But there's even more cause for celebration! The Times speculates that — despite producer Robert F.X. Sillerman's outlandish claims to the contrary — Frankenstein might not have earned enough to repay its investors. Because the show cost "one and a half times more than The Producers, it would take the show that much longer to earn back its investment, which would seem to put the recoupment date beyond its Jan. 4 close" (especially with recent drops in ticket sales). It's almost enough to make you forget that Broadway, along with the rest of our country, is just one slow holiday season away from total economic ruin!

Broadway Is Dry-Eyed as Monster Falls Hard [NYT]

Earlier: It’s Not Alive! ‘Young Frankenstein’ to Close in January Too
Related: Young Frankenstein [NYM]

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Filed Under: broadway, broadwaypocalypse, young frankenstein

Sumner Redstone Not So Adamant About Keeping CBS Anymore

A couple of weeks ago, at an event, Sumner Redstone assured one of our reporters — as he has been saying publicly to everyone — that he would never sell Viacom or CBS. Actually, the phrase he used was "never, never, never, never, never." But today's Times reports that what the media mogul has been saying privately is slightly different. As he offers to sell off his movie-theater chain in order to satisfy lenders, there's been debate over how much the 1,500 locations are actually worth. Some evaluators say $500 million, but Redstone reportedly argues the figure is above $1 billion. If the final number is on the lower end, sources close to the mogul say he's willing to put CBS on the block, but not Viacom. It's good news for his holding company, National Amusements, which is facing a $800 million debt deadline, and also bodes well for his fractured relationship with his daughter, who owns 20 percent of the shares. But it's not as good for us, because we just loved the way he chanted "never, never, never!" "Sometimes, maybe, probably!" just doesn't wiggle the gobble in the same way.

Redstone Weighs Sale of Theaters [NYT]

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Filed Under: business, debt, media, national amusements, sumner redstone, viacom, white men with money

Madonna tells AP work good distraction from split

Williamson For H&M [British Vogue]
H&M Teams With Matthew Williamson [WWD]

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Filed Under: collaboration station, diffusion lines, emilio pucci, h&m, matthew williamson

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Source: Vulture | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:15 pm

New Four-Year Study Set for Dec. 3rd Release Shows Three Times as Many K-3rd Graders Receiving Music and Drama-Based Instruction Read at Grade Level

CHICAGO, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Reading In Motion (RIM) will release on Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 11:00 A.M. a study titled "Using Music- and Drama-based...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:15 pm

Review: Spider-Man, Batman swing onto consoles (AP)

AP - While superheroes may have taken over Hollywood, the video-game world has been harder for them to conquer. Sure, recent games featuring Iron Man and Spider-Man have sold well, but they haven't fired up gamers the way that a typical "Grand Theft Auto" or "Madden NFL" release does.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:13 pm

Sales: 50 Percent Off Already-Reduced Items at Saks; 50 Percent Off Net-a-Porter.com

STARTING TODAY
• Select designer merchandise already 40 percent off is now an additional 50 percent off at Saks Fifth Avenue. Chanel flats are $175 from $500, and Christian Louboutin pumps were $900 and now are $268. Through 12/7. 611 Fifth Ave., at 50th St. (212-753-4000); Mon.–Fri. (10–8), Sat. (10–7), Sun. (noon–7).

• Net-a-Porter.com’s holiday sale features fall fashions from Chloé, Fendi, Miu Miu, Marc Jacobs, Jimmy Choo, and more up to 50 percent off. Ongoing.

• Marc by Marc Jacobs ballerina flats, patent-leather loafers, and acrylic-heeled boots are now 70 percent off. Ongoing. 403 Bleecker St., nr. 11th St. (212-924-0026); Mon.–Sat. (12–8), Sun. (12–7).

• Men’s and women’s fall ready-to-wear collections from 3.1 phillip lim are 40 percent off. Plus, Kid by Phillip Lim is 30 percent off. Ongoing. 115 Mercer St., nr. Spring St. (212-334-1160); Mon.–Sat. (11–7), Sun. (noon–6).

• Minimalist clothing and accessories from Jil Sander are 30 to 40 percent off. Ongoing. 30 Howard St., at Crosby St. (212-925-2345); Mon.–Sat. (11–7), Sun. (noon–6). 1042 Madison Ave., nr. 80th St. (212-838-6100); Mon.–Wed. (10–6), Thurs. (10–7), Fri.–Sat. (10–6), Sun. (noon–5).

• The Alice Roi’s pop-up boutique will close next month, but not before the designer knocks down prices on her cocktail dresses, tailored pants, and flouncy separates. Ongoing. 27 Canal St., nr. Ludlow St.; Mon.–Sat. (1–9), Sun. (closed).

• The fall collection from Yves Saint Laurent, including ready-to-wear, accessories, and shoes, are up to 40 percent off. Ongoing. 3 E. 57th St., nr. Fifth Ave. (212-980-2970); Mon.–Fri. (10–7), Sat. (10–6), Sun. (noon–5).

• Current and former collections from designer handbag brand Bulga are 60 to 80 percent off. Through 11/25. 214 W. 39th St., nr. Seventh Ave. (212-334-9119); 9–7.

• Silk dresses, nylon pencil skirts, and wool blazers from Sophia Eugene and Christopher Deane are 50 to 80 percent off. Through 11/28. 37 Cornelia St., nr. Bleecker St. (212-488-2124); Tues.–Thurs. (noon–8).

ENDING TODAY
• Theory women’s sample sale has outerwear, dresses, blazers, pants, tops, skirts, and sweaters starting at 60 percent off. Through 11/25. 261 W. 36th St., nr. Eighth Ave., second fl.; Thurs. (10–7), Fri. (10–6), Sat.–Sun. (10–5), Mon. (10–6)., Tues. (10–7).

• Bulgari jewelry, watches, handbags, accessories, and fragrances are up to 75 percent off at the Soiffer Haskin showroom. Through 11/25. 317 W. 33rd St., nr. Eighth Ave. (718-747-1656); Sat.–Tues. (9–6:30).

• Tocca extended their friends and family sample sale through this week. Now get an additional 20 percent off already-discounted dresses, candles, and other bath and beauty finds. Through 11/25. 542 W. 22nd St., nr. Eleventh Ave. (212-929-7122); Mon.–Tues. (11–7).

STARTING TOMORROW
• Dresses, separates, and accessories from the likes of Erin Templeton and Twinkle are 25 to 75 percent off at Leelush boutique. Through 11/30. 29 Ludlow St., nr. Hester St. (212-431-4433); Wed.–Fri. (noon–7), Sat. (noon–8), Sun. (12–8).

ENDING TOMORROW
• At the MINT Jodi Arnold sample sale, a T-shirt dress is now $176 (originally $440), a one-strap bow top is now $104 (originally $300), a belted miniskirt is now $104 (originally $260), and other fall items are up to 60 percent off. Through 11/26. 230 W. 39th St., nr. Seventh Ave., second fl. (212-997-0270); daily (9–6).

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Filed Under: fashion calendar, sales, shopping

Source: The Cut | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:10 pm

GUNS N' ROSES' 'Democracy' Is A Hit In UK, Finland - Nov. 25, 2008 - Blabbermouth.net

guardian.co.uk

GUNS N' ROSES' 'Democracy' Is A Hit In UK, Finland - Nov. 25, 2008 Blabbermouth.net - 1 hour ago Music Week reports that GUNS N' ROSES' long-awaited new album "Chinese Democracy" sold 50791 copies in the UK in its first day of release, according to midweek sales figures. China: Roses album is 'venomous' BBC News Beijing Not A Fan Of 'Chinese Democracy' NPR eFluxMedia - WDEF News 12 - MTV.com - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com all 1,050 news articles

Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:06 pm

Studio City Neighborhood Council (SCNC) Delivers Strong Response to Proposed Metro Universal Building Project

SCNC continues its quest against NBC Universal's enormous Construction Project STUDIO CITY, Calif., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Studio City Neighborhood Council...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:05 pm

OVAB Expands to Europe

Digital Out-of-Home Momentum Continues Overseas NEW YORK, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The Out-of-Home Video Advertising Bureau (OVAB) today unveiled expansion into...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:02 pm

Oh No, a Really Hot Teenage Model Is Dating a Slightly Less Hot Cougar Teacher

See, if we weren't trying so hard to be nice, the caption for this picture would be, "Seriously??"

Sometimes a tabloid story will really test the limits of a blogger. For example, how does one cover the saga from the cover of the Daily News today? In it, spectacularly gorgeous 19-year-old model Joshua Walter has caused quite a kerfuffle over an affair he had with a not-quite-as-spectacularly gorgeous 37-year-old teacher, Gina Salamino. See, Walter was listed as a student when the affair began (the pair met when he was 12 but started dating when he was 16). Since Salamino is a teacher (not his) in the New York public school system, she was fired — but now she's fighting back by saying that since Walter was too busy catwalking around the world, he actually wasn't attending classes and therefore wasn't technically a student.

