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 Calgary Herald | Foxy Brown gets out of NYC jail after serving 8 months The Associated Press - NEW YORK (AP) - Rapper Foxy Brown is out of jail. Family and fans greeted Brown Friday outside Rikers Island as she was released from the jail after serving an eight-month sentence. Rap diva Foxy Brown released from prison after 8 months Foxy Brown Free at Last |
 East Hampton Star | Passover ushers in a time of family and charity Newsday - BY JOIE TYRRELL | joie.tyrrell@newsday.com April 19, 2008 The children at the Central Synagogue of Nassau County in Rockville Centre spent the last week readying for Passover, complete with a model seder, in anticipation of the real thing at sunset ... Harriet P. Gross: Seder plate collection keeps Passover's lessons ... Passover: A remembrance of harder times |
 Newsday | Deafness stirs family conflict in 'Sweet Nothing in My Ear' New York Daily News - 'Sweet Nothing in My Ear" tackles a tough dramatic challenge: creating and resolving a conflict among a cast of characters who are all sympathetic. A Deaf Child's Parents Face a Difficult Choice In the end, "Sweet Nothing" is just that |
 eFluxMedia | 'The Forbidden Kingdom' Newsday - BY RAFER GUZMÁN | rafer.guzman@newsday.com April 18, 2008 For true fans of martial-arts flicks, the first-ever pairing of the genre's two biggest stars, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, might have generated more sparks in a tougher, meaner film. Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times Jackie Chan & Jet Li are keys to 'Forbidden Kingdom' |
 Washington Post | Jury Lets Kid Rock Suit Slide E! Online - This woman's run-in with Kid Rock may not have been pleasant, but a jury has decided it wasn't worth $25000, either. A seven-member jury on Friday dismissed an assault lawsuit brought against the singer by a woman who claimed he got nasty with her last ... Jury dismisses woman's lawsuit against Kid Rock Kid Rock winner of civil case |
 First Showing | Harrison Ford talks Indy 4! Entertainment Weekly - HARRISON FORD ''Just acknowledge the years between the last one and this one. Without reservation. Just acknowledge it. What's the big deal? Harrison Ford: Rugged individualism Harrison Ford Wanted to Kill Han Solo! |
This woman's run-in with Kid Rock may not have been pleasant, but a jury has decided it wasn't worth $25,000, either.
A seven-member jury on Friday dismissed an assault lawsuit brought... Washington Post | Moonves Schmoozes New York Times - By BILL CARTER Leslie Moonves, below, the chairman of CBS, and Sean McManus, the president of CBS News, made a surprise visit to the regular noon meeting at CBS News headquarters on Friday and delivered pep talks to the news division, which has endured ... At CBS, a Public Show of Support for Couric Moonves says Couric is staying |
 WXIA-TV | Danny Federici, 58, Artist in Springsteen’s Band, Dies New York Times - Guy Aceto/Backstreets.com, via AP By JON PARELES Danny Federici, a keyboardist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band since it was formed in the early 1970s, died on Thursday. E Street Band's Keyboard Silenced MUSIC ROUNDUP: Bruce Springsteen's Keyboardist Dies at Age 58 |
The reviews are in on 'Expelled' MSNBC - The film "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" gives the impression that "Big Science" is suppressing "smart new ideas" in America's classrooms - that is, ideas claiming that features of the natural world are so complex they had to be the work of an ... No intelligence allowed in 'Expelled' Ben Stein Vs. Sputtering Atheists |
 KBCI CBS 2 | A CNN Anchor Is Charged With Drug Possession New York Times - By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS Richard Quest, a CNN anchor and business travel specialist, was arrested early Friday after a police officer who had stopped him in Central Park for violating the park curfew found a small bag of methamphetamine in his pocket, ... CNN's Richard Quest arrested for drugs CNN's Richard Quest arrested for drugs in New York |
The pickings are getting a little slim over at the Special Victims Unit.
Just days after the pending departure of longtime castmember Diane Neal was announced, relative newcomer Adam Beach confirmed...
Just how deadly is Deadliest Catch?
Although you can't really argue with the harrowing nature of the work being done by the "stars" of Discovery Channel's commercial-fishing saga,...
First, after a nation worried that MILF Island might not be suitable for children, NBC president Ben Silverman assured us that it was. Then Vulture heard the new Coldplay album — better than we expected! — and alerted British authorities to a hideous act of vandalism (we're confident the matter will be resolved shortly). We set the record straight on Chewbacca's wingman status and were overjoyed to learn that McLovin is seeking the help he needs.
