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To better compete with Netflix and others, Blockbuster video will debut a new service today that will allow customers to download movies from their computer via the internet. The service is “Blockbuster on Demand” and will require a box in order to utilize the new service. Customers can get the box free if they rent 25 movies in advance for $99.

Citing its “spies,” TMZ reported that O’Day spent Tuesday in a Manhattan photo studio shooting a spread for the magazine with celebrity photographer Markus Klinko, who has snapped portraits of Mariah Carey and Pamela Anderson, and shot the cover of Beyoncé’s 2003 album Dangerously in Love. According to TMZ, O’Day’s Playboy shoot may feature several lion cubs.

A spokesperson for Playboy told MTV News that the magazine could not confirm or comment on the photo shoot.

TV host Brooke Burke has been crowned the 7th champion of Dancing with the Stars!

Over the past 10 weeks, 37-year old Burke and dancer partner Derek Hough beat out 11 other celebrity contestants, including ex-NFLer finalist Warren Sapp, when audiences voted Burke champ last night during the live 2 hour finale.

Brooke and Derek, who danced the Viennese waltz, scored a perfect 30 out of 30 in their final showcase.

MTV will celebrate the Januay 20th inauguration of new President Barack Obama with “Be the Change Inaugural Ball” celebrating young voter turnout and volunteer services. The ball will take place at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center and feature “leading artists, celebrities and government officials” who will be named soon. The ball will be simulcast live across all the MTV platforms. “Over the last year and culminating in this election, we have seen a groundswell of engagement and a refreshed spirit of activism from young people,” MTV general manager Stephen Friedman said. “We want to celebrate young people across the nation who are answering the call and working to make changes in their communities and beyond.”

Last week Phoenix, who played Johnny Cash in the biopic Walk the Line and his pal Casey Affleck hit Culver City night spot Carbon for their funk night where Phoenix surprised the crowd with a rap performance which Affleck recorded. The duo later continued filming at Bardot Hollywood where they even chatted up actor Ryan Gosling who was there for his weekly deejay gig.

Holy RIP Batman! The caped crusader’s alter ego Bruce Wayne has reached the end of the line, according to writer Grant Morrison.