Brace Yourself: Keira Knightley to Star in Historical Drama


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Tender Is the Knightley: Keira Knightley will be starring in the Nick Cassavetes–directed The Beautiful and the Damned, Film Department's love story about F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayme. Hardly an unexpected move, as everyone knows that in her younger and more vulnerable years, Knightley's father gave her some advice she's been turning over in her mind ever since: "Only act in period pieces." [HR]

Waiting for the Rest of the Cast: Tom Sturridge (England's answer to Zac Efron) will star alongside Rachel Bilson in Waiting for Forever, James Keach's indie romantic comedy about a wanderer who tries to reconnect with his childhood love who's now a TV actress. Sin City's Jaime King and Hairspray's Nikki Blonsky are joining him, as is Riley Smith, who's come a long way since the 2005 TV movie, Spring Break Shark Attack. [HR]

Black and Cold: Shane Black, the man who invented ridiculous action spec sales in the nineties and reinvented himself with 2005's Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, will direct Universal's Cold Warrior, the story of an old spy from the Cold War era who comes out of retirement to work with a young agent despite getting too old for this, etc. [Variety]

Call Me Bekmambetov: Universal has tapped Wanted's Timur Bekmambetov to direct a reimagining of Herman Melville's Moby Dick, adapted into a more modern style by National Treasure's Adam Cooper and Bill Collage. Specifically, they'll "depict the whale's decimation of other ships," and show Ahab as "a charismatic leader [with an iPod and cool haircut oh snap he should totally pimp out spinner rims on the Pequod]." [Variety]

Harbor's Rash: Harbor Light Entertainment has teamed up with Lotus to remake Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon. The story will shift to contemporary America where a jury must wade through testimony about a woman's rape and her husband's murder. The same company tried to get this project off the ground in 2001, so you might feel like you've seen this story before with slightly different details. [Variety]


Source: Vulture | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:00 pm

‘Gossip Girl’ Tosses a Nairtini in Our Faces


If this were a superhero movie, she would be engulfed in flames right now.
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At last, we feel, the fall season is under way. In last night's epic episode, the diversions of the summer — Catherine and Marcus, and the getting-kind-of-tiresome relationship between Nate and Vanessa — were neatly dispersed of, and a series of events, small in and of themselves but large in aggregate, occurred — events that changed key characters fundamentally and in doing so rocked the very foundations of the show.

Not to mention our entire sense of reality and the order of things and the universe and what have you.

We started out the episode believing, like Serena, that she and Dan loved each other, that maybe someday they would get back together, that they would at least be "friends." But then reality came flying at us, and like a Nairtini to the eyeballs, it burned and burned and burned, and when it was gone, we realized we would never see anyone on Gossip Girl the same way again.

Dan betrayed us in this episode (or the writers betrayed Dan, but if we must recognize the fourth wall here, it's all big D's fault). He was too judgmental, too harsh, insensitive. To be sure, these were all behaviors he has exhibited in the past, but this time it was far worse. He got irrationally mad at things that weren't Serena's fault, he outrageously flirted in front of her. Most galling of all, he was even impervious to her sad face. We thought Dan Humphrey was ultimately a good person. Now we're not so sure.

In reaction, Serena, whom we have long considered a snooze and a half, blossomed. Like Jennifer Lopez in Enough she decides she has had it with Bad Dan, and transforms herself: Except instead of a butch haircut and Karate, Serena turns to dirty martinis, Chanel scarves, and total social dominance. Hell hath no fury like a high school girl scorned, we're about to find out, and we kind of can't wait for more. That, plus not one but two references to the seminal teen witch movie The Craft might just put this episode into the realm of classic.

But was it realistic?

Compare your thoughts against our scientifically-calibrated reality index, now with an exciting new twist!

As Real As School Starting the Same Week As Fashion Week

• Okay, we'll award points for it: Plus 2 for Lily finally coming home. And an additional plus 1 for the fact that her version of "caring" for her children is over-ordering room service on their first day back to school.

• When Lily drops in on Rufus, he's on his way to go see Repo Man. Plus 9. This is totally realistic — guys like Rufus love that movie. Jessica probably has an ex-boyfriend watching it literally now. Yes, now. When he should be at work. And plus 3 more for Lily offering to go see it with him. This not only gets across the writer's point, later articulated, that Lily is lonely, but shows us that she truly loves him, as we know for a fact that’s the only reason a woman would have for wanting to see that movie. Brava, Schwartz et al?

• "Having to see him," Serena admits to her mother in a moment of nervousness about seeing Dan at school, "it's going to be hard." She seems so sweet and unsure, huh? Our immediate reaction was: "Aw, that's sweet. This will change." Plus 4 because we were so right, but not because writers were foreshadowing, because that's what would happen in real life.

• The system of "Victims and Projects" might be a little exaggerated and hastily conceived (why didn't we see the seniors doing anything like that last year? Why didn't we see seniors last year?) but the spirit is right on the money: Everyone always runs the gauntlet of judgment that first day back at school. Plus 3, with an additional plus 1 for the excellent use of high-quality office supplies, which ever so subtly remind some us of Slam Book Fever.

• "Are those Tory Burch's last-season flats?" Blair asks. "I got them on sale?" a poor young aspiring girl says. Plus 3 because Blair's facial expression does not change even a tic, but it somehow gets TEN TIMES MORE EVIL. Leighton Meester is a genius. And an additional plus 2 because even heterosexual men know those Reva ballet flats are last season. Not that we're siding with Blair, or anything.

• "God, she totally isn't even pretty," our friend said, of Amanda, the "fiction writer" Dan becomes interested in. "Then again," she said, "[the girl who started dating friend's ex immediately after they broke up] wasn't pretty, either." Plus 3, because it's always the quiet ones.

• Serena thinks it’s a good idea to try and be friends with Dan right away. "Friends eat lunch together," she says hopefully. Awkward. Also, completely realistic. Plus 5.

• For that matter, it's so realistic that Dan would have moved on immediately. Dudes. Plus 1.

• Blair says, "the Met steps are totally under construction." They TOTALLY ARE! So real. Plus 5.

• "Lunch?" Blair asks. "As in the meal before dating?" Plus 3.

• HOORAY!! They totally acted on the not-quite-incest story between Marcus and Catharine, although way earlier than we even predicted! Plus only 3, because wasn't that kind of a waste of a few episodes' worth of mumsy/Marcus foreplay?

• Dan and Amanda bond over Letters to a Young Poet. This is perfect, because Dan would in actuality be much more into William Burroughs and Charles Bukowski, but he would know that the Rilke could get him laid. Plus 1.

• "Sound the trumpet, strumpets!" says Gossip Girl. Brills. Plus 1. So Shakespearean.

ₐ Ha, Amanda is is kind of Hannah Montana-esque. Plus 1 for Jenny, who is completely master of her domain this season.

• Nate says "I don't know—" and Blair interrupts him by saying, "Wait, hold that non-thought." It's like she has a different (slash better) writer from everyone else! Plus 2.

• "My life is an empty house or a crowded restaurant, and I don't know which one makes me feel more alone," mourns Lily, clearly having borrowed Blair's writer for a moment. Plus 2.

Plus 3 for the scene in which a revolted and horrified Amanda is pulling the hairs off her head after Penelope throws the Nairtini at her. Not because it was realistic (we're pretty sure Nair doesn't work that fast) but because it was a total homage to seminal mean-girl movie The Craft.

• Dan acting like a dickwad for the umpteenth time finally pushes Serena to the edge and she snaps out of being mopey and back into being herself, which is in her case a total conniving bitch. Plus 5, because we have totally had that same, "Wait a minute, I'm acting like this because of you? But you're a jerk!" kind of aha moment and plus 3 for the part at the end wherein Serena and her minions walk in slow motion glaring at him just exactly — yes! — like the three witches from The Craft.


As Fake As a Bunch of High-School Kids Drinking Cosmos at STK

• "I heard your, uh, friend sneaking out this morning," Dan says to Rufus. Umm, even the hint of your parents having sex makes you want to kill yourself. Remember that scene from Serial Mom? No teen, not even one so bohemian as Dan, is capable of making a joke that references, on any level, the existence of his parents' genitals. Minus 2.

• Our commenters raised this issue this week, and we can no longer ignore it: Didn't they just befriend Nelly Yuki to bring her down? Why is she still hanging around? Is it seriously because the other Asian girl left the show? Minus 2.

• One girl's dad is the doctor for the Knicks, but she's rejected by Blair's posse because they summer "in the Adirondacks?" They would think twice if they knew her dad was totally Blair Underwood. Minus 2.

• Wait, did Nate just randomly (and awkwardly) catch up with Vanessa on a random Brooklyn street corner? What, is Brooklyn Chelsea now? Minus 1.

• In the middle of the school day, Dan goes to have lunch at Vanessa's café. Which, last we checked, was in Williamsburg. That’s kind of a hike for a 45-minute lunch period. Minus 1.

• Nate says to Vanessa. "Did I do something? Or what happened?" WHAT HAPPENED? Nate, even you would recall the whole "I'm being paid by an older lady for sex in exchange for keeping my father out of jail and my mother in African mums." Minus 2.

•l "I guess it's better to be ignored than tortured," Jenny says. Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha. Oh, Lil J. Obviously, that's not true. Just ask Julia Allison. Minus 2.

