Mag Deals With Zanessa Issue
Oct. 27 2008, Published 7:07 a.m. ET
HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK Efron, Hudgens (Photo: Getty Images)
• Zanessa: The Magazine: Despite breakup rumors, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens have elicited their own special magazine issue, ZANESSA: Their Love Story!, from the editors of Popstar!. Though the magazine promises rare pics, there are sadly no additional explicitly nude photos of Zanessa.
• Cell phone censors: Verizon Wireless rejects a request by a pro-choice abortion rights group to issue text messages through Verizon's network. Though the company claims neutrality on controversial issues, a law professor makes this comparison: "Another entity that controls mass text messages is the Chinese government."
- Tragic One Direction Singer Liam Payne Dead Aged 31 After Horror Hotel Balcony Plunge: Celeb Tributes Pour In as Images Emerge of Smashed Up Hotel Room Strewn With White Powder and 'Drugs Foil'
- Family of Menendez Brothers Beg for Convicted Killers' Freedom in Press Conference Three Decades After Brutal Murders: 'They Were Failed By Their Parents!'
- BREAKING: Jailed 'Sex Beast' Sean 'Diddy' Combs Hit With Another Wave of Horrific Lawsuits — Rapper Accused of Drugging, Raping, Sodomizing and Threatening to Murder Multiple New Victims
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• Smarttext tome: Writers who draft entire novel manuscripts on their cell phones are gaining significant popularity in Japan. Most of these "mobile novelists" and their audiences are women (read: have tiny thumbs).
• Bush in favor of popcorn lung?: The Bush Administration takes a stand against the "Popcorn Lung" bill, which aims to regulate worker exposure to a flavoring chemical in popcorn that causes respiratory problems. The White House's policy stirs WSJ comment boards into a frenzy. Bush choking jokes abound.