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Umm … Giuliani could get another slot? Now, we've gone over quite a bumpy road with the guy since he announced in February 2007 he was going to run for president. But he is still America's mayor. He still, in his own way, represents us. Fred Thompson was a senator for as long as Giuliani was mayor, and Lieberman has been on the national stage for twenty-odd years now, so we see why they want to keep them onboard. But there must be some other place they could stick Rudy. Maybe someone who governs a state with a population that is less than one-tenth that of New York City. Or someone who was just some no-name, part-time, small-town mayor until recently. Maybe a person who has even more family scandals than Giuliani himself?

If only there were someone like that who had an inexplicably large speaking role at the convention. It would make much more sense to put Giuliani in that position, right?

Giuliani out, Thompson and Lieberman in for GOP [AP]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 2 Sep 2008 | 8:01 pm

Tory Burch Accessories Designer Katherine Fleming Strikes Out on Her Own

Until now Katherine Fleming has been best known for launching Tory Burch's accessories — and we all know what a hit those were. But the 29-year-old Miami native recently left the label to launch her own namesake bag collection, hitting Barneys and Opening Ceremony later this fall. Though she's starting small, she plans to branch out into more styles, shoes, and jewelry. We had to ask the rising star how she met Tory and what she can't live without. (Hint: It's not a bag.)

How did you get started in design?
I’ve wanted to be a designer as long as I can remember. I used to make clothing for all my dolls. When I was 14, I saw Unzipped, the Isaac Mizrahi documentary. He talks about Parsons in it, and I decided that was where I needed to go!

How did you wind up at Tory Burch?
My friends [Proenza Schouler designers] Jack [McCollough] and Lazaro [Hernandez] recommended me to Tory to design her handbags and small leather goods.

What can we expect from your own line?
My debut collection is very tight: four styles in four colors, plus python. I put a lot of thought into the core designs because they’re the foundation of my brand. The collection is inspired by the past but is also slightly futuristic. I am interested in developing new techniques for making hardware and mixing different textures. The end result is a timeless chic that’s slightly sinister.

Do you ever plan to design clothing?
I am focusing on accessories — that’s my passion.

How would you describe your style?
Sometimes it's very casual; other times it's more polished. I wear a mixture of designer and vintage. I always have a lot of accessories, jewelry.

What’s the one item in your wardrobe you can’t live without?
My grandmother’s Geoffrey Beene dress that I shortened. Whenever I don’t know what to wear, I throw it on and it saves the day! I also am obsessed with my M. Graves porcelain-doll-head necklace.

What designers do you love?
Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Proenza Schouler, Marc Jacobs, Balenciaga — the list goes on.

What trends do you like for fall?
I love opaque tights with short dresses, and tight black pants with heels. I also have an obsession with scarves — it's like wearing your blankie.

What trends do you wish would go away?
Teeth whitening. It gives me the creeps when someone has blindingly white teeth.

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 8:00 pm

Voice Actor Don LaFontaine Dies at 68

Beloved voice actor Don LaFontaine, responsible for narrating more than 5,000 movie trailers and coining the classic phrase "In a world…," died yesterday from complications related to the treatment of a collapsed lung, according to his publicist. Remembers one Vulture reader in an e-mail, "He was more significant to the movie industry than just about every bullshit actor around now." And so he was. After the jump, the trailer for The Elephant Man, LaFontaine's personal favorite.

'In a world' voiceover master dies at 68 [CNN]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 8:00 pm

Daniel Mendelsohn Elegantly Cuts Down Culture Bigwigs

Daniel Mendelsohn's elegant criticism for The New York Review of Books and elsewhere has been collected for the first time in this volume of essays. Whether writing on books (Middlesex), theater (Harold Pinter), film (Brokeback Mountain), or opera (Lucia), he’s deeply suspicious of the coercive tactics “culture” makers use to hook (and hoodwink) their audiences (the piece on Alice Sebold’s Lovely Bones is alone worth the price of admission). He always, as the title suggests, stands on the side of aesthetic experiences that are rare, fleeting, and engaged.

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 7:45 pm

‘Mad Men’ Writers Bone Up on Lacan

Recently, Mad Men has framed Don and Peggy as warped reflections of each other: both guarding private lives, both managing public images, and both nearly going crazy with the pressure of juggling both. This episode, they take their circus act into a hall of mirrors.

The Pitch:
Image is everything.

