Madonna, with Michael Moore, on Saturday.Photo: Getty Images

Amanda LeporePhoto: FilmMagic

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Must … fight … urge … to … rip … Photo: WireImage

Beyoncé on May 6 and Beyoncé in the L'Oréal ad.Photo: Getty Images

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Let's play Newlyweds!Photo: Getty Images

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Look, ma, no skinny jeans!Photo: Melissa Hom

Bright tops, flared bottoms, and no skinny jeans.Photo: Melissa Hom

Yeah, still no skinny jeans.Photo: Melissa Hom

New Yorkers would do well to prepare themselves for more: The denim dealers already have their eye on the Flatiron district, Upper East Side, and Upper West Side for their next three retail destinations. —Kristi Garced

Breaking: Rebecca Hall Is in ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona,’ Too!

Courtesy of Weinstein Co.

Well, we can't really blame Woody Allen's hardworking publicist for trying to play up the sexual chemistry between two Hollywood stars — hey, we took the bait — but loyal fans of the director (we mean, really loyal at this point), we urge you to take note of Rebecca Hall too. According to IMDb, she'll appear in the upcoming film version of Frost/Nixon, an untitled Nicole Holofcener project (sadly, not the one with Judd Apatow), and the in-production Brontë. And just today she joined the cast of Dorian Gray. So, yeah, she's hardly a nobody. Which two people does she have to sleep with to get a little attention around here? —Lori Fradkin

How to Seduce Yigal Azrouël, John Turturro, and Patricia Clarkson

At 40-plus, 'Hair' still exudes undeniable energy (AP)

AP - Over 40 and still tuneful. Not only tuneful, but filled with an energy that belies its four decades of existence. The Public Theater's Central Park production of "Hair" is the most exuberant, middle-aged musical around.

Denham Will Join O'Toole, Thomas, Waterston for Premiere of Rapp's 'Kindness' (Playbill)

modernist architecture on a fashionable roll

While modernism may be a thing of the past, a string of recent fashion campaigns suggest otherwise, using some of the movement's most iconic buildings as their advertising backdrops. J.Crew kicked things off with its spring catalog, which was shot at Richard Neutra's famed Kaufmann Desert House (1946) in Palm Springs, the pure aesthetic of which played off against the elegantly preppy clothes. The fall campaign for 7 for All Mankind employs Philip Johnson's Glass House (1949) as its setting, invariably linking the structure's clean and linear geometry to 7's understated denims (which are worn by Doutzen Kroes). And Oscar de le Renta's new ads feature Louis Kahn's modernist masterpiece the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego (1959). The distinct silhouettes formed by the models' dresses create a playful dialogue with the building's sharp and jagged forms, all of which are further contrasted against the bright blue sky.

Feds: Olsen Off the Hook ... For Now

Artist Cathleen Faubert Is Totally Going to Lose Her Security Deposit

Cathleen Faubert’s I Want More Power Over My Fantasies (2008).Courtesy of DFN Gallery

Just Asking: Is M.A.C Releasing a Hello Kitty Collaboration?

One plus one could equal awesome.Photo courtesy M.A.C Cosmetics, Sanrio

Carroll Gardens Woman Will See Nanny Brought to Justice

Carroll Gardens: To the busybody mom who freaked out and made a scene in the park because she found an unattended child: We were kind of hoping that nobody else would be able to see the child and you'd be labeled a crazy having visions of imaginary elf tots. But then the nanny had to show up. You still sound kind of crazy, though, and that's probably not good for your kid. [Gowanus Lounge]
Dumbo: The city's school-construction czarina says she supports the idea of a middle school inside a proposed seventeen-story rental building, which many locals oppose because it'll wreck views of the skyline. [NYDN via Curbed]
Greenpoint: Is this post — about her local church's soup kitchen — the first time the usually satisfyingly bitchy Miss Heather has been sweet and earnest from beginning to end? Or have we just missed those prior posts? At any rate, we like this side of her (in small doses). [Newyorkshitty]

