AP - As a steady stream of celebrities pay their last respects to Natasha Richardson, questions are arising over whether a medical helicopter might have been able to save the ailing actress.
AP - As a steady stream of celebrities pay their last respects to Natasha Richardson, questions are arising over whether a medical helicopter might have been able to save the ailing actress.
AP - As a steady stream of celebrities pay their last respects to Natasha Richardson, questions are arising over whether a medical helicopter might have been able to save the ailing actress.
 Times Online | Family hold wake for Richardson BBC News Liam Neeson and the family of actress Natasha Richardson, who died in a ski accident, have held a wake in New York. Neeson and the couple's two teenage sons were joined by Richardson's mother, Vanessa Redgrave and sister, Joely Richardson. Liam Neeson and family hold NY wake for Richardson Family, friends gathers for Richardson wake in New York |
 Akron Leader Publications | What's happening in West Tennessee churches Jackson Sun Berean Baptist Church, 214 N. Royal St., Jackson, will host its annual Women's Day at 3 pm Sunday. The guest speaker will be Sandra Barnett of William's Chapel, and the guest church will be Brown's Chapel with first lady Brenda Pearson. Worship services at churches, temples Friendship Baptist to honor pastors |
 Ars Technica | Metallica welcomes new "Guitar Hero" fans Reuters By Gary Graff AUSTIN, Texas (Billboard) - Signing on for a "Guitar Hero" game was a "no brainer," according to Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. Metallica not-so-secretly rock SXSW: EW photo blog! SXSW 2009: Metallica Crush Stubb’s |
AP - Guest lineup for the Sunday TV news shows:
 Washington Post | Rock and Roll Hall of Fame chooses presenters Chicago Tribune Rapper Eminem (left), former Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the presenters for this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, to be held April ... Eminem a Hall of Fame presenter Eminem To Induct Run-DMC Into Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame |
 MTV.com | Kelly Osbourne talks about years of addiction Chicago Tribune Three weeks out of rehab—her third stint in her 24 years—and Kelly Osbourne is talking about her years of addiction. She tells People. Kelly Osbourne: Third time the charm for rehab Kelly Osbourne: I Would Have Died Without Rehab |
 E! Online | Lindsay Lohan looking for film work Chicago Tribune Lindsay Lohan's movie career has been stalled since 2007's "I Know Who Killed Me," but it's not for lack of effort on her part. Lohan Admits it's Scary to be Unemployed Lindsay Lohan Is Waiting For Seth Rogen To Call Her |
AP - Invading South By Southwest, Metallica attempted to pose as one of the hundreds of smaller bands there just hoping to get a record deal.
E! Online - It was pretty easy to tell who had been bitten by the Twilight bug.
It was pretty easy to tell who had been bitten by the Twilight bug.
Hundreds of Bella and Edward fanciers—most wearing black and some sporting makeshift fangs and cloaks seemingly...
This week's episode of Best Week Ever featured the song "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" by Ida Maria, a fiery Norwegian who currently resides in Stockholm, Sweden. Sweden has a bustling music scene these days, boasting artists like Jens Lekman, The Knife, Peter Bjorn and John, and Love Is All. The closest comparison to what Ida is creating is Josephine Olausson of the aforementioned Love Is All. They're both making kick ass rock music and happen to be ladies.
The cleverly titled "ILYSMBWYN" (for short?) is among the standouts on Maria's album Fortress Round My Heart (available digitially on March 24th). Also check out the awesome "Oh My God" (which you will not be able to stop listening to).
Ida Maria will be appearing at Perez Hilton's South By Southwest Showcase (?) and will also soon be supporting NME 'next big thing' Glasvegas on tour.
I imagine an Ida Maria show to be a sweaty, drunken affair so it's in your best interest to see her live.
Check out the video for "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" after the jump.
Natasha Richardson's loved ones gathered Friday for her wake.
Husband Liam Neeson, mother Vanessa Redgrave, sister Joely Richardson and sons Micheál Richard Antonio, 13, and... Javno.hr | A Full House for Bands and Fans at SXSW New York Times By JON PARELES AUSTIN, Tex. - Music still has fans. That’s the annual affirmation at the South by Southwest Music Festival, known as SXSW, a music conference and staging ground for some 1900 acts that brings platoons of clubgoers downtown here every ... Are the SXSW day parties better than the night shows now? Recession? Texas festival SXSW bigger than ever |
Back in 1939 the British government created a series of public-service posters designed to bolster its citizens in the face of World War II. One of them, a simple red design that read "Keep Calm and Carry On," has resurfaced everywhere lately, undoubtedly as much for psychological as well as aesthetic reasons. But we're getting kind of sick of seeing it, and let's face it, the rationality — the whole "keep a stiff upper lip lie back and think of England" affect — it's not really "us." San Francisco artist Mike Monteiro's poster, above, is a lot more pertinent to this particular moment, we think. Have a great weekend, everyone. [20x200]
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EW's Michael Ausiello reports that Lost's Elizabeth Mitchell has joined the cast of the pilot for ABC's V reboot — an interesting development given the recent speculation that a major character on Lost will be — SPOILER! — dead before the season finale. So does this mean Juliet's a goner?
