The Sundance Film Festival, celebrating its 25th anniversary in Park City, Utah, is a magnet for film geeks, starry-eyed tourists, journalist suck-ups and celebrity stalkers.
Having left St. John's Church, where presidents have been going on their Inaugural days for decades, the Obamas are heading to the North Portico of the White House to meet with the Bush and Cheney families for some coffee. As they left the church, thousands and thousands of Americans on the mall watching on screens began to scream and wave American flags. Check out the Cut for more info on Michelle's outfit.
In what is obviously today's biggest news story, fun-having NBC wunderkind Ben Silverman has inexplicably neglected to attend a party. Vulture buddy Nikki Finke reports that Silverman was scheduled to appear at General Electric's corporate inauguration event in Washington, D.C. at 11 a.m. yesterday, but he never showed, prompting worry and surprise from co-workers unaccustomed to seeing his face without a lampshade on it.
GE CEO Jeff Immelt was purportedly overheard asking NBC Universal, "Did your boy show?" To which NBC Universal president Zucker allegedly responded, "No... Classic Ben." But is it Classic Ben? Sure, the party may have taken place at 11 a.m., and Silverman's first order of business as NBC co-chairman was to cancel all morning meetings, but a party's a party, right? And yesterday was the third day in a three-day weekend — shouldn't he have still been awake and out from the previous night? Finke claims (and a WireImage search confirms) that he was at Sundance on Sunday, but he's never been one to let an NBC-subsidized airplane journey stand between him and a good time. Is he okay? Was he mauled by a tiger during the pre-party in his hotel suite? Until we hear otherwise, we'll just assume he was at the NBC inauguration party, but in a VIP section that Zucker and Immelt didn't know about.
• Courtney Love wants to play matchmaker between her 16 year-old daughter Frances Bean Cobain and Robert Pattinson (who, btw, performed live at a London pub this weekend. You SO wish...
Reuters - The music industry needs to learn from the "dark side of the Internet" that has so decimated its business if it is to ever regain the upper hand in the fight against piracy.
On the morning of Barack Obama's inauguration, the president-elect's transition chief, John Podesta, has an energetic, impassioned editorial in the Los Angeles Times. He touches upon the spirit of Obama's candidacy, the hopes and prayers of all Americans, and the first days of the new presidency. The subject matter of his editorial? That Obama should be able to keep his BlackBerry.
I know that without his virtual connection to old friends and trusted confidants beyond the bubble that seals off every president from the people who elected him, he'd be like a caged lion padding restlessly around the West Wing, wondering what's happening on the other side of the iron bars that surround the People's House.
Sure, that's how a lot of people feel without their own BlackBerries. But you'd think having the FBI, CIA, and Secret Service at his disposal to figure out what's going on out there would mitigate that feeling for the president. Podesta goes on, at length, using a lot of big ideas to explain why the BarackBerry is essential for the future of democracy.
An off-line Obama isn't just bad for Barack. It's bad for all of us. The president's ability to reach outside his inner circle gives him access to fresh ideas and constructive critics; it underscores the difference between political "victories" and actual solutions; and it brings the American people into a battle we can only win by working together.
Seriously? Okay, okay, so he's keeping the BlackBerry. But if they start arguing that an on-campus basketball court at the White House is essential for World Peace, we're going to draw the line.
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Ames on Film:Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes, and John C. Reilly have all signed on for The Extra Man, directed by American Splendor's Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini off a script adapted from the Jonathan Ames novel. Kline plays a part-time playwright who also works as an escort for old women on the Upper East Side and mentors Dano's character, an aspiring writer. Though Variety doesn't say, one assumes Reilly will play a guy running around in his underpants. [Variety]
Mall-Cop Madness: Fox picked up seven new pilots over the long weekend, including The Station, a South American CIA-coup comedy executive produced by Ben Stiller, Maggie Hill, a schizophrenic-surgeon drama, and Walorsky, a mall-cop comedy written by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, which should no doubt please those for whom two mall-cop-related movies in 2009 is simply not enough. [Variety]
Pilgrim Gets Ex-Boyfriends: The cast of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World now includes Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, Alison Pill, New Funny GirlAubrey Plaza, and a whole bunch of other people. Routh and Evans play two of the seven ex-boyfriends Michael Cera must battle in order to get his dream girl. Still no word on the Arrested Development movie. [HR]
Prepon Says Hi To Your Mother:That '70s Show's Laura Prepon has signed on for five episodes of How I Met Your Mother; she’ll be playing Ted Mosby's ex- and possible future girlfriend. We'd try to make a clever That '70s Show reference here, but we were never able to retain any plot-line details past its closing credits. [EW]
Stunt Casting Fantastic:Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Pete Wentz will guest star on the March 18 episode of CSI: NY. Apparently they will not be playing themselves, which is too bad: we were hoping Gary Sinise and friends could use some fancy forensics to solve the mystery of why they're still famous. [EW]
Sometimes it's like everybody's in an after-school special, but Blair was beamed in from a period drama.
Gossip Girl ebbs and flows, and after last week's tsunami of plotlines, this week's episode ebb meant we got to see some of them through: Dan and Serena, thrown back together with the tide, seemed jaded as they talked lifelessly about their "Faulknerian" situation. Meanwhile, their parents, Lily and Rufus, were also back together, and acted like the season-one version of the teenagers, all public make-out sessions and fraught talk of their "different worlds." Jack, having run his course, had to be disposed of: His attempted rape of Lily, filmed with gritty handheld camera and containing an oddly lingering shot of him grabbing his own crotch, was the dramatic pinnacle of the episode, and was made all the more exciting by the rumors last week, surely planted, that Lily may be killed off. Next up is a plotline that looks like it might be ripped from the headlines — a budding forbidden romance between "Rachel," a comely young Literature teacher from Des Moines, and Lonely Lit-Boy Dan. (Ideally, this will end with Dan selling his body for the 1922 version of Ulysses.) Plus more pointless Yale mishegoss (we pretty much know they're all ending up at the same school, anyway) and a kinder, gentler Chuck. But let's not get ahead of ourselves! The reality tally awaits, after the jump.
