World Entertainment News Headlines for July 16, 2008

Lauren Conrad Throws Attitude, Refuses to Walk at Charity Dog-Fashion Show

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For the Humane Society and Animal Fair magazine's dog-fashion show at Area last night, celebrities and socialites were asked to coordinate outfits with a pooch (either their own or a rescue dog) and strut down the runway together. The outfits would be auctioned on eBay to raise money for charity. Lauren Conrad was flown out first-class by the Humane Society and Animal Fair to close the show, but, in a dramatic twist of events, refused to walk.

Conrad didn't appear to dig the scene from the get-go. When she emerged on the red carpet wearing a belted red dress from her own floundering clothing line, the sweaty mass of paparazzi and random fans erupted into a thundering roar. "What's up with you and Heidi? Did you cry when you heard about Audrina's nude photos?" a man yelled. "What kind of dog is it?" one reporter asked about the blue-and red-outfitted dog in Conrad's arms. She looked over at her publicist helplessly, unable to answer. A few steps later, Conrad accidentally slammed the pooch into the lens of a video camera. Hard. (The dog was fine.)

As she fielded questions about her workout routine and her love life, a group of male fans began screaming her name. After two minutes, her publicist pulled her inside because the men clamoring for photos were getting louder and louder. When she turned to leave, one shouted, "Don't dis your fans! Lauren, I'm your number-one fan. I came out here to see you! Are you stuck up or what?" She begrudgingly took a photograph with him, flinching when he put his arm around her.

Inside, celebs like Law and Order's Richard Belzer, Real Housewives of New York's Ramona Singer, and Hairspray's Nikki Blonksy strutted down the runway with their pups to the tune of Snoop Dogg's "Woof!," announced by Robert Verdi. At the end of the show, Verdi announced Conrad was backstage, but would not take her walk. "She's on The Hills," he said. "And she's not coming out. You don't want to believe the shit that happens with these girls. Anyway, that was it! Thanks for your support!" The crowd, who paid from $100 to $5,000 for tickets, murmured in confusion.

Conrad and her posse headed for the exit the moment the show ended. We confronted her, Heidi-style, at the door, but she declined to comment.

"She's got a bit of an attitude," one PR person working the event whispered to us. Wendy Diamond, the editor-in-chief of Animal Fair magazine, who invited Conrad that evening, was annoyed. "Her publicist didn't tell her it was a fashion show," Diamond said. "That's what she said. I just think it's really rude. [The Humane Society] spent probably $10,000 in bringing her here. If you're going to fly here first-class and get a suite at a hotel for you and your assistant, then that's what you deal with. There's no cats here, so we didn't need any catfights."

Diamond met Conrad at the White House Correspondents' dinner and put Conrad and her pup, Chloe, on the cover of Animal Fair this month. "I personally don't care about Lauren Conrad nor The Hills show — never watched it," Diamond said, sighing. "I'm disappointed for the animals." Poor bitches. —Maridel Reyes

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 16 Jul 2008 | 4:20 pm

Timbaland, Who We Hope Is Lying, Claims He Will Produce All of Jay-Z’s Next Album

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In an interview with MTV.com today, fallen-off super-producer Timbaland claims that he alone will do all the beats on Jay-Z's next record. "He wants me to do the whole thing," says Tim. "'Big Pimpin'' is an international hit, so we wanna do 10 of those. Meaning, some of the songs gonna sound like M.I.A. would rap on some of the beats. You gonna be like, 'Whoa!' But it's Jay on 'em. That means it reaches everywhere. I'mma have songs with bagpipes. The music is gonna be so worldwide, he'll be able to tour the rest of his life, maybe, off just this one album."

But while the prospect of ten bagpipe-enhanced, M.I.A.-ish "Big Pimpin'"s sounds totally awesome in theory, we're obviously concerned about Timbaland's ability to pull off such a thing these days; when was the last time you really loved one of his beats? Is there a man, woman, or child on Earth not sick of the guy right now? Plus, wasn't "Come Around," Tim's lone contribution to M.I.A.'s Kala, that album's only stinker? If Jay-Z were going to go the single-producer route, why can't he just call up Just Blaze, who very nearly saved Kingdom Come from being a total wash? (At least he wouldn't try to rap on any of his beats.) In the same interview, though, Timbaland claims that his upcoming album with Chris Cornell is his best work ever, so let's hope he's lying about the Jay-Z thing too.

Timbaland On Producing Jay-Z's Next LP: 'It'll Be A Monster' [MTV]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 16 Jul 2008 | 4:15 pm

All-Star Game Humiliates MLB

J.D. Drew, MV … oh, whatever.Photo: Getty Images

There is a point in any non-postseason (that is to say, non-vital) baseball game in which ratcheting tension begins to deliver diminishing returns. When a game is close in the ninth inning but ends tied, the shift to extra innings represents the start of the Bell Curve Tension descent. Even die-hard baseball fans, by the twelfth inning of any average game (particularly one on a school night), find themselves rooting more for the game to end. And by the fifteenth inning? When it’s 1:40 in the morning? Well, let’s just say if Corey Hart’s throw in the bottom of the fifteenth had been on line and in time, we suspect he would have been booed more than cheered. By whatever fans were left.

The American League won 4-3, continuing a tradition of National League failure lasting since Bob Dole ran for president. Boston’s J.D. Drew won the MVP Award, but it really belonged to Marlins second-baseman Dan Uggla, who turned in an oddly impressive three-error, three-strikeout performance that costs the National League the game about, oh, four times.

The night was assuredly most exhausting and miserable for American League manager Terry Francona, who had done pretty much everything right and was still in serious danger of becoming a goat. He did our New York boys proud, substituting for Alex Rodriguez and Derek Jeter in the middle of innings to maximize their ovation. (Jeter received boisterous applause; A-Rod’s was more of the polite variety.) He even gave Mariano Rivera every opportunity to finish Yankee Stadium’s last All-Star Game on the mound. But he still almost ran out of pitchers — he said afterward, had the American League not won in the fifteenth, he might have been forced to have a position player pitch; on the Nationals side, David Wright was ready to do the same thing — which might have led to something like the nightmare tie of the 2003 All-Star Game. Except this time, you know, it’s supposed to count. Fortunately, the sacrifice fly saved him.

It is a unique quality of baseball that an event can hold such magnitude that the best tickets are running nearly $10,000 … and then, just four hours later, those same people are leaving before they know who wins. Yankee Stadium looked pretty last night, but it wasn’t an epic sendoff of the old bird. In fact, people couldn’t wait to leave. Considering the sorry lot of the Yankees this year, it’s more than likely this will be the stadium’s last night in the national spotlight. Fox's last shot? The box seats, nearly empty. “This time it counts.” Obviously, no, it doesn’t. —Will Leitch

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 16 Jul 2008 | 4:00 pm

Rush to Make Rare U.S. Television Appearance on 'Colbert'

Rush will be appearing on "The Colbert Report," and it's not Limbaugh.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:59 pm

Singer Natalie Cole Diagnosed With Hepatitis C

Grammy-winning singer Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with hepatitis C, her publicist said in a statement Wednesday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:39 pm

Defaced Subway Advertisements: Not Just Black Teeth and Balls

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This one made us laugh out loud the other day. We can't wait to see The Dark Knight this weekend! Or, you know, to hear who Obama chooses for his V.P.! Not that they're at all related.

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:37 pm

Nintendo Unveils Latest Plan to Make You Look Stupid

You've already thrown a Wiimote through your television set and fake hula-hooped in your underpants on YouTube — could you possibly be any more of an idiot? Astoundingly, yes! At the E3 Media and Business Summit in Los Angeles yesterday, Nintendo announced the details of Wii Music, the company's newest entertainment product designed to make you look like the world's biggest moron. The game, due later this year, will simulate the playing of 50 real instruments, including drums, saxophone, and guitar, asking players to mimic the exaggerated motions of real musicians with the Wii controller (see above video). And unlike Guitar Hero and Rock Band, which at least let you play familiar songs by professional rock bands, it will force you, a total amateur, to create your own music (note: Your music will be bad). How stupid will you look while playing it? Approximately 500 times stupider than you did hauling a tuba to high-school marching-band practice. Will we be purchasing Wii Music on the day it's released? Yes, obviously.

