Michael Jackson will start an open-ended run of performances at London's O2 Arena on July 9, according to a Billboard source. The shows, Jackson's first scheduled full concerts since 2001, will be announced at a press conference at the arena at 4:00 PM GMT today (March 5).
Reuters - Google Inc's YouTube and Universal Music Group are in talks to create a premium online music video service, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 Mar 2009 | 2:18 pm
AP - Michael Jackson's legions of fans awaited the star's announcement Thursday of a series of comeback shows in London after a long absence from the concert circuit.
Michael Strahan holds the record for NFL sacks in a single season, and was the league's Defensive Player of the Year in 2001. Yet, off the field, he just can't seem to get those skills to translate. Worried that his girlfriend, Nicole Murphy (ex-wife of comedian Eddie), was cheating on him, he placed a GPS tracking device in her car: not once, but twice. And yet Murphy managed to see Universal Records A&R exec Demetrius Spencer for nearly a year behind his back. The pair went on sexy beach vacations together and exchanged lovey-dovey e-mails for months — notes that the New York Post managed to get hold of easier than Strahan did. And the one time when Strahan managed to catch her doing something worrisome with her car, he showed up too late to stop it.
Explains the Post:
Things came to a head Feb. 20, after Spencer and Murphy took her Range Rover to a luxury dealership in Thousand Oaks, Calif.. Mechanics quickly discovered the tracking apparatus. "This is the second tracking device he's had put in her car," one source said. "This one was found behind the front dashboard." Murphy and Spencer went to have lunch while the tracer — which one source said provided up-to-the-minute location status — was removed. Seconds later, Strahan barged into the garage, "yelling and screaming," a source said. Spotting Murphy's car with the tracking device exposed, Strahan walked over, ripped it off the dashboard and stormed out of the shop.
Seriously, this is a guy whose job it was to stop NFL quarterbacks from doing things he didn't want them to. And he was good at it. And Nicole Murphy, a 40-year-old model who probably weighs 109 pounds, is getting by him?
HAMBURG, Germany, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- In the spring of 2008, while Canadian seal hunters swarmed from place to place and brutally killed 300,000 seals, the fictional... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 5 Mar 2009 | 1:36 pm
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SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- With his reintroduction to the pop world behind him, renowned singer-songwriter Yusuf (the artist known as Cat Stevens) is ready to... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 5 Mar 2009 | 1:03 pm
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ROME - Italian director Salvatore Samperi, best known for erotic comedies that challenged the morals of Italy's middle class, has died at age 64. His brother said Samperi died... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 5 Mar 2009 | 12:58 pm
'We have a lot of things in the pipeline,' Kevin says of the group's busy schedule.By Jocelyn Vena Jonas Brothers Photo: MTV News The Jonas Brothers are close to wrapping up production on their... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 5 Mar 2009 | 12:50 pm
The singer, whose guest-starring episode airs Thursday, says her 'dream' is to die on the show.By Jocelyn Vena Taylor Swift in "CSI: Las Vegas" Photo: CBS Taylor Swift has always dreamed of dying... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 5 Mar 2009 | 12:50 pm
'Growing Old Is Getting Old' and 'Panic Switch' will be on the band's next album, due April 14.By James Montgomery, with reporting by Matt Elias Silversun Pickups' Brian Aubert Photo: Jay West/WireImage... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 5 Mar 2009 | 12:50 pm
A promotional poster advertises the upcoming Bookworm International Literary Festival at the Beijing branch of the bookstore/restaurant, on March 5. At first glance, a literary festival gathering dozens... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 5 Mar 2009 | 7:45 am
A promotional card advertises the upcoming Bookworm International Literary Festival at the Beijing branch of the bookstore/restaurant, on March 5. At first glance, a literary festival gathering dozens... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 5 Mar 2009 | 7:45 am
A man browses through a selection of books ahead of the upcoming Bookworm International Literary Festival at the Beijing branch of the bookstore/restaurant, on March 5. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 5 Mar 2009 | 7:45 am
Chris Brown is out and about, but it's the behind-the-scenes action that may determine where he goes in the future.
Sources close to the negotiations tell E! News that the...
The cops apparently left no stone unturned while investigating Chris Brown.
E! News has learned exclusively that, among the evidence turned over to the Los Angeles District...
Hey, remember when we thought Lost was about the Zoo of Death or Purgatory? Things were simpler then. All we had to cope with was tropical polar bears and jungle mechanosaurs...
These...
Reuters - Depressed by the constant deluge of dire news about the environment, writer Edward Humes saw a light when he came across a couple of stories about people taking action to conserve land and wildlife. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 Mar 2009 | 5:52 am
AP - Michael Jackson sued an auction house Wednesday to halt the scheduled sale of thousands of his personal possessions, an action the firm says caught it completely off-guard.
Will Smith gave Ralph Macchio quite the surprise recently, calling the Karate Kid star out of the blue to talk about his remake of the 1984 film. Smith's a producer on the updated kickfest,...
Front Page: Kristen Stewart set to play Joan Jett in film -- Dakota Fanning is negotiating to play lead singer Cheri Currie in "The Runaways," the biopic of the '70s all-girl band that already has "Twilight" star Kristen Stewart playing Joan Jett.
Get that ring back!
Melissa should not have handed that diamond engagement ring back to Jason when he broke up with her on national television.
So says Christine Gallagher,...
Front Page: Duo in talks to partner for new venture -- Universal Music Group, the world's largest music recording company, is in talks with Google's YouTube division to create a musicvid venture.
In the trailer for Public Enemies, Johnny Depp plays Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger while modeling fedoras, tommy guns and one of those little caterpillar moustaches that are only...
I just got word that the meeting between the world's most famous mother of 14 and Dr. Phil and Gloria Allred...
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino apparently do not believe they were paid in a timely manner.
The heavy hitters ganged up on watchmaker Tutima today in federal court, accusing the German...
(AP)
AP - Hey, fanboys. Yeah, you guys, the ones who flooded my inbox with e-mails after I trashed Zack Snyder's "300," wishing birth defects on my unborn children and suggesting that perhaps my husband isn't ahem keeping me satisfied.