Okay, so this is where the challenging part comes in. How does a blogger remain charitable when wondering how the hell this happened? Exactly how is it possible not to look at this strapping, flawless boy in his sexual prime and wonder aloud what exactly this seemingly nice yet twenty-years-older woman did to get him to date her, move in with her, and then have a child with her? Nothing against this probably very fun woman, but how to keep one's characteristic cheery humor while contemplating why, in the name of all that is holy and unholy, she gets to date a magnificent, ripe, explosive, squirmy sex god and your blogger doesn't? It's hard, to say the least.

Teacher sues city after being fired for affair with runway model student [NYDN]

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Filed Under: challenges, hard things, joshua walter, models, teachers

Source: Daily Intel | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 pm

LeBron James Conquering Hollywood Now Too

King James: Lionsgate has teamed up with Interscope Records to nab the rights to More Than a Game, a documentary about LeBron James's high-school days. The film, which follows James and his teammates at Akron, Ohio's St. Vincent-St. Mary High School as they go from rundown gym to national glory, debuted to much fanfare at Toronto this year. Now all that's needed is a storybook ending to LeBron's incredible story — a trade to the Knicks. [Variety]

Mumbai Calling: The writer behind Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, Paul Schrader, is packing his bags and heading for Mumbai to write and direct Bollywood action flick Extreme City. The cross-cultural tale will focus on an American man who's in India to resolve a kidnapping case for his father-in-law, when he finds himself caught the middle of a gangster plot. Think Travis Bickle dancing in the streets while wearing a puffy shirt. [HR]

Don't Do That, Bro: Barry Sonnenfeld and CBS are developing a dude-friendly single-camera sitcom called Things a Man Should Never Do Past 30. The project is based on a list of 500 such rules written by Esquire contributing editor David Katz, who's penning the script with fellow Esquire scribe A.J. Jacobs. The show focuses on an editor at a men's magazine who can't embrace adulthood. Finally, a man-child comedy! [HR]

CW Gets Punk'd: Ashton Kutcher's production company Katalyst Films is bringing two projects to the CW: The Beautiful Life is a drama that centers on male and female models who live together in New York, including Christopher, a 22-year-old "destined for the JC Penney catalog," and 15-year-old Reyna, "destined to become the next Heidi Klum." Chloe Gamble is about a Texas beauty queen who moves to Hollywood to achieve stardom. Both shows end each episode with Kutcher jumping out from behind a truck to reveal scenes from next week. [Variety]

Love Story: Production is set to begin next year on an indie documentary chronicling the fight for same-sex marriage across America. Produced by Robert Zimmer Jr., Matthew Mishory, and Michael Einheuser, the doc will follow philosophy professor Dr. John Corvino as he travels the country learning inspiring personal stories and debating gay marriage's biggest opponents. We're especially looking forward to the reasoned, thoughtful debate with Fred Phelps. [HR]

Society Girls: Producer Maurice Kanbar and Daphne Zuniga are teaming up to make The Scene, a dark satire about the Manhattan party circuit and entertainment industry. In the Theresa Rebeck screenplay, adapted from her play Gossip, Zuniga plays a cynical TV talk-show producer who must deal with a chameleon-like social climber. But the film is being shot in San Francisco, which is a mistake, because there's no social climber like a Manhattan social climber. [HR]

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Filed Under: a.j. jacobs, ashton kutcher, barry sonnenfeld, chole gamble, daphne zuniga, david katz, dr. john corvino, extreme city, katalyst films, lebron james, matthew mishory, maurice kanbar, michael einheuser, more than a game, movies, paul scrader, raging bull, robert zimmer jr., taxi driver, the beautiful life, the industry, the scene, theresa rebeck, things a man should never do past 30, tv

Source: Vulture | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 pm

HBO Sports, the Chick-fil-A Bowl and the Atlanta Sports Council to Host Atlanta Premiere of the HBO Sports Documentary 'BREAKING THE HUDDLE: THE INTEGRATION OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL' on Tuesday, December 2...

Jerry LeVias, legendary Southwest Conference football star, and the film's Producer, Joe Lavine, are scheduled to attend ATLANTA, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- HBO has...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 pm

Lycos Presents Its 9th Annual List of the Most Popular Toys & Video Games This Holiday Season, Based on Web Search Activity

Apple's iPod Trumps Poker as the Most-Searched Toy of 2008 Barbie Continues Reign as Most Popular Doll; Gaming Consoles see Big Comeback led by Wii; Vespa...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 pm

Houston Tenor Saxophonist & Educator Larry Slezak Debuts on CD With 'No Worries,' To Be Released by Tierra Studios November 25

HOUSTON, Nov. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Saxophonist Larry Slezak brings an assured swing, a warm soulful tone, and a wealth of experience to No Worries, his first CD as a...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 pm

Celebrity blogs let stars speak for themselves (Reuters)

Reuters - In the fast-paced world of celebrity news, stars are increasingly turning to their own Web sites and blog postings to talk about themselves in a do-it-yourself approach to managing their public images.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:37 pm

Cynthia Rodriguez: 'Soul-less' A-Rod Ditching Kids for Madge

Soon to be ex-wife of A-Rod angry at the Yankee slugger for abandoning kids for his pop queen mistress
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:34 pm

Amy Winehouse Back In Sick Bay

They tried to make her go to the doctor, and she said, "yes, yes, yes." Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse has checked back into a London hospital, her second stay in less than...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:22 pm

Britney Spears Lets You Into the Circus Early

The release of Britney Spears' Circus is coming to town in just one week, but you don't have to wait that long to hear it (legally, we mean). The folks at imeem are streaming the disc, and...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:15 pm

Pop Tarts: Miley's Man Misbehavin'? Shirtless, Flirty in LA

Justin Gaston has certainly attracted a lot of attention thanks to being the older beau of tween sensation Miley Cyrus, but is the 20-year-old enjoying his new found fame a little too much?
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:14 pm

Amy Winehouse hospitalized for drug reaction

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse has been admitted to a London hospital after suffering a bad reaction to medication, her representative said Tuesday.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:08 pm

What's Next For 'Twilight' Star Robert Pattinson? - MTV.com

The Gazette (Montreal)

What's Next For 'Twilight' Star Robert Pattinson? MTV.com - 2 hours ago By Larry Carroll When he was cast in "Twilight," few people outside of die-hard "Harry Potter" fans had heard of him. 'Twilight' sinks its teeth into box office Phoenixville News Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart: Out in LA The Gossip Girls eFluxMedia - Just Jared - Los Angeles Times - Rolling Stone all 1,775 news articles

Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:06 pm

'Milk': More about the man than the martyr - Chicago Tribune

Seattle Post Intelligencer

'Milk': More about the man than the martyr Chicago Tribune - 2 hours ago By Michael Phillips | Tribune critic The story of Harvey Milk is a tragedy, but not since Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" has Sean Penn played such a serenely happy individual. Is Harvey Milk still a force for change? San Francisco Chronicle REVIEW | A Hero for Our Time: Gus Van Sant's "Milk" Indie Wire Chicago Sun-Times - The Associated Press - Cinematical - Gothamist all 264 news articles

Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:02 pm

Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt tie the knot - Newsday

E! Online

Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt tie the knot Newsday - 2 hours ago BY ROBERT KAHN | robert.kahn@newsday.com Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, two stars of the MTV reality series " The Hills," tied the knot in a secret ceremony last week. Montag and Pratt head for the hills and elope USA Today The Hills: Holly Montag Breaks Her Silence on the Speidi Wedding BuddyTV Boston Herald - MTV.com - The Daily Blabber from iVillage - Actress Archives all 142 news articles

Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:57 pm

Spokesman: Singer Amy Winehouse back in hospital (AP)

AP - Amy Winehouse's spokesman says the troubled singer is being treated at a clinic following a reaction to medication.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:49 pm

Blockbuster takes on Netflix with new set-top box (Reuters)

Reuters - Blockbuster Inc on Monday said it would roll out a new digital media player that brings fewer, but more recent titles from the Internet to consumers' televisions than a six-month old offering from rival Netflix Inc.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:48 pm

Review: `Four Christmases' is zero fun (AP)

AP - The size difference between Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon isn't the only thing keeping them apart in "Four Christmases."

