Entertainment Weekly Online: The Web version of the US print magazine, now prohibitively priced here because of the unfavorable exchange rate, has plenty to please star-watchers and those who need their regular "fix" of Hollywood gossip. All the most interesting items are summarized on the front page in sections like Today's News, Reviews, Hot Topic, Opinions, Weekly Poll, Daily Pop Quiz, Top Films and Quick Links. It's all neatly and clean presented with small, almost instantly-loading pictures to serve as teasers as well as to prettify the page. The writing is lively and pacey but thankfully not as slangy as some of the more frivolity-driven entertainment sites. Definitely one of the first places you should visit for entertainment update.

MP3.com: Much as we wish for something like that, MP3 is not a program that allows you to throw virtual punches at your Member of Parliament for his incompetence. It's a digital music storage/retrieval system that allows you to download and listen to songs or albums from the Web. Yes, you get free downloads here, but what's really interesting about this page is it's usefulness as a music-search portal. You get the latest charts, information on new recordings and news summaries of industry developments. The free music/voice recording downloads are categorized under Alternative, Blues, Books & Spoken, Children's Music, Classical, Comedy, Country, Easy Listening, Electronic, Hip Hop/Rap, Jazz, Latin, Metal, Pop & Rock, Urban/R&B and World/Folk. There're also links to Live Events, Greeting Cards, Communities, Message Boards and other interactive features. It's a swift-loading page with a familiar Yahoo!-like design.

Rene Descartes and the Legacy of Mind/Body Dualism: Interested in knowing more about the "philosophical distinction between mind and body in western thought"? Then this easy-loading should be your first destination. Beginning with an introduction to the work of French mathematician-philosopher-physiologist Rene Descartes, it explores such topics as 'The 17th Century: Reaction to the Dualism of Mind and Body', 'The 18th Century: Mind, Matter and Monism', The 19th Century: Mind and Brain', 'Mind, Brain and Adaptation: The Localization of Cerebral Function' and 'Trance and Trauma: Functional Nervous Disorders and the Subconscious Mind'. It may seem heavy-going, but there's really a lot of fascinating stuff here for anyone on a self-knowledge quest. The pictures and illustrations are intriguing as well.

Serena and Venus - The Beaded Wonders: Here's a good example of a celebrity home page that informs as much as it entertains. Serena and Venus Williams, the 'Beaded Wonders' of tennis, have a nice thing going by keeping fans informed about their activities. You can get the latest match results, featured articles, pictures and the latest WTA statistics on the girls or enter a chatroom to discuss tennis-related topics. There's also a free e-mail account (...@williamsisters.com) and a Message Board for those who're not into chats. The site could use some jazzing up, and a section featuring tennis tips from the girls would enhance its value. But even as it is, this is a page to check out.

Tiger Woods Official Golf Website: Another well-designed celebrity site that's on par with the best on the Web. Produced by CBS SportsLine, the home page offers the latest results and headlines under Tiger Watch, plenty of photos, information on junior golf clinics sponsored by the Tiger Woods Foundation and links to 'Stats', 'Audio', 'Video', 'Bio', 'Morph' and 'Foundation'. You can't get an e-mail account (Wouldn't that be cool?) but you can join Woods' official fan club, Club Tiger, and receive "monthly articles and golf tips from the No. 1 golfer himself". Golfers will probably go straight to the 'Tiger's woods and irons' feature, that lets them have a look at Woods' equipment.

Virtual Anatomy Project: Here's a site you should only get into if you have a new PC or one that has tons of memory to spare. It offer first-rate "inside the body" movies, fascinating journeys that take you to the trachea, bone fly and the heart. There are 12 MPEG selections (ranging from 684,035 to 10,412,746 bytes in size) but if you don't have the time to download the movies, you can always see some 3D stills using the VA Image Browser. Schools and colleges might want to download the movies for use in biology classes.

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