Nintendo Wii Launches News Channel

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Nintendo has announced the launch of their News Channel accessible exclusively on the Nintendo Wii system.

Like the recently launched Weather Channel, the News Channel will have an interactive globe version of the Earth where users can zero in on an area of the world to get news related to that specific town, city or region.

The channel is available to Wii users now and will require an update to access it as well as the Wii's Opera browser downloaded. The news will be provided by the Associated Press.

"What Wii has done for video gaming, we hope it will also accomplish for news," says Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. "Just by pointing at your TV screen, you become your own interactive editor, instantly accessing the latest headline stories, whether they originate in Kansas City or Kyoto."

The interface is easy to use and allows Wii users to spin a virtual globe and point to the location of a news event using the Wii Remote. There are stories from various news categories including Business, Sports, Arts/Entertainment, Technology and Science/Health. The global view allows stories to be grouped by region instead of category.

Icons show which stories have been read, which stories are text-only and which ones come with news photos. Stories are constantly being updated if the "always-on" WiiConnect24 is being used. This will allow stories to be updated frequently, even while you are sleeping.

The Associated Press also is in talks with Nintendo to provide additional multimedia content int he future.

Now Tara Reid can party all night, get drunk and pass out and read about her awful state of a career on her Wii when ever she gets around to waking up.

Al Pacino Is Dali

Varity is reporting that actor Al Pacino will star as surrealist artist Salvador Dali in an upcoming biopic.

Dali & I: The Surreal Story from Room 9 Entertainment will begin filming in New York and Spain in June with director Andrew Niccol at the helm.

The film will be based on the novel of the same name by Stan Lauryssen. It will primarily cover the later days of Dali's work focusing mostly on the artist's surreal direction in his work.

No word yet on who else has been cast in the film.

Rosie vs Trump: The Video Game

Bored with the annoying Rosie vs Trump war of words? Now you can take that form of aggression out on an online video game where you fight with fists and mouths as either Rosie O'Donnell or Donald Trump.

The game launched Friday on GSN.com and is an online satirical game featuring an animated Rosie and Donald, who each punch, kick and inflict special attacks while insulting each other the entire time with actual barbs from statements made in the press, according to a GSN.com press release.

When playing the game, players must first must choose whether to play as Rosie or Donald. They both can punch, kick and can block attacks.

However, each has distinct special moves. Rosie can do a special tongue lashing, which the player can use to knock out Trump. The Donald's super power is, of course, his signature hair. Trump can whip up his hair and KO Rosie with lethal flips.

Players also can collect bundles of money that fall out of Trump's pockets or old Rosie Magazines that fall out of Rosie's jacket for extra points.

You can play the game for yourself here: http://www.gsn.com/minigames/minigame.php?id=13