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Suspect In Murders Of Jennifer Hudson's Mom, Brother In Custody: ReportSinger/actress' nephew is still considered missing.By Jennifer Vineyard Jennifer Hudson Photo: Matt Carr/Getty Images Although Chicago police had yet to officially confirm, police sources tell...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 4:50 pm Suspect in Custody in Hudson Family Slayings (E! Online)
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 Oct 2008 | 11:15 am A Warp Records record sleeveA Warp Records record sleeve. Britain's pioneering Warp Records is surviving on a diet of innovation and experimentation, confounding predictions that traditional labels could die out as major bands release...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 10:16 am Britain's Warp label find key to survival in uncertain music industryBritain's pioneering Warp Records is surviving on a diet of innovation and experimentation, confounding predictions that traditional labels could die out as major bands release music...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 10:16 am Actor and Warp artist Vincent GalloActor and Warp artist Vincent Gallo in New York City, September 2008. Britain's pioneering Warp Records is surviving on a diet of innovation and experimentation, confounding predictions that traditional...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 10:16 am Dreamer, Live in the Here and Now - New York Times
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Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Oct 2008 | 8:59 am Hollywood feeling pinch amid economic worriesWhen Paul Hodges lost his job as a newspaper librarian this summer, he cut back on junk food, canceled his Netflix subscription, went back to his old DVDs and tried to stop buying new ones.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 8:57 am Matt Lauer hit by funny bombs at Friars Club roast - New York Daily News
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Responding to a call made by a family...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Oct 2008 | 5:23 am Jerry Lewis makes another anti-gay slurJerry Lewis made an anti-gay slur on Australian television similar to one he apologized for using on his annual telethon a year ago. Following a news conference in Sydney Friday, Lewis,...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 5:16 am Do You Speak Hollywood? - New York Times
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 Oct 2008 | 4:20 am Jennifer Hudson's Mom, Brother Killed; Her Nephew MissingPolice: Child may be accompanied by a man considered armed and dangerous.Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 25 Oct 2008 | 3:48 am SAG meets federal mediatorFront Page: Union leaders, Gonzalez discuss AMPTP talks -- Federal mediator Juan Carlos Gonzalez has taken the first step in his attempt to re-start the stalled contract negotiations between the Screen Actors Guild and the congloms.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 25 Oct 2008 | 3:16 am Collecting with the stars: celeb trading cards (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Oct 2008 | 2:36 am Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother killed: reportsCHICAGO (Reuters) - The mother and brother of Academy Award-winning actress Jennifer Hudson were found shot to death in the mother's Chicago home on Friday, media reported.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 2:35 am Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother slain in ChicagoThe mother and brother of Jennifer Hudson were found shot dead Friday at a South Side home, and police were looking for a missing child who is the nephew of the singer and Oscar-winning...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 2:18 am Hudson's mother, brother found slainPolice are searching for a 7-year-old boy who disappeared from the scene of a double homicide in Chicago's South Side.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 Oct 2008 | 1:58 am MTV Networks/Viacom Urge Voters to Reject Prop 8Business Joins the Equality Business Advisory Council to Defeat Prop 8, Protect Freedom to Marry for all Californians SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 1:52 am Jerry Lewis under fire over 2nd anti-gay slurSYDNEY, Australia - Veteran comedian Jerry Lewis is under fire again from a homosexual rights advocate for using on Australian television an abbreviation of the same anti-gay slur he...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 1:40 am Guitarist Slash plans star-studded solo albumNEW YORK (Billboard) - A solo album or the third Velvet Revolver album -- or possibly both -- are on Slash's docket for 2009.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Oct 2008 | 1:32 am Neighbor: Hudson's Family Had "Domestic Issues," Other Victim Was Actress' Brother UPDATE: Jennifer Hudson's publicist, Lisa Kasteler, has issued this statement:
"We can confirm that there is an ongoing investigation concerning the deaths of Jennifer...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Oct 2008 | 1:32 am Neighbor: Hudson's Family Had "Domestic Issues," Other Victim Was Actress' Brother (E! Online)