• We get that Blair is wearing a tiara during her "Queen B" social interviews. But what is with the cape and the pilgrim collar? We thought Jenny talked Eleanor Waldorf out of that look! Minus only 2, because we get that it's meant to reference Queen Elizabeth's sable collars, but still.

• Ughhh … again with that purple palate for Chuck. Minus 1.

• "Google revenge, you'll get Blair Waldorf.com," says Dan. Snarf, snarf, snarf, you can't win us back that easily, you sexy dweeb. Minus 1.

• Dan says to Vanessa, "Look, V, I gotta go." He talks like them now!?
Minus 2, because he's too self-centered to pick up on the mannerisms of other people unless they are British.

• This new "Amanda" girl is too aggressive. It's like she's up to something. Minus 2, because this should have been less obvious. And also, Dan, who goes on a date with someone the first day they've met? Minus 1.

• Why are they constantly at STK? Doesn't Dan not have any money? And isn't that, um, a restaurant? People are supposed to eat there. Minus 4.

• Serena would never force Dan to go on that weird Canadian date with Dan and Amanda, minus 2, she would never be able to drink an entire martini in one gulp (did you not notice that moment of continuity genius?), minus 2, and she would never get drunk hot. Serena would get drunk ugly. Minus 2.

• The Duchess lives in the Apthorp? That's … weird. Minus 3.

Minus 2 for the Duchess going all the way to Brooklyn to hand Vanessa a check and then suddenly vanishing like the vampire guy in True Blood. Minus 3 more for the fact that Vanessa then proceeded to travel all the way to the Upper Apparently West Side to return said check, and that she was then able to stand unnoticed taking pictures of the Duchess and Marcus making out. And minus 4 for the ridiculous Harlequin-novel-esque way the the Duchess and Marcus pushed and pulled and unbuttoned each other's shirts. Did you see the part where he flipped her around all frantically? Where did this dude learn to act? The Fabio school of modeling?


At this point we normally tally the points, but because you guys have been so awesome at spotting things and adding them in the comments, we're going to hold off and try something new. At the end of the day, we'll sift through the items you've added, pick the ones we like best and then do a finally tally that incorporates your comments. (But only the ones we like best, because we're still in charge, duh.)

And to get you started: Chuck. What was his motivation? Discuss.


Source: Daily Intel | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:00 pm

Events and Sales: Markdowns on Chaiken; Hermès Starts Tomorrow


EVENTS
• Meet jewelry designer David Yurman as he unveils his new jewelry-inspired fragrance. Saks Fifth Avenue, 611 Fifth Ave., at 50th St., first fl. (212-940-2560); 4–6.

• Stop by Puma’s Union Square location for an after-hours shopping event to view Puma’s new fall fitness collection, SportLifestyle. Enjoy a 20 percent discount on merchandise throughout the store as well as refreshments and music. RSVP to Puma.com/fashionablyfit to secure your invite. Puma, 33 Union Sq. W., nr. 16th St. (212-206-7761); 6–8.

• Début, a new boutique in Nolita, is hosting a cocktail reception to celebrate a showcase of collections by recent Parsons graduates. 298 Mulberry St., nr. Houston St. (212-343-2717); 6–9.

SALES
STARTING TODAY
• Giuiliana Teso is having a sample sale of her signature fur outerwear. Through 9/25. 584 Broadway, nr. Prince St., Ste. 504 (212-966-2929); 10–5.

• Enjoy hefty discounts on items from Gustto, Chaiken, Edit, and Milly at a joint sample sale. Gustto handbags are $75 to $175, and clothing from Edit will be $25 to $200. Through 9/25. 261 W. 36th St., nr. Seventh Ave., second fl.; Tues., Thurs. (10–7); Wed. (10–6).

• Irregular Choice is slashing prices on their quirky spring/summer heels by 50 to 70 percent. Through 9/24. 276 Lafayette St., nr. Jersey St. (212-334-3404); 11–7:30.

STARTING TOMORROW
• A.P.C.’s surplus store in Brooklyn is lowering prices on already discounted jackets, trench coats, shoes, boots, and more from past season's stock. Through 9/26. 35 Grand St., nr. Kent Ave. (347-381-3193); 1–7.

• The signature bags, scarves, shoes, ties, and ready-to-wear items from Hermès are on sale for five days only. Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W. 18th St., nr. Sixth Ave., fourth fl. (212-463-0071); Wed., Fri.–Sat. (10–6); Thurs. (10–8); Sun. (1–6).

• French luxury brand Baccarat is offering up to 70 percent off retail on a wide selection of their jewelry, including bracelets, earrings, necklaces, pendants, and rings. Through 9/25. 625 Madison Ave., nr. 58th St., second fl. (212-826-4130); 10–6.

• Gilt Groupe discounts Marc by Marc Jacobs men’s and women’s collection today at noon. Dresses are $150 from $400, while tops are $80 from $230. If you're not a member, click here for your invite.


Source: The Cut | 23 Sep 2008 | 1:51 pm

Roger Ebert Gives Evolution Two Thumbs Down


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In what is surely the weirdest thing since his review of Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Roger Ebert has posted a defense of creationism on his Website, along with a FAQ ("Since living species were obviously not created through an evolutionary process, every surviving land-based mammal species had both ancestors on the Arc"), and a photo of a fossil that's "proof that man walked the earth with dinosaurs." [Roger Ebert]


Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:46 pm

How 'The Godfather' almost wasn't

"The Godfather" was supposed to be terrible. Mario Puzo wrote the book for money; the studio wanted a quick gangster film; the director, Francis Ford Coppola, didn't want to do it. How the film, now out on a cleaned-up DVD, became one of the greatest of all time is a fascinating story.


Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:38 pm

Musicians in Jet Crash Face Long Recovery

Doctors say DJ AM and Travis Barker likely to survive; recovery may take years.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:24 pm

Fixing the U.S. Economy and a Song - Musical Artist Joseph James Releases 'John McCain' Song and an Economic Paper Titled 'A Look at Six American Economic Issues - As We Head Into the 21st Century'

Download the McCain Song for Free and Read the Economic Paper at http://www.joseph-james.com DETROIT, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Joseph James, a supporter of John McCain
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:22 pm

Global Leader in Wireless Instant Notification Equipment Introduces New Line With Extremely Long Range

FORT WORTH, Texas, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- SecureTech Systems, the world's leading supplier of instant notification systems that transmit directly over radio...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:15 pm

When Fame and Addiction Run in the Family

The O'Neals are the latest celebrity family to get busted for drugs and alcohol.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:03 pm

U2's Longtime Tour Manager Dennis Sheehan to Receive Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announced that Dennis Sheehan will be receiving this year's Lifetime Achievement Award...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

Chris Cornell, Timbaland Announce Dates For West Coast Tour

Former Soundgarden/ Audioslave singer will play upcoming solo album, Scream, in its entirety.By Chris Harris Chris Cornell Photo: Getty Images/ Frank Micelotta Erstwhile Soundgarden and Audioslave...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

In-Demand FogScreen Creates Exciting Atmosphere for Memorable Events This Holiday Season

The Unforgettable Element For a Perfect Occasion Creates Images that Literally Float in the Air SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- FogScreen, Inc., creators...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

Video: Sprout(R) and The Pajama Program Make Sweet Dreams Come True With Launch of 'The Great Sprout Tuck-In'

24-Hour Preschool Television Channel Teams up With National Charity to Bring 'Good Night' to More Than 100,000 Children in Need with Donations of New Pajamas and New Books
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

Go Behind the Scenes at the Movies with New 'Borders Backlot' on Borders.com

'Backlot' debuts today with new Leonard Maltin program, clips from upcoming films 'The Secret Life of Bees' and 'Twilight,' plus much more ANN ARBOR, Mich., Sept. 23...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

WooMe Launches WooMe TV Where Reality TV Meets The Internet

With No Rules, No Editing and Nothing to Hide, WooMe TV is Real Reality TV SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- WooMe (
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

Three Big Sisters Among 2009 Miss America Contestants

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Three of the 52 young women who will compete for the 2009 Miss America title are mentors with Big Brothers Big Sisters. They are...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:00 pm

Judge rules in McMahon's favor in hospital lawsuit (AP)

Ed McMahon and his wife, Pam Hurn, arrive for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Ed McMahon's lawsuit against a hospital and doctors he claims failed to properly diagnose and repair his broken neck has passed a key legal hurdle.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:56 am

Judge rules in McMahon's favor in hospital lawsuit (AP)

Ed McMahon and his wife, Pam Hurn, arrive for the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.  (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - Ed McMahon's lawsuit against a hospital and doctors he claims failed to properly diagnose and repair his broken neck has passed a key legal hurdle.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:56 am

Home // TV // 'Dancing With the Stars': Fringe-worthy - Entertainment Weekly


E! Online

Home // TV // 'Dancing With the Stars': Fringe-worthy
Entertainment Weekly - 1 hour ago
By Annie Barrett Hi, everyone! I trust that your waking nightmare - featuring a closet full of Cloris Leachman's cleavage, Mark Ballas' Pepto-hued jacket, and the ''edgy'' styling of Lacey Schwimmer - has left you well-rested.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:52 am

Judge rules in McMahon's favor in hospital lawsuit

LOS ANGELES Ed McMahon's lawsuit against a hospital and doctors he claims failed to properly diagnose and repair his broken neck has passed a key legal hurdle. A Los Angeles Superior...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:40 am