Nintendo Reveals Wii Music - A Band Game Without Plastic Instruments! [Kotaku]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:30 pm

Burberry’s Profits Soar; Mariah Carey to Guest-Judge ‘Project Runway’?

Yep, she still glitters.Photo: Getty Images

• Burberry's profits increased 22 percent over the first quarter. Take that, economy! [British Vogue]

• Mariah Carey is reportedly being pursued to be the guest judge on the season finale of Project Runway. [Fashion Week Daily]

• Here's a clip of Heidi Klum on Conan O'Brien last night talking about how her legs are insured for different amounts. [PopCrunch]

• Gareth Pugh is showing in Paris instead of London this year, but to remind everyone in London how brilliant he is, he's designing the Moët lounge where people relax between shows. [British Vogue]

• Richard Prince's new handbags for Louis Vuitton have jokes from mid-century comedians on them, like this one: "Every time I meet a woman who can cook like my Mother … She looks like my Father." How … progressive. [Racked]

• Thierry Mugler is designing the interiors of the record-setting speedboat Gentry Eagle. [WWD]

• Speedo's new LZR Racer swimsuit — the "fastest swimsuit on the market" — costs $550 and takes 10 to 30 minutes to squeeze into. Have fun, Olympians. [WWD]

• You can buy a cartoon Karl Lagerfeld shirt at Urban Outfitters. [Nylon]

• This portrait of André Leon Talley for Russian Vogue is awesome. [copydude]

• Harvey Weinstein was spotted in front of Spice Market telling his wife Georgina Chapman, "I want Asian food. Didn't hear me? Asian!" [NYP]

• Christian Siriano was spotted walking past the taco truck in Williamsburg wearing a knit cap that covered his usually meticulously flat-ironed hair. [Urbanite/amNY]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:30 pm

Screenwriter Seeks $10 Million From Mel Gibson

A screenwriter's lawsuit seeking higher payments from Mel Gibson and others for "The Passion of the Christ" has just completed its first edit.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:27 pm

Hollywood Studios to Meet With Screen Actors Guild

Hollywood producers said Tuesday they will meet with the Screen Actors Guild less than a week after the union rejected what the producers called their final contract offer.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:23 pm

Author Danielle Steel writes to 'give people hope' (AP)

AP - It's only 9:33 a.m., but already Danielle Steel is having a lousy morning.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:19 pm

Harvey Weinstein Wants Asian!

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Harvey Weinstein, to wife Georgina Chapman, in front of Spice Market: "I want Asian food. Didn't hear me? Asian." "Page Six" accuses Paris Hilton of being a liar. Novelist Isabel Allende says she was a terrible journalist because she lied all the time. Andres Serrano, whose latest controversial exhibit contains a lot of real fecal matter, claims he's "got the best shit in town." Brad Pitt and Angelia Jolie almost named their new boy Rex instead of Knox.

None of A-Rod's teammates showed up to his All-Star bash at the 40/40 Club because they all allegedly hate him. (Derek Jeter threw a party at Marquee, attended by Michael Jordan, Joba Chamberlain, and his latest fling, Minka Kelly.) CNN's Washington assignment editor Branden Ray is on the cover of the August issue of Muscular Development.Lorenzo Lamas's daughter, Shayne, hooked up with Las Vegas media magnate Justin Weneger, despite the fact that she's supposedly with Matt Grant, the guy who picked her as his bride-to-be on The Bachelor. Convicted wiretapper Anthony Pellicano is set to go on trial again today for allegedly bugging the phones of Lisa Bonder Kerkorian during her 2002 child-support fight with billionaire Steve Bing. Kim Kardashian is supposedly trying to trim down at the behest of boyfriend Reggie Bush. Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon are opposing St. Vincent's plea to build a new, larger hospital on West 12th Street, because they don't want to ruin compromise their neighborhood. Glenn Douglas Packard, Brooke Hogan's roommate on her VH1 show, threw a tantrum at the door of Mansion in Miami over the wristband situation for his friends. Batman star Christian Bale says he's very anti-Robin and will "kick and scream" if director Chris Nolan makes the role. Some kids threw rocks over an overpass in Central Park at Madonna's 2008 Chevy Suburban, though no one was hurt. Nicole Kidman claims she'd never think of selling pictures of her daughter with Keith Urban to the tabs, but an editor at a celeb weekly claims Kidman wanted $3 million but couldn't find a taker. A photographer for new blog Cityfile.com was threatened by an "intimidating chauffeur" after he tried to get candids of Steve Schwarzman, David Koch, and Kent Swig as they walked in and out of 740 Park.

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:10 pm

William Petersen Leaving the Cast of 'CSI'

William Petersen is leaving "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," a move that might have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:07 pm

Couture Clash: Is It Still Relevant?

Finding balance and inspiration in Paris fashion shows with help from friends.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:02 pm

Jessica Alba Shows Off 'Miracle' Baby Honor

Giving birth to daughter Honor Marie Warren "was more like meditation," actress Jessica Alba tells OK! magazine, in which she reveals the first photo of the baby. "I did yoga breathing. I was focused."
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:00 pm

Al Reynolds Still Has Soft Spot for Star Jones

Al Reynolds continues to have a soft spot for Star Jones, despite their impending divorce.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:57 pm

‘Lord of the Rings’ Director Drops $17.5 Million on Minas Tirith in Tribeca

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Well, slap us silly and call us Treebeard — we never thought we'd see the day when New Zealand's most famous hobbit, Peter Jackson, would set up shop in New York City. Turns out that like a nasty old barrow-wight, the Lord of the Rings director may have bought the top of an old Tribeca's landmark and may begin haunting it momentarily. The purchase reportedly cost him $17.5 million coppers. According to the Gondor Observer, the penthouse hobbit hole at 54 Franklin in Tribeca was purchased from developer Chris Clark, who built it and had been living there. The combined interior space (it's actually two separate apartments, one purchased last year and one closed last month) adds up to 8,018 square feet, with an additional 4,000 square feet of planted terrace space. According to Clark, you can see for leagues! (Bet you can even grow your own pipe weed up there.) Jackson might be in town enough to enjoy the place — he won't be directing the Hobbit remake that's set to come out from New Line, he'll merely be executive-producing.

Our favorite part of Jackson's new pad? In addition to ten total bedrooms, there's a 2,300-square-foot living room — apparently in case King Kong crashes at your pad for a night. Or just Gandalf — he's awfully tall, you know.

One Penthouse Duplex to Rule Them All: Peter Jackson Likely Buyer of $17.3 M. Tribeca Spread [NYO]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:56 pm

Danson raises glass to Obama

Ted Danson is returning to FX's "Damages" -- and getting on board with Sen. Barack Obama.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:47 pm

Miley Cyrus Wants to Do 'Cleaner' 'Sex and the City'

Miley Cyrus wants to do a "younger, cleaner version of 'Sex and the City,'" the 15-year-old superstar told TV Guide.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:46 pm

‘Vogue’ Interns Get an Audience With Anna

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This morning, perhaps even as you're reading this, Anna Wintour is speaking to her Vogue interns, according to a letter to the youngsters circulating from the Condé Nast internship-program coordinator. The letter states Wintour will "discuss her career, stories of former successful Vogue interns and will give advice on how to do well in the business of journalism." Why, it sure is nice of Anna to share her infinite wisdom with the future! She'll even be so kind as to answer questions from them in the second portion of the talk. So the letter instructs the little Vogue-sters to prepare "thoughtful questions" by reading Anna's bio online. But more important they better arrive early if they want a piece of the action. The letter states:

The presentation will start promptly at 9:00am. I recommend that everyone is seated in the auditorium by 8:45am in case Anna begins a few minutes early. If the door is closed when you arrive, do not enter because you will have to walk in front of Anna while she is presenting.

And thus interns are the new black cats, so don't you dare cross her path. Godspeed to all of you.

Time to Inquire: Bunny Wants to Know... What Would You Pose? [Bunny Bisous via Fashioneo]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:45 pm

Tarantino to DiCaprio: ‘Don't Be Stupid, Be a Smarty, Come and Join the Nazi Party!’