Realer Than Seitan at the Angelica Kitchen
• We love how in the GossipGirl.com title card the picture entitled "Yale or Bust!" had Blair and Serena hugging one another. Nice, writers: because "New Haven or Enormous Rack!" would have just been too explicit. Plus 2.
• Blair's gay dads' Yale outfits: Plus 2. Dorota's Yale outfit: Plus 5.
• Plus 1 for Blair's dad giving her a bulldog in a basket. Ever since he turned gay, he loves presenting things in baskets. Plus 5 For everyone cooing over the bulldog for a moment, then Dorota taking it away and being the only person we see it with again.
• Blair watched Gilmore Girls and thinks she's better fit for Yale than "that Rory." Actually, a sweet-tempered, slightly spastic nerd is much more fit for Yale than a perfectly manicured society queen, but of course Blair wouldn't see it that way. Plus 1.
• Dan, on what could happen if Blair turned on Serena over Yale: "Fire and brimstone and a lot of bitchy asides. Death by Dorota?" Oh Dan, you made a funny! Plus 3. Now stop combing your sideburns forward.
• Plus 2 for everyone hearing Lily and Rufus have sex, but only Eric throwing a hissy fit over it. (Though we do have to question that so many people heard it. Isn't that why rich people get duplexes in the first place? Hearing sex through walls is for poor people and bathroom attendants in the meatpacking district.)
• Plus 10 for all of the awesome things Chuck did to Uncle Jack, especially:
(a) "Having the freshman class at Brearley hold their annual sleepover in my hotel room was a nice touch."
(b) "You got him on Megan's List?"
(c) Planting coke in his gym bag.
(d) Ambushing him with a transsexual hooker. "Two, actually, they owed me a favor."
(e) (And even though this didn't happen: "#26. Crash Jack in Plane.")
• Dan: "Does she have Benjamin Button Syndrome?" Plus 1, for timeliness, and because this being Dan, he is probably referring to the F. Scott Fitzgerald story and not the Brad Pitt movie.
• Yay, Nate and Dan are boyfriends again! This will make writing fan fiction new plotlines so much easier. Plus 1.
• Blair: "Don't talk to them. They're working. REFRESH." Plus 3. (That Dan figured out how to get a text alert about getting in and Blair had to use this other, slave-powered system, is just part of why he got in and she got wait-listed.)
• Despite the fact that the producers spat in our faces yet again with footage of Columbia purporting to be Yale, we are excited the show will be taking some of its characters there. Imagine the a cappella! And the dangerous environs! And the gay subplots! Plus 2.
• Blair: "Witch hunts are my Valium." Plus 1.
• Also Blair: "Dan Humphrey? He's like a cafeteria lady who won the lottery. You couldn't pry that acceptance from his hands with the jaws of life." Plus 1.
• Blair called Dan a "Financial Aid-iot." Wrong in so many ways, but from Blair, so right. Plus 1.
• Was that voice on the phone from Yale actually Julia Child calling from beyond the grave? Because New Haven would be a bad place to be stuck for eternity if you like good French food. (No points — we just love funny old-lady voices.)
• "Cancel the Nelly Yuki project now!" Plus 1. And, "Second-semester seniors get a free pass, like pregnant ladies or 14-year-old Chinese gymnasts." Plus 1
• God, Jenny looks awful. Being an unpopular homebody fag hag is really taking its toll. Next stop, upper-ear piercing and a brief, unsatisfying lesbian fling! Plus 2.
• We really liked the Angel/Devil game that Blair and the girls played. Plus 2. Though high-school girls don't actually sit together on beds that close, the way they do on TV (and neither do high-school boys, much to Chris's disappointment).
• Some refreshing new moments: For once, Nate and Vanessa resolve a class problem with a laugh and a kiss, instead of a fight and lost hoop earrings. Plus 1. And Dan was caught on camera talking to a fellow student! Plus 1. One who was actually kind of unattractive!
• Meanwhile, of course Dan would assume that Serena's decision not to go to Yale was all about him. Plus 2. There can only be one protagonist in the novel of his life.
• Serena's boobs are oddly missing from the first half of the show, then reappear, triumphant, at the opera. We never thought we'd say this, but thank God. Something to hold onto. Plus 1. (We also enjoyed Blair and Lily's dresses. Blair's more, obvi.)
• Of course Dan is reading a seventies-issue, used-bookstore John Updike paperback. Plus 1.
• We love the idea of Blair going "Black Ops," and the fact that Dorota knew by one look at her face that it was "war." Plus 2. Also, Plus 2 because when Blair said, "Put that puppy down, Dorota," she didn't mean move him to the floor.
Total: 55
Faker Than Blair Knowing What Angelica Kitchen Is:
• When Blair's gay dads reveal the table full of Yale-themed pastries, Blair says, "This is just what I needed to perk me up." Minus 2, because we well know her documented allergy to pastry.
• Lily would not try to be so blasé about the morning awkwardness with her, Rufus, and the kids. She'd have the servants cook up some giant breakfast with eggs benedict and then distract everyone with mimosas. Minus 2.
• The opera is the "event of the season"? We must be operating under a misapprehension of how many "seasons" there are in a year. Minus 1.
• "This is my first salary job," "Rachel" confesses moments after meeting Dan. "I've never even been to New York before. It's a lot different from Des Moines." Seriously. What teacher would say that? She would be bending over backward to act "professional." Minus 3, because no kids or teachers try that hard to be friends right away. And minus another 3 for Rachel, who was a stickler about grade inflation and the only person in the entire series to rat out anybody else. (Also, we can't tell whether to add or subtract points for the fact that she looks three years younger than Serena.)
