Hoop Dreamboats: Which Celebs Love the Lakers?

Trains, Jeggings, and Mariah Carey Come Out for the Cannes Film Festival

The stars are in Cannes for the film festival, flitting from yacht to red carpet to yacht. The festival may be only modestly flashy this year, but the clothes are still as loud as the yachts are large. Eva Herzigova wore a see-through dress for the second year in a row. Nick Cannon looked like he had flotation devices under his suit. Penélope Cruz and Hilary Swank looked divine. And jeggings even made an appearance. See those looks and more in the slideshow.

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Filed Under: agnes b, cannes film festival, designers, dita von teese, eva herzigova, fashion yearbook, georgina chapman, hilary swank, lily cole, marchesa, mariah carey, nick cannon, paris hilton, peaches geldof, penelope cruz, phoebe price, slideshow, valeria marini

Review: `Girlfriend Experience' tantalizing tease (AP)

AP - When Steven Soderbergh strays from his glossy, star-studded extravaganzas and makes the experimental films that are smaller, weirder and seemingly truer to his heart, they can work beautifully ("Solaris," "Bubble") or they're self-indulgent bores ("Full Frontal," "Che").

Modest Mouse Still Mighty Strange

Top 40 hit “Float On” and chart-topper We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank notwithstanding, Isaac Brock remains one of rock’s great eccentrics, and two new songs off the forthcoming No One's First and You're Next show just how far he’s taken that. If you haven’t seen the video for the immensely appealing “Satellite Skin” — which was directed by Kevin Willis, who makes disturbing clips (and does God knows what else) with Tool — click through for an excellent nineties-style alien, Druish princesses, and ravens enough to have you saying “Nevermore.” Spazzy semi-ballad “Guilty Cocker Spaniels,” which you can play here, seems to address an even darker realm: adulthood. If nothing else, Brock sounds like he’s confronting kids on his front lawn. It’s a glorious sound.

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Filed Under: modest mouse, music, music video, right-click

Miley May Cut Footloose; Chace Definitely Will (E! Online)

E! Online - Not everybody can star in Footloose, but they certainly seem to be trying.

'American Idol:' 10 Things You Didn't See On T.V.

Brian Williams Is Secretly Addicted to The Onion

Brian Williams took extra pleasure in his duties as host of the 68th annual Peabody Awards yesterday, because he’s an especially big fan of The Onion, one of the award recipients. “It’s secretly one of my web destinations every day. In the middle of getting ready for nightly news, I look at the Onion website daily. It’s fantastic stuff,” Williams told us at a private pre-ceremony reception. He’s a bit embarrassed by his Onion addiction. “Sometimes in the privacy of your office, you almost look both ways to make sure there’s no one witnessing the fact that you’re reading this,” Williams admits. “But they fulfill a great role. And The Onion is like the nineteenth branch of government — I think there are eighteen others. I’m not sure; I didn’t go to a very good school,” he added. However, reading the satirical rag doesn’t make Williams want to slip fake stories onto the NBC Nightly News. “I vicariously get it all out through them, because they do everything anyone in a newsroom has ever wished they could do to the news.”

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Filed Under: brian williams, media, party lines, the onion

Astor Trial Now Literally a Battle Over Poop

Remember how, yesterday, the trial of Anthony Marshall, the heir to the Astor fortune accused of ripping off his centenarian mother, was all about celebrity faux pas? Well, today it was all about dachshund droppings, specifically the kind that sit in the middle of the "parquet upon which President Reagan and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan once stepped." And whose fault it was that it was there (other than the dachshunds themselves, of course). [NYP]

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Filed Under: anthony marshall, brooke astor, courts, today in astor-ia, trials

How I Met Your Significantly Younger Mother

From our vantage point, it's been an up-and-down season for How I Met Your Mother; while we're thankful that ratings are up and the show is no longer in danger of being canceled, longtime fans of the show will quickly admit that the program's creative consistency has certainly been down this year. That said, we'll cut Craig Thomas and Carter Bays some slack, mainly because they had to figure out a way to keep the show moving forward in the face of the unexpected dual pregnancies of series stars Alyson Hannigan and Cobie Smulders. And while the series finale didn't give us any specific indication of who the titular (heh) mother of the show will be, there is one little matter about the show's finale that we'd like to discuss. As you might expect, spoilers follow.

So, you guys, what was up with that ending? We applaud the now-31-year-old Ted Mosby for finally realizing that he'd rather spend his time educating the youth of America as a college professor than toiling away as a professional architect, but was anyone else a little bit creeped out to learn that Ted will soon be dipping his pen in the company ink (so to speak)? We're all for consensual dalliances between students and professors, we suppose, but we never figured Ted shared Wooderson's proclivities (only swap in "college" for "high school"). Now, we have no idea if Ted ends up teaching undergrads or graduate students, or that the titular mother that he meets will even be a student — we suppose there's an outside chance she was lurking in the back of that classroom as a janitor, Good Will Hunting style — but we'll come right out and say it: The first person we thought of when last night's episode concluded was Mary Kay Letourneau.

Just us?

How I Met Your Mother: The Leap [CBS.com]

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Filed Under: carter bays, cbs, claire quilty, craig thomas, entertainment, hot for teacher, how i met your mother, reveals, tv

Swayze Dispels 'Reckless Reports' of Death

You Can Negotiate Prices in Department Stores Now?

From today's WWD:

[P]rices are often open to negotiation. As one Lord & Taylor salesperson said when a shopper inquired about the length of a sale: “There’s always a sale!”

And if that doesn't get you to spend money, maybe the recession candy bowls by the cash wrap will.

Salespeople Take on Customer Service Duties [WWD]

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Filed Under: lord and taylor, retail, shopping, the economy, you know things are bad when...

Kimmel Briefly Enlivens ABC’s Upfronts

A rare bit of entertainment broke out today at ABC's upfronts when jovial late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel delivered an off-color comedy routine, taking shots at Jay Leno ("[NBC is] giving Jay’s viewers exactly what they want. An early-bird special"), ABC's advertisers ("Next year on Grey's Anatomy, your product could kill Dr. Izzie. It just depends on how much you want to pay"), and his network's lineup ("This show, Shark Tank, has the word 'tank' right in the title"). [ArtsBeat/NYT]

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Filed Under: abc, jimmy kimmel, tv, upfronts, zingers

Eva Herzigova’s Dark Night

Eva Herzigova topped off her black dress with matching makeup at the Chopard Trophy event during the 62nd International Cannes Film Festival last night.

Was the makeup just right or a touch heavy-handed?