The Campaign:
This slow, cerebral episode opens with a jarring montage of ladies hoisting themselves into undergarments (what's with that Decemberists soundtrack?) in order to hammer home this week's overt theme: how our private self-images relate to our outer selves. Sorry if that sounds academic, but as Duck's daughter says: "It's Memorial Day — all I have is German vocabulary." This episode is packed with references to that Teuton Freud and his successor Lacan. Both an advertisers' dream and worst nightmare, Lacan was obsessed with how a person's self is bound up in image-making — and inevitably tormented by the distance between one's ego and mirrored self-image. He practically deserves a screenwriting credit for this one.

This installment is a mirror maze. In the office, the crew pitches a new Playtex campaign with a mirror at the center: the same model, reflected and dressed in black and white lingerie. The guys say that every woman sees herself as either a Marilyn or a Jackie, but every woman has a little bit of both. Don is Betty's dark mirror, telling her that her hot bikini makes her look desperate. Her stable boy reflects something more attractive and young. After Don ties Bobbi down in a hotel bed, she shows him what he looks like to women — and it isn't what he expected. He's disgusted to find that he's got "a reputation" and that the "full Don Draper treatment" is the stuff of legend.

Three times, men are pitted against the image of the war hero. Pete finally cheats on his wife with a blonde model, in the blue glow of a war movie on TV (before smiling at his sinister reflection at home).

In a face-off with Don, Duck pushes a war-hero version of himself, gets dissed, and sees his pathetic, defeated self ludicrously reflected in the unconditional love of his shaggy dog. Painfully, Don sees himself twice in the adoring stares of his angelic daughter. The first stare — at a Memorial Day lunch honoring veterans' service — triggers Don's flight response: He'd rather run away than try to be that little girl's hero. The second look — in his many-mirrored bathroom — triggers a panic attack: Now that he knows his reputation is out there, is he terrified that she'll see him as he truly is someday?

In each case, the men are disturbed by the dissonance, which Lacan called a "lack" — but nobody's identity is more in flux than Peggy's. She's not a Marilyn or a Jackie. ("You're Gertrude Stein," jokes Ken.) Finally, after being left out of the loop one too many times in the office, Peggy takes the advice of Joan and Bobbi and all the advertisers she works for — and tries on a sexier version of herself. Post- makeover, she struts into a gentlemen's club wearing bright-red lipstick and heels. She flounces right past the office boys and plops herself right down on the Playtex magnate's lap, not even cringing when he asks her to "tell Santa what you want for Christmas." Pete glares, but this time (unlike at her big party), Peggy refuses to see herself as Pete does.

The Early Results:
This was Duck's chance to seem human — dog and kids in the office — but it fell flat. Would you miss him if he was kicked to the curb? Don and Peggy keep getting more intriguing, not less. The particular shape and size of Don's panic is becoming clearer. Meanwhile, Peggy isn't just going to become a Bobbi or a Betty — she's evolving into something new.

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 7:30 pm

Katie Lee Introduced Ivanka to the Beer Bong this Weekend

While most of the Hamptons-related news is about the goings-on of Gossip Girl's make-believe pretty, privileged people, the area's real-life pretty, privileged people had their last big summer holiday weekend. How psyched are we for them? First of all, Billy Joel and wife Katie Lee threw a barbecue blowout at their new Sagaponack spread, where Katie Lee showed Ivanka Trump how to guzzle beer through a funnel. (Love that image.) Also, Joel and ex-wife Christie Brinkley gushed over their daughter, Alexa, who sang at the benefit to fight development in Sag Harbor. Brewery heiress Daphne Guinness wore a hooker-type outfit to the Hampton Classic horse show in Bridgehampton, causing a scandal. Naomi Campbell also attended the horse show, as did Mayor Bloomberg, who was there to watch his daughter Georgina compete. But she lost to Lou Dobbs's daughter, Hillary, whose Mexican horse was in the country illegally. (Hahaha, we made that Mexican illegal part up. She really did win.)

Meanwhile, an unidentified, twentysomething couple are putting on a traveling public sex show in area parks.

North Haven is stunned over news of the 100-year-old matriarch who was just mysteriously shot to death while sitting in her home. (The woman's 76-year-old daughter, who once ran for mayor, is being questioned.)