• Oh, and, at first Rachel was so wise and tender we thought maybe she was secretly related to Eric, but then she goes and makes a bunch of Serena-worthy ditzy decisions. Consistency, please! Minus 2.
• We could deal with all the plaid in this episode if they didn't pair it with that insane lace around Blair's wrists. We know she doesn't have to worry about getting food on her sleeve, but how did she put on her makeup? Minus 1.
• Everyone is friends again, even after the Girls on the Steps revealed Serena and Dan's family issues. That was pretty bad: You'd think they'd at least put Penelope on probation. Minus 1.
• Nelly Yuki got a 2360 on her SATs? (A) We are too old to know what that means and (B) is this because Blair sabotaged her last season? Why didn't she just re-take them? Too busy fiddling with masking tape and broken eyeglasses? Minus 2.
• Would Jack be so bad at running the company that the stock price would drop in mere days? It's a real-estate company, not a trading floor; things move slowly. Minus 2. And even if he did screw things up, he would be too cocky to admit it so willingly and repeatedly. He strikes us as more of the George Bush type of leader.
• We love that Yale is so involved, but honestly, Serena just wouldn't have gotten in by virtue of "Page Six" alone, nor would there be any of this press-release business. Since we've already subtracted points for that in a previous recap, we will only deduct for the fact that Headmistress Queller and the Admissions Office were so open with two young students about how, why, and with whom things went down the way they did. Sure, fancy private schools negotiate for seats at colleges, but they don't tell the kids about it! Minus 4. Also, Brown is better for Serena? She belongs at, like, Pepperdine.
• We kind of doubt that Vanessa would have The Ring Cycle on DVD, that, combined with her nineties alt-rock fetish, makes her a little bit too well-rounded, even for a home-schooled kid. Eric being that into opera, however, we can totally buy, so even.
• Why is Bart's death permanently one month ago? Minus 2. And why does Lily, who pulls off the most clever move on the show, act so dumb about bringing Rufus to the opera and then making out with him? Minus 3.
• Dan says to Serena, "FOR MONTHS you act like going to Yale is what you wanted," but they just got back together. Like less than a month ago? After Christmas? Minus 2.
• At the opera, a lawyer comes up to Lily and says, in front of other people, "I have those papers." That would never happen. Nor would he actually have the papers, or even get them faxed to the opera, as they tried to explain later. Minus 7.
• Oh, and we're not sure if they ever mentioned that the opera was at the Met, but they did mention the Grand Tier restaurant. Not only was the opera house obviously not the Met, but it wasn't big enough to have a restaurant or even three balconies, as referenced. We know it's probably hard to get permissions to film at Lincoln Center, though (and that it was actually taped on Staten Island), so we'll only give it a minus 4.
• A word about the attempted rape. First of all, yes, it runs in the family, yadda yadda. But why was Jack in the ladies' room in the first place, why was there no one else in there when clearly it was a highly trafficked area, and why didn't Lily know to get the heck out of there? Minus 4.
• In "Page Six" the day after the opera, the picture of Rufus and Lily reads "Basses to Brooklyn," but please, give the Post some credit. The headline would at least have said, "Making a Bass of Herself" in reference to Lily's decision to make her society debut less than one month after her husband was tragically killed.Minus 3.
• Okay, people just don't use the phrase "In our world" that frequently. It's awkward. Minus 3.
• First of all, THAT IS NOT Headmistress Queller. We just saw Headmistress Queller, like two episodes ago, and she was a brunette with kindly features. What are we, rubes? Minus like 15, because one thinks it would have been easy enough to work in a line about the new headmistress who is less predisposed to bribes, etc., etc.
• Why is something Blair did in her personal life something the headmistress can give her detention for? Minus 10.
• Second, why isn't it wildly inappropriate that the teacher accepted that invitation from Blair, and thus compromised her position? Minus 5.
Total: 81. Sadly, even though this episode won back much of our affection after last week's debacle, it still ended up in the negative — mostly because smart people were acting dumb, and dumb people were acting smart. But that is the "world" of Gossip Girl, and we just don't live in it.
EVENTS
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SALES STARTING TODAY
• At J.Crew's very first sample sale, get up to 70 percent off retail prices on Italian cashmere cardigans, men's and women's clothes, and certain Madewell styles. Through 1/25. 261 W. 36th St., nr. Seventh Ave., second fl. (212-947-8748); Tues., Thurs. (10–7), Wed., Fri. (10–6), Sat., Sun. (11–5).
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ENDING TODAY
• Hundreds of gowns from designers like Vera Wang, Reem Acra, Amsale, Kenneth Pool, Monique Lhuillier, and more are up to 50 percent off at Saks Fifth Avenue's bridal-blowout sale. Through 1/20. 611 Fifth Ave., nr. 50th St. (212-753-4000); Mon.–Fri. (10–8), Sat. (10–7), Sun. (noon–7).
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• Everything at the Sunner sample sale is $50 and under — coats are $50, sweaters are $25, and there will be bins of items for as low as $10. Through 1/22. 265 W. 37th St., nr. Eighth Ave. (646-290-6409); 8:30–7.
• Find white-gold and gold designs by fine-jewelry designer Judith Ripka at her sample sale, where her heart-inspired jewelry is 50 to 70 percent off. Through 1/24. The Carlton Hotel, 88 Madison Ave., nr. 28th St., Seville Room; Wed., Fri. (10–6), Thurs. (10–8), Sat. (10–4).
The new First Family just stepped out of Blair house and departed for church. From first glance, it looks like Michelle is wearing a lovely matching yellow tweed or brocade coat and dress. And that new limo looks good, too!