Turns out someone may be trying to sell the glove right out from under Michael Jackson.
One of the potentially comebacking King of Pop's companies has filed a lawsuit against...
Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr will reunite on stage next month to raise money to teach transcendental meditation to children around the world to "help provide them a quiet haven in a not-so-quiet world," McCartney said.
The Tagline: "I hit any bank I want, anytime. They got to be at every bank, all the time."
The Translation: John Dillinger is no joke.
The Verdict: There's no middle ground when it comes to Michael Mann biopics. Either they're tremendously exhilarating (see: The Insider) or just this side of unwatchable (see: Ali). Fortunately, the trailer for this summer's Public Enemies gravitates more towards the former. The film stars Johnny Depp as famed thirties anti-hero John Dillinger and Christian Bale as the government agent out to stop him. Even though we're getting a slight Johnny Dangerously vibe from Depp, we're willing to look past it, because the action sequences feel just as intimate and visceral as they did in Mann's widely-maligned Miami Vice (a film that both Vulture and David Edelstein found to be visually sensational). Color us geeked.
Name: Lizz Winstead Age: 40ish Neighborhood: Boerum Hill Occupation: Co-creator of The Daily Show and founding member of Air America Radio. Her show Wake Up World is at the Green Room on March 9.
Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Edie Beale (little Edie).
What's the best meal you've eaten in New York? Babbo. Goose-liver ravioli with brown butter and balsamic, meatballs, branzino.
In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
Write comedy that humiliates those who abuse their power.
Would you still live here on a $35,000 salary?
Yes, I would live here even if I had to blow guys to make the rent.
What's the last thing you saw on Broadway? Boeing, Boeing.
Do you give money to panhandlers?
Yes, and it's none of my business what they want the money for. I know my quarter or dollar isn't going into a fund for continuing education, so If I can do my part to help someone anesthetize the horrible realities of living on the streets of NYC, I will. If I don't have change, I always acknowledge their existence — unless they are peeing while they ask me.
What's your drink?
Oban. I like a smooth, non-peaty, non-smoky single malt. Two ice cubes. And yes, you can buy me a drink.
How often do you prepare your own meals?
Once a week.
What's your favorite medication?
Provigil. I have narcolepsy.
What's hanging above your sofa?
A painting of an egg by Aldo Sampieri and the Judy Olausen photo, Mother as Coffee Table.
How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
$200. In fact, any hair removal shouldn't cost more than $200.
When's bedtime?
See Provigil.
Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
Old.
What do you think of Donald Trump?
I think his answer to the haircut question would be: "two bits."
What do you hate most about living in New York?
It's hard to find good hash browns.
Who is your mortal enemy?
She knows.
When's the last time you drove a car?
February 1. Zipcar rocks.
How has the Wall Street crash affected you?
For the first time in my career, I would consider producing a reality show. Also, see above re: salary.
Times, Post, or Daily News? Times, Post and Daily News.
Where do you go to be alone?
I have two dogs; I am never alone.
What makes someone a New Yorker?
See above re: salary.
Natalia Vodianova and Luke Grimes are on the March issue of V, shot by Mario Testino. The early-nineties rave vibe that permeated February's spring-fashion editorials has carried over to this issue: The "V" on this cover actually glows in the dark, making it a perfect accessory to your next night out dancing. Or, if you prefer to be hands free, cut the cover off and tape it to your chest — no shame, people. This is Natalia's first V cover. Inside, she has a lovely spread with some interesting, scary-long fingernails and recession-chic high-fashion ensembles. See those photos in the slideshow.
WHEEL OF FORTUNE: Will any of us ever be as happy as the man seen above, getting pulled in a wheelchair by his dog? Not likely. (Daily Mail)
SCARF VS. TIE: We've always had a "weird thing" for Chet on The Real World, so frankly, it doesn't really matter what he wears. Apparently, there are people out there who care. (Youtube)
SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY: It pretty much goes without saying that if you own a pogo stick, you are a dumbass whose legs will eventually be crushed to a fine powder. (Gorillamask)
THE UGLIEST CAT IN THE WORLD: Poor little guy? (Infinite shudder.) (WBZTV)
Actress Mariska Hargitay went to a hospital for tests Wednesday after she "experienced some discomfort" related to the collapsed lung she suffered in January, her publicist said.
Ah, Philadelphians. They throw snowballs at Santa Claus and batteries at sports stars and are basically always getting pissy about something, whether it's over a co-worker who gets more attention or a declined credit card. They just love fighting. So is it any wonder that the routine bankruptcy filing by Philadelphia Newspapers, the company that owns the Inquirer and the Daily News, has devolved into chaos? Quoth the New York Times:
"Bankruptcies inevitably involve conflict, driven as they are by an array of competing interests. But the case of Philadelphia Newspapers, the company that owns The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia Daily News, appears to be quickly turning into a brawl."
Why is this happening? Well.
Per the Philadelphia Inquirer:
"Brian P. Tierney, chief executive of Philadelphia Newspapers, found a digital voice recorder under some papers on a table where the company met with creditors, two sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity said yesterday. The meeting took place in November at the company's headquarters on North Broad Street, the sources said. "
Wait. We're sorry, but we just have to wonder: Why would someone who was making a secret recording leave the tape recorder behind? We're going to go out on a limb here and ask: Is it remotely possible that the recording device found in a conference room at an office building that houses two newspapers belonged to, we don't know ... a reporter? We're just putting that out there for Tierney — a flack who bought the newspapers as a vanity project a few years ago and with his own meaty paws proceeded to strip away the last bits of dignity the once-great papers had left — to mull over, since we're not really sure he knows enough about how the reporting process works to think of it himself. But for his case, we hope we're wrong. Because we know he'd enjoy the fight.
French, pyramid-dwelling disco robots Daft Punk have signed on to write the soundtrack for Tron 2, making the whole idea of a Tron sequel seem a shade less idiotic. [Upcoming Film Scores via Playlist]
I'm feeling, predictably, of two minds about The New Yorker’s epic 12,000-word article about the life and death of David Foster Wallace.