Says Ausiello:
My moles at ABC and Warner Bros. (which is producing V) say we need to chill, because Mitchell is just a guest star on V. But, however much I may want to chill, that's pretty hard to do, since everyone told me the same thing when tailie Cynthia Watros [who played Hurley's girlfriend, Libby] booked a pilot (and two months later, Libby was pushing up daisies).
Also, this certainly puts our interview with Mitchell in an interesting new light, particularly quotes like this one:
Juliet has always been fairly mercenary in her desire to survive. She sits back and kind of tries to figure out how to use things to her advantage, but in this situation there’s really no sitting back to be done. So she’s just dealing with more immediate and present danger.
And this one, in reference to her character sharing a name with Shakespeare's tragic heroine:
I’m certain it’s not random because they’re never random. It does seem to me that she’s pretty much destined for tragedy, whichever way she goes, no matter how hard she tries to fight against it.
But would Lost's writers really kill her off? We suppose that would be an easy way to make the Jack-Kate-Sawyer-Juliet love quadrangle slightly less complicated.
Exclusive: Elizabeth Mitchell trading 'Lost' for 'V'? [Ausiello Files/EW]
Earlier: Elizabeth Mitchell on Juliet and Sawyer and the New Season of Lost
Who Is Lost Laying Off?
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Filed Under: abc, elizabeth mitchell, lost, tv, v
New York design editor Wendy Goodman has been sharing her finds with us. This week, Wendy visits Ralph Lauren Home's showroom, Ralph Pucci's new furniture designers, and Michele Oka Doner's studio.
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Filed Under: clodagh, design hunting, geoffrey beene, john erdos, michele oka doner, pierre hotel, ralph lauren, ralph pucci, slideshow, tucker robbins, what we're seeing, william emerson
Robert Pattinson didn't invent the smokin'-hot vampire. Before his army of chastity-lovin' Twilight tweens came along, bloodsuckers were synonymous with S-E-X. Hooking up with a...
It's time for our weekly comment roundup, in which we sift through the hundreds of comments left on Tuesday's recap of Gossip Girl and single out the best ones. On this special, post-hiatus week, a very special commenter emeritus is doing the judging: Comfortably Smug. Behold his labors after the jump.
They say absence is to love what the wind is to fire. When it’s a small fire, the wind kills it, but when it’s a real fire, it intensifies it. Fans of Gossip Girl are questioning their love for the show more than ever after its return from a brief hiatus. This week, we were frustrated by too many story lines (particularly the Chuck/Elle line) and not enough of the juicy bits that got us enamored so long ago. We hope for a return to salacious frivolity next week, but in the meantime, let’s take a look back at the best of your comments.
Realer Than a Spoiled, Narcissistic Rich Boy Falling for the Wrong Whore
• +2 Serena would call Vanessa her friend when she is mad at Blair. She is slow like that. —By MissChristyPoo
• Plus 10 for B and Carter hooking up next week. Even in those two minutes, their chemistry is unmistakeable - it's so obvious their sex life in real life is incredible. [Ed: Ew.] Give Leighton an Emmy already! — By WriteFashionista
• +3 for all the high schoolers sounding British during a play set in NYC. —By PurpleandGreen
• Chris & Jessica: Everything Dan did in reference to seducing Rachel (including the hand-written note, exchange of key, even the dialogue) was a direct reference to how the Newland Archer character from the film of 'The Age of Innocence' seduces Ellen Olenska. Watch it, and you will see why they didn't simply text, why the key was necessary, etc. I think Dan was supposed to be using his character as an inspiration for a love affair that could never happen. From that perspective, it wasn't half bad (though maybe still 'unrealistic'). —By cleavage_rhomboid
• plus 5 for elle's hair extensions showing through her thin, straggly, overly blow dried and processed hair. Because all high class prosties have them.—By reaganbreinholt
• +5 for the peonies on the coffee tables of both Chuck and Blair. An excellent subconscious clue that they still have feelings for each other! —By cheladina
• Nate jumps to conclusions and is completely unreasonable with Vanessa but of course V is the one who shows up at his place with peace offerings. Plus 2 because V is a glorified rebound who is pathetically in love with N for no reason, and thus she has to work that hard to keep him.—By BetaBlair
• +1 for Dan's line about him and Rachel in the costume closet. Because he is Dan Humphrey, he acts like this is a selfless gesture. But also because he is Dan Humphrey, he will take any chance he gets to tell someone he had sex. — By Louboutin429
• Re: the comment about Penelope hedging her bets, I don't think her dad works in finance. There was a mention of her fooling around with the associates or partners or something in her dad's firm during the episode where Jenny and Nelly Yuki teamed up against the girls, which definitely makes me think he's a lawyer. Izzy's dad is the one who works in finance, who Serena mentioned them calling during econ class. —By EmmyLoser
Faker Than a High-school Girl Letting Her Father Rifle Through Her Things
• C Smug MIA and a Chuck plot so stupid I'm tempted to put my fingers and my ears and sing so that I'm not assaulted by its cheesy, pointless waste = sucky, sucky Monday —Thanks Gossip Girl By sanger
• -5 Constance would never let a random homeschooler run around their campus with a video camera to make a “documentary”. —By groundhog
• Also, minus 20 for Blair saying to Rachel: "You're punishment is you live with it". WHAT THE SHIT??!! I realise Blair is having some kind of revelation about what a bad person she is, but she could still try and make Rachel feel a bit worse about herself if she was going to bypass the actual revenge part —By sishla