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Sources confirm to E! News that Jennifer Hudson's mother, 57-year-old Darnell Donerson, was found dead Friday afternoon in a house on the South Side...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Oct 2008 | 1:05 am Tom Cruise Roasts Matt LauerWe don't know if he rappelled down the side of the New York Hilton or got dropped off by a spaceship, but Tom Cruise's surprise appearance at the infernally long Friars Club roast of Matt Lauer this afternoon may have been his finest performance since convincing us to sit through Vanilla Sky. The two men have a very public feud dating back to a June 2005 interview in which they tangled over anti-depressants and the history of psychology, but this afternoon, Cruise was all smiles and perfectly delivered punch lines. Cruise painted a picture of Lauer and him as bosom buddies — a friendship, Cruise said, that had resulted in tons of great advice from Lauer. None better, he said, than when he and Lauer were talking about what Cruise should say on a visit to Oprah to promote War of the Worlds just a few months after he'd met Katie Holmes. When Cruise said told Matt he wanted to talk about the movie, he said, "Over the phone I heard that angry sigh. People who know Matt know that angry sigh. Matt says, when people come on my show, you think I want to hear about their dopey movies? Tom, don't be glib. Come on, man, you're in love. It's inspiring. Talk about that, okay? Go crazy, man. Trust me, people will love you for it." But deep down, Cruise admitted, he was jealous of Lauer. "See," he said, "I have a hectic life jumping from international movie sets to amazing parties, never knowing what thrills the next day will bring. But you, on the other hand, I mean, you found happiness doing the same thing every day, never wondering how your life will change. Just sitting on a couch, interviewing the car from Knight Rider or making five-minute radish puffs with Rachael Ray." Cruise ended with a toast: "To our friend who we wake up to every morning only because we had the channel on NBC before we fell asleep." He then told Lauer, "Lose my number, you glib putz." And then signed off by finally saying, "Cruise out!" which was kind of unspeakably awesome. Lauer jumped up to the mike: "Tom, can you stay? We can get a booster seat." Later, Lauer explained that he'd never been prepared for what a sensation the infamous 2005 interview would be, until he went home, "and someone told me what the word glib actually means. That burned my fucking ass!" Lauer also announced that he and Cruise have an interview scheduled for December. "So officially we have now buried the hatchet," he said. "But just between us, if he pulls that shit again, I will fuck him up. The guy is, like, five-foot-three. I will drop a building on his ass." Source: Daily Intel | 24 Oct 2008 | 11:34 pm Star Crap: Hollywood Calling? What if you could buy a magical phone that had God's number already programmed on speed dial? Well, you can't, but how about instead of God, you could get the next best thing: personal...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 24 Oct 2008 | 11:23 pm Iman Calls Palin’s $150K Wardrobe ‘Ridiculous’; Helena Christensen Hadn’t Even Heard About It! Photo: WireImage Could last night's season premiere of BET's Real Life Divas have been a more perfectly named occasion to talk about Sarah Palin's $150K wardrobe? We've heard from both campaigns, political strategists, scholars, journalists, psychologists, and their hamsters about the infamous shopping spree, but last night we caught up with the real experts, supermodels Iman and Helena Christensen. "It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard," said Iman. "But then I thought about being a woman. And I thought, That's very possible! But the clothes she's wearing don't say $150,000. It doesn't even look like $100." Iman could justify the expense of Cindy McCain's clothing "because she wears all Oscar de la Renta, but Palin? Those suits don't look like $150,000 to me." What did they look like? "Maybe they were Express for $150,000." When we asked Helena if she had seen that the McCain camp spent $150K on Palin's threads, she replied, "No." But! "I love the way women are always being, like, literally put on trial for how much money they spend on their wardrobes. Let's talk about how much money men spend on their cars. As soon as a woman becomes slightly famous, they ask, 'How much is she spending?' And they turn into a very bad thing." Well, John Edwards did earn a good deal of scrutiny for his $400 haircuts. "When it comes to politics," she continued, "I think that people are being way too nosy and basically digging way too deep in their personal lives." But really — she hadn't heard about this? Source: The Cut | 24 Oct 2008 | 11:15 pm Falling Away Photo: Richard Drew/AP Temperatures, leaves, and — despite a ritual Hawaiian dance out front — the stock market all fell last week, while Barack Obama’s national polling lead over John McCain shrank, too, if only slightly. Alan Greenspan admitted his laissez-faire worldview of 40 years had collapsed. But Saturday Night Live’s ratings rose, as small-town gal Sarah Palin stopped by. The Republican campaign, meanwhile, was outed for spending $150,000 on her designer duds at Saks, Barneys, and Bloomingdale’s. The City Council voted 29–22 to extend term limits, which will coincidentally allow Mayor Bloomberg to seek another four years in office. Governor Paterson’s chief of staff, Charles O’Byrne, who blamed depression and “late-filing syndrome” for not paying nearly $300,000 in taxes, resigned late on Friday. Andrew Cuomo froze $600 million in bonuses for AIG execs. An illegal immigrant who didn’t want to return to the Dominican Republic