On one hand, I have gratitude and admiration for its author, D.T. Max. This is a heroic feat of research and synthesis — a bracingly adult, rational, honest, patient treatment of a subject many of us are still borderline hysterical about. It's as solidly intelligent a piece of literary detective work as you could ever hope for, and it will likely be our best one-stop clearinghouse for DFW information until someone eventually writes the full-length biography. (A project Max already seems to have a pretty serious head start on, if he’s interested.)
The piece covers the full sweep of Wallace’s career: his growth from cynical Pynchon-obsessed twentysomething prodigy (circa The Broom of the System) to reluctant superstar (Infinite Jest) to aspiring mindfulness guru (his unfinished novel The Pale King). It gives us excerpts from his journals and letters. (To DeLillo: “I believe I want adult sanity, which seems to me the only unalloyed form of heroism available today.”) It gives us possibly the most sane and concise synopsis of Infinite Jest ever written. And it gives DFW fanboys all kinds of sparkly new trivia to hoard: that Wallace wrote in a room painted entirely black and filled with vintage lamps; that his childhood was so dorky his family once substituted “3.14159” for the word “pie” during an entire long car trip; that he once told Rolling Stone he wore a bandanna to keep his head from exploding; that, late in life, he considered quitting writing to open a dog shelter; and (an instant classic in the lore of authorial body art) that Wallace commemorated his early-nineties relationship with the writer Mary Karr by getting a tattoo of a heart with the word “Mary” in it — then, when he eventually married someone else, crossed out “Mary” and added, with an asterisk, the name of his wife (“turning his arm,” as Max nicely puts it, “into a living footnote”). Although Max’s piece is absolutely stuffed with this kind of biographical detail, it never sinks to the level of gossip or sensationalism. For anyone interested in Wallace’s life and career, or in the future of literature — for anyone who reads seriously, really — the article should be addictive and rewarding. I would've read, ecstatically, another 12,000 words.
On the other hand, the article made me very sad. Not just because Max painstakingly documents the tragic story of Wallace’s long, horrible battle with depression — anxiety attacks, heavy drinking, multiple suicide attempts, electroconvulsive therapy, a halfway house, 22 years of antidepressants, and then that terrible last evening — but because of the kind of piece this is. It’s sad for the same reason it’s excellent: the comprehensiveness, the finality. A year ago, Wallace was a living genius so private you had to piece together his basic life story laboriously via fansites and old interviews. Last summer, Max tells us, he was even considering writing a magazine essay about Obama’s rhetoric. Now he’s the subject of the kind of full-scale biographical paint-peeler you expect to see about Keats or Hemingway or George Eliot. No contemporary writer was more deserving of such an honor, of course — it’s just hard to adjust to the speed at which he’s getting it. I've got mental whiplash. That Wallace's evolving career should stand still long enough for such a thorough retrospective — in (excuse me) fucking 2009 — is a literary tragedy of the first order. He's now officially gone: more like Wordsworth than like Roth or DeLillo or Franzen.
As for The Pale King, which The New Yorker also excerpts, and which will apparently be published next year, I’ll wait for the book to level a judgment — but its subject (IRS agents and the epiphanic potential of extreme boredom) was right in Wallace’s wheelhouse. DFW's signature dialectic was always to blow our asses off with his once-in-a-generation intellect while still finding a way to connect with us as humans. In his last book he seemed to be drilling right into the core of that tension: The New Yorker excerpt is rich with technical lingo (“one 1040A, where the deductions for A.G.I. were added wrong and the Martinsburg printout hadn't caught it and had to be amended on one of the Form 020-Cs in the lower left tray”) but also with the humanity of its central character, a young IRS agent who tries to power through the tedium by thinking of his wife and baby: “they were why, they were what made this worthwhile and the right thing and he had to remember it.” Wallace was always agonizing over how to get his emotional and intellectual engines to fire in tandem. For the record, I don’t think he had quite as much problem with this as he thinks he did; in fact, I think his obsession with his failure to do so is a sign that he was doing it better than almost anyone else.
Front Page: Pic has one of the best Oscar bounces to date -- "Slumdog Millionaire" has crossed the $200 million mark at the worldwide box office, joining an elite group of indie titles to do that kind of business.
Front Page: Media shares post gains but GE stumbles -- Stocks bounced back Wednesday to break a five-session losing streak, and bargain-priced media shares posted gains pretty much across the board.
While colorful makeup electrified the New York runways, beauty was decidedly darker across the pond. Instead of a full rainbow palette, makeup artists in London and Milan used color sparingly and strategically. Makeup was dark or non-existent — black lips, smoky eyes, and severe bronzer. Hairstyles were basic — either down, in braids, gelled back, messy, or with rolled bangs. Then there were the anti-beauty, alien-inspired ladies: yellow eyeliner at Todd Lynn, red eyelids at Prada, and actual zombies at Ann-Sofie Back. But runways didn't miss out on the color wheel entirely. The biggest pop of color landed on the lips, like flamingo pink at Nathan Jenden, tangerine orange at Richard Nicoll, and cherry red at Salvatore Ferragamo. So if you want to take a cue from the Brits and Italians, go ahead. Just make sure to keep your colors in check.
Yesterday, TMZ revealed the stunning news that former rap mogul and legendary villain Suge Knight holds Chris Brown in the highest esteem despite the possibility that he beat Rihanna, and will "ride" with Brown "1000 percent" — because Brown sang "Happy Birthday" to Knight's daughter (whom we're guessing Suge feels somewhat protective over) when she turned 14. "Ironically," SOHH adds, "Suge pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery against his girlfriend Melissa Isaac last month stemming from a domestic dispute the couple had summer 2008." So ironic. [SOHH]
Jennifer Aniston is finally pregnant!! The story appears on the cover of this week's Life & Style magazine, though personally, I would've preferred this more honest cover:
Last night on Jimmy Kimmel, Lil Wayne dropped this bombshell: He, personally, is the one playing guitar on "Prom Queen," his new single. Surely that can't possibly be true, right? We didn't exactly love the track, but if it's him, we're impressed — that's Wayne turning in those Alternative Press-cover-worthy guitars? He's certainly come far since last summer, when Pitchfork charitably hailed his playing as "terrible." The video for "Prom Queen" is out, too, and you know what? He almost does look like he knows what he's doing, sort of! Remarkable.