Now back to fluff news! At the Taste of Evian polo party, Hugh Grant, 48, seemed completely in love with his new 27-year-old fashion-designer girlfriend. In East Hampton, the fire department put on its 51st annual fireworks show. Paris Hilton and MySpace boss Chris DeWolfe were seen hanging out around here, throwing doubt on Hilton's relationship with rocker Benji Madden. While walking to the beach with husband Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson talks by phone to an obnoxious reporter about the upcoming recording of her new concert, Homeland.

In Westhampton, an invite from an Episcopal church for a rabbi to discuss the controversial eruv his Orthodox synagogue wants to demarcate (it's a special area where you can do things on Sabbath you otherwise can't) has been postponed for fear the event would become the unruly free-for-all that a meeting on the topic a few weeks ago did. In July and August, more than $13,000 in booze was stolen from Montauk's head-achingly trendy Surf Lodge. Rufus Wainwright chatted with the local press before performing at a benefit Saturday for the Watermill Center. And going back to Surf Lodge, here's the video from the birthday bash of that fey Euro guy Luigi Tadini, if you can bear it. Good-bye, Hamptons … here comes another winter in a summer town. Sigh.

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 2 Sep 2008 | 7:30 pm

‘The Hills’ Gets Its Very Own Yenta

As a general rule, Labor Day is our least favorite holiday, after Yom Kippur. So we were delighted when the day that marks the end of all things fun and warm and good in life was capped off by a surprisingly awesome episode of The Hills (especially after last week’s stinker). We open with Whitney and Lauren chatting at work. Whitney’s going to New York for a few days to help with some model casting. New York! We live there! Fun. Lauren reveals she’s just not that into Doug, and Whitney counsels her to give him the old "it’s not you, it’s me" routine (tell him it’s "time-ink," she nasals), which we don’t think has fooled anyone, like, ever. But again, it’s Doug. He’s not that bright, so maybe he’ll buy it. Credits! Over at FIDM, Lauren and Stephanie talk about how Spencer has de-sistered her (heh) since her birthday party. Does Stephanie’s face look weird? Like, rounder? Hmm, she might just be drinking some of the Heidi-juice.

On to some cliché scene shots of New York City, where people wear all black and hail cabs. Amazing. Whitney arrives at work and Kelly starts yelling at her immediately. “What took you so long!” she bitches. Whit looks flustered and we laugh and laugh. They start casting HOT male models, and Kelly pimps Whitney out to a Californian named Alex, who has a fourteen-pack. He went to USC for a year, and so did Whitney … what a co-in-k-dink. He asks her what sorority she was in, and she tells him she wasn’t in one. First of all: What an annoying question to ask, Alex. Second, we are pleasantly surprised that Whitney wasn’t in a sorority. (Full disclosure: We were in a sorority in college but sometimes lie and say we weren’t, based on the company we’re in. We assume Whitney’s telling the truth, because she doesn’t seem as sneaky or socially insecure as we are.) Kelly morphs into a total yenta and invites Alex to drinks later, which he obviously accepts. “This is called multitasking in the power-bitch world,” Kelly says. We love her so much.

Back in La-La, Heidi and Spencer have dinner, which … snooze. Lauren and Brody also have dinner. What the hell is up with his hair? He’s definitely rocking a semi-pompadour. He warns her about Stephanie, which … snooze. They flirt, and you know, we’ve always liked Brody. He jokes about getting naked with Lauren, which is legitimately somewhat-funny. Also, we learn that Stephanie has a hamster, or a guinea pig, or some rodent-type pet about which she can't talk without an incredibly blank stare that makes her look terrifyingly dumb.

Over on the East Coast, Alex and Whitney get a drink at the Soho Grand. Kelly calls Whit and tells her she can’t make it, leaving the two lovebirds alone. They have some small chat about why Alex transferred to Columbia (it “would open more doors” … which he has used to his advantage by becoming a male model? Sigh). They walk around Soho for a bit and awkwardly hug good-bye.

Back in Spencer’s evil lair, he’s reading Killing Pablo and texting at the same time. That is called multitasking in the super dick world. Stephanie enters with a peace offering, and it looks like they might be friends again. Uh-oh.

Finally, Lauren goes to break up with Doug. We think it’s sweet how he’s eating alone; his healthy little meal set up on the table. Catch us off guard, and we’d most certainly be scarfing lo mein in front of the TV. L.C. tries to tell him that it’s not working out, and he immediately gets super defensive. This has hit him "like a ton of bricks," because she’s "totally different from any girl he’s met." Aw, Doug only speaks in clichés. Lauren responds in kind: “We tried and we had fun,” she says. Ha. She leaves, and we have a parting shot of Doug, returning to his lonely dinner. Sad music plays during the fade-out.