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:44 pm

Review: Penn mesmerizes in Van Sant's `Milk' (AP)

AP - Gus Van Sant has spent the past few years making dreamy, amorphous meditations on life and death that seemingly were intended for his hardcore fans, himself, and no one else.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:40 pm

Alan Colmes is leaving 'Hannity & Colmes' TV show - The Associated Press

E! Online

Alan Colmes is leaving 'Hannity & Colmes' TV show The Associated Press - 2 hours ago NEW YORK (AP) - Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity is losing his liberal half. Alan Colmes of the network's "Hannity & Colmes" said Monday that he'll be leaving the prime-time show after 12 years. No Decision Yet on Hannity Going it Alone mediabistro.com Liberal commentator Colmes exiting Fox show Reuters Newsday - Hollywood Reporter - Right Pundits - E! Online all 294 news articles

Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:40 pm

Sorry, Hugh! Nicole Calls Keith 'Sexiest Man' - People Magazine

Sorry, Hugh! Nicole Calls Keith 'Sexiest Man' People Magazine - 3 hours ago By Paul Chi The actor's reign as Sexiest Man Alive has only just begun, and his Australia costar, Nicole Kidman, is already calling for a recount. 'Australia' stars bask in Baz Luhrmann's vision USA Today Australia - History in the Movies Product Placement News Celebrity Baby Blog - Business Mirror - eFluxMedia - Los Angeles Times all 339 news articles

Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:34 pm

Singer Amy Winehouse admitted to hospital - Reuters

WELT ONLINE

Singer Amy Winehouse admitted to hospital Reuters - 3 hours ago LONDON (Reuters) - Singer Amy Winehouse is in hospital after reacting badly to medication, a spokesman said on Tuesday. The 25-year-old Grammy winner was admitted to a clinic after falling ill on Sunday and has been kept there for tests. Singer Amy Winehouse in hospital BBC News Amy Winehouse Back In Sick Bay E! Online The Gossip Girls - Access Hollywood - eFluxMedia - NME.com all 999 news articles

Source: Google News - Entertainment | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:08 pm

'Dancing' fans edge closer to season finale

(E! Online)

E! Online - "I've got to go with Brooke. I think she's the one to beat!"

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Nov 2008 | 6:40 am

Miley's Mess and Lance's Lip Service! What You Didn't See on DWTS

"I've got to go with Brooke. I think she's the one to beat!" This is what Dr. Crankypants Len Goodman just told us moments ago backstage about who will win tonight's...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 6:23 am

U2, Coldplay, Killers Help Launch (RED)WIRE

Some of the biggest names in music are contributing exclusive songs to RED(WIRE), a new digital music magazine launching on World AIDS Day (Dec. 1). U2, Coldplay, the Killers, the Dixie Chicks, John Legend, R.E.M. and Bob Dylan are on board for the initiative, all proceeds from which will benefit HIV-infected people in Africa.
Source: Billboard.com | 25 Nov 2008 | 6:00 am

Heroes Redux: A One Tree Hill Star Has Been Cast!

Chicken Little is totally right: The sky is freaking falling, and our Heroes are falling right down with it! In tonight's ep, Heroes' iconic eclipse returned, yoinking...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 5:55 am

Donatella Versace: Fashion's Prima Donna

As recognizable as the brand itself, Donatella Versace is adamant about one thing in fashion: "Fashion is not frivolous," she told CNN.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 Nov 2008 | 5:43 am

Was the New Yorker Straight With Prince's Gay Talk?

Did Prince commit a royal gaffe? A rep for the androgynously appealing artist is insisting that Prince was "grossly misquoted" in a Nov. 24 item in the New Yorker for which he...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 4:22 am

Spoiler Chat: Look Who's Hooking Up and Dying! (E! Online)

E! Online - Finally! Lily and Rufus are so on.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Nov 2008 | 3:08 am

Lance, Brooke and Warren Dance It Out, Finals-Style

The finalists left almost all of it on the floor tonight. For Monday's penultimate episode of Dancing With the Stars' seventh season, Lance Bass, Brooke Burke and Warren Sapp...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 3:06 am

"Button" stitches intimate drama of love, loss (Reuters)

Reuters - The fantasy element in F. Scott Fitgerald's 1922 short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," in which a man ages backward, does not begin to suggest the urgent drama and romantic fatalism that director David Fincher and writers Eric Roth and Robin Swicord have so strikingly brought to the screen in the movie version.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:42 am

Capsule reviews of `Milk' and other films (AP)

AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:05 am

Lionsgate nets 'Game' documentary

Front Page: Studio obtains James film in unusual deal -- "More Than a Game," a documentary about NBA star LeBron James' high school days in Akron, Ohio, has been sold to Lionsgate in an unusual deal.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 am

Download deal eludes Beatles

Front Page: Apple, EMI negotiations have stalled -- Apple Corps still will not let it be. Paul McCartney said on Monday that negotiations between the Beatles' holding company and EMI over digital downloads of the band's catalog have stalled.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 am

SAG, AMPTP dig in heels

Front Page: Rhetoric ramps up as sides prepare for battle -- With the Screen Actors Guild threatening to strike, there's little chance of a backchannel deal to avert a work stoppage.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 am

Hugh Jackman Talks Trash About His Sexy Ways

Hugh Jackman may be People's Sexiest Man alive, but the Australia star says his wife knows the secret of his sexiness: Garbage. "Previously, my wife had said the sexiest thing...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 am

Katalyst sets CW projects

Front Page: Kutcher's shingle to develop 'Life,' 'Chloe' -- Ashton Kutcher is back at the CW, where his Katalyst Films shingle is developing two projects.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 25 Nov 2008 | 2:00 am

Jonas Brothers Do Mayer, Marley and the Beatles

The Jonas Brothers keep going...and going...and going. Fresh from the American Music Awards, where they were named Favorite Breakthrough Artist and performed "Tonight"...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:39 am

Jonas Brothers Do Mayer, Marley and the Beatles (E! Online)

E! Online - The Jonas Brothers keep going...and going...and going.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:34 am

Spoiler Chat: Look Who's Hooking Up and Dying!

Finally! Lily and Rufus are so on. They also just so happen to be 19 years old now. This is the latest rumor I'm hearing from Gossip Girl sources—that a series of...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 1:33 am

CW close to renewing "Top Model" (Reuters)

Reuters - It looks like "America's Next Top Model" will be back on the catwalk next season.
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:32 am

Is Prison Break Ending?

Could Fox be shutting the doors on Prison Break—without any plan for future escape? The Hollywood Reporter says the series might be coming to an end, because word is there might...

Source: E! Online - Top Stories | 25 Nov 2008 | 12:30 am

Avant-Garde Fashion Might Be on Hiatus, But That Doesn’t Mean Consumers Don't Want It

Gareth Pugh, fall 2008

Has the economy killed avant-garde fashion? According to a lengthy article in WWD, avant-garde designs, save those by a select few like Gareth Pugh and Bernard Willhelm, have fallen by the wayside. Fashion designers want to sell clothes consumers want to buy, and avant-garde does not fall under that umbrella anymore. Director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology Valerie Steele says, “Most people want very familiar, nonthreatening-looking clothes.” She adds, “The general mood in fashion is somewhat conservative due to the economy. It’s not a risk-taking moment for most people. Consumers have retreated and stores are worried.” Dutch designers Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren posit, “Avant-garde fashion probably exists out there, but it is somewhere on the streets … what is avant-garde today is mainstream tomorrow. It can be copied and marginalized very easily.” Luxury-industry consultant Concetta Lanciaux, based in Paris, says younger generations don't want avant-garde. “Avant-garde is the desire to break with the establishment, and today the desire is the opposite.”

We disagree with Lanciaux. We might be seeing less avant-garde designs on the runways, but that doesn't mean we don't want them. We're of the younger generation, and fashion to us has always been about developing a personal sense of style that separates one from everyone else. Indeed, shows like Pugh's and Maison Martin Margiela's are two we look forward to more than any others because we know we're in for something completely unexpected. And in a time when consumers are spending so much more selectively, won't they seek out unique items that truly give them a reason to part with some cash? It seems you can't walk two feet without bumping into someone who's striving to stand out. Look at Rihanna in her diamond eye patch, and Beyoncé in her Gareth Pugh and Theirry Mugler. And everyone knows female pop stars are the heartbeat of the needs and desires of the cultural landscape of the universe.

Avant Garde Fashion: The True Believers [WWD]

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Filed Under: bernard willhelm, gareth pugh, losing edge, maison martin margiela

Source: The Cut | 24 Nov 2008 | 11:29 pm

Beyoncé Fashion Watch 2008 Continues With Car-Wash Shades

Working at the car wash, girl.

