Create your own free news widgets.

Michael Jackson is still playing to sellout crowds.

Games developers turn to free online play with paid extras and subscription upgrades to woo social network usersWhile newspapers and the music industry look for new ways to make as much money as they did before the dawn of digital, games makers are celebrating achieving success with the 'freemium' business model. This model means that anyone can play for free, but they have to pay for access to higher levels or enhanced features in the game.The online game Club Penguin, owned by Disney, is probably the best known freemium games success story. Club Penguin, created by a Canadian company, saw phenomenal growth after its launch in October 2005, going from 15,000 users then to 1.4 million by the following March. The runaway success did not go unnoticed, and Disney scooped it up in August 2007.At the time of the purchase, Club Penguin had 12 million users, of which 700,000 were paid subscribers. Based on the subscriber numbers and a roughly $5 monthly subscription at the time, it was estima

It's official! Reality star Khloe Kardashian is the wife to Los Angeles Laker player Lamar Odom. The couple wed Sunday evening at the Beverly Hills estate of music mogul and Kardashian family friend Irving Azoff, People. com reports. Khloe, 25, wore a Vera Wang gown and was escorted down the aisle by her stepfather Bruce Jenner with her sisters Kim and Kourtney by her side. The bridal party also included Khloe's half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner. A ten-piece orchestra played during the ceremony and the wedding flowers were white.

ET's Mark Steines is on location in Bora Bora at the breath-taking St. Regis Bora Bora Resort that Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn filmed their hilarious new comedy 'Couples Retreat.' Mark offers an inside look into the upcoming film and reveals what to expect from his ET interviews with the 'Swingers' stars. 'Couples Retreat' -- starring Vaughn, Favreau, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Kristin Davis, Malin Akerman and more -- centers around four couples who travel to a tropical island for a vacation but are forced to work on their marriages and participate in therapy sessions. Also, keep an eye out for former ET correspondent Carlos Ponce, who plays the couples' shirtless-and-muscular yoga instructor.

MY FIRST TIME runs September 25th-October 18th with previews on September 23rd and 24th. The show plays Tuesdays through Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm.

TV News: Actor co-writes, lend voice to Fox toon -- Seth Rogen has fulfilled a dream, and he's not talking about starring in the box-office hit 'Knocked Up' or playing a superhero in the upcoming 'The Green Hornet.'

Although DVD is the most successful home entertainment product in history, ever since it was introduced in 1997, it lacks true high definition playback and recording capability. Two competing camps came up with a solution: Blu-ray and HD-DVD. However, only the Blu-ray format now remains. To find out the answers to questions about Blu-ray check out my latest 'Question of the Week Series' on Blu-ray Basics. This week's question: What Is Available to Play on a Blu-ray Disc Player? Also, be sure to check out my complete Blu-ray FAQs.

Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell played two of New York's Finest Wednesday on the Manhattan set of their new cop flick, 'The Other Guys.' But bombshell Tess Kartel may have given midtown passersby the most excitement.

Some days ago, a choir called the Pink Singers, with Roger Lloyd Pack, who played Barty Crouch Sr. in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, joined others at St. James's Church in Piccadilly, London, to sing these words:

"Whip It," Drew Barrymore's directorial debut, prizes feminine self-possession while also relishing the idea of life played out as unapologetic performance.