If DialIdol.com is to be trusted, the three people going through to the Top 12 from last night's 3rd preliminary are Lil Rounds, Scott MacIntyre, and Mr. Lullabye, Ju'Not Joyner. This is, simply put, a travesty. America, do you not want the Top 12 performances to be insanely hilarious and entertaining? DO YOU WANT TO LITERALLY BE BORED INTO AN EARLY GRAVE? It seems the answer is yes.
You've already let Normund Gentle and Tatiana Del Toro slip through the cracks. And now, again, because of you, America, two of the most hilarious performers in show history will also be tossed to the side. I am referring of course to Nathaniel Marshall, who you might recognize as Shannon from Planet Unicorn:
And LOLocaust survivor Alex Wagner-Trugman... whose awe-inspiring performance can be seen ahead.
WHO OF YOU WOULD NOT GLADLY SIT THROUGH THIS EVERY WEEK? WHO I ASK? WHOOOOO???
Seriously, Ju'not sucked. Why were the judges all over him last night? Sigh. There is nothing joyful anymore. Source: Best Week Ever | 4 Mar 2009 | 10:07 pm
Mark Seal had big plans for his Bernie Madoff story in Vanity Fair. He was going to find out what Bernie Madoff was really like. Alas, he failed — the man is a cipher — and instead of a peek at Bernie Madoff's inner soul we get a not uninteresting but 13,000-word story complete with every detail Seal could wring out of his notebook and a glimpse at the writer's own life. (Also unsatisfying, for the following reasons: How can Seal, a magazine writer, afford to winter in Aspen and how is it possible that he himself was agitating to get into Madoff's fund up until December 11? Either he has help, in which case he should read this, or everyone has been lying to us about how much money they make in order to keep us down.) However! A few good details about Bernie emerge that everyone can now add to their files, or there own upcoming Madoff stories, such as the case may be.
Commoners, Treatment of: At Primola, the Madoffs' favorite restaurant, the couple always left a 20 percent tip. “I know him for 30 years,” said the owner, Giuliano Zuliani, who met Madoff while working as a waiter. “When I would talk to him, though, his wife would look down at the table. In all the years she knew me, she never spoke to me.” Dietary Habits of: At the restaurant, Bernie always ordered a small salad, chicken scarpiello, and Diet Coke or red wine. Ruth ordered fish and white wine. No dessert, no coffee. Grooming, Habits of: Madoff’s barber cut his hair and gave him manicures and pedicures at least once a month for seventeen years. Niece, Habits, Possible Sluttishness of: “Shana had a shoe fetish — like 30, 35 pair of Manolos. She was a real fashion victim, always wanted to be on the best-dressed list. She only cared about the labels,” said a friend. “Her focus was on clothes and yoga. Private instructor — Ashtanga. She wore very skintight clothes.” Origins, Humbleness of: "Their first apartment was in Bayside," says an acquaintance. "I know the rent was $87 a month …. We never thought Bernie was going to set the world on fire." Sizing Up Investors, Method of : “There was never a fixed number. It was subject to a person’s individual wealth.” The day they met, Madoff was his typical “sweet, never arrogant, happy self.” As they spoke, the man realized that Madoff had already sized them up and calculated their net worth. He said, “Your minimum to me is $10 million.” Smirk, Deal With: That's just his face, he made it even before. Model and investor Carmen Dell’Orefice recalls the first time she met him.
“There was a little man sitting behind a very big desk," she said.
"‘Are you Mr. Madoff?,’ I asked.
'Yes, and I’m expecting you,' he said, his mouth pursed in what she would soon discover was his trademark smirk. "
(We know, it would have been better if it was a congenital defect or a result of being hammered in the face, but alas, "trademark" is all we got.) Wedding, Scale of: Bernie and Ruth had a “very nice Jewish wedding — sit-down dinner,” at the Laurelton Jewish Center in 1959. Those with judgy Jewish mothers can read into that accordingly.
Art-world snobbery gets shelved this week, as six art fairs opening around town tonight or tomorrow make an economy-inspired effort to be democratic and welcoming — even to outworlders (hint: wear black, sip wine, look bored). Can't tell Pulse from Scope without a scorecard? Here's one!
Dealers: Deitch Projects, Marlborough, Marianne Boesky, Robert Miller
Patently obvious efforts to be more inclusive: Has slashed ticket prices to tonight’s opening-night MoMA benefit to $100 from $250; Top collectors like Evelyn Lauder, Susan Goodman opening homes for tours.
Celebs you might spot shopping: Lance Armstrong, Mary-Kate Olsen, Calvin Klein
Weirdest performance piece planned: An all-day spray painting of Pier 94 by Kenny Schachter
Specifics: Piers 92 and 94, 55th St. and Twelfth Ave., March 4–8, $30, $10 students
Patently obvious effort to be more inclusive: Theme of the one-artist shows is the universal “Age of Anxiety.” Plus: expanded T-shirt shop.
Celeb you might see shopping: Mera Rubell
Weirdest performance piece planned: Post-modern hors d’oeuvre. Experimental-artist-pastry-chef Tara Strickstein will serve "imaginative flavor pairings combined with a unique sense of social ritual based in art theory."
Scene: Scrappy kitchen-sink mix of dirt-cheap and established art
Dealers: RARE, Mike Weiss, Greene Contemporary, 33 bond
Patently obvious effort to be more inclusive: Usually invite-only preview party tonight is open to the public ($100); silent auction features "welding lessons"
Celeb you might spot shopping: David Byrne
Weirdest performance piece planned: “Cheap, Fast and Out of Control” music program offers an Electric Junkyard Gamelan.
