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Former 'Soul Train' host charged in Los Angeles (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Nov 2008 | 11:24 am Former 'Soul Train' host charged in Los Angeles (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Nov 2008 | 11:24 am Former 'Soul Train' host charged in Los Angeles (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Nov 2008 | 11:24 am Former 'Soul Train' host charged in Los Angeles (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Nov 2008 | 11:24 am Winner of 623.000 Euro at Grand Final of Master Classics of PokerJan Sorensen Wins Grand Final at Master Classics of Poker AMSTERDAM, November 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Jan Sorensen won the grand final of the main event at the Master...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 11:06 am Kanye West Arrested And Released Without Charge In UK - eFluxMedia
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 15 Nov 2008 | 7:43 am The Billion-Dollar Batman It's going to happen. Maybe it already has.
As of midweek, The Dark Knight's worldwide haul stood at a reported $997.6 million. Box-office experts said $1 billion, a mountain of...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Nov 2008 | 7:25 am Deirdre's Dish: Jennifer Aniston talks - Summit Daily News
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Source: Google News - Entertainment | 15 Nov 2008 | 6:27 am Convicted rapist seeks stardom in reggae worldNEW YORK (Billboard) - An eight-year prison stint for rape, robbery and gun possession charges turned out to be a good career move for Jamaican reggae singer Jah Cure.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:52 am Mary’s War Against Potty Mouths on TV - New York Times
Source: Google News - Entertainment | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:52 am Rapper Nelly helps Ford Flex its muscleNEW YORK (Billboard) - Hip-hop entrepreneur Nelly has a marketing partnership of sorts with Ford.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:50 am David Letterman gives boost to country singerNASHVILLE (Billboard) - While no one is calling new country artist Randy Houser an overnight success -- at least not yet -- things are definitely going his way. After all, how often does anSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:45 am Barry Manilow tackles '80s on fourth decade setNEW YORK (Billboard) - Thirty-four years after "Mandy" launched Barry Manilow's career, the crooner is still racking up achievements, thanks to his series of decade-themed covers albums.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:29 am Rock band the Killers embrace pop on new albumNEW YORK (Billboard) - Chameleonic Killers frontman Brandon Flowers seems to sport a new look for every album his band releases.Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:23 am Movie role hardly a stretch for jazz musician (Reuters)Reuters - "Rachel getting married . . . ," Donald Harrison Jr. muses before the friends and family assembled at a fictional wedding. The setting is director Jonathan Demme's latest critically acclaimed work, starring Anne Hathaway; Harrison's opening line is the film's title.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:20 am Van Morrison revisits "Astral Weeks" in Hollywood (Reuters)Reuters - In the waning moments of his performance of the 1968 album "Astral Weeks," Van Morrison offered his thanks to the Hollywood Bowl audience last Saturday, quipping, "You've made a happy man very old."Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:18 am Will Obama's copyright czar help save the music?DENVER (Billboard) - From Bruce Springsteen to Stevie Wonder, plenty of musicians supported President-elect Barack Obama. Now music executives are wondering what kind of support they'll seeSource: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:17 am Former 'Soul Train' host charged in Los AngelesThe Los Angeles city attorney has charged Don Cornelius, former host of "Soul Train," in connection with two domestic incidents involving his wife last month. Cornelius was charged with...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:15 am "Twilight" film franchise looks ahead (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Nov 2008 | 5:15 am Rob LoweUS actor Rob Lowe has described the California blaze that devastated luxury homes on the hillsides of the ritzy California hideaway of Montecito, 'like Armageddon.' Lowe's home was not damaged in the fire...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 2:43 am A collapsed roof lies atop the smoldering remains of a building at Westmont College in MontecitoA collapsed roof lies atop the smoldering remains of a building at Westmont College in Montecito, California. The charred remains of luxury homes dotted the hillsides of this ritzy California hideaway...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 2:43 am Oprah WinfreyUS TV superstar Oprah Winfrey, seen here in August, is one of many Hollywood super-rich who owns a home in the hillsides of Montecito which are being ravaged by wildfires. The charred remains of luxury...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 2:43 am California blaze 'like Armageddon' says actor LoweThe charred remains of luxury homes dotted the hillsides of this ritzy California hideaway for the super-rich as residents recalled a firestorm that struck without warning. ...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 2:43 am Firefighters mop up the smoldering remains of a house in MontecitoFirefighters mop up the smoldering remains of a house in Montecito, California. The charred remains of luxury homes dotted the hillsides of this ritzy California hideaway for the super-rich as residents...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 2:43 am Antifur Brigade Brings Lindsay Flour (E! Online)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Nov 2008 | 2:41 am Billboard single reviews: John Legend, Tracy Chapman (Reuters)Reuters - John Legend "gets lifted" by Andre 3000 on "Green Light," his most upbeat single yet and the first from the new album "Evolver." At first listen, it sounds like an OutKast song featuring Legend, because of the catchy, futuristic production and rhythms -- but don't be fooled.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 15 Nov 2008 | 2:29 am Billboard CD reviews: Beyonce, David Cook (Reuters)Reuters - Beyonce devoted half of the tracks on this double-disc set to her feisty alter ego Sasha Fierce (think "Single Ladies"). But, it's the classic, more timeless R&B songs on the "I Am" portion of the album that seem like a much-welcomed stretch for the singer.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 15 Nov 2008 | 2:22 am Justin Timberlake's BBQ Joint Grilled by Ex-Employee Justin Timberlake's restaurant has left one former employee hungry for more.
