For a decent grounding in the myths and realities of the NAFTA Superhighway story, here's the Washington Post's Fact Checker taking on the crazy musings of Republican presidential candidate and Emperor Of World Of Warcraft Ron Paul. For a more entertaining look at the issue, consult respected internet publications of record like World Net Daily and TownHall.

According to World Net Daily, the fact that money was allocated to build a portion of an interstate in Tennessee is incontrovertible proof that the battle against Mexicanadamerica has already been lost. (And did you know that Giuliani is involved??)

Take a look at this stirring letter from Ron Paul:

The ultimate goal is not simply a superhighway, but an integrated North American Union--complete with a currency, a cross-national bureaucracy, and virtually borderless travel within the Union. Like the European Union, a North American Union would represent another step toward the abolition of national sovereignty altogether.

Your children will be spending Ameros on disgusting Mexican candy on their way to drug cartel meetings. Also some Canadian stereotypes will be involved. (Sklar?) Even Red China will oppress us on the Hell Highway! Unless hero of the working man Lou Dobbs has anything to say about it!

Dobbs has been fighting the NAFTA Superhighway since whenever one of his producers found it on an anti-immigration message board (probably), railing repeatedly against the Unconstitutionality of this terrible road. Even avuncular loon Pat Buchanan takes cues from Lou regarding this menace to our freedoms.

The highway is especially dangerous, as Pat notes, because the Mexicans commit lots of crimes, shoot guns at children, and probably lust after white women.

Lou's role in exposing this injustice-in-the-making is so key that he's the star of this insane and awesome YouTube clip we found:

Eager to discuss what we learned about the Fox-Bush Autobahn, we clicked over to our favorite message board ever, the Americans for Legal Immigration PAC forum. In the thread called WATCH LOU DOBBS ON NAFTA SUPERHIGHWAY TUESDAY, we eagerly read the words of our fellow patriots.

In the immortal words of poster butterbean: "POOR LOU - HE IS JUST 1 MAN, WITH JUST 1 HOUR, AND SO MUCH NEWS TO COVER."

And, as GeorgiaPeach writes:

I got the impression that he was really serious about keeping the public informed about the NAFTA Superhighway. On YOUTUBE there are several videos of the segments done on Lou Dobbs in regards to the Nafta Superhighway if someone has not viewed them yet.

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Yes, Lou truly cares about the fate of the working man, where the working man is defined as the white working man, and where all the threats to his livelihood involve Mexicans.

Here's more clips of Lou on the NAFTA Superhighway to Hell:

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:21 pm

Moby: Stealth Slut?

Today Moby reminded "Page Six" about his "brief affair" with Natalie Portman. We don't know about you, but we didn't know and had never imagined that Moby had had an affair, brief or otherwise, with Natalie Portman, because what? Moby is a short, bald vegan from Connecticut. Natalie Portman is a Japanese-speaking Harvard graduate and total babe whom most of America has lusted after since she was 13 years old. But then again, we've heard this kind of thing about Moby before. Like, a lot. In fact we know several people who have sipped his Teany, if you know what we mean, and we don't even know that many people. "I guess in some people's eyes, [nerds] might be mildly sexy — and, as a nerd, I'm certainly happy to enjoy some of the effects of that," he told the Post. We couldn't have said it better ourselves. Moby is the type of dude who gets laid all the time, precisely because he doesn't look like he ever gets laid. He's pale and small and sensitive and a decent amount of famous, and he remembers your name, and only later do you find out that he is actually a Master Pickup Artist. You, Moby, get a medallion. And from now on, Daily Intel decrees that all men who look unassuming and are later revealed to be sluts shall be called "Mobys."

Nerd Envy [NYP]
Related: Jonathan Ames to Bring Moby, Nudity to Pitkin's for a Rematch

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:15 pm

Sale Closeouts: Macy's, Armani Casa, Bliss

• ENDING Saturday, February 23: Macy’s One-Day Sale: Up to 80 percent off sale items. Save an extra 25 percent on clearance items. Kenneth Cole Reaction Extended Tab Coat originally $219 down to $52; BCBG Silk Kimono-Sleeve Dress originally $258 down to $135. 151 West 34th Street at Broadway (212-695-4400); call for hours.

• ENDING Sunday, February 24: Armani Casa's sleek breakfast trays (the Susana is now $174), armchairs (the Rimbaud floor sample is now $3,480), and stools (the Oscar is now $1,000) are 20 to 65 percent off. 97 Greene St., nr. Spring St. (212-334-1271) Sat. 11—7; Sun. 12—6

• ENDING Sunday, February 24: Bliss Spa blowout sale, up to 80 percent off in stores and online. Minty Moisture Milk was $28, now $15. More locations here.

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm

Vulture Gives Out the Award Oscar Forgot: Best Bit Part

As the trophies are being handed out at this weekend's Academy Awards, can we take a short moment to consider the category Oscar has never deigned to recognize? Sure, Daniel Day-Lewis is monumental in There Will Be Blood. Yeah, Cate Blanchett makes an awesome Bob Dylan. But what about the great actors who make the most out of one-, two-, and three-scene roles? What about the scene-stealers, the actors who sweep a movie up in five minutes and walk off with it in their back pockets? Who will stick up for the little guys?

Vulture, that's who! We're proud to present the First Annual Vulture Award for Best Performance in a Bit Part.

And the nominees are...

Daniel Brühl, The Bourne Ultimatum

Among a cavalcade of excellent actors in small parts in Bourne is German actor Daniel Brühl, who shines in a short but potent scene as the brother of Bourne's dead lover Marie.

Sacha Baron Cohen, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Preening and prancing, his pants bulging authoritatively at the crotch, Cohen is hilarious as Signor Adolfo Pirelli — but the comic actor also shows a dangerous and sadistic side his previous roles have only hinted at.