We followed the budding romance between LeAnn Rimes and Snoop Dogg, and learned that, instead of trying to kill us, the robots are writing books. Scarlett Johansson's new single turned out great, and so did ©Murakami. Plus, even though we had our doubts, Mariah Carey night on American Idol wasn't half bad — and Kristy Lee Cook was eliminated, thus ensuring that next week's episode will be far less pitchy. Our favorite actor from Undeclared found success by showing his penis in a movie, and the New York media dispensed some street justice on a copyright-flouting Muggle. We feared for Shia LaBeouf's career, but then Harrison Ford saved the day.
We confirmed our suspicions that The Wackness will indeed be wack, and that Mr. Big will definitely die in the Sex and the City movie. Next, we celebrated the imminent triumphant return of R. Kelly and had a great time at Comic-Con. Rachel Dratch found work again, and Dave Foley broke free from the tyranny of tights. Finally, best of all, CAVEMEN IS COMING TO DVD!
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Governor Paterson’s April 15 filings showed he’d given a paltry $150 to charity last year—in the form of used clothes donated to the Salvation Army. Two City Council aides were nabbed stealing cash from a phony children’s nonprofit. Federal investigators charged a rookie NYPD cop with knocking over an East Village bank twice. A librarian was driven to tears in a downtown courtroom over Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling's accusations that he’d profit from her Hogwarts oeuvre. Average rents dipped slightly (except for one-bedrooms). John Paulson took honors as last year’s top-earning hedge-fund manager, with $3.7 billion. Former Newark mayor Sharpe James was found guilty of arranging shady real-estate deals with his former mistress. The Knicks' cursed season ended with a 23-59 record. The Yankees spent $50,000 disinterring an unlucky Red Sox jersey from the foundation of their stadium-in-progress. And budget cuts raised the possibility that another white-hued visitor from across the Atlantic — architect Santiago Calatrava's luminous, spiny ground zero path station — might arrive late, shrunken, or when hell freezes over.
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A little birdie tells us that Rubenstein has handed off some of the Garcia damage control work to its interns, deploying legions of them to comment on sites like Perez Hilton and TMZ. The minions leave encouraging and kind remarks, complete with stats on Nina's many successes while at Elle in the comments.
Jezebel points to comments left on Perez Hilton that report stats on Elle's circulation since Garcia appeared on Project Runway. We're talking cold, hard numbers — who does that? Commenters are also suspiciously named "NinaMustStay" and "StayNinaStay," which sound like one-time posters to us.
But we kind of wonder if Elle is doing the same thing, considering the comment "Dancing Girl" left on this post:
Let's not forget: 1) Since Joe Zee and his team came aboard, the mag has looked amazing. 2) Joe Zee has a reputation in the fashion biz as being a genuinely nice and super talented guy. Perhaps this is not about TV shows, or cat fights, but about a BUSINESS in which you have to either be an asset to your company, or be replaced by someone who is.
Oh, the drama! Regardless of what happened with Nina at Elle, we have a bit of sympathy for her being caught up in this mess. We've met her several times, and she was a really nice, genuine lady. The kind who gets stopped for autographs and pictures on every corner but still waits in line at Fashion Week for her seat assignments. An increasingly rare breed, you know.
Is Nina Garcia's PR Company Using Interns To Promote Her Cause? [Jezebel]
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Clockwise from bottom left, Chanel boot, Tray 6 umbrella, Davek umbrella, Kenneth Cole Boot.
Grass Umbrella by Tray 6
Price: $65
Why we like it: It has grass on it. Think of all the jokes you can make about "watering" it.
Traveler Umbrella by Davek
Price: $95
Why we like it: This umbrella comes with a "guarantee card," which gets you two replacement umbrellas if you lose it. Seriously, you need this.
For Women:
Neon Heel Rain Boot by Chanel
Price: $275
Why we like it: We're into the cool neon heel. How could you resist adding a little flash to that splash? C'mon, it makes for such an easy rhyme.
For Men:
Silver Rain Boot by Kenneth Cole
Price: $48
Why we like it: It's simple and clean, but the subtle black seal celebrates the shoemaker’s 25th anniversary. — Sharon Clott
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So what have you all been up to in the last few years? Do you see each together a lot?
We see each other a fair amount, especially now that everyone except Mark is living in L.A. We started getting together in L.A. doing unannounced shows — we’d write for three days and put a show up to see if we still could do it like we did when we were in our twenties. And you know what? I think this is probably the best live show we’ve ever put together. I think it's the funniest.