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Quentin Tarantino's European campaign continues, as big names keep getting attached to his World War II screenplay, Inglorious Bastards. First Tarantino flew to France to pitch Brad Pitt just days after Pitt's twins were born, and now Leonardo DiCaprio is meeting with Tarantino Thursday to discuss the project, according to Variety.

The role? Nazi Colonel Hans Landa, a.k.a. the "Jew Hunter," the movie's chief villain. Will DiCaprio accept the part? Can he speak fluent French, German, and Italian, as the screenplay requires? Most important, how will DiCaprio's Nazitude compare to fellow box-office titan Tom Cruise's in Valkyrie? Will Leo be meaner? More Teutonic? Will he speak in a thicker accent? Will he wear two eye patches? We can't wait to find out!

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:45 pm

Barenaked Ladies singer arrested

Read full story for latest details.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:34 pm

Cole's Drug Use May Have Caused Hep C

Natalie Cole "suffered significant side effects" from hepatitis C treatment.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:33 pm

Attorney: Lohan Complying With Drunk Driving Sentence

Lindsay Lohan's attorney says the star is on track after pleading guilty last year to drunken driving.
Source: FOXNews.com | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:32 pm

An epic All-Star game, but A-Rod wasn't there - New York Daily News

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An epic All-Star game, but A-Rod wasn't there
New York Daily News - 1 hour ago
Hmmm, maybe having the All-Star Game end in a tie isn’t such a bad thing after all. I finally gave up on watching last night’s All-Star Game sometime around 1 am But I did listen to the rest of the game on the radio, while getting ready to go to bed.
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'The Dark Knight' (4 stars) - Chicago Tribune

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'The Dark Knight' (4 stars)
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By Michael Phillips | Chicago Tribune critic Sensational, grandly sinister and not for the kids, "The Dark Knight" elevates pulp to a very high level.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:26 pm

kimora fabs up the mass market

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"In this economy, the way that things are going right now, I really demand that all my divas young and old look fabulous. And I don't want them to spend their last dime doing it," Kimora Lee Simmons explained at last night's launch of her new Fabulosity line for JCPenney at Hiro. The juniors sportswear collection, a decidedly non-bank-breaking collaboration between Simmons and the retail giant, hits stores this week, just in time for a little (frugal) back-to-school shopping. Tees, knits, denim, and outerwear will all be available in-store and online, priced from $29 to $108. And though she cops to a penchant for YSL and Vuitton, not to mention a major thing for bling, Simmons insists that she readily identifies with her target audience. "I totally wear it," she says of the new line.

—Sarah Fones

Photo: Jim Spellman/WireImage.com

Source: The Style File | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:26 pm

Rumor: Goldman Sachs CEO Accused of Rumormongering by Lehman and Bear CEO

At this moment Lindsay Lohan's single "Rumors"
really speaks to Lloyd Blankfein.Photo: Patrick McMullan

Former Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz and current Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld have gone on a mission to find the source of the rumors about their companies, The Wall Street Journal reports today. And according to the Journal, they've set their sights on the Lila Fowler of Wall Street, Lloyd Blankfein. The Journal's Kate Kelly employed the same strange film-noir style she honed on her epic Bear Stearns series to give a scenic description of a phone call that transpired between Fuld and Blankfein about the matter, using information related to her third or fourth hand or something by "a person with knowledge of the conversation" who could very well be the mailroom guy for all we know.

"You're not going to like this conversation," Mr. Fuld told Mr. Blankfein, according to people familiar with their talk, but he was hearing "a lot of noise" about Goldman traders who allegedly spread negative rumors about Lehman.

Okay. In the spirit of things we're going to re-create the conversation Kate Kelly may have had with her editor over this passage.

The original draft continued: And then Lloyd said, "Jesus Christmas, Dick! I don't know who told you that, but…."

WSJ editor: Kate, are you sure he said these exact words, or are you just making shit up?

Kate: Uh. Maybe we should just go with this:

Mr. Blankfein was taken aback by the inquiry from Mr. Schwartz, according to a person with knowledge of the discussion, even though the former Bear Stearns CEO was quick to add that he didn't believe Mr. Blankfein would ever knowingly tolerate misconduct. Mr. Blankfein responded that he had no knowledge of any alleged manipulation, this person said, adding that he told Mr. Schwartz he would respond severely if he ever discovered such behavior by Goldman traders.

Kate: Can we have Blankfein gazing into the distance here and chomping thoughtfully on a cigar?

WSJ editor:No.

Goldman Is Queried About Bear's Fall [WSJ]

Earlier: The Man Comes Down on Rumormongering

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Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm

‘Post’ and ‘Daily News’ Consider Devil of a Deal

From Malcolm Forbes's birthday in 1989. That's Diane Von Furstenberg between Zuckerman and Murdoch. We love this photo.Photo: Getty Images

For the second time in a decade, the owners of the Post and the Daily News are considering doing the unthinkable — cooperating. Because times are so tough in the print newspaper industry, representatives for Rupert Murdoch and Mort Zuckerman have met to discuss joint operations of certain aspects of the publications. In the Times, Tim Arango (who used to write for the Post) reports that the meetings were spurred by the sale of competitor Newsday to Cablevision in May. Both Murdoch and Zuckerman had submitted bids to buy the paper. The collaboration talks have centered on shared home-delivery operations, back-office functions, and joint printing efforts. The Post recently invested $300 million in its presses, and the Daily News has announced future plans to improve its own. With a joint printing program. they (along with The Wall Street Journal, which, like the Post, is owned by News Corp.) could save millions every year. According to the Times, the Daily News makes a small profit annually, while the Post is in the red about $50 million.

What nobody seems to want is a joint operating agreement — a situation where both papers are combined in all except newsrooms. This is done elsewhere in the country, notably in Seattle, where competitors the Times and the Post-Intelligencer are run jointly. This, presumably, would prevent the two papers from writing nasty things about one another's editorial and business staff. Which might be fine in Seattle but would not fly at all here in New York.

The Daily News and The Post Talk Business [NYT]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm

Is Amy Poehler ‘Office’-Bound?

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Poehler Gets a Day Job?: And so the upfront rumors have come to pass; Amy Poehler is in negotiations to join Aziz Ansari in NBC's spinoff of The Office. Yes, we're excited for her new career move but way more excited by the prospect of Kristin Wiig awkwardly hosting "Weekend Update." [HR]

Spielberg Sells Soul to El Diablo: Steven Spielberg can't get enough of Diablo Cody; he apparently had so much fun with The United States of Tara that he's tapped the former stripper to write an untitled DreamWorks comedy based on his original idea. All things considered, he might as well let her take a stab at Indy 5 while he's at it. [Variety]

Theroux to Wear the Iron Pants: Tropic Thunder's Justin Theroux is in final negotiations to write Iron Man 2 for Paramount, firmly establishing him as a multi-hyphenate "guy who acts funny and writes funny action stuff too" (that label's admittedly clunky, but we're sure it'll catch on). Everything's shaping up dandy for the sequel, so long as Theroux doesn't do his trademark move and make Robert Downey Jr. black. [HR]

Spitfire Goes Uptown: Spitfire Pictures is putting together a documentary on Billy Joel's Shea Stadium concerts this week — you know, the one where tickets were being scalped for $100,000? It's going to be a riveting movie if the Piano Man's enthusiasm is any indication: "This is something I’ve been avoiding my whole life, and I suppose I can’t put if off any longer." [Variety]

Williams Is a New Dad: Robin Williams and Alexie Gilmore will star in World's Greatest Dad, the story of a poetry teacher (Williams) whose son dies in a freak masturbation accident. To spare the family shame, he fakes a suicide note that ends up getting published and becoming a sensation. A movie ensues, but we're not sure if it's a Farrelly-brothers comedy or a brooding Jarmusch drama. [HR]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:00 pm

South Bay forecast: sunny and warm - San Jose Mercury News

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South Bay forecast: sunny and warm
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago
By Mark Gomez There will be some areas of low clouds and fog this morning in the South Bay. By afternoon, however, we can expect another afternoon of sunshine and temperatures in the low-80s, according to the National Weather Service.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 1:57 pm

free speech: hadley freeman on shouldering the burden of the economy

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One of the most convenient theories ever coined for both fashion and financial writers with pressing deadlines and depleting ideas is that the height of hemlines is somehow a prophetic statement about the economy. High hemlines equals high earnings; low hemlines equals low earnings. The idea that financial buoyancy would make women wish to dress like prostitutes is one that seems based more on hearsay than hard facts, but nonetheless, the theory has stuck.

