TVGB: "It appears hope of Splinter Cell: Conviction making its way to the PlayStation 3 at a later date may have faded a bit more. During Ubisoft's fiscal year 2009-10 Q3 conference call today it was once more said that the game will be an exclusive to the already announced platforms, those being the PC and Xbox 360."

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On 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition' (Sun., 8PM ET on ABC), any glee from getting a new house was trumped by the chance to meet -- and dance with -- Justin Bieber. When he taught Katrina some of his trademark moves, she wasn't shy at all.

"We do it differently where I come from," she said, and a dance battle ensued: Katrina and her friends against Bieber and his dancers. Her mother noted, "Having her friends there and being able to go onstage and meet Justin Bieber, you could just see a stronger Katrina. And I'm so thankful for that."

 

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More than ever, that's the answer. Time Inc's People Magazine has secured the first pictures of Nicole Richie's baby, Harlow. The winning bid: $1m, according to someone who participated in the auction. Which is a useful sum for the anorexic former reality star, daughter of singer Lionel Richie. "This is probably Nicole Richie's only paycheck for all of 2008," says the source. Richie's take is impressive, but not as rich a price as that being offered for first photographic evidence of the baby boy born to Christina Aguilera, the singer, earlier this month. We hear that bidding between People and OK! Magazine, which bid $1m earlier this month, has now reached $1.5m. So what economic rationale can there be for such inflation in the cost of baby pictures?

First of all, the celebrity weeklies are minting stars who sell magazines, but can't sustain TV shows or pull audiences into movies. And the music stardom pays less than it did. So minor celebrities rely on paid exclusives for a growing share of their income.

But this is the more significant reason: celebrity weeklies represent one of the few growing magazine categories, and one of the most competitive. Never-seen-before pictures of the offspring of alpha celebrities are irresistible to female readers; they offer a guaranteed kick to sales. That's something embattled market leader, People Magazine, desperately needs. The Time Inc. title, under pressure from feistier competitors such as US Weekly, will report an 8% drop in circulation for the second half of 2007.

Not only is the former market leader trying to shore up circulation; it also now contends for "exclusives" with OK!, a UK import with no scruples about checkbook journalism. For instance, People used to buy preferential access to news from the Spears family; OK! paid $1m to poach the story of the pregnancy of younger sister, Jamie-Lynn, and future baby pictures.

You think that's premature? We're hearing that both People and OK! have put in bids for the story of Angelina Jolie's pregnancy. (The actress' first child by Brad Pitt, Shiloh, was the most valuable baby in celebrity media history, garnering donations worth $4m for US and international rights.) The difference this time: nobody even knows for sure whether the pouting Hollywood star is even expecting.

"The bidding wars going on between those two for these so-called exclusives is like nothing I've seen before," says a rival. "It's completely journalistically distasteful, but also fascinating to watch."

Apparently, just jumping out of a plane isn`t enough of a rush for this guy. Check out this stunt he pulls off as he falls to the ground.

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Republican New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg blamed the SEC for the nation's financial crisis yesterday, shortly after the Boston native was done pretending to care about the Jets.

In response to Barack Obama's plan to limit the size and scope of the financial institutions that single-handedly crippled the nation's economy with unchecked idiotic risk-taking—a plan that even British Tories support—Mayor-for-Life Mike said: "Trying to interfere with capitalism always leads to some unintended consequences."

Right. We'd better not spook our sensitive (but wise and benevolent!) bank overlords! Because we wouldn't want unintended consequences. Those sound bad!

The Ultimates 3 #1In its monthly analysis of Diamond’s direct-market numbers, ICv2.com reports that 2007 was “a very strong year” for comics sales, with graphic novels up 18 percent over the previous year, and single issues up 7 percent. That makes for a combined 9 percent increase. That overall growth isn’t as strong as in 2006, [...]