Harlem: The white woman who wrote that obnoxious article about how a mugging turned her love affair with Harlem into a "thug life" nightmare gets reader feedback: "From beginning to end, the article is so heavily peppered with condescension and entitlement that I frequently found myself doubling over with pangs of revulsion." Two snaps. [New York Press]
South Shore: Here on Staten Island, the city's first water-spray park that's as equally accessible to kids with disabilities as it is to other kids will be blessed today by Cardinal Egan, making it the perfect place to hold baptisms (water included, duh!). [SILive]
Times Square: Regarding the subway station here: "Imagine Disney coming in and painting the entire station and painting a yellow brick road and if you go through this exit you go see Tarzan or if you go through this exit you go see the Lion King." Pretty scary, right? But if it would keep fares down? It may happen. [amNY]
The Village: You will no longer be able to get journals like lacanian ink, Pleiades, and Daedalus at Niko's Magazine and Smoke Shop, on Sixth Avenue and 11th Street, because the 31-year-old obscure-mag haven is closing due to high rent. [NYS]

Shia LaBeouf’s Finger Saved by Quick-Thinking Publicist

LaBeouf, with fingers.Photo: Getty Images

Just as Hollywood was reeling from the news that Shia LaBeouf's pinkie finger was going to be amputated — with agents tearfully phoning each other to commiserate and thousands of fans preparing to amputate their own fingers, Owen Meany style, in sympathy — comes joyful news: Shia LaBeouf's finger has been saved! LaBeouf's publicist, knowing full well that her client's career and the future of Hollywood itself rests on the performance of 2011 blockbuster Mutt Williams and the Search for Elvis or Something, stepped into the fray and — with only her strong, measured words — put the world to rights. "Totally untrue," Melissa Kates e-mailed the L.A. Times, and just like that, Shia's finger — and our once-broken heart — was restored.

Relax, Shia LaBeouf fans. No amputation planned for his pinkie! [Dish Rag/LAT]

Meet the New Girl: Joan Smalls

Photo: Elite Model Management

Model Profile: Joan Smalls

Plus: Find your favorite runway star in our comprehensive Model Manual.

Visit Beautiful Pittsburgh, Say the Makers of ‘The Road’!

Courtesy of Dimension Films

Sneak peek: 'The Road' is fiction, but the bleak scenery is real [USAT]

The Economy: Our Backlash to the Backlash

This young woman is on a "staycation." But if you passed her by, you might think she was just walking her dog on any random day of any week of the entire year.Photo: Getty Images

But it doesn't help. At least, not in our opinion. The worst feeling in bad economic times is the sense that you need to be helped out. That your life has to change in order to deal with it. That people need to feel sorry for you and to try to make you feel better. Pity is often the worst part of defeat!

In Europe, and in many other parts of the developed world, workers get much of (if not all of) August off, and six-week-vacation budgets are a minimum. Here in America, we're lucky if we get a full two weeks, plus additional sick days. We need that free time. Even if we don't do anything exciting, we need to know that we have the option of taking a big trip or having a fun adventure. (Did you know the Grand Canyon is right near Las Vegas? You can see it from the plane!) It's no coincidence that the Times' Friday travel section is called "Escapes." We need to get out! The guys from Weekend at Bernie's still took another vacation, and you saw how bad their first one was!

So when we are constantly inundated with news, advertisements, and offers telling us that we can't actually escape, it just gets depressing. In August, of all times! Please, just let us ignore the economy for a minute and dream about where we are going to take that next big trip or honeymoon. We save up for vacations, so don't discourage us from spending our money. If anything, dissuading Americans from spending on travel is going to hurt the economy, not help it. So, please, advertisers and travel agents and newspapers — stop trying to help. You're only making it worse!

What do you readers think? How do all these budget advertisements make you feel?

Related: What Economic Measures Matter Most to New Yorkers? [NYM]

live from copenhagen

Romney Leader reports from Copenhagen fashion week.