For much longer, though?

Now that the economy is generally acknowledged to be in freefall, where are the hemlines to be found? All over the place, that's where. High, low, at the knee, mid-calf—not much help, is it? So is there any fashion trend that is indicative of the financial markets? Let's see what's coming up for next season. Well, according to several fashion magazines, sculptural coats are very important. I'm not entirely sure what a sculptural coat is, so talking about them in relation to the stock market would be a little difficult. But I do know that big shoulders are almost as important as sculptural coats. Now that's an interesting one. Last time big shoulders were around, Ronald Reagan was in the White House. While the eighties are generally thought of as a boom era, they did follow quite a significant period of bust. So maybe there's some secret in the shoulders. The theory behind the hemlines shtick is that when one is wealthy, one has confidence; ergo, one gets one's legs out. But when one is poor, one goes into mourning and one's legs go into hiding. Extending that analogy to the upper body, you could say that when one is poor, one needs more confidence so one bulks up one's shoulders. But seeing as big shoulders were quite a feature at the recent couture shows, too, they might have a slightly different significance, such as that big shoulders provide a useful way of hiding one's funds from one's now less financially secure friends (a bulging wallet is just too obvious and insensitive in these tricky times—stashing your cash in an oversize shoulder treatment, on the other hand, is far more discreet.)

Or perhaps the beefed-up shoulder, which has the effect of making one's waist appear smaller in contrast, is heartening proof that even in times of impending bankruptcy, some things never change: You can never be too thin, even if you're no longer too rich.

—Hadley Freeman

Photo: Marcio Madeira

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:55 pm

'Sordid Lives' sorts out life and love with laughs (AP)

AP - On "Sordid Lives: The Series," the colorful folk in a certain Texas town are back in action after having won an avid following with the 1996 play and 2000 movie of the same name.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:47 pm

Petersen quits as CSI's Grissom - BBC News

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Petersen quits as CSI's Grissom
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Actor William Petersen is to leave CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, having been with the TV forensics drama since its first episode eight years ago.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:31 pm

'Desiderata' hitmaker dies at 74

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AP - A screenwriter's lawsuit seeking higher payments from Mel Gibson and others for "The Passion of the Christ" has just completed its first edit.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:48 am

Attorney: Lohan on track with sentence compliance (AP)

AP - Lindsay Lohan's attorney says the star is on track after pleading guilty last year to drunken driving.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:46 am

Enlightenment in the Music Industry: Tribe of Noise Launches Lawful Music Download Alternative

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, a new music platform will open and storm the Bastille of the music industry. Tribe of Noise is expected to kick
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:45 am

William Petersen's `CSI' life of crime to end (AP)

AP - William Petersen is leaving "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," a move that might have fans of his brainy crimebuster Gil Grissom screaming bloody murder.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2008 | 11:38 am

Bon Jovi's Soul keep on rocking toward title (Reuters)

Reuters - Societies that collect music copyright fees for artists from the Rolling Stones to the Arctic Monkeys must end deals to stop competing against each other across (AP)

AP - Michael J. Fox will return to series TV with a four-episode guest role on FX's "Rescue Me."

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2008 | 8:42 am

Goodbye, Grissom! Petersen leaving 'CSI'

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 8:11 am

Dancers at the premiere of John Woo's "Red Cliff"

Dancers at the premiere of John Woo's "Red Cliff". The John Woo epic has enjoyed record takings for a Chinese film in its opening weekend in China
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 16 Jul 2008 | 7:42 am

Verne Troyer Talks Sex Tape, Heath Ledger's Death (E! Online)

E! Online - Mini-Me has been having some major problems.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Jul 2008 | 7:36 am

Verne Troyer Talks Sex Tape, Heath Ledger's Death

Mini-Me has been having some major problems. Verne Troyer gave E! News an exclusive interview on Tuesday afternoon about the recent drama over the unauthorized release of a sex tape with...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 16 Jul 2008 | 7:01 am

Lohan on track to finish sentence, lawyer says

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 6:21 am

Reynolds clears air on Star Jones, gay rumors

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 5:43 am

Obama: Magazine cover fuels lies about me

Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday called a New Yorker cover that unflatteringly depicts him and his wife an unsuccessful attempt at satire that will likely fuel misconceptions he has long battled over the course of his presidential campaign.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 16 Jul 2008 | 3:12 am

Sienna Miller's Stars in Your Eyes

Those rumors (and denials) of a Sienna Miller-Balthazar Getty romance? Photos like these probably won't help make them go away.

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 16 Jul 2008 | 2:00 am

they're in! cfda and vogue announce fashion fund finalists

It's that time of year again. The newest set of ten: Albertus Q. Swanepoel for Albertus Quartus, Alejandro Ingelmo, Alexander Wang, Irene Neuwirth, Jason Wu, Juan Carlos Obando, Swaim and Christina Hutson for Obedient Sons & Daughters, John Patrick for Organic, Richard Chai, and Sophie Buhai and Lisa Mayock for Vena Cava. The winner and runners-up will be announced on November 17.

Source: The Style File | 16 Jul 2008 | 1:44 am

Coldplay's world tour off to solid start (Reuters)

Reuters - Coldplay is striving for arena-rock epic greatness, but it's not there yet.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 16 Jul 2008 | 1:25 am

CSI Losing Its Main Man

Apparently it's all gotten to be too much for Crime Scene Investigator Gil Grissom. Or, it will. Calling it an actual signoff rather than yet another sabbatical, EW.com reports that...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:30 am

McCain Swift to Rebut Obama’s Iraq Speech

"I see you back there, Pakistan!"Photos: Getty Images

Today Barack Obama delivered an Iraq policy speech at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., relaying the new strategy that he began unveiling yesterday. "This war diminishes our security, our standing in the world, our military, our economy, and the resources that we need to confront the challenges of the 21st century," he explained. "By any measure, our single-minded and open-ended focus on Iraq is not a sound strategy for keeping America safe." His ideas included sticking to his much-touted sixteen-month redeployment of troops in Iraq, sending at least two more combat brigades to Afghanistan, and holding the Pakistani government more accountable for sheltering terrorists. In the opening and closing of his speech, he invoked the Marshall Plan.

Shortly after, John McCain partly rebutted Obama's ideas in a New Mexico speech, pointing out (again) that he was right on the Iraq troop surge, which Obama opposed. He also points out that Obama is putting the cart before the horse — laying out his extensive plan before having visited Iraq in person, as he plans to do in the near future. Since a lot of this has already been on the table, the online response has been tepid — but we've gathered some of the prevailing opinions after the jump.