shot two cops arresting him for trying to beat the subway fare. (The officers survived, though one remained hospitalized at press time.) A sticky-fingered 76-year-old with 36 aliases was busted stuffing someone else’s wallet into her bra at Fairway. Fake anthrax spooked staffers at the Times, while Judith Miller reported for duty at Fox News. A retired Concorde alighted on the deck of the USS Intrepid, with the help of a crane. A judge granted a $4.6 million gratuity to delivery workers who’d been stiffed by Saigon Grill. The Natural History museum said it would open a skating rink with a synthetic surface that doesn’t require Zamboni maintenance, as though that’s a good thing. Central Park was accessorized with Zaha Hadid’s Chanel Mobile Art installation. An IRS exemption breathed new life into the Atlantic Yards project. Shake Shack opened an Upper West Side outpost. Lil Wayne’s lawyers must have been stoned when they called his pot dealer to testify at the rapper’s trial for gun possession. Liza Minnelli signed up to return to Broadway — for two weeks only! — in December. Madonna and soon-to-be-ex-husband Guy Ritchie traded insults (“retarded,” “ugly”) across the pond. And Joba Chamberlain blamed his DUI arrest outside a strip club on a Red Sox fan who’d taunted the Yankee about his team’s failure to make the postseason. Source: Daily Intel | 24 Oct 2008 | 11:00 pm Vanessa ‘Observes and Interacts With Chuck in a Way I Find Organic, Human, and Beautiful’ Photo: Courtesy of the CW As usual, many of you heard and saw things that our cataract-riddled, old eyes and ancient ears did not, like the multiple references to the Greatest Show of Another Time, Beverly Hills, 90210, and the Greatest Movie of the Time Just After That But Before This Time, Cruel Intentions, and that it was actually an "icy beverage" thrown at Chuck in front of the Brooklyn Inn. And to all those of you who read and remarked upon Chris's "Look, it was only a short time ago that I was in college!" story for the Yale Daily News, you just get brownie points. (Except you, Atekusori, who totally busted him.) Our tally left our heroes with: *Thanks for the hed, comfortablysmug. More Realistic Than Vanessa's Last-Season H&M Faker Than Dan Magically Unlocking Chuck's Door
Source: Daily Intel | 24 Oct 2008 | 10:50 pm Versace Launching $2,100 Fragrance The $2,100 perfume. Photo: Courtesy of Versace Who's bucking the economic climate? Donatella Versace, that's who! Today she announced the launch of Gianni Versace Couture, a limited-edition fragrance that costs $2,100 per 3.4-ounce bottle. What does that kind of cash get you? Well, it comes in a white leather box that doubles as a carrying case and is described as a "floriental-woody scent." It heads to the States in December. Just in time for Christmas! [WWD] Source: The Cut | 24 Oct 2008 | 10:30 pm Week in Review: Daffy Old Person Edition Looking back on a week in which we didn't give a good goddamn… Oh, Christ — it's Friday again already? NBC is cutting $500 million! Who cares! Tom Cruise? He can go to hell. Rock critics? Who needs them. You want to know what's just awful? David Cook. What's with all of these movies about dogs? We hate dogs! And Heroes! Who the crap is Zack Snyder? And Diddy dressing like the pope? Un-fucking-believable! 17 Again? We'd rather be dead. Did you hear the new Guns N' Roses single? We didn't — because our hearing is shot. Don Draper should shut his face. Slumdog Millionaire? We don't even know what that is. Source: Daily Intel | 24 Oct 2008 | 10:17 pm L'Oréal Lays Off 260; Comme des Garçons for H&M Already on eBay! About time Padma's long locks got a deal. Photo: Getty Images MAKEUP FRAGRANCE HAIR • Sarah Silverman broached the topic of shaving, trimming, and waxing the nether regions on her television show. She didn't want to because she said pubic hair reminded her of her mom, but cut them anyway to make her boyfriend happy. Sellout? [Jezebel] SKIN Source: The Cut | 24 Oct 2008 | 10:15 pm '30 Rock' may get Palin-based boostFront Page: Fey sketch viewed more than 40 million times -- Can Sarah Palin save "30 Rock"? The Republican veepee candidate may be the best thing that's happened to NBC's Tina Fey laffer, which launches its third season Oct. 30.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Oct 2008 | 10:15 pm Aternoon Fix: Tom Cruise Lets "Glib Putz" Matt Lauer Know Everything's Cool Between Them • To prove he's cool and not all hung up on some argument about prescription drugs from three years ago, Tom Cruise roasted Matt Lauer at the Friar's club today with...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 24 Oct 2008 | 10:05 pm Lily Allen Succumbs to Peer Pressure Photo: Getty Images 1. Lily Allen, "Everyone's at It" 2. 100 Suns vs. Snoop Dogg, "Calling Mumia" 3. CSS, "Beautiful Song (CSS Remix)" 4. Mos Def, "Life in Marvelous Times" 5. Ace Hood, Juelz Santana, Fabolous, and Jadakiss, "BET Cypher (Round 3)" Source: Vulture | 24 Oct 2008 | 10:03 pm NYC Real-Estate Developer Offers ‘Obama Contingency’ Photo: +aRT Holy election tie-in: Erik Ekstein, who's developing +aRT, an 88-unit Chelsea condo that just began sales last week, says he's including an "Obama Contingency Clause" in all contracts that go into effect between now and Election Day. If Obama wins, the contract goes through, but if John McCain prevails, buyers can back out — and presumably move to Canada — "with no questions asked." (He says he came up with the idea after talking to potential buyers, who seemed to be holding off until the election.) Ekstein, a big supporter of the Democratic candidate, says he's not worried he'll lose business. "It's a very narrow window, and we're fairly confident he'll win," he says. Source: Daily Intel | 24 Oct 2008 | 10:00 pm Sightings: Orlando Bloom Is Ghetto Fabulous FILM FORUM: Orlando Bloom, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Bryce Dallas Howard and Johnny Knoxville, chatting at the Ghetto Film School fund-raiser hosted by Spike Jonze and David O. Russell in Los...