It's like a really bad Disney movie. You know? The hockey mom, 'Oh I'm just a hockey mom from Alaska,' and she's the PRESIDENT, and it's like she's facing down Vladamir Putin and using the folksy stuff she learned at the hockey rink. It's absurd, it's totally absurd, and I don't understand why more people aren't talking about how absurd it is. It's a terrifying possibility. The fact that we've gotten this far and we're that close to this being a reality is crazy.

I need to know if she really think that dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago. I want to know that, I really do. Because she's gonna have the nuclear codes.

We have to say, we completely disagree with Matt Damon on a major point here. Those Disney movies aren't really bad. They're totally awesome! Just one viewing of A Kid in King Arthur's Court will have you voting for Sarah Palin in no time.

Sluggish Toronto sees surprise buys

Studio Version of New Kanye Single Mercifully Features Auto-Tune

Speaking of rappers of dubious singing ability, blogger-musician Kanye West has posted the studio version of "Love Lockdown" on his Website. As we mentioned before, it’s supposedly the lead single off his new album 808’s & Heartbreak, tentatively slotted for a December 16 release date. It’s an atypical affair – Kanye doesn’t rap at all, choosing rather to bare his soul via the T-Pain machine. But also somewhat standard for the hardest working man in showbiz, in that it is awesome. [Kanye's Blog via Idolator]

New Meadowlands Stadium to Be Named for Company With Nazi Connections?

The fact that sports stadiums are branded with corporate sponsorships isn’t really a hot topic anymore. At this point, all fans really ask is that the company buying the rights try not to change its name every three weeks, and, if at all possible, maybe not have any deep historic connections to Nazi Germany. Fans are easy to please like that.

Unfortunately, the Giants and Jets don't seem to have gotten the memo about that second one. According to the Times, they’re negotiating to possibly sell the naming rights for their new Meadowlands stadium to Allianz, “a Munich-based insurer and financial services company with disturbing connections to Nazi Germany.”

What connections, you might ask? Explains Richard Sandomir in the Times:

Allianz insured facilities and personnel at concentration camps like Auschwitz and Dachau. Kurt Schmitt, its chief executive in the 1930s, served as Hitler’s second economics minister and can be seen in a photograph from a rally wearing an SS-Oberführer’s uniform and delivering the Nazi salute with Hitler standing in front of him.

Like other insurers in Germany at the time, Allianz followed anti-Semitic policies by terminating or refusing to pay off the life insurance policies of Jews, and sent cash that was due beneficiaries and survivors to the Nazis.

It also became the insurer of Jewish valuables taken by the Nazis.

Kurt Andersen and Markos Moulitsas on Barack Obama’s Big Disadvantage and the Future of the GOP

Every day until November 4, a series of writers and thinkers will discuss the election over instant messenger for nymag.com. Today, New York columnist Kurt Andersen and Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitsas discuss concocted gaffes, Sarah Palin's historical significance to the Republican Party, and whether there's any way to know which way the race will go.

M.M.: We're seeing another news cycle eaten up by a bs issue — that Obama supposedly called Palin a pig. The McCain campaign knows it's bs. The media knows it's bs. Yet they're talking about it. Do you see any way out of this cycle of bs? (Me being really eloquent there…)

K.A.: It's amazing that in an age of gotcha-ism and hair-trigger gaffe scrutiny we've come to a point where gaffes have to be concocted.

K.A.: I do think Obama's reasonableness and good humor and "niceness" in response to the bullshit is real, and that the (fake) anger that various commentators are suggesting he show isn't the way to go. But the way out is for the Next Juicy Moment to occur.

M.M.: Well, it's clear that Obama's "niceness" is making it easy for the McCain camp to hurl one ridiculous accusation after another. Witness the constant claim that Palin stopped the Bridge to Nowhere when in fact she was an ardent supporter. Every media outlet reports that it's a lie, yet it doesn't seem to matter. Biden was supposed to be the attack dog, yet he doesn't seem to be getting much oxygen if, indeed, he's attacking.