Kathy Lamkin, No Country for Old Men

If Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh is the banal face of evil in No Country, Kathy Lamkin's Desert Aire trailer-park manager is the banal face of banality. As blogger Nathaniel Rogers at the Film Experience hilariously notes, she's the only character in the whole movie who seems like she'd happily take Chigurh on.

Amy Madigan, Gone Baby Gone

Amy Ryan got an Oscar nomination for playing the mother of a missing girl, but Amy Madigan — as the sorrowful aunt who brings Casey Affleck's detective into the case — is touching and fierce in a tiny but pivotal role.

Kristen Wiig, Knocked Up

Wiig is as vicious, fake-friendly, and undercutting as your worst nightmare of a co-worker, and her totally unconvincing laugh is among the film's most memorable moments.

And the Vulture goes to ...

Ruby Dee, American Gangster

Living legend Dee is mesmerizing as Denzel Washington's saintly but steely mother. This is the kind of performance that the Oscars would never, ever grant a nomination to — after all, as the above YouTube clip makes clear, she appears in the movie for only five minutes, total! Luckily, the Vulture Award is here to pick up the Academy's slack.

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 10:00 pm

Lindsay's Negligence No Longer a Nuisance

Lindsay Lohan's car troubles are finally over. The actress has, at long last, settled a negligence lawsuit filed against her by a busboy stemming from a highly publicized traffic collision...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:52 pm

Milan Front-Row Report: McDreamy Who? It’s Roberto Bolle!

Until the end of the week, the front rows of the Milan shows were a lovely reminder celebrities exist in nationalities other than American. Just because we don't know who they are and Us Weekly doesn't explain why they're "just like us" doesn't mean they're not famous. And then Lindsay Lohan and Fergie showed up and our hopes that all these new celebrities would really catch on were dashed. Here's a roster of who sat in row one in Milan this season:

Versace:
• Patrick Dempsey, American, Versace model, actor whose roles include the foxy doctor on Grey's Anatomy
• Megan Fox, American, actress whose roles include a part in Transformers, likened to Angelina Jolie

DSquared:
• Fergie, American, musical "artist," would "possibly" consider launching her own fashion line

Dolce & Gabbana:
• Fergie, can't decide between Barack or Hillary
• Linsday Lohan, American, actress, musical "artist," wannabe handbag and shoe designer
• Sheryl Crow, American, musical artist
• Monica Bellucci, Italian, model, actress whose previous roles include The Passion Of The Christ
• Fanny Ardant, French, actress who's appeared in more than 50 films
• Naomi Campbell, British, diplomat, model who surprised London Fashion Week by walking for Kisa

Roberto Cavalli:
• Carolina Kostner, Italian, two-time defending European figure-skating champion
• Michelle Yeoh, Chinese, actress who boasts three movies coming out this year, including one in which she stars opposite Vin Diesel (apparently he's still around)
• Petra Nemcova, Czech, supermodel who started the Happy Hearts Fund to help victims of the 2004 tsunami, which she was injured in
Inés Sastre, Italian, face of Lancôme, actress currently filming a comedy in Italy
• Tasha De Vasconcelos, African, model, actress currently filming a comedy she calls "sort of the European version of American Sweetheart."
• Eva Herzigova, Czech, model, actress, swimsuit designer who has put her line on hold because of her new baby

Ferragamo:
• Tang Wei, Chinese, actress who starred in Ang Lee's "Lust, Caution," fashion show virgin
• Roberto Bolle, Italian, ballet dancer, new face of Ferragamo, paparazzi magnet

Blumarine:
• Anggun, Indonesian, singer, will perform duets when egged on by journalists
• Noa, Israeli, singer, performed duet with Anggun

Moschino Cheap & Chic:
• Alexa Chung, British, former model, TV hostess, noted fashionista whose style icon is Geri Halliwell

Alberta Ferretti:
• Jessica Joffe, model, writer, former Observer assistant
• Bettina Zimmermann, German, actress, hottie
• Lavinia Borromeo, aristocrat, wife of John Elkann (yes, they're as disgustingly beautiful and rich as you imagine) of Fiat lineage
• Ginevra Elkann, film director, Lavinia's sister-in-law hence also of Fiat lineage

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:45 pm

What’s the Real New York Movie of the Eighties?

This morning on the Times's City Room blog, Jenny 8 made a list of New York City movies that best exemplified their decade, with Michael Clayton claiming the title for the aughts. She invited readers to suggest their own favorite New York films, and more than 300 comments later new titles are still popping up. But conspicuously absent from the list is that excellent New York eighties movie crossover, 1985’s Turk 182!. Robert Urich plays an Irish firefighter who is denied health coverage after sustaining an injury for rescuing a baby off-duty. Timothy Hutton (who prepared for this role by playing Conrad in Ordinary People) is Urich’s enraged younger brother, who uses graffiti as a means to call attention to a corrupt mayor in a city with no universal health care. Hutton spray-paints attacks against the mayor on subway cars and, most memorably, the 59th Street Bridge, signing them all “Turk 182!” The tabloids freak, wondering who this “Turk 182” guy is. Not even Robert Urich can figure it out at first, and his nickname is Turk and his badge number is 182. The above YouTube clip, the only one we could find, is composed only of shots of Urich in a body cast, apparently put together by some cast fetishist who uploads under the name "castmovies."

