For weeks, widespread speculation has surrounded the announcement of who would be
named to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Ceremonies Team. While this week’s announcement was met with excitement and enthusiasm, the speculation did not stop. Guesswork quickly turned to what the Opening and Closing Ceremonies will look like and who will be performing.
David Atkins, the newly appointed Executive Producer for Vancouver 2010’s Olympic Ceremonies Team isn’t giving anything away. “No hints, it’s too early in the process.” What viewers can be sure of, though, is that it will be exciting. “There’s …

Sex changes everything. We’ve learned in life, and in film, that friendships shift radically when bed-hopping joins the menu. The nether world of “friends with benefits” notwithstanding, this rule of attraction is known by pretty much everyone. Except, perhaps, the folks behind “Shall We Kiss?”
Despite the enticing title, it’s not especially sexy or romantic, but rather a farcical French film from writer-director-star Emmanuel Mouret.
A man and a woman meet and share a lovely evening. When he goes to kiss her goodnight, she resists. She then explains why even a seemingly …

Hawaiians braced for an expected tsunami from a giant earthquake off the coast of Chile, as officials in the state evacuated thousands of residents and tourists to higher ground.  The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach, Hawaii, on its Web site reported that “the tsunami has reached Hawaii and is just beginning to register on Big Island gauges.”  But the first wave had not perceptibly hit the eastern side of Hawaii Island as of 11:45 a.m. local time, 25 minutes after it was expected to hit.
The “Big Island” of …

 Nvidia’s Tegra chip will be used in an upcoming Microsoft smartphone, according to an analyst at Broadpoint AmTech.
The San Francisco-based research firm also is speculating that Apple will eventually use the Nvidia ARM-based chip
in a future iPhone.
 
Broadpoint’s Doug Freedman said the Microsoft-branded phone would be the second Nvidia Tegra design win after HTC. “We believe the HTC ramp in ‘09 is the more material of the two as we have some concerns on the channel for Microsoft’s handset distribution given the lack of prior carrier relationships/handset qualification history,” he wrote …

Just after Apple announced its intention to create an online app store for the iPhone, “You’re witnessing the birth of a third major computer platform: Windows, Mac OS X, iPhone”?
Anyway, there are now 15,000 programs available on the App Store, and so many more are flooding in that Apple’s army of screeners can’t even keep up. I keep meaning to write a thoughtful, thorough roundup of the very best of these amazing programs, but every day that I don’t do it, the job becomes more daunting. (But don’t worry. I’ll …

Nearly half a century ago, in a very different America, Elwin Wilson and John Lewis met under a veil of violence and race-inspired hate.
Wilson, a young, white, Southern man, attacked Lewis, a freedom rider for Martin Luther King, in the “white” waiting room of a South Carolina bus station.
The men had not seen each other again until Tuesday when, with “Good Morning America’s” help, Wilson approached Lewis again — this time offering an apology and a chance to relieve a burden he’d carried for more than four decades.
“I’m so sorry …

Retired Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates on Thursday released a swarm of mosquitoes at a California conference in a stunt to draw support for his anti-malaria cause.
 
 
The mosquitoes released by Gates from a jar during a talk Wednesday at the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) 2009 in Long Beach stunned scientists, academics and business leaders attending the annual event.
“Malaria is spread by mosquitoes,” Gates yelled to the crowd before unleashing the insects, which were not carrying the disease, according to the Telegraph. “I brought some. Here I’ll let them …

 
Take time off. If you both have some vacation time built up, put in for a day off and spend it together. Do some simple and purely fun things that you wouldn’t ordinarily get to do. Cuddle together for a big chunk of the day and just enjoy each other instead of stressing out at work.
Make an elegant homecooked meal instead of hitting the town. Put in the time and make a wonderful meal at home. Put out a nice tablecloth, use a few candles, and make it a romantic evening at …

Swimming superstar Michael Phelps has admitted to doubts over whether he will compete at the 2012 Olympics in London.
The 23-year-old is considering the next stage of his career after the publication of a photo appearing to show him smoking marijuana at a party.
The American was non-committal when asked if he intends to swim in London.
“This is a decision of mine that I’m not going to make today and I’m not going to make tomorrow,” Phelps told the Baltimore Sun newspaper.
“If I decide to walk away, I’ll decide to walk away …

 
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being treated for pancreatic cancer, but doctors reportedly caught the small tumor early, which may improve her odds of surviving the usually deadly disease. Pancreatic cancer is relatively rare, but in the past few years, it has gotten more attention because it has afflicted actor Patrick Swayze and Apple CEO Steven Jobs. Here are some facts you need to know:
 
 
1. Pancreatic cancer is not a particularly common form of cancer. Despite the high-profile cases, fewer than 38,000 people were diagnosed with the disease last year, compared …