Those plucky enough to endure the rain last night were treated to a magical experience on the grounds of Brøndsalen: Stine Goya's La Cité Perdu (the Lost City) collection. By the time the show started, both guests (including the designer's ex-flame Henrik Vibskov) and runway were soaked, and model Gertrud Hegelund was cheered as she climbed to the top of the mountainlike runway. The eerie a cappella version of Radiohead's "Creep" heightened the sensory experience.

Thankfully, today's weather was more cooperative. Our driver, Matthias (that's him pictured; in Copenhagen even the drivers are Sartorialist-worthy), took us to a far-off garage to view Acne's New Standard collection. Creative director Jonny Johansson explained his inspiration, a mystery girl on a bike ("she was tough, with a blazer and a bike chain around her waist") who rode past him in Tribeca earlier this year. The small collection of Japanese-sourced silks (done in men's shirts, smocklike cardigans, and, yes, blazers) and Lycra zip-up separates was beautiful and understated. A limited-edition Bianchi bike with a suede seat was wheeled out, to be sold at their New York boutique this winter. Fans will also be pleased to hear that an Acne furniture collection is in the works, set to debut next spring.

On my way to the Heartmade show, I stopped at La Glace, Copenhagen's most celebrated café, to pick up some of the lemon macarons Malene Birger designed for fashion week. Sketches from her pastry-inspired collection were featured in the café's window. Julie Fagerholt's Heartmade collection drew the crème de la crème of Danish society. HRH Princess Mary, a fan of the label, was notably absent due to the Olympics, but her stylist was front and center, taking notes.

Both lace and tribal patterns have been in several shows this week, and Fagerholt's well-received collection played the two off one another. For her first runway collection there were ikat dresses and Mexican-influenced shifts, along with lace bodysuits and little sequin jackets. One of the highlights was a shell-encrusted breastplate over a black lace catsuit. Styling adventures aside, there was plenty for the social set to like, including a beautiful ombré gown.

After the show, I caught up with Danish Fashion Institute director Eva Kruse, who's done a great job of combining up-and-coming Danish brands with international luxury staples. I asked her what she was wearing. "The dress and blouse are Baum und Pferdgarten, who are showing later today; the shoes are Manolos; and the bag is Hermès." As Kruse exemplifies, Danish women are adept at combining different pieces into one cohesive look.

Seriously, We Are Gettin’ Too Old for This Shit

Courtesy of Warner Bros. of the future, we guess

Major Scoop! Lethal Weapon 5! [trackingb.com via /Film]

Romanian Senate President Nicolae Vacaroiu

L'Oreal Denies Lightening Beyonce's Skin

Indiana Jones and the Sequel of Doom? (E! Online)

E! Online - Even before Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made, like, a bajillion dollars, George Lucas was talking about a fifth film in the series. He's got Shia LaBeouf ready to take over, and he told the fine foreigners at Cannes that he's got an idea. But don't get too excited. Remember how long it took to get Crystal Skull?

Erin Wasson Has a Clothing Line Now

Erin WassonPhoto: Getty Images

Erin Wasson, Designer [WWD]
Related: Are Erin Wasson’s Jewelry Designs Actually Her Own?

Mena Suvari Would Like to Be Smart for Fifteen Minutes

Photo: Patrick McMullan

Will anyone hire these beautiful models?

is cafe cluny the new pastis?

Compared to the power breakfasting that goes on at the corner of Little West 12th Street and Ninth Avenue, Café Cluny, just down the street, is a happily sleepy and quiet alternative. But spotted there this morning sipping coffee and noshing on scrambled eggs and toast: Elle creative director Joe Zee, former Barneys CEO Howard Socol, Peter Som PR director Hallie Chrisman, and…wait for it…Thom Browne. Has the dyed-in-the-wool Pastis regular changed his routine? According to his reps, no—it was probably just a meeting.

