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AP - Don Imus is defending a remark he made about the arrests of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones, saying he was trying to "make a sarcastic point."
Reuters - On a gloriously sunny afternoon at
Wimbledon, Serena Williams strode onto court in a trenchcoat.
Reuters - On a gloriously sunny afternoon at
Wimbledon, Serena Williams strode onto court in a trenchcoat.
Reuters - Broadcast TV has had a
hard time catching a break this past year.
 Seattle Post Intelligencer | Some say New Englanders are ignoring the commemoration of ... Boston Globe - Last year England lavishly celebrated the 200th anniversary of the abolishment of the slave trade. Although the system of purchasing human beings for money ended, slavery continued in British colonies. Reflections On The Triangle Trade; Al Green Honored On BET Awards Annette John-Hall: Slavery's legacy affects us all |
Reuters - Smart-casual fashion house Tommy
Hilfiger is focusing on expansion after turning around its U.S.
business and currently has no plans for a stock market listing,
its chief executive said.
Larry Birkhead would like to set the record straight.
Birkhead spoke to E! News in an exclusive phone interview Monday afternoon to clarify quotes he gave to the Associated Press about...
When you see commentaries from castmembers on reality shows, are those interviews done during taping of the show or after, when everything is over?
—Selim,...
AP - A discrepancy regarding the health of Amy Winehouse arose Monday after the Grammy-winning singer's father said she had early stage emphysema brought on by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes.
Have you been following the Soulja Boy-Ice-T rap battle?
Yeah, neither have we.
However, that shouldn't prevent you from checking out this highly entertaining—and...
Reuters - "Finding Amanda," a
misguided comedy directed by "Analyze This" writer Peter Tolan,
sinks under the weight of misogynistic jokes.
It's a feast for the eyes!Photo: imaxtree
Reuters - As any fan will tell you, there are
two faces of the Cure.
Tom Hanks probably won't be hurting too much if there's an actors' strike, but that doesn't mean he cares to see any hard-up fellow thesps slinging lattes at Starbucks instead of...
Photo: Getty Images
The Washington Post is losing its executive editor of seventeen years, it was announced today. Leonard Downie Jr. spent 44 years (his entire journalism career) at the Post and led the paper to a total of 25 Pulitzer prizes. According to Howard Kurtz, new publisher Katharine Weymouth addressed the staff of the paper today:
"Len is incontrovertibly one of the great editors of our time. He has guided the Washington Post with a steady and unerring hand. We all — those of us who work here as well as our readers — have benefited enormously from having him here. Len never let himself be intimidated by the shadow of Ben's legacy. He brought his own style of leadership."
Downie said he wants to spend more time with his wife, Janice. He will serve with his predecessor, Ben Bradlee, as a vice-president at large with the Washington Post Company. Weymouth plans to announce a successor soon.
Washington Post Editor Leonard Downie, Jr. Stepping Down [WP]
Photo: Getty Images
"It looks like I'm going to all of them," he told us. "Which is exciting. It doesn't get bigger or better than the Paris couture, right?" Any show he's particularly looking forward to? "The Chanel show. From what I'm told, that's the show that gets the most ridiculous." Don't let Karl hear you say that, Sean.
We have to agree with Style.com on this one — Anna might want to ban that word from his vocabulary when referencing fashion ("fabulous" or "over-the-top" are preferred, Seanster). We hope that first "right?" was rhetorical, and that he wasn't looking for reassurance from the Style.com reporter.
AVERY PACKS HIS BAGS FOR COUTURE [Style.com]
Related: The Diary of ‘Vogue’ Intern Sean Avery
Jason Giambi.Photo: Getty Images
And it’s a win-win: The Yankees get to show a lighter side of their win-at-all-costs organization (a between-innings joke on the Yankee Stadium scoreboard yesterday asked fans to identify a player by his baby photo, which had a comical mustache Photoshopped onto it), and Giambi bumps up his public image, which is pretty important since, oh, by the way, he’s a free agent after this season. The only downside, as best we can tell, is the occasional unintentionally filthy lede in an article on the team’s official Website, which seems like a small price to pay for good press. —Joe Delessio
Photo: models.com
Arlenis: Illuminated Beauty [Models.com]
Related: ‘Vogue’ Translator MIA; Arlenis Says ‘Sí! Sí!’