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 24 Oct 2008 | 10:00 pm Video: A Look at Comme des Garçons’s H&M Line Last night H&M held a party to preview its Comme des Garçons collection. We went to ogle the clothes for ourselves and mingle with rabid Comme fans and fashionistas. The collection hits stores on November 13, and one partygoer told us he already requested the day off work. Watch the video to find out which of H&M's past designer-diffusion collections one partygoer waited sixteen hours on line for. If you were crying at the end of episode twelve, you will be hit in the stomach with a sledgehammer at the end of the finale. It's a completion of the story for the season, which is a different story than last season. I think that when you go back and look at episode one, you'll see that it was all there. It was about Betty's adolescence, as opposed to her childhood last season, and about crudeness taking over the world, and it's sort of about whatever's going on in their personal lives. There's a lot that goes on in their personal lives that's resolved, but what it's really about is that the world … the change is really under way." Jon Hamm (Don Draper) on SNL's Sarah Palin gossip: Elisabeth Moss on Peggy's hair-volution: Bryan Batt on Sal Romano: Rich Sommer (Harry Crane) on on-set antics: John Slattery (Roger Sterling) on being a gossip item in "Rush & Molloy": Talia Balsam on Mona Sterling's divorce: Michael Gladis (Paul Kinsey) on having ratings versus being influential: Vincent Kartheiser (Pete Campbell) on being really stoned: Related: See more from Speed-the-Plow’s opening night by clicking through our Party Lines Slideshow. Source: Daily Intel | 24 Oct 2008 | 9:21 pm Charlie Rose on Sarah Palin on Charlie Rose Photo: Getty Images In this weekend's issue of The New York Times Magazine, reporter Robert Draper looked into the various tactics of the John McCain campaign, including the choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate. Draper noted that during chairman Rick Davis's research into the Alaska governor, an interview between her and Charlie Rose struck him particularly: Reviewing the tape, it didn’t concern Davis that Palin seemed out of her depth on health-care issues or that, when asked to name her favorite candidate among the Republican field, she said, “I’m undecided.” What he liked was how she stuck to her pet issues — energy independence and ethics reform — and thereby refused to let Rose manage the interview.
You did a prominent interview with Sarah Palin. What do you make of that? Audrey Tautou? But that didn't influence world events. My understanding was that she did well against you? Do you wish you'd been harder on her? What was your impression of her? Source: Daily Intel | 24 Oct 2008 | 9:15 pm Uniqlo to Stage Best Promotion Ever in Times Square Photo: Courtesy of Uniqlo Uniqlo is promoting its new Heat Tech innerwear by giving it away for free in Times Square next month. Three cheers! Free clothes! But the best part is how they plan to distribute the clothes: with a "giant human vending machine." Above you see a rendering of said giant human vending machine. We didn't understand what a giant human vending machine was, so we called up a Uniqlo rep to find out. This is how she described it: "Basically we’re going to have two mimes. A male and a female mime inside the machine. And the public can see them through glass. When you get there, we’re going to have Uniqlo reps dressed in the silver bodysuits. And they’re going to hold a thermograph scanner — think of an airport security machine. The thermographer identifies cold spots in your body. After you go through that, you go to the vending machine and push a button and the mimes are going to do a synchronized choreographed routine and then your outfit comes out." Oh hell yes. Women will go to the women's side and men will go to the men's side and get outfits for their respective genders. However only one size will be distributed, which "should fit your average body type." A few thousand will be given away. Here are event details: WHAT: Free Uniqlo Heat Tech Innerwear Distributed by Giant Human Vending Machine
