Jonathan Lethem and Joseph O’Neill Remember Updike the Father Figure

It was inevitable that a reading held at Housing Works this past Wednesday (just up today as an audio recording on the bookstore's website) would have to touch on John Updike's death, announced earlier that day. It was a reading sponsored by Granta , on the subject of fathers, featuring Jonathan Lethem and Joseph O'Neill — two writers, both 44, whose own fathers are part of Updike's generation. So Updike the Father Figure was topic No. 1.

O'Neill noted that the UK paperback edition of his elegant and wistful New York novel, Netherland, comes with an appendix in which he names Updike as his favorite living writer. But it was Updike the critical father O'Neill described, a stern, sometimes scolding voice in his head: "I always wrote with the subconscious — or conscious — knowledge that who knows, Updike might read this. And I don't think he'd approve of this bit, so I might have to rewrite that again." (Maybe he was just afraid of a pan?)

Lethem praised his "titanic presence...daunting but also inspiring," and then did what he's famous for: told a Brooklyn story. He had never met Updike, but the closest he came was on September 11, when Lethem set off to give blood at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge, only to see "John Updike, looking ashen, as I'm sure you would expect, but having had the same impulse at the exact same moment that I and my friends had had. It was impossible to break the spell of that moment and greet him."

John Freeman, Granta's young, new editor-in-chief and the evening's moderator, was the one who'd spent the most time with Updike; as a freelancer he'd interviewed him several times. On one memorable occasion, Freeman was woefully underdressed, in torn jeans, hung-over, and sleep-deprived, having just signed divorce papers. He apologized to Updike and explained the situation. Updike told him a little story and gave him some hard-earned advice — which Freeman neither recorded nor, he says, remembers. ("He said it was hell," was all Freeman would tell us later.) "He was incredibly genial, a real gentleman, but also, he was out there experiencing things in front of you, much as fathers do. Except that there was this incredible, minutely detailed record of those experiences, so writers of your and my generation and younger lived vicariously through his fiction."

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Filed Under: books, john updike, jonathan lethem, joseph o'neill

BEST OF THE BWE: Like The Super Bowl, But With Words And Not Like It

• The Office porn: just like the regular Office, but with more Creed and the plots are more plausible.
• Here's 5 convincing reasons to watch the Puppy Bowl instead of the Super Bowl. Besides, this puppy already knows who's gonna win.
• Barack the President VS Barack the Elephant: either one would be better than our last president ohmygodamIrightpeople?????
• REEEECAPS: Lost took us back to the roaring fifties, while Top Chef had a Super Bowl themed week featuring the Super Bowlest food of all: f*cking oats.
• Michelle asks the painful philosophical question: Who could Evan Rachel Wood possibly make out with next?
• Austin got attacked by Nazi zombies, who unfortunately were way too early for South By Southwest.
• There's not a boob in the world I have less interest in seeing than those of Amy Winehouse.
• Here's our 10 Favorite Zac Efron Blingees, even though making a Blingee of Zac Efron is like drawing on the sun with a yellow marker.
• Do whatever you want to Roxanne, Microsoft Songsmith, but leave Buddy Holly out of this!
• PETA cut through the crap and finally told us to have sex with vegetables, more or less.



DISNEY/PIXAR: Nothing to see here, folks: They've bought a spot to promote the heavily anticipated Up.

PARAMOUNT: This one's a no-brainer. Even though there's no doubt that I Love You, Man would benefit from the exposure (this trailer always gets big laughs), Paramount is going to use the opportunity to position Star Trek as THE event movie for this May. The only question is whether we'll see a brand-new spot, or if they'll recycle the very well-received trailer we've been seeing for the past few months. That said, we'd love to FINALLY see something, anything, from G.I. Joe, but that just isn't going to happen.

SONY: This one's a bit tougher to call. If you would've asked us last week, we would've told you 2012, all the way. But since that's been pushed back to November, films like Pink Panther 2, the Jack Black comedy Year One, or Denzel Washington in The Taking of the Pelham 1-2-3 could all sneak in there. However, the wise money is on Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons, the sequel to The Da Vinci Code, coming this May.

20TH CENTURY-FOX: Frankly, with the way Fox's lineup is shaping up for the next six to eight months, it might have been smarter for them to opt out of the big game. But since they bought time for one commercial, we think that either Wolverine (May) or Ice Age 3-D (July) will be the beneficiary.

UNIVERSAL: The toughest of them all to call. Uni's lineup is stacked from now until August with films like Fast & Furious, Michael Mann's Public Enemies, Bruno, and Drag Me to Hell (director Sam Raimi's first non-Spiderman-related film since 2000's The Gift), all clamoring for attention. While we think that there's a very strong possibility that they'll use the one slot they purchased to push Fast (audiences have been going bananas for this trailer), our fingers are crossed that they'll use the opportunity to give the bazillion people watching the Super Bowl their first look at Will Ferrell in this June's Land of the Lost.

Super Bowl XLIII Advertisers [Adweek]

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Filed Under: Angels & Demons, Disney, Dreamworks, G.I. Joe, I Love You Man, Investments, Monsters vs. Aliens, Paramount, Pixar, Sony, Star Trek, Up






Source: Vulture | 30 Jan 2009 | 10:50 pm

A creative cure for TV: Less is more

Front Page: Networks take a clue from British TV -- With change having come to America, it's time for that change to spread to American television, which might be better served by thinking like the British, who offer shorter runs of more complex serialized programs (or if you prefer, programmes).





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Filed Under: books, kanye west, kanye west glow in the dark, paris fashion week






Source: The Cut | 30 Jan 2009 | 10:40 pm

Hemingway's Cuba letters now at JFK Library (AP)

AP - When Gaylord Johnson Jr. was struggling with a term paper at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., he figured he'd ask for help from someone who knew the material best: Ernest Hemingway.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 30 Jan 2009 | 10:39 pm

Oscar Producers Killing Applause for Dead Stars




In an interview with USA Today, new Oscar producers Bill Condon and Laurence Mark outline some of the changes they'll bring to next month's Academy Awards ceremony. They promise fewer montages, less dumb banter between presenters, and no orchestral interruptions of emotional speeches (which means Kate Winslet's might last for two hours). Most likely to be controversial, though, is their plan to cut the audio feed during the "In Memoriam" tribute, to avoid the traditional awkwardness when less popular dead stars receive the least applause ("We can't control the applause, but we can control what you hear on TV," says Condon). So how will viewers know which expired celebrities were most famous? We can only hope that the in-house audience provides visual cues, like the Wave.