Reeves assault claim is dismissed - BBC News


Calgary Herald

Reeves assault claim is dismissed
BBC News - 1 hour ago
A Los Angeles judge has dismissed assault claims against Keanu Reeves by a photographer who claimed the actor deliberately hit him with his car.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:37 am

Music Review | Metropolitan Opera Fleming Gala Opens the Met’s Season - New York Times


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Music Review | Metropolitan Opera Fleming Gala Opens the Met’s Season
New York Times - 1 hour ago
An audience in Times Square had a free treat on Monday evening: projections of the Metropolitan Opera’s opening night, with Renée Fleming in excerpts from “La Traviata,” “Manon” and “Capriccio.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:33 am

Review: Iraq tale `Lucky Ones' wallows in artifice (AP)

In this image released by Lionsgate Films, Michael Pena and Rachel McAdams are shown in a scene from, 'The Lucky Ones.' (AP Photo/Lionsgate, James Bridges)AP - Soldiers might be clamoring to re-enlist if they all saw as much action in their homecoming as the threesome in "The Lucky Ones." Returning to combat could seem like a picnic in comparison with the tumult these three endure once back on U.S. soil.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:22 am

Review: Iraq tale `Lucky Ones' wallows in artifice (AP)

Neighbors look at a memorial set up in front of the Famous Stars and Straps, a clothing and accessory line created by former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, in Los Angeles Monday Sept. 22, 2008, in memory of Chris Baker and Charles Still, who worked for the musicians Barker and DJ AM.  Barker and celebrity disc jockey DJ AM were critically injured in the Friday night crash but are expected to recover. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)AP - A pilot and co-pilot killed in a Learjet crash in South Carolina died from smoke inhalation and burns, and two passengers were killed from the impact, officials said Monday.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 Sep 2008 | 11:12 am

Baldwin book rails against family court system (AP)

Renee Fleming, as Madeleine, performs in the final scene of Richard Straus's 'Capriccio'  during the final dress rehearsal on Friday, September 19, 2008, at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.  (AP Photo/ Ken Howard/Metropolitan Opera)AP - Opening night at the Metropolitan Opera: The costumes! The singing! The costumes. The costumes.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 23 Sep 2008 | 9:18 am

Say it ain't so, Hannah! - Chicago Sun-Times


Say it ain't so, Hannah!
Chicago Sun-Times - 4 hours ago
BY BILL ZWECKER Sun-Times Columnist It's not the first time stardom has turned sweet young things into big-time divas -- and it won't be the last.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 9:14 am

OJ Simpson knew cohort was armed, witness testifies - Los Angeles Times


E! Online

OJ Simpson knew cohort was armed, witness testifies
Los Angeles Times - 4 hours ago
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 9:02 am

'American Masters: You Must Remember This -- The Warner Bros. Story' - Los Angeles Times


New York Times

'American Masters: You Must Remember This -- The Warner Bros. Story'
Los Angeles Times - 6 hours ago
By Zip Code: By Mary McNamara, Times Television Critic Warner Bros. Studio turns 85 this year, an anniversary now marked by two of the most recognizable symbols of success, High Hollywood style: a No.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 7:04 am

'The Mentalist' - Los Angeles Times


Los Angeles Times

'The Mentalist'
Los Angeles Times - 6 hours ago
By Mary McNamara, Times Television Critic The Sherlock Holmes template has worked so well on “House" that really it was only a matter of time before it was reclaimed by a detective show.
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 7:00 am

US-INDUSTRY Summary In a network-TV exclusive to air...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 23 Sep 2008 | 5:37 am

Heroes Redux: Milo and Adrian on Tonight's Mother of All Twists

Zachary QuintoSo now...Everything has changed. Tonight's mind-splitting season premiere of Heroes unveiled what is perhaps the show's most stunning revelation to date: The deep, dark secret...
(Reuters)

The cover of 'The Story of Edgar Sawtelle' by author David Wroblewski. (Harper Collins/Handou/Reuters)Reuters - Debut author David Wroblewski took more than 10 years writing his first novel but now looks destined for overnight success, chosen by influential U.S. talk show host Oprah Winfrey as her latest book club pick.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:15 am

Dancing With the Stars Returns: Lance Kills It, Brooke and Toni Strut, Jeff and Rocco Stumble

Lance BassDancing With the Stars kicked off its three-night seventh-season premiere extravaganza tonight, with all the sequins, tuxes, predance jitters, trips to the emergency room and Bruno Tonioli...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:05 am

Dancing: Who Has the Right Moves?

Lance Bass, Dancing with the StarsNow that you've seen the first exciting evening of the new season of Dancing with the Stars (or read all about it here), it's time to vote on your favorites. And if...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:04 am

Smoke, Fire Killed Crew in AM, Barker Jet

Coroner: Smoke, fire killed crew from Learjet carrying DJ AM and Travis Barker.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 23 Sep 2008 | 3:01 am

Richard Gere, Diane Lane reunite in stormy romance (Reuters)

Richard Gere and Diane Lane in a scene from 'Nights in Rodanthe' in a photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures. (Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Judging from the part of the ad that says, ". . . from the author of 'The Notebook,'" you might suspect that this particular Richard Gere-Diane Lane reunion isn't going to be the torrid affair that was 2002's "Unfaithful," and of course you'd be quite right.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:51 am

Comedy overrules romance in off Broadway "Tempest" (Reuters)

Reuters - Star Mandy Patinkin makes an aggressive, angry Prospero in the Classic Stage Company's vivid new production of Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:35 am

Beck brings it all back home in wide-ranging show (Reuters)

Beck performs during the annual KROQ 'Almost Acoustic Christmas' concert in Los Angeles December 10, 2006. (Gus Ruelas/Reuters)Reuters - With a huge sense of irony, Beck kicked off his triumphant homecoming show Saturday at the Hollywood Bowl with his 1993 slacker anthem "Loser." A decade and half after gaining notice with that breakthrough hit, he has the clout to handpick openers Spoon and MGMT and to share the stage with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra Strings, conducted by his father, David Campbell.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:33 am

"Gary" married to old-fashioned sitcom formula


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:00 am

Shane Black to direct 'Cold Warrior'

Front Page: Universal film sees spy come out of retirement -- Shane Black will direct Universal Pictures' "Cold Warrior."


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:00 am

Videogame coin call

Front Page: Trion raises $70 mil in third round -- Online videogame company Trion World Network has raised a monster $70 million third round of funding from sources including NBC U and Time Warner, while struggling Sumner Redstone-owned Midway Games is borrowing $40 million from the mogul’s own National Amusements to fund its slate through the end of the year.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 23 Sep 2008 | 2:00 am

Robert Wagner reveals love affair with Stanwyck (AP)

In this Saturday, May 4,1957 file photo, actor Robert Wagner is photographed in Tokyo while filming 'Stopover Tokyo.' Wagner's marriage to Natalie Wood was known to all. His love affair with Barbara Stanwyck was a secret- until now.  (AP Photo)AP - Robert Wagner's marriage to Natalie Wood was known to all. His love affair with Barbara Stanwyck was a secret — until now. In his new memoir "Pieces of My Heart," Wagner writes of his four-year romance with the star of such classics as "Stella Dallas" and "Double Indemnity."



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:22 am

Hugh Hefner: Relationships "In Transition"

Hugh HefnerRumors of Hugh Hefner and his girls calling it quits have been greatly exaggerated. The Playboy captain just told me that he is very much still dating Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:22 am

90210 Moves Into Full-Season Mode

90210The Wilson siblings should be happy to hear that they get to finish out the school year at West Beverly. 90210, the CW's 21st-century attempt at 1990s glory, has been given a...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:15 am

Cannes and Gabbana (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the D and G show during Spring 2009 Fashion Week in Milan on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - If you really wanted to know what cool girls will be, and should be wearing next spring, then you should have been at the D&G runway show Monday, Sept. 22, in Milan, a sunny, beach chic selection with humor, wit and sass.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:05 am

Cannes and Gabbana (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the D and G show during Spring 2009 Fashion Week in Milan on Monday, Sept. 22, 2008.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - If you really wanted to know what cool girls will be, and should be wearing next spring, then you should have been at the D&G runway show Monday, Sept. 22, in Milan, a sunny, beach chic selection with humor, wit and sass.



Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 23 Sep 2008 | 12:05 am

All Mixed Up: New Britney Single Delayed

Britney SpearsThe clubs won't be spinning Britney Spears' new single this weekend. According to label sources, the official premiere of "Womanizer," Spears' first single off of her...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:45 pm

An Ironic ‘Harry Potter’ Moment in October’s ‘Harper’s Bazaar’


Photo: Douglas Friedman for Harper's Bazaar

So we were flipping through October's Harper's Bazaar when we came across this portrait of Laura Bush with cat Willie. Just as we were noticing that Willie looks so not amused in that endearing way cats have, we realized Laura Bush was reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Laura Bush and the Chamber of Secrets! Irony at its finest, we thought. But doesn't the way the First Lady's styled sort of remind you of Dolores Umbridge? Oh, but wait Potter fans, there's more in store! For we flipped the page…











Photo: Simon Procter for Harper's Bazaar

And came face-to-face with Hermione! Er — Emma Watson. LOVE.

Laura Bush Looks to the Future [Harper's Bazaar] The Magic of Fashion [Harper's Bazaar, not online]


Source: The Cut | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:43 pm

Tom Ford Hooks Up With Firth, Moore and Bell?