Source: The Cut | 24 Oct 2008 | 9:15 pm A library in AbidjanA library in Abidjan, Ivory Coast is seen in 2006. Kenyan author Ngugi wa Thiang'o, along with Nigerian Ben Okri and Angolan writer Ondjaki won an inaugural African literature prize here on Friday.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Oct 2008 | 9:07 pm 'Wicked' mints green on stageFront Page: Universal musical overtakes studio's top films -- Everyone on Broadway knows "Wicked" does wicked good business. But after five years on the Gotham boards, the perennial top dog of Rialto sales has racked up the kind of numbers that make Hollywood sit up: Universal Pictures, the studio that first optioned the 1995 novel and one of the producers of the tuner, says "Wicked" counts among its most profitable properties. Period.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:59 pm Artist Daniel McDonald Does the Monster Mash Daniel McDonald's Alternative Space (Various Figures) (2008). Photo: Courtesy of Broadway 1602 gallery Sacred monsters are one thing, but are artists really the freak show depicted here? Just ask one. Daniel McDonald's latest figurine-studded dioramas reenact the struggle for autonomy among the creative classes, here protesting the closure of their "alternative space" — a common occurrence in this (till recently) merciless real-estate market, as well as something of a spiritual loss. After all, what happens when you evict a mummy from her pyramid or a warlock from his coven? On view at Broadway 1602 until the end of the day. Source: Daily Intel | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:58 pm Publication of ‘Elle Accessories’ Suspended Ugh, it's a media blood bath today. On the heels of Radar and 02138's shuttering, Fashion Week Daily just reported publication of Elle Accessories has been suspended. Anne Slowey helmed the title, and four of her key staffers were let go. [Fashion Week Daily] Source: The Cut | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:47 pm Hudson's mother, brother found deadFront Page: Police seeking Oscar winner's missing nephew -- The mother and brother of Jennifer Hudson were found shot dead Friday at a South Side home, and police were seeking a missing child who is the nephew of the singer and Oscar-winning actress.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:47 pm ESPN Pretty Much Making Its Policies Up As It Goes Along Bill Simmons and Rick Reilly. Photo: Wikipedia Commons If you rely on ESPN for your sports news, as lots of people do, it’s entirely possible that you hadn’t heard the story about Brett Favre maybe sort-of sharing information about the Packers with the Lions’ Matt Millen until Wednesday, even though Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer reported it over the weekend. Why? Officially, according an internal ESPN memo headlined “DO NOT REPORT” no fewer than four times, it’s because they said it simply wasn’t true, based on information from their “reliable sources.” Yes, Favre himself had texted a denial to SI’s Peter King, calling the story “total bs.” (King, presumably, took a break from tapping out his next column on his BlackBerry to read the message.) But there's no denying the report was still newsworthy, right? Well, ESPN did deny it, until they absolutely couldn't anymore. (Favre himself admitted at his weekly press conference that many aspects of the report were actually true.) Could this have something to do with the fact that the story was broken by Glazer, a non-ESPN reporter, who for the record, has been dead-on with plenty of breaking stories this year? Or is it made worse by the fact that they were scooped on a story about a man they’d spent the better part of the summer stalking — er, professionally and thoroughly covering? But rules are rules in Bristol. Here’s another: You can’t just interview a presidential candidate whenever you'd like. Or at least, that’s what they told Bill Simmons earlier this year when he wanted to interview Barack Obama on a podcast during the Democratic primary. Yet in Rick Reilly’s column this week, there was Obama, drafting a fantasy football team with Reilly. (For the record, he did ask McCain to draft a team too, and he declined. Though that might be for the best: If you were waiting to compare each man’s fantasy-football-drafting skills before casting a vote, you might want to sit this election out.) Give Reilly a break, though: It's gotta be tough knowing he's no longer the only reporter on the college-football-player-who-had-his-finger-amputated beat, as he found out last week when both his column and the back-page one in SI — the space he used to occupy — were on Mesa State’s Trevor Wikre, who, yes, had his pinkie amputated after an injury so he could get back to playing almost immediately. This whole Obama/Reilly/Simmons business brings up the question, again, of who the top dog is over there. Simmons is easily the site’s most popular columnist, but Reilly is the “name” to people who watch a LOT of golf on television, and those are the people who bring the advertisers. (And Reilly’s salary.) And considering how dismissive Reilly has been in the past toward Simmons and “other bloggers,” one wonders if, at some point, a blowup will have to come. Meanwhile, it was a great week for the Times’ Richard Sandomir, who pretty much had a compelling story a day, concluding with a truly depressing account of Shea Stadium’s plodding destruction. And his account of a day on the ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown set summed up pretty much exactly why intelligent fans can no longer watch that show ... and why so many others do. Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:43 pm Peaches Geldof Displays New Levels of Awesomeness How could you not like this face? Photo: WireImage STOP THE WORLD — Peaches Geldof's first column for Nylon is out. The Guardian has a brilliant review of her work, but before you can fully appreciate that, you must have a taste of the Awesomeness of Peaches, formerly illustrated by her clothes and disaffected attitude and now by her very own writing skills: The sun glows a burned orange as it sinks behind a skyscraper, a car horn screeches irritably, the wind whistles through the acres of willows in Central Park: New York, the most offbeat and eccentric city in America, is my new home.
