the scoop

the scoop

web site for dancers

DanceJam (dancejam.com) is a video-based social Web site geared toward people who love to move. Like other social sites, members can create profiles and post photos/videos, leave messages and more. However, DanceJam boasts some unique features its target audience is bound to love.

To begin, each video has a slow-motion button. Watching routines frame-by-frame allows dancers to learn complicated moves that can be added their repertoire.

Another cool DanceJam feature are battles. Battles pit two DanceJam members with similar styles against each other, with site visitors voting for the most skilled. Site members can leave comments as well (not to be read by the easily offended).

Finally, DanceJam features a dance encyclopedia. Each entry includes a short article on the origins of the dance style and instructional video tutorials. Styles range from popping and break dancing to capoeira (an Afro-Brazilian mix of dance and martial art) and the mamba.

red carpet competition

People.com and YouTube(TM) announced a contest for an aspiring Red Carpet Reporter who could win the opportunity to interview celebrities on the Red Carpet in Hollywood this September (www.youtube.com/redcarpetreporter). Presented exclusively by Revlon, the competition will give one YouTube and People.com user the chance to experience a dream assignment, with exclusive access and first-class treatment. In addition to the competition, People.com is also launching its YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/people) to give fans a peek behind the curtain at exclusive People.com video, photo shoots, celebrity interviews and more.

Now until midnight EDT on Monday, July 21, applicants can submit their best two- to four-minute videos showcasing their interviewing skills by chatting up family and friends as if they were on the red carpet at a Hollywood award show. For submissions and contest guidelines visit: www.youtube.com/redcarpetreporter or www.people.com/youtube.

go 3-d with ‘hannah montana’

The hit “Hannah Montana” movie will be nearly inescapable on television this month in every dimension.

“Hannah Montana& Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert” will come to Starz in standard- and high-definition starting 9 p.m. EDT Saturday, July 26.

The 3-D version of the film, which had a limited-engagement theater run earlier this year, will begin showing on the Starz on Demand and Starz HD on Demand channels on Sunday, July 27, along with the other two versions.

Fretting about where you put those 3-D glasses? Starz has a guide to crafting a pair at www.starz.com/3D.

The movie also will be available to download from the broadband platforms Starz Play and Vongo, but only in standard definition and not in 3-D.

Disney Channel previously announced that the movie’s TV debut is set for 8 p.m. July 26.

plumping pointers

Many girls worry about their hips, stomach, thighs and other miscellaneous body parts, but if your insecurities include thin, dry or naturally gloss-free lips, Sally Hansen might have your cure.

The new Sally Hansen Lip Lab collection features, well, everything you could ever want for your lips. There are treatment products, including a PM Lip Plumper ($9.95) that will shape up your lips overnight, or a Lip Blush Plumping Balm ($9.95) that glosses while plumping. There’s also Overnight Lip Recovery ($9.95) for damaged lips. All of the products go on smoothly and the applicators, such as the attached brush for the plumping balm, make the products easier to apply.

‘wall-e’ the game

Many have come to expect a certain measure of well-intentioned prosaicness from Pixar-branded video games, which typically blend together some concoction of fan service and gameplay that is, depending on your level if cynicism, either tried and true or tired and trite.

“Wall-E” pits you in 21‚Ñ2 roles, allowing you to play as Wall-E (the junker bot) in some levels, Eve (the slick white robot) in others, and a third arrangement that won’t be detailed here for spoiler purposes. Gameplay consists primarily of platforming and puzzle-solving during the Wall-E levels and third-person shooting and flight missions in the Eve levels.

super monkey ball on iphone and ipod touch

Sega’s Super Monkey Ball(TM) for the iPhone and iPod(R) Touch is available on Apple’s App Store. Available for download for just $9.99, Super Monkey Ball takes full advantage of Apple’s innovative iPhone OS to deliver a truly unique and immersive gaming experience with tilting action in full 3D.

Apple’s new App Store will provide iPhone users with native applications in a variety of categories including games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The App Store on iPhone works over cellular networks and Wi-Fi, which means it is accessible from just about anywhere, so you can purchase and download applications wirelessly and start using them instantly. Some applications are even free and the App Store notifies you when application updates are available. The App Store will be available in 62 countries at launch at www.itunes.com/appstore/.