Robert Burck, freedom fighter.Photo: Getty Images
Chin threw out the cowboy's claims that his likeness had been used without permission, saying that it wasn't exactly his likeness, but a parody. Basically, he was like, you're a joke, Cowboy, deal with it — kind of harsh, but whatever, when you consider he allowed the Naked Cowboy to walk away clothed in a shred of dignity:
The complaint plausibly argues that consumers would believe that the M&M cowboy characters were promoting a product rather than merely parodying the Naked Cowboy, and that viewers would believe the Naked Cowboy had endorsed M&Ms. Hence, the complaint has alleged sufficient facts to support a false endorsement claim.
Thus, the NC is allowed to proceed with his $6 million suit, and gets one step closer to drifting down a caramel river on a fluffy bed of nougat.
Naked Cowboy will get his day in court [Judgment via National Post]
Earlier: Naked Cowboy Wins First Battle Against M&M
There may be seven words you can never say on television, but only five are needed to describe George Carlin. At least according to Robin Williams.
"He was one funny...
We're a little surprised Madge took David (and Lourdes and Rocco, not pictured) to a Yankees game on Sunday. After all, it's such an American pastime—especially given the seemingly...
One of these people could do your hair.Photo: Courtesy of Bravo
What: Free blowouts by the cast of Shear Genius, Season Two
When: Tuesday, June 24, at noon
Where: Military Island, Times Square, Seventh Ave. between 43rd and 44th Sts.
Jerry Seinfeld is wondering how a show about nothing has turned him into an "actor."
Lawyers for the former sitcom star have asked that a defamation lawsuit brought against him...
Imus and Pacman.Photo: Getty Images
Don Imus has gone roughly seven months without putting his foot in his mouth. And, it's safe to say, critics may have even stopped listening with their insensitivity tuning forks on hand. Not Michael Calderone, however. The Politico.com media columnist picked up on what he says is an offensive back-and-forth between Imus and one of his co-jockeys on the subject of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones. Jones wants to drop his nickname because of its negative associations. One member of Imus's on-air gang laughingly points out that since Jones "has been arrested six times" in the last three years, it's funny that he would be worried about the name "Pacman" making him sound bad. Then the following exchange occurs:
Imus: What color is he?
Sidekick: He's African-American.
Imus: Well, there you go. Now we know.
No doubt this will make the rounds on the Internet pretty fast. What do you think? Offensive? Or oversensitive?
A New Imus Controversy? [Politico]
Photo: Brigitte Lacombe
In this week's summery issue of New York, Boris Kachka profiles Sam Shepard, whose Kicking a Dead Horse premieres at the Public Theater, and discovers a man who's becoming more and more like his hero Samuel Beckett, right down to the crags in his forehead. Another artist easing gently into his later years: Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys, who's become a director with Gunnin' For That #1 Spot. There's plenty more hip-hop in this week's issue, too, with intriguingly paired profiles of Nas and Gil Scott-Heron. The co-star of this summer's The Wackness, Olivia Thirlby, talks about why directors always want her to get stoned, and Alex McCord of The Real Housewives of New York talks about how much she likes herself. The death of George Carlin makes our timeline of televised profanity even more relevant, and the art world is cursing about Christie's moving into the gallery business. David Edelstein praises Wanted's "irresistible summer-movie allure," and Jeremy McCarter wishes that Hamlet in the Park found a little more of Shakespeare's humor. And Romany Malco is proud, very proud, of his post-hockey booty.
AP - "Palace of the End" is a powerful contemporary political drama by Judith Thompson that will haunt the audience long afterward.