If you thought the backlash against Beyoncé's metal hand would have taught her a lesson by now, get a load of the shades she wore when filming the music video for "Diva" this weekend. If only she didn't have car-wash fringe over her eyeballs and could see herself (87 percent of People.com readers agree with us). She's already worn a motorcycle, so what's next? A top with the sail of a ship coming out the back? [Off the Rack/People]

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Filed Under: beyonce, we don't think we're ready for this jelly

Source: The Cut | 24 Nov 2008 | 11:04 pm

Madonna Is Sad

Madonna is sad, she told the AP this Sunday. She is listless and depressed. It's not, as one might imagine, about the fact that she is 50 years old and spends most evenings wearing a metal leotard and gyrating in front of gay men on a tour called Sticky and Sweet. That is the one thing the multigagillionaire pop singer is happy about. "I feel very blessed and very lucky that I have the opportunity to do what I do in my professional life," she told the news service. It is her "personal life" that she is sad about, she said. And we know she's not just talking about her divorce. She's talking about betrayal. Your betrayal, Alexander Rodriguez, which the Post exposed today when they published the irrefutable report that you have been backing out of your private classes at the Kabbalah center. "Sources" say that you are "bored" with the religion and that your interest is waning. Is your interest in Madonna waning? she wonders. This, we know, is what is making Madonna sad. And until you recover your interest in the Tanakh, you can bet she will continue to be morose. Sadder than when she wrote "This Used to Be My Playground," or the dark period when she penned "Live to Tell." Sadder than "Rain." Why do you want to make Madonna this sad, Alexander Rodriguez?

A-ROD SKIPPING KABALLAH CLASSES: REPORT [NYP]

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Source: Daily Intel | 24 Nov 2008 | 11:00 pm

WGA strike troubles linger

Front Page: Feds side with AMPTP over core status -- The WGA strike ended Feb. 12 but the recriminations continue.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:58 pm

Just Another Media-Layoff Monday

In today's media-layoff news, some money magazines deny that they're headed to Russia, all the People in London are headed home, and the Star-Ledger no longer has very many opinions. Or even any. It's a new week in media layoffs, and here's how it has begun:

• Popular national news sheet USA Today is laying off twenty staffers, effective in early December. This is just sad. Who doesn't love that paper? [Romenesko]

• The Star-Ledger of New Jersey is becoming very, very impartial, as all the staffers on its editorial board have taken buyouts. [Editor & Publisher]

• Over the weekend, the Russian press gleefully reported that American money mag Forbes is being sold to a Moscow-based private-equity firm still swimming in money. Today, however, Forbes is totally, totally denying this story, so don't even ask about it, okay?
[Alley Insider]

• Alpha Media, on the other hand, home of Maxim and Blender, which was already sold to a private-equity group only a year ago for a probably regrettable $250 million, is now likely to be handed over to creditors due to plummeting ad-sales revenue. Publisher Felix Dennis, however, has already taken off with the cash and the Tila Tequila cover stories. [FishbowlNY/Mediabistro]

• Even-less-reliable gossip title Life & Style isn't faring much better, as its fashion director and deputy art director have departed. [BaconsBlog]

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Filed Under: forbes, ink-stained wretches, maxim, media, media death watch, people, star-ledger, stuff, usa today

Source: Daily Intel | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:45 pm

The Economy Robs Fashion Companies of Town Cars, First-Class Air Travel

In more bullish economic times, fashion — like investment banking — was an industry for those who appreciated life's finer things. Like Town Cars, extra elbow room in business or first class, getting to fly anywhere at all, and, once you got there, taking a Town Car to the five-star hotel that offers Ladurée macaroons and Veuve Clicquot on arrival, even if you're in Asia. Investment bankers have had to cut back on these luxuries, and now they can take solace in knowing they won't rough it alone. The fashion industry will join them, reducing costs by eliminating things like Town Cars, first-class air travel, and expensive hotels in "luxe foreign lands," according to WWD. Fashion companies made the "easy cuts first," like the company Christmas party, but nothing else was so easy to relinquish.

[T]he poor economy is forcing fashion companies to take a long, hard look at the way they do business. In an industry that once thought nothing of sending dozens of people to Europe or Asia via business-class travel to stay at five-star hotels for weeks is eliminating nonessential trips, asking employees to go coach and, if possible, videoconferencing instead of getting on a plane at all.

Sure, they looked long and hard, but did they look long and hard enough? We are horrified. The scene is especially dismal at Liz Claiborne, which has taken a beating in this economic climate:

[S]ince midsummer, Claiborne has imposed restrictions on flights and hotels, such as coach class travel on all domestic, intra-European and intra-Asian flights and stays only in corporately approved hotels.

Things are even more dour at Nicole Miller:

Using town cars has been eliminated, and his 86 staffers are being encouraged to take the subway more frequently or taxis if need be. In regard to out-of-town travel, employees are encouraged to find cheaper flights and less expensive accommodations, said [president and CEO Bud] Konheim, adding, “We’re Red Roofing it,” referring to the low-budget hotels.

The Red Roof Inn and the soles on a pair of Christian Louboutins might both be red, but they most certainly do not mix. Honestly, they may as well (gasp) camp. Over at Lacoste, the holiday party has been disgustingly consolidated with the January sales meeting. The company's CEO told WWD, "It’s not that [canceling the party] saves such a significant amount of money, but it’s symbolic and sends the right message in difficult times." Oh woe are those employees. They can't even drink it off.

Tightening Their Belts: Fashion Firms Cut Back To Get Lean and Mean [WWD]

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Filed Under: 'tis the season to be broke, economy, lacoste, liz claiborne, nicole miller

Source: The Cut | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:44 pm

The End Is Nigher

When Houghton Mifflin (publisher of Philip Roth and Jonathan Safran Foer) merged with Harcourt just about a year ago — resulting in the laying off of four editors and a publisher and the cutting of future lists by about 25 percent — the president of the merged group spoke of "an exciting future ahead." Today, Publishers Weekly confirms that the company is halting all acquisitions (temporarily, they insist). Spokesman Josef Blumenfeld told the trade mag, "It's a symbol of doing things smarter, it's not an indicator of the end of literature." Well, not all of literature, maybe. Suddenly, bloated Doubleday — where sixteen staffers were laid off three weeks ago — looks like a pretty solid place to be. Look for skyrocketing grad-school applications. [PW] Related: "The End" [NYM]

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Filed Under: books, houghton mifflin harcourt, publishing, Sadness

Source: Vulture | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:35 pm

Hoch marks his turf in 'Taking Over' (AP)

AP - Danny Hoch doesn't seem concerned that his new one-man show is sure to alienate a portion of its audience right from the opening curtain.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:33 pm

Franz Ferdinand, 2.0

Franz, we believe.

On their forthcoming album, Tonight, Franz Ferdinand go places they've never been. Strange places! The first two tracks to have seen some sort of official release are "Lucid Dreams," released this summer on iTunes and on the soundtrack to the game Madden 2009, and "Ulysses," the first official single, now streaming on the band's MySpace. "Ulysses" is the odder of the two, with its druggy, morning-after tale staggering through disco beats and waves of proggy synth. The extended final album version of "Lucid Dreams," not yet available, is rumored to be the most exotic track on the record, sprawling out into an eight-minute trance-dance party. Here, it just sounds like a Franz Ferdinand song.

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Filed Under: franz ferdinand, music, right-click

Source: Vulture | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:25 pm

Pellicano lawyer gets 3 years

Front Page: Christensen sentences in wiretapping case -- A prominent Hollywood attorney was sentenced Monday to three years in prison in a wiretapping scheme that targeted the former wife of MGM mogul Kirk Kerkorian.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:14 pm

Diane Von Furstenberg Rejects Plastic Surgery; Christina Aguilera Hacks Her Bangs

Botox-free.

PLASTIC SURGERY
• Diane Von Furstenberg on plastic surgery: "I know that a lot of people look at me and think, 'Why doesn't she do something to that face?' But I made a decision. I do yoga and I hike, but I won't do Botox … I know if I start doing things I will get insecure." [British Vogue]

• Tom Ford on plastic surgery: "I hope to have the eye to do it in such a way that I still look my age but maybe not have my neck swinging around when I go jogging." [NY Post]

HAIR
• Christina Aguilera went to the American Music Awards last night having hacked her bangs by two inches. The style falls, dare we say, short? [Beauty Counter/Style.com]

FRAGRANCE
• About 30 to 35 percent of all yearly fragrance sales are made in the month of December. So expect fierce competition in the fragrance aisle at department stores. [Heard on the Runway/WSJ]

• Rochas tapped Jean-Michel Duriez from Procter & Gamble's Jean Patou to work on new fragrances for the label. [Fashionista]

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Filed Under: beauty marks, christina aguilera, diane von furstenberg, fragrance, hair, plastic surgery, rochas, tom ford

Source: The Cut | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:10 pm

Will Fox News Respond to MSNBC’s Left Swing by Turning Even More Right?