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Reuters - As it did in "Mary and Max," this neurobiological disorder isolates a main character as the result of his difficulties in social interaction and his inability to understand what is on people's minds. In attempting to create a romantic film around such a character, writer-director Max Mayer tempts the cinema gods. The result could easily have been pure treacle or just very tacky. "Adam," fortunately, is neither. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jan 2009 | 4:35 am
Reuters - "Don't Let Me Drown" is one of the best film portraits yet of New York in the aftermath of 9/11, where a city and its people cope with collective posttraumatic stress while military jets boom overhead and smoke from the Twin Towers hangs in the air. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jan 2009 | 3:58 am
Reuters - Sports fans of a certain age remember the "Thriller in Manila," the third heavyweight championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in 1975, as one of boxing's epic battles. Now a documentary sets out to challenge that legend -- not that it wasn't a great fight, but that Ali was a hero and all-around good guy, as he proclaimed himself, and Frazier was an ignorant Uncle Tom, as Ali also proclaimed. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jan 2009 | 3:57 am
Reuters - It's understandable that Sundance has to include a few star-driven items on its schedule to fill the big theaters and help pay the bills, usually in the premiere section, but "Spread" with Ashton Kutcher marks one of the low points of the festival. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jan 2009 | 3:56 am
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Reuters - "500 Days of Summer" is a lighthearted autopsy of a love gone sour from a strictly male point of view. You're not going to understand the girl very well, and you might learn more about the boy than you really want to. This imbalance throws off some of the comic possibilities of this rom-com-in-spite-of-itself, but others will not be denied. The writing often is clever and the overall production playful and intelligent. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jan 2009 | 3:08 am
Reuters - "I Love You Phillip Morris" doesn't have anything to do with smoking, but that's about the only thing it's not connected to. The feature, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is of the ethereal-absurdist-gay-romantic-biographical farce genre, which poses the question: How are they going to market this? Basically, just say Jim Carrey struts his stuff in this engaging oddity. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jan 2009 | 2:36 am
Barney Frank was a laugh a minute during his speech at The New Republic’s inaugural shindig, where he spoke with Rahm Emanuel, Larry Summers, and TNR editor Marty Peltz. “It was a little confusing downstairs," Frank said. "As we were coming up someone said, ‘Who’s first?’ And the answer was, ‘the arrogant Jewish guy,’ and nobody knew who they meant.” Afterward, we had a wonderful encounter with Frank in the lobby:
Barney Frank: Here, meet my boyfriend, Jim. He’s from Maine. [Jim Ready is a strapping 39-year-old who owns an awning company and loves to surf. Frank has done extremely well for himself.] NYM: Nice to meet you, Jim. Congressman Frank, Rahm Emanuel said you insisted on playing good-cop bad cop during late-night negations on the financial regulatory legislation. But he refused to say which cop you played.
BF: I think I was more the good cop. NYM: How do you play good cop? BF: You can't talk about negotiations, because then the next time, people are very wary of you. Negotiations have to be kept quiet. NYM: What do you think about Rick Warren being he official clergyman of the inauguration? BF: I was very critical of that. I thought it was a great mistake. Obviously, you should have the conversation, but I don’t think making him the most honored clergyman in America is a good idea. On the other hand, the request to Bishop Robinson to speak at the opening ceremony was a gracious acknowledgment, I think, that the president-elect had underestimated the hurt he was causing to people he didn’t want to hurt. I think it was an appropriate response. NYM: Will Congress be more fun now you have liberal colleagues to hang out with? BF: I’m a great admirer of Larry Summers, but he’s there for his policy, not for his… cheerfulness. NYM: What did you think of your Saturday Night Live impersonation? BF: I’m struck by the fact that it’s Fred Armisen, who also does Obama. I would not have thought we were very similar. NYM: Did you think he captured you? BF: He did seem to get the thing I do with my hands. Jim: It was good because they were just playing him, not making fun of him. BF: Back in the Clinton impeachment they did a scene and the next morning I went to Maxine Waters and I said, “Hey, did you see us portrayed on Saturday Night Live?” She said, “How was it?” And I said, “Well, I was very upset, because I thought the guy that played me was very ugly. But the guy who played you was even uglier!” She said, “What?” I said, “You’d better look at it.” NYM: A man played her? BF: Yes. A guy in a wig played me. He was a fat guy. Horatio Sanz, I think. NYM: You know he just lost 100 pounds. BF: I wish it had been before he was playing me!
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Reuters - Deftly capturing the exuberance of singer-songwriter Stew's popular Broadway musical "Passing Strange," Spike Lee's new film elatedly affirms the show's inspiring theme of creative discovery.
Reuters - Add "Endgame" to the growing list of movies attempting to explain South Africa's vile apartheid system and its eventual demise. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 20 Jan 2009 | 2:25 am
Capitol Hill today looked like a mosh pit. Last night, most congressional offices made the final decisions on their ticket allocations to the swearing-in, and today it seemed as if the entire universe had flocked to the House and Senate offices to collect their coveted prizes. The Metro stop was so crowded that they stopped making passengers process their tickets, which means everyone without tickets already rode for free. The Senate line was manageable; the House lines were not: As we left around 2 p.m., we passed a line that stretched for a block down First Street, then looped back for a block, then looped back again. There was an identical one across the street.
From the friends we made in line, we discerned that the only people who managed to snag a ticket were those with political connections, or smart people who’d submitted requests to every one of their congressmen and representatives — Republicans included — on the day after the election. Bryan Lipscom of Sumter, South Carolina, who was waiting in the Senate line, said he and his brother in D.C. had both submitted requests, but he succeeded, he thinks, because he comes from a red state and fewer people were fighting for access. An Arizonan woman said she’d been denied by every one of her representatives until last night, when John McCain’s office called to say she’d made it in.
But even having a ticket in hand wasn’t without its struggles. For one, they’re pretty valuable, and many had to resist the urge to make a profit. Jack Hauser of New Haven, Connecticut, who’d gotten the tickets via his wife, Debra, a Hillary Clinton delegate, said he’d been saved from greed by a ticket shortage, “because if we’d gotten the three tickets we wanted for our kids, I’d scalp them in the second. Come on! It’s like holding onto tickets for a Springsteen concert.”