K.A.: The Bridge to Nowhere thing, indeed, is her principal claim to being a McCain Republican. But I think her disingenuousness/lying will get traction over time. My hunch is that we're still in the excited honeymoon stage with her, and it will fade, and the facts — like the fact that she was for the bridge, and took the money — will sit there and have salience in the end. I hope.

M.M.: We do have to remember that they call these things convention bounces for a reason. What comes up comes down, and we're already starting to see evidence of the "down" part today. But imagine if Palin were a Democrat? With the pregnant teenage daughter, the troubled son, the constant fibs … it took a manufactured quote to tag Gore with the "exaggerator" label. It doesn't seem so easy to do with Republicans.

K.A.: And imagine if McCain were, say, John Kerry? Fellow POWs would be found to cast doubt on his steadfastness in the Hanoi Hilton.

M.M.: I wonder what the equivalent of the Purple Band-Aid moment at the RNC convention might've been.

K.A.: But I do think going after Palin in the conventional sense is going to be hard for Biden & Obama to do for a little while longer — and probably counterproductive right now, until she's no longer "new." It took a while for Clinton to be able to attack Obama successfully last winter.

Purple Band-Aid?

M.M.: Mocking Kerry's Purple Heart in 2004.

But good point on Obama last year. Hadn't thought of that. Can you elaborate?

K.A.: First HRC was surprised by Iowa; then, because he was exciting and new (and black) and had momentum, her campaign was confused about how to attack; and then, after a couple of weeks, they got their ferocity and focus back — and the media (and "the people") were ready to register it. Although the time frame is more compressed now.

M.M.: There's the time frame; also, Palin isn't the presidential candidate. It really was a genius pick by McCain. He'd be on the ropes now had he picked Romney or Pawlenty. Lieberman might've injected some drama, but nothing like this.

K.A.: Because he/they realized or stumbled into the fact that the V.P. pick isn't really, in this day & age, if it ever was, a "functional" executive decision, but primarily a symbolic flag wave, almost a show-business casting decision.

M.M.: Well, it was clear McCain had his arm twisted on this. I think he really wanted someone he knew and trusted. Given the reaction to her, he obviously seems thrilled with the choice now, but it was clearly not his first. They just have to hope that her baggage doesn't catch up to him.

K.A.: Yes. Joe Lieberman wouldn't have given him a bounce, I don't think. Some adviser presumably accounts for the geniusness here. And maybe even then accidentally.

K.A.: I do think the baggage — Troopergate, the per diem $ for her own house, Bridge to Nowhere, etc. — while none of it is a game-changer individually, will accrete and, in the cold light of day in a month when the true swing voters finally decide, may count.

M.M.: I hope so. Regardless, I think we'll be seeing lots of Palin in years to come. I actually see in her and Huckabee a little of what we did with the Dean campaign: Challenge the system, lose, then take over our Democratic Party. If Palin and Huckabee are smart, they'll take a similar tack.

K.A.: Or Reagan.

M.M.: And while it'd be easy to dismiss them as fringe, they have a ton of personal appeal. We dismiss them at our own peril.

Reagan was sort of a culmination of the Goldwater movement. He wasn't the catalyst. If not "culmination" (which might really be the Gingrich revolution of '94), at least an important marker.

K.A.: But I don't think she (or Huckabee) are really the catalysts either. They're embodiments and markers, too, of the Christian-right ascension that was sort of phase two of the Reagan Revolution.

M.M.: Hmmm. I smell a future book. You can have dibs.

K.A.: The polling swing of true independents toward McCain, though, the last week is really worrying to me. I think it means there's a certain large fraction of independents who just hate the Establishment.

Worrying not because they hate the Establishment but because they feel that Palin is a worthy embodiment of that.

