NEW YORK - FORMER Miss California USA Carrie Prejean calls a sex tape she made for an ex-boyfriend several years ago 'the biggest mistake of my life.'

Prejean told Fox News Monday and NBC's Today show Tuesday she shot the X-rated video of herself alone when she was 17 and sent it to a boyfriend.

BEIJING - CHOW Yun-fat says he had to check himself into a Beijing hospital earlier this week after catching a cold while shooting an US$18 million (S$24 million) Chinese frontier film.

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star told reporters at a press conference in Beijing on Tuesday that he took a two-day break from filming Chinese director Jiang Wen's upcoming movie Let the Bullets Fly for treatment.

LAS VEGAS - A 21-YEAR-OLD college dropout won the World Series of Poker early Tuesday, completing the biggest comeback in the tournament's history to earn a US$8.5 million (S$11.8 million) jackpot.

Joe Cada, the youngest champion in the 40-year history of the game's richest and most prestigious event, won with a pair of nines after about 90 hands head-to-head against second-place finisher Darvin Moon.