Not getting extra tickets meant the Hausers, like many other families, had to make a tough decision on who got to come, which Debra admitted hadn’t been tough at all. “The kids stay home. Sorry!” she said, and then laughed really loud and long.
Another family, the Nelsons from Houston, were standing on the sidewalk debating which of their six members would get their four allotted tickets. The parents, Eric and Carol, both in their sixties, insisted their kids plus fiancés go. “They’re young and they need to go,” Carol explained. “We had our historic experience waiting in line to get the tickets.”
Their son, Drew, insisted otherwise. “My dad was a Vista lawyer. He won what was essentially the Hispanic version of Brown versus Board of Education. Everything they fought for their entire lives is encapsulated in this one act, and they think I’m going to let them come to Washington so they can watch it on TV in my apartment? It’s not going to happen.”
Front Page: Net picks up four comedy, three drama pilots -- Fox's latest round of pilot pickups includes a comedy about a mall cop, a CIA-themed laffer from Ben Stiller and a drama centered on a schizophrenic brain surgeon.
Front Page: Springer Berman, Pulcini to co-direct comedy -- Kevin Kline, Paul Dano, Katie Holmes and John C. Reilly are set to star in "The Extra Man," a comedy that will begin production in February in New York.
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Perhaps inspired by Drew Barrymore's throwback 'do at the Golden Globes, Angelina Jolie decides to go fluffy retro, too, as she pitches in to help promote Brad Pitt's flick, The...
REALLY LONG TURNPIKE BATTLE: The Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals will meet in Super Bowl XLIII. And if someone takes this picture and makes the bird red, I really like the Steelers' chances. (Deadspin)
PRETTY F*CKING WOMAN: Julia Roberts flipped out and yelled the F-word at this paparazzo in by far her most convincing performance I've ever seen. That's not a joke about her acting, it's just true. (Dlisted, language NSFW)
YOUR MOVE, JACK: Kelly Osbourne was charged with assaulting a journalist in a nightclub last summer. Yes, last summer; prosecutors were waiting til all the A-lister crimes were out of the news to make sure this story got mentioned. (People)
GUN CONTROL: Four men were stabbed at a nightclub party connected to the movie Notorious. At least they took the movie's anti-shooting sentiments to heart. (NME)
[Ed Note - The 'gook' mention was a reference to Clint Eastwood's incredibly frequent use of that word in the movie Gran Torino. I do apologize if my usage was ambiguous, because yes, it's an alarming word, but I'd also like to think our readers wouldn't instantly assume I was making some nonsensical racial slur completely out of nowhere and immediately jump to lecturing me in the comments. Either way, it's removed.] Source: Best Week Ever | 19 Jan 2009 | 10:00 pm
Are you nervous at all about the Biggest and Most Important and Most Exciting Inauguration Ever tomorrow? Lame. The Big Guy, for his part, is as cool as a cucumber. "I don’t sweat,” Obama told a kid at the Sasha Bruce House, a homeless shelter for teens in Capitol Hill where he stopped to help paint the walls today. "You ever see me sweat?" [WSJ]
Because any attempted mention of Martin Luther King Day on this blog would be both out of place and insultingly inadequate (especially on the eve of Obama's historic day -- I'll bet no newscasters have thought to mention those two events in conjunction, have they? Doubt it...), I've decided to just celebrate the day with my two favorite MLK-related standup bits. (language NSFW)
1. David Cross - High Times Magazine Cracks The Conspiracy
(starts at 6:32)
One more, after the jump:
2. Chris Rock - Great Leaders
(Starts at 0:46)
On the left, Director (yes, Director!) John Krasinski posing for a promotional photo at the Sundance Film Festival for his first feature film, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men. On the right, the now iconic image of Krasinski's Office co-star Steve Carell doing his best Precious Moments impression on the 40 Year Old Virgin poster.
There's just something about Krasinski's fresh-faced, anime-pupiled innocence that smacks of a 14-year-old sitting through a K-Mart studio session with his Mom. (To be fair, nearly every celebrity at Sundance is put through this Glamour Shots rigamarole.)
It is for this very reason that we continue to love him, despite his dwindling storyline on The Office. Source: Best Week Ever | 19 Jan 2009 | 9:06 pm
Front Page: WB's 'Gran Torino' speeds into second place -- The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend turned into a gold mine for the film biz, led by the $39 million opening of Sony’s "Paul Blart: Mall Cop."
Chris Rock is best known for two things: being funny and being crass. He's also known for his political commentary, but there's one person he's having a lot of trouble making fun of -- president-elect Barack Obama.
Ben Affleck doesn't think of himself as a journalist. But he's good at playing one.
Before jetting off to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration, the Oscar winner turned up at...
Poor, poor Sundance! Sundry inaugural blowouts (like yesterday's We Are One shindig) threaten to overshadow the annual party at the indie film apex in Park City, Utah. Thankfully, modern day...
The Bidens made a surprise appearance on Oprah today, and you could tell Jill was thrilled. Her eyes were as round as saucers, like she was wondering if any minute Oprah was going to pull out the keys to a BRAND-NEW MIATA! or something. Which is maybe why she slipped and said that Joe actually had his choice of two positions in the Obama administration — Obama had asked if he'd rather be vice-president or secretary of State, but he had decided to not take the latter. "Sssh!" Biden said, causing the audience to laugh. She went on to explain that she'd had reservations because she worried about the effect that job would have on their family. "If you're secretary of State, you'll be away, we'll never see you, you know,'' she said. Luckily, Biden stepped in before she could add, "Because, you know, that position would be better suited to someone who, say, never wants to see their husband." [NYT]
Why, it's Wesley Snipes! In fact, his mood was so unbelievably chipper and effervescent, that we were left with no choice but to bring you this animated GIF:
I guess Park City, Utah just does that to a man.