Oscar show promises fun with new producers at the helm [USAT]

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Filed Under: bill condon, dead silence, mark laurance, oscars







Neither our client or any of her employees, agents or representatives have granted you the right to exploit either her professional name or image.

Weird. We don't really know much about the legality of these types of situations or about Tila Tequila herself, but isn't the whole point of Tila Tequila that people post semi-nude pictures of her on the internet that are then circulated virally blah blah? Like that is how she came to be? Now she's this big star and painting it like Nerve is, like, a disheveled man in a trench coat banging at the window while the rain pours down and soaks him to his undergarments. What? Anyway, it seems not right. Don't forget the pervs who made you, Tila!

I Guess We'll Never Write About Her Again [Scanner/Nerve]

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Filed Under: nerve, on which we are experts, the law, The Most Important People in the World, tila tequila







"First off, we'll be placing these two colorful, drama-looking banners around the city; one will be located right off the 145th St Stop on the B Train, the other will be placed outside a pretty popular bodega in Canarsie. If they're successful, we may add a third." "Rather than directing patrons to Broadway.com, we'll be using a new, easier-to-use website, NYCgo.com/artsandleisure/arts/events/upcoming/broadway/shows/yesseriously/shows/iknowitsaripoff/shows/order/geocities.com/dancingbabygif/newyork/newyork/BROADWAY/shows/ordernow" "What's that, you say? Milk the crap out of Will Ferrell's six-week Broadway run for the next ten years? We're already on it." "To combat increasing skepticism from investors, we'll remind people about Avenue Q, the only musical to turn a profit since, like, the 1923 Ziegfeld Follies." "For further cross-promotion, the Avenue Q characters will also vote in the Iraqi elections." "Whoa, is that Mary Louise Parker? Cool." "Worse comes to worse, if you're still not buying $120 play tickets during a historically paralyzing economic slump, we'll have these dudes beat the sh*t out of you."
Source: Best Week Ever | 30 Jan 2009 | 10:10 pm

Young Jeezy vs. Bernie Madoff


Your favorite swindler's favorite swindler.

We're totally over rappers having beef with Bill O'Reilly (see: Ludacris, Nas, Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Cam'ron). So we were happy to hear the new official remix of "My President is Black," on which Young Jeezy discovers a new target: "You need to call Bernard Madoff yourself, and tell him, 'Bring your punk ass up out that penthouse. We need that money back.'" [Smoking Section]

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Filed Under: beef, bernie madoff, young jeezy






Source: Vulture | 30 Jan 2009 | 10:00 pm

Neutrogena Casts Natascha McElhone; Valentino Does ‘Fearless’ Eyes


The "fearless" eyes at Valentino.

SKIN
• Neutrogena tapped actress Natascha McElhone of the Showtime series Californication to promote facial moisturizers and cleansers. So she's like the Face Wash Ambassador, or something. [WWD]

• Issey Miyake's new skin-care line launches in February. Bowing first is the La Crème de L’Eau anti-aging cream, made with water from the Kirishima spring on Kyushu island of Japan. [WWD]

MAKEUP
• Smoky eyes now come in sepia. What's with every color magically becoming a smoky eye? Last we checked, smoke is gray and black, but if you actually want a sepia eye, here you go. [Beauty and the Blog/Sephora]

• The eyelids at the Valentino Couture show were "fearless" and full of color. [Style.com]

• Fashion Week's top hair and makeup artists, including Pat McGrath, Ted Gibson, and Gucci Westman, divulged 26 backstage beauty secrets. [Total Beauty]

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Filed Under: beauty marks, issey miyake, makeup, natascha mcelhone, skin, valentino






Source: The Cut | 30 Jan 2009 | 10:00 pm

Adorable Brooklyn Paper Discovers Bushwick




"This hardscrabble neighborhood known for its industrial buildings and once-mean streets has grown into an unpretentious artistic enclave surrounding the Morgan Avenue L train station — without any of the expected pomposity and hoopla." Next week: Have you heard of this place they call "Red Hook"? [Brooklyn Paper]

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Filed Under: bushwick, neighborhood watch







The Cash4Gold.com Superbowl ad you are about to witness will both elate you and deflate you. Elate you because it's truly hilarious in a surprisingly self-aware way, and deflate because -- let's face it -- when a pious man like MC Hammer has to pawn his gold pants and sledgehammer for money, we as a collective nation are about 4 mac & cheese meals away from giving random HJ's for a hot meal. And don't get me started on Ed's gold giraffe... So, in the immortal words of the love of my life Ed McMahon... Heeeere's Money!




So many emotions.
Source: Best Week Ever | 30 Jan 2009 | 9:47 pm

Big Mama? Lil’ Mama Goes Pop




Lil' Mama doth protest too much at the beginning of the newly leaked "I'm a Diva," telling the paparazzi "no more pictures." But everything about this track gives the lie to that little prelude, from the lyrics asserting she "was born for this" to the slick "Womanizer"-esque pop production. Most telling: Lil' M mostly sidelines the mike skills she displayed on her bubblegum rap masterpiece "Lip Gloss," to take a stab at straight-up pop singing. But unlike Yeezy or Weezy, Lil' Mama seems to be a natural, no matter what she's doing behind the mike.

Download "I'm a Diva": Soulful Vibes

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Filed Under: lil mama, music, right-click







(E! Online)

E! Online - A script for the Sex and the City sequel isn't even written yet, but one thing that we probably won't be witnessing again is something as dramatic as Carrie being left at the altar.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 30 Jan 2009 | 9:35 pm

Meatpacking Residents Still Distracted by Big, Nippled Breasts in Street




Two weeks ago, there was a big public hearing in the meatpacking district so locals could sound off about those big planters in their cobblestone streets. The Villager reports that, overall, locals are pleased with the decrease in traffic, exhaust, and honking horns. But they're still not happy about those bollards that look like big Botero boobs. "The bollards really do look like nipples," one community-board member balked. "It's not even subliminal. It's pornographic." No, lady. Screechy drunk girls in budget stilettos with their tops falling off, vomiting on the boobs at 3 a.m. — that's pornographic. [Villager]

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Filed Under: meatpacking district, neighborhood watch







The piano actually, in a sense, was my first love, because it was something I came to on my own, and it’s very accessible as a child, whereas with a sitar, in the beginning it’s uncomfortable, it hurts to play. The sitar drew me in, though. To some degree it was a way for me to be close to my father, it was a bond we shared. My parents got married when I was 7, I didn’t really grow up with him before that.