An ex-busboy at Southern Hospitality BBQ & Bar in Manhattan, which is co-owned by the pop star, buddy...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Nov 2008 | 2:15 am Movie studio execs hope that Blu-ray can save Christmas for Hollywoodcase scenario for a winter holiday surge in the purchase of high- definition Blu-ray players as their best hope to keep the U.S. home video market's decline from accelerating past four...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 15 Nov 2008 | 1:53 am Antifur Brigade Brings Lindsay Flour Turns out the Olsen twins got off easy the other day.
Catching Lindsay Lohan on her way into a VIP room at a Paris club late Friday night, an apparent animal lover dumped a bag of flour...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Nov 2008 | 1:39 am Joe Jonas says he's no cad; Taylor 'moves on' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Nov 2008 | 1:34 am Sundance Film Fest's Prop 8 Headache (E! Online)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 15 Nov 2008 | 1:28 am Exclusive Pics: Jennifer Aniston's Dog Days of Winter Curmudgeonly cinema legend W.C. Fields always advised: Never work with children or animals. But it seems to be turning out fine for Jennifer Aniston, at least based on these exclusive picks from...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Nov 2008 | 12:54 am Sundance Film Fest's Prop 8 Headache Will the ultraliberal, gay-friendly Sundance Film Festival be hurt by the passage of California's antigay Prop 8?
It's a possibility.
Earlier this week, John...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Nov 2008 | 12:30 am Monk to Clean Up for One Last Season After six years of getting his hands dirty and then vigilantly scrubbing them clean, Monk is gearing up—probably pretty carefully—for his last case.
USA announced Friday that...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Nov 2008 | 12:25 am Debbie Matenopoulos "Deeply Saddened" By Divorce Not every story can be a good one.
Debbie Matenopoulos, host of E!'s The Daily 10, has separated from her husband of five years, music exec Jay Faires.
Faires filed for...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Nov 2008 | 12:15 am Rob Lowe Flees '200 Foot' Wildfire FlamesActor: He and his children fled raging Calif. wildfire with minutes to spare.Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 15 Nov 2008 | 12:07 am Paris Hilton Still Hanging With Her BFFs Even though filming has wrapped and a winner's already been chosen on Paris Hilton's My New BFF show, the heiress is still hanging with a few contestants.
Early Friday...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Nov 2008 | 12:07 am Simpsons Comes Across—and Down!—on Sunday Two favorite Sunday traditions, together at last!
While they're known for having a not-always-obvious theme running through the ups and downs, the next New York Times Sunday...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 15 Nov 2008 | 12:04 am Barneys Loves the Man Skirt, But Bloomingdale’s Isn’t Sold Julie Gilhart: man-skirt fan. What is the future of the man skirt? We asked the fashion set last night at the kickoff party for Housing Works' weekend-long Fashion for Action discounted-designer-merch megasale. Marc Jacobs has been wearing them regularly since his New York show in September. Who else should wear one? And could a recession perhaps be the break that the man skirt has long sought? Barneys fashion director Julie Gilhart said she was pretty sure her store already carried them. "Our men's buyer would have no hesitation carrying them," she said. "Not a lot, just a little bit. Men are really sexy in skirts." Style curator Natalie Kates added, "Especially if they have nice calves or are wearing some nice Doc Martens." Okay, ladies! The important issue, though, is the man skirt's shot at a spot on the sales floor at Bloomingdale's, that transom between fey high fashion and the masses. The store's men's- and home-fashion director, Kevin Harter, gave mixed man-skirt signals. "I don't think we'll see it on the rack in Bloomingdale's," he said. But if he had to market it? "You make statements via windows and things. But I can tell you right now, I don't think a skirt for men will ever end up in Bloomingdale's." A lot of people didn't think they'd live to see a black president, we reminded him. He became thoughtful. "I can tell you — with what's going on [with the economy], everybody has to think outside the box," he said. So what kind of green-light signal did he need? "We're always looking to see what guys are wearing downtown, on the streets, in restaurants. If we started noticing it in those areas, we'd consider it." Do you hear that, skirt-yearning men of New York? If you want your own quasi-affordable man skirt available at Bloomingdale's, you better improvise something first, like Edie Beale, and wear it until Harter and his colleagues notice a critical mass of you. We will be supplying extra pairs of eyes for them via our iPhone cameras. Source: The Cut | 15 Nov 2008 | 12:00 am Afternoon Fix: Jennifer Aniston-John Mayer Overload Is Upon Us • John Mayer thinks he'd be pretty good at proposing because he'd "get creative." Ugh, now it's going to be all "OMG, John Proposed!" next week, and Jennifer...Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 14 Nov 2008 | 11:55 pm Bravo’s Fashion-Design-Series Casting Call Changed Location Since Project Runway jumped ship for Lifetime, Bravo is wasting no time getting its new fashion-design series off the ground. Fashion House, a design competition with GenArt, is casting this Sunday, November 16. Originally scheduled to cast contestants at Hiro Ballroom, the casting call has moved and will now take place at the Park (118 Tenth Ave., at 18th St.). Line up from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. for your shot. And make it work. The next Christian Siriano has to be out there. Somewhere. [Bravo TV] Source: The Cut | 14 Nov 2008 | 11:44 pm The Billion-Dollar Batman