For twelve years, Alan Colmes suffered as the (nearly) lone token liberal voice crying out in the vast right-wing maelstrom that is Fox News. As one half of the 9 p.m. stalwart Hannity & Colmes, the commentator and radio host lent a sense of even-handedness to the network's prime-time lineup, coming sandwiched between Bill O'Reilly's Factor and On the Record with Greta van Susteren. Now he's leaving the show to develop a weekend program and focus more on his radio duties. He'll remain on as a liberal opinionator for the network. The show was the second most popular on the network for most of its run, and frequently captured the No. 1 spot in the hour.

But now that Colmes is leaving, some are wondering whether another liberal voice will replace him, or whether the popular Sean Hannity will just take over the show on his own and model it after his Hannity's America weekend show. After all, if viewers want to hear a lefty voice they're probably already tuning in to Rachel Maddow over at MSNBC. A straight conservative show might better capitalize on the Factor lead-in. We didn't think this was really possible, but is the battle between the two cable networks about to get even more polarized?

Alan Colmes to Leave "Hannity & Colmes" [HuffPo]
One Half of ‘Hannity & Colmes’ Is Leaving [TV Decoder/NYT]

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Filed Under: alan colmes, bill o'reilly, cable wars, conservatives, fox news, in other news, liberal eastern media elites, media, msnbc, politics, rachel maddow, sean hannity

Source: Daily Intel | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm

‘Lake City’ Directors Hunter Hill and Perry Moore on Gay Superheroes and Their Maurice Sendak Documentary

Southerners turned New Yorkers Hunter Hill and Perry Moore kept a picture of Sissy Spacek tacked on the wall while they wrote Lake City, a southern drama about a reunion between a mother and son years after a family tragedy. They got her to star, along with Troy Garrity (Jane Fonda’s son), Rebecca Romijn, Drea De Matteo, and, oddly enough, Dave Matthews. Lake City hit theaters on Friday, the same day as some vampire-themed blockbuster. Hunter and Moore, partners in life as well as in business, spoke to Vulture about co-directing on a shoestring budget, the Maurice Sendak documentary they're making with Spike Jonze, and Showtime's gay-superhero show based on Moore's novel.

This story is based on an actual childhood experience of Hunter’s. What made you decide that this would make a good movie?
Hill: Well, the story, the crux of the movie were fragmented images that I had from childhood, from my best friend. He died in a very similar way as in the movie. Just watching the family, how different families handle death, you know — some people run from that, some people embrace it.

You spent several years writing this and then got a commitment from Spacek. What if she had turned you down?
Hill: Sissy was the inspiration. We went down to visit Sissy in Virginia, had lunch, she had read the script, and she responded to the very personal situation herself, because she had also had some friends in similar situations.

I heard Spacek brought her own furniture to the set, and Rebecca Romijn used her own clothing?
Hill: Yeah. We shot on a modest budget and the house in the script was always a central character, and it was so important that we find the right place. Every other house we looked at was up and running, and the one we chose was an abandoned house — no running water, no electricity, we only could use half the house. It was empty. So Sissy, and Jack Fisk, who’s her husband —

Moore: Jack is a renowned production designer in his own right [he’s Oscar-nominated]. And Hunter had a panic attack a few days before we started shooting that there wasn’t enough furniture in the house, so Sissy and Jack loaded up their truck with a lot of her own childhood furniture.

Hill: It was a whole flatbed truck full of furniture. The bed in Clayton’s room, the boy’s room in the movie, that was Sissy’s childhood bed. She told stories how she used to walk it back and forth like a balancing beam when she was a little girl in Texas.

Moore: Troy [Garrity] found [Spacek’s] daughter’s diary in it when we were shooting a scene one day. We quickly gave it back to her. I mean, talk about Method acting.

How is it working as two directors?
Moore: We split up the work. We’d make sure that as two directors, we always spoke to the crew and the cast in one voice. It was a luxury, I think. It’s funny when people ask, “What’s it like with two directors?” I always feel like, What’s it like with one director? How do you have time to get all that stuff done? It’s probably easier since Hunter and I live together and do most things in our life together. We sort of have telepathic communication, I think, at this point, that makes it easier to do things together. I think that’s probably an advantage, working together.

Tatum O’Neal was originally cast in the role that Drea De Matteo played?
Moore: Tatum was shooting a series. She was supposed to do it, and she thought she’d be finished in time, and then she wasn’t.

Hill: And then we went right to Drea. She almost channeled Tatum in a crazy way. And, she came in, with the flu. She was there for one night, it was pouring down rain, she was on antibiotics.

Moore: And we had one lamp to knock over in that scene. We did a couple takes, and she was the engine that turned that scene. It was a very long take, and a very emotionally tense moment, and she had to knock this lamp over in the exact same spot without breaking it every time, and she did it every time.

It was just announced that Showtime picked up Hero, your book about a gay superhero, for a series to be produced by Stan Lee. Have you started working on the script?

Moore: Oh yes, we’re in the middle of it. That, and the next book, I’m hard at work on that too.

Is that a sequel to Hero?
Moore: We have a sequel to Hero, and another book, called The Way of the Wolf Book 1: Fire, which is a little more in the vein of Twilight. It’s a new fantasy series. I like rewriting mythology — C.S. Lewis was good about this, too — and I am rewriting the werewolf mythology. I combine a lot of American folklore, French folklore, Japanese folklore. I center it around the triplets, a young girl and her two brothers.

You are co-directing a documentary on Maurice Sendak with Spike Jonze. When will that be out?
Hill: We’re in the edit stages now. Maurice is a fascinating character, and people don’t know much about his personal life.” Maurice is an 8-year-old in an 80-year-old’s body. He’s just razor-sharp and really funny. So we’re very excited about that.

Moore: Maurice’s favorite actress is Sissy Spacek.

Hill: When we were shooting Lake City, he asked if he could come. He said, “Couldn’t I be the little Jewish man that runs a little cart in the small town?”

Moore: It was beautiful.

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Filed Under: hunter hill, lake city, movies, perry moore

Source: Vulture | 24 Nov 2008 | 10:00 pm

Speidi May Have Eloped to Mexico

Perez Hilton is reporting Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt just eloped to Mexico. No word on if cameras were there. But if they weren't, does that mean we won't be subjected to a spinoff about their lives as newlyweds? Because that would add a ray of sunshine to this horribly depressing 5 p.m. winter darkness. [Perez Hilton]

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Filed Under: head for the hills, heidi montag, spencer pratt, weddings

Source: The Cut | 24 Nov 2008 | 9:57 pm

Bollywood takes dig at Bush in low-budget spoof

Bollywood is taking a dig at George W. Bush, seen here on November 22, 2008, in a low-budget spoof about a bunch of Indians who enter a reality television competition to meet the US president.
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Nov 2008 | 9:48 pm

What a Tease: ‘Californication’

"La Ronde" finds Marcy in treatment; Ashby, Charlie, Hank and Karen keeping (most of) their libidinal impulses in check; and Californication getting all literary.

Fornication
Or the lack thereof: Ashby has been staying away from Mia and is still thinking about one-who-got-away Janie Jones. That Hank's next interview with J.J. is after dark makes Ashby a little jealous — because if it's after seven, it's a date. Each main character uses that logic at least once in this episode, but we're not going to bother with that repetition; it's not one of Californication's better gags.

Anyway, it does indeed seem to be a date for Janie and Hank: There's an art gallery and cheap wine in plastic cups and everything. Unfortunately, it turns out this is guru Julian's art gallery, so he, and Hank's baby mama, Sonja, are also part of the date. Julian, macking on Janie, exhibits quite the repertoire of pickup lines: "Have you experienced childbirth? But not orgasmic childbirth? Are you menstruating right now?" And then he starts groping Hank. Proving herself about the classiest lady to ever catch Hank's eye, Janie gets her and Hank the hell out of there and on to the date's natural conclusion: bringing Hank home. She finds vasectomized men, marked as they evidently are by commitment and sacrifice, very alluring. Hank plays that up by turning her down, explaining that he wouldn't want just a one-night stand with her.

Meanwhile, Karen is on her own date — with Ashby. He's sent his driver to pick her up and bring her to the otherwise empty Hollywood Bowl, where he's arranged for Lili Haydn to play the sort of god-awful chick music that passes for part of a mature date in Ashby's perverse mind. As we feared, Karen has a great time. Ashby delivers a spiel about how she reminds him of someone, she suggests he take that woman out on a date, he insists he's learned from his mistakes — and then he lunges in for the kiss. She rebuffs him. Twice.

Family
Meanwhile, Marcy has finally made it to rehab, so Charlie is still alone with Daisy. She's enjoying the novelty of living a normal life, working (for free) as the waxery's receptionist, dating a guy who works at the Sharper Image across the street, and liking the new Runkle alternative family. Needless to say, she's a great comfort to Charlie as he worries about Marcy's coke problem — and about what's going to happen to their sex life without the coke. But this is the new, (un)improved-formula, abstinent Californication: She comforts him with Dirty Dancing and with some very chaste dancing, not any of her porn-goddess skills. But it's not an entirely sexless episode — just about keeping things in the family.