Do child-size sitars exist?
They do! Mine were made for me — I had three on the way to a full-sized sitar.

Are there specific challenges of pairing a sitar with orchestra, as you’ll be doing in this concert?
The sitar is representing the Indian tradition, more based on melody and rhythm than harmony and counterpoint, so to bridge that gap, one tradition has to travel to the other.

Was it ever hard to have your father as a teacher?
It was challenging because of the nature of this type of teaching. You take a guru in Indian classical music, it’s akin to having a spiritual guru. There’s that kind of respect that’s given to teachers. A lot of my father’s other disciples have a slightly more formal relationship than I do with him.

In what way?
For example, they might stand up when he walks in the room, or touch his feet if they haven’t seen him in a long time, things like that. For both of us, as I grew up, it was something for us to navigate. He wanted to be a close and fun father, but he was used to having complete dedication from his other students, because they would reach a certain level, practicing eighteen hours a day, to come and learn from him. Obviously with me it was very different.

Your website opens by calling you “daughter of legendary sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar.” Was there ever a time when you had to think about how associated with your dad you wanted to be?
At the beginning, it wasn’t a thought, because I began as an apprentice. Because our music is an oral tradition and also very improvised and linear, it’s quite normal for a student to begin their career by accompanying their guru and then eventually going out on their own.

You were close with George Harrison, right?
He was, in a way, my father’s best friend, so I just grew up with him being a big part of my life. He was quite key for me, in the sense that so many people I’d meet, whether family or friends, would always respond with this kind of blind enthusiasm to the fact that I played music, like, “Wow, you’re so lucky, you owe this to your father,” and so on, and he’s the one person who, when he saw me, would sit me in a corner and say, “Hey, so are you still enjoying it? Do you love it? Do you feel freaked out at all?”

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Filed Under: anoushka shankar, chat room, classical, george harrison, music, ravi shankar






Source: Vulture | 30 Jan 2009 | 9:15 pm

Mayle Will Stay Open Longer Than We Thought




In August, Jane Mayle announced that she would close her store in February and that the resort collection currently in stores would be the last to ship. But Refinery29 has learned that the store will stay open into April, and Mayle will do one more "highly limited" collection. [Refinery29]

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Filed Under: jane mayle, mayle, shutterings






Source: The Cut | 30 Jan 2009 | 9:15 pm

Radio’s Ira Glass Attacks Print and Television News


Ready to fight the robots.

We just got around to listening to the tape of Ira Glass speaking to Columbia students last week after his This American Life radio program won a duPont/Columbia University Award. (We spotted part of the convo through our friends over at Philebrity and got curious.) Glass spoke at length about the ills of traditional media, and why his type of conversational, explanatory reporting stands out. "I think where opinion still kicks journalism's ass on a daily basis is that it talks to us in a normal tone of voice," he said. "It's somebody saying, like, 'I'm going to talk to you the way that we talk to each other.'" Then he went into attack mode:

"Newspapers are mostly really terrible and they deserve to die. And network news is mostly really terrible and it deserves to go down. The amount of network news I've watched in my entire life — like the actual six o'clock or ten o'clock, I don't even know what time they're on — is perhaps less than ten or fifteen hours. I've just never watched it. It seems completely irrelevant, the tone seems horrible. They're like news robots talking to other news robots in their specialized news-robot language, and that is all of what we must destroy."


This was met with applause. As conversational, explanatory bloggers, we have no irons in this fire. But the reality is, "most newspapers" are local newspapers, doing the kind of essential, curious reporting that would never get done if only the biggest, best ones survived. In which case, we must say that condemning them to death is pretty harsh. As for the stuff about network news, well, we've watched enough action movies to know not to get into a war with the robots.

The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards [Columbia Journalism School]

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Filed Under: ink-stained wretches, ira glass, media, newspapers






Source: Daily Intel | 30 Jan 2009 | 9:10 pm

Simpson: Curvy, Courageous, or Both?

Some say Jessica Simpson could inspire others, if she doesn't race to the gym.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 9:04 pm

Did Bruce Springteen Borrow From KISS?




The Boss's 2009 started promisingly enough, with a Golden Globes win and a performance heralding Obama's inauguration. Then, he got snubbed by the Oscars, pilloried on the internet for his crappy album art, and now he's been accused by KISS-loving YouTubers of swiping the melody of "I Was Made for Lovin' You" for a song on his new record. Let's hope that a surprise assist from Courtney Cox at his Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday can turn this around. [Defamer]

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Filed Under: bruce springsteen, kiss, music






Source: Vulture | 30 Jan 2009 | 9:02 pm

WILLED INTO EXISTENCE BY THE INTERNET: Handcuffed Prisoners Butt Heads

The following video of two handcuffed prisoners running from the police and colliding with one another actually did happen in real life, but it all seems too perfectly staged, too comical, and too exaggeratedly spastic for me to believe that The Internet didn't somehow will this to happen. I am SO on to you, The Internet. Nice try.


Source: Best Week Ever | 30 Jan 2009 | 9:00 pm

Howard Panter unveils prolific plans

Front Page: Impresario plotting ambitious Broadway shows -- Even in these tough times, Howard Panter has big plans for Broadway. The Brit co-founder of Ambassador Theater Group, the producing org and owner of 23 U.K. venues, has two spring productions on the Rialto sked: the upcoming remount of "Guys and Dolls" and a revival of Eugene Ionesco's "Exit the King," starring Geoffrey Rush and Susan Sarandon.




Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 30 Jan 2009 | 8:52 pm

Spitzer Madams’ Fortunes: One Goes Up, the Other Goes Down




Just a day after Emperors Club madam Cecil Suwal got sentenced to six months in prison for her role in the prostitution ring, word comes that the fortunes of Kristin Davis, another sex worker associated with disgraced former governor Eliot Spitzer, are on the rise. Steppin' Out's Chaunce Hayden, who traffics in busty characters like these almost as busily as Davis did, reports that the madam is seeking to sell the names from her little black book back to the New York heavyweights and Hollywood stars that are in it. "A lot of people in Hollywood, politics and sports should be worried. I've kept detailed records of all my clients including credit cards, addresses and other personal information," Davis told Hayden. "I'm not sure what I'll do yet, but one of my ideas is to allow clients to pay a fee to keep their names confidential. I'm thinking maybe $100,000 dollars a name would be a fair price." If you like, you can even go on her website and vote to tell her what to do. So get to it! If you get in trouble for looking at an escort's website at work, tell your boss it's your civic duty to vote!

