The music video for Martina McBride's uplifting "Wrong Baby Wrong" has been released. In the song, Martina explains that you will eventually get over that breakup. "Wrong Baby Wrong" is from Martina McBride's album Shine, which was released last March. Take a look:
The "Wrong Baby Wrong" single can be purchased on Amazon.com and iTunes.
Walmart has announced the launch of its new Hometrends line. The low-priced line includes bedding, bath, dining, furniture, home decor and accessories. Some of the pricing for the new line includes decorative accessories under $15, rugs starting at $11, dinnerware sets starting at $35 and bedding sets starting at just under $40. Hometrends is sold both at walmart.com and at Walmart stores. You can see the Hometrends line here on Walmart.com.
Actress Gemma Arterton covers the April 2010 issue of British GQ. Gemma is still getting lots of questions about her role in Quantum of Solace. That may change after this year, because Gemma has roles in two of this year's potential blockbusters, Clash of the Titans and Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time .
On Her Looks: "In comparison to many actresses, I think I'm really average. When I got the Bond film there was a big hoo-ha about me not being hot enough. I have to say I agree. I don't think I'm in that realm."
On Changing Her Look: "There are some really beautiful actresses, like Olga Kurylenko, who find it difficult. It's frustrating for her but she's so beautiful - you have to take that into consideration when you're casting her. Whereas I can change my look."
You can watch a behind-the-scenes video of the photoshoot here.
Viking Ships in Walmart Stores for How to Train Your Dragon Promotion
2,500 Viking Ships will sail into Walmart stores nationwide as part of a
How to Train Your Dragon promotion. DreamWorks Animation SKG and Walmart partnered for the promotion ahead of the March 26th release of the film. Walmart will feature a giant How to Train Your Dragon designated area in its stores, complete with a Viking ship and 100 items for purchase. The products include dragon and Viking-themed toys such as foam swords and helmets, apparel, skateboards, hooded towels, sunglasses and snacks.
Walmart and DreamWorks Animation will also be docking a 40-foot Viking Ship in the center of New York's Times Square with a two-day event for movie fans, including a special appearance by America Ferrera, who voices the role of girl Viking Astrid in How to Train Your Dragon.
Martha Stewart told a story on The Marriage Ref about a guest at one of her dinner parties who stole a pepper mill. Martha Stewart knew who the guest was so she called them up and made he or she drive it back to her house. Good for her! Take a look:
HTC Corporation announced today that it disagrees with the patent lawsuit Apple recently filed against it. HTC also released the above image of a T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition by HTC. HTC says this was the first 3.5-inch color touch screen smartphone in the United States in 2002.
"HTC disagrees with Apple's actions and will fully defend itself. HTC strongly advocates intellectual property protection and will continue to respect other innovators and their technologies as we have always done, but we will continue to embrace competition through our own innovation as a healthy way for consumers to get the best mobile experience possible," said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. "From day one, HTC has focused on creating cutting-edge innovations that deliver unique value for people looking for a smartphone. In 1999 we started designing the XDA(i) and T-Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition(ii), our first touch-screen smartphones, and they both shipped in 2002 with more than 50 additional HTC smartphone models shipping since then."
E! chatted with Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning at the premiere for The Runaways. Kristen wore wearing a Pucci strapless minidress, with her hair in an updo and fuchsia lipstick. She looked fantastic. Kristen says she always has to have several wardrobe options before an event and she goes with what she feels. Kristen has had a difficult time with all the photoshoots, but she's getting more used to it, she says. She says she chose the Pucci dress because it's "funner," then laughed and quickly corrected herself to say it's "more fun." Oh relax, Kristen, we knew what you meant. She then had to give her very low-cut dress a good yank to make sure she didn't have a wardrobe malfunction. Take a look:
Video: Rob Pattinson and Emilie De Ravin at Remember Me Premiere
Robert Pattinson and Emilie De Ravin walk the red carpet for the Remember Me premiere at London's Leicester Square. Rob says that he's happy if the film Twilight helps indie films such as Remember Me and Kristen Stewart's new movie The Runaways do well against films with huge budgets like Alice in Wonderland, then he's quite happy. Unfortunately, Remember Me was one of the films that got crushed on its opening weekend by Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. It made $8,089,139 domestically, but the per theater average of $3,657 is not bad. Take a look:
Actress Kristen Stewart is the newest star of Bluewater Productions' Fame series of biography comics coming in June.Writer Kim Sherman, who has also penned Bluewaters' Robert Pattinson entry in the series, thinks Stewart's versatility and talent might surprise readers who only know her as Bella.
