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You can now see Eva Longoria from Space!

For air travellers flying over southern Nevada this week, the view offers more than endless dusty desert.

A giant, bikini-clad Hollywood star perched on the desert sands isn't a mirage, but a recreation of a Maxim magazine cover.

The cover is made of a vinyl-mesh screen and reads: THE ONLY MAGAZINE BIG ENOUGH TO BE SEEN FROM SPACE - AND ONLY IN VEGAS!

A barely dressed Eva Longoria, star of ABC's Desperate Housewives, graces the 23-by-33-metre display just outside Primm, Nev., near the California state line.

The cover is part of several days of events celebrating the magazine's 100-issue milestone, including poker and golf tournaments at the Wynn Las Vegas hotel-casino, a Maxim public relations representative said this week.

Erika Yowell, a spokeswoman for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, told the Las Vegas Sun that her agency is involved with the promotion because the magazine's readers are a good target audience for the city.

Maxim is one of the new so-called lad's magazines that feature scantily clad, but not nude, female celebrities.

[See it yourself: get Google Earth from here and then use it to open this URL.]

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The celeb duo, who are currently vacationing in Namibia, issued a joint statement requesting privacy for their family unit, according to the Sunday Times of South Africa.

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Britain's The Sun apologized to actress Teri Hatcher Wednesday for running a story claiming she was using a camper van parked outside her house to have sex with various men.

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Grammy Award-winning singer Mariah Carey has written and recorded original ringtones for a promotion by Pepsi Cool Tones and Motorola Phones.

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Only a couple of weeks after the Scientology controversy, "South Park" is censored again. This time, the issue is a depiction of Mohammed. Muslims consider any rendering of the prophet, even if it’s positive, to be blasphemous.

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"Scary Movie" is back this April, with the fourth installment of the series. Director David Zucker ("Airplane!") is in charge again, for the second time, after taking over the franchise from the Wayans Brothers.

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Singer Jessica Simpson is brought into court for failing to promote the products of a LA clothing manufacturer, as promised. Tarrant Apparel Group (TAG) is suing the star for $100 million, according to E! Online.

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