Have you ever been to the Nokia Theatre?
I’m not even sure I’m going this time, actually.
It’s actually a pretty good venue because they have a ton of arena seating in the back.
Ah, so you can slip out unnoticed if you get tired. Or if you’re not happy, like, [in old-timey voice], "This comedy’s outrageous!" and then you put on your straw boater and storm out of there.
So what can we expect from the shows?
The unexpected — that’s what you can expect! No, the comedy will be similar to what you’ve seen from us before, but the show is about 90 percent new material. We’ve got some new sketches with old characters, but I won’t be doing Hecubus this time around, I’m very pleased to say.
No Hecubus!? Why not?
I don’t want to wear the damn tights anywhere! I’ve seen video of me as a middle-aged man in tights, and it’s not very pleasant. Playing that character as a skinny boy was one thing; it’s just not as cute as it was.
Is there anything — aside from the tights — that makes you cringe when you watch old episodes of the show?
More than anything what makes me cringe are the sketches that I fought against — the ones I was vehemently opposed to, that I thought were just unfunny and terrible. Now I see them and it’s like, "Hey, you know, that’s actually pretty funny. What the hell was I being such an asshole about?"
A co-worker told me to tell you that you’ve ruined Isabella Rosselini for him because you look just like her when you’re in drag.
Why would that ruin that for him? Shouldn’t that just make looking at me better for him? When I was on Conan, I was sitting right next to her, and the hair and makeup people put me in a wig — I actually think they spent most of the show’s budget to make me look as much like her as possible. They also did it for a little film in which Mark was the guy and I was the woman and we were talking sort of sickeningly in a museum. But then when the camera came down close to our faces there was an audible gasp from the audience because I looked ridiculously beautiful.
Amazing. Anything else you can share to get people jazzed up for the New York shows?
Well, we do the entire show nude.
Um, so performing nude is preferable to wearing tights?
Yeah, actually. It’s more flattering. People get distracted from my belly by my penis. Definitely better. —Sara Cardace
How did a guy your age start drawing a comic about a 10-year-old girl?
I'd been doing a comic since I was 15 called Shades of Gray — it was your typical nineties teen-drama comic, drawn in black-and-white, you know. One day I flipped a page over and drew a little girl off the top of my head. I showed her to my wife — then my girlfriend — and she and I both said, out loud, at the same time, "Her name's Amelia."
What's it been like drawing a comic for kids?
When we started in 2001, no one was thinking about kids, especially not little girls. No one was doing comics with literary quality — there was Archie, and that was about it. But now, people have realized the desire out there. Scholastic and other kids' publishers have their own graphic-novel lines. And we do less than 25 percent of our sales in comic-book stores now — it's all at Borders and Barnes & Noble, where they now have graphic-novel sections for kids.
Do you see your sales dropping for the monthly comics and rising for the trade collections?
The comics have sold the same for three years. The collections now sell 20 or 30 times as many copies as the individual pamphlets. My guess is very soon we will stop doing individual comics and just publish collections.
Do you see Amelia in your own kids?
No, not so much! I have two 4½-year-old daughters. I'm sort of hesitant to use them if they do something cute — I've heard horror stories of what happened to Dennis the Menace.
So if you don't use your own kids, had you ever had experience writing about children before?
Nope, none! But not having any experience never stopped me before. It turns out enthusiasm is a great replacement for experience, or talent.
Earlier: Exclusive Comics Excerpt: 'Amelia Rules!'
Stern fan blog the Howard Shrine is claiming to have inside information that Lange is gone for good, and "new comedians will begin auditioning for his job when the show returns on Monday." If Lange is gone, which semi-crappy comic will replace him? Newsday's Pet Rock blog breaks down five contenders, including Robin Quivers's reported boyfriend, Jim Florentine. Speaking of Quivers, on Fox 5 earlier this week, she denied that the Lange explosion was a publicity stunt, saying, "I wish it was!"
On Lange's MySpace page the comments are split between those taunting Lange for his foolishness and those supporting him. On the other hand, user joe enuf points out that Lange likely doesn't even check his MySpace page — it was his assistant, Teddy, who did that, and now that Lange's been fired for attacking Teddy on the air, it might not get updated for a while.
And what does this all mean for the Stern radio show? Commenters on our original post are debating that as well. "The show is now a parody of itself," writes giatime, who accuses Stern of being "completely out of touch with reality." On the other hand, notes johnstans1, "In an age of neo-conservative talk radio, he's oddly the lone liberal voice with a wide audience. Granted, his liberalism is interspersed with strippers, fights between employees and making fun of retarded people, but his point of view is still refreshingly unique."