M.M.: Yup. That's the only red flag in polling that otherwise hasn't concerned me too much. If McCain consolidates his support in places like Alabama and Idaho, it sucks for down-ballot Democrats but isn't crippling to Obama. Any signs that he's losing independents, on the other hand, is.

K.A.: Exactly. And getting them back requires, I think, showing that she's a "normal politician," i.e. earmark-hungry, etc. As you look at the state-by-state polling, are there big differences in the post-convention Palin bounce?

M.M.: Surprisingly little in the battleground states. McCain picks up one to two points here, Obama picks up one to two points there. The overall picture remains similar. The one exception might be Ohio, where McCain has stretched out a lead of five to six points, but that's been offset by Florida, where Obama has closed an early gap and has it tied. And best of all, unlike 2004, we don't need either of those two states. Obama still looks great in Iowa, New Mexico, and needs just one more state out of many to close it out.

K.A.: If he wins Michigan and Pennsylvania.

M.M.: Obama? Penn is barely competitive at this point. Michigan is, but still gives Obama a five-ish-point lead

K.A.: You're more sanguine than I. The Charlie Gibson interview, I guess, will probably be the next big benchmark.

M.M.: Yeah, and then the debates. Though of course Kerry crushed Bush in the debates, but expectations were so low for Bush, it didn't matter. So at the end, I have to hope that overall national trends, the desire for change, and Obama's ground operation close this out. Because at the Senate and House levels, Democrats will make huge gains. The presidency is just about the only real drama, and Republicans are putting EVERYTHING they have into it.

K.A.: As for the debates (first one in two weeks!), there's substantive rhetorical crushing, and there's how these two beings compare, in the flesh, side by side. How they do compare in person, barring some truly remarkable gaffe (à la Ford on Soviet domination of Eastern Europe) or stroke of performance genius (Reagan: "There you go again"), is going to be dispositive, I think. And the risk for Biden looking like an asshole versus Palin is huge.

M.M.: So our time is up. Any last words of wisdom?

K.A.: I think your formulation "close this out" is probably more wishful than relevant. I've always thought this was 50-50, and I still do. I don't think it's closed out until November 4.

M.M.: Agreed. That's the ground-game part.

Earlier: Markos Moulitsas and Alex Pareene on McCain’s Mysterious Bump, Obama and the Electoral College, and Fetishizing the Undecided Voter

For a complete and regularly updated guide to presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain — from First Love to Most Embarrassing Gaffe — read the 2008 Electopedia.

A satiric 'Smell' celebrates musical theater

Hard Fall: What Happened At NBC? [NYO]

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Sep 2008 | 9:45 pm

Jay-Z’s Singing Voice About As Bad As You’d Expect

1. Raphael Saadiq feat. Jay-Z, "Oh Girl (Remix)"
Jay-Z sings! Sort of! [You, Me and Everyone]

2. Basement Jaxx feat. Devonte Hynes, "My Turn"
Lately it seems like it's always Hynes's turn (as Lightspeed Champion, he's performed with just about everyone), but we'll allow it since this is a great song. [JP's Blog]

3. Madlib feat. Guilty Simpson, "Go!"
On this tense teaser from Madlib's new record, Simpson rattles off a quick list of felonies before saying, "I pray to God my lifestyle escapes hell." Perhaps he should've picked a less incriminating moniker. [Jump the Turnstyle]

4. Ladyhawke, "My Delirium"
On this track off her upcoming debut, Ladyhawke says "I'm outta my head and outta my self-control," which is pretty much how we feel about this track. [Ohh! Crapp]

5. Bloc Party, "Talons"
If you didn't like the songs on the digital release, then this catchy track — streaming on their Website and to be released as a bonus on the physical edition of the record — might have your number. [8/1]