Ex–Lehman Brothers chief Dick Fuld consigned his de Kooning–heavy art collection to Christie’s; a Sotheby’s show of contemporary-painting superstars was a near-total bust. Keith Olbermann signed on for four more years at MSNBC, at $7.5 million per. Confused commuters scratched their heads over prank copies of the Times bearing the headline "Iraq War Ends." Top Chef: New York, hosted by local gal Padma Lakshmi, 86'd two contestants while viewers were still being seated. And skinny, stylish cheapskates celebrated Christmas early, thronging the new Comme des Garçons collection at H&M. We wonder if the readerships of fashion magazines are growing less attractive to advertisers. A new report shows the average household income of women who read these magazines is largely down. The largest decline (18.4 percent) goes to Harper's Bazaar, whose average reader makes $62,465; Lucky's readers are down 7.7 percent for an average of $80,778; and Vogue's are down 2.3 percent to $64,429. Ironic considering the price tags of the stuff in these magazines. Fifteen handbags in Vogue could equal one reader's entire yearly salary. Is it any wonder newsstand sales are down, too? Suffering Fashion Mags [WWD] Source: The Cut | 14 Nov 2008 | 11:23 pm SAG, AMPTP to meet ThursdayFront Page: Contract sit-down would be first since July 16 -- Efforts by a federal mediator to break apart the contract stalemate between SAG and the majors have led to a face-to-face meeting Thursday -- the first such confab between the two side in over four months.Source: The Cut | 14 Nov 2008 | 11:06 pm John Mayer Cuts Back on Luxury Joyrides Rich people, take behavioral cues from John Mayer. The introspective troubadour told us last night at Keep a Child Alive’s annual Black Ball that there are some activities that must be curtailed in a recession because they’re too ostentatious. “There are certain things I don’t think I would do right now because it’s not a time to celebrate the country in terms of the economy,” Mayer said. “Even if I had a Ferrari, I don’t think I’d take it out. You know, you’ve got to stay sort of demure.” Learn more about social mores from Justin Timberlake, Queen Latifah, and others by watching our Party Lines slideshow. Source: Daily Intel | 14 Nov 2008 | 11:05 pm ‘Gossip Girl’ Doesn't Know a Lot About Parents "Goonies are good enough, Blair." A lot of you dear readers thought that "Bonfire of the Vanity" was the WORST.EPISODE.EVER. And just as many of you had problems with Rufus's parenting, Eleanor's parenting, Bart's parenting, our characterization of Bart's parenting, and even Lily's parenting (where the hell was she this episode, anyway?). But not enough of you had a problem with the fact that any New York Magazine cameo on the show would not be complete without a visit to the office, where two unwashed gremlins in corner cubicles would stare hungrily at Dan, licking their lips and taking camera-phone pictures gleefully. Seriously. We didn't even need to have any lines! Walk-on roles would have been enough! Anyway, a lot of you had gripes about the lack of Clueless and Princess Bride references in the script, but none of you caught our genius (if you ask us) reference to PB in our recap! Blast! Realer Than the Frantic Tone of That Intern’s Voice • Bart doesn't care about Dan — he's still got a chip on his shoulder about the fact that Rufus is hotter/better in bed/Lily's one true love/has superior hair. Plus 2 because nothing that Bart does is altruistic. — BRAXTONHICKS, echoed all around • Plus 2 for Eleanor willingness to ditch Blair's party for a Cyndy Lauper concert with Cyrus. — CAPT • Plus 5 for Serena continuously ditching her best friend in her times of need for some boy shes not even sure about. We've all been there. — SPOTTED423 • Actually, I kind of like that for once, GG showed one of the children doing actual HOMEWORK, even though Chuck reading on his bed was an unlikely candidate. I'd give this a Plus 3. — GJO • Agnes: "Your screechy voice is doing nothing for my pounding headache." Thank God someone finally told Jenny to tone it down. Plus 4. — CASSANDOVER17X • Plus 10 for Jenny's shriek of "You're out of your mind!" Very realistic 15-year-old-whose-world-is-crashing-down-around-her shriek. I was impressed. — PURPLEANDGREEN • Plus 5 for Jenny filing for emancipation, because what teenage girl didn't seriously consider doing the same upon learning it was possible? — OMFGITSMAGGIE Faker Than Aaron's Murky Age and Lineage: • If Cyrus Rose divorced his ex-wife after the Golden Lion died at the end of the Vietnam War, wouldn't that make Aaron, i don't know, 33 YEARS OLD?!? Minus 10. — LAUGHLOVELIVE, echoed all around • Minus 5. Because no self respecting New Yorker would stop in the middle of the sidewalk in Times Square to make out, no matter how 'dreamy' the boy may be. — WONKETTELOVER, echoed all around • Minus 1 because don't the writers know that Cyrus Rose's first true love was a teacher in Beverly Hills by the name