The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

It is likely to be at least five years years before high-definition movies can be streamed to home theaters with the same resolution as Blu-ray discs, according to a study by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and reported on the Video Business magazine's website. Although millions of homes are already connected to video services that claim to offer HDTV titles, via streaming, the quality doesn't even match that of standard DVDs and the "flow" is sometimes jerky. The problem in many cases is that most consumers' broadband connections are too slow to stream HD video which ideally requires an 18- to 20-megabits-per-second connection. (The average broadband subscriber's connection is about 2.5 mbps.)
Meanwhile the video subscription service ZapMyTV has signed a deal with Paramount that will allow it to offer to its online customers such relatively new films as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Hotel for Dogs and such classics as Breakfast at Tiffany's and Ghost.

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Brad Pitt for mayor? An online campaign is provoking voters to consider the A-list star for Mayor of New Orleans in 2010.
The idea was started by Tulane professor Dr. Thomas Bayer, who feels that the 45-year-old "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" star has what it takes to lead the Louisiana city into order. He even completes his campaign by selling "Brad Pitt for Mayor" t-shirts.
Bayer started the Internet campaign with the hopes of encouraging Angelina Jolie's significant other to run for the public office next year. He also has a "13 Reasons Brad Pitt Should be Mayor" list online to convince voters.
His list includes seemingly flippant reasons, but nonetheless true, such as: "If we elect Brad Pitt mayor, Angelina Jolie would be the First lady of New Orleans," "Publicity and photo opportunities will chase of Mayor, instead of the Mayor chasing publicity and photo opportunities," and "Rather

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Amelle Berrabah has a crush on Brad Pitt. The Sugababes singer, who split from long-term partner Freddie Fuller earlier this year, loves watching the 45-year-old Hollywood hunk's movies. She said: "Even though it is such a cliche I love Brad Pitt. He is so good looking. I was watching 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' recently and he is so hot. He just gets better looking. "I love Johnny Depp too. I think he is gorgeous." Amelle insists she is happy not being in a relationship and is putting her music career before her love life. She said: "I am a single lady at the moment. I am enjoying it, I am going out with friends and chilling out and

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