Steppin' Out [Steppin' Out]

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Filed Under: crazytown, eliot spitzer, emperors club, extortion, kristin davis, prostitutes, sex






Source: Daily Intel | 30 Jan 2009 | 8:33 pm

For the Last Time, Richard Alpert Isn’t Wearing Guyliner!




"I could see why some people would think I have eyeliner on because [my eyelashes] are dark. Especially the bottom row, they're pretty dark. I've been dealing with it since I was a little kid." — Lost's Nestor Carbonell (a.k.a. Richard Alpert) on whether or not he wears guyliner [Sci-Fi Wire via Paul Scheer]

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Filed Under: Guyliner, Lost, Nestor Carbonell, Richard Alpert






Source: Vulture | 30 Jan 2009 | 8:31 pm

Aretha Franklin Is Not Sure if She Can Bear to Give ‘the Hat’ to the Smithsonian


Can't you just see it?

Admit it — you're one of the 85,554 fans of Aretha Franklin's Inauguration Day hat on Facebook. We are, and we're proud. We just received one of the best press releases ever, informing us that, thanks to the outpouring of Hat fascination and press (People! The Tonight Show! WWD!), the Smithsonian has requested the "now iconic" Hat to display in the museum alongside Michelle Obama's Isabel Toledo and Jason Wu ensembles. But Aretha doesn't know if she's ready to relinquish the Hat and go it alone. She says:

“I am considering it. It would be hard to part with my chapeau since it was such a crowning moment in history. I would like to smile every time I look back at it and remember what a great moment it was in American and African-American history. Ten cheers for President Obama.”




Okay, question: Should we start calling it the Chapeau instead of the Hat? Or have we gone too far to turn back? More from the Best Press Release Ever:

On the Internet, people have created dozens of sites devoted to the hat and, using software, it has been placed on mug shots of Dick Cheney, dogs, President George Washington and the heads of Mt. Rushmore , among many others.




The Hat's website is here. In case you haven't seen these sublime images of Cheney and dogs Photoshopped into the Hat, we found a whole page of Hat Photoshoppings, including cats in the Hat. What a Friday.

Earlier: So What Was UP With Aretha Franklin’s Hat?

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Filed Under: aretha franklin, mad hatter, the hat, the smithsonian






Source: The Cut | 30 Jan 2009 | 8:30 pm

6 Steps To Not Being A Huge Gay By Real Househusband Of NY Simon van Kempen

Season 2 of Bravo's The Real Housewives of NY is right around the corner, and you know what that means... Brooklyn powercouple Alex McCord and Simon van Kempen have a cocktail party to throw! Earlier this week, fans and friends of the couple gathered together for drinks at the Bruno Jamais Resturant Club, and husband Simon found it as good a time as any to show the world just how. f**king. much. he. loves. his. wife. by making out with her in front of the guests. Allow us to take you through this kiss step by step, yes? Step 1: Gaze lovingly into your lover's eyes. Step 2: Place a gentle heartwarming kiss on each other's lips. The steps continue ahead. Step 3: Realize Step 2 made you look a little gay, and show these people that you will literally lay down with her on the floorboards and make sweet public love to her if they want to see it. Step 4: As it slowly dawns on you that perhaps your cropped peacoat could be misconstrued as a touch femme, reaalllllly make that kiss last, no matter how horrified your party's guests seem to be. Step 5: 35 minutes later, slowly release your death grip on your poor, frail mistress, as you realize onlookers have grown bored with your tonguecrobatics. Step 6: And release. Our reaction can best be described by this patron, featured in Step 4:
Source: Best Week Ever | 30 Jan 2009 | 8:27 pm