• -2 for the cartoonesque moment when Cater flashed his tattooed wrist, twirled his handlebar mustache, and sped off laughing maniacally to tie Elle to the traintracks while Chuck stood there and gave the stupidest expression of his life —By krissnw704
• Elle had disgusting cankles. -10. —By misskaylamac
• -10 for Carter Baizen pronouncing Apotheke incorrectly. (or maybe +10 if he really is that much of a d-bag). —By arsolomon
• -5 for the writer's teasing us with thinking chuck & blair could be together again and then ruining it with the skeezy carter at the end. (but +5 cuz we're going to love watching them have scandalous sex) —By bliz7734
• -15 for Dan quickly banging her in the costume room and then immediately getting over his disappointment of her having a weak and self-indulgent character... someone as self-righteous and whiny as him would spend 5 days on his bed in the dark listening to Eliot Smith on his oversized headphones before moving on. —By greenhillgirl
• oh yeah, -5 for the funk Blair has found herself in. No sexual tension with Chuck. No Yale. No REVENGE?!?!? Do I even know this girl?? —By TeamChuckBass
• -50 for everyone hating on Vanessa for being annoying -- she should get +50 points for being a super realistic arty pretentious earth-conscious vintage-shopping Brooklyn film nerd. Haven't you people ever seen the teenagers raised in Park Slope? —By glamingo
• minus 100 for chuck destroying his chances for ever getting into a secret society that allows you to have illicit sex with random women wearing masks in a moving location... where are his priorities? —By omgbffkit
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Filed Under: comfortably smug, gossip girl, The Greatest Show of Our Time
Hey y'all, first, I'd like to say I feel so blessed to be guest-writing on the Cut today. Blogging isn't how I usually spend my Friday afternoons, but I finished doing yoga and polishing my gloves for the day, so I don't really have anything else to do. Also, I don't know what Twitter is. I just wanted to say that I worked so hard for everything I have. It's been a long journey to the top and sometimes a girl has to stop along the way to pamper herself with a shopping trip. So I went to Pat Field and spent $11,000 the other day. Let me show you what I bought. I'd show my husband, Jay-Z, but he doesn't care. And I know my fans, for whom I am so, so thankful, will listen. To the song here in my heart. A melody I start.
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Filed Under: a Diva, beyonce, I'm a, jayz, patricia field
"... If hypocrisy had a flag, it would be cut from denim, for it is in denim that we invest our most nostalgic and destructive agrarian longings — the ones that prompted all those exurban McMansions now sliding off their manicured lawns and into foreclosure, dragging down the global financial system with them. Denim is the SUV of fabrics, the wardrobe equivalent of driving a hulking Land Rover to the Whole Foods Market." [WSJ]
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Filed Under: alyssa norton, slideshow, sophia wood, spring 2009, tucker by gaby basora, What's In a Name
In an interview with Comic Book Resources, superstar author Grant Morrison let slip that he's currently working on a mini-series for DC Comics featuring the Charlton Comics superhero characters Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons used as the basis for Watchmen, and that he intends to tell the story in a Watchmen-esque fashion, "written backwards and sideways and filled with all kinds of symbolism." The series may not be published until sometime next year, but given Morrison's longtime rivalry with Moore, and DC's probable desire to capitalize on one of its all-time best-selling books while deftly sidestepping an artistically sacrilegious sequel, the result ought to be very interesting. [Comic Book Resources]
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Filed Under: comics, grant morrison, watchmen
Not only is it the first day of spring, but we found the perfect sunglasses for the new season. Fringed aviators not unlike the ones Beyoncé wore in her "Diva" video. They are by Bless and cost 200 euros, which comes to about $271. Sure, you could probably only see well enough out of them not to fall down, but that's all that matters. And what else would you buy with that money? A useless plane ticket to a place where it actually feels like spring? We thought so. [Stylecaster]
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Our long-standing, knee-jerk aversion to undie rap is in peril after hearing this live bedroom performance by a young man who calls himself P.O.S. (quit hatin’ … on yourself, dude). Outfitted in a crisp flannel shirt, Stefon Leron Alexander — his given name; really, what must his mom think of him calling himself piece of shhh? — rips out a startlingly great cover of Pearl Jam’s “Why Go,” off (the newly reissued) Ten. This is something like a cross between “Chocolate Rain” and … shit, we don’t know. But it is awesome.
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Filed Under: music, p.o.s., pearl jam, right-click
Earlier this week we discovered that Michael Mraz and Hudson Morgan, in the free time that the media bestowed upon them after Men's Vogue shuttered, wrote a seemingly awesome screenplay and are shopping it around. And it got us to thinking: What happened to the rest of Mogue? An entire magazine existed one day, with a full staff, and then one day it didn't. This might be an interesting project, to track down an entire masthead's worth of laid-off staffers. So we got a former intern from the magazine, Andrew J. Nusca, to hunt down as many of his colleagues as he could find. After the jump, we have details on what nearly every member of the edit staff is up to now. Surprisingly few of these former Condé Nasties are traveling around Latin America to find themselves, which comes as something of a relief. If we lost our jobs, we'd be traveling around our parents' kitchen to find the liquor.