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Filed Under: cannes film festival, eva herzigova, look of the day

Miley May Cut Footloose; Chace Definitely Will

Method Man and Redman on Magazines, Chinese Takeout

Our chat with Method Man and Redman at the Def Jam offices on the occasion of Blackout 2, their second collaborative album (out today), is one of those interviews that’s better for its, er, spontaneity. Red was more engrossed in his Chinese takeout and magazines than in any of our questions, and Meth was generally uninterested. At the time, we chalked it up to fatigue, or perhaps the aromatic THC-imbued product he was toting, but later we realized it probably had to do with a feud that had broken out over a fellow emcee taking exception to Meth’s placement in Vibe's ranking of the best rappers alive (Red mentions it at one point).

In the ten years since Blackout!, what have you learned about dealing with labels?
Redman: You know what? I tell you what. I’m my own label. I know Def Jam is the machine that turns it and gets it out, but man, nowadays, it’s about you being your own label and selling yourself. You can’t wait for no label to promote you and shit, man. Especially when some labels ain’t doing they job, man. [To himself] What kind of spring rolls is this?

Was there a moment you both knew you’d work together for a long time?
R: (flipping through magazine) 50 Cent got a body spray? Nice. That nigga aint’ playing. Um. You know what, as for me, the moment just clicked in with me when we bumped into each other. When you run into another dude that’s on your wavelength and shit and you aint’ got to talk too much about the situation, where you can just look at each other? That did it for me. And then the music was going to be a breeze.

Do you think there’s a lack of humor in hip-hop? You guys have always been pretty loose on records.
Method Man: That’s what separates us from the pack. Cause it’s still fun for us.
R: (To Meth) You getting any more tats? You gonna get tatted up or you gonna get tatted up? I’m thinking of just getting tatted up.
M: I’m getting my arms done. And the rest of my back.
R: Me too. I think I’m just gonna go ahead and do it before I get any older. You know you gotta do it before you got older.

We have some silly weed questions, if that’s okay.
M: You ain’t gonna get me to talk about no weed. I ain’t got nothing to say about no weed. I’m an active member of my community; I’ll do it on records cause half the teachers and coaches don’t listen to records anyways. But they do read interviews. You wanna answer weed questions?
R: What’s it about? I can’t be answering too much shit, I gotta go to court. I forgot. For real, that shit is real talk. I gotta go to court for some bullshit. I’ll answer some.

Uh, okay. What’s the perfect weed-smoking scenario?
R: If I could set the scene perfectly for smoking weed — it’d be with a nice beautiful chick with an ass and some pretty feet. And she blow, too.

Who’d you smoke with if you could smoke with anyone?
R: If I could smoke with Cheech & Chong …
M: Cheech don’t smoke no more.
R: If they smoked I would love to smoke with them.
M: Willie Nelson seems like he’d be fun.
R: I would love to smoke with …
M: Woody Harrelson!
R: Yeah, Woody Harrelson

While we’re sort of on the subject, can you reveal any plot elements of How High 2?
M: There’s not going to be a How High 2. If we can’t improve on the original, there’s no reason to do a second one. But we are gonna do another movie together, we’re just not gonna call it How High 2. It’s too early to talk about.
R: What magazine is that they had the best rapper thing in?
M: Vibe.
R: This one?
M: I don’t know if it was that one. It was online.
R: Okay go ahead, I’m sorry about that.

Will it be ten years before Blackout 3?
R: Oh, oh, oh, oh, stop that.
M: We’ll see how this album does, honestly. And if there’s a demand, we’ll do it.
R: Shit, I’ma tell you — we need to just do it anyways. Because we need to get that bread. I need that bread. Plus we need to keep it going — these windows in rap are not as open as they were in the nineties. You gonna hear another Blackout!, who knows when, but it’s coming. (To assistant) Yo, Ev, can you order me some more spring rolls? How many come in a pack? I need like four of them.

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Filed Under: chat room, method man, method man & redman, music, redman, wu-tang clan

Introducing the Spant

Topshop brought us jeggings (a marriage of jeans and leggings!). Now Oak boutique is selling bottoms for women by Y-3 called the "Tube Spant" (a marriage of a skirt and pants!). Currently 30 percent off, for $276, Oak defines the spant as "double layer perforated wool jersey gauze asymmetrical culotte with one extra oversized and draped pant and one smaller [with an] internally attached legging with a drawstring closure." Right. They're called shorts. [Racked]

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Filed Under: designers, oak, spants, stop making up words, y3

No, Sarah Connor, Bubble Shows Are Not Popped Equally

FUTURECAM: What Will We Look Like During Tonight’s American Idol Finale

Why Obama Is Punting on Gay Issues

Earlier this month, the Obama administration let pass a deadline to appeal to the Supreme Court in a case regarding a decorated female Air Force officer who was discharged for having a homosexual relationship. Defenders of Major Margaret Witt argue that "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," the Clinton-era policy under which she was expelled, can be argued on a case-by-case basis and doesn't have to be obeyed as a blanket order. The San Francisco court that heard her case ordered the government to prove that the presence of Major Witt was a threat to military discipline and cohesion. The case will now continue to travel through the lower court appeals process. White House spokesman Ben LaBolt said that Obama, who had pledged repeatedly to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" during the campaign, is still in favor of doing so "in a sensible way that strengthens our armed forces and our national security." LaBolt also said, however, that "until Congress passes legislation repealing the law, the administration will continue to defend the statute when it is challenged in the justice system."

This, understandably, is a confusing position, especially when taken in tandem with a Pentagon statement today that there are "not any plans underway" to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," and that top military brass have only had "preliminary" discussions with the Obama administration about doing so. But it is merely a symptom of a larger conflict facing Obama lately. More and more reports and editorials in the media cite a growing discontent among the new president's gay constituency, a group that rallied behind him aggressively during the campaign (at least after Hillary dropped out) and was an important fund-raising block. After all, in defending his invitation to Pastor Rick Warren to participate in his Inauguration, he called himself a "fierce advocate of equality for gay and lesbian Americans." That's pretty much the last we've heard him speak about gay people — there's been barely a fax in his first 100 days and counting.

Not that there weren't opportunities. Candidate Obama pleased gay activists by coming out against Proposition 8 in California before the anti-marriage-equality measure was passed, saying he opposed the "divisive and discriminatory" bill. But when weddings between same-sex couples were legalized in Maine, Iowa, and Vermont during his presidency, he remained silent. While Obama has said he's not in favor of federally legislating marriage equality — and even advocates realize that trying to do so would be futile at the moment — this would seem to be a good moment to start work on his promise to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act, which allows states to not recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Furthermore, a hate-crimes bill protecting LGBT victims is now meandering through Congress, having been passed in the House and awaiting debate in the Senate. Obama could easily lean on Senate leadership to expedite the bill, which already has bi-partisan support and will surely pass.