I traveled across America in a cramped, packed U-Haul and experienced parts of the U.S. not many people see unless they go off the beaten path. The days passed by in a haze of truck stops, fast food restaurants, and palm trees … In Indiana I joined some locals in a chewing tobacco competition. My Jack Kerouac adventure led me to New York, where I fell in love with the place all over again.
Nylon magazine, whose target market is evidently every jaded, self-regarding New York hipster who thinks they're part of a movement, as opposed to the sort of people with whom you could only bear to have a conversation if speedballs were provided. Apparently Nylon has a really big Klonopin culture — something that may not come as the most awful shock were you to wade into its editorial content at any length — and Peaches is at the age where she thinks it's totally edgy to tell people this stuff.
[K]now this, Peaches: Less Than Zero does not "explain you". It is the work of a genuinely prodigious talent and is a satire of people just like you, and your magazine, and all the vast, vast apathy which permits your laughably undeserved rise to the level of teen visionary.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:21 pm Travis Barker: First Public Sighting Since Crash Travis Barker seems to be handling the healing process like a rock star.
The former Blink-182 drummer bravely ventured out for the first time Thursday since his release last week from...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:17 pm Upcoming Beastie Boys Album Sounds Better Than Their Last One, at Least Photo: Getty Images "It's political, depending on what you call political. You know, if toilet talk and fart jokes are political, which they can be, in that sense yeah, very." —Adam Horovitz on the upcoming Beastie Boys album [Billboard] "I've been eating better and training — and hating myself for it. I feel like a sell out, I feel lame, I feel like a guy I would make fun of." —Seth Rogen on preparing for The Green Hornet [WENN via Starpulse] "Obama would be the better Bond because — if he's true to his word — he'd be willing to quite literally look the enemy in the eye and go toe-to-toe with them. McCain, because of his long service and experience, would probably be a better M. There is, come to think of it, a kind of Judi Dench quality to McCain." —Daniel Craig breaks down the presidential candidates' qualifications to be 007 [Parade] "I was gonna pull my dick out but because I know for a fact mine is a lot larger than Jim Morrison's, but I thought, 'I'll let history stand.'" —Nick Cave reflects on his recent performance at the Hollywood Bowl [Spinner] "I was like, Quantum of Solace, what's that about?"—Marc Foster, director of A Quantum of Solace, describes his first reaction to the title [ComingSoon] "A break? No, why? You got something better to do. Show me somewhere better than this and I'll consider it." —Jerry Lewis promises that his advancing age will not get in the way of irritating us with his comedy [AP via CNN] Source: Vulture | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:15 pm By the Way, This Man’s Plant Looks Like Ganesh Photo: NYDN An amaranth plant that looks quite a lot like Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu deity, has sprouted in the backyard of a Queens man. "They say God comes in many forms. I figure this has taken the form of a plant to come into my yard to bless me," said the owner, who immigrated from Guyana three decades ago. "For it to have that long trunk like this is not a natural thing," said a spokesman from the Queens Botanical Gardens. [NYDN] Source: Daily Intel | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:15 pm Angelina Globe-Trots for Good in Afghanistan Angelina Jolie has boldly—and conscientiously—gone where no Jolie-Pitt has gone before.
And that's saying something.
