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...fashion-by extending the concept to the Internet. This week the once Must-See-TV network announced plans to produce ?StarTomorrow,? an Internet series that will let audiences select the country?s next big band or singing group using their computers. If all goes as planned, ?StarTomorrow,? which will debut early this summer and run for 16 weeks, will be the first original entertainment series launched by a major network exclusively on the Internet. ?The series is totally interactive,? says Jeff Gaspin, president, NBC Universal Cable Entertainment and Digital Content...
...things went right for Apolo Ohno during his 2002 Winter Olympic debut. On the ice he won gold and silver medals in short-track speed skating, propelling the popularity of the hypnotically dangerous sport, in which athletes whirl around a 111-m oval with no lane markers while wearing 10-in. razor blades on their feet. Off the ice his wisp of a soul patch and X Games 'tude helped him dominate the event known as Olympic buzz. He was so popular in Salt Lake City that even female fans wore fake Ohno patches; afterward he was named...
...DISCONTINUED. AIBO, pioneering robopet that has charmed more than 150,000 owners since its debut in 1999; in Tokyo. The termination of the $1,570 dog that plays ball and reacts to voices and faces is part of a shake-up at its Japanese manufacturer, Sony Electronics, which has scrambled to stem lagging profits. Sony has also cut 4,500 jobs, closed seven factories and terminated its cutting-edge Qrio humanoid robots and its luxury Qualia electronics line...
...Blogwatch Google's "Don't be evil" ethos took a hit last week with the debut of its Chinese search engine, which sparked outrage over the filtering of politically sensitive terms from its results. Chinese bloggers expressed their disappointment over this attempt to placate Beijing, although ZHENGWEEKLY took some comfort in the fact that Google's "non-castrated" English site remained sporadically accessible. Still, Chinese Netizens shouldn't be counting on companies like Google to open up China's Internet, opined CATHAYAN, calling such matters something "only we can fight...
Former talk show host Rosie O?Donnell made her first trip to the Sundance Film Festival to debut the documentary All Aboard! Rosie?s Family Cruise. The film, which was commissioned by HBO (a division of Time's parent company, Time Warner) and will air on the cable channel April 6, profiles gay families aboard a 2004 cruise from New York City to the Caribbean that was organized by O?Donnell and her partner Kelli O'Donnell. Rosie spoke to TIME about the challenges of gay parenting...