The biggest missed opportunity, though, seems to be "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." The excuse, given by Robert Gibbs, that Obama is distracted by the economy is really nonsense — that didn't stop him on Guantanamo or health care or car emissions, other core beliefs he championed while on the stump. He's still got the approval ratings to effect rapid change, and even if he didn't, the majority of Americans already believe "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" should be repealed.

So why the delay? Part of the reason is that the gay community, while irritated over the delay, isn't nearly as motivated by this issue as it is by marriage equality — where real change is being effected in progressive states without Obama. He has never been on the side of activists in the gay-marriage battle. While their energy is focused at the state level, there's no threat of massive uproar if he maintains the status quo on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" for now. To be fair, Obama is also facing foot-dragging on the part of the Department of Defense. In an ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulous, National Security Adviser General James Jones went to extreme, nervous lengths to explain just how complicated it would be to get all of the military top brass lined up to support Obama on this.

More immediately, Obama's upcoming Supreme Court nomination (or nominations) poses an obstacle. Two gay women are on the commonly cited short lists to replace David Souter, and already opponents are lining up to cause a stir — arguing that the appointment of a homosexual would mean putting a sure vote for gay marriage on the bench. It's hard to imagine Obama would appoint someone gay, no matter how hard LGBT activists push him on it. Yet pushing hard on hate crimes and "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" right now, just as gay marriage is gaining momentum nationally, would risk Republicans painting any nominee he picks as an "activist judge." Every hearing would be an opportunity for the GOP to try to scare moderate supporters away from Obama.

None of that, of course, changes the fact that Obama could get a bill to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" on the floor in Congress if it were really important to him. Gay activists and journalists alike are just coming to terms with the fact that, most likely, it isn't.

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Filed Under: barack obama, department of defense, don't ask don't tell, early and often, equal rites, gay marriage, gays, hate crimes, marraige equality, politics, supreme court

African-American Women Spend More on Beauty; Bulgari’s Fragrance Wins in Germany

MAKEUP
• African-American women spend $7.5 billion annually on beauty products, which is 80 percent more than the general market. The reason it's such a dramatic difference is attributed to the fact that African-American women have to sample more products to find the right ones for their skin. [WWD]

• William Lauder, the CEO and president of cosmetics giant Estée Lauder, is divorcing his wife, Karen, of 22 years. An extramarital affair that led to a child out of wedlock is said to be the cause of the split. [NYP]

• Popsicles serve as the latest summer-makeup inspiration in a Muse magazine spread. To do it yourself, paint your lids in strips of blue and line your lips in red for a July 4th patriotic look. [Pipeline/Refinery 29]

FRAGRANCE
• The Fragrance Foundation of Germany announced winners of the Duftstars Awards, which are the top honors for fragrances. Bulgari's Jasmin Noir won the women's prestige category, while Christian Dior's Dior Homme Sport took home top men's prestige honors. [Now Smell This]

NAILS
• Nail-color brand O.P.I. teamed up with Paige Premium Denim to create hues to match your nails to your jeans. Our favorite is named Over the Taupe, a mushroom shade of brown-gray, and it's summer's answer to the company's big winter hit, the deep gray called You Don't Know Jacques. [Makeup and Beauty Blog]

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Filed Under: beauty, beauty marks, bulgari, christian dior, fragrance, hair, makeup, muse magazine, nails

You Will Never See Al Roker on Dancing With the Stars

Al Roker wasn't too keen on his dancing abilities when we caught up with him last night at the American Ballet Theatre's 69th Annual Spring Gala. We tried to size up his moves, but he told us he would turn down a chance to go on Dancing With the Stars. "It would be more like Dancing With the Scars," he said. His wife Deborah Roberts, however, said she's much better at grooving than her husband. "But according to our daughter," she explained, "neither one of us should ever dance in public." View our Party Lines slideshow for more graceful anecdotes.

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Filed Under: al roker, american ballet theatre, dancing with the stars, deborah roberts, party lines

How Bad Will Kara DioGuardi’s American Idol Winner’s Song Be?

Without a doubt, the worst part of winning American Idol (besides being corralled into a Draconian recording contract from which you'll inevitably be dropped) is having to sing the schmaltzy earsore of a song that producers select to be the victor's first single (stinkers forced on previous champs have included "This Is My Now" and "Do I Make You Proud?"). This season's track, which will be sung by both contestants on the first part of this year's Idol finale tonight, is called "No Boundaries" — and was apparently co-written by none other than unpopular judge Kara DioGuardi! How bad will it be? Though we have nothing to base this on (apart from past history and the fact that Kara's the reason our DVR always cuts off the end of Fringe), we're going to guess BAAAAAD. What even rhymes with "boundaries," anyway?

“Idol” turns to Kara for winner’s first single [Reuters]

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Filed Under: adam lambert, american idol, kara dioguardi, kris allen, music, tv

There’s A New Best Day Ever On The Block

Putting a Price on Pop-ups

With the announcement of a slew of pop-up shops popping up almost daily — DecadesTwo at Kiki de Montparnasse, and Yohji Yamamoto's Coming Soon line, to name a few — this retail approach is a big trend for labels to make a quick buck. And tenants and landlords find the deal mutually beneficial. Renting a space in Soho costs $1,000 a day. That's the price of four discounted Botkier bags that were on sale at the company's recent pop-up sample sale in Soho, so you can just imagine what kind of revenue rolls in at these things. [WWD]

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Filed Under: pop culture, retail therapy, sales, shopping

How Your Trend-Story Sausage Gets Made

Ever wonder how it is that New York Times reporters always seem hip to cultural phenomena — man dates, child gourmands, orgasmic meditation, etc. — that seem to have little or no basis in the reality you inhabit? Perhaps you're just not talking to the right people — over and over again.

Yes, it seems that, like lazy journalists everywhere, Times scribes are given to playing dial-a-quote with their personal friends when hammering out a trend story on deadline. Take Los Angeles–based business and entertainment reporter Brooks Barnes. Last November, in a story about Disney's growth as a lifestyle brand, Barnes introduced us to "Lindsay Bern, a makeup artist for Smashbox Cosmetics."

[Bern] was so delighted with a lavender and silver tote bag that she received as a gift from a friend that she started using it immediately. Then, while on an airplane, a flight attendant commented on her ''Alice in Wonderland'' bag. ''I thought she was crazy until I started looking at it more closely, and, sure enough, there was a subtle Alice hiding in the design,'' Ms. Bern said.