• Senator Jack Reed (Democrat-Connecticut) says Obama doesn't need to go to Iraq, because his vision is "sound," but he will get a better "sense of what's going on." [Page/Time]

• Greg Sargent points out that the two candidates are fighting to turn the Iraq dialogue in opposite directions. "McCain needs to narrow the discussion about who has had better judgment on the war into an argument about the surge, rather than one about the broader intellectual failures — which McCain shared — that got us into this mess in the first place," he writes. "Obama, by contrast, is insisting on a broader discussion and wants McCain to own his misjudgments about the bigger question of whether to invade at all." [Talking Points Memo]

• Meanwhile, a Times/CBS poll says most Americans still think we should have never gone into Iraq at all. Score one for Barack. [Caucus/NYT]

• Ben Smith points out that all of this, to some degree, is moot. "There's a strikingly backward-looking element to the politics of this," he writes. "Obama is attacking McCain for his judgment in supporting the war, McCain is attacking Obama for his judgment in opposing the surge." [Politico]

• And Bill O'Reilly predicted that when it comes to handling Pakistan, neither of the candidates "knows what to do." [National Review]

Earlier: Obama’s War Stance Looking a Little Like a Loser

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Okkervil River Expanding With 'Stand Ins'

On the heels of last year's "The Stage Names," its best seller to date, Austin-based rock act Okkervil River returns Sept. 9 with another Jagjaguwar album, "The Stand Ins."
Source: Billboard News - Daily | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Primal Scream Launches New Album In London

Primal Scream launched its new album, "Beautiful Future" (B-Unique), with an invite-only set in London last night (July 15).
Source: Billboard News - Daily | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Mariah, Nas, Nelly Set For Free Samsung Shows

Mariah Carey, Gavin Rossdale, LeAnn Rimes, Nelly and Nas, among others, will perform as part of the second annual Samsung AT&T Summer Krush, a free summer concert series designed to highlight Samsung's music-centric BlackJack II mobile phone.
Source: Billboard News - Daily | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Barenaked Ladies Singer Busted For Drugs

Barenaked Ladies singer/guitarist Steven Page has been arrested on drug charges in upstate New York. Police say Page was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance on Friday in the Syracuse, N.Y., area.
Source: Billboard News - Daily | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

Lil Wayne Remains King Of The Billboard 200

For a third non-consecutive week, Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" (Cash Money/Universal) tops The Billboard 200. The set moved 125,000 copies during the tracking week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, a 20% drop in sales from the week previous.
Source: Billboard News - Daily | 16 Jul 2008 | 12:00 am

A man tries a game for Sony's game console Playstation 3 at the Asian Game Show 2007 in Hong Kong

A man tries a game for Sony's game console Playstation 3 at the Asian Game Show 2007 in Hong Kong.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:56 pm

Judge Signs Off on Lindsay's Progress

Lindsay Lohan is right on track. (To where, we're not exactly sure yet, but at least she's moving along in a straight line.) A Los Angeles judge agreed with the 22-year-old...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:15 pm

Amanda Bynes and the Joy of Seth

The always lovely Amanda Bynes and Family Guy boss Seth McFarlane (pictured above together recently) were at each other's sides throughout last night's Fox soiree, talking at length to...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:10 pm

Cesare Paciotti Reopens After Renovations

Cesare Paciotti unveils his upgraded flagship, which reopened last week after more than six months of renovations.Photo: Adrian Wilson/Courtesy of Cesare Paciotti

Italian footwear king Cesare Paciotti reopened his 2,000-square-foot Madison Avenue boutique last week after closing the flagship for renovations way back in December, the second of his 28 boutiques to receive a design overhaul (London was first in line, and L.A. will follow). The ornate new digs are designed to evoke the interior of a jewel case, with a color palette of red, white, and black. The bi-level space includes white crystalline marble flooring, white clay Baroque-framed mirrors, and white-and-black leather couches decked with buttons bearing Paciotti’s signature dagger. Although the stock includes handbags, small leather goods, sunglasses, men’s shoes, and jewelry, the main event is, of course, the towering collection of heels, perched on a spanking new backlit glass display resembling carved ice. New styles from the fall collection are trickling in from Italy, says a spokeswoman for the brand, but the full line won’t be presented on the craggy ice shelf in all its glory until the end of August. Stay tuned for details about the (re)opening party, tentatively scheduled for Fashion Week. See more photos after the jump. —Lauren Murrow

Photo: Adrian Wilson/Courtesy of Cesare Pacotti

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 pm

Seth Rogen's Transformer-tive Life Lessons

Seth Rogen fires off some pot shots in the new GQ comedy issue. First the funnyguy says that he's the reason—or at least part of the reason—his pal Jonah Hill turned down...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 11:00 pm

Pete Doherty's Terminal Velocity

Pete Doherty dashes through Heathrow—and it's not because he's being chased! The one-time Libertines lead guy was rushing through the London airport looking for his...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:55 pm

Casting ‘Inglorious Bastards’

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The news that an impatient Quentin Tarantino has already flown to France to talk new daddy Brad Pitt into starring in his ridiculous and awesome World War II epic Inglorious Bastards means that it's open season on the many, many juicy roles in Tarantino's 165-page screenplay. The motor-mouthed auteur has over the past ten years floated a list of possible names that reads like a who's who of eighties action stars: Schwarzenegger, Willis, Stallone, and more. Will any of these guys actually be in the movie? We have no idea. But who would they play? We took a look through the script to figure it out … and to make some casting suggestions of our own.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Schwarzenegger must surely have been Tarantino's first choice to play Colonel Landa, the clever and cruel SS officer who serves as the movie's primary villain. That said, the script's current version of Landa seems crafty rather than powerful, and anyway, there's no chance the governor of California will play a Nazi known as "the Jew Hunter."
Who should play the role? Tim Roth.

Bruce Willis: Could Tarantino have been thinking of Willis to play Lieutenant Aldo Raine, the "Tennessee hillbilly" who leads the Inglorious Bastards into battle? If so, that's the role that we're pretty sure he's offering to Brad Pitt, so tough luck, Bruce.
Who should play the role? Pitt.

Michael Madsen: For several years, Madsen was the only actor "confirmed" to appear in Inglorious Bastards, in the role of "Babe Buchinsky" — a part that no longer exists. Perhaps that character turned into Donny Donowitz, "the Bear Jew," who uses his baseball bat to beat Nazis to death and is at one point compared to Babe Ruth. But Madsen doesn't seem as good in the role as …

Adam Sandler: Another name floated by Tarantino, and the perfect actor to play Donowitz, who at one point in flashback stands outside a Boston sporting-goods shop, swinging a bat in a wild frenzy of beating imaginary Nazis to death, shouting, "Take that ya Nazi bastard! You like fuckin' with the Jews? The American Jews are gonna FUCK with you!" Then he walks back in the store and asks, "Is this the heaviest ya got?"
Who should play the role? Sandler.

Sylvester Stallone: We have no idea who Stallone could play. He's not really right for any of the Bastards, as none of them seem old enough to be played by Sly. Maybe some kind of proto-Rambo appeared in Tarantino's early, 600-page draft?

Eddie Murphy: The only black character in Inglorious Bastards is Marcel, the French projectionist in the movie theater run by the movie's heroine Shosanna. It's a pretty good part, although Murphy seems too American to handle the all-French-language dialogue — and we don't think even famed career resuscitator Tarantino wants to take on the train wreck that is Eddie Murphy.
Who should play the role? Isaach De Bankolé.

The other big question is, of course, who could play Shosanna — the beautiful young French Jew who escapes Colonel. Landa's murder of the rest of her family and whose daring plot to take out the Nazi leadership is a linchpin to the story's final chapter. Plenty of French actresses could take on the role, but we'd also be thrilled to see Tarantino cast an American who, according to her IMDb profile, speaks at least conversational French, and who's fiery enough to handle the part: Natalie Portman.

Earlier: We’ve Got Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Inglorious Bastards’ Script

Elsewhere: The Playlist has a good list of casting suggestions, too, including the out-of-left-field overlap of Isaach De Bankolé and a lot of great German actors.

Quentin Tarantino Meeting With Brad Pitt Today In France For 'Inglorious Bastards' [Deadline Hollywood Daily]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:45 pm

Our Favorite Moments From Today’s All-Star Parade

David Ortiz at the parade today, loving it.Photo: AP

The MLB All-Star Game is tonight at 8 p.m., and the whole shebang kicked off at 1 p.m. today with a traffic-crippling parade up Sixth Avenue, from 42nd Street to Central Park. Rows of fans five deep pushed against police barricades to take pictures of diamond luminaries like Aaron Cook and Dan Uggla. We were there for the whole two-plus-hour spectacle, and have the sunburn to prove it.

Or favorite moments:

• The American League team is full of Boston Red Sox, which is good for the team as a whole but, on this day, not so great for individual players. Fans hammered Terry Francona and Dustin Pedroia mercilessly, though David Ortiz (too injured to play but never one to turn down a crowd) received some begrudging respect, thanks largely to his playful heckling right back.