When Trees Are Like Friends, It’s Hard to Say Good-bye

A well-loved, lush and tall Norway maple was (perhaps mistakenly) chopped down in Park Slope, on 6th Avenue between President and Carroll, this week. "Was the arborcide a case of mistaken tree identity?" asks blogger Jenny 8. Lee. You see? The Times blogs do make the paper more human. [NYT]

Television Proving Massively Unpopular

Nobody watched True Blood, Fringe debuted to unspectacular numbers, and ratings for 90210's second episode were down 30 percent from last week's pilot. Did Grand Theft Auto V come out without our hearing about it? [LAT, Variety, EW]

Mixed on Marc and Proenza, Charmed by Som and Thakoon

The shows roll on, and the reviews roll in. We read and parse them so you don't have to.

Marc Jacobs
"It was a mash-up to end all mash-ups," announced Style.com — of a collection that combined boater hats, apron dresses, and espadrilles — "Mary Poppins goes to Dubai." And "yet somehow," British Vogue marveled, "it all worked. Beautifully." Cathy Horyn of the New York Times said the show presented an "inspired view of American women," borrowing elements from the twenties, forties, and beyond. WWD called it "the most spectacular example of fabric wizardry one can recall this side of couture." Fashion Week Daily likened the display to "a fashion acid trip — a darn good one," and British Vogue "a delightful treat, the likes of which we've never seen before." Stand-outs included black and green "drop-dead gorgeous" cocktail gowns and a "stunning" pair of red and white striped evening dresses. A collection part "wacky," "elegantly sexy" and "fanciful," Suzy Menkes of the International Herald Tribune concluded: "Yet at its most simplistic, the show just presented charming and colorful clothes to stoke fashion's deep desire."

Watch a slideshow and video of the Marc Jacobs collection.

Proenza Schouler
Critics commended Proenza Schouler for forging "subversive" new territory — not to mention nailing the omnipresent jumpsuit. Suzy Menkes praised a "fine transition" into "tough workwear." Fashion Wire Daily noted the pair's "chutzpah and gall" to shake up their aesthetic so dramatically, and a collection that "when it worked was phenomenally cool." WWD, however, sensed that "this was not the most confidently rendered of collections," and Cathy Horyn groused, "they can’t seem to identify an American look of their own." But sequined "glamazon jumpsuits were the order of the day," touted British Vogue, and most agreed that the pair succeeded where others this week had failed. The high-concept shoes, depending on whom you asked, resembled "metallic tools," "New York bridges," "spare machinery parts," or "fuzzy bedroom slippers … with heels that looked like giant drill bits." Although Style.com noted that "at times the wearability of the clothes clearly suffered," most critics applauded a particularly gutsy collection. "They manage to reach a higher level than most of their contemporaries," declared Fashion Wire Daily.

Watch a slideshow and video of the Proenza Schouler collection.

Peter Som
Critics were divided on whether Peter Som’s vibrant collection signified a fresh direction for the designer or a honed version of his signature feminine style. WWD asserted that "the usually prim and proper Som girl let her hair down for spring," and British Vogue concurred that "what stood out most was his new vision." But Robin Givhan of the Washington Post disagreed, noting that the collection had a "safeness and primness to it," as did Style.com. "The color choices were flawless," remarked British Vogue, a compliment echoed by many, admiring shades of "cantaloupe and raspberry or fuchsia and peach." Fashion Week Daily found the collection "as cool and refreshing as an afternoon cocktail," and Samantha Critchell of the Associated Press called it chic and playful. High notes included Bruno Frisoni shoes, a pair of sheer violet trousers, and a "red carpet-worthy" beaded red sheath. Givhan, at the end of the day, was least impressed, prodding "Why so stuffy, Peter Som?" and confessing she longed to "muss up his models a bit."

Watch a slideshow and video of the Peter Som collection.