Could this Lindsay Bern be the same person as the "avid moviegoer" who provided Barnes with the lede of a piece ten months earlier?

Ms. Bern, the co-owner of a Los Angeles recording studio, has recently become irritated by what she sees as a disturbing trend on the big screen: the obliteration of New York City.
In particular, she has been annoyed by ''I Am Legend,'' the Warner Brothers hit that stars Will Smith in a post-apocalyptic Manhattan, and ''Cloverfield,'' the Paramount film about a monster that implodes the Empire State Building, tears down the Brooklyn Bridge and generally reduces the city to a smoking pile of rubble and despair.
''Can't they destroy another city for once?'' Ms. Bern said in an interview at a local movie theater. ''It's despicable that the studios are using the destruction of New York to sell movies to me.''

And could it be the same Lindsay Bern as the "25-year-old teacher" who, a few years before that, supplied the lede of a Barnes piece in The Wall Street Journal, this one about people who gave up their diets after 9/11?

"If it could all end tomorrow, why am I obsessing over something so shallow?" Bern wonders. She had fudge for breakfast recently. Dinner one night was Popeye's thighs and drumsticks dipped in ranch dressing. "Tomorrow," she said, "I'm thinking corn dogs."

Indeed, it could, considering that Bern and Barnes went to college together in Milwaukee, where Barnes profiled her for the local paper, the Journal-Sentinel.

And while Barnes doesn't quote her in today's trend story on Los Angeles residents who are throttling back their consumerism in light of the recession while still continuing to spend lots of money (or something like that), he does cite the words of one "Chuck Garric, who plays bass for Alice Cooper and Billy Bob Thornton," and who is saving money by eschewing valet parking. Garric, as it happens, is also the sometime owner of the VoiceTrax West recording studio, whose website pictures him with his "partner and fiancee, Milwaukee native Lindsay Bern."

We asked Barnes whether the need to keep relying on the same college friend to support his various theses might suggest a certain, um, insubstantiality to the trends in question. His response:

I think I’ve quoted Lindsay three times over 10 years as a reporter at the WSJ and the NYT, which seems hardly out of line, and in every case she happened to be doing something pertinent to the story. If you have any other questions about my writing, please contact my editor.

At least Barnes has the good manners to credit the friends he leans on for help — unlike a certain other Times writer.

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Filed Under: brooks barnes, ink-stained wretches, new york times, trend stories

Source: Daily Intel | 19 May 2009 | 9:50 pm

Shoppers Evidently Have an Appetite for Thom Browne’s Man Skirt

Discount shopping site Gilt Groupe is currently hosting a Thom Browne sale. Browne's skirt suit, which retailed for $4,370 but was marked down to $1,288, has already sold out. So presumably some men not only yearn to add skirts to their wardrobes, but they're willing to spend four figures to do so. The sale ends at midnight tonight; non-skirted items are still available and expensive. [Racked]

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Filed Under: designers, gilte groupe, men are the new women, sales, thom browne

Source: The Cut | 19 May 2009 | 9:45 pm

'The Story of My Life' Cast Album Available on iTunes (Playbill)

Playbill - The PS Classics Broadway cast recording of the Drama Desk Award-nominated musical The Story of My Life, featuring Will Chase and Malcolm Gets, gets a digital release on iTunes May 19 prior to its street date of June 2.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 19 May 2009 | 9:34 pm

Thieves Raid Rachel Bilson's Closet

Rachel Bilson is experiencing a fashionista's worst nightmare: a burglar raiding her closet. The O.C. starlet was in Canada with fiancé Hayden Christensen when the robbery of...

Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 19 May 2009 | 9:33 pm

'Idol' Finale Down To The Wire

Kris Allen "won" the first round of the "American Idol" finale, but the force of nature known as Adam Lambert bounced back to tie it all up.

Source: Billboard.com | 19 May 2009 | 9:31 pm

How Much Would You Pay to Meet Jason Wu, André, Tim, or DVF?

Jason Wu.

Here's a way to get an insider's view of the fashion world and do some good at the same time. A slew of designers and insiders are offering up packages and lunches for auction at CharityBuzz.com, with the proceeds benefiting the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights. Some of the juicier items up for bid: Two tickets to Jason Wu's spring 2010 show, plus tea with the designer (how civilized) at Bergdorf (bidding currently at $525). Want to know what it's like to work in fashion? Now you can! Diane Von Furstenberg is offering a month-long internship in PR, marketing, design, or sales (bidding is at $525). Tim Gunn will take you and a friend to lunch in Bryant Park (bidding is at $1,200). André Leon Talley's package is the biggest and best: The editor will welcome one person for a day during Fashion Week to accompany him to four shows and meet the designers ($6,100). There are a total of 39 fashion-related items up for bid until the end of the month, so start clicking, people. [CharityBuzz]

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Filed Under: andre leon talley, auctions, diane von furstenberg, jason wu, tim gunn, up for auction

Source: The Cut | 19 May 2009 | 9:30 pm

First Look at V Will Please Everyone But Jeffrey Katzenberg

When it comes to ABC's highly anticipated reboot of the seminal V series, our curiosity knows no bounds. We already know that Juliet Elizabeth Mitchell will be portraying one of the leaders of the human resistance, but the one nagging question that's been haunting us in our sleep is who ABC found to fill Jane Badler's kinky leather boots as Diana, the evil queen of the mouse-eating lizard people. Well, thanks to a timely report filed at the upfronts by the Hollywood Reporter's infallible James Hibberd, we not only learned that the role goes to Brazilian actress Morena Baccarin, but we also got our first taste of how this newfangled pilot will feel. In the following clip, we watch as Juliet Elizabeth Mitchell and a crowd of onlookers take in the first alien broadcast beamed down from one of the mammoth alien spacecrafts hovering above the world's largest cities. In a twist that's sure to dishearten Jeffrey Katzenberg, it appears that the alien vessels from a distant galaxy seem to be eschewing 3-D technology in favor of 1080p broadcasts.

Video: ABC's creepy 'V' remake [Live Feed/HR]

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Filed Under: abc, elizabeth mitchell, entertainment, mouse-eating lizard people, reboots, tv, v

Source: Vulture | 19 May 2009 | 9:30 pm

'78: Book recalls busing, baseball in Boston (AP)

AP - "'78: The Boston Red Sox, a Historic Game, and a Divided City" (New American Library, 310 pages, $24.95), by Bill Reynolds: In the entire star-crossed history of the Boston Red Sox, perhaps no single swing of a bat caused more angst among the team's loyal fans than one taken by Bucky Dent in a playoff at Fenway Park on Oct. 2, 1978.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 19 May 2009 | 9:27 pm

Marc Indelicato’s Favorite New Yorker Is Jill Zarin

Name: Mark Indelicato
Age: 14
Neighborhood: Upper East Side
Occupation: Actor, co-star on Ugly Betty (season finale Thursday night on ABC!)

