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By Josh Weir Posted Oct 14, 2011 @ 12:56 AM COLUMBUS In an otherwise dreary 11 months at Ohio State filled with NCAA problems, a bit of salvation could be just around the corner. The mens basketball team of coach Thad Matta is coming off a sterling 34-3 record and has three stars back. The Buckeyes held their media day on Thursday and unlike their football brethren who are 3-3 and down in the dumps were joking about the lofty expectations surrounding the team. Its a motivational thing when a fan comes up to you and says, You have to win this year, star forward Jared Sullinger said. Its like all the spotlights are on

media Corbis hires media products executive as agency transforms by Greg Lamm on Thursday, October 13, 2011, 1:37pm PDT Corbis Images has hired a former business development executive from Reuters as senior vice president of media products to help the Seattle-based digital images agency leverage its new investments, including the UK-based Splash News photo agency. Barak Ronen will be based in London, where he will be responsible for the companys media product development and commercial strategy, Corbis announced. Corbis says Ronens hiring is aimed at leveraging the Splash News acquisition , as well as the recent photo-distribution partnership wi

Your Friends' Activity back next By Jill Serjeant | Reuters 3 hrs ago (Reuters) - The man charged with hacking the private e-mail accounts of Scarlett Johansson , Christina Aguilera and other celebrities apologized on Thursday, saying he became addicted to prying into their affairs. But Christopher Chaney , 35, said he never intended to sell or release the information, which included nude photos that later made their way to the Internet. "It started as curiosity and it turned into just being addicted to seeing behind the scenes of what was going on with these people you see on the big screen every day," Chaney told Fox television affiliate WAWS in Jacksonville, Florida. "I was almost relieved months ago when they came in and took my computer...because I didn't know how to stop," he said. Chaney was charged on Wednesday with 26 counts of cyber-related crimes against Hollywood celebrities after an 11-month FBI probe dubbed "Operation Hackerazzi."

Kanye West visited Occupy Wall Street in a $355 Givenchy shirt topped with gold grills and chains. Alec Baldwin claims he supports Occupy Wall Street, but makes big bucks starring in commercials for Capital One Bank. Numerous other celebrities who annually pull in multiples of the average American salary also say they sympathize with the plight of the so-called 99 percent. So are the stars who say they support the Occupy Wall Street movement some of the causes heroes, or are they hypocrites? Producer and hip hop mogul Russell Simmons , who brought West to the protests at Liberty Square/Zuccotti Park on Monday, and who has personally been visiting the protests every day for the past 15 days, tells Fox411.com that people need to stop criticizing Kanye and focus on the issues. This is about the money in Washington, the whoring and the politicians, Simmons told Fox411.com. Kanye did a good thing. I saw all the complaints about him. Who cares? He came. He wanted to help. They all missed t

STEPHEN Merchant has been responsible for some of the most brilliant television shows of the last decade. With his collaborator Ricky Gervais, he has created two landmark television comedies, the immensely popular The Office and Extras. ON SET: Directors Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant on the set of the film Cemetery Junction. Right: Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais on the set of Extras LAUGHS: Stephe

Who would you rather wash to your car semi-naked? Jesinta Campbell? Or Pauline Hansen? On the set of Celebrity Apprentice you ge The boys of Celebrity Apprentice took over a Gladesville car wash yesterday to shoot the first challenge of the upcoming series. Pauline Hanson five nights a week - that's what you'll get on Celebrity Apprentice Australia. Picture: Channel Nine Source: The Australian CHANNEL Nine is set to take a massive gamble by screening the Aussie version of Celebrity Apprentice five nights a week. The show, which features Mark Bouris in the Donald Trump "Youre Fired" role, begins on October 24. Nine is putting Celebrity Apprentice Australia into the 7pm slot currently occupied by repeats of The Big Bang Theory. Nine will be hoping Celebrity Apprentice Australia can replicate the ratings of recent hit series The Block, which also screened five nights a week at 7pm. Celebrities including politician Pauline Hanson, AFL legends Shane Crawford and Warwick