Rolling Stone's Essential Super Bowl Coverage

Superbowl XLIII: 2009 Photos: U2, Prince, The Rolling Stones and More Memorable Super Bowl Halftime Performances Source: Rolling Stone: Features | 30 Jan 2009 | 8:23 pm Will the Office Super Bowl Special Be the Worst Episode Ever? The Office spin-off starring Amy Poehler was supposed to debut after this Sunday's Super Bowl — back when the network thought it would be ready (and that it would be an actual Office spin-off). Instead, they've produced a star-studded, hour-long edition of The Office. This could be a disaster. Or at least, there's a disturbing precedent for it. In 1998, Third Rock From the Sun got the same treatment, but it's 1996's special episode of Friends that has us worried. Guest stars Brooke Shields, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chris Isaak, and Julia Roberts (who, preposterously, was dating Matthew Perry at the time) all contribute to what's generally considered one of the very worst episodes of the show; this clip, in which Julia crawls into a bathroom stall with Perry, says it all. Sunday's Office will feature Jack Black and Jessica Alba, and involve the Dunder-Mifflin gang watching a pirated Hollywood movie. (Prepare for lots of 'tsk-tsking,' internet pirates.) If the episode ends with Dwight in Alba’s thong, we’re turning back to ESPN. Read more posts by Will Leitch Filed Under: friends, jack black, jessica alba, julia roberts, matthew perry, terrible, the office, tv Source: Vulture | 30 Jan 2009 | 8:15 pm Grumpy Sock Seller Responds to Chloë Sevigny Dis Marty Rosen, who owns the Sock Man on St. Marks Place, was recently described by patron Chloë Sevigny thusly: "I love that place, but the guy's the grumpiest man on Earth. He's like the Soup Nazi, but he sells socks." And indeed, staffers there say that Rosen does grumpish things like steal their food and put trash in customers' bags. [Ed.: WE LOVE THIS GUY!] But Rosen took Sevigny's remarks in stride: "She still shops here, so I'm not going to say anything to dis her," he said. Then added: "Maybe she was upset that I didn't know who she was." Touché, Sock Nazi. [NYDN via EV Grieve] Read more posts by Tim Murphy Filed Under: chloe sevigny, east village, Neighborhood Watch, real estate, socks, st. marks Source: Daily Intel | 30 Jan 2009 | 8:01 pm James the Dog Picks The Superbowl Winner Hey, guess what we (we=me) know little to nothing about? This year's Superbowl Teams! (cue crowd roar) But that hasn't stopped us from turning to BWE.tv's most adorable clairvoyant to pick this year's winner... a small but feisty long-haired dachshund named James. James, courtesy of his owner BWE.tv Sr. Video Producer Raphael Rodriguez, was put to the test: Who is going to win this year's Superbowl 43: Will it be the Pittsburgh Steelers or the Arizona Cardinals? Click to find out! Don't blame us, blame the dog, folks. Source: Best Week Ever | 30 Jan 2009 | 8:00 pm Dakota Fanning: All Grown Up at the "Push" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily) Fashion Wire Daily - Anyone who thinks of Dakota Fanning as a child actress needs to look again. The teen actress turns 15 in February, but she might as well be 21, she's so grown up. Hitting the red carpet for her new science-fiction thriller "Push" at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood on Thursday night, the still-tiny actress looked positively sultry in a skimpy strapless minidress. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:56 pm Giuliani Sticks His Nose Into Bonus Business Rudy Giuliani went on CNN's American Morning today to challenge Obama's statement yesterday that Wall Street executives who awarded themselves $20 billion bonuses as their companies were failing was "shameful." "I remember when I was mayor, one of the ways in which you determine New York City's budget, tax revenue is Wall Street bonuses," he said. "If you somehow take that bonus out of the economy, it really will create unemployment," he said. "It means less spending in restaurants, less spending in department stores, so everything has an impact." Okay, so while he is technically right that less Wall Street money flying around is unhappy-making for everyone, this is so misleading we can't even stand it. Obama was not objecting to bonuses per se, he was objecting to executives taking bonuses (a) when they performed so badly that they had to rely on government assistance in order to remain afloat and (b) more important, when they were laying people off. That they were, in fact, creating unemployment to pay said bonuses, instead of just keeping people on and giving everyone a regular freaking salary. Anyway, frankly, we're surprised CNN even asked Giuliani to be on. There is only one true expert capable of tackling the nuances of the underlying subject here — which is obviously Obama's secret agenda to redistribute wealth — and that is Joe the Plumber. Where is he? Filming a low-budget commercial somewhere? Giuliani: Corporate plums help keep NYC afloat [CNN] Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: business, jerkiani, mayor bloomberg, obama, politics, wall street Source: Daily Intel | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:52 pm New Line riding new wave Front Page: Downsized distributor keeps busy under WB -- It's a true Hollywood scenario: Warner Bros. absorbs New Line. Warner Bros. fires most of New Line staff, including its co-founders, Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne. Warner Bros. embraces a new New Line with one-tenth the staff making virtually the same number of movies. New Line in its present guise is arguably one of the most important indies in the film business, except it's not an indie. Instead, it's a wholly owned arm of the Warner Bros. studio with an unusual mandate. It doesn't focus on genre films like Screen Gems or on specialty films like Searchlight. Indeed it doesn't seem to have a focus at all, which seems OK with both the studio and with its inventive, hyper-active new boss, Toby Emmerich. New Line's eclectic slate includes blockbusters (shooting two "Hobbit" films back to back) classic horrors ("Friday the 13th," "The Nightmare on Elm Street"), romantic comedies ("He's Just Not That Into You") and raunchy edginess ("Harold and Kumar 3" in the works). In a bit of irony given its downsizing, the minimajor racked up a solid 2008 with "Sex and the City," "Journey 3D," "Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo" and "Four Christmases." Another romantic comedy, "He's Just Not That Into You," opens Feb. 6 and looks likely to score respectably with tracking showing high interest among female patrons. New Line's autonomy ended with a sale to Turner in 1994. Two years later, Turner merged with Time Warner, and New Line was left to its own devices until February, 2008, when it became a subsidiary of Warner Bros. and its staff was reduced from 600 to 40. Emmerich is pulling the levers of the machine invented by Shaye and Lynne, without the autonomy enjoyed by the founders but with the benefit of Warners' massive marketing and distribution organization. By all accounts, Emmerich has stayed on an even keel with Warner Bros., where Alan Horn and Jeff Robinov have greenlight authority. "Our mission hasn't really changed much over the past year, which is very helpful," Emmerich says. "Alan, Jeff and I are in agreement over priorities." Emmerich is mostly occupied these days with pulling together the rest of the 2010 slate, which he hopes will be led by a "Sex and the City" sequel and vidgame adaptation "Gears of War," with Len Wiseman directing. New Line's output of six films a year makes it among the single largest contributors to the Warner pipeline, which features such heavyweights as David Heyman, Legendary Pictures, Joel Silver and Village Roadshow. Horn says Emmerich deserves the credit for making New Line work in its new incarnation without Shaye and Lynne. "Not to take anything away from Bob and Michael, who had their own style and did a great job," Horn adds. "I think that Toby's very ambitious about what he wants to get done but he's not ego driven at all. This has been