A Howardshrine Exclusive. Artie Lange will be suspended....then fired [Howard Shrine]
Possible replacements for Artie Lange on Howard Stern Show [Pet Rock/Newsday]
Robin Quivers [MyFox New York]
Artie Lange [MySpace]
Earlier: How Would You Like to Be Artie Lange's New Assistant?
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Where did The New York Four come from?
The editor at Minx called me and asked me to pitch her a New York story. I was surprised — I wouldn't have thought of me for a YA book, although looking back I guess a lot of my stories, like Demo and Local, are sort of accidentally appropriate to that world. So I tried to make something in that vein.
What vein?
Well, it's a story about four freshman girls at NYU, and I really tried to … put the characters in bad spots. I'm interested in what characters do when faced with hardships and bad luck. That's compelling to me.
Because you learn more about them that way?
Yeah. And I tried to give the characters personality defects, you know? One is terminally shy and only communicates through IM. One has a real attitude problem about guys. I wanted them not to be cookie-cutter teen girl characters, you know, the perky cheerleader and the tomboy.
Other than making you tired, what does an event like Comic-Con do for a creator like you?
I feel like this is half a social event — I get to actually gaze upon my peers and co-workers once a year. But also, on this weekend I'll meet hundreds of people who read my books, and they'll all have questions.
Do you feel like you need to be on all the time as a result?
Sure, and that makes you tired for sure. And obviously I'm aware it benefits me, but it's still fun. We lead such solitary lives in this business — I mean, I work at home and I talk to my cats and my kid, but that's all I do. That's what makes this industry different from pretty much any other entertainment medium — you know, there's no place you can go and meet your, I dunno, favorite novelist all weekend. Even before I made comic books, I went to conventions.
Who did you want to meet in those days?
Geoff Darrow gave me a sketch of a dinosaur peeing. I still have it.
CW Won't Stream 'Gossip Girl' [Adweek]
As fables, Steven Millhauser’s dreamy, elegant stories tend to send the noses of lit snobs twitching heavenward. But few writers today can construct stories that unravel with such consummate fluidity and contain so many unerringly placed images. We recommend “The Disappearance of Elaine Coleman” for starters: It tracks the vanishing act of a young woman in a small, suburban town and, like so much of Millhauser’s work, reads like a magic trick in prose.
James Franco and his 'stache.Photo: WireImage
SKIN
• European beauty exporters can't sell their products to America because of the crap exchange rate, which reached $1.59 to the Euro yesterday. Note to job seekers: Avoid the foreign beauty-products business right now. [WWD]
• Facial cleansers containing sodium lauryl sulfate can dry out skin. Sulfate-free cleansers include Olay Foaming Face Wash for Sensitive Skin. [Beauty Brains]
NAILS
• Melon-inspired nail polishes are in for spring, which has finally arrived. Thank God. Kristen Bell rocked a peach shade, similar to L’Oréal’s Pro Manicure in Mango Get Em. [BellaSugar]
MAKEUP
• Chanel's fall 2008 color collection's theme is glittery gold. It's the first collection under the new creative director Peter Philips, and according to experts on these matters, the gold nail polish is the next Black Satin. [WWD]
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2. Constantines feat. Feist, "Islands in the Stream" (Dolly Parton cover)
It took a few weeks for this new seven-inch single to make it to the Internet (those USB turntables are tricky), and it wasn't really worth the wait. Feist performs admirably, but Bryan Webb sounds like Kenny Rogers after a rough night at the poker table. [Muzak for Cybernetics]
3. The Roots, "The Star Spangled Banner"
The Roots drop some major truthiness on The Colbert Report with this guitar-smashing tribute to America. If this doesn't get you psyched for the Pennsylvania primaries, then you probably suffered through the debate on Wednesday night. [Culture Bully]
4. Gnarls Barkley, "Run"
Gnarls Barkley release their album for free download, but Danger Mouse (a longtime opponent of copyright infringement) insists that it only be available backward. This seems like a foolproof way to prevent it from leaking to the Internet months ago. [Elpuoc Ddo Eht]
5. Immuzikation, "Jeumie"
Immuzikation, who has been flooding the blogs with mash-ups, sends us into cute overload with this one, pairing French Feist Yelle with a Weezer B-side. [Pasta Primavera]
—Ehren Gresehover
"Thank you, Bird of Justice!"