The best part of Turk 182! is its writer, Denis Hamill. Hamill, a columnist for the Daily News, is the brother of the better-known (and -regarded) writer Pete Hamill. Denis Hamill has had a respectable newspaper career in his own right, but he will always be Pete Hamill’s brother. So he writes a movie in which, for once, the overlooked little brother saves the day. Hamill even remembered to put his favorite New York characters in too, including Paul Sorvino, WABC’s Bill Beutel, and a pre-Giuliani Donna Hanover all playing themselves. Turk 182! is not a good movie, but it is representative of the city. Watching it, you suspend disbelief, overlook lapses of logic, and surrender to the general absurdity. And that’s exactly what we do every day in New York. —Aileen Gallagher

We Love This Dirty Town (on Film) [City Room/NYT]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:45 pm

A Wave of Online Banking Frauds Soaks HSBC

News to everyone who uses HSBC online banking: We've heard of four different people who mysteriously had a couple of thousand dollars withdrawn from their HSBC checking accounts this week. When they called the bank to figure out what was going on, they discovered that it's been happening to hundreds of other people. So much so, that the bank's fraud department can't keep up with the reports. A quick Internet search turned up this consumerist.com post on the subject, which explains that it's a widespread problem among online banking users. According to the Website, a fraud investigator told one customer that the bank's "fraud department was so overwhelmed, it was still in the developing stage" of how to handle it. When we contacted HSBC, they acknowledged there was an issue but reassured us:

We are ensuring zero liability for our customers and are reissuing ATM/debit cards to those impacted. HSBC has well-established internal security measures to prevent fraudulent activity. We take fraud of any kind very seriously and are continually monitoring customer activity to identify and avert fraud.

"I don't what angers me more, the fact that I am missing all this money or that this crook only got charged a $1.50 withdrawal fee!" one customer, who lost nearly $3,000, told us. "They tell me it will take 10 to 20 business days to get my money back in my account. This is not a very impressive turnaround for the 'world's bank.'" So, if you have an HSBC account and use online banking, you should probably check your accounts today. You'd rather deal with it today than stew over the weekend about it. You've got guacamole to make for the Oscars!

Is HSBC Straining Under an 'Unprecedented' Wave of Fraud Activity? [Consumerist]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:45 pm

Scrapbook: Moments From Milan

If you haven’t been flown over to soak in the twinkling excesses of Milan Fashion Week, here’s what you’ve missed. Clockwise from top left: An exhausted Anouck yawned in line at Prada. Carine looked fab in front-row fur at Missoni. Hamish Bowles waited at Jil Sander with a camera-shy Virginia Smith. Suvi Koponen kept it low-key with a game of solitaire at Roberto Cavalli. Typically reserved pals Ali Stephens and Karlie Kloss embraced in front of the lens. And most recently, Lindsay and Naomi performed the classic rite of the air-kiss at Dolce & Gabbana. Now exhale, and get ready for Paris! —Kendall Herbst

1. Rihanna feat. Klaxons, "Umbrella" (live at the Brits)
Like the Grammys, this week's Brit Awards had a kick-ass Amy Winehouse performance, but they also got this amped-up live version of last year(-and-a-half)'s jam "Umbrella." And the winner is — the English. [Hypeful]

2. Jens Lekman, "New Directions"
On this brand new song, Lekman mixes in some trendy African influences with his already eclectic sound. The result is better than anything put out by Paul Simon's ska band, Vampire Weekend. [Inkiostro]

3. Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, "Nashville Parthenon"
Everyone's favorite Eeyore returns to Daytrotter with this excellent track from 2006's Etiquette. [The Music Slut]

4. Flo-Rida, "Get Low (DJ Hostility Remix Bounce)"
Despite DJ Hostility's deceiving moniker, this synthy, up-tempo remix is just as fun and a little friendlier than the original. [Panda Toes]

5. Wolf Parade, "Telephone"
Somehow, it's taken more than five months for this new Wolf Parade song to make it to the hungry, hungry hipsters of the blogosphere, but maybe that's because the sound quality is so bad that you can't tell whether it's Wolf Parade or one of their dozen or so side projects. [Bridging the Atlantic] —Ehren Gresehover

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:30 pm

Heidi Klum Keeps Scraps of Face Powder in Her Purse

Once upon a time a blogger went to a Victoria's Secret makeup event. And Heidi Klum was there. Yay! And she had some tips on what to do with your face when you're walking the red carpet, which you obviously do every day:

Any tips or tricks to help us look more photogenic? Models know how to make their faces look photogenic because they've had a lot of practice. Take a few shots on your digital camera or practice in the mirror to see what looks best. Find the spot where your chin isn't too high and you get a double chin — or too low, and you get a funny, distorted face. But on the red carpet, cameras come at you from all angles and it's impossible to pose perfectly for everyone. So I think you just need to have fun with it — because it shows if you don't!

Heidi, so smart — that America's Next Top Model guest-judge slot is calling your name.

Which types of products are essential for any evening bag? Evening bags are getting smaller and smaller so I can only fit the bare necessities in my clutch for red carpet touch-ups. I keep Beauty Rush blotting sheets, a Very Sexy powder compact and small blush brush, and the Very Sexy lip gloss or lipstick shade I'm wearing for the evening. I check my makeup about every hour to make sure everything is in place. Then I'll use the blotting sheets, which are great alternatives to powder because you won't wind up with an inch of makeup on by the end of the night. But powder and gloss are equally important to keep your makeup looking fresh and pretty. My super-secret tip is I can't fit the powder compact into a very tiny evening bag, I'll take some shavings of the pressed powder wrapped in a tissue!

Such a good spokeswoman, isn't she? Sounds like she would be the perfect guest judge on America's Next Top Model for a "red carpet" challenge. That is, if she and Tyra Banks can share the same stage without engaging in a vamp off. If it got really vicious we suppose Klum could throw bits of pressed powder in Banks' face and blind her.

Heidi Klum Spills her Red-Carpet Beauty Secrets [BellaSugar]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:25 pm

The National’s Matt Berninger Is Totally Cool With Sounding Like Rain Man

The National spent the nineties working typical dotcom-boom jobs in graphic design and new media, but from the rapturous reviews for their 2007 album Boxer, you'd never know they'd ever been anything but full-time musicians. Propelled by its piano-driven lead track, "Fake Empire," the album landed The National on practically everyone's year-end top ten list, and they'll celebrate with two packed shows at BAM this weekend. Singer Matt Berninger spoke to Vulture about the upcoming shows, his voice, and why he'd be happy to open for Phish.