Specifics: Lincoln Center Damrosch Park, 62nd St. & Tenth Ave., March 4–8; $15, $10 students
Patently obvious effort to be more inclusive: Video lounge is showing artists’ YouTube-video playlists
Celeb you might spot shopping: Tobey Maguire
Weirdest Performance Piece Planned: Tomorrow, in an eleven-hour performance, Moroccan artist Miriam Cabessa will use her body to roll paint across the floor
Specifics: Pier 40, 353 West St. at Houston, March 5–9; $20, $15 students and seniors
Scene: Salute to global "on-the-verge" art; several dealers from resort locations (Grand Cayman, isle of Capri, Buenos Aires) make this a good place to make friends
Dealers: Art 101, Charlotta Janssen, Double Luck of Beijing
Patently obvious effort to be more inclusive: “ArtOut” service pairs up art lovers and artists so they can “get into their minds”
Celeb you might see shopping: Digital-porn innovator Sergio Messina
Weirdest performance piece planned: In a virtual happening, a Cadillac Fleetwood is demolished online in Second Life
Specifics: 222 Twelth Ave., March 5–8, $15, $10 for students
Dealers: Glowlab, Leo Kesting, Brooklyn’s Ad Hoc, Definition, and Front Room
Patently obvious effort to be more inclusive: Copious beer; a "meet the artists" reception Friday night
Celeb you might see shopping: Jon Stewart
Weirdest performance piece planned: None, but there is a benefit for the Swoon collective’s plan to sail floating sculptures from Slovenia to this summer’s Venice Biennale
Specifics: Pier 66, 26th & Hudson River Park; March 5–8, suggested donation of $5
Front Page: Von Donnersmarck eyeing presidential drama -- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck is in talks to direct Warner Bros. drama "The 28th Amendment," which has emerged as a strong contender to be one of Tom Cruise's next star vehicles.
HAIR
• Beyonce’s eighties-inspired bouffant is the new "It" do. The tight ponytail is supposedly "age-defying" because it softens the face. [Guardian UK]
• Jennifer Aniston reportedly spent $50,000 on expenses for her hairstylist to visit her in Paris while promoting Marley & Me. For that price she could have purchased a whole couture gown to upstage Sarah Jessica Parker at the next Oscars. [NYP]
• Scarlett Johansson says she decided to dye her hair dark red because she was sick of the blonde-bombshell look. For some reason the Telegraph has devoted 730 words to this. [Telegraph UK]
SKIN
• Tom Brady: " I’m always shampooing, which I hear is not great for you. I always use body lotion, especially on my hands. As an athlete I’m always protective of my hands." Oh good — we were worried. [Butterfly Diary]
NAILS
• Robbie Schaeffer, founder of ROBB Salon in California, devised a Nail Biter Program, which is like rehab for nail abusers. [Beauty Counter/Style.com]
PLASTIC SURGERY
• Jenny McCarthy: "I think plastic surgery is fun if it makes you feel good. I love Botox, I absolutely love it. I get it minimally, so I can still move my face. But I really do think it's a savior." [Michigan Avenue Mag]
Rush Limbaugh has challenged President Barack Obama to a debate, in spite of the fact that Democrats are on the record talking about how they're purposefully blowing up his ego by demonizing him and trying to connect his knee-jerk, hard conservatism with the entire Republican party. (And even though most Americans are actually pretty psyched over where things are going. Maybe they can get him to march on Washington next?) [HuffPo]
A visitor checking out an installation at a 2008 art fair. Leading US contemporary art fair The Armory Show opens to the public Thursday in New York, with 243 galleries testing the robustness of the art... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 Mar 2009 | 9:41 pm
John Wray, the happily self-promoting prankster novelist we just profiled, hits the perfect note with a YouTube trailer publicizing next week's reading on the Hipsterburg-bound L train. Inside subway trains, New Yorkers of every conceivable type (rapper, Daltonite, Euro, i-banker, pierced goth, artiste, high-school nerd) read the urgent and electric opening passage of Wray’s new novel, Lowboy — a passage that ends, like the trailer itself, with that familiar "C-sharp-to-A" closing-doors chime. Wray appears onscreen, but you’ll have to catch next Thursday’s 6:30 p.m. L to hear him read it himself.
Good news! Reports that Blockbuster could possibly declare bankruptcy caused its stock price to jump 106 percent on the NYSE today. Bad news! It's still only trading at 45 cents. Score another one for the crappy economy. [CNN Money]
PETA's had celebrities like Pamela Anderson pose nude for anti-fur campaigns in the past to show they'd rather go naked than wear fur. But for the latest installment of the campaign PETA hired strippers from Rick's Cabaret who would "rather go topless than wear fur." PETA boasts it's "the only strip joint on the Nasdaq," as if that makes these ladies just as good as a celebrity endorsement. We'd rather wear fur than be exploited by PETA, but maybe that's why we're not strippers at Rick's Cabaret. [AdFreak/AdWeek]
Meet 23-year-old Dutch artist Levi van Veluw, who painstakingly glues things to his face to create entire headfuls of art masterpieces. While he claims these 11-hour projects " 'unsettle' viewers by challenging preconceptions of certain materials and objects", we'd like to argue that they're actually "just really f*cking cool."
Ahead, 10 examples of this geniuses work. You can see a couple more examples, plus what the guy really looks like, here. We hate to say it, but we find him more attractive with wood chips glued to his face.
You know how we lovethe PostPolice Blotter? It always has the kind of story that the Times will never cover, because the crime is too petty or too Outer Borough. So why did the paper's City Room blog cover petty cell-phone theft today — one that was actually averted before cops even arrived? Turns out Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler, who is 35 and the youngest of Mayor Bloomberg's henchmen, was walking around in midtown when he heard a scream. Then this happened:
He turned around and saw a young man running in his direction in the middle of the street, away from a woman who had yelled for help. It turned out the young man had just stolen her cellphone, the police said. At that point, Mr. Skyler sprung into action. Mr. Skyler “cuts him off at a right angle, he runs into his path,” said Paul J. Browne, the chief police spokesman. As Mr. Skyler reached for him, the youth slipped on ice, and Mr. Skyler, who is taller than 6 feet, was able to wrestle him on the ground near a parked car and hold him there, Mr. Browne said. “He tackles him, basically,” Mr. Browne said.
The woman even got her phone back! We love this kind of hands-on, grassroots cleaning of the city — did Giuliani ever take a squeegee out of anyone's hands personally? These City Hall types get it done! Excuse us, we're going to go call Deputy Mayor Patricia Harris and get her to come by our block and dismantle that one car alarm that goes off every morning at 3 a.m.