• The worst of it, though, went to Kevin Youkilis of the Red Sox, who made the terrible decision of bringing his family. You know you're in a New York parade when the Red Sox's first-baseman is covering his child's ears as people scream, "YOU FUCKING SUCK."

• The parade also featured Hall of Famers, including Ozzie Smith, Cal Ripken, Bob Gibson, Bob Feller, and a frighteningly obese Tony Gwynn. Yankees legends Whitey Ford and Yogi Berra shared the back cab of a truck. One observer, upon seeing Yogi, exclaimed, "Whoa! I had no idea he was a real person." Yogi has always had a certain "fictional character" quality.
• About a half-hour into the parade, a fire broke out on the fifteenth floor of the McGraw/Hill building on 49th Street and Sixth Avenue. This did not benefit the already paralyzed traffic flow. Cops made way for a smattering of fire trucks, and even forcefully demanded the truck carrying Rockies manager Clint Hurdle back up. Hurdle seemed unfazed.
• Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, predictably, received the biggest ovations from the crowd. How'd A-Rod do, you ask? Well, he certainly was applauded, though this might have been because he looked so lonely. In a parade full of players and their families, Alex Rodriguez sat in the back of his Chevy truck, snazzed up in a sharp suit but alone with some unnamed assistant wearing a T-shirt and a visor. He was treated to many, many Madonna chants.

Apparently we weren't the only ones burning up in the sun out there; it appears to have felled a San Francisco Giants pitcher. It must be hard to try to play in a city that's actually hot during the summer. —Will Leitch

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:45 pm

Chris Martin Gets Cold Treatment in Beverly Hills

No doubt Coldplay is like totally the coolest and most famous group around. But that doesn't mean everyone knows who frontman Chris Martin is. The rocker was at the...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:42 pm

Dark Knight Mania! Aaron Eckhart Talks Two-Face

You wouldn't know it from the marketing, but there are actually two villains in The Dark Knight—and Batman foes don't get more different than Heath Ledger's Joker and Aaron...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:40 pm

German Cosmetics Companies Price-Fix; Happy Endings for Women

Photo: Kylieonline.com

FRAGRANCE
• German subsidiaries of LVMH Perfumes and Cosmetics, Chanel, Estée Lauder, Clarins, L'Oréal, Coty Prestige Lancaster, Shiseido, and YSL Beauté have to pay fines for price-fixing and collusion. Apparently the group of them got together and talked about things like sales figures, product pricing, and how much they paid for advertising. Shady! [WWD]

• Kylie Minogue's fourth fragrance, Sexy Darling, will be released this August. This follows 2006's Darling and 2007's Sweet Darling. Glad to see she's versatile. [Now Smell This]

• Wolfgang Joop announced that he's doing a new men's fragrance for fall, the designer's first in seven years. It will have notes of coriander, vetiver, sandalwood, cinnamon, and patchouli (Joop's favorite). [WWD]

SKIN

• The high-end brand Orlane will release Light Box Absolute Radiance in early 2009, which is a three-step regimen that they say will enhance skin complexion in seven minutes, whatever that means. [Cosmetic News]

HAIR
• Eva Longoria cut her hair. This no doubt affects your life greatly. [Bella Sugar]

• Ingrown hairs are nasty. So Shobha created Ingrown Relief Lotion to prevent them as well as ease moderate bumps. No word on if it actually works. [Beauty Snob]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:30 pm

Bedbugs Threaten Boerum Hill Bastille Day

Boerum Hill: Yesterday's Bastille Day celebration was spoiled for some participants by the paranoid, itchy fear that they might have bedbugs. [McBrooklyn]
Breezy Point: A Times reporter and photog were first shooed away and then given one hour to interview people in this insular, security-guard-ed Irish-American beach community in Queens. The story is about a Belgian company buying Anheuser-Busch, which makes Budweiser, apparently drunk here more than anywhere else. [NYT]
Carroll Gardens: Shooting for The Real World may be moving from the new (but not completed enough to accommodate a cast) Belltel Lofts downtown to a six-story walk-up here. Filming equipment has been moved here, apparently. [Real Deal]

Long Island City: The famous Pepsi sign, which was moved from the top of the old bottling plant to the ground in 2004, will move again next week, a couple of hundred yards north, so as not to block the view from a new condo called, uh, the View. [Fine Blog via Queens Crap]
Lower Manhattan: André Balazs is trying to sell out the units in his Beaver House by offering Beaver Butler, which lets you monitor your crib while away, via an "in-residence camera" that feeds into your computer. [NYO]
Staten Island: Okay, once again, no hood to tag this to, but you must know about this very strange (but kind of cool!) collection of lion and tiger statues, decked out in various ethnic and vocational themes, dotting Saten Island. Real-estate lion! Nurse tiger! Liberian lion! (What?) [Curbed]
Upper East Side: The company that owns the crane that fell and killed two construction workers in May (as well as the midtown crane that fell in March) refuses to turn over papers related to its maintenance unless the information is kept from the public. [NYS]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:30 pm

Supergrass Call the Police

1. Supergrass, "Next to You" (Police cover)
Thanks to the $400 ticket prices for the Police's last-ever show at MSG next month, we might not make it. But this YouTubed, Britpopped remake of the Outlandos d'Amour track is probably the next best thing to being there. [Fuel Friends]

2. M. Ward, "Undertaker"
Merge is giving away free demos from Ward's third album, Transfiguration of Vincent, to prove that he could, in fact, play guitar and sing before he met Zooey Deschanel. [Merge via Fuel Friends]

3. Sean Bones, "Easy Street"
You probably wouldn't think the guitar player from Sam Champion would be able to convincingly pull off reggae, but you'd actually be completely wrong, you idiot. [MySpace]

4. I'm From Barcelona, "Paper Planes"
The Swedish Polyphonic Spree return with a decent track from their new album, which, sadly, is not an M.I.A. cover. [Spin via Stereogum]

5. Dizzee Rascal vs. Cut Copy, "Strangerole (Windskool)"
The mash-up geniuses splice the DNA of Rascal's charming single "Pussyhole" with Cut Copy's "Strangers in the Wind," rendering it slightly more downcast but no less NSFW. [Hood Internet via Gorilla vs. Bear]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:15 pm

Kitson Dropped Lauren Conrad’s Line and dVb Menswear

Victoria, Lauren, your time is up.Photo: Getty Images

L.A. boutique Kitson just dropped Lauren Conrad's line. How surprising, right? "Sales were lackluster," Kitson owner Fraser Ross told us. "Initially it was great." Ross tried to get Conrad to do a personal appearance in the store but said her people couldn't figure out a date. "They need to realize it’s no different than selling your album, your TV shows, your movies. You have to keep promoting it."

Ross also confirmed the store will not carry Victoria Beckham's dVb menswear line because of dwindling demand. So although yesterday a dVb rep sent us a statement that read, "The dVb men's collection is on target to launch in stores for holiday 2008 as scheduled," they won't launch in Kitson. And when we called the rep back today to find out what stores the line would land in, she was unsure. She nervously said the line is being shopped around to retailers right now. That means it's unclear which stores will wind up buying it and selling it. That also means it's possible no stores will buy it at all.

TMZ just reported, "dVb is stripping any mention of Victoria off the [men's] jeans actually to help sales." But the dVb rep asserts the line will still be called "dVb by Victoria Beckham," remaining unchanged. Huh. It all smells a bit fishy, no?

It seems the house of dVb is spending a lot of time these days trying to bury negative press. It's a shame because it sounds like they could use that extra time and man power to get these pants on a sales shelf somewhere.

Posh's Denim -- Flop Spice [TMZ]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 10:00 pm

Limited-Edition Love Brigade Tee at the New Museum

Love Brigade’s “Through the Trees” T-shirt ($45),
available only at the New Museum.Photo: Rachel Kemper and Jaime Rockaway

Rock-and-roll-inspired Williamsburg label Love Brigade is releasing a limited-edition graphic T-shirt at the New Museum on Thursday to coincide with the opening of the "After Nature" exhibition. The show depicts images of future environmental disaster, and Love Brigade’s darkly artistic tee features hazy brown branches screen-printed on black cotton jersey. There will be less than ten shirts available at the museum for the opening on Thursday — and no more than 200 will be made in total — so hurry over if you want to snag one. (Eco-chicks take note: They come in extra small, too.) The piece is the first in a series of collaborations between art and fashion at the museum, with future design partnerships in the works for the upcoming exhibits of Elizabeth Peyton and Mary Heilmann.