of Ms. Geist? — NGFROMFL • Minus 5 for Bart Bass turning into a complete PUSSY and suddenly confessing to being responsible for the death of a man... The guy is a billionaire real estate investment mogul. Are we really to believe he breaks down to a 17 year old who is totally transparently sucking up to him? — SOPHIEROSE • Minus 3 for "lovelace3@anonymousurl.com." I mean, really? It couldn't be something at Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, ANYTHING other than "@anonymousurl.com?" Is that a big e-mail server I'm missing? — MARTELL • Minus 5: Kim Lee does not mean "Golden Lion" in Vietnamese. Kim Lee is not even a Vietnamese name. — LITTLEJ • Minus 5 for no birthday present from Chuck. Birthdays are the holy grail of excuses to talk to exes for no apparent reason. — BAMBII • Minus 3 for Blair and Eleanor spending carefree childhood days lip-synching to 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun'. Blair, sweetie - that was with your father. — BRAXTONHICKS • Minus 4 for Rufus, the parent who has given up actual parenting to play his guitar alone at home. — MICHAEL CONNELLY (NY MAG) • Minus 2 for Serena's outfit during the photoshoot. Tights are not pants!!! Her shirt was so short I thought Gossip Girl was going to introduced yet another character of Serena's this week.... — CEE5283 • Minus 5 because any normal 'acting out' teenager would just forge their parents signature to get what they want (or was that just me) — BLIZ7734 Our totals: Combined totals: Source: Daily Intel | 14 Nov 2008 | 10:38 pm Sometimes Women Do Purchase Things With Their Own Money Guy Richie would have totally returned a fur for Madge. Reading a certain item in "Page Six" today felt like rubbing sandpaper on our eyeballs. We really didn't like how it made us feel. It's about how men are returning luxury items like shoes, bags, and fur coats to stores for their wives. "It's as if the women are too embarrassed, or too upset, to come in themselves. It's too painful for them to part with their recent purchases," said one retailer. "So they make their husbands perform the painful chore." And it's fitting for the man to collect the cash, since he paid for the unnecessary items in the first place.
A JOB FOR GUYS [NYP] Source: The Cut | 14 Nov 2008 | 10:31 pm Week in Review: Other Things We Can’t Blame on Ben Silverman This morning, we were relieved to find out that, despite our initial fears, the two shows NBC canceled this week were in no way the fault of Vulture hero Ben Silverman. We're not sure why we were so quick to assign blame, considering that lots of things happened this week that weren't his fault. They include the following: • Leaking David Cook's album. • Benjamin Button's bad blog reviews. • The Dark Knight's killed chances of an Oscar sweep. • Obama's Spider-Man obsession. • Chinese Democracy's non-perfect review. • Starting pregnancy rumors about Taylor Swift. • Australia's happy ending. • Kanye's blog. • Jim Jones's new play. • Nicole Kidman's arm hair. Everything else, though, was completely his fault. White, middle-aged liberals have been positively spilling over with emotion since the election. And many have taken the opportunity to pour out their feelings by writing, well, some of the most embarrassing personal essays we've seen since 9/11. Herewith, our favorites of the week. • Maureen Dowd was so excited when she observed blacks and whites "intermingling" in Washington, D.C., in the wake of the election that she decided to try it, too: I heard my cute black mailman talking in an excited voice outside my house Friday, so I decided I should go ask him how he was feeling about everything, the absolute amazement of the first black president. Yeah, that was awkward. But it's okay, because she can talk about the election with Gwen Ifill because, she noted in her column, they are friends, because MoDo doesn't actually see color — she was just being self-deprecating. • In The New Yorker, Roger Angell wrote about how the election made him think, "predictably" about Martin Luther King Jr. and less predictably about this black guy he knew at Harvard, Lucien Victor Alexis Jr. Well, he didn't really "know him" know him. His name wasn’t far from mine in the alphabet, which meant that he sat close to me in a couple of classes. I could almost see him, and though I never knew him or exchanged a word with him, he had been in my mind all this time — and in the minds, I’m almost sure, of most of the 1,097 of us in the Harvard Class of 1942. He died in 1973, which is too bad, because if he were still alive, maybe Roger would have called him and accidentally made him feel bad about going to business school and not even trying to be president. • Then Leon Wieseltier revealed in the New Republic that the day after the election, he threw over his usual ponderous, academic, white-people hobbies in favor of doing spirited black-people things: I woke up the next morning still under the spell of solidarity and love. I decided to make the spell last. I gave away my tickets to a performance of some late Shostakovich quartets, because for once I was not interested in the despair. Instead I spent the day listening to the Ebonys and the Chi-Lites and the Isley Brothers. For lunch I went to Georgia Brown's for fried green tomatoes. Later on, emboldened by the new solidarity between the races and fueled by four Alizé and Cokes, he told a dude that his wife had a "damn fine booty." He can't remember what happened after that, though.