A lot of people want to smell like J.Lo.Photo: WireImage
• Zirh, a men’s grooming brand, will launch a woody men’s scent this September called Ikon. The ads will feature model David Gandy. [WWD]
MAKEUP
• Celebrity makeup artist Nick Barose created Michelle Trachtenberg’s look for Gossip Girl, and suggests using Clarins Joli Rouge in Apricot Sugar for those orange-tinted lips. [Beauty Snob]
• Benefit’s “Just in Case” holds three mini-tubes of their biggest sellers, including BeneTint for lips and cheeks, California Kissin’ for white teeth, and Eyecon for dark undereye circles. [British Vogue]
HAIR
• Big hair is back, according to celebrity stylist Ted Gibson. But just because Angelina Jolie rocks it, doesn’t mean it’s a full-blown trend. [LAT via Jezebel]
• Stuck-Up hairspray will keep locks in place, and let you comb through. [15 Minute Beauty Fanatic]
SKIN
• Tom Ford’s Black Orchid Body Cleansing Oil and Finishing Spray smells really good. As in, this blogger sprayed it on and was immediately showered with compliments over how good she smelled. [Kiss and Makeup]
• The C’watre line's key ingredient is modified sea water. The Kanreki Wash is a light rinse that can be used like a toner to smooth the top layer of skin. [A Girl’s Gotta Spa]
Once a week, Daily Intel takes a peek at what your friends and neighbors are doing behind doors left slightly ajar. Today, the Potential Jehovah's Witness Co-ed: 21, female, Chelsea, straight, in relationship.
DAY ONE
1:10 a.m.: Boyfriend leaves to go back uptown. We've been dating for four months, but it just got serious. This is the most intense relationship I've been in yet, but we have a real strong emotional and mental bond, which makes leaving out the sex easier. Yes, folks, believe it or not, there are still celibate couples out there.
9:46 a.m.: Walk in horrendous storm to get crosstown to work. Consider hopping on the train and going uptown to snuggle in his warm bed.
5:40 p.m.: Boyfriend meets me at the music magazine where I work, and we walk to Lyfe Jennings listening session on Madison. Working definitely has the perks of special events.
12:33 a.m.: Make it uptown to snuggle and fall asleep talking about anything and everything. He's my best friend so it always feels good to finish the day off venting and speaking my mind to him.
DAY TWO
11:47 a.m.: Wake up on my side of the bed. He misses me when he wakes up and I'm not here.
3:17 p.m.: Grocery shopping together. I love doing domestic things like that with him. I think his favorite thing is watching me do dishes. Or coming home and seeing them in the drying rack.
6:01 p.m.: Watch him make dinner. He puts my cooking to shame most times. By my preference, he has switched to buying boneless chicken. He made some amazing vegetable-and-chicken stir-fry thing. I work out of a cookbook, he works out of his head. Yeah, okay, I'm a little jealous.
11:43 p.m.: Drinks and dancing at the Whiskey Bar at the W in Time Square with him and friends. My first time being there. Great music as the hip-hop scene goes, numerous Cosmos (thanks, boys), and of course McDonald's afterward at 4 a.m.
DAY THREE
9:14 a.m.: Wake up with hangover. Rush to Sunday service. I've recently started learning about Jehovah's Witnesses. Many people have a stereotypical idea of what that amounts to, but people's ignorance is their biggest weakness. Being Catholic, I already know the premarital sex is not approved in either religion. We have both agreed to do it the right way.
2:53 p.m.: Hop back in my own bed to relax and nap on and off.
9:51 p.m.: Head uptown. After both of our services, I always like to discuss things further and work out the kinks.
DAY FOUR
11:02 a.m.: Wake up on my side of the bed. I love having "my side." I was on the wrong side one time, and it felt just so wrong.
1:33 p.m.: Play "house" in his house. I like leaving his place better than the way he left it, that way he always has more to appreciate.
3:07 p.m.: Boyfriend comes back home from work, snuggle in bed.
4:44 p.m.: Moment of weakness sexually. Too much heavy breathing. Making out was a bad idea. Luckily, we are both strong enough to stop ourselves and maintain the self-control.
DAY FIVE
9:19 a.m.: Wake-up call from boyfriend. Although it's becoming quite routine, I love it. He simply calls around nine every weekday morning when he gets to work. We talk for a while, and he is the motivation I need, I guess the voice that gets me up and going to start my day off.
12:14 p.m.: Make an extremely long to-do list
4:17 p.m.: Convince Starbucks to rehire me. I've realized that I can't live off what's left in the bank account.
9:33 p.m.: Fall asleep listening to the playlist on my iPod that reminds me of him, a devotion to nothing but sappy, hopeless romantic tunes.
DAY SIX
10:48 a.m.: Wake-up call. Better late than never. He's slacking, but I'm very appreciative of his overall efforts.