Thakoon
Thakoon presented a lingerie-inspired, "less first lady-friendly" collection of sheer fabrics and flirtatious prints. WWD called it "chic with a sense of humor," and British Vogue concurred that Panichgul "nailed it beautifully." Style.com allowed that exploring the boudoir trend was "certainly on the money," but wondered if Panichgul was "simply playing to the crowd." Likewise, Robin Givhan from the Washington Post called the show "a guessing game, with the audience watching the designer struggle to clarify his vision." Prints adorned with lipstick marks, winking lashes, and blooms of roses were mostly well received — "cheeky but not cheesy," offered WWD; "playful — but sophisticated," agreed Sarah Critchell of the Associated Press. Fashion Week Daily found the combination of suggestive prints on sheer fabrics "unforgivingly up-front," but affirmed that "the impeccable construction and craftsmanship somehow kept it classy."

Watch a slideshow of the Thakoon collection.

Weller's 'Fifty Words', with Butz and Marvel, Begins Off-Broadway Run

But from the get-go, Randolph was a disastrous fit in New York. For the fun of it, let’s hop in the not-so-way-back machine and take a look at Zach’s season of fun.

June 29, 2007. In a draft-day “splash,” Isiah packaged Steve Francis (another of his mistakes) and promising forward Channing Frye and sent them to Portland for Randolph, Fred Jones, and Dan Dickau. (The Knicks cut Dickau immediately, but apparently no one told Isiah, who, during training camp, thought he was on the roster.) Spike Lee announces he is pleased.

June 30, 2007. The Daily News reprints the details of Randolph’s 2006 arrest for sexual assault: “The woman who filed the complaint said Randolph was disappointed that the [paid] sex show had only simulated sex and refused to pay her. After the show, she said, she had consensual sex with Randolph's friend and then fell asleep or 'passed out.' She claimed she awoke and found Randolph trying to have anal sex with her. She told investigators she awoke and 'slapped' Randolph away twice. Ultimately, she told police that Randolph lifted her onto a table and had sex with her while she shook her head 'no,' the memo says.”

July 1, 2007. Stephon Marbury welcomes Zach Randolph to town by telling MSG that “everyone’s scared now.”

November 12, 2007. The Knicks lose 75–72 to the previously winless Heat. Randolph misses the game because of his grandmother’s death. It was Randolph’s second bereavement leave in five months; the first ended with him in a Portland strip club.

November 30, 2007. The Knicks fall behind 82–41 to the Celtics at the end of the third quarter.

February 21, 2008. Randolph justifies a 40-point loss to the 76ers by claiming he was distracted by the possibility that he might be traded.

February 26, 2008. One possession, involving Randolph randomly dribbling and shooting to nowhere, secures its place as Isiah Thomas’s “Legacy in One Possession.” A broadcaster says, “I don’t even know what he’s doing.”

April 16, 2008. Randolph and the Knicks end the season with a 132–123 loss to the Pacers. Randolph misses thirteen games and finishes second on the team in scoring. Interviewed after the game, Randolph says, “I’m ready to go home.”

Source: Vulture | 10 Sep 2008 | 8:37 pm

God Love Ya, Joe Biden

Photo: You Tube

Joe Biden was giving shout-outs to local lawmakers during a rally in Columbia, Missouri, yesterday, when he got to Missouri senator Chuck Graham. "Senator Chuck Graham is here! Stand up, Chuck! Let 'em see ya!" he shouted spiritedly. And then: A look of absolute horror crosses his face. Graham is a paraplegic. "Oh, God love ya, what am I talking about?" Biden stammers, and then tries to save. "You can tell I'm new," he quips. "Everybody else stand up. Stand up for Chuck, everybody!" Nice.