Morgan Freeman discharged from hospital

Jonathan Groff on Not Getting Naked Enough in ‘Hair’

Photo: Joan Marcus

How did you make the decision to leave Spring Awakening?
I'd never dragged my feet into that building, I'd never not wanted to be there — even when I'd done it 500 times, I still loved it. But it really felt like it was time to move on and do something new, and we knew Hair was coming up in the summer. Lea Michele and I didn't want to do the show without each other — we left on the same day.

There’s an entire YouTube community devoted to your last curtain call.
Oh no, really?

You kind of don't get a word in edgewise.
Well, we planned that. Lea's very good at talking in front of big groups of people. We were very organized. She had a dramatic monologue planned.

Were you immediately excited about Hair?
The only experience I'd had with Hair before was when we were workshopping Spring Awakening, figuring out who our characters were, [director] Michael Mayer said, "Go and buy Hair and watch Treat Williams sing 'I Got Life', and that's the vibe I want you to have when you're singing 'Totally Fucked.'" And then I was singing "I Got Life" at my audition — it was very surreal and sort of meant to be.

Did you know you were the only one in the cast who wouldn’t have to get naked onstage?
I did not know that. I found out the first day of rehearsal — it was actually this huge thing going through my head like, "Well, if there's any time to get naked, I guess it's doing Hair in Central Park." And then found out I wasn't going to have to make that decision.

It seems like a pretty physically demanding role — you're constantly running around, head-banging, and dancing. Also, we were concerned about your ankles every time you jumped off that ledge.
I know, don't say that! Will Swenson and I were in our dressing room after the very first show like, "We're going to get in really great shape. It's like running a marathon." But as much as you're trying to catch your breath the whole time, it's exhilarating. And the grass is pretty cushy onstage too, I have to say.
—Rebecca Milzoff

Katie Holmes’s Downward Style Spiral

Highway to the denim danger zone.Photo: Splashnews

Roughly a year ago, Katie morphed from Tom Cruise's sweetly bland child bride — tagging gamely along with Posh, hiding behind a curtain of hair — to a chicly coiffed and poised fashion plate who was as groomed for the grocery store as she was for the red carpet. It was one of the best style makeovers since Fergie stopped wetting her high-waisted shorts. But now, Katie shuffles to All My Sons rehearsals and her Eli Stone shoot wearing raggedy, baggy jeans either rolled up to the ankle or, worse, pegged there like she's a refugee from one of Tom's eighties flicks.

The infection has spread to actresses ranging from Amanda Peet to the usually reliable Reese Witherspoon, but for someone with her budget and propensity for casual Prada, Katie's style backslide feels the most pronounced. Even her once-gorgeous banged bob suffered: She's shown up with a new cut every few weeks, each one weirder and wispier than the last. We desperately want to understand, but so far we've come up with only a few potential explanations.

1. Katie is too depressed to try. She's not exactly getting the Kidman treatment. Tickets for Katie's Broadway debut reportedly aren't selling out, and aside from the Eli Stone stint, Hollywood has greeted her return to acting with a resounding yawn. Plus, having to flee your own home while Oprah talks to your husband, lest he be tempted to couch-surf again, would tax any girl's spirits. Maybe pegged jeans are the new ratty sweatpants.

2. Katie is desperate. If being Tom Cruise's wife in 2008 isn't floating her career boat, maybe being Tom Cruise circa 1988 will. Dark glasses, a boyish haircut, jeans straight from a Brett Favre Wrangler ad … throw in a shirtless beach-volleyball scene and we could be back on the highway to the danger zone with Top Gun 2: Pull Up, Mav.

3. Katie is crabby, Aniston style. Friends star Jennifer spent years wearing the same thing whenever she left the house, allegedly to make paparazzi photos worth less and get them off her back. It didn’t work for Aniston because no one cared about her clothes to begin with, and it won’t work for Katie because it’s such a drastic change, and thus likely to prompt speculation such as … well, this column.

4. Katie is rebelling. Imagine how much pressure Katie is under to look immaculate anytime she wants to get a breath of fresh air. Maybe she's Over It, engaging in a passive-aggressive war with Team Cruise by using his laundry pile as her arsenal. One wrinkle in this theory: If tall-drink-of-water Katie were just grabbing wee Tom's pants off the floor of the walk-in, would she really need to roll them up?