BONUS GIFS! Here's one to show your kids before bedtime:
Washington hostesses unable to get the president-elect's RSVP at their inauguration parties this week may think they are being clever by substituting this cardboard version of Barack Obama for the real thing — but little do they know, a scandal awaits them. Slate ladyblog XX has inspected the "color" figures sold by This is Hollywood and found the figures to be in possession of white hands! Furthermore, they note, the hands are holding glasses, which Barack Obama does not wear! Lord in heaven, have the people of the District unwittingly invited a repurposed CHENEY figurine into their homes?
Probably not: The hands are too slender. XX, judging by the glasses, thinks they may belong to Health and Human Services Secretary-designate Tom Daschle. But that doesn't make sense: Who would have commissioned life-size cardboard cutouts of him? Our bet is on Peter "I'm not a doctor but I play one on TV" Bergman, of television's The Young and the Restless. Note the suit, the tie, the manly yet delicate grip. And perhaps it won't be a scandal at all. Recycling is, after all, so 2009.
Art depicting Bulgaria as a squat toilet is among controversial pieces for an EU exhibit. Czech President Vaclav Klaus has asked the government in a letter to "publicly disavow" a controversial EU art... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 19 Jan 2009 | 7:53 pm
Lo Bosworth has another job besides being Lauren Conrad's sidekick and the voice of common sense on The Hills. The UCLA grad is now writing about LA hotspots for Pocket Change, a lifestyle...
Front Page: ABC's 'Housewives' falls to football -- CBS dominated Sunday's primetime ratings race thanks to its NFL playoff game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens. ABC, meanwhile, paid the price of going up against such a juggernaut as anchor "Desperate Housewives" fell to a firstrun low.
Front Page: Paper considers $250 million offer -- With an eye toward the foundering ad market and the expiration of a $400 million credit facility coming in May, the New York Times Co. is considering an investment offer of $250 million from Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim.
Once a week, Daily Intel takes a peek behind doors left slightly ajar. This week, the Publicist Whose Theory Is "Why the Hell Not?" 26, male, East Village, straight, very single.
DAY ONE 1:03 a.m.: Mind wandering as I try to sleep, per usual. Thoughts turn to the 21-year-old last weekend who wanted me to fuck her from behind while I watched us go at it in my mirrored armoire. Watching myself isn’t all that sexy. Masturbate, which I do fairly often, because, well, why the hell not? 9 a.m.: Daydreaming about Ex. I’ve been utterly single for three years, since my longtime girlfriend discovered my proclivity for cheating on her. We haven't spoken since the night she kicked me out of our apartment, and it's quite possible that I may be suffering from a lack of closure. 10:11 a.m.: Decide to Facebook-stalk my Ex. It's a totally unhealthy habit, but I can't help it. I miss her. She's getting married this spring, while I'm going on yet another blind date tonight with a dating-site girl.
6:40 p.m: Walk into empty apartment, and figure, why the hell not? Pull up my favorite website and rub one out. 7:10 p.m.: Okay, time to focus on tonight's date ... I log back onto the dating website to try and remember who it is I'm actually supposed to be meeting. She keeps herself private on Facebook. Bad sign. She’s probably 25 pounds heavier than the photos suggest. 8:05 p.m.: What the hell is she wearing? In three years, I've been on upwards of 100 first dates, and not once can I recall a girl actually wearing a blazer and slacks. And she wears scrubs to the office! Not the way to my heart... 10 p.m.: We make out on my corner. It takes an extraordinarily bad date for me not to try for the kiss. Why the hell not? Sometimes a good-night kiss on a bad first date will lead to an awesome one-night stand. Not in this case, however. She quickly breaks off the kiss and heads home. Will I see her again? I seriously doubt it. 11 p.m.: Thinking about Ex’s marriage. On the one hand, the only girl I've ever loved is marrying another guy. On the other, it could've been me getting married, and I'm clearly not ready. Even so, it seems like she's got the upper hand.
DAY TWO 11:20 a.m.: Turns out my roommates know the dating-site girl. She’s nice, but neither thinks it would ever work out. 5:20 p.m.: Receive text from 21, asking me out for drinks. She just moved back in with her parents out in Westchester, where I have a client. 9:35 p.m.: Consider sending a text to an old co-worker. When we see each other, it’s all business. As in, we don't even speak until I'm getting dressed. Every time I leave her place I feel like a gigolo. 9:40 p.m.: Send the text ... what have I got to lose? 10:30 p.m.: Talk on the phone with a girl from my hometown who's visiting me this weekend. We met over Thanksgiving, and fucked twice that weekend. We have absolutely nothing in common, except for an apparent mutual attraction. She has no reason to fly here other than a recent break-up with her fiancé and that she’s apparently not getting any. I'm happy to oblige, but seriously? 11:30 p.m: No response from the co-worker ... oh well. It's hard to get upset about sending out a flier to someone who's so obviously nothing more than a fuck-buddy. Sleep.
DAY THREE 10:30 a.m.: Realize in a panicked frenzy that in no way do I want the Visitor to come here tomorrow. I barely know her, and reflecting on it, I didn't really like anything about her, other than her affinity for fucking me. Try to come up with various excuses to keep her from getting on that plane. While I should probably feel bad, I remember that she never asked me if she could visit me, but just booked a ticket. 11:10 a.m.: Make up a fairly plausible excuse about having to work all weekend. No one who knows me would ever believe it. Won't get her to stay home, but will probably get me out of entertaining her. 6 p.m.: Out with 21. Some guys find it unattractive when girls admit to sleeping around, but I've always felt that it's wrong to judge a girl who basically acts like I do. We spend much of the night sharing "war" stories. If I find another girl, she'd be willing to indulge my threesome fantasy, which is basically the only real fantasy of mine that I've yet to fulfill. 8 p.m.: For the first time in my life, I actually walk out on a bar tab. Not the whole thing ... we paid for the drinks, but not the food. We admittedly feel a pretty wild high as we bolt the bar. Unfortunately, I'm only 45 percent certain that I'll feel badly about this tomorrow. 8:10 p.m.: We arrive at the train station, way early for my train. Ideas. 8:12 p.m.: I share my "ideas." She not only welcomes them but points out the roof of the parking deck. I used to be very much against sex in public places, and had only done it once on the 50-yard-line of my college's football stadium. 8:15 p.m.: We maneuver her seats, hop in the back of her car, and go to town. Not gonna lie, this girl is unbelievably fun. She goes down on me while I finger both of her holes. Then she straddles me. Afterward, we both comment on the incredible stench of sex in the car. 8:59 p.m.: I board the train, supremely satisfied. There's nothing better than having sex before your night is over. 9:40 p.m.: I enter my friend's apartment to watch the National Championship game. My friends mistake the smell of vagina and sex for body odor. I immediately wash my hands and face.