Who’s your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Jill Zarin. [Ed: Excellent answer.]

What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in New York?
Breakfast at Good Enough to Eat on the Upper West Side.

In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
I go to the set and make beautiful television magic.

Would you still live here on a $35,000 salary?
No way.

What’s the last thing you saw on Broadway?
West Side Story.

Do you give money to panhandlers?
Only the ones who are REALLY homeless.

What’s your drink?
Root beer? … I don't drink yet.

How often do you prepare your own meals?
A lot; the recession has been holding back our eating-out abilities.

What’s your favorite medication?
ADVIL! Lifesaver.

What’s hanging above your sofa?
Nothing now; waiting to get a painting for it.

How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
For a guy, $85. I guess for a girl it's different — haha.

When’s bedtime?
Hmmm ... About 10:30 on a school night.

Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
Old one, because it was less crowded.

What do you think of Donald Trump?
I don’t really follow him, but he’s rich!

What do you hate most about living in New York?
I don’t really hate anything, but if I had to choose I would say how expensive cabs are.

Who is your mortal enemy?
I can't say! I don’t want this person to read it and see their name!

When’s the last time you drove a car?
When I was 4, my dad let me "help" him back out of the driveway, but I'm amazing at driving golf carts.

How has the Wall Street crash affected you?
Fewer shopping sprees, not going out to eat dinner as much, and fewer cabs.

Times, Post, or Daily News?
Post all the way.

What makes someone a New Yorker?
I guess if you're independent, not afraid of much, and extremely stylish, that makes you a pretty good candidate for being a New Yorker.

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Filed Under: 21 questions, marc indelicato, ugly betty

Source: Daily Intel | 19 May 2009 | 9:25 pm

TRAILER MIX: Aliens In The Attic Proves Once Again That Matrix Parodies Will Never Die

The trailer for the new (only?) non-musical Ashley Tisdale movie, Aliens in the Attic, is on the web, and while the majority of the preview looks like a harmless, halfhearted Monsters vs. Aliens knock-off with kids instead of monsters, one segment rises up and keeps Hollywood's 10-year streak of Matrix parodies going strong: 1:29 - 1:42: Straight-up, slo-mo backflipping, loud-punch-sound-effect Matrix-style kung fu goodness. Surprisingly, there's no freeze-frame where the camera rotates around the fighters 180 degrees, but I'm just assuming that's also in the movie somewhere. From Shrek to Charlie's Angels to Alvin and the Chipmunks, I heartily congratulate you, Hollywood, on ten amazing years of uninterrupted Matrix parodies -- with a little luck, and a dozen more films from the Epic Movie dudes, I think you'll make it to your silver:
Source: Best Week Ever | 19 May 2009 | 9:25 pm

Chace Crawford set for 'Footloose'

Front Page: 'Gossip Girl' actor to star in Paramount remake -- Chace Crawford has signed on to star in Paramount Pictures' remake of "Footloose."

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 19 May 2009 | 9:11 pm

A Luxury Renaissance Is Upon Us

Marc and Lorenzo, Kate, and Anna shall lead the way.

W magazine brought together editors and fashion executives this morning to discuss new research about the recessionary spending habits of luxury consumers. W publisher Nina Lawrence said the luxury-goods industry has been hit harder than the retail market, which has never happened before. And truly rich people — not aspirational consumers, but those wealthy enough to be unaffected by the economy — are excited by this. "They enjoy the idea that luxury will return to being not for everybody. It won't be as accessible," Lawrence explained. "Luxury is becoming luxury again and we're actually entering a luxury renaissance. And the aspirational consumer won't be invited in." Well, then!

The luxury market peaked in 2007 at $27 billion, Lawrence said. But last month, the luxury market was down 23 percent, while total U.S. sales were only down 11 percent. Now, a quarter of all consumers — "fashion-passionate or not" — say they "don't think they'll return to previous habits." But Lawrence was skeptical of a spending cutback by truly rich consumers. "If you're on a starvation diet, at some point in time you have to eat," she said. While 57 percent polled said they feel guilty about purchasing luxury goods, that hasn't stopped them from doing so. "They must be going shopping and then going for a little confession at mass or something. Their shopping habits aren't seeing a huge difference," Lawrence added. Less money is being spent, however, due to sales. (Thank you, Saks Fifth Avenue.)

Karl Lagerfeld may have said bling is out. But in a bold defiance, Lawrence says it most certainly is not. Consumers may feel like they should spend practically. "But what's selling in stores right now? Crazy-high platform shoes; giant, big fashion statements. Not classic things," Lawrence said. Of poll respondents, 88 percent said they want their purchases to make them feel not modest, but "glamorous and strong." If they sound befuddled, that's because they are. "Luxury consumers continue to confuse want with need — and this is a good thing!" Lawrence said. Well, good for magazines like W, which, you may have heard, doesn't focus on necessities. "If you were to take the celebration and beauty of fashion ... you're just trying to sell an $800 shoe or a $1,600 handbag without the celebration!" But of course — you're not just buying an item, you're paying for a party. And with that, we went for a second serving at the spectacular breakfast buffet — guilt-free!

Read more posts by Mike Vilensky

Filed Under: confessions of the rich, economy, shopping, w

Source: The Cut | 19 May 2009 | 9:10 pm

President Obama Is Bowing to People Again!

What are we looking at here?

1. A small child is helping Obama perform his back-stretching exercises.
2. Obama is submissively bowing to another world leader.
3. Obama is being inspected for lice by the world's most precocious dermatologist.
4. Obama is indulging the son of a White House staffer who wanted to see if the president's hair felt like his.

The answer: 4. Unless you helped deliver a litter of baby kittens, that should probably be the most heartwarming thing you've seen all day.

The President's hair [Ben Smith/Politico]

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Filed Under: barack obama, bowing, kittens, photo op

Source: Daily Intel | 19 May 2009 | 9:00 pm

Old-Man Baby Joins Cast of Judd Apatow’s Funny People

Two weeks ago, we found out that Judd Apatow's forthcoming cancer comedy Funny People would carry a 150-minute running time. Today, via this new TV commercial, the world learns the movie will also feature Adam Sandler as a terrifying old-man baby. So, the question must be asked: Is Apatow making his Benjamin Button? To a certain extent, all Apatow protagonists are backwards-aging old-man babies who mature, typically over the span of 90 minutes, from farting bromantics into still-farting bromantics with girlfriends — so is this just a subtle wink? Or does Apatow secretly imagine himself capable of epic, Gump-style heart-warmers? Or maybe he's just trying to help R&B singers beat future sex charges.