5. Katie is bloated. Okay, we’ve been there. However, this is why the fashion gods created maxi-dresses. Which is worse: pregnancy rumors or people speculating that Tom is a pair of tightie-whities away from being married to himself? Somebody please take this girl shopping before she invests in any Jockey shorts. —The Fug Girls

For more of the Fug Girls, check out their complete archive.

Related: Welcome Suri! Did You Bring Mumsy and Dada? [Daily Intel]
Katie Holmes Not Selling Tickets on Broadway [Vulture]

New Yorkers Look Past Bloomberg’s Money, Love Him for Himself

Photo: Getty Images

Rich As Mayor Is, New Yorkers Feel He Cares [NYT]
Related: Breaking: Mayor Bloomberg Is Rich

Michael Kors to Guest-Star on ‘Gossip Girl’

Some things just fit, don't they?Photo-illustration: Getty Images, Courtesy of CW

Kors told WWD that Gossip Girl is like crack for him, too. Okay, maybe not those exact words: "I was glued into ‘Gossip Girl’ from Day One. I think it truly is the ‘car-crash-that’s-glamorous.’ Probably to the consternation of certain people on the Upper East Side, they really get it. It’s a pretty clear picture of how a lot of these kids really are.” Well, except the poor ones who live in Brooklyn and carry Valentino bags, but whatever. Kors also told WWD, “I love the clothes, everyone is good-looking, the plot line is a riot. I love the show. They called and said, ‘You are very Gossip Girl.’ I thought, ‘Finally, I am a teenager.’” Hooray!

THE GOSSIP ON MICHAEL [WWD]

Alec Baldwin Explains Why ‘30 Rock’ Deserved Its Peabody

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"I like Kim's. Kim's Music and Video, in New York. It's fun to go to — all the musicians get insulted by the staff. Pretty entertaining." —Albert Hammond, Jr. doesn't realize that everybody gets insulted by the staff at Kim's [Pitchfork]

"How is Soulja Boy killing hip-hop? He had one of the biggest songs of the summer. If anything, he's helping keep it alive. You don't have to be Lil Wayne in order for people to say your shit is fresh." —Kanye West [MTV]

"You see the guy pull out a Thomas Pynchon book and you say, 'Is he pulling this out so we have this perception of him?' Then you realize he's actually reading it." —David Gordon Green on James Franco [LAT]

"A couple of weeks ago we went to see the new Indiana Jones movie. I enjoyed that so much. The old guy wins." —John McCain [EW]

McCain Campaign Rewarding Commenting Spammers

MEDIA
• If citizen journalists "spread the word" about John McCain on Websites, they can earn prizes, such as autographed books, preferred seating at campaign events, and even a ride with the candidate on his bus. [WP]
• A New York Times newsroom staffer says the broadsheet's reader survey that was unearthed by Vanity Fair yesterday was written by "some knucklehead in the business department." [VF, Plank/New Republic]
• The Bulletin, an alt weekly out of Texas, has been ripping off articles from Slate by reprinting Slate pieces with different bylines. [Slate]
• Citigroup is buying back more than $7 billion of auction-rate securities from investors to settle claims that it misled clients about the dangers of the investments. [DealBook/NYT]
• Most hedge funds have been staying away from Hollywood's bright lights since the credit crunch hit, but not the publicly traded Fortress Investments. The group plunked down $300 million to back film-finance house Grosvenor Park. The first film to be produced with Fortress money? Disaster Movie. Meanwhile, Fortress is set to announce its second-quarter earnings today and results are expected to be grim. [FT, WSJ]
• Lehman Brothers' Dick Fuld is talking to private-equity and foreign investors about raising more capital as he tries to offset a sale of $30 billion in mortgage assets. [NYP]
• Blackstone president Tony James says the economy isn't going to recover anytime soon. "We expect the economy to continue to be weak well into 2009 and possibly into 2010," he says. [NYP]

