“De La Hoya/Mayweather 24/7 offers fantastic access to the two fighters as they train, hang out at home, and taunt each other on the publicity trail. This is all tweaked up to the last possible minute—HBO couldn’t provide preview episodes late last week because they were still being edited. Liev Schreiber, the narrator, comes in Sunday evenings (presumably after matinees of Talk Radio on Broadway) to voice the show hours before airtime. The tight schedule has made for some very meta moments. The second episode began with Mayweather and his posse watching the first episode.”
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Knightley ‘wants to quit acting’

Actress Keira Knightley has said the pressures of being a celebrity may force her to quit acting for good.

“I made a decision very recently that I wanted a life instead.”
“I think I just have to move away or give it up altogether,” she said.
“I couldn’t have kids in the situation I’m in now. But I could just do something else.
“That’s probably what’s going to happen. I’m just not so hungry any more. I made a decision very recently that I wanted a life instead.”
Being featured in articles on anorexia had left her “devastated,” she admitted. - BBC

Shortstop Jose Reyes is the engine that makes the Mets offense run. Batting leadoff, it’s the 23-year-old’s responsibility to jumpstart one of the National League’s most powerful offenses.

And that’s exactly what Reyes did in the first month of the 2007 season. After finishing April with a .356 average and scoring 26 runs, Reyes was voted the Sharp Presents the National League Player of the Month. It’s the first time Reyes has received the honor during his three-year career. - MLB

Cool! They guy’s a genius. “Sin City, “300″, and now “Ronin”

“300″ and “Sin City” creator Frank Miller’s early 80’s comic mini-series “Ronin” has been picked up by Warner Bros. Pictures says the trades.

In the story, a ronin, or disgraced samurai warrior, bears the shame of allowing his master to be assassinated by a shape-shifting demon in 13th century Japan.

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Google just got a whole lot more personal with its new iGoogle Gadget Maker. Now you can take your iGoogle page and create tons of great features. By using the wizards, you can enter the settings for seven new gadget templates.

Templates include such things like photo albums, greeting messages, simple lists and YouTube videos (sweet)! Gadget Maker will allow users to take all their fave offline info and “share it with friends and family, or the whole world,” says Google.