After turning down Janie Jones, Hank drops by Karen's place to brag about his self-cockblocking redemption and to, as she puts it, look for some sort of reward. After providing said reward, she fends off Hank's pillow talk and questions about her evening by trying to fire him up again, only to discover a lump. Given that the episode takes its title from Arthur Schnitzler's play about syphilis making the rounds in slutty turn-of-the-century Vienna, we'd assume that she's found an oozing, inflamed sore on Hank's dick. That would be a fascinating and apt plot development, but it seems more likely that our Hank is up for a cancer scare in the next episode.

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Filed Under: californication, overnights, tv

Source: Vulture | 24 Nov 2008 | 9:30 pm

Richie Rich and Daniel Vosovic Unite for Britney Spears

At the risk of sounding like that girl, we're just going to come out and say it: We're excited about Britney's new album. There. Even if it is called Circus and the Photoshopping in the promo shots gives her a weird, scary glow and she's wearing last season's Rodarte, "Womanizer" still makes working out suck a lot less for us. Heatherette designer Richie Rich and Project Runway runner-up Daniel Vosovic must be excited, too, because they're judging the "Britney Spears Biggest Fan Contest" on 9 p.m. on December 1, the night before her album drops (and record sales defy the economy). Starting at 9 p.m. you can sign up for the contest at the Virgin Megastore in Times Square and shake your stuff for Richie and Daniel. According to Britney's MySpace page, "Contestants may sing, dance, imitate, or even profess their love for Britney Spears." Who better to assess who's most Britney-like than the designer of a defunct glitter-inspired fashion line and an ex–reality star riding his fame to its absolute maximum? Not that we don't love you both dearly, but you know what we would really like? If you designed some more clothes. There. We said it.

NYC Fans: Virgin Megastore Birthday Celebration [MySpace]

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Filed Under: britney spears, circus, daniel vosovic, heatherette, richie rich, slave for britney

Source: The Cut | 24 Nov 2008 | 9:29 pm

Donnie Walsh’s Trades So Good They May Even Benefit the Yankees

LeBron and CC, BFFs.

Knicks president Donnie Walsh is getting high grades for Friday’s trades of Jamal Crawford, Zach Randolph, and Mardy Collins, because it clears cap space for 2010 when, well, you know by now. In the span of a few hours, Walsh undid enough of Isiah Thomas’s shortsighted moves that the Knicks are in position to offer a max contract to a certain Cavaliers superstar — and probably another good player or two — even if he doesn’t clear out any further bad contracts. (We’re looking at you, Eddy Curry.)

But Walsh’s moves may impact more than just the Knicks roster. See, presumed future-Knick LeBron James is friends with free-agent pitcher CC Sabathia from the days they were both in Cleveland. Sabathia, of course, is deciding — perhaps right this very second — which big-money contract to accept. And ESPN’s Buster Olney thinks that the idea that his buddy might be a Knick two years from now could help sway him to sign with the Yankees. (Olney says factors like these may serve as tiebreakers since Sabathia is the type to consider more than just money, though it certainly won't hurt that the Yankees will likely be offering the most cash, as well.) So now that Walsh has pretty much locked up James and Sabathia, perhaps he could get started on a plan to keep Brett Favre from retiring. After all, he'll need to have something to do between now and 2010.

Knicks could help lead CC to New York [ESPN]

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Filed Under: baseball, basketball, cc sabathia, donnie walsh, knicks, lebron james, sports, the sports section, yankees

Source: Daily Intel | 24 Nov 2008 | 9:15 pm

'Call of Duty 5' no improvement over predecessor (AP)

AP - When news broke that the new game in the "Call of Duty" franchise would be developed by Treyarch, gamers worldwide groaned in disappointment. The game's predecessor, developed to near perfection by Infinity Ward, had been a transcendent experience, garnering universal rave reviews and breathing new life into the series by moving it into the present day from World War II.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 24 Nov 2008 | 9:11 pm

Dolph Lundgren, You Deeply Disappoint Us

When A&E this morning announced the new reality TV show Steven Seagal: Lawman, about the action hero's second act as a New Orleans deputy, we marveled at his gumption and stick-to-it-iveness. We were reminded of other inspirational, unpredictable second acts, and we immediately thought of other admirable men, like the political advertising genius Chuck Norris, the Method actor Jean-Claude Van Damme, and that great American patriot Arnold Schwarzenegger. You know who we didn't think about? Dolph Lundgren.

We knew that pathetic eighties girlie-men like Dustin Hoffman and Chevy Chase would amount to little outside of Hollywood — but we expected more out of Dolph. Other action stars have demonstrated true courage by imagining careers outside of anticommunist action thrillers, while Dolph has cowered in his little corner: a scared little boy, afraid of taking real risks. Just look at the record:

Chuck Norris: With one show, Walker, Texas Ranger, Norris ended history’s shameful segregation of cowboys and martial artists. Then he supported Mike Huckabee, transforming him from also-ran to contender. Had Norris not been held back, he would have kicked Obama's ass.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: Schwarzenegger did what he could to change the world within the studio system, using Kindergarten Cop to prove that threatening brutes could be caring fathers too (paving the way for Vin Diesel and the Rock). But that wasn't enough: His election as Governator broke barriers for Austrians, orgy enthusiasts, ass gropers, and Hummer enthusiasts.

Steven Seagal: Thanks to the brave work of this man, action films are no longer the domain of fit or thin action actors. He never spoke about it, but the quiet bulk of his moral authority transformed the genre into something bigger, even as he launched the 240-calorie energy drink Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt. Now he's saving real lives as a deputy in Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. With his bare hands.

Jean-Claude Van Damme: Nearly consigned to a life of copycat action films like Lundgren's, Van Damme broke with Lundgren after the Universal Soldier films and reclaimed his dignity in this year’s dizzying metaphysical heist film JVCD, revealing himself to be an introspective postmodern conversationalist and avant-garde animal lover.

And you, Dolph? What have you done? Other than direct yourself in one straight-to-DVD, filmed-in-Bulgaria action flick after the next, as another crazy vigilante, another terrifying Russian, another martial artist named Lance Rockford working to stop the terrorists for a president played by Jerry Springer… What have you done outside of your comfort zone? Nothing. Fraidy-cat.

Dolph, please take a chance. You're from the land of August Strindberg, Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and the world's most famous singing chef — don't hide your genius from the light. Rip it out with your bare hands and drop-kick it back into the ring.

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Filed Under: arnold schwarzenegger, dolph lundgren, jean-claude van damme, movies, steven seagal, sylvester stallone, unsolicited opinion

Source: Vulture | 24 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm

Shopbop.com Model Looks Exactly Like Ashley Dupré

From left, Dupré, Shopbop's look-alike.

We're used to a daily influx of shopping e-mails and gave Shopbop.com's a cursory glance yesterday. Until we were stopped in our tracks. That model looked awfully familiar to us. It took us a whole ten seconds to realize she bore an uncanny resemblance to hooker supreme Ashley Dupré. Shopbop's model's even styled similarly to Dupré's recent People magazine shot (inset). The hair is brushed back and wavy; the makeup is perfectly pink. The eyes stare at us with that certain hint of … longing perhaps? We love online shopping, but when you reach the point that certain e-mail models start to look like famous prostitutes, it's time to hit delete.

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Filed Under: ashley dupre, call service, shopbop, shopping

Source: The Cut | 24 Nov 2008 | 8:55 pm

Hollywood stuffs Thanksgiving slate

Front Page: 'Australia,' 'Christmases,' 'Milk' among openers -- Gus Van Sant's Sean Penn topliner "Milk" is one of a handful of titles opening Wednesday in advance of the long Thanksgiving holiday sesh.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Nov 2008 | 8:53 pm

Artist Shai Azoulay Falls Asleep at the Canvas

Shai Azoulay's Dream (2008).

If the sleep of reason creates monsters, does the sleep of creativity create … paintings? Here, in Shai Azoulay's Dream — an MFA-appropriate version of the Brothers Grimm's "The Elves and the Shoemaker" — an artist snoozes in his atelier while little paint sprites (pigment figments?) amass around a pristine canvas. Whether they're about to pounce or leave it in a state of Malevichean whiteness is up in the air, but let's say they go to town. After all, the cold is making everyone a little sleepy, and the idea of waking up to a finished spreadsheet (or legal brief, or blog post) is too good a fantasy to resist. On view at Participant Inc. through December 21.

