THE nation's major mobile phone carriers are lining up to be the first to offer Apple's revolutionary iPad to gadget-loving Australians.

Apple yesterday unveiled its much-hyped touch-screen tablet computer that allows people to surf the web, watch movies or television shows and also read electronic books and newspapers on a 9.7 inch colour-display.

Telstra, Optus and Vodafone all welcomed Apple's latest creation and expressed keen interest in stocking the new device but Telstra could have a he… Continue

This time, though, it was not an iceberg that toppled it, but a 3D film about a blue-skinned alien race defending their planet against human invaders.

Towards the end of the last decade, James Cameron's epic Titanic became the most successful movie ever with global takings of $1.843bn.

But that record no longer stands thanks to Avatar - also directed by Cameron - which this week stole its crown as the all-time global box office champ, with receipts of $1.859bn.

It is an astonishing achievemen… Continue

"Heroes" TV actor Adrian Pasdar has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk and veering across lanes on a West Los Angeles freeway.

A California Highway Patrol report says Pasdar was pulled over shortly before 3 a.m. Wednesday after officers saw his Ford F-150 truck doing 94 mph and straddling two lanes on Interstate 405.

The 44-year-old actor was booked for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says he was taken to county jail a… Continue

China's government has reminded theater operators to obey a quota requiring at least two-thirds of the movies they screen to be domestically made after the Hollywood blockbuster "Avatar" became the highest-grossing film in the country's history.

James Cameron's 3D sci-fi epic has grossed about $103 million as of Jan. 12. Theaters said they were ordered to remove the 2D version of the film in an apparent effort to reduce competition for China's homegrown films like a state-backed biopic of Confu… Continue

Martha Stewart is heading to cable.

The lifestyle queen has signed a deal to move her daily program to the Hallmark Channel, effective this September. "The Martha Stewart Show" is currently syndicated to broadcast channels across the country.

The announcement was made Tuesday by Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. and Hallmark.

After Stewart's show, Hallmark will air 90 minutes of programming created by Stewart's production company.

Stewart's move echoes that of fellow daytime star Oprah Wi… Continue