Source: Daily Intel | 14 Nov 2008 | 10:27 pm 50 Cent Album Delayed Till Next Year According to a press release, 50 Cent's new album will not be released in 2008 after all — apparently, it wasn't quite ready. And, as if that weren't bad enough, it's just been announced that every copy of Before I Self Destruct will come packaged with the movie of the same name, a movie, we'd like to remind you, that Curtis Jackson himself wrote, directed, and stars in. According to 50, "Times are hard … I want to give my fans something extra for their hard earned dollars." No, really, Curtis, that's okay — you keep it! Source: Vulture | 14 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm Laura Linney and Joan Didion Team Up for HBO Movie We've given HBO a hard time lately (with good reason, mind you), but we should clarify: It's their non-Wire, non-Sopranos series we're mocking, not their original movies like Recount. So it was with great excitement that we read this on Variety's site a few minutes ago: "HBO is developing an untitled film about the life of Katharine Graham, who took the reins of the Washington Post and led the paper during the Watergate investigation that brought down the Nixon administration. Joan Didion is writing the script, and Laura Linney is circling the project to potentially play Graham." That's right, Didion and Linney. It's practically enough to make us forget John From Cincinnati. [Variety] Source: Vulture | 14 Nov 2008 | 9:55 pm Agent Puts Models in Brighton Beach Apartment Model Veronika Antsipava on living in Brighton Beach: “One of my agents found a great place for three roommates and myself. It’s kind of comforting. We live on upper Brighton. The train noise doesn’t bother us and there are tons of great places to eat in like the restaurant Tatiana.” [Fashion Week Daily] Source: The Cut | 14 Nov 2008 | 9:52 pm Gays to March Again This Weekend Wow, and it's too cold to wear sequined underpants! (We can make that joke because we're gay.) Seriously, though. If you missed this week's Mormon Temple protest and you want to raise your voice out against California's Proposition 8, you can join a chain of simultaneous peaceful nationwide protests tomorrow by heading down to 260 Broadway at Warren at 1:30 p.m. [JoinTheImpact] Source: Daily Intel | 14 Nov 2008 | 9:52 pm Guillermo del Toro plots 'Pinocchio'Front Page: Producer, Henson Co. teaming for feature -- Guillermo del Toro's developing "Pinocchio" as a stop-motion feature with the Jim Henson Co. as a darker version of the original fairy tale.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 14 Nov 2008 | 9:47 pm Maeve Binchy on ‘The Hard Core’ and Her Uplifting Next Novel About Heart Failure For nearly three decades, Maeve Binchy’s novels and stories have portrayed the lives of average people in Ireland. They’ve garnered big sales, a cultish readership, and a number of acclaimed film adaptations, 1995’s Circle of Friends with Minnie Driver among them. But aside from the Oprah nod of approval, Binchy’s work has sparked little critical interest. Perhaps critics don’t know what to do with her — she reads something like an amalgam between Cecily von Ziegesar and Frank McCourt. This week, How About You?, the film adaptation of her short story "The Hard Core," opens starring the venerable quartet of Vanessa Redgrave, Joss Ackland, Brenda Fricker, and Imelda Staunton as four cranky codgers in a retirement home at Christmastime. Vulture spoke to Binchy one “cold, horrible fall morning in Ireland” about the new film, how she got her writing start from a kibbutz, and taking the money and running. The Hard Core manages to be very dark and also curiously uplifting by the end. Why are they all in the home? I’ve read you worked in a kibbutz. The Ireland of today seems to be decidedly different from the Ireland that most of us used to hear about, the one reflected in literature and music. You announced a few years ago that you wouldn’t be going on any more book tours. Why? What’s next for you? Source: Daily Intel | 14 Nov 2008 | 9:20 pm A Special Treat for ‘Twilight’ (and Hayley Williams) Obsessives! It's okay, Hayley -- Twilight will be out November 21! Big as they blew up last year — Riot went platinum — Tennessee pop-punkers Paramore are about to take things to another level with “Decode,” the Twilight soundtrack’s lead single. If the connection to the upcoming teen vampire flick — which is already precipitating stampedes — weren’t enough, the song itself suggests adorable flame-haired singer Hayley Williams might be bidding for Evanescence front woman Amy Lee’s spot as top rock-balladeer, goth division. And Williams, all soaring despair, just about pulls it off, too. In the end, though, we hope she hasn’t ceded all her lapsed-Christian spunk to such smoothly cinematic sounds. Here's the video: Source: Vulture | 14 Nov 2008 | 9:15 pm Mary J. Blige to Launch Fragrance; Christina Aguilera’s Look Under Fire FRAGRANCE • Estée Lauder’s Beautiful won the Best Fine Fragrance – Women's Classic award and Dior's Fahrenheit won in the fine men's division at the American Society of Perfumers’ Perfumers Choice Awards this week. We can't say we're sorry we missed it — that room sounds suffocating. [WWD] MAKEUP • Sephora launched a new makeup palette called the Ultimate Blockbuster Palette, containing 71 eye shadows, 60 lip glosses, thirteen cream shadows, five blushes, four brushes, three applicators, and one of each powder and lip liner. They say you can create more than 30,000 looks. We know what we're doing over Christmas vacation! [Beauty and the Blog/Sephora] HAIR Source: The Cut | 14 Nov 2008 | 9:09 pm First-Time Director Robert Davi on ‘The Dukes,’ Battling James Bond, and Meeting the Jonas Brothers Robert Davi is usually playing a villain, and he’s got a face that suggests he won’t have any trouble feeding you to a man-eating shark (as he did to Felix Leiter in the James Bond film License to Kill). Fans who’ve seen him in so many action-oriented films and shows (Die Hard and Profiler among them) might find it surprising that for his directorial debut, The Dukes, which opens tonight, Davi has chosen to make a touching comedy-drama about a group of has-been doo-wop singers plotting a heist. Less Raw Deal and more Big Deal on Madonna