Your voice seems to have become the defining characteristic of the band. How did you discover it?
When we started out we were so obsessed with bands like Pavement and Guided by Voices, which I think in a way inspired a lot of people without any, I don’t know… sophisticated talent? They made you believe anyone could make great rock songs. As far as learning to sing, I remember just listening to Bee Thousand on repeat and just realizing you don’t really need to have… well actually Bob Pollard does have a great voice. But that if you sing with gusto, you can pull it off.

Critics get very creative about describing your voice — what's the strangest comparison you’ve heard so far?
"Like chocolate and wool." I'm like, "What?" Someone else said I sound like a combination of Ian Curtis and Rain Man, which I thought was good. Even when it's an insult it's sort of flattering.

There's a lot of piano on the new album. Have you been lugging one around on tour, like the Walkmen do?
The Walkmen, they're impressive; we toured with them, and every night the four of them got on the corners of that old thing and it was just falling apart, nailed together with two by fours. We just bring keyboards — we don't have the back strength to bring a real piano!

Well, now you're playing at BAM, which is pretty much the ultimate Brooklyn seal of approval. Are you using musicians from the indie-classical world, like Sufjan Stevens did?
In the classical world there's this huge sort of scene, you can even tell there's the same competitive spirit between them that there is among the Brooklyn indie rock bands. It's funny to see those two worlds come together. We were just rehearsing yesterday, and I'm singing along, and there's 12 people in the room playing, and I'm amazed, like, how did I get to the point where I'm singing in front of a room of people with instruments, not a single one of which I could pluck a G chord on? I feel like a poser. I never imagined I'd be on a stage with cellos and horns and me actually doing something along with that. If my parents could see me now!

You'll be playing for some bigger audiences when you open for R.E.M. this spring. Are you concerned about that at all?
When a band gets more popular people think they're leaving the indie world, but they're just getting more popular, selling more records — we want that! We don't have any precious image that the more underground we are, the cooler we are. I remember Sonic Youth saying once that they'd love to do shows with Phish, because they thought people who loved Phish would love them — they wanted to do those big 100,000-person shows Phish had, they didn't have that "you're legit if you're small" thing. I would love to be able to break that spell. —Rebecca Milzoff

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 9:00 pm

Gemma Film Doesn’t Suck; Mactress Curse Lifted?

The following information may be hard to swallow — especially if you paid to see Fair Game in theaters — but one of our favorite catwalkers may have made a successful transition into the dicey model-slash-actress category. Gemma Ward appears in the upcoming film Black Balloon, which won Berlin Film Festival's Crystal Bear prize, a best-feature honor awarded by young panelists. Undoubtedly, the movie is helped by Toni Collette’s respectable, hyphenate-free career — but the mere fact that the picture’s already garnering awards means that Ward, who has a sizable love-interest role, didn’t ruin it! We repeat: A MODEL DID NOT RUIN THIS FILM. Enjoy a preview of the flick above.

No verdict yet on fellow mactress Julie Ordon’s success in Flashbacks of a Fool, which wrapped last month. But it's a Daniel Craig movie, so odds are we’d end up seeing it anyway, drooling, and singing its praises regardless of its quality. —Kendall Herbst

Black Balloon Starring Gemma Ward Wins Berlin Film Festival Award [Sassybella]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:55 pm

Skinny Male Models Don’t Make as Much Cash as Buff Ones; ‘Glamour’ Clashes with Jezebel

One male model says his skinny peers don't make as much money; also, only some houses, like Prada, are looking for rail-thin males. [WSJ]

Is a feud building between Jezebel and Glamour's fashion blogger Jenny Feldman? Feldman will not accept that Jezebel doesn't agree with this "fashion don't": letting your bra show. [Glamour]

Patrick Dempsey is no phony: He actually liked Versace menswear before he signed on to star in the ad campaign. [WP]

One of our favorite Elle editors, Anne Slowey, sees herself in Prada and you can too! She photoshopped her face onto three of the runway stills. [Elle]

Henry Holland is collaborating with Levi's on a capsule collection [Drapers]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:35 pm

The ‘Crazy Super’ Has a Dog Named Pretty Girl

Bay Ridge: Richard Martin, the "crazy super" who posts homicidally threatening signs about trash disposal, says of his tenants "They're Arab; they don't give a f*ck"; has a cute Pekinese named Pretty Girl; and worships Jeanine Pirro. Feast on his cranky, strangely lovable weirdness. [NYP]
Chelsea: Facing lawsuits from folks who say it's too loud and polluting to be there, the 30th St. pier heliport floats a plan to move itself onto two barges offshore. And Curbed is right... this homespun sketch of the plan indeed features the quaintest, gentlest West Side Highway we've ever seen. [Villager via Curbed]
Ditmas Park: Folks in these gentrifying, pretty parts know that the hatred currently directed at Park Slope will soon be visited upon them. And they're probably right. [Ditmas Park Blog]

Downtown Brooklyn: Supermarket magnate John Catsimatidis has halted his massive mixed-income residential project near Metrotech, leading experts to forecast a chill over the area's much-hyped boom. [Brooklyn Paper]
Harlem: Bloomberg and developers say that bringing big commercial interests to a rezoned 125th St. will help the whole 'hood, but old-school businesses say it'll drive out all the black folks. [The Real Deal]
Lower Manhattan: The city wants to build over the sunken area near the mouth of the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, creating over a million square feet of air rights for developers, but locals demand that parkland and affordable housing be in the mix. [Downtown Express]
Soho: There's been some kind of underground explosion at Lafayette and Spring, leaving a big, messy hole in the street. [Gothamist]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:30 pm

Mmm, Smells Like Timberlake

Justin Timberlake is bringing smelly--and, possibly, polyester pants--back. The pop star has become the latest spokesceleb to lend his visage to hawk designer goods, signing on to front a...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:21 pm

Artist Joel Meyerowitz Finds the World's Laziest Swimmer

Pure pipe-dream material on a day like today, Joel Meyerowitz's video-and-photographic installation (which opened yesterday at the uptown Edwynn Houk Gallery) is the result of Meyerowitz's work in July 2007 with Olympic divers in Florida. Speedo-clad as he may be, though, this swimmer seems a bit amateur. Hopefully he's just taking a breather. —Rachel Wolff

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:15 pm

Oscar Forecast: Stars, with 100% Chance of Miley Cyrus

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 8:07 pm

How Not to Market the Justin Timberlake Scent

Today's WWD brings news that Justin Timberlake will "front" a scent for Givenchy this fall. Apparently, Timberlake had nothing to do with the creation of the scent but did smell it before he signed his contract, noting, "it's cool." Shouldn't the operative word have been "sexy"?

