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Korean pop star Rain, the bane of Stephen Colbert's existence (see video below) is in negotiations to appear in the upcoming Speed Racer film from the Wachowski brothers, the duo behind the Matrix trilogy. Rain will join already-cast Matthew Fox (Lost), Christina Ricci, Emile Hirsch, John Goodman and Susan Sarandon.

Rain, whose real name is Jung Ji-hoon, appeared in the 2006 Korean film I'm a Cyborg, but that's OK (doesn't that sound like a Monty Python song)? He is not officially part of Speed Racer just yet. What's also not clear is how big his role will be.

The movie begins shooting this summer and is slated for release sometime next May.

Apparently, LG doesn't find the terms "personal video recorder" or "digital video recorder" to be descriptive or catchy enough. Never mind the fact that these are pretty much the industry standard terms. No, that's not good enough for LG. Instead, they've branded their line of HDTVs with PVR functions as "Time Machine" television. Great, because that's much more self explanatory.

Anyway, LG already announced a couple of sets in this line, including a 55-incher, and a TV/PC combo. Now they're adding 5 new TV sets, each with dual HD tuners, a 160GB hard drive, and USB 2.0 for attaching an external hard drive. The new models come in 50-inch and 60-inch plasma, or 37-inc, 42-inc, and 47-inch LCD varieties.

The new Time Machine TVs are set for a Korean launch first, with American versions to follow. Prices range from 2,500,000KRW ($2,650) to 8,900,000KRW ($9,435).

[via Engadget]