Street, the film, which co-stars Chazz Palminteri and Peter Bogdanovich, is a tribute to the sensitively drawn Italian comedies the Queens-born Davi grew up watching. Davi and Vulture visited Papaya King this week. So, we totally saw you two days ago standing by a hot-dog vendor, and all sorts of passersby had their pictures taken with you. You’ve been in so many movies and shows. What film do most people recognize you from? You did a Jonas Brothers video?! So now you’ve got your film, The Dukes, opening against a Bond movie. Had you always wanted to direct? Where did the idea for the story come from? You’re an outspoken conservative, having done voice-overs for videos at the RNC Convention this year. Is Hollywood a tough place to be a conservative? Source: Vulture | 14 Nov 2008 | 8:45 pm Richard Belzer Likes Wine With Balls Name: Richard Belzer Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional? What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in New York? In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job? Would you still live here on a $35,000 salary? What’s the last thing you saw on Broadway? Do you give money to panhandlers? What’s your drink? How often do you prepare your own meals? What’s your favorite medication? What’s hanging above your sofa? How much is too much to spend on a haircut? When’s bedtime? Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square? What do you think of Donald Trump? What do you hate most about living in New York? Who is your mortal enemy? When’s the last time you drove a car? Who should be the next president? Times, Post or Daily News? Where do you go to be alone? What makes someone a New Yorker? Source: Daily Intel | 14 Nov 2008 | 8:30 pm According to Facebook, Luke Worrall and Kelly Osbourne Are Engaged The Cut obtained this screen grab of model and boyfriend to Kelly Osbourne Luke Worrall's Facebook profile. What's that big red arrow? Luke Worrall is now ENGAGED to Kelly Osbourne? Upon our stars it is so! Reinforced by a slew of congratulatory wall postings, no less. We can't be certain, but perhaps he also changed his photo to this one labeled "Lucky Luke!" in honor of the occasion. Facebook and Luke Worrall don't lie, people. British tabloids, proceed to go crazy. Source: The Cut | 14 Nov 2008 | 8:25 pm Tribute Band Turns Up Pierced Nose at ‘Chinese Democracy’ The tribute band UK Guns N' Roses recently shocked the cover-band world by announcing they might not play songs from Chinese Democracy on their new tour. Why? "We feel it probably won't be anywhere near the work by the original." Probably? Yes. When your own tribute band cannot bear to wait ten more days (the album is out November 24) before dissing you, you may have waited a tad too long between albums. [NME] Source: Vulture | 14 Nov 2008 | 8:19 pm Photographer Cindy Sherman Sports Latest Disguise Cindy Sherman's Untitled (2008). Cindy Sherman continues to impress us, not just with her stellar self-portraits — immaculately composed so that they are neither sterile nor self-consciously grungy — but also in her ability to concoct more and more creepy characters. Her new show opens at Metro Pictures on Saturday and runs through December 23. It's a must-see. Source: Vulture | 14 Nov 2008 | 8:15 pm The Irony of Naming the Triborough Bridge After RFK The Triborough Bridge will be formally renamed for Robert F. Kennedy on November 19, after decades of advocacy by the slain New York senator’s family. But there’s no reason to think Kennedy, an environmentalist before his time, would have wanted his name associated with the notorious bottleneck site. "He believed, appropriately, that cars didn’t belong in New York," says Columbia historian Kenneth Jackson, who opposes the renaming. "And with the MTA facing a billion-dollar deficit, I think Bobby Kennedy would be calling for us to find ways to save the planet and run more buses and subways rather than spend money to change signage." As a senator, Kennedy pushed for mass-transit funding. "We need to substitute mass transportation for individual cars if we are to obtain a significant reduction in the amount of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon in the atmosphere," he said in 1967. Robert Kennedy Jr., a potential EPA chief in the Obama administration, admits the irony but says his dad would have appreciated the honor. And transit advocate Gene Russianoff sees a silver lining: "I think Kennedy would probably have appreciated that the revenue from the tolls paid by every car that goes over his bridge will go to subsidize mass transit." Source: Daily Intel | 14 Nov 2008 | 8:00 pm Candace Bushnell’s Radio Show Canceled Candace Bushnell has had the same face for years. Luxury goods are the first to go in a downturn, and thus the media empire Candace Bushnell built out of $500 shoes and pink cocktails is taking a drubbing at the moment. Yesterday Lipstick Jungle, the show based on her novel, was canceled, and now Sirius has discontinued the radio show she's apparently been hosting weekly. We have no doubt Bushnell will bounce back, however. In a few months we'll be clamoring for a book about four sassy broads who meet in the breadlines. [Mixed Media/Portfolio] Source: Daily Intel | 14 Nov 2008 | 7:49 pm Tom Ford’s Suit Skirts for Daniel Craig Are Very Swishy Just hold your thumb up over the girl, close one eye, and squint. Daniel Craig wears suits designed entirely by Tom Ford in the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. When costume designer Louise Frogley saw the Forbulous suits, she couldn't resist. "They're not clothes where you know where you can buy them, there's more mystery," she tells the AP. Yes. One must seek them out in Tom Ford stores or the 1,600-square-foot Tom Ford shop-in-shop in Bergdorf Goodman. Ford says he tried to dress Craig simply: "By dressing him in a very simple way, it accentuates that it looks simple on the surface but it isn't. It's a metaphor for the perfect suit — the construction that goes into a good suit is a lot of hours of handiwork, but you shouldn't see any of that it the end result. It should look easy and natural and a part of you … I do design things that are more extravagant, but that wouldn't be right for Daniel Craig or Bond. Bond wears more of a uniform."