DAY FOUR 10:05 a.m.: Visitor texts that she’s staying with her friend in Brooklyn. Score! 11:00 a.m.: Tell a friend a story about how I had sex in the resort pool in front of my mother and grandmother, below the water (they didn’t know) on vacation. My friend hopes I have sons, because I’ll never be able to share these stories with daughters. I’d probably tell the daughters. 6:45 p.m.: 21 requests that I come to her house party full of young’uns tonight. 3 a.m.: I meet up with 21, hang out at the party for a while, and ultimately leave to meet my friends. 21 and I exchange texts at random intervals; by which I mean, she texts me randomly, and when I respond, she doesn't. It dawns on me that she's totally toying with me, but then I realize that I'm really okay with that ... we're fooling around for the same reason: We both enjoy getting laid. 3:30 a.m.: After one too many text messages go unanswered, I pass out. No biggie, I'll try again tomorrow.
DAY FIVE 10:40 a.m.: Am awoken by an unbelievably random text from crazy Polish chick that I used to bang a couple of years ago. Wonder for a second if she's looking for a quickie, but soon discover that she's only being friendly. Meh. 11 a.m.: Decide to send a mildly incendiary text to 21 requesting that she not bullshit me in the future. It's simply unnecessary. Receive prompt apologetic phone call, during which she tells me that she got too drunk and passed out. It's certainly better than hearing that she ended up with someone else, but I can't help but wonder if she's just feeding me more bullshit. Still, classy gesture to call. 11:45 a.m.: Get the urge to masturbate. Put on some lesbian porn and take care of business. 4:15 p.m.: Take a call from the Visitor, and realize that no matter how long I delay, she's staying with me tonight. 9:15 p.m: Something weird is going on. Seemingly every girl I've been with in the last six months is coming out of the woodwork today. Now this freaky Orthodox Jew who uses me for sex every six weeks or so is wondering what I'm up to tonight. I'm frustrated, because there are so many instances where I'll go weeks without getting any offers from anyone. Rains, pours, etc. 9:45 p.m.: The Visitor arrives. I'm relieved to rediscover that she is fairly attractive. We have sex immediately, and she wants to skip my two parties tonight. Mildly annoyed, but at the same time, I didn't really want to have to introduce her to anyone, anyway. 12:30 a.m.: Have sex again, pretty boring sex. She tries to cuddle, but I promptly pass out.
DAY SIX 9:30 a.m.: She wakes me up for sex far too early in the morning (though I'm obviously able to pull it together), and then starts bugging me that she's hungry and that it's time to start the day. I'm horribly annoyed. 4 p.m.: Since she forced me to wake up early and walk around downtown in 25 degree weather, I force her to watch football all afternoon. She gets subjected to six guys hanging out and discussing what makes certain vaginas attractive. Visitor is clearly uncomfortable. I don't really care. 9:15 p.m.: We have sex, after she complains that she's been patiently waiting for football to end all day. 11:30 p.m.: We have sex again. This time, she thanks me profusely mid-coitus. Umm, you're welcome? What am I, a sex service over here? She also asks me mid-sex if I'm going to remember her. Gee, let me think ... how can I forget a totally boring girl with whom I have nothing in common who flew to New York just to get laid a couple of times without checking with me first? 12:30 a.m.: She tells me that I wasn't nearly as charming this time around. I explain rather bluntly that I didn't need to be, as there was no question about us having sex. Not wanting to talk to her any more than I absolutely have to, I turn over and go to sleep.
DAY SEVEN 9:30 a.m.: Finally rid of the Visitor. I know I acted like a dick, but I honestly didn't know what else to do. I didn't want her here. Let's be honest: Sex god, I am not. That said, I don't like acting like a dick, because I'm typically not. 3:45 p.m.: Loosely fill my mother in on the Visitor and 21. She's slightly perturbed, then admits that she's always thought I should be dating girls younger than me, due to relatively low maturity level. 11:30 p.m.: Try to plan drinks with 21. She says she’s busy but will try. My mind wanders back to our sexcapade in the car, and in no time, I'm ending my week just as I started it.
TOTALS: Six acts of intercourse with two partners; one act of fellatio; one act of fingering; four acts of masturbation; one make-out after a bad first date with a girl off the internet.
Front Page: Bill to postpone transition blocked on Friday -- Democrats in Congress are trying to act on the Obama administration's call to delay the nation's transition to digital broadcasting on Feb. 17, but those efforts are running in to opposition from Republicans.
...Jack Black!!!
Granted, just about everyone loves Jack Black, so we're not complaining, we just weren't exactly prepared for a suited, hair-combed Tenacious D half to be delivering a political address to millions of hopeful Americans.
I finally knew that we had voted for change when Black then broke into a rousing rendition of this. Source: Best Week Ever | 19 Jan 2009 | 7:00 pm
Fashion Wire Daily - Sao Paulo Fashion Week kicked off the first day of collections at the Oscar Niemeyer-designed Biennial Pavilion with an appearance by Brazil's most famous face, Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen.