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Filed Under: art, art candy, shai azoulay

Source: Vulture | 24 Nov 2008 | 8:30 pm

Comedian Horatio Sanz Has Dropped About 100 Pounds

When we ran into Saturday Night Live alum Horatio Sanz at the Montblanc-sponsored "24-Hour Plays" last week, we couldn't help but notice how trim he looked! We asked him if he'd lost weight. "I’ve been eating better," he admitted. "I’ve been trying to come up with a joke about how I’ve lost weight and I was going to say, 'I stopped putting nuts in my sundaes.'" Apparently, he's lost about 100 pounds. Roughly. "I never weighed myself when I was at my fattest, because I was scared I might die," he said. He's been working out, too. Now, if he goes back on SNL to play new Commerce secretary Bill Richardson (the invitation's still open, we hear), he'll have to wear a pillow on his belly!

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Filed Under: horatio sanz, party lines, saturday night live

Source: Daily Intel | 24 Nov 2008 | 8:30 pm

Madonna: Work a Divorce Distraction

Madge says touring and working is helping her get over ex-husband Guy Ritchie.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 24 Nov 2008 | 8:22 pm

Music Review: Kanye West shows his pain via song (AP)

AP - Kanye West, "808s & Heartbreak" (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 24 Nov 2008 | 8:02 pm

Everyone Is Struggling

Even gold-diggers are not immune to the recession: "Back at Bagatelle, three young beautiful Turks smoke Camels outside in the cold. One is blonde, one is brunette and one is shivering in a T-shirt that reads 'I Heart NY.' Two appear to be models, or at least 'models.' (The other works in finance.) 'When we go out there are usually four guys buying us drinks. Now there is only one,' sighs the petite 24-year-old brunette. 'Guys just aren't going out as much. Plus, men aren't buying bottle service so there are no tables to invite women back to.' The other two nod ruefully." [Page Six Magazine]

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Filed Under: The Greatest Depression

Source: Daily Intel | 24 Nov 2008 | 8:01 pm

Music Review: GNR or not, a vote for 'Democracy' (AP)

AP - Guns N' Roses, "Chinese Democracy" (Geffen)

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 24 Nov 2008 | 7:58 pm

Reviews of this year's key holiday music releases (AP)

AP - Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs:

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 24 Nov 2008 | 7:53 pm

The Artist in Love With the Un-Boyfriend

Once a week, Daily Intel takes a peek at what your friends and neighbors are doing behind doors left slightly ajar. Today, The Artist in Love With the Un-Boyfriend, 23, female, Bensonhurst, heterosexual, single.

DAY ONE
3 a.m.: A call from my Un-Boyfriend. He's not my boyfriend and probably never will be, due to the long distances, transient lifestyles, and aversion to labels and commitment on both ends. And yet we talk for hours, we write letters, and when we see each other, we spend all day in bed, and I'm terribly afraid that I might be in love with him, though I'd never say that out loud. I date other people, hoping to find someone to divert my attention. But most boys only reinforce the reasons why Un-Boyfriend is different and special.
3:30 a.m. Conversation leaves me pensive and annoyed, reminded of all the reasons the "un" prefix will never go away. Sometimes I wish my heart weren't so in his claws. Restless sleeping.

10:15 a.m.: Dream. Last weekend I made out with a stranger in the hallway of my building during a party, which was nice until he started jousting me in the leg with his penis. In the dream, he jumped out at me from behind a dark corner, wide-eyed and not letting me pass. I realize I have unresolved issues with men who are pushy.
2:30 p.m.: I meet my male friend Ben for burritos and coffee. We bitch about being in the throes of love and unemployment. Waitress gives me the gaydar scan. I cut my hair pixie-short last week, and ever since, I've been getting more attention from girls and boys alike.
7 p.m.: Ben comes to my art studio, slowly realizes that every beautiful naked boy and girl I have painted thus far are portraits of people he knows. Awkward tension ensues.
10:35 p.m.: Un-Boyfriend calls to tell me that he just befriended someone who knows me. Does that mean he talks about me to other people? I pine.
11 p.m.: Beer and TV in the basement with building friends. Conversation inevitably turns to "Which celebrities would you fuck?"

DAY TWO
5 a.m.: Beer run with Jen. The cute young bodega guy, Adnan, is our buddy, and is totally in love with Jen, so the beer is free. Adnan goes into the basement to bring us his four-week-old kittens.
7:50 a.m.: I finally crawl into bed, and muster the strength for an immensely satisfying drunken masturbation before I sleep. I fantasize about having good, sleepy morning sex with Un-Boyfriend.
4 p.m.: Phone interview for a new day job. The fact that my potential employer called at 4 p.m. regarding an education position and I was still lying in bed in my underwear, totally hung-over, reading erotic fiction, makes me wonder if I am suited to be a role model for children.
6:20 p.m.: I IM with a guy I dated last month. It sort of fell off when we both got busy, and he asks me where I've been. I consider inviting him out to the party tonight, but I'd rather hang out with a guy who might come, so I refrain. Another one bites the dust.
8 p.m.: Help set up for the party. The first few bands play and I am bored, compulsively checking my phone.
9:50 p.m.: I dance like a motherfucker.
11:30 p.m.: On my way to the bathroom, a very beautiful man named Shea asks me my name. After I tell him, he says, "I love that name, but would you mind if I just called you Beautiful instead?" Normally this sort of line would irritate me, but somehow he pulls it off.

DAY THREE
3:20 a.m.: I finally sit and have a conversation with this Shea character. He's real cute, but I am quickly bored.
5 a.m.: Still talking to Shea. The party is petering out. Out of nowhere, he tells me he has never seen a White Girl "with such a black girl's booty" (it's true, I get that a lot). He doesn't try to kiss me, he doesn't even touch me, he just leans in and asks me to feel his pulse on his neck, so I can see exactly how turned on he is. This creeps me out a bit, but I do it. I've had a beer or six, and while this isn't exactly what I was hoping for as far as things getting more interesting, it's certainly different.
5:15 a.m.: He starts asking me very personal questions about what I'm like in bed. I politely dodge the questions. Not getting the hint, he asks if I would mind if he touched himself while he talked to me. That's way over the line. I say good night.
6 a.m.: I fall asleep wondering how I let that go so far. I am too creeped out to masturbate.
10 a.m.: Shea calls. (SHIT! I forgot that I gave him my number early on.) He asks if I still want him to pose for a painting. He even offers to pay me to let him pose for me. (SHIT. I forgot that I had asked him to pose!) The thought crosses my mind that he may still be in my building hanging out, but I try not to think about it.
3:30 p.m.: Wake up for real, feel like shit.
6:30 p.m.: Me, my friend B, and Mel, one of my best friends from home, have dinner with my roommate, with whom Mel is romantically involved. Mel kisses me on the mouth, as per usual. Mel and roommate are holding hands under the table. I shoot Bea a "Thank you for inviting me to sleep over at your new place so I don't have to listen to them have sex" glance and she nods.
9:30 p.m.: Back at the house, I catch up with Mel for a few minutes, grab some things, and leave to go sleep at B’s. I’m such a good friend.
9:36 p.m.: I call B to tell her I'm on my way. Says she's actually kind of enjoying having the big empty place to herself (read: she wants to jerk off). Awkward.
10 p.m.: I hear roommate sex above, quarantine myself in the basement and figure I will hang out there until Mel and roommate fall asleep. It shouldn’t be too long, as Mel is jet-lagged. I call the Un-Boyfriend and he tells me he will visit at the end of the month. Mmmmm.
10:30 p.m.: Obsessive thinking about Un-Boyfriend. I met him when I was on tour with a band, and he was on his way to Mexico and caught a ride with us. We were immediately drawn to one another and had a lovely romantic few days together, and I went home. He’s always on the move, and we maneuver our paths to cross whenever we can. When we do, it's magical, and when we can't, we stay in close contact. Our friendship only grows more intense, but it's hard to imagine our affair ever being more than what it is. Despite my best efforts, he is the one I really think about.

DAY FOUR
3:30 a.m.: Still in the basement, waiting for the roommate sex to subside. Finally, I decide it's safe to go back inside. It is dark and quiet, but I can't sleep … I toss and turn. I've been too nocturnal in my unemployment.
6 a.m.: Finally, as I am on the verge of sleep, I hear them wake up. Thinking they have the house to themselves, they fool around quite vocally (note that there is only drywall between us, and sound-wise we might as well be in the same room). This is going to be awkward tomorrow.
11:15 a.m.: I wake up and check my e-mail. I got the job!
2 p.m.: Upon hearing my voice, my roommate worriedly asks how long I've been home.
5 p.m.: Painting at my art studio. That is one way to ease sexual tension. Despite all the men in my life, I haven’t had sex in a really long time. I can’t bring myself to fuck somebody unless I really like and trust them. Casual sex is theoretically appealing, but rarely works for me. Deep down I know that if Un-Boyfriend wasn't so impossible to have, I wouldn't be so enamored with him.
10 p.m.: WOW. I am probably 88 percent heterosexual, but for some reason ALL of the waitresses at the little Dominican diner we eat at are incredibly attractive to me. Full lips, big eyes, nice curves.