3:51 p.m.: Discuss when I'm seeing him next. Either I travel uptown or he travels downtown.
5:42 p.m.: I win.
11:07 p.m.: Boyfriend arrives and stays the night. Twin beds are clearly meant for one person, but we make it work.
DAY SEVEN
7:30 a.m.: Wake boyfriend up so he can be on his way, without me going crazy from his extremely loud alarm that he sleeps right through.
10:20 a.m.: Late to work.
7:54 p.m.: Dreadful class till ten. I hate having a class so late. I suppose in the end it will be helpful, though.
10:22 p.m.: Ride uptown to fall asleep the best way I know of: in his arms on my side of the bed.
Total: Zero acts of intercourse or oral sex; one act of making out that is saved from overstepping chastity; four acts of sharing a bed with the boyfriend; one act of co-cooking.
Photo: Getty Images
2. Metallica, "Nothing Else Matters (Tiedye Remix)"
If all the therapy in Some Kind of Monster had actually worked, you'd get this laid-back groovy elevator-disco version of one of their mid-period hits. [Bibabidi]
3. Bill Callahan, "John Tyler: Hindsight Falls on Deaf Ears"
Bill Callahan turns in this great Smog track about our tenth president for a project which seeks to pair every one of our 43 commanders-in-chief with their own tribute song. Guns N' Roses have reportedly started work on number 44; they're hoping for a two-term president, so they'll have time to finish it before he leaves office. [Pitchfork]
4. The Bug feat. Warrior Queen, "Poison Dart (Skream Remix)"
This remix of the Bug's "Poison Dart" — full of paranoia and dubby menace — is even deadlier than the original. [Get Weird Turn Pro]
5. Backstreet Boys, "Everybody (Headshotboyz Remix)"
A great low-end and some spooky organs won't make the Backstreet Boys scary, but it will make them danceable, and we suppose that's a big enough accomplishment to make this remix worth a listen. [Scatterblog]
So that's what he wears to work!Photo: Hannah Thomson for mensvogue.com
Yes, he gets shit for loving Vogue and women's clothes, but it also enhances his "game" with the ladies.
I don't watch sports. I don't read about sports... I don't hang out with other athletes... Some people question whether I'm straight; others give me compliments. Some women find it a turn-on. My teammates are very supportive and cool about my interest in fashion — sometimes they even ask for my advice on what to wear. But I'd be lying to you if I said that I don't take some verbal abuse from opposing players for the clothes I wear, or for my interest in something — "fashion" — that I think sounds a little frightening to narrow-minded blockheads.
Disclaimer: Sean is not doing this internship to use said game on the hot ladies that work at the magazine.
First up was getting my ID card and my company email address after a brief meeting with the magazine's managing editor, Laurie Jones. As I saw it, this meeting was called to find out if I was actually here to work, or just to meet girls. I assured Ms. Jones that I was here to work — to see what really went into running a legendary fashion magazine — and in return I would make minimum wage and check in with her weekly.
Sean learns making a magazine is a lot of work.
First up was a creative meeting attended by the magazine's senior staff, which gave me a broad look at upcoming shoots, potential covers, and which writers, editors, and photographers were covering which stories. The whole thing is impossible to explain, really — let's just say it was a 4,000-part overview of where the magazine is going and what needed to get done to light up women's faces across America — and, yes, the occasional hockey player.
Sean commits every faux pas imaginable in the Condé Nast cafeteria.
The cafeteria in the Condé Nast building... is filled with some of the best-looking and best-dressed women in New York. Even aside from that distraction, my first attempt at getting lunch didn't go so well. You see, I needed two trays to hold my plates of beef stroganoff and my salad (which alone could probably feed four) and my two bottles of water and my Jello for dessert... And while my stick-handling on the ice keeps getting better and better, my tray-handling leaves a bit to be desired. I still can't find the girl who fled the cafeteria with beef stroganoff spilled all over her, but just in case she's reading this: You can find me on the twelfth floor, and I owe you a new outfit. I now limit myself to one tray at a time.