The Oscar winner and United Nations...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 24 Oct 2008 | 8:13 pm Review: ATV racer 'Pure' find balance (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 24 Oct 2008 | 7:50 pm ‘Spring Awakening’ Closing in January Playbill reports that Tony-winning rock musical Spring Awakening will close on January 18. If you have not yet seen this show, you really have no excuse, as everyone and their mother probably told you to check it out (though not necessarily with your mother). So now's your last chance to see Hunter Parrish onstage as Melchior, as, sadly, all good things must come to an end. Call it the bitch of living. [Playbill] Source: Vulture | 24 Oct 2008 | 7:49 pm Adam Lippes to Design Capsule Collection for Mango Adam Lippes Photo: Getty Images Mango just announced that designer Adam Lippes signed on to create capsule men's and women's collections for the label starting next spring. The line, Adam for Mango, will include twelve looks each for men and women as well as accessories. The first collection will launch in stores, including the Mango in Soho, on March 15. A fall collection will hit stores in early September. We might just be a little more excited about this than the capsule collection Penélope Cruz designed for the label. Okay — a lot more. [DNR] Source: The Cut | 24 Oct 2008 | 7:39 pm ‘Mad Men’: The Don Draper Likability Index Photo: Courtesy of AMC It's no secret that Don Draper isn't the man he used to be — and we don't just mean Dick Whitman. Over the course of these past 25 episodes, Don's gone from lovable cad to unsympathetic prick. But when did Sterling Cooper's once-beloved creative director turn into Tony Soprano? Using our patented Drape-o-Meter, which measures the likability of any Mad Men character on a period-appropriate scale of JFK (likable) to Richard Nixon (unlikable), we track his decline — after the jump! Oh, and spoilers ahead, obviously. Source: Vulture | 24 Oct 2008 | 7:30 pm Country singer files for bankruptcyRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Oct 2008 | 7:09 pm Print and advertising pay to playFront Page: Studios ask producers to cover promo costs -- In order to land a distribution deal at a studio, shingles are being asked to provide their own print and advertising coin in addition to the production dollars needed to make the pics.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Oct 2008 | 7:06 pm Lauren Hutton the New Face of the Olsens’ Clothing Line Lauren and Ashley. Photo: WireImage Lauren Hutton is the new face of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's new clothing line. No joke. She'll star in the ad campaigns and walk in runway shows, according to ContactMusic.com. (It's unclear which Olsen-designed line she'll work for — the Row or Elizabeth & James.) Mary-Kate told ContactMusic they don't care that Hutton's 64: "She's just a wise woman and she's a traveler and she's obviously a style icon." Ashley said, "She's older and she's beautiful, and that is sexy to us." Us too, but is this news a giant WTF to anyone else? There's something weird to us about Hutton modeling for the Row and/or Elizabeth & James because we only ever imagine, like, 19-year-olds buying those clothes. And that's probably because the Olsens are so small and childlike themselves. We can't imagine someone as wise as Hutton taking direction from them. They're so young and meek and soft-spoken — we saw them on Oprah yesterday! Anyway, go on with your bad selves, you three. We support you! Maybe we're the only ones who find the pairing strange. MARY-KATE OLSEN - OLSENS PICK HUTTON AS TOP MODEL [ContactMusic] Source: The Cut | 24 Oct 2008 | 7:01 pm The Dears, CMJ’s Most Stoic Band But for the Butt Wiggle Photo: Jed Egan A George Michael–esque ass wiggle was the closest thing to banter that the Dears front man Murray Lightburn indulged in at last night's Hiro Ballroom show. That came toward the end of their set, during the intro to "Whites Only Party," one of the only songs the band played that wasn't from their excellent latest album, Missiles. Dressed in a black leather jacket, Lightburn stood in profile for much of the tight, 70-minute set, facing his wife and bandmate, Natalia Yanchak, switching stances when he had to trade out guitars (and keytars!), and seeming completely unfazed by the audience or an undone guitar strap that flapped off his shoulder mid-set. The audience seemed transient; the majority kept their coats on and were ready to roll out to the next CMJ show as soon as the Dears wrapped up. The seven-piece band (all new members, save for Yanchak) showed nerves, complementing Lightburn's notorious perfectionism and keeping the show on its tight schedule — on by 8:30 and out in time for the next show at 10. Lightburn's stoicism finally switched off as the band finished their encore and he graciously stuck his arm into the audience, shaking hands. It resulted in the most polite stage rush you might ever see. Source: Vulture | 24 Oct 2008 | 6:32 pm ‘The Office’: Couples’ Edition Photo: Courtesy of NBC Sometimes it’s easy to forget, with all conference-room stand-up routines and Woody Allen–esque howlers like, “You’ll always be safe with me. I’m a screamer,” that The Office is a show about relationships. With an episode that focused solely on the three main pairings, it’s worth taking a look at how they’re progressing, and their chances at success. Jim and Pam Likability Quotient: 8. The show’s smart about showing the flaws beneath Jim’s affable persona, and how he’s having a lot more difficulty with Pam being in New York than she is, but come on: Everybody’s rooting for them. Chances at Success: 85 percent. It’s still difficult to imagine they’d let them come this far and deny them actually ending up together. Dwight and Angela Likability Quotient: 3. It’s always nice when Dwight reveals the scared, good-hearted neophyte beneath, but, as clever as the coupling might have been in theory, they’ve never quite felt right together. Chances at Success: 25 percent. Still don’t think she’ll end up with Andy — their non-wedding reeks of Season Cliffhanger — but even