Tom FordFashion prince Tom Ford is finally going to see his dream come true. The former Gucci designer is putting the final touches on his directorial debut of the movie adaptation of...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:30 pm

Media Paid O.J. Witness Big Money for Alleged Robbery Tape; Celeb-Crime Expert Falls Ill

Dominick Dunne, O.J. SimpsonEntrée to O.J. Simpson's new trial should come with a warning: May be hazardous to your health. A week after one of the Juice's alleged armed robbery victims fell ill on the...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:28 pm

Pussycats Growl New Kind of Girl Power

With a new CD, the Pussycat Dolls try to claw their way to the top of the heap.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:26 pm

Janet Jackson Votes Herself Off the Island

Janet JacksonJanet Jackson doesn't adhere to labels. Not right now, anyway. A few months after publicly complaining about a failure to properly promote her new album, Discipline, and 14 months...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:25 pm

Question: Are We Not Men? Answer: We Are the Killers!


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1. The Killers, "Human"
On this newly leaked track from the Killers' upcoming Day & Age, Brandon Flowers ask the musical question, "Are we human, or are we dancers?" If this so-so track is what we have to go by, then we guess we're just human. [Fuck You on Friday]

2. Malik Yusef feat. Kanye West and Adam Levine, "Promised Land"
Malik Yusef (with help from West and Maroon 5's Levine) makes a play for the crucial evangelical–alien–Native American vote with this somewhat confusing track from the upcoming benefit disk Yes We Can: Voices of a Grassroots Movement. [Pitchfork]

3. Katy Perry, "Electric Feel" (MGMT cover)
So what's Katy Perry doing with her lips now? A solid, soulful acoustic version of this MGMT track, as much as we hate to admit it. [Mixtape Maestro]

4. I'm Not Jim, "Uncomplicated"
You've read about Jonathan Lethem's band in the pages of New York — and here's what they sound like. [Some Velvet Blog]

5. Madlib feat. Poke, "The Ox"
Madlib peers through the smoke to say "the same way it is, the same way it used to be," and the same is true of this track, which maintains the same vinyl-geek sensibility he's built his reputation on. [Beat Register]


Source: Vulture | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:20 pm

Ode to the New Gianfranco Ferré


Do you love or do you love?
Photo: Getty Images

The 6267 designers taking over Gianfranco Ferré might be the best thing since Donna Summer came back. Nay — better. Lars Nilsson took over the label after Ferré died in 2007 but was let go before his fall 2008 collection walked the runway in February to pitiful reviews. But Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi's stunning spring 2009 collection more than makes up for it. Never have we known the meaning of covet! Never have we wanted something to touch our bodies so! The architecture, the drama — at once masculine and feminine. See the entire collection in the slideshow here.

Gianfranco Ferré Spring 2009


Source: The Cut | 22 Sep 2008 | 11:15 pm

Dancing With the Stars Returns: Lance Kills It, Brooke and Toni Strut, Jeff and Rocco Stumble (E! Online)

Dancing With the Stars Returns: Lance Kills It, Brooke and Toni Strut, Jeff and Rocco Stumble(E! Online)E! Online - Dancing With the Stars kicked off its three-night seventh-season premiere extravaganza tonight, with all the sequins, tuxes, predance jitters, trips to the emergency room and Bruno Tonioli metaphors that such an endeavor entails.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:59 pm

Palin-Inspired Pale’n Pink Lipstick Hits the Market


A model from Alexander Wang's spring 2009 show.
Photo: Imaxtree

MAKEUP
• The lipstick brand PitBull Mom created Republican Red and Pale'n Pink in honor of Sarah Palin. Um, too far? Or is Pale'n Pink one of the most ingenious things you've heard all day? [Kiss and Makeup ]

PLASTIC SURGERY
• A new study claims that first impressions of attractiveness improve for someone who has had Botox injections, but the same isn't true for social skills. Being wrinkle-free is better than having a social life, right? [Jezebel]

HAIR
• Here's something you didn't know: Greasy hair is bad for your skin. So start showering or look forward to hairline breakouts. Sweaty Alexander Wang models, take note. [Beauty Counter/Style.com]

• America Ferrera's hairstylist did an adorable retro wave for her Emmy look. So adorable we are thisclose to buying a three-quarter inch curling iron. [Spoiled Pretty]

NAILS
• The Lippmann Collection named its new chocolate-brown color Maneater and its new glitter-bronze color Superstar. Even though they're named after old hip-hop songs, they're not half bad. The colors, we mean. [Blogdorf Goodman]


Source: The Cut | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:51 pm

Eli Attie and Ken Layne on Whether Obama Can Steer This Election Back to Substance


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Every day until November 4, a series of writers and thinkers will discuss the election over instant messenger for nymag.com. Today, West Wing screenwriter and former Al Gore speechwriter Eli Attie and Wonkette's Ken Layne discuss the inscrutability of undecided voters, whether the debates will matter, and what Philip K. Dick has to do with it.

K.L.: Well, this Paulson bailout seems to be working out swell, so far. The Dow is collapsing and oil is shooting up again … do the campaigns seem confused?

E.A.: I'm not sure if it's that the campaigns seem confused, exactly, but I'm also not sure this race has ever had a clear discourse about the economy, so it's probably unclear to the voters and the campaigns how this really fits into their central arguments.

I mean, Clinton-Bush '92 seemed like a race with a clear and fairly specific economic debate. This is more of a meta-campaign, it seems — about change writ large, and broad directional shifts, and perhaps harder to fold events like this into the daily flow. That said, one would think Obama would benefit handsomely from this; McCain's been something of a deregulator on these issues, and has certainly been cozy with corporate interests from his Commerce Committee post…

K.L.: It's bizarre that Obama hasn't taken this mess and run with it — McCain's the guy who said as recently as January that if you're interested in the best guy on the mortgage crisis, he was not your candidate.

E.A.: It actually amazes me that McCain hasn't been tagged more with the Bush economy overall, since (despite his flip-flopping on the Bush tax cuts), he actually shares much more of Bush's economic doctrine in general.

K.L.: And even though he changes his speech a few times a day to keep up with whatever anti-market, anti-capitalist move the Fed and Bush administration is making, McCain still comes off (to me!) as completely bewildered by not only the crisis, but the whole economy.

E.A.: Obama did give a fairly tough speech on these economic issues this morning. He clearly wants to try to insert himself into this fray.

K.L.: And that two-minute Obama commercial — where he's talking to the camera about specifics — was serious and solid. But I wonder how much of this serious stuff gets through to these undecided voters.

E.A.: Well, yes, that's the question. Is it that the coverage has changed or that voters have decided to stop paying attention to the nuts and bolts (to the extent that they ever did)? Or that they/we see everything as a subset of these broader themes and issues anyway (change vs. more of the same, insider vs. outsider, reformer vs. Washington lifer)?

But all of this raises a larger question, and a fascinating one to me: In the way that '92 was all about specificity — I think it was said that specificity was a character issue that year — this campaign seems specificity-resistant. Why do you think that is?

K.L.: Maybe it's the naked focus on those undecideds this time around — the people who get excited about a Sarah Palin regardless of what it means (and mostly doesn't mean). They were all with Perot in '92, weren't they?

E.A.: I think so, yes. I believed, as many people did, that Obama's task at the convention was to really lay out a specific domestic program — and he did that. But no one's been talking about it. I suppose because there are so many bigger and sexier things to write about: Palin, Obama himself, all that drama with the Clintons…

K.L.: I was thinking about Gore's acceptance speech at the 2000 DNC — the one about "working families," etc. — and how it shocked a lot of the people covering the race because it was populist and pretty pissed off. Did you write that one?

E.A.: I worked on it, yes, though Gore did a lot of it himself and so did Carter Eskew and Bob Shrum. In fact, while I never loved the phrase "people not the powerful," we got quite a boost out of that speech, something insane like eighteen points. I think, despite what we often read, populism does tend to work. The elite audiences hate it, of course, which is why it always gets trashed over time.

K.L.: And yet, just enough of the undecideds ended up going with the oilman millionaire because they thought he'd be fun to have a beer with, even though he was an admitted alcoholic who couldn't even have a drink.

E.A.: See, I think the story of the 2000 race — so sad and tragic in retrospect — is that people didn't care much who won. It had been 94 months since the most recent economic slowdown, and we were (seemingly) at peace; most presidentials are waged an average of (I think) 36 months after the most recent slowdown. So people figured, as long as Alan Greenspan's healthy, this election doesn't matter much.

K.L.: Nothing else better explains the Nader phenomenon in 2000.

E.A.: And we spent about two years waving our arms around and saying, "Hey, the other guy will squander the deficit and doesn't know his way around the globe and will try to privatize Social Security"! And we were called alarmist and it all happened! Bush could never have been elected in a year like this one, when people knew there were stakes.

K.L.: That's what I thought about McCain a few months ago: No way will a crazy dingbat like him win in an election that matters. And yet…

E.A.: Yes, exactly. Now it's about hockey moms and whether McCain knows how to use the Internet! But it does surprise me that this year's race hasn't been more specific, carried more of a sense of consequence and weightiness…

K.L.: It's like a Philip K. Dick version of an election. It's all about shooting moose and getting tortured 40 years ago and respecting women and elitist blacks. It's insane.