Sean encounters a stumbling block when he flies to L.A. to help on photo shoots
Two weeks into the job I flew to L.A. to help out on two more photo shoots, the first for Vogue and the second for the Fashion Rocks supplement... On the first day, I was assigned to a film crew we had shooting B-roll for Vogue.com: My job was to somehow get the B-roll team inside the main photo shoot and secure 20 minutes of shoot time and a quick interview.Some people might think that pro athletes can be difficult. Generally speaking, this isn't really true. Celebrities are difficult. We waited from noon to 4:30 P.M. and didn't get a minute of film.
Sean styles for the first time, and it helps him feel better about not accomplishing his mission the day before.
Thank God for Day Two and Shoot Two. The photographer was shooting a pop band in a studio. The production lasted for hours and hours, but I had a smile plastered on me all day. This was the first time I was able to have real input into something I love — yes, clothes... I added a few ideas that ended up in the photos — try to spot the leopard-print Alexander McQueen vest that pulled the outfit together.
In The Crease [Mensvogue.com]
AP - Rap and opera an unlikely combination. Then add "gay" to the mix.
The TinzPhoto: Lisa Mauceri/INFphoto.com
We sense this is the beginning of an uncomfortable-making trend. Like last season there was that Lydia Hearst cameo that may or may not develop into a full-on role. Now there's Tinsley. Does this mean Arden Wohl and Olivia Palermo and Byrdie Bell and Lydia Fennett and Claire Bernard and Genevieve Jones are all signing their contracts right now? Is guest-starring on Gossip Girl the new handbag line, or at least the youthful version of Real Housewives? At one point, we probably would have been all for the appearance of real New Yorkers. In fact, we probably even agitated for it. But we're going to go ahead and contradict ourselves, because now that it's actually happening, we feel a little … pandered to. We get the sense that as New Yorkers, we're supposed to find this charming or flattering — look, here's a private joke for you! — but one of the things that makes Gossip Girl the best show ever is that it's a fantasy. Packing it full of real-life socialites makes it feels a little bit too much like, well, real life. That very well could be the point — maybe this is a way of keeping up with Montags and the Conrads. But if Jenny goes to boarding school, Blair goes to Yale, and we're left with Olivia Palermo texting back and forth with Nate, we're not sure we can handle it.
Tagline: "Jeffers morning!"
Translation: What has Zach Galifianakis gotten himself into?
The verdict: This micro-budget indie, currently making the festival rounds — it won an audience award at CineVegas last week — stars comedian Galifianakis in a serious (or at least semi-serious) role as an office-bound schlub with big dreams. Set in a dystopic future in which the extended middle finger has replaced the wave of hello, but revolving around white-collar office life, Visioneers seems from its trailer to be some unholy mix of Office Space and Idiocracy, with a soupçon of Brazil thrown in for good measure. And its visual style leans more, shall we say, toward the Judgeian than the Gilliamesque. Nonetheless, we think this seems a little bit cool, at least for the unexpected gravitas Galifianakis brings to the line "I brought some chicken," and the chance to see Judy Greer do something besides play the sidekick. Two middle fingers up!
When you consider the body count The Sopranos racked up over six spread-out seasons, you figure 10 pounds isn't too much dead weight to store in your living room.
The pioneering HBO...
Professional hockey player Sean Avery has no problem being in the closet—a fashion closet, that is.
And just because the hunky New York Rangers left wing may be able to tell the...
Regina SpektorPhoto: Getty Images
High Bridge: What is the story behind the death of celebrity hip-hop stylist Sadia Morrison, 26, whose body was found behind a building here in the Bronx last Friday? She was linked to the shooting involving NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones last year in Vegas, by the way. [Uptown Flavor and Newsday]
Murray Hill: Singer Regina Spektor's broker goes to great lengths to explain that this hood, where she just bought a $1.1-mil unit in a nondescript postwar, is actually very hip and worthy of her inhabiting. But maybe Regina's so cool that she really doesn't care? Or M-Hill actually is cool now that she lives there? All things to think about on this sultry Monday. [NYO]
Red Hook: The city says that it actually desperately needs the dry dock it let Ikea convert into a parking lot, blaming its earlier, nah-we-don't-need-it stance on outdated data. Oops! Cost of making it a dry dock again? A bil. [NYP]
Long Island City: In a bow to this historically hooker-filled hood, one renter in the new Arris Lofts will install a pole in his crib for his girlfriend, a pole-dancing instructor. Hot rod! [Curbed]
Tomoko Sawada's School Days (2004).Courtesy of MEM Inc. and Zabriskie Gallery
Photo: Courtesy of Breil Milano
Photo: Courtesy of Breil Milano
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Reuters - Flowers and flamingos injected a dose of
the tropical into Milan fashion week on Monday when Gucci
designer Frida Giannini dressed her men colorfully for next
summer.