Leonardo DiCaprio, seen here in February 2009, is to star in a new science-fiction film being shot by "The Dark Knight" director Christopher Nolan, entertainment industry reports said Wednesday. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 Mar 2009 | 9:08 pm
On the eve of the Watchmen release, a number of conspicuous instances of Watchmen "graffiti" have been appearing all over cities like New York and Toronto:
Granted, it's a highly anticipated movie launch, but I think the Watchmen people went a little overboard -- here are five examples of Watchmen graffiti-ad placement from today that just seemed uncalled for:
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This year marks Barbie's 50th anniversary, and it's looking increasingly like Mattel is intent on acknowledging this fact throughout the entire year by periodically inserting itself into the fashion industry. Colette welcomes the next installment of this never-ending birthday party. Karl Lagerfeld has dressed some Barbie and Ken couples to display in the windows of the Colette boutique in Paris from March 9 through March 28 (on March 12 you can also enjoy the "high-security exhibition" of the first Barbie and Ken dolls ever created, if you're so inclined). This might be the first installment of the birthday celebration that doesn't annoy us. In fact, we'll come right out and say it: We like it. It's the Karl effect — just renders our better judgment useless. See more Barbies in Karl's Chanel-inspired looks on Colette's website.
Here's the fastest way to get fired in 5 easy steps:
Step 1: Turn your computer speakers at work up to their maximum volume.
Step 2: Head over to Ron Winter's Drum Set.
Step 3: Hit keys V + N x infinity until your boss comes over.
Optional Step 4: Start masturbating.
Step 5: Pack up your things!
You can also use Ron Winter's Drums to recreate your favorite Daft Punk or Justice song, which will also probably get you fired. So, there's that. Source: Best Week Ever | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:48 pm
Front Page: Network launching variety show sporadically -- Fox has opted to air its variety show starring the Osbourne family as a series of specials instead.
Tagline: "You should know up front that this is not a love story."
Translation: Then why does this trailer make us beam with happiness?
The Verdict: Marc Webb's 500 Days of Summer came out of this year's Sundance Film Festival with a significant amount of buzz. Not only did the mini-major studio with the Midas touch (Fox Searchlight) pick it up, but our own Logan Hill and Bilge Ebiri thought it was one of the fifteen best entries during this extraordinarily strong fest. And now that we've seen a full trailer, which includes Zooey Deschanel singing a few lines of "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" to JoGo Levitt, we're already scouring Fandango in search of the date that prerelease tickets go on sale. We just hope it doesn't ruin Regina Spektor's "Us" the way that Garden State ruined "New Slang."
Numerous sports leagues are being forced to reschedule their upcoming seasons after the discovery of high radium levels in the soil at Great Kills Park. Apparently the landfill used to create the park back in the day may have contained material used in medical radiation therapy. This may explain why last season’s Great Kills Softball League home-run leader was the Incredible Hulk. [Staten Island Advance]
Last night, the Dow closed at its lowest level since 1996. The day before, it closed at its lowest since 1997. Today it seems to be up a little, but who knows? This afternoon, we could be back to 1995. You could say this is a bad thing, that we are hurtling fast towards Depression and war and pestilence and the END of the United States as we know it and, hey, is our nose bleeding a little? But life is like a prism, friends: you can look at it from many different angles. And we at Daily Intel choose to look at it from a positive angle! We're not contracting (such an ugly word!), we are merely getting younger! Like Benjamin Button! Or something. Anyway, 1996 wasn't so bad. In fact, it was kind of great! Everyone was able to look at Bill Clinton without thinking about the Cigar Incident, and Neve Campbell did a brilliant turn in a little picture called The Craft. The world didn't feel like it was ending at all! And lest you forget, we've compiled a video montage of all of the wonderful things that happened that very special year.
Front Page: Rob Weisbach's clientele to span all media -- Rob Weisbach, a publishing vet whose last gig was heading up Harvey Weinstein's book divisions at Miramax and the Weinstein Co., has hung out a management shingle.
After much anticipation and delay, the 40,000-square-foot NYC Topshop store is set to finally open April 2 at 478 Broadway. We got a glimpse of the spring look book, and of the almost 500 items that'll be in-store, we picked our favorites, which include a tan, full-skirted trench, brightly colored patent pumps in pink and yellow, and a twist on the classic blazer, with rolled-up sleeves and a cute striped lining. Overall, the collection is part vintage Americana and part graphic hipster, with prices that range from about $12 to $20 for basic tanks, $80 for jeans, and $120 for pumps. Along with the main line, Kate Moss's ninth collection and a new special collection by Barbara Hulanicki (of sixties Biba fame) will be available at the multilevel store. If you can't wait for it to open next month, you can always order the goods online at Topshop's new U.S. site.
Front Page: 'Mockingbird' screenwriter also won Pulitzer -- Horton Foote, the Oscar-, Emmy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for his richly detailed characters and tart observations of human foibles, died Wednesday in Hartford, Conn. He was 92.
Blogger Lea Delaveris over at The Columbus Dispatch called our attention to a recent fashion show for Agatha Ruiz De La Prada Fall/Winter 2009/2010 in Milan Italy. While Lea wishes she could time travel back to 19MeshachTaylor7 to sport these unusual looks, we (with the exception of one outfit, noted) are gonna go out on a limb and claim them to be some of the stupidest, godawful, breakfast-themed outfits you will ever see. The real question here is: How does this woman make a living? Bruno appearances alone?