TOP EDITORS:
Anna Wintour (Editorial Director): Still at Vogue.
Jay Fielden (Editor-in-Chief): Still at Vogue.
Courtney Sava (Art Director): Relocated to Los Angeles.
Stephen Watson (Fashion Director): Now a contributing editor at Condé Nast Portfolio.
Michael Mraz (Managing Editor): With Hud Morgan is shopping their first screenplay, Wet Dreams, a feature comedy about a disgraced Olympic swimmer who is forced to work at a water park.
FEATURES
Corey Seymour (Senior Editor): Currently editing and writing for Tar, Rolling Stone, and men.style.com.
Tasha Green (Associate Editor): Designing for fledgling fashion label Hester with Mauricio Quezada.
Hudson Morgan (Associate Editor): See Michael Mraz.
Ned Martel (Editor-at-Large): Reviewing television shows for the New York Times. [Ed: And, we hear, interviewing for a certain highly placed newspaper job.]
Sarah Jenks-Daly (Media and Entertainment Editor): Has written for Teen Vogue.
Taylor Antrim (Articles Editor): Writing about books for the Daily Beast.
Nicholas Mosquera (Features Assistant): According to Facebook, he's been traipsing through India.
Liz McDaniel (Assistant to the Managing Editor): Freelance writing.
Chloe Kamark (Assistant to the Editor-in-Chief): According to Facebook, analyzing policy for Blue Star Families for Obama.
FASHION
Sara James (Fashion News Editor): Acting style editor at WSJ., the magazine, and currently pitching next young-adult fiction series.
Alvaro Salazar (Style Editor): Spending time in Brazil.
Mordechai Rubinstein (Associate Market Editor): Is still snapping photos on MISTERMORT.com and recently did a shoot for Paper.
Mauricio Quezada (Associate Fashion Editor): Designing for fledgling fashion label Hester with Tasha Green.
Bonnie Morrison (Special Projects editor): Returned to public relations.
ART
Stephanie Waxlax (Photo Editor): According to Facebook, just became mother to a baby girl!
Jamie Prokell (Associate Art Director):. Freelance art director for several magazines.
Renee Rupcich (Assistant Art Director): Went on to briefly be associate art director of Domino.
Quinn Shamlian (Photo Research Editor): Photo editor at CITY magazine.
Jonathan Owen Black (Photo Assistant): Producer/agent for Atelier.
Jason Storm (Art Assistant): Freelance photographer and graphic designer.
Ellen Zguta (Production Manager): Digital asset manager at NVIDIA.
Jenna Todd (Production Assistant): Editorial production, The New Yorker.
Daron Murphy (Research Chief): According to his website, he's producing music at Gowanus Sound Initiative.
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Filed Under: ink-stained wretches, mens' vogue
FRAGRANCE
• The new Chanel No. 5 fragrance-campaign commercials starring Audrey Tautou and model Travis Davenport were shot by Jean-Pierre Jeunet with a crew of 250 all over France and Istanbul for three weeks. They shot last May before everyone lost all their money. [WWD]
• The campaign for Avril Lavigne's first scent, called Black Star, has launched. "I wanted to make sure it was really me — me in a bottle," she said. The bottle is pink and black with studs, of course. [WWD]
• In April, Donatella Versace will launch the floral perfume Versense, inspired by the Mediterranean. [WWD]
• The success of the fragrance business at Rochas made the return of its clothing line possible. [WSJ]
HAIR
• Joaquin Phoenix has been criticized for his crazy hair, but at least he tried to tame it: Photographers snapped the actor-turned-rapper wearing the EZ Comb. Yeah, the one you saw on an infomercial drunk at 4 in the morning. [Beauty Department/Glamour]
SKIN
• Katie Holmes reportedly spent $43,287 primping herself at the Ritz-Carlton for two days before the Valkyrie premiere in Tokyo last week. We doubt she needed that much work done, but someone may as well spend money these days? [Daily Mail]
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Filed Under: beauty, beauty marks, chanel, fragrance, hair, katie holmes, rochas, skin
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Filed Under: coachella, m.i.a., music
Memo to Barney Frank: "The shitheads who made bank off this are hello, NOT FUCKING WORKING AT AIG. Nor, honestly, did most of them ever work at AIG, or else maybe AIG would have thought twice before it wrote a trillion dollar insurance policy on a few thousand soon-to-be crackhouses. AIG obviously had a lot of idiots working there, but we now know who the greediest idiots are. Your job now is to call out the last standing greedy smart guys so that when they say shit like 'Nationalization is not the answer' — interesting that your TARP-swilling freshly FDIC-insured zero-exposed-my-ass ass would say such a thing, Lloyd Blankfein! — or 'the big problem with the US economy is our current account deficit' — hey, how you figure it got that way, Jamie Dimon? — the country can understand that some smart guys go into big bloated government because if they don’t all the greedy smart guys will invariably get caught up in a race to see who can most violently rape the economy fastest. And yeah, the bonus thing is totally insulting, like making rape victims pay for their rape kits like they do in Wasilla, but hello, the 'rape' part is actually a lot worse, even I can admit that, and I guess the point is Ed Liddy DIDN’T RAPE ANYONE." From: Moe Tkacik [Tumblr]
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Filed Under: barney frank, ed liddy, epic rants, moe tkacik
You, Sir, and the other corporate pirates like you — those who are saved from your obsessive spending and greed and self-aggrandizement by the taxpayer — who then pretend to atone — who then publicly promise good behavior — and who then revert immediately to the rapaciousness that is your only skill.