a painful transition for us all but I think he's really successfully assimilated." With his rise through the ranks, from a music exec to Shaye's protege, Emmerich's intensity stands out among the town's execs. His late father Andre was a renowned art dealer in New York and his brother Noah is an accomplished thespian/producer. Spyglass president Jon Glickman, who recently produced "Four Christmases" with Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum for New Line, says Emmerich is a pragmatist above all. "He doesn't need to be the guy who always has the solution," Glickman notes. "Movies have a lot of moving parts and he's very inclusive in terms of how he operates. " New Line's remaining completed films -- greenlit while Shaye was still in charge -- include the just-opened "Inkheart," a new "Friday the 13th (due out Feb. 13), "My Sister's Keeper," with Cameron Diaz; "17 Again" with Zac Efron, "Time Traveler's Wife" with Rachel McAdams and "The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" with Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. Bestseller adaptation "Time Traveler's" is due out around February 2010 and is the final New Line title that pre-sold foreign territories. Under the auspices of Warners, New Line has focused on its core strength developing mainstream material with an edge at sensible prices -- mostly comedies, horror, musicals and the occasional tentpole. The key difference is that new projects lack the traditional New Line financing scheme, in which foreign presales provided much of the budget. Emmerich says one advantage has been the might of Warners' marketing machine, headed by Sue Kroll. "The scale and power of Warners has been a big help, and Sue is remarkable in how she's in there to win, not to lose." Emmerich believes that New Line is probably closest in approach to Fox 2000, due to the similarities in output and mainstream-type titles. Other titles that are most likely to be greenlit this year include an English language remake of Spanish horror film "The Orphanage" with Guillermo Del Toro producing and a high-profile female lead; "Going the Distance," an R rated romantic comedy about the problems of long-distance love; Matthew McConaughey's comedy "The Grackle," with David O. Russell directing; "Harold and Kumar 3," with Mandate producing; the workplace comedy "Horrible Bosses" with Frank Oz directing; and a spinoff of "He's Just Not That Into You," based on the advice book "How to be Single" by Liz Dicillo with Drew Barrymore's Flower Films producing. Others in the pipeline include the fantasy adventure "Jack the Giant Killer" with DJ Caruso directing and Neal Moritz producing; "The Rite," an exorcism story based on actual events, produced by ContraFilm; the adaptation of the musical "Rock of Ages," replete with 1980s rock tunes; and a 25th anniversary reboot of "Nightmare on Elm Street." Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:49 pm Review: 'The Class' has grace to spare "The Class," the new film from director Laurent Cantet ("Time Out," "Heading South") comes garlanded with the top prize from the Cannes film festival and an Oscar nomination for best foreign-language film. Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:46 pm See Uniqlo’s Spring Lines by Opening Ceremony, Steven Alan, and More Uniqlo unveiled their guest designers for their spring 2009 Designer Invitation Project. And they're fabulous: Shipley & Halmos, Opening Ceremony, Steven Alan, and Gilded Age will do capsule collections for the label. Opening Ceremony will do a men's collection and Steven Alan will do a women's collection, both hitting stores in March. Dropping in May will be a women's collection by Shipley & Halmos and a men's collection by Gilded Age. Pieces from all lines will go for $19 to $79. See looks from all in the slideshow. Spring cometh early! You're welcome. Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: gilded age, gilden age, opening ceremony, shipley and halmos, slideshow, spring awakening, steven alan, uniqlo Source: The Cut | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:45 pm John Mayer spotted with blonde Jennifer Aniston's on-off boyfriend John Mayer has been seen canoodling with a beautiful blonde woman. The 'Gravity' singer - who spent the night at the 'Friends' actress' Los Angeles home on Monday (26.01.09) - was reportedly seen snuggling up to the unidentified beauty at Santa Monica's Marix Tex Mex restaurant on Wednesday (28.01.09). A source said: "John was talking to the girl, who was really cute - she was very animated and excited. As the dinner went on, John moved around the side of the table to be closer to her. Jennifer won't be happy." It is not the first time John, 31, has been spotted with the woman, and the pair did little to hide their romantic feelings for each other. Another source explained to In Touch Weekly magazine: "They were obviously on a date. He came in with her another time too. He gave her a long kiss before they left. "John has been here six times in the last two weeks but never with Jennifer." John and Jennifer began dating last April, but split in August, before rekindling their romance in October. Since they reunited, there have been numerous reports they are set to wed, with John rumoured to be planning a romantic proposal on the star's 40th birthday on February 11. Source Source: Lepaparazzi - Celebrity News and Gossip Blog | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:10 pm Paul Sculfor's movie breakthrough Paul Sculfor has landed his debut acting role. The builder-turned-model - who has been dating 36-year-old actress Cameron Diaz since last May last - is going to star in upcoming horror movie 'Vivid', and has been receiving acting lessons from his 'What Happens in Vegas' star girlfriend. A source said: "Cameron has shown him tricks of the trade." Paul will star alongside former The Darkness singer Justin Hawkins and 38-year-old 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' actress Charisma Carpenter. Shooting on the film - which is about a New York novelist who moves to the English countryside and starts having visions of a horrific massacre which took place years before - starts later this week, when Paul has been desperate to get a movie break and has attended numerous castings in the UK and the US over recent months. Meanwhile, Paul and Cameron are believed to be considering marriage. A source said: "Cameron and Paul are having a wonderful time and don't want to spoil it by pushing things, but they have used the m-word occasionally."They're playing house in a serious way - both openly admit marriage scares them but they are very much in love and the subject has come up." Source Source: Lepaparazzi - Celebrity News and Gossip Blog | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:08 pm Naomi Watts won't rush marriage Naomi Watts refuses to rush into marriage. The 40-year-old actress - who has two sons, 18-month-old Alexander and seven-week old Samuel Kai, with partner Liev Schreiber - won't be pressurised into tying the knot because she isn't a fan of the institution. She revealed in an interview with Parade magazine: "Liev gave me a beautiful ring, although I'm not wearing it right now. It's not like I've grown up having this dream of a fairytale wedding. "My mother married twice and had two divorces. And Liev comes from the same kind of background. Maybe one day we'll just wake up and go, 'Hey, let's do this.' And maybe not. He and I have a family. We're very much together. We just don't have that certificate, and that's OK with both of us." Despite her reluctance to walk down the aisle, Naomi insists she is deeply in love with Live, a "fiercely intelligent" man who she has "always been drawn towards". The actress also opened up about her relationship with Heath Ledger - who died of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in January 2008 - who she met on the set of 2002 movie 'Ned Kelly'. She said: "It's still incredibly difficult. It was just something deep in his eyes. You could look into them, and they would tell a thousand stories in one glance. There was a wonderful