmenn vantar

Bandaríkjamennirnir eru á barmi taugaáfalls því  bandaríska konan
kvartar í sífellu yfir líkamsvextinum sínum; yfir eðli  konunnar;
hvernig hún er fær um að gera hvaðeina sem þeir geta; nauðsyn þess  að
lifa fullnægjandi lífi; jafnri skiptingu á heimilisverkum; hvernig
sandurinn og pálmatréin valda því að hún virðist feitari; hvernig
síðasti  kærastinn virti skoðanir hennar og kom betur fram við hana en
þeir tveir; hve samband hennar við móður sína verður betra með degi
hverjum og að lokum hve skattarnir eru lágir og að það skuli aldrei rigna

Írarnir tveir hafa  skipt eyjunni í norður og suður og sett upp
landamæri. Þeir minnast ekki hvort  til kynlífs hafi komið því það er allt
í móðu eftir fyrstu lítrana af  kókosviskíinu. En þeir eru sáttir því
Bretarnir njóta sín ekki.

Íslendingarnir eru orðnir stórskuldugir við verslanir og veitingahús
Kínverjanna og brugghús Íranna. Íslenska konan er búin að sofa hjá
ítölsku, frönsku og amerísku karlmönnunum á meðan íslensku
karlmennirnir eru búnir að reikna út að þeir væru fallegastir,
sterkastir, gáfaðastir og fjölmennastir miðað við höfðatölu

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Cloverfield Monster: Revealed?

The mystery surrounding the new J.J. Abrams movie, which tore up the LES last year, will soon be in the past as it finally hits the big screen this week. Cloverfield (long thought to be just a code name for the movie) will be unleashed this Friday, and is getting some great reviews. But what everyone wants to know is: what does the monster that's responsible for decapitating Lady Liberty look like? One description from that review: "He's a fiend that a heroin addict might see in his sleep during his first night in rehab."

We saw one rendering in the past, and now some new images have come out. These are by people who have seen the movie already, so are likely to be pretty accurate. We're hoping this monster isn't lurking in the depths of the East River waiting to plunge!

Check out some of the images, which are after the jump just in case you want to be surprised when you see it on celluloid.

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Nýt met í ferðamannflæði til NYC árið 2007

Record 46 Milllion Tourists Visited New York City in 2007

The upside to the weak U.S. dollar? NYC made $28 billion from tourists last year. The Mayor announced that tourism to NYC was at record highs, with 46 million people visiting the Big Apple. Of the 46 million tourists, 8.5 million were from other countries, which is another high. From Mayor Bloomberg's speech:

This incredible surge puts us well on our way to reaching our goal of drawing 50 million annual visitors by the year 2015. And it's helping to bolster our local businesses even as the economy is slowing down nationwide....The impact of those dollars reverberated in every sector of our economy: from our neighborhood shops and restaurants to our hotels - which sold a record 22.8 million rooms, to arts and cultural institutions. In fact, City-owned cultural institutions across the five boroughs saw a combined increase of 855,000 visitors since 2006.

City officials credit the city's safety, cleanliness and excitement to drawing crowds. And the city has also been working hard, what with concerted efforts to advertise all the NYC has to offer to other cities and countries.

 

The Mayor also acknowledged that New Yorkers should be nice to tourists, Saying the "next time you hear someone asking for Hew-ston Street, or puzzling over the fact that Manhattan Beach is actually in Brooklyn, why not point them in the right direction? You'll be doing a service to our visitors, and also to the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers whose jobs depend on those visitors." Hey, Mr. Mayor - we love giving directions so much, we interrupt people if we think their directions are bad!

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