if Angela and Dwight get back together, he’ll end up killing one of her cats again. Michael and Holly Likability Quotient: 10. It’s going to be difficult to buy Michael with anyone else. Chances at Success: 1 percent. Not only is Amy Ryan signed for only two more episodes — raises hands to the heavens, shakes fists — but the first signs of her impending exit appear. David Wallace, the CFO up at corporate, sees Holly and Michael kissing each other and announces to the camera, ominously, irritated, that no, he didn’t know they were seeing each other. His look says it’s going to be a problem. And that will be the end of our Amy Ryan. Just for now, we hope. Source: Vulture | 24 Oct 2008 | 5:44 pm Pop Tarts: What's Heidi Klum Afraid to Do Around Seal?Heidi Klum has made a living roaming runways in pretty much next-to-nothing, but the 'Victoria's Secret' supermodel does have one fear which involves her musician husband, Seal.Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Oct 2008 | 5:43 pm Jennifer Lopez, Prince Salute Donatella Versace (Fashion Wire Daily)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 24 Oct 2008 | 5:43 pm Maya Rudolph to Play Michelle Obama Photo: Getty Images The special-guest parade continues on Saturday Night Live: TMZ reports that alum Maya Rudolph will return this weekend to play Michelle Obama — this should be interesting, particularly because we're just having a hard time imagining how a good parody of Michelle would look. Unfortunately, Tina Fey will not be around to resume her Palin-mocking duties (she put in her time last night), but give us Kristen Wiig as a glassy-eyed Cindy McCain and all is forgiven. [TMZ] Source: Vulture | 24 Oct 2008 | 5:28 pm Will Ferrell's Bush gives tips to Fey's PalinRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Oct 2008 | 5:25 pm The Clubs That Even Famous People Can't Get IntoFind out where Britney Spears, Rumer Willis, and John Legend got turned away at the doorSource: FOXNews.com | 24 Oct 2008 | 5:24 pm Will Ferrell and Tina Fey Stage Political Impression DuelTheir Sarah Palin and George W. Bush alter egos meet on special 'SNL'Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Oct 2008 | 4:56 pm Goodman to direct Oscars telecastFront Page: First time live TV veteran will helm the awards -- Roger Goodman has been tapped to direct the 81st annual Academy Awards telecast.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Oct 2008 | 3:59 pm The influential show almost nobody watchesRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Oct 2008 | 3:52 pm Stocks dive on recession fearsFront Page: Dow drops 330 points as anxiety spreads -- Wall Street joined world stock markets in a selloff Friday, with the Dow Jones industrials dropping about 330 points and all the major indexes falling more than 3 percent. The growing belief that the world will suffer a punishing economic recession has investors dumping stocks.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Oct 2008 | 3:50 pm 'The Daily Show' Steals 'SNL's' ThunderJon Stewart's show is churning out new comedians faster than any other.Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 24 Oct 2008 | 3:40 pm Matt Damon 'Honored' by Joe the PlumberObama-advocate Damon pleased Joe the Plumber dropped his name in an interview.Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 24 Oct 2008 | 3:28 pm Swiss Hollywood film star Ursula Andress (right) arrives at the Royal Yacht Britannia, in the original Aston Martin DB5Swiss Hollywood film star Ursula Andress (right) arrives at the Royal Yacht Britannia, in the original Aston Martin DB5 used in the film Dr. No in Edinburgh, 2006. Bond's Aston Martin has been named the...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Oct 2008 | 3:17 pm 'Desperate Housewives' Actor Out of Intensive CareGale Harold, who plays Teri Hatcher's character's boyfriend, was out of intensive care after being injured in a motorcycle accident.Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Oct 2008 | 3:13 pm Harrison Ford Wins Presidential PollActor tops the list of fictional presidents, and look who came in secondSource: FOXNews.com | 24 Oct 2008 | 3:09 pm Moscow fashion week shuns glitz as credit crisis hovers (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 24 Oct 2008 | 2:52 pm CBS tops World SeriesFront Page: 'CSI' edges past 'Grey's Anatomy' -- With the World Series cooling off from its solid start on Wednesday, CBS rose to the top in key demos on Thursday behind "CSI," which edged past "Grey's Anatomy" as the night's top program among adults 18-49.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Oct 2008 | 2:49 pm Authors remember David Foster WallaceRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Oct 2008 | 2:29 pm Jerry Lewis, 82, has no plans to retireRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Oct 2008 | 2:04 pm Anne Hathaway's Ex Headed to PrisonRaffaello Follieri, ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway, has been sentenced to four years in prison.Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Oct 2008 | 1:57 pm Lingerie Model Has Simple Message in Complex MagVictoria's Secret model Marissa Miller doesn't understand why everyone can't be nice.Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Oct 2008 | 1:48 pm Review: 'HSM3' is pretty good"High School Musical 3: Senior Year" gives you an honest jolt of feel-good fizz. It may be as friendly and square as one of those 1950s teen romps in which the actors wore letter sweaters, but that doesn't mean the movie is an uptight anachronism.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Oct 2008 | 1:20 pm 'Housewife' Delany joins cause against illnessHollywood glitz may pay Dana Delany's bills, but her "most life-affirming role" was a lot less glamorous.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Oct 2008 | 1:18 pm FOX 411: Jacko's Secrets Could Be Spilled AgainSomeone had better tell Michael Jackson that his lawyers are starting up again ... even if he doesn't know it!Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Oct 2008 | 1:14 pm
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