"For Twilight fans, Kristen Stewart is a woman whom fans long to be and love to hate," Sherman said. "But Kristen has been in the public eye for years, and her career as a serious actor spans dozens of films over a 10-year period of time. My goal with this biography was to show readers the depth residing in this young woman and the roles she's beautifully tackled through a series of spot shots, pinups and word art."
The 32-page comic book, Fame: Kristen Stewart will be available in June, and will retail for $3.99.
AT&T Says Its Zero Charger Device Thwarts Vampire Power
Mobile phone chargers left plugged into a wall waste a small amount of electricity. This use of electricity is referred to as standby power or vampire power. AT&T is coming out with a new charger in May called the AT&T Zero Charger. AT&T says its new charger does not waste power when left plugged in, and improves charging efficiency when powering a device. The device will be sold at AT&T stores nationwide in May for $29.99. The charger will be sold in packaging with 100% recycled paper.
The charger should work with most AT&T phones. The Christian Science Monitorsays it should work with the iPhone and Google Nexus One.
Gizmodo reports that Volt-Star is launching a competing product in April called the Zero Waste Eco Charger.
Kate Winslet was spotted on board a yacht in a black bikini in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The paparazzi photos come not long after news that Kate has separated with her director husband Sam Mendes. The new bikini photos appear to coincide with the separation, but technically Kate Winslet and her husband separated months ago. Kate looks great in her bikini. Take a look:
Video: Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter at French Premiere of Alice in Wonderland
Director Tim Burton and his wife Helena Bonham Carter walked the red carpet at the French premiere of Alice in Wonderland. Helena said she usually doesn't like watching herself onscreen, but she didn't mind this time because her head made to look so large for playing The Red Queen. Tim noted that he never knows whether a film will be a hit or a bomb, and he is quite happy that this one is a hit. The film has already made $436,393,542 worldwide. Take a look:
Marion Cotillard Accepts French Medal, Gets Stabbed by Culture Minister
Oscar winning actress Marion Cotillard attended the ceremony to receive the Chevalier of Arts and Letters in honor of her work in film. The ceremony was unintentionally quite dramatic. French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand was attempting to pin the medal on her when he accidentally stabbed her. Onlookers said Mitterand pushed the pin through her blouse straight into her chest. Marion let out a little scream of pain, but recovered quickly. The Culture Minister was horrified and apologized profusely. We're thinking next time they should let Carla Bruni-Sarkozy be in charge of pinning on the medals. Tim Burton was also honored, but escaped unscathed. Take a look:
Martha Stewart has a recipe here for Twitter cupcakes made with chocolate buttercream frosting and toasted coconut. The cupcakes are technically called Nesting Baby-Bluebird Cupcakes by Martha Stewart, but they look like Twitter cupcakes to us.
Wal-Mart is doubling
the number of its stores that will now offer banking services. Wal-Mart tried to obtain a bank charter, but failed and has given up on the idea of being a bank. But it doesn't need a bank charter to offer many of the services that its clients want.
The money centers cater to millions of the retailer's lower-income customers who don't have a bank account or significant relationships with a bank. The federal government estimates that the category accounts for one in four U.S. households.
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Ms. Thompson described the money centers, which do three million to five million transactions a week, as "a very profitable part of our store," although the retailer didn't offer any specific numbers. Ms. Thompson said the centers are "getting way-above-average" comparable-unit growth and return on investment, because the units are cheap to put into stores.
The centers cash work and government checks, offer prepaid Visa debit cards that customers can load money onto for a $3 fee, and provide money-transfer and bill-payment services. Because it doesn't have a bank charter, Wal-Mart can't lend money and back deposits with a government guarantee, but the retailer has no plans to reapply for such a charter.
Wal-Mart calls its financial service centers "Money Centers." Soon there will be 1,500 of the Money Centers in the U.S. which will give Wal-Mart
one of the U.S.' biggest financial presences. Opponents stopped the Wal-Mart bank charter not because of financial reasons, but because they believed that allowing Wal-Mart Bank to loan money and have FDIC insured accounts would make it too powerful. Wal-Mart gave up on being a U.S. bank, but did get a Mexican bank charter. It is called Banco Wal-Mart. CNN Money says it charges 75% interest on consumer loans; we really hope that is a typo.