Alain Lorenzo, the president of Givenchy, gets all gushy over Timberlake, calling him "multitalented," "one of the sexiest men in the world," and a "trendsetter." To that we say, oh come on — we all know the real reasons they picked Timberlake, and they're called "sexy back" and "pun intended." We're already cringing over the plays on those words that will pop up in the commercials. So, Givenchy, please do us a favor and make sure to avoid all of the following scenarios:

1. Suggesting the scent will make a man's tush smell nice.

2. Timberlake physically giving his "sexy" to someone in a wrapped package and then--oh wait!--it's cologne! And the models go wild.

3. Timberlake losing his "sexy" and getting all inwardly nervous and panicked and then relaxes and returns to suave when he puts on the cologne. And the models go wild.

4. A mysterious stranger steals Timberlake's sexy from his bedside table in the middle of the night. Timberlake wakes up at 2 a.m., sees his bottle of sexy is missing, and sniffs out the thief (literally). His nose leads him to a nightclub, where inside he finds the culprit, clearly a loser dude that just needed to know what it was like to be cool. Timberlake sees the loser dude has models all around him for the first time in his life, and the rage on his face melts into a grin. So Timby grabs a scotch on the rocks, takes a seat next to the dude, toasts him, and they party into the night. And the models go wild.

Actually, that last one might be kind of fun.

Givenchy Plays a New Tune with Timberlake [WWD]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:58 pm

Who Belongs on Mount Rapmore?

In the past week or so ESPN.com's Bill Simmons — "The Sports Guy," a massively popular columnist who's ostensibly a sportswriter but would better be described as the National Commissioner of Bar Arguments — has started writing about "Mount Rapmore," a hypothetical rap version of Mount...well, yes. Simmons' first proposed Rapmore lineup was Dr. Dre, Biggie, Tupac, and Jay-Z; no real argument there. But yesterday, he revised his list, picking Dr. Dre, Tupac, Russell Simmons, and Rakim — a decision that's not offensive so much for its inclusion of Simmons and Rakim as it his for its world-historically, inconceivably unfathomable exclusion of THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME.

It's... it's... even having to point out that Ready to Die is one of the best and best-selling rap albums of all time, that "Juicy" is the best rap song of all time, that the run in "Mo Money Mo Problems" ("B-I-G P-O-P-P-A/ No info for the/ D-E-A") is the best rap verse of all time to the point that a sold-out Madison Square Garden could shout it all from memory with no accompaniment or prompting during the Jay-Z concert taped for Fade to Black — just deigning to mention that stuff seems like an insult to Biggie's legacy.

What could have provoked such a colossal mistake? One might imagine that Simmons, a notorious Boston homer, was trying to stick it to New York hip-hop, but then again he did include the NYC-based founder of Def Jam. In the spirit of not driving ourselves insane with rage, let's just chalk it up to general hateration (and the Sports Guy's longstanding East L.A.-teenager-style Tupac mancrush) and move on — besides Biggie, who else should be carved from the sheer face of Mount Rapmore? While we're sympathetic to the idea that pioneers like Rakim, Chuck D, and Run DMC should get some consideration, aren't they more like Pilgrims than Founding Fathers?

Despite occasional crossover success, hip-hop wasn't really born as a multi-platinum genre until The Chronic era, so let's give Dr. Dre the George Washington slot and call Rakim the John Winthrop of rap (DJ Kool Herc = John Smith; musical forebears like James Brown and George Clinton can be American intellectual forebears John Locke and Montesquieu). Tupac is Thomas Jefferson, both because he's Dre's greatest contemporary/associate and because, with those well-exercised abs, he probably slept with more black women than anyone on this list. Biggie, as the greatest rapper, and one who brought salvation and direction to a troubled genre, is obviously greatest-president-slash-civil-rights-godfather Lincoln. Who's the fourth? That's the toughest call, but we think there's only one choice in the Teddy Roosevelt spot — the category for someone charismatic and wildly popular whose career reached tremendous early heights but nonetheless limped to a conclusion, leading everyone to look back 25 years later and think "maybe we should've picked someone else" — the maniac in black, slim with the tilted brim on 20-inch rims, Snoop Dogg.

Time to get our chisel on. —Ben Mathis-Lilley

The Links (and Trade Machine comments) [ESPN]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:45 pm

Cindy McCain, Meet Everyone. Everyone, Meet Cindy McCain.

John McCain’s presidential campaign is rather desperately lacking for youth and glamour. It badly needs to soften the affect of the Senator’s grim hawkishness without soft-pedaling his national-security credentials. And in the last 48 hours, it has had to find a defense against the New York Times’ semi-allegations that McCain had an affair with a lobbyist who had business before his Senate Commerce Committee.

Almost by accident, one answer has emerged to all these conundrums: Cindy McCain.

When Michelle Obama committed her “really proud” gaffe, John McCain at first looked ready to no-comment, but Cindy stepped in front of microphones to say, “I have and always will be proud of my country.” She quickly became the campaign’s go-to person for responding to Obama. When John McCain held his press conference to denounce the Times yesterday, Cindy was perfectly composed but also relaxed. Her smile, as Marc Ambinder pointed out, “wasn’t forced.” Cindy has always been one of McCain’s strongest assets, and, as the press is just beginning to notice, the campaign finally seems ready to let her speak publicly.