Next week: Justin Bobby returns, and Brody and Doug go to jail. YES!

And now, The Unequivocal Hills Reality Index:

As Real As Lauren Is Awkward
• Spencer’s love of thriller nonfiction. He couldn’t help but break character and genuinely smile when Stephanie gave him that CIA book.
• Alex. Only in New York would you find a Columbia-graduate male model spewing bs about how “fashion is, like, a culture here.”
• Kelly’s meddling. She’s definitely the kind of boss who dictates all aspects of her employees' lives, including dating.

As Fake As Heidi’s Lips
• Alex and Whitney’s setup. No commentary needed.
• Stephanie’s hamster/guinea pig. That thing is real, and we’re worried she’s going to kill it.
• Doug’s ”surprise„ over being dumped. The cameras were at his house for a reason, and he already knew it.

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 7:23 pm

'In a world' voiceover master dies at 68

Don LaFontaine, the voice-over king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much-copied -- and much-parodied -- has died, according to media reports. He was 68.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 7:18 pm

'Bandit' star Reed dies at 71

Read full story for latest details.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 7:07 pm

CBS' Pappas, saw Oswald shot, dies at 75

Read full story for latest details.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 6:58 pm

Lydia Hearst Is a Journalist

At first we laughed when we saw Lydia Hearst-Shaw being touted as a "journalist" in a Max Studio ad that appears in Bazaar, the magazine founded by her great-grandfather, William Randolph, this month. But we suppose it's not totally untrue. Lydia's "Page Six" magazine column is not journalism. But it is, in many ways, derivative of Tom Wolfe's New Journalism, combining as it does a subjective tone with reportage. Take this week's column, in which Lydia's shoe-leather investigative work yields news of previously unknown skin cream Egyptian Magic:

I heard about it from Michelle Trachtenberg, who got it from someone who used to do Madonna’s makeup.

Like renowned critic Robert Christgau, Lydia's music reviews are packed with first-person references and allusions to popular culture.

I am very close with Cisco, Shwayze and their manager, Warren Gumpel. We even have matching skeleton key tattoos. But since they record in Malibu, we don’t get to see each other often enough. In any case, I am really proud of them. Their song “Buzzin’ ” is all over the radio right now and it’s perfect for blasting in your car…

But most often, Lydia's work resembles that of the late Hunter S. Thompson, in that she is usually the central figure of her stories.

Danity Kane singer Aubrey O’Day is a good friend of mine — especially since our “scandalous” shared kiss on August 6 for the short film promoting Tara Subkoff’s Bebe diffusion line (shoppers will be able to see it in stores after its premiere at the Norwood club in NYC on September 4). It was amusing how the paparazzi thought it was real and chased our car from Butter to Bungalow 8. We didn’t even use our tongues or swap spit.

See that? Cultural commentary, wrapped in a first-person narrative. And without the drugs, we're sure! The only question is, what do we call this new genre, as spearheaded by young Lydia? Nouveau Journalism? Is Julia Allison one? Discuss.

The Hearst Chronicles [Page Six]

Source: Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine | 2 Sep 2008 | 6:50 pm

‘90210’ Oral History Marred Only by Silence of Brian Austin Green, Luke Perry

On the eve of tonight's premiere of the possibly unnecessary 90210 reboot, the Times on Sunday looked back on the erstwhile (and future?) teen phenomenon with an oral history. Amid a sea of vague references to Shannen Doherty's bitchiness, there were many interesting bits: an anecdote about a skiing trip the 90210 boys took during the show's heyday, during which, Jason Priestley obliquely implies, he, Ian Ziering, and Luke Perry slept their way through the female population of Switzerland; also, the completely unsurprising fact that Aaron Spelling's office had shag carpeting.

But it's maybe what's missing that's most telling. Jennie Garth and Doherty, who are cast on the show, are of course prominently quoted in the article, along with Priestley, who turned down an onscreen role in favor of directing. But not a peep from Ziering, Perry, Tori Spelling, Gabrielle Carteris — or even Brian Austin Green! If the Times couldn't wrangle a quote out of them, we sort of doubt any of the primary players who aren't already signed on will be making a return visit to Beverly Hills. Which means if the increased focus on blow jobs doesn't do it for you tonight, don't expect Donna Martin to save the day.