AP - "Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma and the Last Stand of the Aztecs" (Bantam Books. 330 pages. $27.50), by Buddy Levy: Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes met the mighty Montezuma during a brief but elaborate ceremony in the Aztec ruler's home city of Tenochtitlan on Nov. 8, 1519.
This post once sent you to the awesome site StarWarsCrawl.com, which allowed you to create your own Star Wars-style "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."-type opening, but LucasFilm has, in their infinite wisdom, decided this fan-made application was too fun to be allowed to live. So long, great idea!
StarWarsCrawl.com [Official site, via /Film]
AP - "Hit and Run" (William Morrow, 287 pages, $24.95), by Lawrence Block: John Keller, professional hit man, is on his way to Des Moines to take a life one last job before retiring to spend more time with his stamp collection.
Ruth Fowler, a.k.a. "Mimi in New York."Photo: Rebecca Miller
Why did you wait until now to write this?
I got all these offers, and they were all like fucking ridiculous, like, “We want you write a guide for middle-aged women a bit like He’s Just That Not Into You, a guide for dating written by a stripper.” Then about six months after the whole New York Times thing, I got a ridiculously big book deal with HarperCollins in the U.K., and they wanted to call it Adventures of an Accidental Stripper. It probably wasn’t the best decision of my life, but I certainly didn’t trip and just, oh, all my clothes fell off. If you don’t want to be put in a box, you’re going to butt heads with people.
You worked at five clubs in just over a year. How did they compare?
[New York club name redacted, alas] was very, very strict. You know, if you turn up five minutes late, they fine you $75; if you don’t show up for work, they fine you $200. It’s a lot cleaner than the other clubs. [New York club name unfortunately redacted] is a nice place to work. They have very good morals there, because there’s shit going on, but nobody tries to recruit you. Girls who go upstairs — they select maybe six — would do shit. But nobody could just request to go upstairs. You have to know the Champagne manager and build a relationship with that guy. You have to keep coming back month after month, dropping a lot of money, gaining his trust. It’s a similar thing at [different New York club name redacted], but they're more sloppy about it. I never did the prostitution crap, like the blow jobs, hand jobs. But you know it goes on.
Do you think the Spitzer scandal will affect the clubs at all?
I don't think it will affect stripping. There are girls who cross the line, but even then, they would never consider themselves typical prostitutes. The idea of a typical prostitute is somebody who has a Website and works for an agency. Because these girls build these quasi-relationships with guys who come in, you kind of convince yourself it's not really prostitution.
And what about the economy? Deutsche Bank announced guidelines saying employees could no longer expense trips to any adult entertainment.
Maybe it will make it a little bit tighter, but most people aren't expensing it now anyway, not like they used to. It hasn't been approved of for a long time. It's just kind of stating the obvious. In New York, what really happened with 9/11 was people started looking at expense accounts and credit cards. And men couldn’t get away with dropping like five to ten grand at [one of those New York clubs, name redacted again], for example. They just don't come in and spend thousands of dollars on the corporate card anymore.
A state assemblyman proposed a Dance Performer Registration Act last year, which would require strippers to register under their real names every three years. Do you think something like that would work?
I kind of don't understand it. It doesn't sound like something strippers want to do. I can guarantee the managers won't want to do it. People get freaked out by that. You don't want to give your real name ever. You don't even want to show I.D. when you go into clubs, and you have to show them a driver's license to prove that you're over 18. They're really strict on the underage girls. It's kind of like you have to destroy the evidence of your time there. Like, no photos allowed. Like, rarely do you stay in contact with other dancers. Everyone just wants to do it because it is kind of secret and underground, and you can do it for like six months and then walk away and no one ever knows. Unless you open your mouth like me.