LAW
• A letter from a midtown recruiting firm saying that it refuses to touch Cadwalader candidates made its way onto the Web, thus sparking an Internet catfight. [Above the Law]
• The number of female general counselors at Fortune 500 companies is growing. While female GCs are spread around the country, New York has the most, with fourteen. [Law.com]
• The credit crunch has hit law firms. [Legal Blog Watch]

REAL ESTATE
• Philip Seymour Hoffman just bought a $4.25 million Jane Street pad with three bedrooms and three bathrooms. Meanwhile, Edgar Bronfman Jr. is selling his Amagansett estate, and the asking price is $14.7 million. [NYP]
• The MTA looks for clever ways to pull itself out of its financial crisis, including lining up corporate sponsorships for subway stations. Disney Times Square anyone? CitiStation? It's amazing no one thought of this before. [amNY]
• Two Gold Street, a 51-story tower with a sunbathing lawn, is FiDi's version of "Dormandie" Court. [Curbed]

L'Oreal Denies Lightening Beyonce's Skin Tone in Ad

never mind vicky and cristina, pene was there

Things weren't exactly going to plan at last night's post-screening dinner at the Plaza Athénée for Woody Allen's newest film, "Vicky Cristina Barcelona," about two American women sowing some wild oats in the Spanish city. Since neither the director, Vicky (Rebecca Hall), or Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) were in attendance, all the responsibility fell on the delicate yet robust shoulders of one Penélope Cruz, another of the film's stars. There were seating issues—Eddie Vedder was late but heaven forbid anyone meander near his empty table, Russell Simmons arrived with six friends—and when one guest asked for a Diet Coke instead of the sponsored sherry to go with her dinner, the waiter's response was a curt "Give me your credit card immediately" (the tally to keep the DC flowing for the guest and some pals at dinner came to three figures). But then in walked the sultry "Pené"—pronounced like the noodle, which is apparently one way Ms. Cruz's friends refer to her. "I would pay for all the Diet Coke in the world to sit next to her," a guest sighed. (That honor went to Harvey Weinstein and to the man Weinstein called his hero earlier in the evening, Javier Bardem.) Cruz sauntered in wearing a black cocktail dress and a blazer, having politely declined the many gowns she was offered. "I'm too tired," she told Tara Subkoff. "This is my third day of press, and I could just not do a big dress." As the plates and empty bottles of expensive soda were cleared away (you don't want to know what wine cost a dinner guest), however, things slowly got back to normal. Vedder and Bardem doodled on postcards together; Russell Simmons began an animated conversation with Ann Dexter-Jones and Lola Schnabel, both of whom put on their favorite red frocks for the night; Anthony Kiedis and Cruz shared a table and talked about summer plans. Open bar or not, all was well in celebrity-ville by 1 a.m.

Jay-Z Debuts New Song at Kanye Show, Is Still Mad at Noel Gallagher

Video: KanYe West Brings Out Jay-Z @ MSG [Nah Right]
Earlier: ‘Umbrella’ Watch 2008: Can Jay-Z’s Endorsement Help Make Estelle’s ‘American Boy’ the Song of the Summer?

But does the name tell us anything about Brown's hush-hush site? Not really. Sure, it will be run by a tyrannical press baron (in the book, Lord Copper; in real life, Barry Diller), but the similarities will likely end there. One of the central jokes of Scoop is that the Beast will create its own news if there is nothing else to report. From what we've heard about Brown's site, it will be largely an aggregator, along the lines of the Huffington Post. So it, in fact, will be doing the opposite — only repeating outside news, while generating little or none of its own. Perhaps this is Brown's larger commentary on the state of where media is going.