DAY FIVE
2 a.m.: Home again. In an attempt to break this whole semi-nocturnal lifestyle, I masturbate to fantasies of seducing a sexy Hemingway-type English professor.
10 a.m.: Wake up, work out, clean up.
1 p.m.: First day at the new job. It's trial-by-fire teaching. Relieved that goofing off with first-graders is totally fun.
9 p.m.: We head back to Brooklyn for a hilarious low-budget, oversexualized theatrical adaptation of Jurassic Park in a crazy little space above a grocery store. We drink forties and afterward run through the streets imitating raptors.
11:58 p.m.: I decide to sleep over at Mel's new place. This is our ritual. We stay up all night spooning and talking crudely about boys.

DAY SIX
2 a.m.: Mel is new to sex, and we talk about the ins and outs of it (wink), and I explain, in detail, my theories on how to give good head. She literally takes notes.
9 a.m.: Wake up spooning Mel. I forget how nice it is to have windows; my loft space has none.
11 a.m.: We go to my art studio. We muse about what a good place to have sex in it would be. I fantasize about all of the things I plan to do to the Un-Boyfriend.
9 p.m.: My neighbors have loud sex very, very often. At first I tried to ignore them, but now I tend to enjoy it. Tonight was one of those nights.
11:26 p.m.: I step outside for a minute and a car slows as it passes me: "Hey mami, come here! Get in!" This happens a lot. Sometimes it doesn’t faze me, and other times it makes me feel vulnerable and angry. Tonight was the latter.

DAY SEVEN
7 a.m.: I've taken to sleeping naked the past few days, as my loft-cave gets dreadfully warm with the surpassed-capacity of roommates all emitting sweaty young body heat. Too lazy to search for p.j.'s in the dark, I wrap myself in a too-small towel and hop down the stairs. It was pitch dark downstairs, and I bumped strait into my boxer-clad male roommate, whom I barely know, at the bottom of the staircase. Lots of awkward, accidental skin-touching ensues as we try to maneuver around each other. In spite of myself, I get turned on.
11:30 a.m.: I run errands and shop for booty pants. I invest in a hair straightener and some new eyeliner. Lately I've been wanting to put more effort into my appearance. Maybe I'm ovulating.
2 p.m.: Work with the kids. One little girl nicknames herself Mr. Butt.
7:30 p.m.: Meet for tea with a friend who works for a well-known sex blog. We read some sexy writing.

Totals: Zero acts of intercourse, fellatio, or cunnilingus; two acts of masturbation; one feeling of pulse upon request of very sketchy guy at party; three long phone chats with Un-Boyfriend; one dream of attack by bad make-out partner from previous week.

Filed Under: Sex Diaries

Source: Daily Intel | 24 Nov 2008 | 7:45 pm

Designer admits he has language problem

Kenneth Cole is the first to admit he has a bit of a language problem.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Nov 2008 | 7:24 pm

Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney, seen here in July 2008, followed up this weekend's 40th anniversary of the mythical Beatles' White album with the release Monday of "Electric Arguments", a new album produced under the...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Nov 2008 | 7:19 pm

Seventh Generation Founder Responds to Complaints From Tenants About‘Awful’ Conditions

You've heard of those ecofriendly Seventh Generation housecleaning products, right? Well, here's an odd story. The guy who invented them just bought a $2.2 million co-op in the Upper East Side's sprawling, white-brick Manhattan House complex, where renters are considering suing over what they call awful conditions meant to drive them out so their units can go co-op. So the ecoguru releases this statement in his defense: "We must ensure that the practice of corporate responsibility is spread to every sector of society. Now is not the time to retreat in fear, but forge ahead to create a better and brighter world for all." Uh, okay, that's very inspiring, sir, but what exactly are you talking about? We mean, that is so vague it could almost be ad for Fantastik. [NYT via Curbed]

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Filed Under: Neighborhood Watch, real estate, seventh generation

Source: Daily Intel | 24 Nov 2008 | 7:16 pm

Alan Colmes to leave Fox's 'Hannity'

Front Page: Liberal half of popular news show exits -- Alan Colmes, the liberal half of Fox News Channel's popular "Hannity & Colmes," will leave the show at the end of the year, the net announced Monday.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Nov 2008 | 7:02 pm

Chris Brown Sweeps American Music Awards

Chris Brown wins 3 American Music Awards; Kanye West takes home two.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 24 Nov 2008 | 6:02 pm

Workers in India's television industry went back to work on Monday.

Members of an Indian family watch television in Mumbai in March 2006. After a stop-start strike that plunged the country's soap opera schedules into turmoil, unions sais, workers in India's television...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Nov 2008 | 5:32 pm

A Beatles White Album sold by an English professor in the Austrian town of Linz for close to 31,365 dollars.

A Beatles White Album, signed and drawn on by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1969. An English professor in the Austrian town of Linz has sold a rare copy of the Beatles' White Album on Internet auction site...
Source: Infocious RSS raw feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Nov 2008 | 5:29 pm

Madonna: I'm Sad About My Personal Life

Pop queen says she lets her work function as a distraction from rough personal life
Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Nov 2008 | 5:26 pm

'Billy,' 'Christmas' boost Broadway

Front Page: Most shows continue sales slide -- A lot of Broadway shows saw sales slide in the week leading up to the Thanksgiving frame -- but thanks to “Billy Elliot” and “White Christmas,” the overall cume stayed steady.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Nov 2008 | 5:14 pm

Michelle Williams on Ledger: Time Just Makes Things Worse

Actress Michelle Williams opens up for the first time on ex-boyfriend Heath Ledger's tragic death
Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Nov 2008 | 4:40 pm

Mags Paid HOW Much for Celeb Baby Pix?

Photos of Ashlee Simpson-Wentz's son could go for more than Brangelina's brood.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 24 Nov 2008 | 4:36 pm

WATCH: Scott Weiland, Shaken & Slurred

Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 24 Nov 2008 | 4:34 pm

Leona Lewis Back Atop U.K. Album Chart

Leona Lewis' retooled "Spirit" album entered at the top of the U.K. album chart to give Simon Cowell's Syco Music imprint at Sony BMG a second consecutive No. 1, as last week's bestseller, Il Divo's "The Promise," fell sharply to No. 7.
Source: Billboard.com | 24 Nov 2008 | 4:33 pm

PHOTOS: American Music Awards

2008 AMA's bring together bold artists and rockin' good performances.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 24 Nov 2008 | 4:32 pm

Highlights from the American Music Awards

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Nov 2008 | 4:13 pm

Chris Brown, Kanye West Rule American Music Awards

Chris Brown was the big winner, but it was Kanye West's night at the American Music Awards. Instead of his typical tantrum -- a trend West started four years ago when he lost the favorite new artist prize -- the rapper claimed two trophies last night (Nov. 23) and called on his colleagues to up their game.
Source: Billboard.com | 24 Nov 2008 | 3:57 pm

'Twilight' debuts at No. 1

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Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 24 Nov 2008 | 3:48 pm

'Twilight' Takes Big Bite out of Box Office

Teen vampire romance rakes in $70.6 million on opening weekend.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 24 Nov 2008 | 3:44 pm

NBC scores ratings touchdown

Front Page: 'Sunday Night Football' wins over '24,' AMAs -- Jack Bauer’s return to primetime after an 18-month absence drew a big crowd, but not quite big enough for Fox’s telepic “24: Redemption” to knock off ABC’s telecast of the American Music Awards.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 24 Nov 2008 | 3:33 pm

Spokeswoman: Michael Jackson, Sheik Settle Suit

Michael Jackson has reached a settlement with a Bahraini sheik who says the singer owes him $7 million after breaching a signed contract, according to the pop star's spokeswoman. The out-of-court settlement means Jackson will not be giving evidence at London's High Court as scheduled today, Celena Aponte said.
Source: Billboard.com | 24 Nov 2008 | 3:20 pm

Exclusive: Iovine Talks Axl, U2, Dre, Eminem

When Universal Music Group pushed highly anticipated albums from U2, Dr. Dre, Eminem and 50 Cent from the fourth quarter to 2009, it seemed like a final stake in the heart of music retail this year. But Interscope-Geffen-A&M chairman Jimmy Iovine refuses to apologize for the decision, which he says he made to ensure the projects would be the best they could be.
Source: Billboard.com | 24 Nov 2008 | 3:07 pm

No Doubt Ready to Work on New Album, Tour

Band ready to 'pack up the babies' and get back to work on new album and tour
Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Nov 2008 | 2:11 pm

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