When Teenage Angst Had Its Own ZIP Code [NYT]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 6:45 pm

Are Mic Jagger's Lips Museum-Worthy?

British Museum pays nearly $100,000 for Rolling Stone's iconic lips logo.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 6:10 pm

Old School Rules: Hollywood Loves Gen X

''90210," NKOTB and Knight Rider are all making comebacks.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 6:09 pm

Helen Mirren Gives the Best Interviews

"I loved coke. I never did a lot, just a little bit at parties. But what ended it for me was when they caught Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyon, in the early '80s. He was hiding in South America and living off the proceeds of being a cocaine baron. And I read that in the paper, and all the cards fell into place, and I saw how my little sniff of cocaine at a party had an absolute direct route to this horrible man." —Helen Mirren [CNN]

"I think part of me would love to play a drag queen, just because it would be an excuse to wear loads of eye makeup." —Daniel Radcliffe [Details via Just Jared]

"It makes it easier to keep a straight face while filming, although it's still extremely hard. You're drumming up every dead puppy story you can imagine." —Amy Ryan on working on The Office [WWD]

"We've never threatened the bottom line of any company that finances us." —Joel Coen on the secret of his (and Ethan's) success in Hollywood [NYT]

"After a day working in urine-soaked alleys, kicking down doors and jumping on 22-year-old gang-bangers, I wanted it off me. And oftentimes I went home and showered, walked right past my family and right into my bathroom to take a shower. I just felt the filth of it." —Michael Chiklis on playing Vic Mackey in The Shield [NYT]

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 6:00 pm

Marc Anthony to Be Named in Dog-Attack Suit Along J-Lo

Jennifer Lopez's husband Marc Anthony will be added this week to a lawsuit by a flight attendant who says the couple's guard dog attacked her on a private jet, the New York Daily News reports.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 5:48 pm

Indian ‘Vogue’ Offends With Real-People Spread

Indian Vogue editors probably thought they had a pretty clever idea when they asked real people instead of professional models to pose for its current issue. Average men and women on the street appear in a photo spread flaunting items like a $10,000 Birkin bag, a $100 Fendi bib, and a $200 Burberry umbrella. But the thing is, 456 million people in India — half the country's population — live on less than $1.25 a day. So a lot of people are finding the spread rather sickening. New Delhi newspaper columnist Kanika Gahlaut told the New York Times she found it "not just tacky but downright distasteful," calling it an "example of vulgarity." She added it's not "fun or funny" to put a poor man in a mud hut in Alexander McQueen clothes. How did Indian Vogue editor Priya Tanna respond?

“Lighten up,” she said in a telephone interview. Vogue is about realizing the “power of fashion” she said, and the shoot was saying that “fashion is no longer a rich man’s privilege. Anyone can carry it off and make it look beautiful,” she said.

“You have to remember with fashion, you can’t take it that seriously,” Ms. Tanna said. “We weren’t trying to make a political statement or save the world,” she said.

Right — $10,000 Birkin bags are every man's privilege. Which is why we have seven. Critics are further upset that Tanna didn't even identify the names of the real people in the spread, simply referring to them as a "man" or "woman" and crediting the item. Maybe the fashion assistants were too busy trying to keep the McQueen samples wrapped in plastic when they were done shooting to write down names. Doing two things at once is tricky.

Vogue’s Fashion Photos Spark Debate in India [NYT]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 5:32 pm

Johnny Depp, Cher Knock Down Batman Rumors; Philip Seymour Hoffman Remains Mysteriously Silent

Over the weekend, in news pretty much everyone saw coming, both Cher and Johnny Depp have pooh-poohed rumors about their taking on the roles of Batman villains Catwoman and the Riddler (yes, respectively) in a Dark Knight follow-up. Perez Hilton got the scoop on Cher after her Caesars Palace show; once he finally manages to bring himself to stop gushing about the wonders of the woman's stagecraft, he drops a to-the-point "P.S. She's not playing Catwoman!" Depp, for his part, seems piqued by the possibility: While admitting there's been no actual discussion, he says "It seems like it'd be a fun gig for a while" (ever crafty, dude's already thinking sequels for movies he's not even a part of).