Cindy McCain has already taken a much stronger behind-the-scenes role in the campaign this time around than she did in 2000. Both McCains see this race as their chance to avenge the brutal tactics deployed against them then, when George W. Bush surrogates claimed, among other things, that the McCains’ adopted Bangladeshi daughter Bridget was a black child whom McCain had fathered out of wedlock. While John McCain may have publicly made peace with Bush since then, Cindy has admitted she keeps a “grudge list.” Cindy was also the one person McCain trusted completely while deciding how to pull his campaign out of the train wreck it had become by the summer of 2007. She was a key force behind the shakeup last July that sent longtime strategist John Weaver and campaign manager Terry Nelson packing, which ultimately led to a leaner McCain operation.

The members of the media who fell so heavily for John McCain in 2000 developed a bit of a crush on Cindy, too. Her sophisticated presence was hard to ignore as he slogged his way through otherwise gray visits to snowy New Hampshire town hall meetings. (Some reporters covering that run still recall how they riffed on lines from his stump speech to compose lascivious — and unpublished — odes to Cindy.) The story of how the McCains met — at a cocktail party in Hawaii when he was 43 and separated and she was 25 — only added to the Republicanism-with-a-wink that John McCain seemed to embody that year. And Cindy had a charming background: rodeo queen, cheerleader, beer-distributor heiress who turned down a chance to work in the family business so she could work with disabled children. The reporters who liked her then aren’t likely to hold her husband’s flip-flops and hawkishness against her now.

So here comes Cindy McCain, one tough cookie. Most Americans don’t know yet that Bridget McCain, who had a cleft palate as a baby, probably would have died if Cindy hadn’t taken her home from Mother Theresa’s orphanage in 1991. Or realize that Cindy kicked an addiction to Percocet and Vicodin 15 years ago. Or that she’s been through several miscarriages, a hysterectomy, surgery on her right arm from shaking too many hands during the 2000 campaign, and a serious stroke in 2004. Or that she has two sons in the military, including one just back from Iraq.

You’ve heard of the Oprah Effect for Barack Obama? John McCain’s going to get his bounce, too — once Cindy goes on Oprah. —Peter Keating

For a complete guide to presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and, yes, John McCain — from First Love to Most Embarrassing Gaffe — read the 2008 Electopedia.

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:44 pm

Ellen Page Keeps Doing This Thing With Her Arm

Now, we like Ellen Page as much as everyone else. She was super-cute in Juno and we even concede she is probably doable even though we're a gay and a chick who's not into that. But there's this thing she's been doing that bugs us. This thing with her arm. It's kind of like a variation on the standard red-carpet pose — hand on hip, shoulders back — that one does to make one's arm look thin, only Ellen does it in this really extreme way. It's almost as though she is about to bust into the Funky Chicken, but with only one-half of her body. As you can see from the above photo, the arm has moved further and further back as she has progressively become more famous, until it is now almost almost perpendicular to her body. We're starting to become quite concerned, not just because if this continues Ellen might actually dislocate her shoulder, but because the pose kind of screams, "I'm a red carpet novice! And also probably weird about my weight!" and you know, we just don't want her to go all Jennifer Hudson on us and win an Oscar and only pop up again playing a bit part.

Related: Ellen Page Not Doable Enough to Win Best Actress, Blogger Claims [Vulture]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:15 pm

Bootleggers Create Sweded Version of ‘Be Kind Rewind’

In theaters this weekend is Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind, the story of two hapless friends (Jack Black and Mos Def) tasked with remaking (or "Sweding") a video store full of movies themselves after Black accidentally erases all the VHS tapes. Now, in a handicraft tribute worthy of Gondry himself, a group of surrealist bootleggers have shot their own low-budget version of Be Kind Rewind — likely by sneaking a camcorder into a theater — and made it for sale on Canal Street. Brilliant!

Be Kind Rewind [Releaselog]

Earlier: Michel Gondry on ‘Be Kind Rewind’ and How He'd Fix ‘Back to the Future’

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 7:00 pm

Britney at 46: Frizzy Hair, Double Chin

Britney Spears' future may not be pretty if she doesn't clean up her act.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:53 pm

Live From the Oscars: It’s the Red Fugging Carpet!

After months of decidedly unglamorous union turmoil, the Writers' Strike has finally come to an end, and all those fussy writers will finally get back to work — meaning finally, finally we know for certain that this Sunday the Oscars will go down just as it always has, a great golden Super Bowl for girls and gays everywhere. For this earth-shattering event, the Fug Girls will position their chaises dangerously close to the television and embark on a Prosecco-and-truffle-fueled live blog of the parade down the red carpet, dutifully documenting fashion's finest hour — and its most delightful tragedies — in real time. Will Penelope Cruz continue her quest for World Sexy Domination? Can Cameron Diaz, just for once, not miss the mark? And how will Nicole Kidman's forehead make us cringe this year? So many questions. Check back in on Sunday starting at 6 p.m., when together we might begin our search for truth.

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:41 pm

Aki Kaurismaki

The Finnish arts scene breaks out in Paris from April through June, including a retrospective of works by film director Aki Kaurismaki, seen her in 2007, and a 10-day Finnish market from April 17 to 27...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:40 pm

Ellen Page Not Doable Enough to Win Best Actress, Blogger Claims

Old-timey chauvinist Jeffrey Wells declares on his blog that Ellen Page will not pull a Best Actress upset this weekend. Why? She's not fuckable enough. In making this claim, Wells, echoes a point he made in December: that a primary flaw of Juno is that Page looks too young and scrawny, and that "nothing about her says 'alluring breeding-age female.'" Therefore, Wells writes, Juno "wouldn't exactly be fighting off the attentions of hormonally-crazed teenage boys." Wells, who recently begged 3:10 to Yuma director James Mangold for topless pictures of one of his actresses, is positive that the Academy will not give Best Actress to someone so "elfin."

Wells' commenters hilariously take him to task, of course, and we join them. Shame on you, Jeffrey Wells! The Academy will give Best Actress to whoever they want, regardless of her stature. Also, Ellen Page is too fuckable.