Liz Smith: Susan Sarandon talks about HBO movie [Baltimore Sun]
Related: Barry Diller and Tina Brown Team Up to Start News-Aggregator Site

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:15 pm

Zebras and Missiles: Inside Roland Emmerich’s Awesome House

Photo: Getty Images

Pop quiz! Which of the following items are actually features of Independence Day director Roland Emmerich's 1830 London townhouse, as shown and described in today's can't-miss New York Times slideshow, and which are crazy things we made up?

a) A diorama of torture at Abu Ghraib.

b) At least three stuffed zebras.

c) A throw pillow embroidered with the profile of Josef Stalin.

d) A large ball made of glued-together nude Barbie dolls

e) A desk made from the wing of a World War II airplane.

f) A diorama of Hugh Grant's encounter with Divine Brown.

g) A life-size waxwork statue of Pope John Paul reading his own obituary.

h) A coffee table made of an Iraqi missile.

i) An Iraq-vs.-America chess set featuring pieces carved in the shape of a suicide bomber and the exploding World Trade Center towers.

j) A silver-painted replica of a door in the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow.

k) A framed photo of Princess Diana giving the cameraman the finger.

l) A diorama of the Kennedy assassination.

m) Dolls of Prince Charles and Princess Diana in a fireplace.

n) A headboard made from the wing of jet plane.

o) A guest room with a flight-suited George W. Bush doll sitting attentively on the bed.

p) A framed photograph of a bare-chested Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

q) A chair made out of Shell oil cans by children in Ghana.

r) Stone benches laser-cut with the words "insurgents" and "infidels."

s) An enormous white birdcage in the shape of the White House.

t) A statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger in Thinker pose.

u) Chalkboard walls covered in terrible ideas for movies.

Solution

Real items in Roland Emmerich's house: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t.

False items: u. The movie ideas are awesome!!

A London Home to Shock the Neighbors [NYT]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 7 Aug 2008 | 5:00 pm

Dinosaur co-stars hard on actors

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 7 Aug 2008 | 4:46 pm

the get-sienna-a-bikini-top fund

Pals of Sienna Miller and her new (and still married) beau, Balthazar Getty, are coming to the couple's defense, saying that Getty separated from wife Rosetta long before he hooked up with Miller. ]. "He'd been sleeping on friends' couches for six months," insists a source. Fair enough. But a couch-surfing Getty? Didn't his family, like, invent oil? Maybe he's saving his pennies to buy Sienna the bikini tops she so desperately needs.

Did Paris Hilton have to use a teleprompter in her John McCain response video? If so, she's sooo out of MENSA.

Designer Band-Aids are the new It accessories (you may have read that here first). Except when they're found floating in the pool. Then they're just gross Band-Aids.

—Evelyn Crowley

Photo: INFphoto.com

Source: The Style File | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:55 pm

"Hollywood Starlet" a satisfying cream puff (Reuters)

Reuters - A pithy but entirely lightweight original movie, Lifetime's "True Confessions of a Hollywood Starlet" entertains nonstop and even tosses out a few truths about its subject matter. Although the title suggests something almost pulp-like, this little cream puff of a film, which revolves around the misadventures of a teen superstar, is fit for any teenage viewer.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:53 pm

Report: Mayer Tells Fans He's Cheated on Jen In His Dreams

John Mayer told California fans on Wednesday that he has already cheated on Jennifer Aniston — in his dreams, E! News reports.
Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:47 pm

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme

Oscar-winning director Jonathan Demme, seen here in New York City, will chair the jury at next month's San Sebastian Film Festival as well as presenting an unfinished work on Canadian rock star Neil Young,...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:46 pm

fresh-squeezed orange

House of Orange, the Amsterdam-based agency for hair, makeup, styling, photographers, and models, has come up with a creative way to showcase its team's talents: It's launched a self-published, biannual magazine. The oversize pub, conceived by agency founder John Kattenberg as a "revolt against a system that makes uniformity and superficiality the standard," is currently only available in the Netherlands and Paris. The debut issue features profiles and (mostly) uncommissioned work and collaborations. Highlights include a feature on Fedde Hoekstra—who spends an hour on eBay every day scooping up Barbie dolls whose hair he then styles—and the images of Carmen Freudenthal and Elle Verhagen, a photographer/stylist team who work closely with Bernhard Willhelm. For more information, see www.houseoforange.nl.