"They gave me a crippled gay news anchor.""He refers to Franklin as 'F Town?' God, I wish he were from Bellows Falls, Vermont.
Because, well, I'll let you figure it out."
Good work everybody.
Show Us Your Sales Office: Williamsburg Edge [Curbed]
Related: If You Lived Here, You'd Be This Guy Now
Photos: Imaxtree, Korean Vogue Girl, Glitterati, Numéro
First and foremost, at just 15, Kloss is making serious money. By our count, she walked 31 shows in New York, 20 in Milan, and 13 in Paris — and that's just for the fall 2008 collections. Sixty-four shows in a single season, and we're not talking about inconsequential designers, either. To wit, with O denoting her opening a show and C, closing:
New York (31): 3.1 phillip lim, Alexander Wang, BCBG Max Azria, Calvin Klein, Carlos Miele, Caroline Herrera (O), Donna Karan, Doo.Ri (O&C), Erin Fetherston, Gap, Halston, Jason Wu, Jill Stuart (C), Jonathan Saunders, Malo, Marc by Marc Jacobs (C), Marc Jacobs, Matthew Williamson (C), Narciso Rodriguez, Nicole Miller, Proenza Schouler, Ohne Titel, Preen, Rebecca Taylor (O), Richard Chai, Rodarte, Temperley London, Thakoon, Vera Wang, Vera Wang Lavender Label, and Zac Posen.
Milan (20): 6267, Alberta Ferretti (C), Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Belstaff, Blumarine, Bottega Venetta, Derercuny, Dolce & Gabbana, Emilio Pucci (O&C), Gianfranco Ferré, Gucci, Jil Sander, Just Cavalli (C), Marni (O), Max Mara, Missoni, Pringle of Scotland (O&C), Roberto Cavalli, Sportmax, and Versace.
Paris (13): Celine, Chloé, Christian Dior, Costume National, Givenchy, Hermès, Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Rue Du Mail, Sonia Rykiel, Sophia Kokosalaki, Valentino, Viktor & Rolf.
Suffice to say, Kloss has made her presence known on the catwalk. And then there's the walk — how could you miss it? The zombie stare/glare, the swaying … not even Tyra could look away. (See her opening Carolina Herrera here.) Obviously, casting directors book it. Editors eat it up. And designers were impressed. “Karlie has a startling quality to her. She has a brilliant gaze, and you can not take your eyes off her while she walks,” say Rodarte’s Kate and Laura Mulleavy. “Karlie was all-around stunner, her body was killer. She can go from super edgy to supersweet,” notes Alexander Wang. She’s a “natural beauty with an edge as well as a signature walk,” praise Justin Thorton and Thea Bregazzi of Preen. And at just 15 to have a carved such a distinct niche in such a short amount of time is no small feat.
Meanwhile, Kloss's print presence is growing. She’s been all over Teen Vogue for some time, and in February graduated to Vogue Italia. She's prominently featured in Numéro’s April issue and Nina Ricci's spring ads. Back from a little rest and school in St. Louis, Kloss will be shooting more in New York soon.
So Kloss is an in-demand workhorse, a profit-turning wunderkind — and did we mention she's just 15? Yeah. For Elite to lose her to Next, no matter how it happened, it has to hurt. And it's the sort of pain that only expensive lawyers and ugly litigation can soothe. —Kendall Herbst
Profile: Karlie Kloss
Earlier: Model Poaching: Elite Sues Next for Stealing Karlie Kloss
Related: Tyra Takes Her Claws to Karlie Kloss
Watch a video of Kloss opening Herrera's fall 2008 show.
Photo: Dan Kois
So which comic-book movie are you looking forward to this summer?
Hey, nothing against Hellboy 2, but that Iron Man trailer is so cool, I don't know why anyone would be excited about anything else. I'm super happy with the way it looks, but I always think that if I'm associated with something, no one's gonna give a shit. And that's Stan Lee!
Talk about how Liz Sherman differs from some of the other female characters in this summer's crop of superhero movies.
I'm really proud of her. She's a strong character in this movie, much more than she was in the first Hellboy movie. In fact, she almost comes across as stronger in this one than Hellboy is. She carries him in a lot of ways.
In between Hellboy and Hellboy 2, Guillermo Del Toro directed Pan's Labyrinth, which obviously changed the way a lot of people looked at him. Did you know he had a movie like that in him?