E.A.: I worry that the two candidates are such powerful archetypes, they almost crowd out real discussion. And for my part, I don't really care what's discussed as long as my archetype (Obama) wins. Do you think the debates can change this? Do you think, as we get closer to Election Day, that voters will zero in on the choice in a more serious way? Kerry ALMOST steered the discussion back to hard substance in the '04 debates with quite powerful performances, though that Bin Laden video right before the election seemed to replace the analytical with the visceral, which is really the Republican home turf.

K.L.: I'd like to think the debates will matter, that people will watch this angry character snapping at everything, and Obama being solid and steady. But the McCain campaign could just do something stupid like the Palin stunt — have a Muppet pop up next to him, whatever — and Obama could give the best debate performance in U.S. history and nobody would mention it.

It's so hard to figure what those undecideds, that weird 10 percent of registered voters who somehow register to vote without paying any attention to politics, really make of the Palin thing, or any of the weekly outrages and fake scandals.

E.A.: I do believe, for some undecideds, that substance will become more important as the race goes on. And there is the hope that expectations of Palin's debate performance will rise, which makes it less likely she'll be viewed as the winner. Though, of course, Biden will still be measured far more strictly, and if she doesn't get all tangled up in the microphone cords and drool on herself, she'll probably be hailed as the victor.

K.L.: Ha-ha, that's sexist! (Everything is sexist now.)

E.A.: I plead guilty in advance for my politico-sexist ways.

K.L.: Yes, we are typical liberal elites.

Who knew that the 2008 election would be about anything beyond Iraq and the economy? It's actually about how an elitist black man from humble origins is trying to spread sexism.

Speaking of, WTF with that Dowd column about President Bartlet?

E.A.: I knew about it, but didn't see the final version … what did you think of it?

K.L.: I'll just say that it's not easy to write a humorous column about politics week after week. And if she needs to consult a TV show about a fictional president from several years ago, well, that is probably good for your residuals.

E.A.: Well, I have a huge soft spot for Jed Bartlet and Aaron Sorkin so I'll defend it. Art imitates life imitates art advises life…

I don't think the Writers Guild won any residuals for newspaper columns, but knowing my guild, they will strike for six months to get it. And then not get it. (Kidding, kidding! I love my guild.)


Source: Daily Intel | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:45 pm

Andres Serrano’s Crappy Shit, and Other Culture Highlights From This Week's ‘New York’


Photo: Kathryn Hillier/Courtesy of the artist and Yvon Lambert Paris, New York

Jerry Saltz reviews Andres Serrano's "Shit." John Heilemann checks in with Mario Batali, living large with Gwyneth Paltrow. Scott Brown reviews A Tale of Two Cities and The English Channel. Next year's Emmy oversights, today. Hugo Lindgren falls in love with TV on the Radio. David Edelstein reviews Miracle at St. Anna. Will Leitch calls out Mickey Rourke's Brando overtones. Boris Kachka shouts out Barney Rosset, the original publishing maverick. And Sam Anderson remembers David Foster Wallace.


Source: Vulture | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:26 pm

The Death of the Celebrity Profile, Part VIIIIXIXIXIIXII


You can't see it, but he's just wet himself.
Photo: Getty Images

Yesterday's CBS News Sunday Morning profile of Graydon Carter produced an interesting, vaguely humble take on a man who celebrates hubris in every aspect of his public life. We didn't watch it, of course (we had to Google the name of CBS's weekend morning show), but a co-worker forwarded over the online recap. When one is contemplating the death of the celebrity profile, one often forgets that television newsmagazines like 60 Minutes and 20/20, etc., are also to blame. So it's funny, then, that when profiling Carter (whose Vanity Fair at least produces more interesting profiles than its brethren GQ, Details, and Vogue), CBS News perpetrated perhaps the most common celebrity profile crime of them all: not calling a subject out after he lies outrageously in order to make himself seem more sympathetic or "real." Witness:

Carter says he is actually a very retiring person — even shy.

"Yeah, I usually don't speak until spoken to."

The guy who throws the biggest party of the year, the Oscar party, is a shy guy?

"Well, I had to overcome that," Carter told [his interviewer]. "You know, I'm very Canadian. And Canadians are very (unintel) to— retiring— you know— not forceful people. I had to sort of train myself to be a host.

"I'd have a couple of drinks before everybody got there. But then I just would go out and show great enthusiasm even though I was, like, trembling inside."

Yes, when we look at Graydon Carter ensconced in his corner booth at the Waverly Inn every single day, surrounded by fawning celebrities whom he has meticulously arrayed around himself, that's what we see: interior trembling.

A Peek Into the World of Graydon Carter [CBS News]


Source: Daily Intel | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:25 pm

André Leon Talley Loses Luggage, Forced to Repeat Outfit


André Leon Talley
Photo: Getty Images

The cost of flying commercial: André Leon Talley’s luggage was lost on his way to Milan. This heinous inconvenience forced André to wear the same outfit to the D&G show that he wore on the plane: a pair of Juicy Couture shorts and gray Ralph Lauren polo shirt. On the upside, this gives him a reason to buy stuff at Tom Ford's new Milan palace-store. If he even has time between Bottega Veneta and Prada. STRESSFUL. [Fashionologie]


Source: The Cut | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:17 pm

‘Revolutionary Road’ Trailer: Leo and Kate Move to the Suburbs


Tagline: How do you break free without breaking apart?

Translation: We guess it's sort of hard to explain everything in a trailer.

The Verdict: Treatments for movie adaptations of Revolutionary Road — Richard Yates’s classic 1961 novel about a suffocated suburban couple – have been kicking around since its publication, but it took the reunion of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (directed here by her husband, Sam Mendes, for the first time) to actually get the thing done. The book is deeply depressing without being melodramatic, which is maybe why it's taken so long for someone to actually adapt it; the trailer does gamely try to capture the vibe, mostly with lots of forlorn looks out of moving trains and long drags from cigarettes. DiCaprio still looks way too young to be playing anyone's father, but it doesn't matter too much considering his smirks are sort of perfect for the bullshit intellectual character of Frank Wheeler (also, he looks pretty sharp in fifties period clothing). Bonus: another sex scene in a car!


Source: Vulture | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:10 pm

Market Crash Will Not Stop Play-Doh Park From Rising on West Side


Photo: NYPost.com

You ate Play-Doh as a child, right, even after you realized it tasted salty? So whet your appetite with this rendering of one of the five proposed designs for the park that is to be part of the massive Hudson Yards redevelopment between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues. A market meltdown's not stopping the project because it's funded with $3 billion in bonds, though there will be one fewer station on the westward expansion of the 7 train. [NYP]


Source: Daily Intel | 22 Sep 2008 | 10:00 pm

Leaked: New Oasis Album Pretty Good, Except for Liam Gallagher's Songs


Photo: Courtesy of Big Brother

Oasis, Dig Out Your Soul

Official Release Date: October 6

The Verdict: In an interview in the new Spin magazine (not yet online), Noel Gallagher attributes the decline in quality of Oasis' post-1997 material to the fact that he stopped using cocaine. Surely just as much of a factor, though, is the increasingly abundant — and terrible — songwriting of his brother, Liam.

Dig Out Your Soul, the band's seventh album which hit the Internet on Friday, contains five pretty great songs (the previously leaked "Shock of the Lightning" and "Falling Down" are the best ones, but we like "The Turning" nearly as much), all of them by Noel. There are also two not-bad throwaways by auxiliary members Andy Bell and Gem Archer and three Liam-penned stinkers (actual lyrics: "If I'm to fall, would you be there to applaud or would you hide behind the law? / Because if I am to go, in my heart you grow, and that's where you belong") that make you wish Oasis would change their minds and release this thing as a seven-track EP. A democratic split of the songwriting duties may have helped these guys survive longer than any of their Britpop brethren, but we definitely liked them better when they were a Noelocracy.


Source: Daily Intel | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:45 pm

Music Review: Joe's New Man' sounds old and tired (AP)

AP - Joe, "Joe Thomas, New Man" (Kedar Entertainment/Universal Fontana Distribution)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:41 pm

Heidi Montag to Design Her Own Wedding Dress


Speidi
Photo: Getty Images

Heidi Montag said she plans to design, ahem, her wedding dress. Her boyfriend, Spencer Pratt, says they shall wed “very soon.” She's sure to come up with something timeless and dreamy. Will it be short? Zebra-printed? Bust-enhancing? Sequined? All of the above? The quarter-inch inseam's the limit! We just hope she markets it en masse as part of her Heidiwood line so we can wear it on our special day, too. [Just Jared]


Source: Daily Intel | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:35 pm

CW orders more '90210'

Front Page: First new show gets full-season pickup -- The CW has given an early full-season pickup to its "90210" redux.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:33 pm

The Replacements, the Ultimate Coulda-Been-Contenders


Eighties indie-rockers the Replacements are usually thought to have been a brilliant, messily spectacular unit until they jumped to a major label, mellowed out, and started sucking. Nonsense — Rhino’s recent remastering of the band’s four Warner Bros. albums represents something far from a case of flagging inspiration. The post–Let It Be discs show front man Paul Westerberg figuring out how to evolve from an unhappy kid into an unhappy adult, in messily spectacular and often brilliant ways.