Page Will Not Win [Hollywood Elsewhere]
Earlier: Movie Blogger Jeffrey Wells Begs Director for Topless Photos of a ‘3:10 to Yuma’ Actress
Related: Ellen Page Keeps Doing This Thing With Her Arm

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm

Steve Aoki Is Much Happier Now That He Quit World of Warcraft

Name: Steve Aoki.
Job: D.J., designer, Benihana heir, and celebrity friend. Aoki will be spinning this Saturday night at Room Service.
Age: 29.

Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Malcolm X.

What's the best meal you've eaten in New York?
Cabana.

In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
Run a record label, clothing line, and studio time when I'm in L.A.

Would you still live here on a $35,000 salary?
Yes, but in Brooklyn.

What's the last thing you saw on Broadway?
Blue Man Group, 12 years ago.

Do you give money to panhandlers?
Only if I'm up from private poker games. I play all over the city.

What's your drink?
H20. Fuck alcohol!

How often do you prepare your own meals?
I make the best tofu pasta I've ever had. Last time I made it was last year.

What's your favorite medication?
Sleep.

What's hanging above your sofa?
A Malcolm X poster and a Bruce Lee poster.

How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
40 bucks.

When's bedtime?
I'm trying to figure that out.

Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
Old Times Square had more peep shows.

What do you think of Donald Trump?
I like his hair weave.

What do you hate most about living in New York?
The one thing I've noticed about NYC is the separation between Brooklyn and the city. City kids don't come to Brooklyn that much and Brooklyn kids don't really come to the city. Besides not seeing friends that live in Brooklyn that much, I don't hate that much.

Who is your mortal enemy?
Well as of two years ago it was World of Warcraft. But I got rid of it and I'm much happier.

When's the last time you drove a car?
An hour ago.

Who should be the next president?
Obama.

Times, Post, or Daily News?
Times.

Where do you go to be alone?
Airplanes. I put on my eye mask and ear plugs and I'm out for the count.

What makes someone a New Yorker?
Their accent. Or that they hate L.A.

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:30 pm

It's a Boy! And a Girl! J-Lo Gives Birth

Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez gives birth to fraternal twins in New York.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Feb 2008 | 6:16 pm

First Thoughts on Donatella: Goodness, We Approve!

Wherein batty, catty New York editors treat you to their totally unsolicited yet utterly insightful thoughts on the stuff they can't stop looking at.

Amina I don't want to scare you but...Versace is pretty.
Jessica Uh oh. How pretty?
Amina I want to buy some of the coats.
Jessica Ooooh boy. Okay, looking now... leather biker-cum-blazer is something I might kick some serious ass in.
Amina It's demure for Versace. i mean, sure there are some loud pieces but overall, not bad.
Jessica For DV, these are really simple cuts. WHERE ARE MY GOLD CHAINS?
Jessica I WANT GRECO-ROMAN ORGY SCARVES!
Amina Chartreuse is not Stammy's color.
Amina I mean, if SHE can't pull it off, then what about us mere mortals?
Jessica These knits are so...my mom, if my mom were shopping at a sleek, Italian version of Talbots.
Amina No, I love the knits...it's Donatella growing up.
Jessica They're totally subdued, that's what I'm saying. Like my mom. When she takes her meds.
Jessica Alright, these coats are uniformly excellent.
Amina And I liked that she has the old guard here (well older guard): Daria, Carmen, Mariacarla.
Amina But Coco's doing this weird horror movie walk thing like she's the girl from The Ring.
Amina It's seriously freaking me out.
Jessica She's doing The Kloss!
Amina Nono, Kloss is more zombie.
Amina Coco is more I'm-going-to-kill-you.
Jessica #54: "Hand me my Oscar, please?"
Amina It IS gorgeous, but I wonder if it'd wash a lot of people out? That color can't be easy to wear.
Amina I wonder if Angelina is gonna wear #51 — the Agnyess look. It's shiny, black, and goes well with baby bumps.
Jessica This whole collection is unexpected. So Donatella 2.0. (3.0? 7.0?) She's, like...chill? What gives? Did the New Yorker profile DO something to her? She's, like, assumed the position or something. But it's totally working.

View a slideshow of the Versace collection.

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:52 pm

Lawyers Advocate an Oscar for 'Michael Clayton' — That George Clooney Makes Them Look So Good!

• Lawyers everywhere are crossing their fingers for a Michael Clayton Oscar win. "In 80 years, only 10 legal movies or actors playing members of the legal community have taken home gold," a columnist sighs. Awwwwww. Wait a second. We didn't do the math, but isn't that more than like, every other profession? How many people playing bloggers have won Oscars, for instance? Slickster lawyers. Always trying to trick us with their fancy talk. [Law.com]
• Could John Edwards be our next attorney general? [The American]
• The Sean Bell "50-shot" case is set to go to trial on Monday. [NYT]

MEDIA
• It appears as if harassing Rupert Murdoch could be one way to get a job at the Wall Street Journal. [Alley Insider]
• The New Republic has the low-down on how the New York Times' McCain bombshell made it into print. [TNR]
• Variety, Publisher's Weekly, and other trade publications are on the chopping block. [NYT]
• Heading to the cashier's cage, billionaire financier Carl Icahn flips four Nevada casinos to New York-based Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund. [CNN]
• Another one bites the dust: Lehman Brothers is set to cut 200 investment baking jobs. [DealBook/Reuters]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:45 pm

The ‘Sex and the City’ Trailer Spoils Itself

A new trailer for the Sex and the City movie has hit the Web, and it confirmed some of our greatest fears (no, not that all of the clothes would look like they were designed by Audrey Two). Click above to view. It seems like Carrie may, in fact, get dumped at the altar by Big, and that Steve does end up cheating on Miranda. Samantha has retained her roving eye, despite still being hooked up with the hot elf Smith Jared. And Charlotte gets pregnant on her own after adopting a Chinese baby in desperation, which isn't so much disappointing as completely something that would awkwardly happen in real life. But the women and the clothes look good (even in HD!), and Mario Cantone makes an appearance, so we're pleased. And India.Arie singing "The Heart of the Matter" in the background kind of helps. We're excited! Not completely "Carried Away," but certainly looking forward to it in a "Big Way."