Two More Hilarious TV Spots for Judd Apatow’s Funny People [/Film]

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Source: Vulture | 19 May 2009 | 8:45 pm

Gossip Girl Spinoff Officially Dead

After much back-and-forth over the fate of Lily (Or, as we like to call it, The Adventures of Bullwinkle), the much-anticipated CW spinoff of Gossip Girl is finally, officially dead. EW gossip faun Michael Ausiello reports that the CW announced it during the run-up to its Upfront event here in New York on Thursday. (Also discontinued will be Privileged, but in its place will be the new version of Melrose Place.) Sad as we are to lose all of the insights we were going to better understand — the facial features and daddy issues drilled into Lily during her teenage years — this is really probably for the best. After five minutes of watching Andrew McCarthy play a spineless preppy dad in the eighties, as opposed to a spineless preppy teenager, we knew the world would not be right if the show continued.

'Without a Trace,' 'Privileged,' canceled, 'Gossip' spin-off DOA [Ausiello Files/EW]

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Filed Under: andrew mccarthy, gossip girl, lily van der woodsen, the adventures of bullwinkle, the greatest show of our time, upfronts

Source: Daily Intel | 19 May 2009 | 8:42 pm

WHO IS MORE FABULOUS: Adam Lambert vs. Zarf

Recently, on one of our weekly American Idol recaps, a commenter pointed out Adam Lambert's striking similarity to BWE.tv's former most famous singing satyr, All My Children's Zarf. We gave a small laugh and pushed that thought aside while watching fan-made Youtube videos of Adam's stranger, way way way gayer days. "Imagine that... Zarf!" our brains phsawed, and about our daily Lamberting we went. But the thoughts persisted. Surely, Adam Lambert was the most fabulous thing to ever happen to prime time television. But was he possibly more fabulous than Zarf, the chicken-cutlet-wearing, fake-British-accent-sounding transsexual who turned All My Children into a rousing drama of Shakespearean proportions? This seemed like a quandry that needed loads and loads of investigating. So we ask you, the readers: WHO IS MORE FABULOUS: Adam Lambert vs. Zarf? Ahead, we've pitted the two against each other, using some of our favorite Zarf clips against some or the rarer Lambert performances. Let the flames begin. ROUND 1: AND WE MEET ZARF - THE FIRST BREAKDOWN: This is the monologue that started it all... the slinky slip, the big, masculine hands. All it requires of you is to do one simple thing: LOOK AT HIM.
ADAM LAMBERT - THE FIRST BREAKDOWN. This video culled from the bowels of the internet shows a pre-Idol Lambert trying to sway a local crowd with a delightful performance of "Gotta Get Thru This." It's light on the robot, but heavy on the fabulous. NOTE: Please remove all dogs from the room before playing. WINNER: ZARF. Frankly, nothing could beat that monologue. It's Smithsonian worthy.

ROUND 2: TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS ZARF: SINGS A LADY TO SLEEP: Creepy. But soft. And sweet. Like a serial killer who murders with kindness.
ADAM LAMBERT: FEELING GOOD: Oh hale naw. Nobody sways their hips down a long flight of lit up steps like Lambert, NOBODY. WINNER: Lambert.

ROUND 3: MOMENTOUS SONGS ADAM LAMBERT - IT'S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE TO YESTERDAY: This video of a young Lambert regaling his high school class with a version of our favorite Boys II Men song at his high school graduation proves a couple of things: 1. He's always been orangey, 2. He ate his feelings, and 3. His classmates hated gay people. If my ass was there I would have been front row, hands clasped, weeping, NOT snapping my gum and picking grass out of my toes. ZARF - YOU RAISE ME UP: Sung at a funeral, Zarf really shows us his true colors. The audience here is only slightly more upset than the above graduating class. And while the circumstances might account for Zarf's cracking voice, we still would have rather heard Mariah's version of "Open Arms" (which shall be played at our own funeral, as from the POV of GOD).
WINNER: Lambert. Just by sheer talent.

ROUND 4: THE MUSIC VIDEO ZARF - THE ME INSIDE: Here is Zarf's fabulous official music video, "The Me Inside", filmed on location at a sailor yard somewhere in Brooklyn. Bonus points for bravery.
Zarf s Final Word - The Me Inside ADAM LAMBERT - KISS AND TELL: Before American Idol, Adam Lambert released a song called "Kiss and Tell". And it's a real shame that Adam does not live in Estonia, as this song would have been a SHOE-IN to win the Eurovision competition. Taken together with this fan-created music video, this might be the only -- and we mean ONLY -- thing more fabulous than Zarf's "The Me Inside" music video. WINNER: Oh snap y'all... WE CAN'T DECIDE. OUR BRAINS ARE NO LONGER OF THE FUNCTIONING KIND. TELL US WHO YOU THINK IS MORE FABULOUS IN THE COMMENTS!!
Source: Best Week Ever | 19 May 2009 | 8:38 pm

Roseblood, Myriad team on Ellis pic

Front Page: Writer to pen original screenplay -- Myriad Pictures and RKO Pictures' genre division, the Roseblood Movie Co., are teaming to co-finance and produce a film based on an original screenplay by Bret Easton Ellis.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 19 May 2009 | 8:32 pm

Marvel Rolls Dice, Casts No-names for Thor

Despite rumors that had everyone from Shia LaBeouf to Josh Hartnett being cast in Kenneth Branagh's version of Thor, two virtual unknowns will instead be handed the keys to the Marvel franchise. Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, whom you might recall from the opening scene of Star Trek, will play the Norse superhero, and Tom Hiddleston has been cast as his nemesis, Loki. Let's hope they follow the J.J. Abrams route and put the money they saved in casting straight to special effects. [DHD]

Read more posts by Mark Graham

Filed Under: casting couch, chris hemsworth, kenneth branagh, marvel, thor, tom hiddleston

Source: Vulture | 19 May 2009 | 8:15 pm

WATCH: Heath Ledger's Last Performance

Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 8:00 pm

The Best Week Ever Tweet Up Is TONIGHT!