No! Look, I knew he was great, but I watched Pan's Labyrinth with Guillermo, and I was speechless afterwards. Honestly, I couldn't believe he'd come back and direct my story. I took great pleasure in saying to him throughout Hellboy 2, "Don't forget! This is your follow-up to Pan's Labyrinth! Everybody's watchin'!"
How did your relationship change on this movie?
The first movie was him adapting my work. Really, this one is taking my characters and putting them in a pure Del Toro world. I was a lot more willing to argue on the first movie, to defend my story and my ideas. But then everything I argued against ended up being the parts of the movie everyone liked the best.
Like what?
Um … almost everything that involved emotion? I would be like, "Hellboy can't say that!" But then it worked. So on this movie, I just said, "You clearly know what you're doing."
What comics are you working on?
I'm still writing Hellboy, but I'm also sitting down soon to draw comics myself again. It's been two years without drawing comics regularly, and I'm sort of nervous. Some of the things I'm working on will be new stories in the Hellboy world, but some are non-Hellboy-related. At my age, there's a certain body of work I want to accomplish, and a lot of it doesn't have anything to do with Hellboy, and if I don't get started with that, it'll never get done, you know?
Tamara Kostianovsky’s Bound (2007)Courtesy Black & White Gallery
Carroll Gardens: An ugly Fedders buidling with an old-school cornice atop it is still an ugly Fedders building. But it isn't as bad as these other monstrosities in Bushwick and Williamsburg. [Newyorkshitty]
East Village: Some of the old punks hitting last night's opening of John Varvatos's new store in the old CBGB space told protesters that the music-promoting emporium was at least better than a Starbucks or a bank. [Vanishing NY]
Flushing: Here's the ultimate guide to booming development in this Queens burg, where "there's so much signage for tarot cards, acupuncturists and massage parlors, the area feels almost decadent." We're there! [NYDN]
Murray Hill: The 1868 Glad Tidings Tabernacle Church has been completely leveled. It's all gone. No one will ever gladly tide there again. [amNY]
Turtle Bay: The building whose crane fell off it and caused death and destruction last month? It was approved in error, the city's Buildings commish said yesterday! [NYT via Gothamist]
Williamsburg: The popular vinyl emporium/performance space Sound Fix has been slammed with violations, even though the captain of the cops delivering the summons supposedly has "a hard-on" for the store. Well, don't go flaccid now, chief! [Brownstoner]
Proenza Schouler designers Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough.Photo: Patrick McMullan
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We can attest from playing it for five minutes that it offers everything the title suggests: Outer space! Chimpanzees! The incongruous combination of the two! Look for it in July.
Earlier: Quiz: Which Upcoming Fake-Looking TV Shows and Movies Are Actually Real?
The set of the spring 2008 Chanel couture show.Photo:
Karl Lagerfeld
• The set for a recent Chanel ready-to-wear show was a winding carousel in the Grand Palais that weighed ten tons, took five weeks to carve, and five days to install. (Remember these shows last fifteen minutes. A long fifteen minutes, but still.)
• The Fendi party at Paris Fashion Week included an intimate performance by the "notoriously unreliable" Amy Winehouse when she first developed that rash thing no less.
• One couture set for a Chanel show included a 105-foot tower shielding a winding staircase.
• The set for the spring 2008 Chanel couture show was a rather hokey-looking 66-foot-tall Chanel jacket.
• Fendi did a fashion show on the Great Wall of China last October for a mere $10 million. Then again they racked up $150 million worth of media exposure.
John Galliano
• Took the Christian Dior 60th-nniversary party to Versailles in July 2007.
• Entered the launch party for the fragrance Dior Addict in a fake aircraft suspended from the ceiling.
• In July 1998 the "Diorient Express" rolled into the Gare d'Austerlitz with "high fashion Pocahanteses."
• When the Dior flagship opened in Hong Kong, a Jumbotron screen showed images from the couture shows that even caused construction workers to stop and watch.
Marc Jacobs
• Set up a counterfeit-style tables to sell real Louis Vuitton bags in honor of the Vuitton-Murakami retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum. The peddlers even used fake accents. So politically correct.
• Did a runway show backward (he came out first and took his bow on the right side of the runway and then the models walked).
• Sonic Youth performed at his most recent runway show at New York Fashion Week, where Kevin Federline sat front row. So glam.
Boucheron
• For its upcoming 150th anniversary, Boucheron will collaborate with Maison du Chocolat to create a snake necklace in chocolate "enhanced with a heart-shaped, fancy brownish-yellow diamond specially cut to weigh 20.08 carats, which is worth $1 million." Let's hope they keep it away from any small children
Cartier
• Created an eight-ton replica of a brooch owned by the Duchess of Windsor out of ice in China.
