Actor Heath Ledger has been chosen to be the new Joker in the next Batman film--which will be again helmed by Christopher Nolan. Man Heath Ledger...out of all the rumors I would never have guessed, go figure. The man can act though. For a full story go here:








http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2006/07/heath_ledger_is_the_joker.html

So singer, Avril Lavigne, this girl:



and Deryck Whibley, lead singer for the band Sum 41:


Got married.

Check out the story here:


http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0607itunesmovies.html

Spider-man 3 Teaser poster.

Check out the story over here:
http://www.thinksecret.com/news/0607ipodnano2.html

It was announced recently by Sony that the release of movies under their UMD format (specifically for the PSP) would stop and be discontinued. Sales of the format were never large enough and thus Sony has moved onto another format with a sort of memory stick.

For more info go here:
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/3266

Furthermore, Target stores announced that the would stop selling UMD format movies completely.
For more info go here:
http://culture.joystiq.com/2006/07/12/target-discontinues-umd-movies/

Honestly who thought this format was going to last? Who really wanted to watch movies on the go on that small screen? And the answer is no one really...