Which leaves the venerable Philip Seymour Hoffman, cast (by the Internet) in the role of Penguin. Mysteriously, he's said nothing. Is he too busy being all high-class (and decidedly un-Reillian) at rehearsal for the West End play he's directing to address Internet rumors? Or, far more likely, is there something more secretive going on? Is Hoffman already months deep into some hard-core Method acting for the role, perhaps living amongst actual penguins in their native Antarctica? It's either that or he's silently angling for the recently vacated role of Catwoman.

Cher!!!!!!!! [Perez Hilton]
Johnny Depp on Riddler Casting Rumors: “It’d Be A Fun Gig” [/Film]
Earlier: We Are Kind of Worried About That Rumor About Batman, Johnny Depp, and Philip Seymour Hoffman
Latest Made-Up Rumors Suggest Cher Will Play Catwoman in Next Batman Movie

Source: Vulture -- Entertainment, Music, Culture, Theater, Movies, Art -- New York Magazine Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 5:30 pm

Drama duo pump up CW

Front Page: 'Gossip Girl,' 'One Tree Hill' hit new highs -- After stumbling in the dark all summer, CW turned the lights on Monday with promising preems for returning dramas "Gossip Girl" and "One Tree Hill."

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 2 Sep 2008 | 5:28 pm

Ike Pappas, Who Broadcast Oswald Death, Dies at 75

Ike Pappas, a longtime CBS newsman who reported the shooting death of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald on the radio as it was happening, has died at age 75.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 5:27 pm

Hollywood Thunders to Record Summer

Crime fighters, caped crusaders and a dark knight saved the theater this season.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 5:21 pm

Ravi Shankar

Indian musician Ravi Shankar performs in June 2008. Shankar geared up for his last European performance in France Tuesday, despite saying he hoped it would not be his swansong.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 2 Sep 2008 | 5:18 pm

'Tiger Woods' tops this season's golf games (AP)

AP - If you're like most sports fans, you haven't watched that much golf since June, when Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open — and then announced he was getting knee surgery and was done playing for the rest of 2008. Since then, the PGA Tour has suffered from the absence of its most glamorous celebrity.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 2 Sep 2008 | 4:54 pm

Form’s New Artistic Director: Tara Subkoff

It's been said Tara Subkoff wishes she'd never sold the Imitation of Christ label she founded. But though she no longer helms her own line, she'll still put on a show this Fashion Week — or at least she'll help with one, as Form just announced Subkoff will serve as artistic director of its spring/summer 2009 show. Now, on the matter of Form: It's the label designed by Project Runway season five's first castoff, Jerry Tam. (We don't know about you, but the serial-killer costume that earned him the boot is still as fresh in our minds as our three-day-weekend hangover.) Tam and Subkoff got to know each other when Tam interned for Subkoff at Imitation of Christ. "I had no idea that [Jerry] would have so much respect for me that he would bring me on board! It's so great to be able to support one of my first interns at such a crucial time. Feels karmic and cosmic," Subkoff says in a press release. It is a surprising pairing to us, too. We never would have expected her to make a runway comeback with a Runway castoff/her ex-intern. Not that there's anything wrong with Form, but we kind of expected her to align with bigger potatoes. Maybe she really does miss the biz.

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 4:28 pm

Music Review: Terrence Howard debut shows promise (AP)

AP - Terrence Howard, "Shine Through It" (Columbia)

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 2 Sep 2008 | 4:27 pm

Report: Josh Hartnett's Romp With Woman Caught on Camera

"Pearl Harbor" star Josh Hartnett's romp with a mystery woman at his hotel was caught on camera, the U.K.'s Daily Mirror reports.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 4:11 pm

The curse word 'Battlestar Galactica' created

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 4:10 pm

Shawn Layden presents the PSP-3000

Sony Computer Entertainment Japan president Shawn Layden shows off the company's new PlayStation Portable game console, the PSP-3000, during a press preview in Tokyo. Sony announced it will launch its...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 2 Sep 2008 | 4:05 pm

Jil Sander to Be Sold; Rag & Bone Store Opens Today

• A Tokyo-based apparel group will buy Jil Sander for $244.1 million. Raf Simons will stay on as head designer of the label. [WWD]

• Matteo Marzotto, former chairman of Valentino, is displeased with his portrayal in the documentary, Valentino: The Last Emperor: "There is no mention of how we turned the company around and sold it [to Permira] so advantageously for everyone. I am just made to look as the heartless industrialist." [WWD]