Okay, sorry. We'll stop, we promise.

Full-Length 'Sex and the City' Trailer [Towleroad]
Earlier: This Spring, Find Out Who Got Into Stanford!

Update: Oh, for the love of Aiden! The studio took the trailer off the internets. But we promise, it was good!
Update 2: Ah. Jezebel still has it.

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:30 pm

Tori Spelling: Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth Had Fistfight

Tori Spelling dishes the dirt on her former "90210"co-stars Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth and Luke Perry in her upcoming autobiography — even revealing that Doherty and Garth once had a fistfight.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:16 pm

Bill O’Reilly: Arianna Huffington Is a Bad, Bad Girl Who Needs to Be Punished

Bill O'Reilly is aghast at the "hate speech" on the Internet, he says in his column today. "Instead of wearing white hoods, these despicable people hide behind a machine," wrote the Fox host, who recently suggested on his radio show that he might need to encourage a "lynching party" to go after Michelle Obama should she continue to imply she did not love everything about America. What's got Bill all worked up today are the comments on the Huffington Post about 86-year-old Nancy Reagan falling in her house. Sure, the commenters there are batshit, but leaving aside the whole first amendment thing, what about the commenters on Post Web site, where O'Reilly's column regularly appears? What about the comments you know, in the Post. But lo, soon enough we find out what's reallygot Bill so excited. "People like Arianna Huffington should be taken out to the village square and publicly scolded," he writes. Hmmmm. Scolded. Maybe she should be scolded with a falafel.

Hate Speech and the 'Net [Bill O'Reilly]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:15 pm

Monaghan Joins Wolverine Pack

There's something about Dominic Monaghan and appearing onscreen alongside scary, often hairy, supernatural forces. The former "Lost" and "Lord of the Rings" star has become...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:09 pm

Valerie Bertinelli: I Cheated on Van Halen

The ex-"One Day at a Time" star reveals her darker side in a tell-all interview.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Feb 2008 | 5:00 pm

Jennifer Lopez Gives Birth to Twins, a Boy and a Girl

More than ever, it pays to be pregnant in Hollywood. Jennifer Lopez, about to give birth to twins, is reportedly the latest A-lister to strike a deal worth millions for exclusive photos of her children.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 4:55 pm

Report: Aaron Carter Arrested for Investigation of Marijuana

Aaron Carter was arrested Thursday for investigation of marijuana possession in Texas, TMZ.com reported.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 4:40 pm

Reporter Films His Own Crack Addiction

Rick Kirkham -- a booze, crack and pill addict -- turns the camera on himself.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Feb 2008 | 4:34 pm

'Country,' 'Blood' duel for Oscar

Get ready for the Academy Awards, where "No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood" are considered the front-runners for the biggest prize of all: best picture of the year. The 80th Academy Awards are scheduled to air Sunday on ABC.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 Feb 2008 | 4:28 pm

Marketing an Oscar Win: How 'Old Men' Stole Best Pic Buzz

With just a few days to go until the Academy Awards, 'No Country for Old Men' has all but secured its status as front-runner for Best Picture. Yet only three months ago, 'Atonement' was the Hollywood favorite. So what caused the shift?
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 4:17 pm

Jon Stewart: 'Oscars Like Pregnancy'

Stewart jokes about hosting the Academy Awards for the second time.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Feb 2008 | 4:01 pm

U.K. to Will: Mein Bad

A London-based news agency has been forced to issue a major "mein bad" to Will Smith. The twice Oscar-nominated actor received an apology and undisclosed damages from the World Entertainment...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 3:55 pm

So Many Stars Hooked on Painkillers

Painkiller addictions are becoming more of a hollywood woe.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Feb 2008 | 3:37 pm

J.Lo's Bundles of Joy

Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony welcomed twins early Friday morning, a son and a daughter. After multiple false alarms over the past few weeks, set off by extra security, over-eager...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Feb 2008 | 3:33 pm

'Juno' Star: 'I Feel Weird Being Nominated'

Ellen Page and other stars sit down with Barbara Walters on Oscar night.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Feb 2008 | 3:27 pm

Playing Dress Up with Oscar's Glamour Girls

Phillip Bloch pairs Oscar-nominated actresses with gowns to make them dazzle.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Feb 2008 | 3:17 pm

Man Fired for Posting 'Dilbert' Becomes Subject of Comic

A seven-year casino employee fired after posting in his office a 'Dilbert' comic comparing managers to 'drunken lemurs' has become the subject of the strip.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 2:52 pm

Delta Burke Opens Up About Depression

For the first time since entering a psychiatric hospital in January, Delta Burke is speaking out about her depression, saying she remembered having anxiety as early as kindergarten.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 2:50 pm

Myanmar Magazine: Sylvester Stallone's Rambo Looks Fat

Sylvester Stallone's Rambo character looks like a fat lunatic in his new movie, a Myanmar magazine said this week, bucking local public opinion that has glorified him for his exploits fighting the ruling junta's unpopular soldiers.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 2:43 pm

Judge Extends Restraining Order Against Britney Spears' Pal

A federal judge on Thursday ordered Britney Spears' pal Sam Lutfi to stay away from the struggling pop star.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 2:09 pm

An Indian man walks past a hoarding for the Bollywood film Jodhaa Akbar

An Indian man walks past a hoarding for the Bollywood film Jodhaa Akbar in New Delhi. An Indian state has ordered cinema halls not to screen the controversial film featuring Bollywood's most glamorous...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 Feb 2008 | 2:06 pm

Reality Check: Saying Goodbye on 'Idol'

Saying 'cheerio' to our 'Idol' cast-offs is a bit more brutal now that we're investing a good five hours a week.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Feb 2008 | 1:28 pm