Photo: Courtesy of Damiani
Stone told WWD she only agreed to appear in the campaign since the company promised to donate 2 percent of sales to a charity that helps provide clean drinking water in countries where diamonds are mined. "It was very important for me that if we are going to take diamonds out of the earth that we put something back in," Stone said. Oh boy, she's already getting political about it. Is anyone else nervous she might loosen her lips a bit too much here?
Memo Pad: ACTING ICONIC [WWD]
Related: Does Sharon Stone Have a New Campaign?
Photo: Getty Images
Stop showering right this second, throw your deodorant away, and grab your hacky sack, because it looks like the chances of a Phish reunion have gone from "definitely never" to "maybe soon." According to an e-mail "with a rumor that supposedly originated from [drummer] Jon Fishman," the ubiquitous jam band is reuniting and will soon record a new album, produced by Steve Lillywhite, the man behind 1996's Billy Breathes.
But a closer read of the situation suggests that maybe you shouldn't quit your job and fix up the old van based just on a single dubiously authentic e-mail. It's not that we don't believe you, Phishheads, it's just that Steve Lillywhite is in Dublin recording with Bono and U2, according to our friends at Indie Point Unlimited Supply. Not one to let a good rumor go unverified, Billboard placed a call to Lillywhite's people but got nothing better than "no comment."
Lillywhite aside, could it be that the long arm of Johnny Law smacked Trey Anastasio hard enough to make him question the band's breakup? After getting busted for having painkillers with no prescription, Anastasio told Rolling Stone that he started longing to play with Phish again "while [he] was in jail." "At this point in time I would give my left nut to play ["You Enjoy Myself"] five times in a row every night until I die," he added. The good news for Phishheads everywhere: That grim fate may yet be his. —Nick Confalone
Phish Reuniting in Studio with Steve Lillywhite? [Billboard]
After her days as a Hollywood glamourpuss but before becoming a cowgirl icon in the hit TV show The Big Valley, Brooklyn girl Barbara Stanwyck starred in this roaring 1950 Western. Released on a typically excellent Criterion DVD, Anthony Mann's drama pits a power-mad rancher (Walter Huston) against his epically impetuous daughter (Stanwyck) in a family feud as vicious as the genre's battles between cowboys and Indians.
'Times' head honcho Bill Keller.Photo: Getty Images
The global landscape for online news is highly competitive, making scale, speed and resources essential to success. Therefore we have determined that the best future online for the IHT and the NYT globally is through a joint international presence. We are proposing that this be achieved through a new co-branded international homepage and internationally focused section fronts for business, culture, sports, luxury and travel through the merger of the Web sites and operations of the IHT and NYT. This "international edition" on NYTimes.com would carry both IHT and NYT branding and users could arrive at these pages directly either via the IHT.com URL or via NYTimes.com.
Additionally, Marty Gottlieb, who has worked both at the Times and the IHT, will be global editor (though he will be replaced at the end of the year). His deputies will be Alison Smale and Len Apgar. Don't know who they are? Next time you're at a café in Europe and you want something to read with your delicious coffee and your questionable pastry, that's when you'll be glad they're there.
NYT Reorganizes International Herald Tribune [Mediabistro/FishbowlNY]
Earlier: Thomson Streamlines the ‘Journal’ Masthead Even Further
You can call Matthew Tannin, but he probably won't
answer.Photo: eBay
MEDIA
• Tom Brokaw will moderate Meet the Press through the November presidential election. [Politico]
• Many New York Times readers feel Maureen Dowd's relentless gender-laden assault on Hillary Clinton — in 28 of 44 columns since January 1 — crossed a line. [NYT]
• Tim Russert's Wikipedia page broke the news that the Meet the Press host had died. Now the person who updated the page has been fired. [NYT]
LAW
• Nearly three dozen former federal prosecutors are backing a congressional bill intended to safeguard confidential communications between lawyers and their clients. The bill would make it illegal for prosecutors and other federal enforcement officials to demand that a company under investigation disclose confidential legal communications or risk being indicted. [DealBook/NYT]
• The Clash's "I Fought the Law" and Warren Zevon's "Lawyers, Guns, and Money" are favorite songs among lawyers. [Above the Law]
• Comedian George Carlin, who died yesterday, was the inspiration for FCC v. Pacifica, the 1978 case in which the Court decided that FCC sanctions could be invoked against a radio broadcast of words dealing with sex and execration. [LawBlog/WSJ]
REAL ESTATE
• This will really make you want to hang out on your 21st-floor balcony: The company hired to test the strength of the concrete poured at some of the city's biggest construction projects hasn't really been doing its job. [NYT]
• The Supreme Court put an end the federal lawsuit filed by landowners and tenants against Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project by declining to hear an appeal. Next stop, state court. [NYO]
• New Yorkers aren't the only ones who rent. The percentage of renters increased nationwide to 32 percent. [NYT]
Aren't you just ROFL right now?Photo: Courtesy of Heelarious
The idea came to founder Britta Bacon when she was going to her daughter Kayla's 4th-birthday party. As she remembered Kalya's baby days, she thought, "That would have been hilarious if I could have brought Kayla to a party in high heels when she was a baby." Who doesn't think such things? Eureka! Next thing she knew, she and a friend were in the baby high-heel business together. It's the classic American success story.