Ford's sartorial genius is not merely abstract. To put it concretely, the suits must be cut so that sexy Daniel Craig can run, jump, and blow things up while still looking dashing. Ford's suits have a "roomy skirt" — the part of a suit jacket hanging below the waist — that enables such maneuvers. Frogley recalls the skirts swirling when sexy Daniel Craig moved around a lot. The suits were also great — and this is coming from Frogley, not us — because they hid sexy Daniel Craig's physique (sorry — "sexy" just keeps slipping out). "You want to hide the muscles in a suit, otherwise he ends up looking like Arnold Schwarzenegger. You want to leave that as a wonderful surprise when he's wearing something else or less," she says. That's nice, Frogley, but there is only one shirtless Daniel Craig scene in Quantum of Solace, amounting to approximately five minutes of pec-gazing time. But why should Frogley care? She probably saw him shirtless in person every day. Tom Ford Dresses Newest James Bond [AP/Starpulse] Source: The Cut | 14 Nov 2008 | 7:46 pm AC/DC Savage Madison Square Garden With Panting Rock Fury Remarkably, no one was injured in what was the worst New York City rail accident in decades. Last night's AC/DC show at MSG began with the unveiling of a giant screen featuring a computer-animated train (number 666, of course!) that was chugging, presumably, toward the Garden. In the engine room, a schoolboy-outfitted devil was seduced by two ample-bosomed babes; they tied him up and threw the throttle full-speed ahead (why did they have to lick it, though? That was unnecessary), crashing head-on into the station as the lights went on and the band opened with, yes, “Rock and Roll Train” from their newest album, Black Ice. And the show only got better! Counterintuitively enough, aging befits an outfit like AC/DC, who have always presented themselves as dark wizards of rock: These days, Angus Young actually looks like a dark wizard, balding on top but with shoulder-length hair and sagging skin. He took the stage in his classic outfit, which he stripped out of almost immediately to reveal a flat stomach that seemed unusual for a professionally dissipated 53-year-old man. It became clear almost immediately why his fitness is not an issue — he has not turned down the energy at all; every single trademark move that you either remember from seeing the band in its heyday or via concert footage on a pre-talking-head VH1 was present last night, and not in a rote, greatest-hits kind of way. Young’s musical gimmick is switching abruptly and without warning from traditional, clean (if massively amplified — there were at least eighteen Marshall amps to supplement the Garden’s already-cranked PA system) blues soloing to furious Hendrix/Page shredding. The spontaneity of his charismatic moves matched the spontaneity of his playing. He finished the band’s set (pre-encore) by spending five minutes standing alone on top of a platform built over the drum set, hammering away with such speed and volume that his playing was essentially incomprehensible to mortal ears. This was utterly captivating. AC/DC’s greatest achievement may be that it still draws a crowd that really is there to rock, and not just catch the hype coming through town or remember the old days. And indeed, the audience matched the band's enthusiasm during “T.N.T.” and “Hell’s Bells” (which opened with singer Brian Johnson swinging from what appeared to be an actual huge cast-iron bell suspended above the stage), creating a self-accelerating vortex of rock fury. When we saw the Rolling Stones a couple of years ago at the Garden, a 10-year-old fell asleep in the row behind us. A few bold (or irresponsible) parents had brought their offspring to the show last night, too, and needless to say, none of them fell asleep — we can fucking promise you that. Source: Vulture | 14 Nov 2008 | 7:45 pm Versace, Christian Louboutin, Chanel, and More Slash Prices in U.S. A luscious Loub. Luxury companies including Chanel, Versace, Christian Louboutin, and Chloé are cutting prices on goods in the U.S. by 8 to 10 percent. HALLELUJAH. We were beginning to worry about those poor, poor Madison Avenue shoppers having to cut back (because Lord knows we're not buying this stuff). The dollar has joyously increased in value against the euro by 28 percent since April, enabling the cuts as luxury companies rake in more cash than they anticipated. Obviously they're hoping the cuts will inspire people to spend. Retailers are celebrating the move, and the CEO of Saks calls it "a Pyrrhic victory." However, luxury companies can't lower prices too much so as to maintain the "perception of a label's value." Because if one day the $750 Loubs were $650, we'd perceive that as His Loubness's assuming his customers take lunch at McDonald's these days. In Rare Move, Luxury-Goods Makers Trim Their Prices in U.S. [WSJ] Source: The Cut | 14 Nov 2008 | 7:00 pm 'Heroes' panel shakes up againFront Page: Kring is in; Loeb and Alexander are out -- "Heroes" exec producer Tim Kring will attend this Saturday's Screenwriting Expo in Downtown Los Angeles after all. But in a reversal, recently axed "Heroes" co-exec producers Jesse Alexander and Jeph Loeb won't be appearing, despite earlier promises that they still planned to show up.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 14 Nov 2008 | 6:51 pm Growth of Hulu: Who knew?Front Page: Ad-friendly site disproves early doubters -- When Hulu bowed in March, naysayers questioned its ability to compete against YouTube or network sites without having original material of its own.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 14 Nov 2008 | 6:29 pm Broadway scales backFront Page: Producers skirt risk with brand names -- Broadway's getting ready to nosh on the legit equivalents of mac 'n' cheese and Ben & Jerry's. Even though B.O. is robust and the season has minted new sales juggernauts, the global economic crisis has unnerved legiters -- just like everyone else.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 14 Nov 2008 | 5:59 pm LeBron Loves Him Some Barry ManilowCavaliers star preps for games with hip hop but says he chills to Barry.Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 14 Nov 2008 | 5:55 pm Obama speeches head to YouTubeFront Page: Weekly address to the nation going online -- The president's message is going viral. Barack Obama's transition team announced Friday that the president-elect will begin over the weekend to tape the weekly Democratic address to the nation for YouTube as well as for the customary radio outlet. And he plans to keep doing so.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 14 Nov 2008 | 5:55 pm HBO sets Katharine Graham biopicFront Page: Laura Linney circling Joan Didion script -- HBO is developing an untitled film about the life of Katharine Graham, who took the reins of the Washington Post and led the paper during the Watergate investigation that brought down the Nixon administration. Laura Linney is circling the project.Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 14 Nov 2008 | 5:30 pm Jelena JankovicThe first documentary on tennis world number one Jelena Jankovic of Serbia, seen here in September 2008, opened in Serbian cinemas on Friday, with producers hoping to distribute the film world-wide soon...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 14 Nov 2008 | 5:20 pm Reports: Kanye West Arrested in EnglandKanye West arrested after nightclub bust-up in England, released without charge.Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 14 Nov 2008 | 5:13 pm Latest King stories about twilight, not darkness (AP)AP - "Just After Sunset" (Scribner, 367 pages, $28), by Stephen King: For a generation, we have associated Stephen King with darkness, or at least with an absence of light. He is the national summoner of darker instincts, darker thoughts, darker realities bleeding into our own.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 14 Nov 2008 | 5:12 pm Report: Kanye West Arrested in EnglandSinger involved in altercation with photographer outside Tup Tup palace barSource: FOXNews.com | 14 Nov 2008 | 5:02 pm 'Desperate' changes lead to big successRead full story for latest details.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 14 Nov 2008 | 4:35 pm Calvin Klein Lets the Sun Shine In (Fashion Wire Daily)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 14 Nov 2008 | 4:07 pm CBS takes another ThursdayFront Page: Network edges out ABC in young adults -- CBS made it three-for-three on Thursdays in the November sweep, again edging out ABC for the night's lead among young adults. NBC, meanwhile, saw more troubling declines for rookie comedy "Kath & Kim," though the net rallied to win at 10 o'clock behind "ER."Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 14 Nov 2008 | 3:46 pm 'Azkaban' director's son puts self in pictureIn most households, photo albums sit on shelves or in drawers for years on end collecting dust. But Jonas Cuaron turned his collection of family photographs into a feature film.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 14 Nov 2008 | 3:37 pm Bachchan waves to the crowd as he leaves the Lilavati hospital in Mumbai in OctoberIndian Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan waves to the crowd as he leaves the Lilavati hospital in Mumbai, October 2008. Bachchan returned to work Friday, nearly a month after leaving hospital following...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 14 Nov 2008 | 3:34 pm Oprah Winfrey's and Rob Lowe's Houses Survive California FirFires rip through hometown of Montecito, injuring 4 and destroying 100 homesSource: FOXNews.com | 14 Nov 2008 | 3:24 pm Review: 'Millionaire' pays offIn "Slumdog Millionaire," directed by the whiz-bang fabulist Danny Boyle ("Trainspotting," "Sunshine"), Jamal (Dev Patel), an 18-year-old Indian orphan who has spent his life scavenging on the streets, lands as a contestant on the Hindi version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," and he wins -- big.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 14 Nov 2008 | 2:22 pm The ladies love Usher at his Detroit concert (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 14 Nov 2008 | 1:46 pm Joe Jonas Explains Breakup to Taylor Swift on MySpaceJonas Brothers singer claims 'I never cheated' and wishes Swift 'the best'Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Nov 2008 | 1:31 pm Fashion Designer Anand Jon Faces Life Sentence for Sexual AsAnand Jon found guilty on 14 counts, not eligible for parole until age 101Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Nov 2008 | 1:07 pm Review: 'Quantum of Solace' coldly efficient"Quantum of Solace," Daniel Craig's second outing as James Bond, begins just minutes after "Casino Royale" ended and sets off at such a furious pace you half expect 007 to overtake himself. But there's a loss of wit at the expense of action.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 14 Nov 2008 | 1:02 pm TV shows that predicted the futureSitting around watching television might not be as useless as you think. Certain shows have been remarkably accurate in their forecasts of the future.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 14 Nov 2008 | 12:42 pm The vestigial legs on the skeleton of a reticulated python are seen through a magnifying glass at the exhbitionThe vestigial legs on the skeleton of a reticulated python are shown through a magnifying glass at the Darwin exhbition at the Natural History Museum in west London, November 13. The museum opened its...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 14 Nov 2008 | 12:42 pm A museum assistant looks at a skeleton at the Darwin exhibition at London's Natural History MuseumA museum assistant looks at a skeleton at the Darwin exhibition at the Natural History Museum in west London, November 13. The museum opened its doors Friday on an eagerly-awaited exhibition on the life...Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 14 Nov 2008 | 12:42 pm Pop Tarts: Why is Kendra Wilkinson Afraid to Be Naked?Playboy model hates thinking about people seeing her 'personal places'Source: FOXNews.com | 14 Nov 2008 | 12:37 pm Fashion designer convicted in LA of sexual assault (AP)
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