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Top 10 of the World's Theme Parks Battle for Social Dominance

Theme parks operators have a great synergy with social media.... keep coming up with cool stuff for people to play with and they will return billions of dollars in global word-of-mouth advertising. According to the Travel and Leisure, the Magic Kingdom is still the world's No. 1 most popular theme park, with more than 17 million annual visitors. The others rounding...

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Sony Website & Customer Accounts Hit with New Wave of Attacks

Sony just can't seem to catch a break. After locking down and overhauling its online services due to a cyber attack that revealed the personal information of over 100 million account holders -- and fixing a snafu in its password reset system -- Sony is under the gun once again....

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"American Idol" new judges to be unveiled Wednesday

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "American Idol" will unveil its new judging panel next Wednesday, ending months of speculation following the departure of old hands Simon Cowell, Ellen DeGeneres and Kara DioGuardi, Fox said on Thursday. The network said it would announce the lineup at the Los Angeles Forum, an arena...

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'Idol' contestant Adam Lambert accused of battery

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert is accused of simple battery on a photographer on Miami Beach. A police report says 38-year-old Victor Eras was taking pictures of the singer Thursday when Lambert started running toward him "in an aggressive manner." Eras claims Lambert grabbed his...

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Netflix raises curtain on iPhone instant streaming

Netflix execs have been teasing us for months about an instant streaming app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Indeed, they've been promising it for so long that I'd pretty much forgotten about it. Until now. Netflix took the wraps off its new app -- or, to be more precise,...

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Google reportedly courts Hollywood for (more) YouTube movie rentals

Google has been dabbling in streaming movie rentals for months now, but word has it that the search giant wants to plunge into the pay-per-view market head-first. Hollywood, meet YouTube. You may have already seen YouTube's somewhat limited movie rental store, which opened in January with a handful of titles...

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Hands-on with Halo : Reach

After last year's disappointing Halo 3: ODST and my personal "meh" reaction to the Halo: Reach multiplayer beta back in June, I figured I was pretty much Halo-ed out. After many hours of furious fragging with the final version of Reach, however, I learned that my love of Halo was...

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Is Apple eyeing newspaper subscriptions for the App Store?

Newspapers and tablet PCs sound like a match made in heaven, and publishers are understandably eager to boost sagging revenue by launching iPad-friendly versions of their respective rags. So guess who reportedly wants to help -- for a piece of the action? Nothing's confirmed yet, but the San Jose Mercury...

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Tiger Woods picked for U.S. Ryder Cup team

Some people can win for losing. Tiger Woods, who has yet to finish better than fourth at a professional golf tournament this year, was named to the U.S. Ryder Cup team Tuesday. Corey Pavin made Woods one of his four captain's picks, even though Tiger's best finishes this season --...

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Heisman Trophy to be taken away from Reggie Bush

The Heisman Trophy Trust, giver of the stiff-arm trophy, is giving Reggie Bush another stiff penalty. The trust is making him the first player in the 75-year history of the college football award to have the trophy taken away. It's only right. The running back should not have been allowed...

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The r-word: Jennifer Aniston, Kristen Stewart and others say it, and they should stop

It's the r-word. Except when quoting someone else, I'm only going to say its full name once. The word is "retard" -- and it is a hurtful word which we can do without. Everyone from kids to radio talk show hosts use the r-word to describe something they think is...

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Kara DioGuardi leaves 'American Idol' judge's seat

With America idle, another judge leaves "American Idol". Kara DioGuardi will not return for the 10th season of "American Idol", Fox announced in a press release. The announcement arrived via e-mail at 8:11 p.m. Eastern time on the Friday before the Labor Day weekend. As EW.com put it, that is...

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Justin Bieber deletes tweet telling fans to sneak into Madison Square Garden

Justin Bieber can just blame it on his illness. Bieber, who canceled his show Sunday night after being ill, sent out a dangerous tweet on Monday and then removed it from his Twitter account, MTV.com reported. The 16-year-old singing sensation was cleared by doctors to perform Tuesday night at New...

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Hair of Pittsburgh Steelers' Troy Polamalu insured for $1 million

Heir to a fortune? No, make that hair to a fortune. Head & Shoulders took out a $1 milllion insurance policy on Pittsburgh Steelers strong safety Troy Polamalu's long locks, Reuters reported. The policy, taken out through Lloyd's of London, protects the football player's follicles as a spokesperson for the...

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'Dancing with the Stars' Season 11 cast revealed: Bristol Palin, The Situation, David Hasselhoff and more

What does the daughter of a former Vice Presidential candidate have in common with a guy who used to talk to his car? They will be dancing. The "Dancing with the Stars" Season 11 cast was revealed live Monday night during an episode of "Bachelor Pad" on ABC. Bristol Palin...

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