Tim, Pleased to Meet Me, All Shook Down, Don't Tell a Soul

Rhino Records
Out now
$18.98 each

Buy


Source: Vulture | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:15 pm

Fug Girls on the Emmys: If We Were Handing Out Awards


America Ferrera, Marcia Cross, and Jeremy Piven, who clearly just woke up.
Photo: Getty Images

Ah, yes, the Emmys: Hollywood’s third- or fourth-most prestigious awards show. While sadly devoid of either gravitas or free-flowing booze, the Emmys have our undying love for delivering buckets of questionably dressed TV stars, all desperate for a moment in the spotlight because they're not generally invited to the Oscars — and especially because last year’s aborted (and therefore sober) Golden Globes telecast ruined their most recent shot at glory. Hell, we're not immune to Awards Fever ourselves; here's what we would've handed out last night if we'd had a dais and a good welder.

Best Adaptation of Barbie's Wardrobe: Big props to Brooke Shields for working a dramatically fluffy hot-pink gown — with a train, no less — and accessorizing it with a sparkly pin and big-ass chandelier earrings. That’d be way too much dress for most women, but Brooke is, after all, a pro.

Fanciest Toga: House's Jennifer Morrison must have thought being gorgeous would allow her to get away with wearing a tremendously shiny sheet. News flash: No one can get away with wearing a sheet, especially not one that needs its own blotting papers.

Best Argument for Green Living: Mad Men's Christina Hendricks rocked such a stunning emerald shade that we barely even noticed her weird gold headband, which made her look like she took a three-hour nap on a box of Ferrero Rocher.

Dress Most Likely to Grow in Your Shower: We love Jenna Fischer, but that pleated chiffon number ate her waist — and once we realized the color variegations looked kind of like mildew, we spent the rest of the night wanting to attack her with Tilex.

Dress Most Likely to Cure Your Staph Infection: The musty blossoms creeping their way down Marcia Cross's tutu were last spotted growing in a carton of orange juice, nine months after it expired. She really needs to stop going through our trash.

Dress Most Likely to Rust: A woman who spends her work days in the same ratty pair of cargo pants would want to splash out in something flashy, but Lost’s Elizabeth Mitchell took it to the extreme in an ill-fitting metallic number that vaguely reminded us of something C3PO might wear if he turned to cross-dressing.

Most Overdone: At her day job, America Ferrera's looks are swallowed by bad clothes, braces, and a choppy wig. But ironically, pushing so far in the other direction at the Emmys ended up having the same effect; here, it was death by yards of suffocating black taffeta, a giant necklace, the shiny clutch, busy shoes, ruby-red lipstick, and hair that looks like it fell out of a better-designed style while she was circling the block in her limo. Girl, either tone it down a notch or study with Brooke Shields.

Most Unable to Correct Being Overdone: We'd love to rip off Eva Longoria-Parker's dopey Fabergé bow, but it would've left no dress behind. However, it did give us a very cheap idea for our next holiday party: We'll just poke our legs through something we bought at the Hallmark store.

Guys Who Most Resembled a Couple of Blackjack Dealers Taking a Smoke Break: Laurence Fishburne and William Petersen, presenting together, came off less like two CSI stars than two CSI suspects. We’re all for men branching out from the traditional tuxedo, but not when they do so via the expressway to Crazytown — and in Petersen's case, taking a detour down Greasy Grifter Boulevard.

Most Likely to Have Rolled Out of Bed Ten Minutes Ago: Okay, Jeremy Piven, we get it. You're a bad boy. You probably spent the last two weeks quality-control-testing a catalogue's worth of mail-order brides and bathing yourself in bourbon, and you totally don't care about awards. But since you always freakin' win, would it kill you just ONCE to shower and shave beforehand? The Emmys aren't THAT irrelevant.

Related: Judging the Frocks at the Emmy Awards
Read All of Vulture's Emmy Coverage


Source: The Cut | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

City of New York Attempts to Gross Out Smokers


As part of New York's continuing effort to save us from ourselves (it passed out nearly 40 million free condoms last year!), the Department of Health has branded a new line of matchbooks. The goal is to make smoking seem so disgusting that in the act of lighting up, nicotine addicts will be reminded of just how bad the results of their fun little activity can be. The matchbooks, which feature images of rotting teeth, decomposing lungs, and huge tumors (seriously), will be handed out for free at 132 cigarette dealers in the South Bronx, East and Central Harlem, and North and Central Brooklyn. We have two reactions to this: One, does the city really think establishments that make money off selling cigarettes are going to display these prominently, or hand them out eagerly? And two, are the smokers of Queens and Staten Island just considered a lost cause?

With New Matchbooks, Health Department Gives Smokers a Reality Check [NYC.gov]


Source: Daily Intel | 22 Sep 2008 | 9:00 pm

A fair-goer sits next to a logo of US data storage giant SanDisk at a technology fair

A fair-goer sits next to a logo of US data storage giant SanDisk at a technology fair. SanDisk on Monday announced it is taking on the compact disk (CD) industry by selling tunes on flash memory "micro-cards"...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:59 pm

'Sons' boosts Broadway box office

Front Page: Katie Holmes helps fill seats for Miller revival -- "All My Sons," the revival of the 1947 Arthur Miller play that co-stars Katie Holmes, filled nearly all its seats in its first five previews as the Broadway box office continued to climb out of its post-Labor Day slump.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:56 pm

Gowns, Glitter, and Gold Statues at the ET/People Post-Emmy Bash (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD107 Kristin Chenoweth arrives at the Entertainment Tonight Emmy Party in Los Angeles, Calif. on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.(Fashion Wire Daily/Maria Ramirez)Fashion Wire Daily - Kristin Chenoweth may not have won the Emmy for her terrific performance in "Pushing Daisies," but that didn't stop the diminutive powerhouse from shining on the red carpet at the Entertainment Tonight/People magazine post-Emmy party held Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.



Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:52 pm

Music Review: Buckcherry's 'Black Butterfly' soars (AP)

Buckcherry arrives for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)AP - Buckcherry, "Black Butterfly" (Atlantic)



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:46 pm

1OMFG!!


Photo: Bottomless Dish

Gossip Girl is filming right now at 1Oak. Which reminds us: how excited are you for tonight, when we get to see Serena turn back into the alcoholic bitch we always hear about but never get to watch?? [Bottomless Dish]


Source: Daily Intel | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:45 pm

Artist Keith Jones Splits the Difference Between ‘Where’s Waldo’ and ‘The Road’


Being late the time i didn't make it there (2008).
Photo: Courtesy of Fuse Gallery

With the financial markets in chaos and pin-striped Jeremiahs appearing on cable TV to herald the End of Things As We Know Them, it can be easy to fall into daydreams of a full-on societal breakdown lurking around the corner. Just in time, Toronto-based artist Keith Jones has unveiled a series of drawings that brings out the playful side of the apocalypse, with Where's Waldo?–style scenes of colorful people driven to desperate acts in refuse-littered cityscapes. So where is Waldo? Probably holed up in his basement with stockpiled canned goods and a sawed-off Remington pump action. On view at Fuse Gallery through October 18.


Source: Vulture | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:45 pm

'08 Emmys May Draw Lowest Ratings Ever

The show honoring low-rated shows "30 Rock," "Mad Men" also drew few viewers.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:27 pm

Crime writer rushed from O.J. trial to hospital

Celebrity crime writer Dominick Dunne was rushed Monday from the courtroom where he is covering the O.J. Simpson trial to a Las Vegas hospital after complaining of pain.


Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:26 pm

Music Review: Plain White T's take the safe route (AP)

Members of the rock band, Plain White T's, from left, Dave Tirio, De'Mar Hamilton, Mike Retondo, Tom Higgenson,pose for a portrait  in Lombard, Ill., Tuesday, Sept.  2, 2008. The band, who laid their claim to fame with the song 'Hey There Delilah', will release a new album Sept. 23. (AP Photo/Stacie Freudenberg)AP - Plain White T's, "Big Bad World" (Hollywood)



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:23 pm

A Straight Male Outsider Takes On New York Fashion Week


Seriousness.
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Time magazine sent Joel Stein to New York Fashion Week. Stein doesn't cover fashion, and might not have ever covered fashion, but his fresh take on the whole spectacle is remarkably spot-on:

[F]ashion shows are the most serious events in the entire world. Nobody in the audience smiles or talks; the models look like they're on the Bataan death march; and people slowly, lifelessly clap at the end. I've been to political panels, criminal trials, locker rooms of playoff losers, graduate English classes and the Ron Paul convention, and I've never seen people take themselves quite this seriously.

Vogue editor Anna Wintour, whom I vaguely knew as the lady who wears Prada and is remarkably similar to the Devil, has two bodyguards — that's how serious fashion is.


Our heads are so buried in the fashion sand pit we never even questioned La Wintour's bodyguards. But Stein raises a good point — why does she have them? Most reporters working the front row are too scared to talk to her; photographers likewise approach cautiously.

We might fear Wintour, but Stein didn't fear rubbing elbows with models. He found it confusing that the models don't turn him on and he didn't find them hot. We thought that was just something guys said to make non-models like them, but Stein is rather convincing. To explore his confusing turned-off feelings, Stein ventures backstage at the Donna Karan show to get an "up-close look" at model Arlenis Sosa. (We know — it sounds kind of creepy.)

Sosa, 19, was pretty and awfully nice but mostly just really tall and outrageously skinny. Though she bragged to me about having just finished a salad and a kiwi, she paused when I asked her if that salad had dressing. "I don't like dressing," she said. I gave her a look. "Because I can't be fat," she continued. "I do like it. But I don't want any."