A visitor at the MIDEM, the world's biggest and most influential music trade fair, in Cannes, France. Russia is in the spotlight at MIDEM as the country's huge music industry sets its sights on the international... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 19 Jan 2009 | 6:41 pm
Director Antoine Fuqua, the force behind films such as "Training Day" and "Shooter," turned his focus to creating CNN's exclusive short film "From MLK to Today," which airs at 7 p.m. ET Monday.
New York Giants Defensive Coordinator Steve Spagnuolo accepted a head coaching job with the St. Louis Rams this weekend, and the New York Post brought out their Pun-day best (though I'm pretty sure this picture is Photoshopped):
Not only has Spagnuolo accepted the Rams job, he's also grafted giant ram horns to his skull in the Doctor-Moreaulike tradition of all Rams head coaches.
Only time will tell how Spagnuolo compares to past Rams coaches Scott Linehan and Mike Martz. Source: Best Week Ever | 19 Jan 2009 | 6:00 pm
Economic downturn? Apparently the Sundance marketeers didn't get the memo.
Rivaling moviegoing as the festival's biggest raison d'etre, the swag rush is in full swing at Park...
Our favorite newspaper in the whole world, the NY Post (sorry NY Times, you're just not Arial Boldy enough) has a problem. Namely, the geese population that nearly killed 155 people in last week's unbelievable Miracle on the Hudson plane landing. You better sleep with one eye open, geese, because the Post wants your head.
It turns out, birds get caught in airplane engines every day. Engines are designed to withstand the impact of hitting these flying killer machines, however that only goes for birds up to 4 pounds. Geese happen to tip the scales at a nearly Thanksgiving feastish 12 pounds. And their overpopulation of the area surrounding Laguardia is leading some, specifically hilarious headline writers, to speculate that the birds need to be killed.
OPEN THREAD TIME! What do you think should happen to these creatures?
Here's my idea: Kill all surrounding airport geese and turn them into a tasty on-board snack! Title suggestion? Clearly:
Geese's Pieces.
However, if you disagree with my viewpoint (to reiterate: That geese are blood-thirsty, beak-seeking murderbirds) then feel free to print out this handy, original BWE.tv bumper sticker:
Leave your thoughts in the comments -- we're sure the City will be checking this blog for ideas. Source: Best Week Ever | 19 Jan 2009 | 5:30 pm
Reuters - Italy's top designers are squabbling over a pair of padded trousers, with Giorgio Armani accusing Dolce & Gabbana of copying him and the duo in turn saying the doyen of fashion has nothing to teach them. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 19 Jan 2009 | 5:21 pm
German critics savaged Tom Cruise's portrayal of Adolf Hitler's would-be killer in "Valkyrie" ahead of the film's release here this week, but relished a homegrown hero getting the Hollywood treatment. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 19 Jan 2009 | 5:14 pm
Reuters - Fashion followers may be opting for more toned creations in the context of global economic woes but they still want novelty in their wardrobes, industry experts at Milan's menswear fashion week said.
Front Page: Duo to simultaneously premiere pic -- IFC Films and the SXSW Film Conference and Festival will simultaneously world preem Joe Swamberg's "Alexander the Last" on March 14 at the fest and on the channel's "Festival Direct" VOD platform.
Front Page: Group believes guild needs new course -- The moderate majority of the Screen Actors Guild's national board has declared unequivocally that embattled national exec director Doug Allen must go.
Lady GaGa's "Just Dance" featuring Colby O'Donis (Interscope) started a second week as the U.K.'s No. 1 single yesterday (Jan. 18), while its parent album, "The Fame," debuted at No. 3 on the U.K. album chart.
U2's new single, "Get on Your Boots," has hit radio all over the world this morning (Jan. 19) and is also available for sale from Apple's iTunes Music Store. In addition, U2's official Web site is streaming the song.
Fashion Wire Daily - After a weekend of designer labels going back to basics in the Italian men's collections shown in Milan, it was eye opening to attend the runway show of Prada, the first brand to address the financial meltdown and looming crises that is the dominant obsession of today.
Front Page: Pair to partner on production, distribution -- Following the merger last Wednesday of Universal Pictures Intl. Studio and Focus Features under the new banner of Focus Features Intl., Universal announced Monday that it had acquired a minority stake in leading Italo indie production stable Cattleya in a multipronged deal.
Fashion Wire Daily - When the going gets tough, the smart start to nest was the story at the stylish and gentlemanly fall 2009 men's ready-to-wear collection staged by Italian Bottega Veneta in Milan on Sunday.
As the hours tick down to the moment President George W. Bush hands over power to President-elect Barack Obama, what better moment to take look at some of the great presidents who have graced our cinema screens.
• Courtney Love wants to play matchmaker between her 16 year-old daughter Frances Bean Cobain and Robert Pattinson (who, btw, performed live at a London pub this weekend. You SO wish...
Don't tell the Robinson family that robots don't have souls.
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Perhaps inspired by Drew Barrymore's throwback 'do at the Golden Globes, Angelina Jolie decides to go fluffy retro, too, as she pitches in to help promote Brad Pitt's flick, The...
Ben Affleck doesn't think of himself as a journalist. But he's good at playing one.
Before jetting off to Washington, D.C., for the inauguration, the Oscar winner turned up at...
Poor, poor Sundance! Sundry inaugural blowouts (like yesterday's We Are One shindig) threaten to overshadow the annual party at the indie film apex in Park City, Utah. Thankfully, modern day...
Lo Bosworth has another job besides being Lauren Conrad's sidekick and the voice of common sense on The Hills. The UCLA grad is now writing about LA hotspots for Pocket Change, a lifestyle...
Economic downturn? Apparently the Sundance marketeers didn't get the memo.
Rivaling moviegoing as the festival's biggest raison d'etre, the swag rush is in full swing at Park...
Our favorite newspaper in the whole world, the NY Post (sorry NY Times, you're just not Arial Boldy enough) has a problem. Namely, the geese population that nearly killed 155 people in last week's 