They say the shoes are completely safe — if Baby steps on them the heel collapses so Baby won't fall. So why do this to your child? So you can laugh at them, of course! The Website reads: "WARNING: May cause extreme smiling and hysterical laughter when in use (this is completely normal)." Yes. Putting babies in high heels is absolutely normal.
When Babies Need Their Own High Heels [Gothamist]
"Heelarious" High Heels [Fashion Indie]
Heelarious High Heel Crib Shoes [Heelarious]
Photo: WireImage
"I still see him as the same Mr. Koenig. I still have that thing in my mind that this is the same man we threw paper at, wrote on his shirt and put gum on his chair." —15-year-old Quraan Jones, a former middle-school student of Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig [MTV]
"I know in this day and age, when you meet men, they often want to be boys. They dress like boys. And it's very confusing. I can't offer any solution except to make a movie about it." —Illeana Douglas on her upcoming movie, Oh Joy [LAT]
"They called up and asked, 'Are you still interested in Dirty Harry?' I said, 'What happened to Frank Sinatra?' And they said, 'Frank Sinatra's got some problem with his hand and he can't hold a gun.' That sounded like a pretty lame excuse, but it didn't matter to me." —Clint Eastwood on landing his most famous role [MTV]
"That was a long time ago and the music is really okay. Some of it's a little melancholic and sweet. And some of it, I think, 'Well, that was a crazy person.'" —Debbie Harry on Parallel Lines [NYDN]
AP - Ry Cooder, "I, Flathead" (Nonesuch/Perro Verde)
AP - G. Love & Special Sauce, "Superhero Brother" (Brushfire Records)
Photo: WireImage
Now, granted, the Jonas' armies (like all teenagers) are watching their media exclusively on cell phones and Websites these days, so ratings, in any form quantifiable by adults, are meaningless, and it's entirely possible that Camp Rock could already have been viewed more times than Star Wars. Still, last year's premiere of Disney's High School Musical 2 was seen live on actual televisions by 17.3 million people, which makes us believe that if we survived the Great Efron Scare of 2007, we'll also survive the Jonas Brothers.
Tweeners Tune In [NYT]
Donatella flanked by looks from her spring '09 collection.Photo-illustration: Getty Images
She showed no ties in the collection, which included suits made with very slim lapels in very shiny fabrics. Many shirts were worn with rolled-up sleeves (a style Glambama can obviously rock at those casual outdoor rallies). And many models simply wore silk scoop-neck tees (these he can skip — Obama's chest hair is just fine where it is) under jackets.
Versace's wardrobe advice for Obama? "I would get rid of the tie and jazz up the shirt," she said. At least she thought of something he can use.
Donatella Versace dedicates Spring-Summer 2009 collection to Barack Obama [Canadian Press]
Fashion Wire Daily - The coolest classical clothes one can see in Milan this season are available from the house of Ferre, where the late designer's former assistant produced a spring 2009 men's collection of great poise and craftily inventive fabrication.
Fashion Wire Daily - Few things are more painful than watching a major luxury label get things badly wrong, which was very much the dismaying case Sunday night in Milan when Prada decided to launch its latest men's cologne and made it tricky for most guests to actually smell the very product.
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