Please, dude, the Vikster is not rapacious. Look at him. He's vivacious! Anyway, a Citigroup spokesman defended the plans to The Wall Street Journal today as efficiency measures, and a source filled them in on how it's going to look, aesthetically.
The new floor plan features offices with glass walls, designed to create a more open atmosphere. It has common areas to encourage spontaneous meetings of executives, according to people familiar with the matter.
Spontaneous meetings! Love it. Get the ideas flowing over there. Of course, a few things had to go.
People familiar with the company's plans said that certain design elements have been nixed since the initial planning phase, including a Zen garden.
We know Vikram is probably disappointed. But it's okay. Trust falls are still free.
Citi Defends Redesign, Plans a Reverse Split [WSJ]
Olbermann: Time to get tough on bankers [MSNBC]
Earlier: Citigroup’s $10 Million Office Plans May Threaten Stability of Taxpayer Minds
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Filed Under: business, CEOh, No! citigroup, vikram pandit
So fashion can't take over the entire list, but surely it can get more options than this? That's why we're calling for a write-in ballot. Because if there's room for Octomom on here, there's room for the Kaiser. Who's with us?
The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists [Time]
It's That TIME Again [Fashionista]
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Filed Under: Ballot Box, designers, H&M, ikram goldman, jason wu, karl lagerfeld, marc jacobs, stella mccartney, target, Time Magazine, tom ford
Yes, we're totally aware that tonight's most nerd-anticipated TV event is the Battlestar Galactica series finale, and that's certainly what we plan on watching live. But don't forget to DVR Dollhouse! Ever since Joss Whedon started promoting the show, he's been hinting that tonight's sixth episode would be a "game changer," almost to the point that it seemed like he was trying to distance himself from the sorta iffy quality of the initial installments. But the sixth one is finally airing tonight — so what's supposed to happen?
We don't know! If there are any real spoilers out there, we haven't found them, and Whedon was maddeningly tight-lipped about plot specifics when he discussed the episode with FearNet yesterday. Press releases have suggested that Eliza Dushku's Echo will finally meet Ballard, the federal agent hunting for the truth behind the Dollhouse, and though that's clearly a big event, we're hoping for something meaty in terms of the show's somewhat vague mythology. The one thing we know for certain is that Patton Oswalt will be guest-starring as a "lonely Internet mogul," which is probably enough to get us to tune in tonight. Don't let us down, Joss!
We Talk with Joss Whedon about This Week's Big Episode of 'Dollhouse'! [FearNet]
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Filed Under: dollhouse, joss whedon, tv
File this under shamelessly unconfirmed rumors too juicy not to share...
A couple of Lost characters are getting married.
According to a Hawaii-based source, Lost is...The letter added, "It makes sense that they will try to stabilize the business and get through this difficult year in hopes of selling the company at some future point." (Jackson recently denied that the chain was, in fact, for sale, following renewed speculation that Istithmar was trying to get rid of it.) Barneys owes the factors millions, according to WWD, which is holding up some shipments, though the store appears to be stocked. Designers are getting orders for fall in addition to spring orders to ship now, but factors are telling them not to ship anything until they feel "comfortable" with the answers from Barneys, even if the goods are in boxes and ready to go.
Barneys could be slow to deliver the information because a recent meeting with its banks was pushed back. Or they could just be screwed and scrambling for financing. American Apparel can warm a seat for them in that club.
Factors Wait for Barneys Answers [WWD]
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Filed Under: barneys, broke people, economy, istithmar
It's the stuff nightmares are made of, not fit for any nursery... But this collectible rubber toy can be yours for the bargain price of your immortal soul.
Daniel Edwards, the artist...
From a March 18 "Free Stuff" Craigslist listing (now taken down) for a “Life-Size Killer Whale Replica”:
I work for the New York Aquarium, and the replica killer whale we had was recently damaged while we were redecorating. I didn’t want to see this beautiful whale go to waste so I decided to take it home. However this comes to the sad part of my story and the opportunity for you. My mom is making me get rid of the whale so that she can have more space in our garage for her new car. Why she would rather have a minivan than a whale I don’t know, but she’s put her foot down. I need to get rid of the whale ASAP and will part with it for free as long as it goes to a good home. It is about twenty feet long and will fit on most flatbed trailers.
There is some minor damage to the tail, but it could be easily repaired with a little TLC.
No one returned a message at the Westchester County number. Meanwhile, New York Aquarium spokesperson Fran Hackett says that’s not their whale pictured and they’ve never heard of Ms. Hertz. But they are getting calls from would-be whale owners frustrated by her jammed voice mail.