mixture of power and fragility at work in everything he did, which just pulls you in. His strength didn't scare you. It intrigued you. And his fragility touched you." Source Source: Lepaparazzi - Celebrity News and Gossip Blog | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:06 pm Angelina Jolie Wore Her SAG Dress Backward Angelina Jolie's SAG dress by Max Azria didn't look bad, but it did little to enhance her beauty or flatter her figure. Her stylist, Jen Rade, told Us Weekly that Angelina wore it backward, not because it was Opposite Day in the Pitt-Jolie household, but because she wanted to make the dress "more blouson." At the Golden Globes before that, she wore a similarly blouson Versace dress. We didn't even remember what it looked like until we revisited the photo, and we spent at least three hours watching Golden Globes–related programming that Sunday (couldn't make it through the entire ceremony — Ryan Seacrest and Miley Cyrus wore us out). Angie can wear simple dresses and be memorable. She's gorgeous — it's not like she needs eight pounds of eyeliner and a second skin of Swarovskis (no judgment, Beyoncé — you do your thing), but we would like to see something slightly more interesting at the Oscars. She can make it easy on herself and wear that dress front-to-back. Recession chic! Because she purchases these gowns, clearly. Angelina's Red Carpet Reversal [Oscars Blog] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: angelina jolie, maz azria, oscars, sag awards Source: The Cut | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:05 pm Derek Jeter Steals From the Yankees Well, sort of. After the last game at the old Yankee Stadium, he snagged the “I want to thank the Good Lord for making me a Yankee” sign that hung in the tunnel leading to the field. Of course, he’s Derek Jeter, so he can pretty much do whatever he wants — especially since there’s no need for it in the new stadium across the street, where the Yankees have opted, naturally, to display Joe DiMaggio’s famous quote in the most elaborate and expensive way possible. [Bats/NYT] Related: Harvesting Yankee Stadium Read more posts by Joe DeLessio Filed Under: baseball, derek jeter, sports, the sports section, theft, yankees Source: Daily Intel | 30 Jan 2009 | 7:01 pm Jason Wu and Tory Burch Pass the Torch to the Newest Rising Stars (Fashion Wire Daily) Fashion Wire Daily - A Rising Star award winner who has seen his star rise in the week since the inauguration of President Obama, womenswear designer Jason Wu, showed his support for the newest crop of up-and-coming fashion and product designers at the 12th Annual Rising Star awards on Thursday, Jan. 29, at New York's famed Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 30 Jan 2009 | 6:55 pm Bobby Flay Radio: Pointless, Or Extremely Pointless? As someone who watches The Food Network religiously, I'm well aware of just how tantalizing and torturous it can be to watch people eating amazing-looking food without actually being able to taste it yourself, but at least you get to see the food and watch people prepare it and sort of enjoy it on a pornographic level. I'm as big a Bobby Flay fan as the next Food Network addict, but if watching Flay cook on tv is semi-tantalizing, listening to Flay talk about cooking on the radio strikes me as semi...completely and utterly pointless: At least he's holding the food up to the microphone so any listeners tripping on acid can hear it. Source: Best Week Ever | 30 Jan 2009 | 6:50 pm WATCH: Kevin Spacey Pulls Trigger for Film Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 6:33 pm Slump helps Berlin tread global fashion catwalk (Reuters) Reuters - Berlin is hosting fashion week with a slew of parties, shows and exhibitions as it tries to carve a niche for itself on the global map alongside wealthier rivals like Paris, New York, London and Milan. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 30 Jan 2009 | 6:33 pm Design Hunting: Bruce Robbins’s Art, Anthony Lawrence-Belfair’s Workshop, and Tribeca Toile Wallpaper New York's design editor, Wendy Goodman, has been regularly sharing with us what she's seeing when she's out scouting for new ideas and inspirations. This week, Wendy's finds include Bruce Robbins's canvases large and small, pet-friendly buys at the Neue Galerie shop, exquisite floral arrangements, New York–centric bric-a-brac, and more. Click on to see what's catching her eye. Read more posts by Wendy Goodman Filed Under: design hunting, slideshow, what we're seeing Source: The Cut | 30 Jan 2009 | 6:25 pm LA Times to lay off 300 staffers Front Page: Local news coverage folding into A-section -- The Los Angeles Times is undergoing a major overhaul, downsizing as of March 2 into four main news sections and discontinuing the stand-alone California section. As a result, the Times will lay off another 300 staffers, including 70 in editorial. Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 30 Jan 2009 | 6:24 pm 7 Possible Mr. T Casting Suggestions For The New A-Team Movie Fox announced that they will adapt the classic camp-action series The A-Team to the big screen, with Ridley Scott rumored to come on as an executive producer. The absolute number-one question on every A-Team fan's mind, however, concerns the casting of one B.A. Baracus, the infamous role occupied by Mr. T, which I simply can't imagine Hollywood getting right. With the aim of at least finding someone who can play the part somewhere in the ballpark of T's brilliance, here are my 7 Casting Suggestions For The Mr. T Role In The Upcoming A-Team Movie: 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Other A-Team casting suggestions? Leave 'em in the comments. Source: Best Week Ever | 30 Jan 2009 | 6:15 pm WGA West to fete Reiner, Riskin Front Page: Pair will receive Valentine Davies Award -- The Writers Guild of America West has tapped Carl Reiner and former president Victoria Riskin as recipients of its Valentine Davies Award for contributions to the entertainment industry and community at large. Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 30 Jan 2009 | 6:06 pm Sony Has a Weird Marketing Gimmick Planned for Fashion Week During Fashion Week, Sony will send models and dancers to the tents and cafés in hipster neighborhoods with little Vaio laptops. They'll spend five to seven hours a day walking around New York, making robotic movements, and checking their Facebook pages in various locales, wearing spring 2009 designs by designers like Elise Overland and Cushnie et Ochs. Sony isn't worried about them being cold, though. “They’re going to be inside” most of the time, a Sony rep noted. Sigh. [Heard on the Runway/WSJ] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: new york fashion week, sony, tentward bound Source: The Cut | 30 Jan 2009 | 5:45 pm Bioidentical Hormones No Magic Bullet for Menopause Despite Suzanne Somers' claims on the Oprah Winfrey show that she has controlled the symptoms of menopause for 10 years by taking supplements and using bioidentical hormones, there is little scientific evidence to back what she says. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 5:28 pm Vote for BWE.tv for a 2009 Bloggie Award! Hey guys! Bwe.tv has been nominated for a prestigious (to bloggers) award! We've been nominated as the Best Entertainment Blog in the 2009 Bloggies! Voting is easy - just put your email address in and you're good to go. Head over to the website, just keep a-side-scrollin' (or do a wordfind with "week", lazies), and put your vote in! And thanks to everyone who nominated us!!! Source: Best Week Ever | 30 Jan 2009 | 5:26 pm Amy Winehouse's home robbed Burglars broke into Amy Winehouse's London home early Thursday and took away several valuable guitars, recording equipment and a flat-screen TV, according to her spokesman. Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 5:26 pm From toy piano to Jerry Lee Lewis Singer-pianist Peter Cincotti scored a hit with his debut album a few years ago -- it topped the Billboard jazz charts. His latest album, however, finds Cincotti turned pop vocalist. It may do just as well. Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 5:10 pm Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings The Blues Van Dyke Parks and Los Lobos' David Hidago lend a hand on storied songwriter Ramblin' Jack Elliott's second album this decade, "A Stranger Here." Source: Billboard.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 5:05 pm ЯOLCATS: Nyet Your Mammochka’s LOLCats Buzzfeed has introduced us to our favorite internet meme o' the day: ЯOLCats... or English translations of Russian LOLCats. It takes everything adorable and funny about your beloved American LOLCats, wraps it in a babushka, slaps it across its face, and forces that LOLCat to work at the age of 8. So... here are three of our favorites as examples: Poor little delicious guy. And do we spy a Yakov Smirnoff reference ahead? Maybe! And finally, a kitten in a bathtub of worry. See more of them here: ЯOLCATS. Source: Best Week Ever | 30 Jan 2009 | 5:02 pm Is Scoop Going Out of Business? Scoop Soho. Scoop's current sale features items for 75 percent off, and that's worrisome. Of course, we enjoy buying $600 boots for $150, but, given the record of inventory-liquidation sales preceding Chapter 11, there is cause for concern. Rumors even circulated this week that the company is suffering from financial troubles and nearing bankruptcy. But Melanie Cox, president and CEO of Scoop, asserts otherwise. "We do this sale every year, this is absolutely nothing new," she tells us while chuckling. "You can't find a retailer this year that didn't have an aggressive sale. I've never seen Bergdorf Goodman print sale postcards in the month of December." Okay, Scoop's a survivor. But changes are happening. The store is phasing out children's clothes entirely and adding home products, both the result of planning decisions made in 2008. That means the stand-alone Scoop Kids store in the meatpacking district will no longer stock children's clothes by the end of February, choosing instead to fill the space with women's overflow merchandise, says the store's manager. "It's been an unusual economic time, and I think everybody is doing what they can to minimize the impact," Cox adds. "But as far as we're concerned, there isn't an issue." Just because Scoop is heavily discounting items and nixing the kids' section doesn't mean the whole company is dying. Now if we all could just calm down, we've got things to buy for 75 percent off. Scoop 75% Off [Madison Avenue Spy] Read more posts by Sharon Clott Filed Under: going saling, sales, scoop, shopping Source: The Cut | 30 Jan 2009 | 5:00 pm Madonna Resuming Sticky & Sweet Tour This Summer Madonna will crank up her Sticky & Sweet tour again this summer with about 25 more shows in the U.K. and Europe, which will add to the total of what's already the top-grossing tour ever by a female or solo artist. Source: Billboard.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 5:00 pm Burglars Terrorize Wino's London Home Amy Winehouse robbed of guitars, music equipment while on Caribbean vacation. Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 4:55 pm Avedon exhibit gives film-view of fashion shoots (Reuters) Reuters - Miniature stills of an American model posing in glittery Dior gowns or a Balenciaga jacket are among dozens of previously unseen photos by photographer Richard Avedon on display in Rome as part of fashion week celebrations. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 30 Jan 2009 | 4:32 pm Taylor Swift Plots First Headlining Tour As expected, Taylor Swift will embark on her first headlining tour this spring, beginning April 23 in Evansville, Ind. Source: Billboard.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 4:32 pm PHOTOS: When Stars Have a Bad Day Victoria Beckham debuts inconsistent skin tan in Italy. Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 4:17 pm 'Now That's What I Call Music!' Heading To TV? "Now That's What I Call Music!," the long-running series of hit-single compilations, is being shopped as a TV show by Simon Fuller and his 19 Entertainment company. Source: Billboard.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 4:03 pm Bollywood star Amrita Rao Bollywood star Amrita Rao in 2006. Bollywood's latest movie "Victory," which has a cricket theme, had its global premiere in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo on Friday, a co-producer said. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 30 Jan 2009 | 4:00 pm Samuel L. Jackson Says Mormon Supporters of Prop 8 'Misinfor Jackson is the latest Hollywood star to voice his opposition to the Mormon Church's support of Proposition 8 Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 3:58 pm Evan Rachel Wood Denies Kissing Mickey Rourke Actress denies Foxnews.com's report that she was making out with Mickey Rourke at the SAG Awards Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 3:52 pm Suzanne Somers' Secret? Vaginal Hormone Injections and 60 Pi The 'Three's Company' star also rubs hormone cream into her arms every single day Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 3:35 pm Parents: 'Slumdog' Child Stars' Slum Life Parents rail against director Danny Boyle, who says kids were paid fairly. Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 2:44 pm 'Lost' Beauty Launches Lingerie Line to Help Kids So let's get this straight Evangeline: You are launching a line of sexy lingerie to help keep kids off the streets? Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 2:36 pm PHOTOS: Stars' Embarrassing Moments Hollywood stars have their fair share of bloopers for the world to witness. Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 2:35 pm Grammy nominee 'scared' of Jonas Bros. After a long apprenticeship, it's been an astonishingly fast rise for R&B singer Jazmine Sullivan. Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 1:23 pm Britney Gets a Restraining Order Against Former Pals Britney Spears has obtained a restraining order against former pal Osama "Sam" Lutfi and one-time boyfriend Adnan Ghalib, court records show. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 1:12 pm 'Slumdog' director defends kids' pay The two youngest stars in "Slumdog Millionaire" will get "a substantial sum of money" that would "change their lives for the better" when they turn 18, but only if they stay in school, director Danny Boyle says. A controversy erupted when the children's parents told reporters they felt they were exploited and underpaid for their work. Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 30 Jan 2009 | 12:59 pm DMX Sentenced To 90 Days In Jail Rapper DMX was sentenced to 90 days in jail today (Jan. 30) for convictions on theft, drug-possession and animal-cruelty charges. Source: Billboard.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 12:21 pm McCartney, Killers, Cure Anchor Coachella Lineup Paul McCartney, the Killers and the Cure lead the bill for the tenth Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held April 17-19 at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. Also confirmed are My Bloody Valentine, Amy Winehouse, Morrissey, Leonard Cohen and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Source: Billboard.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 12:17 pm Attorney Asks For Zellweger's Diary An attorney wants Bridget Jones' diary. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 11:48 am Rapper DMX Sentenced to 90 Days in Jail Rapper DMX was sentenced to 90 days in jail Friday for convictions of theft, drug-possession and animal-cruelty charges. Source: FOXNews.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 11:30 am Phish On-Sales Tax Live Nation's Ticketing System Ticket sales for the upcoming tour by the reunited Phish exploded today (Jan. 30), with all shows selling out in minutes and severely testing Live Nation's new ticketing system. Source: Billboard.com | 30 Jan 2009 | 11:13 am Kilmer to be Bacchus king in New Orleans Parade "Batman Forever" star Val Kilmer will reign as celebrity king when the Krewe of Bacchus parade rolls through New Orleans on Feb. 22, two days before Mardi Gras. 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