Moving on! Stein asks another question we can't believe we never asked ourselves: Why does Harvey Weinstein own Halston?

When I asked him why he bought it, Weinstein said, "I'm a red-blooded American male. I get to hang out with models." We both laughed a particularly creepy kind of laugh, and then he said, "You and I know the least about fashion in this room. But I bet you can tell me Ty Cobb's batting average."


On second thought, maybe we didn't want to know the answer to that question. Charmers, these two are.

Fashion Frills [Time]


Source: The Cut | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:21 pm

The Transportation Coordinator Cheating His Way Out of a Relationship


Once a week, Daily Intel takes a peek at what your friends and neighbors are doing behind doors left slightly ajar. Today, the Transportation Coordinator Cheating His Way Out of a Relationship: 31, male, Upper West Side, straight, mostly single.

DAY ONE
8:20 a.m.: Wake up and start messing around with E. It's not unusual for us to be up this early on the weekend or to be fucking this early. She orgasms from penetration alone and I finish shortly after. The former is rare, the latter is not. E and I have been seeing each other regularly for about a year and she's beginning to take it seriously. I met her soon after a seven-year relationship came to a close. It was to be a casual thing. Now she's taking this more seriously than I am comfortable with.
10:45 a.m.: We're eating a late breakfast at a little diner. Our conversation is punctuated by talk of sex, like it always is. She interjects with the occasional "I love you." I know I don't. I should have seen this coming. Now I've got to get out of this mess.

12:18 p.m.: Receive a text from A confirming our meeting at the Met at 2 p.m. I met A in the Middle East a few weeks ago while visiting my friend. She is in the States for vacation, so we made plans to hang out during her stay. I'm attracted to her in an easy-sex kind of way.
2:22 p.m.: Found her. We hug for what seems like fifteen seconds. She has a friend in tow that she is desperately trying to get rid of.
5:10 p.m.: We ditch her friend and go for food, drinks, and then ultimately a cab. We make out and I put my hand up her skirt. She stops me before I reach her panties. This momentarily frustrates me.
9:56 p.m.: We have sex for a few hours off and on. Lots of water is consumed. She finishes me off with a fierce blow job. She says, "Okay, fuck the condom" before ripping it off. She admits right afterward that she had been celibate for awhile.
10:23 p.m.: I send an e-mail to my friend (who is also her colleague) giving him a rundown. I wonder how I should feel about this … I've never slept with two women in the same day. I feel really weird for a second and wonder what the masculine term for "slut" is … "This is not like me," I tell myself, making it all seem okay.

DAY TWO
6:05 a.m.: Fall out of bed and peel the discarded condom off the wall from last night.
10:53 a.m.: Bored, bored, bored with work. I tell my friend about E's admissions of love, and he advises me to break it off with her right away. I know he's right, but I'm not good at ending things.
8 p.m.: Meet up with Y, a 23-year-old graduate student from Asia. I met her a month before on my trip to Cairo. Italian food. The conversation is not that deep, and the food is mediocre. I'm tired from inactivity at work and it's noticeable. And I'm feeling a little creepy. I try to act upbeat but fail. She puts her hand on my knee and I get hard. There is life left in me yet!
9:45 p.m.: Back at my place, we're making out on my bed — the only place where Y will be intimate. We have good sex and she seems to cum a few times, but I can't really tell — she seems like she's making too big a deal out of it.
10:30 p.m.: We spoon, I pass out.

DAY THREE
6:30 a.m.: I try and fail to wake Y up for sex. I get up and shower.
10:10 a.m.: E keeps texting me, telling me that she wants to see me. I tell her that I'm depressed and I don't want to see anyone. It's true, to some degree.
3:30 p.m.: Y wants to come over and cook with me. I'm exhausted and I ask her if we can do it another night. She agrees, but I can tell she's not too happy with me. I feel guilty.
6 p.m.: A invites me to Cirque Dreams with her and her friends. I tell her I'm working late. I'm not working late. Again, I feel guilty.
8:45 p.m.: Jerk off and then veg out in front of the television.

DAY FOUR
12:32 p.m.: I get three texts. One from each girl. E wants oral sex and tells me she loves me. A wants to go to a concert in Central Park. Y still wants to cook. This simultaneously excites me — three women want me! — and makes me feel odd.
2:45 p.m.: I tell A that I will meet her, blow off the others.
6:30 p.m.: Sitting out on the Great Lawn with A and her friends, drinking wine. A won't shut up. She talks and talks and talks. Says the word "precisely" way too often. I consider myself lucky she is leaving in a few days.
11:45 p.m.: A tells me she didn't want me to think we had a future. I try to repress a big grin with no success. I didn't think I gave her the impression I wanted her as a girlfriend ... was she using reverse psychology?
1:30 a.m.: I am home, alone, and I'm thankful because of it.

DAY FIVE
6:45 a.m.: A few extra minutes today, so I masturbate to some random solo-girl porn on my computer before showering and running out of the apartment.
8:33 a.m.: A sends a text — "Next sleepover … Have a 'present' for you. I had it prepared in my bag…" Briefly try to figure out what she could be talking about.
9:25 a.m.: E sends me a long e-mail list on how to overcome depression. She ends it with a P.S.: "I miss your mouth."
10:01 a.m.: My friend and I exchange catch-up e-mails. I tell him I'm tired of A. He tells me he spent three days in Jordan. His rundown was more interesting.
11:30 p.m.: I put my head in my hands and wonder what the hell I'm doing.
1 p.m.: Decide the only way out of this malaise is to find a girl I want to marry. Y IMs me, tries to say that she still wants to cook for me, but instead tells me that she "wants to cock."
10:50 p.m.: Dinner and TV at Y's. We sit on her bed and watch Cartoon Network. She lives in a gigantic apartment in Harlem. I'm exhausted, but want to get laid. She gets the hint but she's playing it out. I'm debating whether or not to go home.
11:45 p.m.: I fall asleep while she's in the shower. She comes in, lies on top of me and I take off my shorts.
11:55 p.m.: Ugh. That was quick. I lasted hardly a few minutes. What the hell is going on? I don't think she noticed and I try to recover by pleasuring her. She's not having it and tells me to go to sleep. Maybe she did notice. Ego takes a hit. We both set cell phone alarms for 5 a.m.
12:40 a.m.: We talk for a long time. She tells me about some guy she's seeing that may or may not have a girlfriend — she's not sure. She asked for a secret, so I told her some story about how I was arrested in Seattle for vagrancy. It's a story that I cobbled together from other people's experiences — nothing that ever happened to me in real life. She told me how she was raped by her boyfriend after they broke up when she was 17. The act resulted in a terminated pregnancy. Yikes! That beats my "secret."

DAY SIX
6:11 a.m.: Holy fuck! What happened to the alarms?
7:20 a.m.: Home. Showered, shaved, and coffee. Plenty of time to spare. My friend and I exchange a few e-mails. I need to have a conversation with someone I don't work with or sleep with or am not trying to sleep with.
9:30 a.m.: E sends a text asking how I'm doing. "Oh, okay, I guess" is my response.
9:50 a.m.: Try to make plans to meet A later in the evening via IM. Says yes, but she can't stay out too late because she has an early flight. Just as well, I think. I suggest dinner and drinks. She goes offline without answering.
11:10 a.m.: Y IMs me, telling me that I snored and almost pushed her off the bed. I apologize. She said it was okay. She says she would like to see me again soon. I'm surprised after last night's ultra-quick performance.
8 p.m.: Dinner with A is ordered, conversation is light. She is wearing a very low-cut and revealing top. Occasionally, she runs her hand between her breasts, smiling. A few drinks later we're all over each other.

DAY SEVEN
Midnight: The cab ride home was spent making out. Clothes are left by the front door.
1:30 a.m.: Again, I'm finished off with an enthusiastic blow job. She spends way too much time sucking on my balls, which turns out to be somewhat painful and tickles like I wouldn't have imagined. All is made up when she says her favorite part is tasting herself all over me.
4 a.m.: She showered and gathered herself. Cab is at the door and we kiss good-bye. We both promise to keep in contact as she leaves the apartment.
4:10 a.m.–6 p.m.: Coma sleep, food, sleep. Too early to tell how I'll feel about this.

Totals: Five sessions of intercourse with three women, two of them non-U.S. citizens; six meals with three women; two nights alone; two acts of masturbation.


Source: Daily Intel | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:15 pm

Ari’s Rampage Best Thing on ‘Entourage’ in Ages


Photo: Courtesy HBO

Vince's star power continues to dim, but Eric starts to shine; Ari enjoys a glorious meltdown, and Drama goes out in flames. Just as we drift away, Entourage — the show we can't stop watching–slash–can't stop hating ourselves for watching! — pulls. us. back. in.

Guilt:
From the gross opening salvo (Turtle: "Since when don't we share the details of our love lives?" Eric: "Since you shared the details of a girl with anal warts"), through the obligatory strip-club scene, to Ari's persistent fascination with all things gay ("Unlike your world, where the bigger man pounds the smaller man from behind, the bigger man in my world is the last man standing, and that will be me"), this episode offers plenty to vex one's soul.