The “Through the Trees” shirt is part of Love Brigade’s fall 2008 “Love, Kurt” line, inspired by the artwork of Kurt Cobain. The collection is done in rich nature tones with angular cutouts, asymmetrical seams, hanging straps, and snap-button details.

A preview of Love Brigade’s fall 2008 “Love, Kurt” women's collection, inspired by the artwork of Kurt Cobain. Photo: Rachel Kemper and Jaime Rockaway.

The men's collection.Photo: Rachel Kemper and Jaime Rockaway.

“Love, Kurt” will be available starting in September from the Love Brigade Co-Op. —Lauren Murrow

"After Nature," New Museum, 235 Bowery, at Prince St.; 212-219-1222; 7/17–9/21.
Love Brigade Co-Op, 230 Grand St., nr. Driggs Ave., Williamsburg; 718-715-0430.

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:35 pm

Dogs claim catwalk in "Paws for Style" fashion event (Reuters)

Reuters - Move over kitties! Dog fashionistas will be parading on the catwalk in New York Tuesday evening for this year's "Paws for Style" fashion charity event.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:31 pm

Dogs claim catwalk in "Paws for Style" fashion event (Reuters)

This Is Why ‘American Idol’ Should Never Have a David Bowie Night

Often — particularly while suffering through nights devoted to the oeuvres of Andrew Lloyd Webber or Mariah Carey — we've wondered how it was possible that American Idol has never tackled the music of David Bowie. Certainly his legend dwarfs that of most of the terrible celebrity mentors they had on this season, and the scope and quality of his discography means that even the nichiest contestant could find something decent to sing. Wouldn't it have been great to hear David Archuleta take a crack at "Starman"? And we're pretty sure that not even the an off-key post-grunge makeover from David Cook could ruin any of the songs on Hunky Dory. But, last night, on Canadian Idol, our neighbors to the north proved that this is actually a terrible idea. Check out the above video, in which a vest-wearing idiot — who could've chosen any song on Ziggy Stardust or Aladdin Sane! — performs "Dancing in the Street." Also, some girl sang "Cat People."

Canada's "Idol" Hopefuls Try To Emulate The Thin White Duke [Idolator]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:30 pm

Erin Callan Out at Lehman

Erin Callan: different job, same lipstick.Photo: Nytimes.com

Erin Callan, the Lehman Brothers CFO who was abruptly and humiliatingly demoted after she (a) got in a public fight with David Einhorn and (b) was unfortunately the public face of Lehman when they posted $2.8 billion losses, is leaving the bank entirely now. She's going to Credit Suisse, where she will run "a global hedge-fund business." Good on her for being all "fuck this shit" and scooting over to a company that seems relatively stable, even if the hedge-fund business is in its death throes. And we know the Swiss like Shania Twain, so they'll probably appreciate Callan's nude lipstick, unlike some people.

Callan Exits Lehman For Credit Suisse [NYT]

Earlier: In Tough Times, Dick Fuld Keeps The Focus On Fashion

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:25 pm

Breaking: CFDA/‘Vogue’ Fund Finalists Announced

The CFDA/Vogue Fund Finalists were just announced, WWD reported.

The finalists, who were revealed on Tuesday, are Richard Chai; Jason Wu; Alexander Wang; Irene Neuwirth; Albertus Q. Swanepoel of Albertus Quartus; Alejandro Ingelmo; Juan Carlos Obando; Swaim and Christina Hutson of Obedient Sons & Daughters; John Patrick of Organic, and Sophie Mayock and Lisa Buhai of Vena Cava.

The coveted fund, set up in 2003, offers a big cash prize of $200,000 to the winner and $50,000 to the two runners-up. Last year, Rogan Gregory took top honors, with Phillip Lim and Phillip Crangi coming in as the runners-up. —Amina Akhtar

CFDA Picks Fashion Fund Finalists

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:19 pm

reading recommendations: england and egypt

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My secret source for good book recommendations is "The World of Interiors." Intentionally or not, they've really had their finger on the pulse of late: Two of their recent picks—"The English House" and "Ancient Egyptian Design"—called to mind, respectively, Zac Posen's tennis-and-tea-inflected collection and Marchesa's barge on the Nile-inspired cruise outing.

—Laird Borrelli-Persson

Source: The Style File | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:18 pm

girls on film: charlotte ronson's fall 2008 campaign flick

You scarcely need us to tell you how cool, connected, and downright adorable the Ronson family is. At any rate, here's the latest bit of evidence: designing daughter Charlotte Ronson's Fall 2008 campaign video, directed by Pamela Hanson and starring a healthy slice of New York's cool, young things: half-siblings Alexander and Annabelle Dexter-Jones, the Virgins' lead singer Donald Cummings, Lola Kirke, Greer Simpkins, and Nathalie Love. The stylish video, which is based on the dance scene in Jean-Luc Godard's "Band of Outsiders," is Ronson and Hanson's third together.

—Meenal Mistry

Source: The Style File | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:06 pm

‘Ghost Town’ Trailer: We Sure Hope Ricky Gervais Got Paid a Lot of Money for This

Tagline: "Dr. Bertram Pincus: Not a people person. But if he can't stand the living, how will he ever live with the dead?"

Translation: With a huge paycheck, presumably.

The Verdict: We knew Ricky Gervais was probably due for a misstep, but we never thought in a million years he'd make one of those movies about a guy who can see dead people and needs to help them finish their earthly business before they'll stop bothering him, a well-trod film genre that's been producing diminishing returns since Ghost Dad. Will he revive the form? Sadly, it doesn't look like it, as Ghost Town looks eye-searingly terrible. The fact that the trailer's soundtrack includes the actual recording of the Beatles' "I'm Looking Through You" indicates that real money is being spent on this thing; we just hope Gervais got a decent check so he can go back to producing hilarious, non-terrible television shows.

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 9:00 pm

‘Chop Shop’: New York Neorealism in the Shadow of Shea

The ugliest part of Queens — Willets Point, or “The Iron Triangle” — never looked so stunning as it does in Ramin Bahrani’s neo–New York–realist film. One of this city’s most assured and confident young directors, Bahrani takes a classic, street-romantic story — two young kids scrabbling to make a living in a junkyard of auto parts — and pulls astonishing performances from his debut actors. David Edelstein, for one, called it a “low-budget vérité triumph.”

Chop Shop

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Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 8:45 pm

Artist Tetsumi Kudo’s Birdcage Has Overcrowding Issues

Tetsumi Kudo’s Portrait of an Artist in Crisis (Portrait d’artiste dans la crise).Courtesy of Andrea Rosen Gallery, NY

Andrea Rosen Gallery is decked out like a cemetery, its slightly decrepit grounds lovingly tended to by the late artist Tetsumi Kudo. Blue buckets overflow with pretty weeds, happy flowers sprout from patches of dirt, and spray-painted birdcages house bestial creatures who might be sad but not scary. It’s a little Jeff Koons — minus the bling — and a little James Joyce, especially here, in Portrait of an Artist in Crisis, which looks something like a Joycean window display for The Neverending Story. Through August 8. —Emma Pearse

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 8:30 pm

Jessie Randall Hates Men in Skinny Jeans

So many heels, such little time.Photo: Melissa Hom

After winning a CFDA last year for her killer shoes and bags, Jessie Randall did what anyone would do: She had twin baby boys. Following that magical feat, she came out with Target collaboration that won a lot of people's hearts (and wallets), including ours. So what's next for the queen of flats? Womenswear, obviously. Find out who her favorite shoe designer is, where she shops, and more.

You made the move recently from shoes to a RTW collection. How did that go?
It’s been really great. I always start the collection with the shoe designs, and the clothing follows that (because of the way the calendar works). So by the time I get to the clothing, I am a bit more relaxed and it's a lot of fun for me to design. Plus, with clothing, the sky’s the limit — there aren’t any restrictions really.