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Sep 2008 | 8:30 pm

Artist Alexey Kallima Chutes and Scores

From the series Chechen Women's Team of Parachute Jumping and Its Virtual Fans (2008).
Photo: Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin Gallery, NY

Alexey Kallima's lucent sketches pop off the paper, like a scene in a coming-of-age flick where the brooding girl is sketching instead of socializing at lunchtime, and suddenly her drawing and her fantasies come to life. Kallima is a Chechen refugee, and his drawings and paintings of what he's named the Chechnya Women's Team of Parachute Jumping and Its Virtual Fans are intended to show the segregation of his broken culture — you'll notice that each woman is an island (in a snazzy outfit) of her own. Up at Lehmann Maupin through October 18, they would make a neat scene in a Thora Birch movie; they are also the coolest-ever advertisement for Converse high-tops.

Source: Vulture | 10 Sep 2008 | 8:27 pm

Hathaway's Ex Pleads Guilty, Faces Prison

Anne Hathaway's ex Raffaello Follieri pleads guilty to swindling millions.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 8:21 pm

Brian Robbins meets William Morris

Front Page: 'Thousand Words' director leaves UTA -- Director/producer Brian Robbins and his Varsity Pictures partner Sharla Sumpter Bridgett have signed with WMA. Robbins had been a client at UTA, and signed with a team led by WMA chief Jim Wiatt.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Sep 2008 | 8:11 pm

Radiohead Ballet Alert

Photo: Getty Images

The Scottish Ballet's tripartite fall program will feature a segment choreographed by Stephen Petronio and featuring the music of Radiohead, namely "Fitter Happier," "Hunting Bears," "Idioteque," "The National Anthem," and "Creep." It's called Ride the Beast, it debuted at last year's Edinburgh International Festival, and it sounds awesome. Now you just have to figure out how to get to Glasgow. [Pitchfork]

Source: Vulture | 10 Sep 2008 | 8:01 pm

McCarren Park Pool Redesign Approved Unanimously by Landmarks Preservation Commission

If you look really closely, you can see Ben Goldwasser, Andrew VanWyngarden and both of the Fuck Buttons. According to this rendering, however, the likes of Kele Okereke will not be allowed.
Photo: Curbed

We've known this was coming for months, but now it's official. No longer will you be able to frolic along with hundreds of other crazy kids in your skinny jeans. Now you'll have to do it in your bathing suit. The Landmarks Preservation Commission has voted unanimously to turn the giant old pool into something roughly like the above Rogers Marvel rendering. There'll be diving pools and ice skating and cafés and beach umbrellas. Where will the hipsters party now, you ask? We hear the Williamsburg Bridge is available.

Hipsters Out of the Pool: McCarren Redo Gets Green Light [Curbed]

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Sep 2008 | 8:00 pm

New Met Director Plays Down Sarah Palin Comparisons

Photo: Getty Images (Palin); Courtesy of the Met (Campbell)

Thomas who? The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s out-of-left-field choice for new director and CEO has some at rival institutions comparing the well-liked 46-year-old curator with little management experience to Sarah Palin. At his press conference today, Thomas P. Campbell, a plummy-toned, bespectacled Brit who’s been at the museum since 1995, brushed aside similarities: “I don’t hunt and, to the best of my knowledge, I don’t have a 17-year-old who is pregnant,” he said. The new job is “a dream come true for me,” he said, grinning.

Campbell replaces Philippe de Montebello, who’s retiring at year-end after 31 years. But will the choice of Campbell, a expert in the unlikely field of tapestries, do justice to the Met’s twentieth century and contemporary art’s holdings, a darling department to some deep-pocketed donors? Campbell said it was “too early to weigh in” — but he may be putting out the welcome mat to some famous names. He pointedly praised Brit museum shows that have invited noted artists to serve as museum curators. "The Eye of Koons," perhaps?

Source: Vulture | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:47 pm

Estelle Returns to iTunes After Bout of Record-Label Idiocy

Photo: WireImage

Remember when Atlantic Records executives asked themselves, What Would Kid Rock Do?, then pulled Estelle's album down off iTunes? The "logic" was that selling her hit single, "American Boy," on its own was cutting into sales of her physical copies of her record, Shine. Turns out it wasn't! Yesterday, after two weeks, Atlantic tucked its tail between its legs and put Estelle back on iTunes.