And inspire a sense of déjà vu: Vincent Chase is broke again. This time, though, he has to admit it. To avoid bankruptcy, he negotiates a $200,000 appearance at a sweet-sixteen party. After stomping off in a huff when the girl's mother (Fran Drescher) suggests that the Aquaman star could play the party's centerpiece by spending the evening on an iceberg in the middle of the pool, he agrees to serenade the birthday girl with some Frankie Valli. Drama, heartbroken and wasted (still), turns "I Love You Baby" into an impromptu duet — and barfs on the cake for the finale. Which, while predictable, was actually kind of great.

Pleasure:
Car chases and fight scenes! As always, mighty agent Ari Gold delivers. When his wife gives him a Ferrari for their anniversary, he runs into his archenemy, upstart agent Adam Davies, in his Porsche Carrera. Naturally, they drag-race through the streets of L.A. Gold crashes his beautiful toy and owes Davies a $100 bet — which he delivers in a sack of shit. Human shit. We're left to imagine exactly how Lloyd the wonder assistant procured that.

It gets better: Davies sends some hot male strippers posing as cops to "arrest" Ari in the middle of a meeting with TI. Ari retaliates with photo evidence that Davies's girlfriend once made a move on him, so Davies digs up a porn video from Ari's wife's past. You do not mess with the mother of Ari Gold's children. The family man storms into his old agency and threatens Davies — and then, just when we think the show won't deliver — Ari actually bitch-slaps Davies and gets an apology. We have never been so proud of him.

Even Eric is living up to his potential — and creating genuine conflict in a series that could always use it! Vince's ex-agent Amanda interests Edward Norton in Eric's clients' script, Nine Brave Souls. But Norton's thinking it should be called The Smoke Jumper and include some action scenes, and Ridley Scott just might come onboard. In other words, it's no longer an indie flick, but the sort of studio blockbuster that Vince and his bank account could use about now…


Source: Vulture | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:13 pm

Milan Fashion Week goes relaxed in stressed times (AP)

This creation was part of the Giorgio Armani Spring/Summer 2009 fashion collection, presented in Milan, Italy, Monday, Sept. 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)AP - There are few better weather vanes for changing times than the fashion industry, whose sensitive antennas quickly pick up on a mood and design accordingly.



Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 22 Sep 2008 | 8:05 pm

Judging the Frocks at the Emmy Awards


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If the Emmys are any indication, actresses (and reality stars) are so over clean lines. The red carpet was awash in ruffles and ruching and poufing and big fat sashes last night. Some adornments begged to be ripped from their wearer more than Howie Mandel's soul patch — or earrings, for that matter. So it wasn't our favorite batch of gowns from an award show, but there were some stunners (Julia Louis-Dreyfus!), bummers (Eva Longoria's bow!), and a token crazy (Phoebe Price, God bless her!). And when the gowns bored, Ryan Seacrest's constant messing up/making people feel awkward on the E! pre-show always entertained. For more of our thoughts on last night's gowns, watch the slideshow.

Related: Fug Girls on the Emmys: If We Were Handing Out Awards


Source: The Cut | 22 Sep 2008 | 7:52 pm

Metallica, Run-D.M.C. nominees for Rock Hall

Read full story for latest details.


Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 Sep 2008 | 7:42 pm

Cheers! Sallie Krawcheck Out at Citigroup


"Man, I can already smell the Cointreau."
Photo: Newscom

Sallie Krawcheck, the head of Citigroup Inc.'s wealth-management unit and one of the most powerful women on Wall Street, is leaving the bank, The Wall Street Journal reports. The reason for her departure is "unclear," the Journal says, but they seem to imply that it may have had something to do with the Curse of Vikram Pandit ("a string of top executives have left since he assumed the top position in December"), or that maybe the gyration of the markets have been too much to bear and she's all, "Fuck this." But we suspect the explanation may be simpler: "I work all the time," she told Penelope Trunk last year. "I sent 220 emails last weekend. The last time I went out for drinks on a weekday like Sex in the City was when I was twenty-two." She's 44. Girlfriend needs a drink.

Krawcheck to Leave Citigroup [WSJ]


Source: Daily Intel | 22 Sep 2008 | 7:20 pm

Bravo Casting for ‘Fashion House’ Reality Show


Bravo's Project Runway replacement, Fashion House, is casting. The show is looking for people who have what it takes to succeed in one of the world's elite fashion houses, like Calvin Klein. Bravo has said contestants will work in teams to create an entire line, rather than individual pieces, so things ought to get dramatic. If you think you have the stamina, make a ten-minute video of yourself and fill out a really long questionnaire for Bravo to be considered. Godspeed. [Bravo via Sassybella]


Source: The Cut | 22 Sep 2008 | 7:15 pm

Bikini-clad champ puts on gown for 'Dancing'

Read full story for latest details.


Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 Sep 2008 | 7:05 pm

Emmy ratings may be worst ever

Read full story for latest details.


Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 Sep 2008 | 6:39 pm

David Blaine

Illusionist and stuntman David Blaine, seen here in May 2008, began a nearly three-day stint Monday hanging upside down over New York's Central Park, in what may be his toughest dare yet.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 Sep 2008 | 6:32 pm

'Rashomon' remake finds a Harbor

Front Page: New version will take place in modern day USA -- Los Angeles-based Harbor Light Entertainment and Tokyo-based Lotus have assembled an international consortium to remake helmer Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic "Rashomon."


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 22 Sep 2008 | 6:12 pm

Run-D.M.C., Metallica ominated for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Run-D.M.C. could "Walk This Way" into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 5:48 pm

Michel Houellebecq

Two of France's most vilified authors, literary bad boy Michel Houellebecq, seen here in 20065, and flamboyant philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, have come together to pen a joint riposte to their critics,...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 Sep 2008 | 5:01 pm

Bernard-Henri Levy

Two of France's most vilified authors flamboyant philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy, seen here in February 2008,and literary bad boy Michel Houellebecqhave come together to pen a joint riposte to their critics,...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 Sep 2008 | 5:01 pm

Emmy Awards: Red-Hot Fashion on the Red Carpet

Even with many looks ripped from the high-fashion runways, the risks were few on the red carpet at Sunday night's 60th annual Emmy Awards.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 4:50 pm

Nicolas Cage to bewitch in supernatural thriller

US actor Nicolas Cage, seen here in 2007, is to reunite with director Dominic Sena in a supernatural thriller set in the Middle Ages, entertainment industry press reports said Monday.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 Sep 2008 | 4:39 pm

Dark changes in store for the 'Heroes'

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 Sep 2008 | 4:33 pm

A person walking across a poster promoting a Harry Potter movie in Mumbai

A person walking across a poster promoting a Harry Potter movie in Mumbai, India. A New Delhi court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by Hollywood studio Warner Bros against the makers of Bollywood film "Hari...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 Sep 2008 | 4:14 pm

'Mad Men' and '30 Rock' Win Top Emmys

The sleek '60s drama "Mad Men" made Emmy history Sunday as the first cable-only show to win a top TV series award, while the sitcom "30 Rock" and its stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin also emerged as winners.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 4:13 pm

Bollywood actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan

Bollywood actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan, seen here addressing a press conference in Mumbai, after his debut directorial venture 'Taare Zameen Par' - Stars on Earth -, was selected as India's entry to the...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 22 Sep 2008 | 4:12 pm

'Mad Men,' '30 Rock' are top shows

"Mad Men" was named best drama and "30 Rock" best comedy at the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards Sunday night. "John Adams," the HBO miniseries about the founding father and second president, won 13 Emmys Sunday, setting a new Emmy record.


Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:46 pm

FOX411: Steven Tyler Gets in Cher's Pants

Boston’s historic Symphony Hall was filled with rock stars and assorted dignitaries on Friday night, including homeboy Sting, Chris Botti, Katharine McPhee, Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer and homeboy Steven Tyler of Aerosmith.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Football towers over Emmys

Front Page: ABC telecast hits all-time ratings low -- The Primetime Emmy Awards telecast on ABC was tackled for a loss on Sunday, thumped by one of the top-rated primetime NFL games of recent years.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 22 Sep 2008 | 3:00 pm

Pop Tarts: Tina Fey Wants Palin Out of Her Life

There were plenty of digs at John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin at Sunday's 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.
Source: FOXNews.com | 22 Sep 2008 | 2:56 pm

Rock Hall of Fame unveils noms

Front Page: Metallica, Stooges, War up for consideration -- Groundbreaking artists who made their marks in hard rock, disco, R&B and guitar solos are among the nine nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.


Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 22 Sep 2008 | 1:24 pm

In Politicized Emmys, Reality & Cable Rule

Political punches, cable series and reality TV dominated the night.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 22 Sep 2008 | 1:00 pm

Ferre: Sculpted Samurai Geometry (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD201  Model walks the runway at the Gianfranco Ferre show during Spring 2009 Fashion Week in Milan on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - Gianfranco Ferre, oft described as the architect of fashion, saw his label and ideas rebuilt lovingly Sunday in Milan at the debut show by the house's new design duo Tommaso Aquilano and Roberto Rimondi.



Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:39 pm

Emporio Armani: Metropolitan Raja (Fashion Wire Daily)

FWD101  Model walks the runway at the Emporio Armani show during Spring 2009 Fashion Week in Milan on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008.(Fashion Wire Daily/Gruber)Fashion Wire Daily - Giorgio Armani's recent obsession with all things Oriental continued in Milan with the presentation of his Emporio Armani collection on Sunday in the Italian fashion capital.



Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 22 Sep 2008 | 12:35 pm