• Created an ice replica of its Rue de la Paix boutique for the Harbin International Ice and Snow World festival in China. (All the fun stuff happens in China. So unfair.)
• Annually sponsors polo matches held on snow in Saint Moritz, sand dunes in Dubai, or with elephants instead of horses in India (we guess they use really long poles?).
Big Fun [W]
Photo: Courtesy of NBC
Normally, you'd think the usually mild-mannered magazine would have slapped a headline on the post saying "Real Housewife Proud of Nudie Pics" and called it a day. But reporter Jeff Slonim was not content to end things there. No, he's apparently been watching their Real Housewives very closely, and he's about had it with Alex McCord and her European airs.
It’s that non-apologetic attitude — and the couple’s social airs (on the show, the couple insist their son Francois order his lemonade in French at a French restaurant … in Brooklyn, New York) — that seems to rankle viewers about the pair.
Take that, missy! You will never order lemonade in this town again.
Bravo’s Real Housewife Alex McCord Explains Nude Pics [People]
Holy mother of Melissa. Photo: Getty Images
Cheerio!Photo Illustration: Getty Images
Today we learn that Green has every intention of keeping Topshop as British as possible, such that he plans to fly in English Topshop staff to run the New York store during its opening weeks. You know, for that authentic, accented experience. Green is also considering setting loose a fleet of London's iconic red double-decker buses on New York streets in honor of the store's launch. Cute, but this could get dicey considering the city is already clogged with double-decker tourist buses — then again, we're determined to stay optimistic about all things involving our very own Topshop and are thus willing to gloss over this facet of the promotion for the time being. Now if Green could bring over a handful of quaint pubs with cheap-chips specials and cold Guinness on tap, we'd be all set.
*If the Sweet Shoppe fails to excite you, we are concerned — perhaps you should see someone.
Fashion Scoops: True Brit [WWD]
Foxy is officially uncaged.
Foxy Brown was released from Rikers Island Friday morning after serving eight months of a yearlong sentence for a series of probation violations.
The 29-year-old...FINANCE
• And the First Annual Alan Greenspan Award for Meddling With the Affairs of a Successor goes to Jack Welch. [WSJ]
• Despite Merrill Lynch's $1.96 billion losses, investors believe that CEO John Thain can restore the firm's profitability and help the bank grow. Meanwhile, the firm is growing, in another sense: They're throwing $9 million toward saving a tropical forest in Indonesia. [Fortune, WSJ]
• Citigroup reported $5.1 billion losses. Sad face. [DealBook/NYT]
MEDIA
• Moderators Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos are receiving gargantuan amounts of criticism in the postmortem of Wednesday night's presidential debate. [NYT]
• Katie Couric may write a memoir! [NYP]
• "What's it like being the face of Louis Vuitton?" Christina Ricci mused, considering the question BlackBook's George Gurley asked her. "Well, I'm not anymore. I was one of four actresses that they used in a campaign once and it was really fun. I liked it. I would like to be the face of Louis Vuitton. I am not, however. You know who is? Scarlett Johansson is the face of Louis Vuitton. Wrong interview." [WWD]
LAW
• Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, who is investigating February's auction-rate market mess, has subpoenaed eighteen institutions, including some of Wall Street's biggest firms. [WSJ]
• The debate is heating up over whether Trisha Walsh-Smith hurt her pending divorce case making a YouTube rant about her husband's dirty laundry public. [MSNBC]
• Attendees at the American Bar Association's ABA Techshow in Chicago have declared social-networking sites over. [Law.com]
REAL ESTATE
• A homeless man found the Freedom Tower's blueprints in a garbage can. Seriously. [NYP]
• This is what handing over a cool $45 million for a condo at the Plaza will get you. [Curbed]
• Six cranes have been shut down for safety violations at last month's collapse on 51st Street.[NYO]
Photo: AP
Felix Dennis: Murder 'Confession' Was a Prank [Mixed Media/Portfolio]
Earlier Felix Dennis: 'I Once Killed a Man'
Carolina Herrera just says "no."Photo: Getty Images
Herrera suggested if the world must come down on the fashion industry, they should criticize it for its praise of Amy Winehouse. "Look at that girl now … Do you think that's normal to make her a hero for the girls?" she said. "She's a great singer, but she's a terrible image for the young girls' generation." So was she glad the Met axed her from the Costume Institute gala lineup? "I don't mind if they use her for her performance and her voice and her show and all that. But don't get inspiration from the way she dresses and the way she combs her hair," Herrera said. "I am so against drugs." —Katie Goldsmith
Rob Lowe...Video...Uh-oh.