Here are the 25 Stupidest Outfits You Will Ever See:25. The "Picnic Breakfast with Carb Hat"
24. The "I See What You Did There"
23. The "Dastardly"
22. The "Vag Tracy"
21. The "Lips Were Made For Talking?"
20. The "Exotic Asian Fruit"
19. The "Apocalypse"
18. The "Going To Meet His Parents"
17. The "Ruining Everything During Dessert After 4 Glasses of Wine"
16. The "Keytar" (Ed. Note: I would wear the sh*t out of this dress.)
15. The "I'm Not Really Sure Why The Caged Bird Sings Actually"
14. The "Happy Nippletines Day"
13. The "Lock Me Up and Throw Away The Key. Seriously. I'm Going To Kill A Baby And Wear It's Blood Shirt"
12. The "How Drollllllllll"
11. The "Princess Diana Memorial"
10. The "Funky Polio"
9. The "See N Say"
8. The "Actual Designer, Who Has Egged Herself"
7. The "Blind The Model So She Has No Idea"
6. The "Bed, Bath and Way, Waaaaaay Beyond"
5. The "Giant Quarter Trick"
4. The "See You In My Nightmares"
3. The "Everyone Hates You On The Train"
2. The "Hair Arms"
1. The "It at a Gay Parade"
(with thanks to the help of Intern Erin!) Source: Best Week Ever | 4 Mar 2009 | 8:07 pm
A middle-of-the-night fight, a surprise pullout from the Grammy Awards, leaked photos, a police investigation -- new pieces of the puzzle of the alleged assault of pop singer Rihanna by her boyfriend Chris Brown have been emerging since early February.
Yesterday we learned that David Paterson's job-approval rating was at an abysmal 26 percent — that's the lowest ever for a New York governor since the polling agency, Marist, has been asking voters the question. His numbers weren't always so bad: For most of last year they were hovering just over 50 percent. We're almost at the Cuddle Guv's first anniversary in office. So how did we get here? Check out our interactive chart after the jump.
A compilation of Vogue images shot over the past 75 years is on display in Milan through May 10. You can see a selection of them online, and while some are purely beautiful, others are purely painful, like this shot by Irving Penn called Mascara Wars. Vogue says "the exhibition investigates the role of beauty in our culture." That and the creative ways of torturing models. [Style.com, Jezebel]
AP - Kris Van Assche looked to the Sahara for a fall-winter ready-to-wear collection Wednesday that was more about covering up and revealing than keeping warm.
Belgian filmmaker Thierry Michel, who won accolades for his 2005 documentary "Mobutu: King of Zaire," has premiered his latest work "Katanga Business" at the FESPACO film festival in Ouagadougou. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 Mar 2009 | 7:21 pm
I'm glad Videogum has also been WTF-ized by this new McDonald's commercial, which features a wall-mounted singing novelty fish being somehow more annoying than real-life singing novelty fish and quickly achieving "I automatically change channel one second in" status after I'd seen it, like, twice (even Saved By Zero took three viewings before I went insane).
An open point of advice to McDonald's, Coca-Cola, et al -- please leave attempts at offbeat viral marketing to smaller companies with some awareness of what isn't annoying, because you ALWAYS f*ck it up and we have to suffer the consequences:
Front Page: Director planning 'Bad,' 'Married' sequel -- Lionsgate has acquired rights to two more Tyler Perry films -- "Why Did I Get Married Too" and "I Can Do Bad All by Myself" -- with the multihyphenate writing, directing and starring in both projects.
Chris Isaak's new show finds him in late-night territory as he interviews and performs with fellow musicians like Trisha Yearwood, Michael Bublé and Smashing Pumpkins. Isaak also has a new album. And yes, he's drawn from his own life for his sometimes mournful songs.
This is hopefully the last post we'll do on the crying model at the Jil Sander show in Milan. Auguste Abeliunaite's agent Piero Piazzi finally weighed in on the matter. “She has delicate eyes,” Piazzi explained. “We were laughing with the casting director after the show.” Yes, it's so funny when models walk the runway in tears. August has pale blue eyes, which are more sensitive to bright lights than dark eyes, but coveted by casting directors. Piazzi said two other models were crying on the Jil Sander runway because of their "almost transparent" eyes. Then why is he the only one who noticed? [Heard on the Runway/WSJ]
Last night Britney Spears made her comeback official by kicking off her Circus tour in New Orleans. Dsquared2 designed the costumes, and they dazzled. Nipple tassels, cheetah headdresses, crystal-encrusted bras — they were all there, with a decided dearth of pants. But we won't dwell on her exposed upper thighs too much, since the costumes were provocative, interesting, thoughtfully crafted, and most importantly, sparkly, which is all we ask for in the way of pop-star stage garb. Perhaps more important, she's not wearing red mock-turtleneck latex body suits anymore. See Britney's Circus tour wardrobe in the slideshow.
Reuters - Italian designer duo Dolce & Gabbana, among Milan's top fashion names, are branching out from dresses to lipsticks, launching a make-up line they say they have been dreaming of for years. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 4 Mar 2009 | 6:17 pm
Vanilla Ice today issued an official online apology for, well, 'everything,' and while the video is clearly an intentional joke, Mr. Van Winkle comes off sounding alarmingly more genuine than both Michael Phelps and Alex Rodriguez did in their recent sorry speeches.
Personally, I don't see any reason for amusing early-90s cultural anomalies to feel any shame for existing -- I mean, the movie Encino Man exists and will continue to exist for all of time, and what's the harm in that?
An employee displays US company Foxit's eSlick e-reader at the world's biggest high-tech fair on March 03, 2009. Startups are following giant Amazon into the burgeoning electronic reader market but major... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 Mar 2009 | 5:34 pm
A man displays Wizpac's "txtr" e-reader at the world's biggest high-tech fair in Hanover. Startups are following giant Amazon into the burgeoning electronic reader market but major hurdles may slow e-books'... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 Mar 2009 | 5:34 pm
This week's Blingee Wednesday is brought to you by one of the most iconic performers of the 20th Century and Beyond: She with the legs of Horsepeople, Tina Turner. Tina put on quite the performance at the O2 Arena in London, England yesterday, proving that at almost 70 years old, she is actually a robot. Stay tuned for her cameo appearance in Terminator Salvation (probably).
So we thought, what better way to honor "The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" than with a Tina Turner themed Blingee Wednesday? Ahead, we've posted some photos from last night's performance (and a surprise bonus photo). You know the drill: Using one of the photos after the jump, or any Tina Turner photo of your choosing, head over to Blingee.com, glittuhfy and decorate your Blingee to your heart's content (don't forget to use your goody bag!), and post the results in the comments section below. Tomorrow, we'll post our faves.
You've literally got hours. Good luck!