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Filed Under: animals, animanhattan, craigslist, crazytown, whales
AUSTIN — YouTube fans everywhere know the “Winnebago Man,” a.k.a. Jack Rebney, or the Angriest Man in the World. In 1988, Rebney, a former broadcast journalist, threw a series of deeply vulgar tantrums during the shooting of a promotional video for Winnebago Industries. Ultimately, Rebney got canned and vanished. (In fact, the outtakes were cut together by the crew in order to get Rebney fired.) Austin filmmaker Ben Steinbauer tracked him down in the tranquil wilderness of Shasta County, California, where he remains angry as ever. The resulting documentary — called, yep, Winnebago Man — premiered at South by Southwest last week, delivering a poignant, funny and ultimately very strange look at Rebney's curiously irate disposition.
Winnebago Industries, wanting to distance itself from the infamous video, declined to participate. With the film poised to generate a lot of buzz (rumor has it that both IFC Films and Oscilloscope are interested in buying it), we asked Winnebago Man producer Joel Heller whether the filmmakers would indeed be allowed to use promo footage should the movie go to theaters. He assured us they would be: Everything was provided by Rebney himself, not Winnebago, and lawyers associated with the movie say the footage falls under the protection of fair-use laws. Hilariously, Heller describes Winnebago Man as “one in a long line of documentaries that educate the public on emerging media trends and their social impact." Steinbauer — while he neglects any mention of the joy of hearing borderline insane, expletive-laden rants — has a slightly more satisfying take on the documentary: “The film ultimately celebrates Winnebago and their most famous pitchman. I consider it a love letter.”
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Filed Under: movies, south by southwest, winnebago man
Anna Wintour was overheard at Paris Fashion Week voicing her dismay that Nina Ricci wasn't renewing designer Olivier Theyskens's contract after his magical fall 2009 show. In her April editor's letter, she expresses her discontent to the masses.
Olivier Theyskens's recent departure from Nina Ricci suggests to me that the vital role of artistic talent has been obscured in the current economic climate. My staff and I were shocked to learn that Theyskens's contract would not be renewed; and I am very concerned that the business of fashion is undervaluing the most important asset our industry requires: creative visionaries. There's a reason we continue to see Theyskens's influence everywhere, from catwalks to the mall. He'll be back, but fashion must hold its nerve.
We assume that last sentence means she's helping him get another gig. We hope he gets backing for a namesake label, and it's hard to see why he wouldn't, since the only people who aren't supporting him right now seem to be the heads of Puig Fashion Group, which owns Ricci. How foolish do they look?
Anna's Stance [FWD]
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Filed Under: anna wintour, fall 2009, nina ricci, olivier theyskens, paris fashion week, puig, wintour wonderland
Name: Sarah Dunn
Age: You first
Neighborhood: Upper West Side
Occupation: Writer, author of the novel The Big Love and the upcoming Secrets to Happiness (Little, Brown)
Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
It has to be Woody Allen. I’ve managed to block out the whole Soon-Yi thing. I just pretend it never happened. I’m such a Woody enabler, if I were Mia, I would have looked the other way.
What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in New York?
It was a crazy chef’s tasting menu at Per Se, six hours long, with a different type of drink with each course. The sake was filtered drop by drop through a silk kimono hanging inside of an igloo for twelve years, I think, but the details are very fuzzy.
In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
Write, worry, write more, worry, call my agent and bug him; he tells me I'm big in Ukraine and I think about that for a few hours.
Would you still live here on a $35,000 salary?
If I was 22 and fearless I would. When I was 22, I was too afraid to come to New York, so I lived in Philly.
What’s the last thing you saw on Broadway?
Harvey Fierstein. He almost knocked me down on 44th Street as he was running into that ribs place.
Do you give money to panhandlers?
On a case-by-case basis, yes. It would probably be easier to just do it all the time, or never, because as it is, I get involved in all sorts of complicated moral calculations just walking down the street.
What’s your drink?
Chardonnay that tastes like somebody put a stick of butter in it.
How often do you prepare your own meals?
At least four times a week.
What’s your favorite medication?
Somebody else’s dental-strength Vicodin.
What’s hanging above your sofa?
A big antique mirror from France.
How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
I had a boyfriend who used to go to Supercuts on Columbus Avenue, and they charged something like eighteen dollars for a cut, but an extra two bucks if you wanted them to wash your hair first. He refused to pay for it, so they’d just squirt his head with a spray bottle. I’m pretty sure you should spend more than that.
When’s bedtime?
These days, 8 p.m. or earlier — whenever our five-month-old son falls asleep.
Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
The new one. I get excited when I’m in Times Square. I see all the lights and the people and my heart does a little leap. I feel like a rube, but I don’t care.
What do you think of Donald Trump?
As one of the last eight people on the planet who TiVo’s The Apprentice, any claims I make to loathe him will ring hollow.
What do you hate most about living in New York?
Even though we have a small apartment, my husband still finds ways to buy expensive wine and hide it from me. For example, he doesn’t know I know there’s currently a case of 2005 Bordeaux under the baby's crib.
Who is your mortal enemy?
Whoever decided to put television sets in the back of taxicabs.
When’s the last time you drove a car?