• Rag & Bone opens its Christopher Street flagship today. Yay! [WWD]

• Tourists can now tour Gianni Versace's Miami home for $50. [British Vogue]

• The film Tara Subkoff made to promote her Bebe collection starring Lydia Hearst will premiere at Norwood club and on Bebe's Website this Thursday. Quick — someone fetch us our calendar so we can cancel life that night. [WWD]

• Alan Cumming and Heather Graham will curate the first edition of G-Star Raw Nights' New York art show following the G-Star runway show on September 11. [WWD]

• For its 30th birthday, Diesel is announcing xXx The Creative Experiment, a "worldwide party initiative" with simultaneous parties taking place in eighteen locations worldwide. [British Vogue]

• Oscar de la Renta relaunched e-commerce on his Website to reach a broader clientele. [WWD]

• Oscar de la Renta will also guest-blog on Brides.com starting September 9 about exciting wedding-related things. [WWD]

• Lily Cole was spotted in the stadium at the Democratic National Convention in Denver when Barack Obama gave his big speech on Thursday. [Fashionologie]

• Daphne Guinness wore "cheek-exposing" short shorts, hooker heels, and a black bondage bustier at the Hampton Classic and proceeded to "lean over the rail" to get a better view of the horses. [NYP]

• Adriana Lima is currently suffering from a broken finger after a fall. Have you sent a get-well card yet? [NYP]

Source: The Cut - New York Magazine's Fashion Blog | 2 Sep 2008 | 3:35 pm

Woman Says She's Secret Granddaughter of Lucille Ball

A woman has come forward saying she believes she's the granddaughter of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz — and that her mother was adopted in 1947 for fear that a baby would derail Ball's plans for stardom, the New York Post reports.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 3:15 pm

Pop Tarts: New 'Idol' Judge Starred in Reality TV Bomb

Will new 'American Idol' judge Kara DioGuardi halt the show's slide in the ratings? Not if history repeats itself.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 3:12 pm

Museum Buys Rolling Stones' 'Lips' Logo

London's Victoria and Albert Museum announced Tuesday that it has bought the original artwork for The Rolling Stones' famous "lips" logo, inspired by the singer's mouth.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 2:58 pm

Jude Law: Heartthrob Turned Peacemaker?

The Oscar-nominated actor is visitng Afghanistan to promote peace.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 2:41 pm

From 'Trek' film to eagerly awaited show

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 2:35 pm

Actors (from left) Evelyn Arthur Johnson, Veronika Avraham, Aaron Arefe and Abeye Tedla

Actors (from left) Evelyn Arthur Johnson, Veronika Avraham, Aaron Arefe and Abeye Tedla pose during the photocall of the movie "Teza" during the 65th Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 2 Sep 2008 | 2:25 pm

FOX411: The 'Juno' Effect Strikes Again

Since Diablo Cody’s screenplay became Jason Reitman’s hit film, "Juno," we’ve seen unmarried 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, single 22-year-old Ashlee Simpson and now 17-year-old unmarried Bristol Palin all get pregnant and decide to keep their babies.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 2:13 pm

Famous Author Poisoned by Toxic Mushrooms

The author of the best-selling novel ‘The Horse Whisperer’ is critically ill after eating poisonous mushrooms while on vacation in Scotland.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:41 pm

Oscar winner draws film with crayons

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:16 pm

Mick Jagger performs on stage in 2003

Mick Jagger performs on stage at Olympia in the third and last Parisian concert in the band's "Forty Licks" world tour July 2003. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has said it had bought the original...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 2 Sep 2008 | 1:13 pm

Rolling Stones 'lips' sell for $92,500

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 12:51 pm

Jerry Lewis Telethon Raises Record $65 Million for MDA

Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane Gustav.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 12:36 pm

'Sopranos' Star Gandolfini Weds Again

James Gandolfini marries girlfriend Deborah Lin in Hawaii.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 2 Sep 2008 | 12:25 pm

Usher Plans 'One Night Stand' Tour for Ladies Only

To go with the theme, Usher is also planning his own line of lingerie and men's undergarments.
Source: FOXNews.com | 2 Sep 2008 | 12:21 pm

Hong Kong Chinese artist Lee Wan Kit (right)

Hong Kong Chinese artist Lau Wan Kit (right) is presented the gold award trophy of the International Manga (comics) Award by Japan's Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura during an award presentation ceremony...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 2 Sep 2008 | 12:03 pm