One last reminder-- TONIGHT is the Best Week Ever Tweet Up. Paul F. Tompkins, Doug Benson, Chuck Nice, BWE producers, fans and special guests will be hanging out at Professor Thom's in New York City. We hope to see you there (tweeting is, of course, optional!). Where: Professor Thom's, 219 2nd Ave at 13th Street, East Village, NYC. Must be 21 and older to enter. When: Tuesday May 19th, 7-10 pm. For more info, check out the invite after the jump.
Source: Best Week Ever | 19 May 2009 | 7:54 pm

Excerpt: Larry King's big gamble

I was thirty-seven years old. (In 1971). I had no job. I had a couple hundred thousand dollars in debts. And a four-year-old daughter. I'd take Chaia to our secret park on our visiting days. That's when the pain cut the deepest -- looking at my daughter and knowing I had no way to support her.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 7:52 pm

PHOTOS: H'wood's Globetrotting Tots

These kids travel and dress in style-- just like their famous parents.
Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 7:45 pm

NBC Upfronts: Ben Silverman Declares War on Repeats, Makes Peace With Obama

Sadly, the impeccably eyebrowed bluesman Ben Silverman didn't decide to dial into this morning's conference call with his harmonica-playing sidekick Fisher Stevens in tow. However, we are happy to report that Silverman successfully managed to reset his alarm clock after yesterday's earthquake in Los Angeles and, for once, remembered to show up for an important meeting. And it even seems he had time to down a cup of coffee before the proceedings, as he was in top Silvermanian form during the call. When he wasn't being pressed to answer the tough questions, he found time to declare war on repeats, praise TV critic Alan Sepinwall, and respond to an inquiry from noted Silverman basher (and Vulture buddy) Nikki Finke with a well-timed Obama joke!

Although news that NBC had officially renewed Chuck for a third season leaked out yesterday, Silverman found the time to sneak in a shout-out to New Jersey Star-Ledger television columnist Alan Sepinwall during the call for his instrumental role in saving the program ("Our core audience, and the online community, that is, Alan Sepinwall of the New Jersey Star-Ledger, drove people to demand that Chuck be picked up. Unlike everybody else, we listen to both our audience and our advertiser and are able to make decisions collectively"). And when Nikki Finke threw an off-speed pitch Silverman's way by asking the white-tiger enthusiast if he was perturbed by President Barack Obama's repeated insistence on interrupting the network's prime-time objectives with his frequent press conferences, Silverman joked that NBC "has shared the fall schedule" with President Obama "and he's really excited about the Winter Olympics."

But perhaps most interesting, the cost-slashing Silverman seems to be making good on his promise that NBC would commit to airing new (albeit wildly inexpensive) programs year-round. Because NBC's winter TV schedule will be interrupted for two weeks in February when the 2010 Winter Games roll around, Beijing Ben explained that "you'll be seeing deeper and richer ordering patterns throughout these years to stay in originals ... What we've seen is repeats don't work anymore." We can hardly wait to see how Moonvest responds!

NBC announces its fall and midseason lineups [Show Tracker/LAT]
Primetime Pilot Panic: NBC Talks 'Chuck', 'Medium', 'Earl', 'Leno', And Obama [DHD]

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Filed Under: alan sepinwall, ben silverman, entertainment, les moonves, moonvest, nbc, nikki finke, tv, upfronts, winter olympics

Source: Vulture | 19 May 2009 | 7:45 pm

Love and money plays out on Upper East Side (AP)

AP - "The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund" (Dutton, 290 pages. $25.95), by Jill Kargman: Readers of "The Ex-Mrs. Hedgefund" will be disappointed if they expect to find out exactly what it is that hedge funds are designed to hedge against.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 19 May 2009 | 7:35 pm

Blur Eyeing U.S., European Dates

Reformed U.K. rock act Blur is looking to add U.S. and European shows to its run of U.K. dates and festival appearances.

Source: Billboard.com | 19 May 2009 | 7:27 pm

Michael Jackson’s Concert Stocked With Dancers Just Old Enough to Not Be Molested

Exclusive footage has been released of thousands of dancing hopefuls auditioning to become one of Michael Jackson's back-up dancers for his upcoming British concert extravaganza, the "This Is It" Tour. If you can forget for just a second that these teenagers may have just been toddlers themselves the very day MJ cracked open a can of Jesus Juice, it's actually a pretty uplifting video: Dreams, Realized, Crushed, Broken, Discovered, Uplifted, Downtrodden. (I'll stop.) But throughout, there is that familiar underlying stench of necrophilia associated with MJ. Just when you feel pulled into one young person's journey, the camera cuts to Michael, sitting in the audience looking like Natalie Portman in The Professional only younger; and in case you've forgotten that the King of Pop can actually, you know... talk... there's always 1:09, where we hear Michael's glorious voice, which is not entirely unlike another famous Michael J.: Fox. If you don't have a spare 9 minutes to through people hearts getting crushed, then fast forward to 8:20, where Michael himself walks into an all male dancer's rehearsal to a smattering of bewildered applause. Then they all "Woah Bundy" each other. (Which is definitely a euphemism for sex, no doubt.) Point being? HE LIVES:
Source: Best Week Ever | 19 May 2009 | 6:54 pm

TRAILER MIX: Sherlock Holmes Contains More Slo-Mo, Explosions, Naked RDJ Than The Stories

The trailer for the Robert Downey Jr. Sherlock Holmes is out, and poses the question: was Sherlock Holmes a crime-solving detective, or a shirtless, slow-motion boxing action hero who makes James Bond look like a desk cop? The movie still looks fun enough, and RDJ's charisma is enough to overcome the ridiculousness of hearing him speak in a British accent, so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. Three particular trailer moments of note: 1:07 - 1:09 = ??? 1:54 = That's the best "sexy chick getting undressed even though it's PG-13 so you know you won't see anything" trailer moment they could come up with? Laaaame. 1:59 - 2:00 = ???
Source: Best Week Ever | 19 May 2009 | 6:25 pm

Fugitive android, time-traveling songstress

Janelle Monae is a girl from another planet, and she's invading your world.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 6:16 pm

Hugh Jackman Picking Up Poop Slightly More Entertaining Than Wolverine

After the jump, four more Jackman/dog crap pics. If you scroll through them really fast, it's like looking ahead to Wolverine 2: Wolf-Dad In The Suburbs: Like most people, Hugh Jackman dresses like Elvis Costello when he picks up after his dog: ...And the adorable dog moneyshot:
Source: Best Week Ever | 19 May 2009 | 6:00 pm

Ryan Reynolds to Betty White: “Why Don’t You Suck a Hot C*ck?”