No, the former West Winger doesn't have a new sex-tape scandal on his hands. Rather, the lawyer representing his former nanny is turning up the heat on the star,...
Lance Bass wants the youth of America to get in sync with sexual tolerance.
The erstwhile 'N Syncer has filmed a public service announcement for the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network...
Photo: Getty Images
Eh, not so much.
In the receiving line Ms. Sobieraj told Mr. Cheney that she gives him credit for the marriage, since it was one of his agents who fixed them up. "Well, that's not what they're supposed to be doing," Mr. Cheney said, according to Ms. Sobieraj.
Um. Awkward.
Campaign Hook-Ups [WSJ]
Related: Sandra Sobieraj, Franklin Westfall Jr.
Quick — someone grab "Klosshave" before another
agency does!Photo: imaxtree
The suit claims Next offered her "improper compensation" to lure her. A source said, "Elite is especially angry because they are the agency responsible for launching her career." The suit claims Next has also "poached through improper means" other Elite models. It cites a February 2006 New York Post article in which Next co-owner Joel Wilkenfeld acknowledged, "These things happen in our business." Wilkenfeld told Page Six he hadn't seen a copy of the suit and therefore had no comment.
We wonder what "improper means" refers to. Did they dangle Chanel handbags in their faces? Perhaps Next's comp cards have better paper stock? The article also hilariously, repeatedly refers to Karlie Kloss as "Karlie Klosshave," which means the paper either made a really embarrassing error (seriously, they could have checked our Model Manual) or uncovered her real top-secret pre-model name. We're leaning toward the former, but the latter would be pretty awesome.
MODEL SHOP LOSES STAR, SUES [NYP]
AIX models in London yesterday.Photo: vogue.co.uk
• Harvey Weinstein says he and NBC's Jeff Zucker will be friends again once the drama over sneakily selling Project Runway to Lifetime instead of NBC blows over. Zucker is still pissed and jokes about filing a defamation lawsuit against Weinstein, who used to talk up their friendship. Oh, he doesn't need Project — he can just go into comedy! [NYP]
• Nina Garcia ate lunch at BG restaurant in Bergdorf yesterday with three stylish ladies. She's still mulling over Elle's offer of a lesser title on which her Project Runway judgeship supposedly hinges. [NYP]
• Armani Exchange launched its new underwear line in London yesterday. In honor of the occasion some greased-up male models donned the skivvies at the new London AIX store. Sadly, David Beckham didn't model, and we weren't there to see any of it. [British Vogue]
• Stella McCartney just signed a licensing deal to make sunglasses. Woopdeedoo. [British Vogue]
• Escada shareholders are peeved the new CEO got $1.1 million for his first five months in office. Psh — chump change.[WWD]
• Kate Moss lost a bag at Terminal 5 in Heathrow (join the club), and she's pissed because it contained a $20,000 gift from her friend Fran Cutler. Why one would pack anything of value in a checked bag going to Heathrow is beyond us. [Modelsblog]
• Abercrombie Kids is moving into the space on Fifth Avenue that Brooks Bros. is vacating. Skinny bitches who wear kids' clothes rejoice! [WWD]
• Balenciaga will open its first ecommerce site for U.S. shoppers on May 15 offering bags, scarves, and shoes. What — we're not good enough for the clothes over here? [WWD]
• Gucci and Armani also have some new Web stuff going on. Sounds like designers are finally catching on to that new thing, the "Internet." [WWD]
• Did you know Vidal Sassoon used to fight Fascists after WWII with a group of Jewish ex-servicemen when he wasn't doing hair? Well, now you do! [WWD]
• The Barneys flagship is redesigning the sixth floor to make it feel "more sexy." We knew that's what always bothered us about it. [WWD]
• Posh Spice and David Beckham are trying to get luxury brands to contribute to the gift bags for their joint birthday party in L.A. Um, yeah, if we were them, we'd do the same thing. [NYP]
• George Gurley thought Christina Ricci was the face of Louis Vuitton when he interviewed her for BlackBook magazine, and she told him Scarlett Johansson does that now. The fool! [WWD]
• Messengers are afraid to go into the Nylon building because there are "crazy barking dogs" in there. Oh my. [NYP]
• Here's a slideshow of Oprah in some of her best outfits. Really? Oprah? [Guardian]
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