Two weeks ago. I drove my Prius to Brooklyn and felt sanctimonious.
How has the Wall Street crash affected you?
It's made it harder to pretend I can afford a summer place in Iceland.
Times, Post, or Daily News?
The New York Observer, of course.
Where do you go to be alone?
The bathtub.
What makes someone a New Yorker?
I wish someone would tell me. I’ve lived here off and on for fifteen years and I still feel like I just fell off the turnip truck.
Sarah Dunn will read and sign copies of Secrets to Happiness at Barnes & Noble at Sixth Avenue and 8th Street on Wednesday, March 25, 7:30 p.m.
Filed Under: 21 Questions, books, sarah dunn
It's a yard sale! "Tote bags, umbrellas, stress balls, Tiffany paperweights and other items now stored in closets and warehouses from New York to Chicago will be returned to Lehman and sold to pay creditors, according to a court filing yesterday." May we also suggest a lemonade stand? This one summer we made a killing. [Bloomberg]
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Holy headline-making, Batbro!
Matthew Francis Nolan, the older brother of Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan, has been arrested by the FBI in his hometown of Chicago and is...
Rubina Ali and Azharuddin Ismail, who played little Latika and Jamal in Slumdog Millionaire, walked for Indian Fashion Week last night. "I think my dress has already become very dirty because of my playing around so much here. They'll have to do something about that," said Azharuddin, who was running outside before the show. Aw. "I like the skirt very much and want to take it back with me to Mumbai," Rubina said. "The belt that I'm wearing is also very nice — I'm taking that, too." Good girl. [Grazia]
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That's right, people. Mr. Plumber was up onstage at some kind of conservative awards show when, overcome by the standing ovation he was receiving from the audience, he remarked, "God, all this love and everything in the room — I'm horny." Hey, we won't begrudge a man a little companionship — even if that man, really, is someone we should've stopped paying attention to five months ago but who makes that nearly impossible. So, to help Joe find himself a woman, we're going to get the ball rolling on a personal ad. Joe, we really know very little about you, but we've done our best, so feel free to use this as a starting point and run with it.
Name: Joe the Plumber
Occupation: Unlicensed plumber/war correspondent/struggling writer
Religion: Something Jesus-y for sure
Hobbies: Tossing the football around with my son, maintaining a closely shorn head, railing against socialism, helping America go digital, sometimes plumbing
Likes: Israel, Sarah Palin, America, war propaganda — in that order
Dislikes: Spreading wealth around, Barack Obama, John McCain, tax liens, Social Security
Future Goals: Opening up my own plumbing business if I'm not taxed to death first, recording a country album, maybe running for Congress
What I'm Looking for in a Woman: Laura Ingraham
What Turns Me On: Applause, apparently
Joe the Plumber tells conservatives he's 'horny' [Political Ticker/CNN]
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Filed Under: Election Hangover, joe the plumber, politics
If you like House and hate spoilers, you'll probably want to stop reading now, we guess. This afternoon, within a few minutes of each other, EW's Michael Ausiello and E! Online's Kristin Dos Santos posted blind items, both of which seem to correspond to the exact same thing. Ausiello claims a "major character" on a "major show" will commit suicide before season's end, and "no one will see it coming." Except maybe people who read E! Online, probably! Dos Santos says a character on House will die "with no lead-up" in a way that "will take you completely by surprise" (assuming, that is, that you missed Ausiello's blind item).
So who kills himself (or herself), anyway? We have no idea! According to Dos Santos, the character fits this description: "it's not the most likely candidate," "it's not someone who has been rumored to be leaving," and "it is someone who will shock you." So we bet it's probably House.
Blind item: Guess the suicide shocker! [Ausiello Files/EW]
Major House Death Is Coming [Watch with Kristin/E! Online]
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Filed Under: blind items, house, kristin dos santos, michael ausiello, spoilers, tv
It's not as great as a Breathalyzer for your keyboard, but we'd like to call attention to the fact that yesterday Google introduced an "Undo Send" feature for Gmail. It''s a five-second delay in sending e-mails for those times where you find yourself too quick on the draw, realizing, for example, that you cc'd when you meant to bcc or accidentally sent the e-mail to the person you were talking shit about. It's like an e-mail recall, only it works. It will not, however, stop you from sending embarrassing drunk e-mails, which you usually only realize when you're sober the next morning. For that you still, unfortunately, need a sense of judgment.*
New in Labs: Undo Send [Gmail Blog]
*Trust us: Mail Goggles can be easily beaten with a calculator.
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Heeeere's Barack! President Obama's Thursday summit with Jay Leno gave the Tonight Show its biggest overnight ratings since Leno paid tribute to the late Johnny Carson in January 2005, NBC...
It's been a couple of days since we've heard from Octomom Nadya Suleman. But it doesn't seem like much has changed. She's still broadcasting her life to the world as usual....