A few things: 1. Despite what some of us thought of The Proposal's familiar-looking movie poster, the trailer for the film convinced some others among us (me) to summon up a big group of friends for opening night (go alone) and laugh the laugh heard so often in adorable romantic comedies (sob). 2. I like Sandra Bullock. And Ryan Reynolds. (I SAID IT OK!) Are they Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant? No, they aren't. But they'll do. 3. For those still on the fence about this film, we present this promo video featuring LIVING AMERICAN LEGEND BETTY WHITE (co-starring in the film), who is confronted by on-set enemy Ryan Reynolds. Curse words are exchanged. We're not sure if Betty is one of the "lucid" remaining Golden Girls or one of the "not all there" ones, but either way, you need to see this if only to hear someone tell Betty White to go "suck a hot c*ck."

Source: Best Week Ever | 19 May 2009 | 5:45 pm

Best and worst of 'Idol'

We pick the six best and six worst performances of Season Eight of 'American Idol' and show you what you may have missed.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 5:43 pm

Jim Carrey to play gay jail-break romance

US actor Jim Carrey, seen here in front of the Carlton palace, told a Cannes audience Monday he felt "compelled" to take on the role of a gay conman in the jail-break romance "I Love You Phillip Morris"...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 19 May 2009 | 5:41 pm

Nintendo returns to the ring with 'Punch-Out!!' (AP)

AP - In the early 1980s, after Muhammad Ali retired, boxing was losing its mojo. It took two larger-than-life brawlers to bring star power back to the ring: Mike Tyson and Little Mac.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 19 May 2009 | 5:14 pm

WATCH: Review: Eminem's 'Relapse'

Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 5:14 pm

Jessica Biel: It's Hard to Be Beautiful

Jessica Biel says despite her hot career that being beautiful has caused her 'problems' in Hollywood
Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2009 | 5:06 pm

Georgia Man Arrested in Fatal Shooting of Rapper Dolla

A Georgia man has been arrested for investigation of murder in the fatal shooting of Atlanta-based rapper Dolla
Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2009 | 4:59 pm

New Twilight Poster A Solid 0.1% Improvement Over Fake, Fan-Made Poster

On the left, the half-assed fan-made Twilight: New Moon poster that was floating around the internet a couple months ago. On the right, the REAL full-assed Twilight: New Moon poster released by the studio, floating around the internet today. Notice the amazing officialness of the improved one on the right! Whoooahoa!!! Could you imagine if the REAL poster had just been shirtless Robert Pattinson?? How terrible would that have been?? Instead it's a really exciting action shot of all three main cast members looking off to the side sharply in a dark, floaty Bob Ross forest. Now it is literally a movie!
Source: Best Week Ever | 19 May 2009 | 4:55 pm

Knut the polar bear

Two German zoos took a battle to court Tuesday over revenues generated from a cuddly polar bear cub named Knut, seen here in February 2009, who became a global superstar and serious money-spinner after...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 19 May 2009 | 4:50 pm

WATCH: Whoopi: 'Get Off My Phone!'

Source: ABC News: Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 4:47 pm

Summer Tour Preview

U2, Metallica, Green Day and more ? inside 20 of the season's biggest tours Next Despite doomsday visions of the recession gutting the tour business, the summer season is thick with acts hoping to make it big in a weak economy. Many — Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd, Nine Inch Nails & Jane's Addiction, and Bob Dylan's triple bill with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp — are fighting to keep ticket prices low. Others — including U2, Aerosmith and Coldplay — are mixing...

Source: Rolling Stone: Features | 19 May 2009 | 4:17 pm

Rapper Dolla shot, killed at L.A. mall

A rapper was fatally shot Monday afternoon at a shopping mall in Los Angeles.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 4:08 pm

Music Review: Jarvis Cocker returns with 2nd CD (AP)

AP - Jarvis Cocker, "Further Complications" (Rough Trade)

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 19 May 2009 | 4:00 pm

Report: Alex Rodriguez and Kate Hudson Make Out at Restauran

A staffer at the restaurant said the two were there celebrating the Yanks' win against the Minnesota Twins
Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2009 | 3:46 pm

New "Terminator" no fun without Schwarzenegger (Reuters)

Reuters - The latest chapter in the successful cyborg series following 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines" -- and the first sans Schwarzenegger -- "Terminator Salvation" doesn't skimp on all that crunching heavy metal.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 19 May 2009 | 3:27 pm

'Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus' for sale

It rained in Cannes on Friday, and for that, Michael Mendelsohn was thankful.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 3:15 pm

Shields upset over mom's tabloid date

Brooke Shields is upset with a tabloid reporter over an incident involving the actress' elderly mother.

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 19 May 2009 | 3:13 pm

CBS tops Monday night ratings

Front Page: Young adults tune in to 'Two and a Half Men' -- Fox and CBS were the standout networks in the about-to-conclude television season, one in which the broadcasters overall lost more ground to cable.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 19 May 2009 | 3:12 pm

Echo And The Bunnymen's 'Ocean Rain' Headed To Space

Seminal British post-punk group Echo and The Bunnymen are going to space. Well, their critically acclaimed album "Ocean Rain" is, at least.

Source: Billboard.com | 19 May 2009 | 2:51 pm

NBC cuts fall season in two

Front Page: Shows to be rotated in and out of time periods -- NBC is splitting the next TV season into two halves, making good on its promise to rotate shows.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 19 May 2009 | 2:00 pm

Anna Faris Sex Texts and Sends Inappropriate Message to a Sm

Anna Faris embodies the all-American good girl vibe, but it turns out that the bubbly blonde and her beau had quite a mischievous little lovin' tradition
Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2009 | 1:37 pm

American Idol' Finales: From Sensational to Snoozefests

Almost every season finale of 'Idol'has presented viewers with a stark choice, with added drama coming from the unpredictability of the voters
Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2009 | 1:06 pm

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Leave Heads Rolling On The Road

Yeah Yeah Yeahs are still actively working "Zero," the first single from their new album, "It's Blitz," and the group's Nick Zinner says the band will stay on that surprising, synthesizer-driven path when it rolls out the next single, "Heads Will Roll."

Source: Billboard.com | 19 May 2009 | 1:01 pm

Reality Check: Shawn Johnson Ties With Gilles Marini

Which duos tied for first place on the last performance of 'Dancing With the Stars'?
Source: FOXNews.com | 19 May 2009 | 12:34 pm

Rapper Dolla Struggled For Hip-Hop Success

Rapper Dolla, born Roderick Anthony Burton II, was shot and killed while waiting in the valet area of the Beverly Center mall in Los Angeles on Monday (May 18). He was 21.

Source: Billboard.com | 19 May 2009 | 12:21 pm

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