—Laird Borrelli-Persson

Photo: Marieke by Annemarieke van Drimmelen (cover); Martin Butler by Carmen Freudenthal and Ellen Verhagen/Courtesy of House of Orange

Source: The Style File | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:38 pm

Pop Tarts: Reid Nixed, Kardashian to Battle Mom on 'Dancing'

While the line-up for this year's 'Dancing With the Stars' is yet to be officially released, Pop Tarts has been told that one person who won't be appearing on the hit show is Tara Reid.
Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 3:20 pm

FOX411: Oscar-Winner Javier Bardem: No Nervous Breakdown

Smiling and effervescent as ever, this year’s Best Supporting Actor Javier Bardem had a good laugh Wednesday night at the premiere of Woody Allen’s great new comedy, “Vicky Christina Barcelona.”
Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 2:18 pm

Unearthed theater may have been Bard's

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 7 Aug 2008 | 1:51 pm

framed at last

Much as I like the glam look of oversized sunglasses, I've never been able to find a pair that worked for me—a fashion deficiency I blame on my narrow face and build (when I put on a pair of giant shades, the result is not so much Jackie O as "uh, no"). Still, I live in hope, and at last, thanks to Selima Optique, that hope has been fulfilled. The designer's Pedro style is big enough to satisfy my film-star fantasies, but petite enough not to overwhelm me. And, as the very helpful sales assistant at the Prince Street shop informed me, the frame suits all kinds of faces, narrow or not. Selima Optique, Pedro frame, $325, at Selima Optique boutiques. For more information, see www.selimaoptique.com.

—Nancy MacDonell

Photo: Nicola Kast

Source: The Style File | 7 Aug 2008 | 1:51 pm

acne raises standards

Though it launched, ironically, having little to do with clothing, 11-year-old Acne has established itself as the go-to brand for fashion-forward denim and great basics. Never one to rest on his laurels, creative director Jonny Johansson is widening the label's purview with today's Copenhagen fashion week launch of a new high-end division called New Standard. Here's what he had to say about it.

How will the new collection function in relation to the Acne line?

For me it's a matter of different proposals in relation to the creative collective—it's about giving room to different ideas and concepts.

Acne is known for its wildly popular denim styles and cool basics. What items in your new collection do you hope will be coveted in the same way?

For this collection it's about menswear. It's about the coat, the shirt, and the pant as iconic men's pieces that we've elaborated on for women.

You design furniture and interiors in addition to clothing. Has this perspective influenced you in creating the new line?

I've always been into eclecticism in design. I like to take one element from one genre and one from another and tie them together.

What inspired the collection this season?

Menswear, bicycling in New York, cleanliness, and effortlessness.

If you could dress any celebrity, living or dead, who would it be?

[French model] Valentine Fillol Cordier. When I was in the process of conceptualizing this collection, I met her and she told me that all she wears is menswear. She wears it so well.

—Romney Leader

Photo: Courtesy of Acne

Source: The Style File | 7 Aug 2008 | 1:34 pm

Keepin' It Real: Reality TV Boot Camp

Reality TV aspirants try to build a "unique" persona with "emotional immunity."
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 7 Aug 2008 | 1:25 pm

Mia Farrow to Air Alternative 'Darfur Olympics'

Actress activist Mia Farrow is Web-casting her own "Darfur Olympics" from a refugee camp on the barren Sudan-Chad border, aiming to shame China into using its influence with Khartoum to end the Darfur conflict.
Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 1:05 pm

'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' writer dies

Read full story for latest details.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:43 pm

Critic Mr. Blackwell Regains Consciousness In Hospital

A publicist says acid-tongued fashion critic Mr. Blackwell has regained consciousness in a hospital as he battles a serious infection.
Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 12:31 pm

Club Worker Confesses to Killing Lil' Kim Birthday Guest

Police say an employee of a New York City club confessed to killing a woman whose body was found there days after she visited the club during a party for rapper Lil' Kim.
Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Aug 2008 | 11:25 am

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