"Once the security officers had to drag a guy out of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown because he was masturbating during [the song] 'My New Philosophy.'" —Kristin Chenoweth in her upcoming book [NYP]
"It's in poor taste." —Jason Segel on his and Paul Rudd's fart noises [E! Online]
"I have a lot of awe for people who can make you laugh. It's an achievement, almost, in a way that it's not to make somebody cry." —Rashida Jones [Cinema Blend]
"If you had more knowledge of music, [The Beatles] didn't really mean anything." —
"We're trying to get Seth Rogen for this project, but Seth won't call us back. So call us back, Seth, if you're reading this!" —An out-of-work Lindsay Lohan, waiting for Rogan's call [Nylon via People]
"That ship has sailed. Apparently, he doesn't like chicks." —Meagan Good on her breakup with Soulja Boy [StarPulse]
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Since Chappelle's Show came to an abrupt end three years ago, breakout star Charlie Murphy has launched a stand-up career (at age 42!) and popped up in movies like Night at the Museum and The Perfect Holiday. Today marks his return to sketch work: Charlie Murphy’s Crash Comedy, a ten-part web series, premieres this afternoon on Crackle.com. He talked to Vulture about his famous brother, making fun of fat people, and what happened to Dave Chappelle.
How did Crash Comedy happen?
I turned down offers for sketch shows on networks, because I knew they would be compared to Chappelle's Show. I was willing to do it on the web because now I’m allowed to take a shot with no handcuffs on. On networks, you got people telling you what you can say, what you can’t say, but now this is up to the public to decide.
You co-wrote Norbit with your brother, Eddie. Where did that idea come from?
There was a video on the Internet of a woman and a man having a fistfight on the street, and the woman knocks the man out like four times. The men we’d watch it with would be kind of silent, but the women watching would always crack up. Eddie and I said, this is funny, we should write a movie where a woman beats up on a man.
It didn’t get the greatest critical reception. You think the critics were missing something?
I think the critics were a little oversensitive, saying we were poking fun at fat people. On the planet we live on, we have people of all shapes and size, so to not be able to talk about someone? Come on, let’s be real. Eddie Murphy was playing a character.
What was your most rewarding professional experience?
Well, for me, it was when my brother came to my stand-up show. And he gave me his blessing and he told me he really enjoyed it. Our careers have nothing to do with our relationship as brothers. We’re really the same. He’s proud of me, I’m proud of him, and we always try to help one another. We always say, what can we do that’s funny? We haven’t had a chance to sit down and come up with something fresh, but wait for it, it’s coming.
How many more seasons do you think you could have done of Chappelle's Show?
We probably could have done seven more, easy. We were given the Holy Grail, we were blessed. We could have done seven years.
Dave Chappelle has said he had issues with some of the racial humor of the show. Did that ever bother you?
Whatever Dave Chappelle was saying that he had problems with, that wasn’t really the problems he was having. Cause where is Dave Chappelle?
I don’t know.
You know what I’m saying? We don’t know what was wrong with Dave. I wish him all the best. Whatever his explanation, I think it’s obvious to everyone that’s not what happened. I still get asked about it today. People still say, so, you guys coming back? Which means there’s a market, but I don’t know if Dave can get a job with a network now.
Do you think he blew it a little bit?
A little bit? First of all, to be black, you a lightning rod in that respect already. And to be black and get the opportunity and then throw it away? I don’t know too many guys that did that and still had a career. You can’t name a guy in the history of the show business who thumbed his nose at the industry and still was supported by the industry. But whatever his reasons, Dave’s happy.
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Filed Under: charlie murphy, charlie murphy's crash comedy, dave chappelle, tv
AP - Indigo Girls, "Poseidon and the Bitter Bug," (IG Recordings/Vanguard Records)
Oprah Winfrey must have enjoyed the camaraderie that came from sharing the cover of her O magazine with Michelle Obama.
The first lady was the first lady to ever share the cover of the...
TALKING POINT: Is Michael Scott actually quitting the office?
Yes - Under the sudden weight of fifteen years with Dunder-Mifflin and his loss of Holly, and brought to a boil by David Wallace's well-meaning but condescending manner of speaking to him, Michael Scott has made the dramatic life-altering decision to get out of the rut his life has become. In the wake of the decision, the actual show becomes equal parts Michael out on his own trying to take the next step with his life, and the aftermath of the office itself with Charles putting someone else in charge. (Can't believe they avoided a 'Charles in charge' joke last night...)
No - Michael 'quitting' will turn out to be a multi-episode arc that's resolved when he realizes he has no other real life skills, he's not young anymore, and he has no one else in his life without his co-workers. He meekly returns to Dunder-Mifflin in a different capacity (or in the same job after Dwight or whoever flames out as branch manager).
Personally, I'm hoping for the former; note that the episode didn't have a little 'teaser' segment before the credits, which I can't recall them ever skipping, but they deliberately chose not to pad Michael storming out of Wallace's office with a separate jokey segment. It would also serve to get The Office out of the plot slump it's been in for the majority of the past season; Season 5 has been funnier than 4 but I can't imagine how much longer the show could go on with the exact same configuration.
Unfortunately, Wikipedia lists next week's episode plot as: Michael's relationship with the new vice president becomes increasingly tense, as Michael finds an excuse to goof off even more than usual. Meanwhile, Pam faces the challenge of a new copier and Kelly develops a crush. So maybe it is all meaningless.
"Michael quitting" thoughts, anyone? Good thing / bad thing / actual plot / blip on the radar? Thoughts in the comments, please.
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