Carlos Acosta is the ballet dancer who breaks all the rules. Perhaps the most famous dancer of his generation, his is a career that wasn't meant to be -- a tough kid from the backstreets of Havana who was forced to study ballet and became a reluctant star.
Workers sweep the red carpet outside the Ouagadougou venue for the 21st edition of the Festival Panafricain of the Movie and Television of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) on March 01, 2009. The South African documentary... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 Mar 2009 | 5:02 pm
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, the Brooklyn and Philadelphia-based indie band, will debut a new song, "Statues," on NBC's "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" tonight (March 4).
Britney Spears kicked off her tour in New Orleans last night (03.03.09).
The troubled pop princess descended from the ceiling of the New Orleans Arena dressed as a ringmaster to perform the title track of her album 'Circus'.
The tour is Britney's first run of arena shows in nearly five years and featured jugglers, clowns, ninjas and aerial acrobats.
The singer showed off her newly-buff body in a series of slinky, revealing costumes, including thigh-high black boots and a feathered cheetah headdress.
However, Britney lip-synched on almost all her songs.
The Pussycat Dolls warmed up the crowd from 8pm, playing 40 minutes of their hits including 'Don't Cha', 'When I Grow Up' and 'Bottle Pop'.
The crowd erupted when Britney appeared onstage at 9.20pm and didn't stop screaming until her encore performance of 'Womanizer' 90 minutes later.
She performed 'Baby One More Time', 'Piece of Me' and 'Gimme More' but refused to speak to the crowd until the very end of the show, when she said: "Thank you New Orleans, I love u guys. Did y'all have a good time? Thank you so much."
Thank you New Orleans, I love u guys. Did y'all have a good time? Thank you so much. The tour will take in 25 US dates but there is reportedly already tension brewing between Britney and her ex-husband Kevin Federline, who is being paid £3,500 a week to join the singer so she can have their sons Sean Preston, three, and Jayden James, two, by her side.
Kevin had promised to support Britney during her last dress rehearsal on Monday (02.03.09) but he abandoned the singer and went to a New Orleans casino with friends.
A source said: "On Monday, when Britney was preparing, you might have thought he would have been at her side with the boys.
"Instead he spent the night in Harrah's Casino, hitting the blackjack tables and knocking back drinks with three pals."
Justin Timberlake says John Mayer is the love child of Macy Gray and a bear.
Justin was about to launch into an impression of the 'Gravity' singer when he likened John's vocal talents to a cross between Macy and a growling bear.
Appearing on the premiere of US talk show 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon', Justin - who is good friends with John - said: "I imitate stars because I love them. How would I describe John Mayer? He sounds like if Macy Gray and Smokey Robinson, or actually, Smokey the Bear had a love child."
I imitate stars because I love them. How would I describe John Mayer? He sounds like if Macy Gray and Smokey Robinson, or actually, Smokey the Bear had a love child.
He then launched into a rendition of John's hit 'Daughter' with a live band, while the audience whooped and cheered.
Justin went on to joke about John's singing style, claiming the key to doing a good impression of the 'Gravity' singer was practicing your "solo face".
He explained: "He has the most amazing solo face. He contorts his face, it's like literally his tongue takes over."
The 'SexyBack' singer's impression of John left fellow guest Robert De Niro in hysterics.
This is not the first time Justin has impersonated another star.
Last year, he appeared on US talk show 'Saturday Night Live' where he performed a comedy version of Beyonce Knowles' hit 'Single Ladies'.
The 28-year-old singer donned a skin-tight leotard and high heels and performed an energetic dance routine in a spoof of the video to the song. Source Source: Lepaparazzi - Celebrity News and Gossip Blog | 4 Mar 2009 | 4:50 pm
Usher insists Chris Brown should show "a bit of remorse" following allegations he assaulted Rihanna.
The R'n'B singer made the comments after seeing photographs of Chris smiling on a jet ski while on holiday in Miami.
Referring to a leaked police picture which apparently shows Rihanna with a bruised and cut face following the altercation, Usher said: "I'm a little disappointed in this.
The R'n'B singer made the comments after seeing photographs of Chris smiling on a jet ski while on holiday in Miami After the other photo? C'mon, Chris. Have a little bit of remorse, man. The man is on a jet ski? Like, just relaxing in Miami?"
In the photographs, Chris is seen laughing in the sea and flexing his muscles.
Chris, 19, is accused of beating and choking Rihanna after they got into an argument in his rented silver Lamborghini on February 8.
He was charged with making criminal threats and released on $50,000 bail.
After initially separating, the couple are believed to have reconciled after holding crisis talks at P. Diddy's Miami home last weekend.
Although Rihanna has decided not to press charges, Los Angeles police have confirmed they are still investigating the case and have not handed it over to the district attorney.
With an 18% uptick in sales, Taylor Swift's "Fearless" continues its rule over The Billboard 200 for an 11th week. The Big Machine effort sold 73,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Doctors advised Robin Williams to take a week off from the 80-city tour of his one-man comedy show after the comedian experienced shortness of breath, according to his publicist.
Dressed as a sexy ringmaster and directing a colorful cast that included jugglers, acrobats and martial arts dancers, Britney Spears delivered a tightly choreographed, if perfunctory performance Tuesday night (March 3) as she kicked off her first concert tour in five years.
Darryl "DMC" McDaniels is set to host "The Kings of Rap," a new reality series from IME Entertainment. The series, which is in development, is a positive-themed hip hop competition that will offer aspiring musicians the chance to earn a record deal.
Now that she is single and free from Playboy, Holly Madison is going to be on the new season of Dancing With the Stars, her Girls Next Door co-star Bridget Marquardt told FOX News Wednesday.
Chris Brown is out and about, but it's the behind-the-scenes action that may determine where he goes in the future.
Sources close to the negotiations tell E! News that the...
The cops apparently left no stone unturned while investigating Chris Brown.
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These...
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So says Christine Gallagher,...
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Robert De Niro and Al Pacino apparently do not believe they were paid in a timely manner.
The heavy hitters ganged up on watchmaker Tutima today in federal court, accusing the German...
Turns out someone may be trying to sell the glove right out from under Michael Jackson.
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