While the record was temporarily unavailable, as could probably have been expected, a sound-alike cover of "American Boy" (by the hip, generic band Studio All-Stars) began climbing iTunes' singles chart; meanwhile, the real "American Boy" fell on Billboard's. Also, predictably, sales of Shine dropped significantly as well. Whatever, we're glad the label changed its mind before they inadvertently ended Estelle's career.

Estelle's "Shine" and Hit Single "American Boy" Suddenly Back On iTunes [Silicon Alley Insider]

Earlier: Musicians, Record Labels Shunning iTunes, Money

Source: Vulture | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:32 pm

D. Nurkse’s Poetry, the Product of Metaphysical Battles

The ravaged settings in which many of D. Nurkse’s new poems take place — including New York on 9/11 — seem perfectly matched to the grizzled, Herman Melville–esque visage in his author photo. Clearly, Nurkse’s been through a battle or two — if only (so far as we know) of the metaphysical kind — and his work transmits experience in searing, unromanticized terms: “I think there was no barrier / between us then: no world, / no other world, just nakedness / and the pupil of the eye / slowly becoming visible.”

The Border Kingdom

D. Nurkse
Knopf
$25

Buy

Source: Vulture | 10 Sep 2008 | 7:15 pm

Millstein to head Disney Animation

Front Page: Ex-ILM topper named Pixar general manager -- Andrew Millstein has been named general manager of Walt Disney Animation Studios, while former Industrial Light & Magic topper Jim Morris serves as general manager of Pixar Animation Studios.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Sep 2008 | 6:56 pm

Review: `Towelhead' is sure to shock (AP)

AP - If director Todd Solondz were to bring a Judy Blume book to the screen, "Towelhead" would be the result.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 10 Sep 2008 | 6:33 pm

Romeo Gigli designer quits just before Milan shows (Reuters)

Reuters - Gentucca Bini has quit as the designer at Italian fashion house Romeo Gigli, she said on Wednesday, throwing uncertainty over the brand little more than a week before the womenswear shows start in Milan.
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 10 Sep 2008 | 6:27 pm

Participant pacts with Imagenation

Front Page: Companies pool finances to fund up to 18 films -- Participant Media has found a financing partner in Abu Dhabi-based Imagenation, with the two companies creating a $250 million fund that will produce up to 18 films over the next five years.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Sep 2008 | 6:23 pm

Max Azria Spring Collection Plays Neutral Cousin to BCBG (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - Max Azria - the collection - has positioned itself since its debut nearly three years ago as the premier expression of Max and Lubov Azria's vision, with more luxurious fabrics and design sensibility, whereas BCBG is the group's contemporary, youthful line.

Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 10 Sep 2008 | 6:19 pm

A man at a New York museum views Pablo Picasso's "Study for the Seated Demoiselle: Seated Nude"

A man at a New York museum views Pablo Picasso's "Study for the Seated Demoiselle: Seated Nude" in 2007. Manet's "Olympia," Titian's "Venus delighting herself with Love and Music" and Goya's "La Maja desnuda"...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 10 Sep 2008 | 6:03 pm

Anne Hathaway's Ex-Boyfriend Pleads Guilty

A smooth-talking Italian businessman who once dated actress Anne Hathaway and claimed to have friends in high places at the Vatican is headed to prison after pleading guilty Wednesday in a Manhattan real estate fraud case.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Sep 2008 | 5:30 pm

Ashton Kutcher Coaches High School Football Team

The 30-year-old actor is the new assistant coach for the freshman football team at L.A.'s Harvard-Westlake School, People magazine reported.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Sep 2008 | 5:22 pm

Colin Farrell Threatens a Baby in New Movie

Baby torture is just one of the misbegotten scenes in Gavin O'Connor's 'Pride and Glory,' which finally had its premiere Tuesday night in Toronto after two years on the shelf.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Sep 2008 | 5:19 pm

Blake Lively: How I survive New York Fashion Week (AP)

AP - What's the key to surviving New York Fashion Week?

Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 10 Sep 2008 | 5:16 pm

Oasis' 'Morning Glory' Leads to World of Pain

Band postpones gig after fan assaults Noel Gallagher during performance.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 5:14 pm

Reality Check: Change Is Good on 'The Hills'

With plenty of loose ends to tie up from last week, “The Hills” delivered us a double episode to do just that with the theme: “Something Has to Change.”
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Sep 2008 | 5:07 pm

Before Hollywood, another film city thrived

Read full story for latest details.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 4:49 pm

'Fringe' underwhelms but wins night

Front Page: '90210' drops third of premiere audience -- Fox’s "Fringe" opened to winning but unspectacular numbers on Tuesday, a night that saw viewership of CW’s "90210" ease in its second outing.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Sep 2008 | 4:13 pm

Bush, Babs to Unite in Night of Awkwardness

Avowed democrat Barbara Streisand to be honored by Bush on heels of "W" debut.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 4:00 pm

Country music awards nominees revealed

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 3:54 pm

Paris Hilton: 'I'm Basically Being Judged'

The socialite sounds off on her sex tape and being famous in a new documentary.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 3:49 pm

Judge dismisses 'Borat' lawsuits

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 2:36 pm

Jessica Simpson Stops Performance on Live TV

A technical glitch may have interrupted Jessica Simpson's performance Tuesday on "Good Morning America" in Times Square, but it didn't ruin her set.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Sep 2008 | 2:16 pm

Guy Ritchie on his new film, wife Madonna

Read full story for latest details.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 2:07 pm

Cops: Wrestler Ric Flair Beat Up by Daughter's Boyfriend

Most of former professional wrestler Ric Flair's fights were scripted, but police didn't find anything fake about the blood and bruises on the Nature Boy after a fight with his daughter's 22-year-old boyfriend.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Sep 2008 | 2:00 pm

Judge Nixes 'Borat' Lawsuits

A New York judge has tossed out lawsuits brought by a driving instructor and two etiquette school teachers who said the makers of the movie "Borat" deceived them.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Sep 2008 | 1:53 pm

Pop Tarts: Jordin Sparks Has No Regrets About Brand Bashing

'American Idol' winner Jordin Sparks apparently has no regrets about putting MTV Video Music Awards host Russell Brand in his place after he mocked the Jonas Brothers' pledge to remain virgins until marriage.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Sep 2008 | 1:33 pm

Reports: Mills Dropped From 'Celebrity Apprentice' Cast

The 40-year-old ex-wife of Paul McCartney was in talks to appear on the second season of the NBC reality show, but was dropped after she demanded her contract include a clause that would guarantee her a spot in the finals, The Sun reported.
Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Sep 2008 | 12:52 pm

Reality TV breakouts go on to stardom, riches

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 12:42 pm

Designers say "green" fashion sustainable (Reuters)

Reuters - Fashion trends come and go, but "green" is here to stay, say designers and sponsors at New York's fashion shows this week.
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 10 Sep 2008 | 12:27 pm

Accessories playing big at New York's Fashion Week (Reuters)

Reuters - A woman can never be too rich or too thin, as the saying goes, but not so with her accessories.

Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 10 Sep 2008 | 12:05 pm

Betsey Johnson's Playground (Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - When the lights dimmed and Betsey Johnson stepped onto the star-patterned runway in the Bryant Park tents, carrying her two granddaughters and holding helium-filled balloons, you knew that the show would be a playful one. Then again, when hasn't a Betsey Johnson show been like that?

Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:35 am

As Oscar Race Begins, Which Films Lead?

If new dramas fall flat, "The Dark Knight" could stand a chance.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 10 Sep 2008 | 10:12 am

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