Former Phish Frontman Pleads Not Guilty

Trey Anastasio, musician/songwriter, has pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a traffic stop on December 15, 2006.

The 42-year old former front man of the jam band Phish, is facing up to 14 years in prison after being charged on seven counts, including a felony drug possession charge and a DWI.

During his arrest, Anastasio was found to illegally possess prescription painkillers and driving while impaired. He is also charged with possessing anti-anxiety medication that belongs to someone else, as well as heroin.

"He has a problem, he knows it and is working with it," Steve Coffey, Anastasio's attorney, said. Coffey also said that Anastasio has attended a 28-day treatment program in January to overcome his addiction.

"He told me `I'm here to face the consequences and work it out with the court and go on with my life,'" Coffey said.

Anastasio and his wife, Susan, declined to make any comments to the crowd of media outside the courthouse.

His next scheduled court appearance is March 27.

Fans of Trey Anastasio can even find T-Shirts online showing support for him, like this one here.

Nintendo Wii Launches News Channel

PHOTO: Jason Squires

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

Burger King Xbox Games Selling Well

Burger King has announced the sale of 2 million of their Xbox collection of games since going on sale November 19th.

"We created the BK(R) Xbox games as a unique form of all-family interactive entertainment, and we're thrilled with the response thus far," said Russ Klein, president, global marketing, strategy, and innovation, Burger King Corporation. "Most video games are considered a blockbuster when they reach the 1 million mark in sales, and this collection has achieved twice that, thanks in part to the great value for the money and convenient holiday stocking stuffer appeal."

The three games sold are Pocketbike Racer, Sneak King and Big Bumpin'. Each title is sold for $3.99 with the purchase of a value meal. Each disc is playable on an Xbox or Xbox 360 system.

While none of these titles will impress anyone with great gameplay or graphics, they are worth adding to your collection if not for the price alone.

The favorite of the three, for me, is Sneak King. But, the game could have been better with more variety and better camera controls.

For tips and tricks on any of these games, visit here: http://www.bkgamer.com/TipsAndTricks.aspx

Blu-Ray Complete Release List

Updated August 30, 2007

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09/04/2007:

• Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds: Live at Radio City
• Delta Farce
• Nip/Tuck: The Complete Fourth Season
• Remember The Titans: The Director's Cut

09/11/2007:

• Face/Off

09/18/2007:

• The Condemned
• Deliverance
• Flashdance
• House Of 1,000 Corpses
• Jailhouse Rock
• Saturday Night Fever
• Viva Las Vegas
• We Are Marshall
• Zodiac

09/25/2007:

• The Jack Ryan Collection

10/02/2007:

• A Room With A View
• Top Gun

10/23/2007:

• Meet The Robinsons
• Scary Movie

11/30/2007:

• Badder Santa: The Unrated Version
• Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause

Coming Soon:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey
• Above the Law
• Africa the Serengeti
• Alaska: Spirit of the Wild
• Amazing Journeys
• Angels In America (TV)
• Armageddon
• Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
• Bad Boys II
• Band of Brothers (TV)
• Batman Begins
• Belly
• Blade
• Blade Runner
• Bram Stoker's Dracula
• Braveheart
• The Bridge on the River Kwai
• Cabin Fever
• Catwoman
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
• The Cronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
• A Clockwork Orange
• Coach Carter
• Commando
• Constantine
• Contact
• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
• The Da Vinci Code
• Dances With Wolves
• Dark City
• The Day After Tomorrow
• The Dead Zone (TV)
• Deadwood (TV)
• Deliverance
• Desperado
• The Dirty Dozen
• Dodgeball
• Dragon's Lair
• Dude, Where's My Car?
• The Dukes of Hazzard
• Dune (TV)
• Elizabethtown
• Eraser
• Everest
• Executive Decision
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Face/Off
• A Few Good Men
• Final Destination
• The Fly (1986)
• For a Few More Dollars
• Forbidden Planet
• Forest Gump
• Frank Herbert's Dune (TV)
• Friday
• Friends (TV)
• From the Earth to the Moon (TV)
• Glory
• Goodfellas
• Gothika
• Grand Prix
• Grease
• The Green Mile
• The Guns of Navarone
• Hamlet (Kenneth Branagh's Version)
• Hannibal
• Hard to Kill
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
• Heat
• Hero
• Hostel
• House of 1,000 Corpses
• Ice Age
• Jerry Maguire
• Kill Bill Vol. 1
• Kill Bill Vol. 2
• L.A. Confidential
• Lawrence of Arabia
• Legends of the Fall
• The Maltese Falcon
• Marie Antoinette
• The Mask
• The Matrix Trilogy
• Maverick
• Me, Myself & Irene
• Monster's Ball
• Moulin Rouge
• The Music Man
• Mutiny on the Bounty
• Mystic River
• National Lampoon's Van Wilder
• National Parks Odyssey
• Next of Kin
• North By Northwest
• Ocean's Eleven
• Ocean's Twelve
• Once Upon A Time In Mexico
• Passenger 57
• The Patriot
• The Perfect Storm
• Pi
• The Player
• The Polar Express
• Poltergeist
• Poseiden
• The Princess Bride
• The Professionals
• Red Planet
• Requiem For A Dream
• Rod Stewart: Live at the Royal Albert Hall
• Rush Hour
• Santa Clause 3: Escape Clause
• Save the Last Dance
• School of Rock
• See No Evil
• Se7en
• Sense and Sensibility
• The Shining
• The Silence of the Lambs
• Soldier
• Spawn
• Spider-Man 2
• Spongebob Squarepants: The Movie
• Star Trek: First Contact
• Stargate Atlantis (TV)
• Starship Troopers
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
• Tristan & Isolde
• Troy
• Turistas
• Twister
• Ultimate Avengers 2
• U.S. Marshals
• Vanilla Sky
• Vertical Limit
• Waiting
• Weeds (TV)
• Wild Wild West
• X2: X-Men United

See the HD-DVD Release List

(All titles and release dates are subject to change, please check back often for the most current release schedule.)

Need It By December 24?

The holiday shopping season has arrived and many of us are last minute shoppers. While you can always do your shopping the "old school" style by shopping in the crowded stores and malls, more and more are turning to online retailers for their shopping needs.

However, availability and shipping time can easily get in the way of the true goals of a last minute shopper.

Now, we have compiled a list of online retailers that will get everything you ordered to you by the Santa sanctioned deadline of December 22nd if you order by the online store's holiday shipping deadlines listed below. Check back often for added stores and any changes to the ones listed.

Here they are:

Amazon (Delivered by December 22nd):

• Super Saver Shipping - Order by December 15th
• Standard Shipping - Order by December 18th
• Two Day Shipping - Order by December 19th
• One Day Shipping - Order no later than December 21st, 3 p.m., EST

Best Buy:

• Ground Shipping - No later than December 19th, 11 a.m., EST
• 2nd Day - No later than December 20th, 11 a.m., EST
• Next Day - No later than December 21st, 11 a.m., EST

Books-A-Million:

• Next Day Shipping - No later than December 20th, 12 p.m., EST

Kohls:

• Standard Delivery - No later than December 18th, 12 a.m., EST
• Priority Delivery - No later than December 21st, 12 a.m., EST
• APO/FPO Delivery - No later than December 4th, 12 a.m., EST
• Alaska/Hawaii - No later than December 16th, 12 a.m., EST
• PO Box Delivery - No later than December 18th, 12 a.m., EST