Are you planning on showing during Fashion Week?
We show the collection to buyers and press at our offices and showroom in Soho. Eventually, when the time is right, a runway presentation is something I would like to do.

Did life change after winning the CFDA award?
Yes — especially because I gave birth to twin boys two weeks later!

You're kind of going at things backward — accessories first, then clothes. Do you think it helps to be established in shoes and bags already before
branching out?
I don’t know if this strategy is for everyone, but for us it was the right one. I started with shoes because they're my first love but always with the knowledge that eventually the line would include clothing.

We think she's adorable, too.Photo: Melissa Hom

Your clothes are feminine but with simple cuts, much like your accessories. Is this the aesthetic you hope to keep even with the changing trends?
I want to design the kind of clothing I want to have in my closet – clean yet interesting, current yet wearable season after season.

Other than you, who is your favorite shoe designer?
My favorite vintage line is something called Stuart Weitzman for Mr. Seymour — really great eighties stuff. For current shoes, I am a big fan of Miu Miu. For bumming around I am constantly in a pair of Vans.

Everyone loved my Loeffler Randall bag from Target. What was the feedback on your Target line in general?
I was very pleased with the way the Target collection turned out. And it was very exciting for everyone I know to be able to purchase the product at such an affordable price, including my 93-year-old grandfather who bought out his entire local Target in Florida to give as gifts!

Flats or heels?
Lately, shockingly, I have been wearing a lot of heels for a change. But I am a flats girl through and through.

What's up next?
The plan is to catch my breath for a week or two. My husband and I have been going at breakneck speed for the past four years. That said, our next big goal is a retail store in New York. Once we find the right space, that is going to be the next project.

What was the first designer item you bought?
Not sure of the first, but most memorable was the pair of Stella McCartney plastic and Lucite heels I wore for my wedding.

What accessory do you have your eye on right now?
I want belts with everything.

What trends do you personally love for the season?
I like the more masculine look, dressing like your boyfriend (or husband).

What trends do you wish would go away?
Skinny jeans on men.

Where do you shop?
I spend all my free time and money buying little baby-boy clothes. My favorite places to shop for them: Pomme in Dumbo, Sweet William in Williamsburg, the Melting Pot and Acorn in Boerum Hill, Makie in Soho.

What designers do you love?
Miuccia Prada (especially her Miu Miu line), Vanessa Bruno, Alber Elbaz for Lanvin.

What designers and labels do you actually wear the most?
APC, Miu Miu, American Apparel.

What staple item should every man or woman have in his or her closet?
Women: white undershirts. Men: wacky socks

What can't you live without?
My babies and a great boot that goes with everything. —Amina Akhtar

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 15 Jul 2008 | 8:30 pm

william eadon's pyramid club

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Sometimes a statement necklace doesn't have to make a giant statement. That's why clothing designer/photographer/Parsons teacher (yes, he's a slasher, but in the coolest way) William Eadon's pyramid pendant necklaces seem just right, right now. Spotted in the Alexander Wang Resort '09 lookbook and available at Seven New York, they come in solid sterling silver or 18K gold plate and range in price from $350 to $1,400. Eadon is also open to doing customized styles in white gold and diamond studs to raise (so to speak) the bling factor. The Deluxe version of the pendant comes with a stash compartment, which, in keeping with the pyramid inspiration, helps maintain some mystery. For more information, see www.williameadon.com.

—Laurie Trott

Photo: Todd Selby

Source: The Style File | 15 Jul 2008 | 8:11 pm

Sydney, Dubai make biggest strides in fashion: study (Reuters)

Reuters - The world of fashion remains dominated by five cities -- New York, Rome, Paris, Milan and London -- but B-list players like Sydney and Dubai are coming on strong, according to an annual survey of top fashion cities.
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 15 Jul 2008 | 7:53 pm

Music Review: Albert Hammond Jr. releases new CD (AP)

AP - Albert Hammond Jr., "Como Te Llama?" (Black Seal)

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 15 Jul 2008 | 7:25 pm

sarkozy takes bastille day celebration to funky town

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Carla Bruni-Sarkozy watches hubby do the worm on a dare from the Prime Minister of India.

Photo: François G. Durand/WireImage.com

Source: The Style File | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:56 pm

Runway's Last Strut on Bravo Begins

Fifth season marks last strut in NYC on Bravo before moving to LA and Lifetime.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 15 Jul 2008 | 6:51 pm

at ck, models 17, celebs 0

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If you were worried that the trend for choosing celebrities over models in ad campaigns was getting out of hand, take heart: The Fall 2008 Calvin Klein Jeans ads have hit newsstands, and replacing Kate Bosworth (Spring 2008's lone campaign girl) are a slew of willowy newcomers. The black-and-white ads, shot by Steven Meisel in the style of the infamous ck one campaign of the mid-nineties, star Abbey Lee, Toni Garrn, and Ali Stephens, along with Agnete Hegelund, Viktoriya Sasonkina, and Anna Selezneva. But that's just what's appeared so far—the series is rumored to feature 17 girls in total.

—Romney Leader

Source: The Style File | 15 Jul 2008 | 5:49 pm

The ups and downs of a legendary band

Read full story for latest details.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 15 Jul 2008 | 5:49 pm

Ready for Revolution

Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell talk about prepping for their Projekt Revolution tour and great Lollapalooza moments

On the eve of the launch of the fifth Projekt Revolution — the multi-genre tour founded by Linkin Park in 2002 — Rolling Stone checked in with two of its headliners, LP's Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell. The pair of famous frontmen chatted about the greatest rock singers and classic Lollapalooza fests.

How does being around all these different artists on the Projekt Revolution tour inspire you?
Chris Cornell: Being on tour can sometimes be less complicated than being at home...

Source: Rolling Stone: Features | 15 Jul 2008 | 5:14 pm

Honoring Heath Ledger at "The Dark Knight" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - It was a night when Heath Ledger should have been celebrating, for his performance as the Joker in "The Dark Knight" (the second installment in the Christopher Nolan-Christian Bale "Batman" series) is already generating Oscar buzz.

Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 15 Jul 2008 | 4:29 pm

who's laughing now? sarah silverman and jimmy kimmel split

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Comedienne Sarah Silverman and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel's five-year relationship is over, which means Kimmel's boy on the side, Ben Affleck, will have to go back to being boring.

Jennifer Lopez never lets twins Max and Emme wear the same thing twice. No word on when she'll ask her husband to stop dressing like a nightclub promoter.

—Alison Baenen

Photo: Bennett Raglin/WireImage

Source: The Style File | 15 Jul 2008 | 3:41 pm

Madonna's Brother: Singer Ambushed Him

Chris Ciccone says he was ambushed at his mother's grave with a camera crew.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 15 Jul 2008 | 3:13 pm

the highs and lows of shmoozing

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"How many times, when I was just getting started in my business, did I need a little help?" asked Bungalow 8 proprietor and nightlife legend Amy Sacco, who hosted a small screening and after-party (at Bungalow, of course) last night for a film called "The Doorman." "I met with Lucas [Akoskin, the writer] and thought it was a great idea and a good story, so this was the least I could do." The plot is one that is surely familiar to Sacco, who, along with Thom Filicia and Frederick's owner Frederick Lesort, makes a cameo in the film. The main character, Trevor W., played by Akoskin, moves to New York City and very quickly becomes a famous and powerful gatekeeper at the city's chicest nightspot. His ego gets enormous just as quickly, though, and his downfall is documented by a film crew that was supposed to be recording his high life, which gives the movie its satirical mockumentary format (think "Borat" with a clipboard and headset.) "It's a tribute to the highs and lows of shmoozing," said Sacco, who added that she'd organized the get-together for friends like Greg Calejo, Alex Haden, Andrew Saffir, and a few Gossip Girls. "Which is a familiar story in this city, and in this industry." "The Doorman" is playing in New York now.

—Derek Blasberg

Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage

Source: The Style File | 15 Jul 2008 | 3:01 pm

'Family Guy' Spinoff Mixing Up Cast

'Cleveland,' voiced by a white actor, will add some black voices to the family.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 15 Jul 2008 | 2:18 pm

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