AP - Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of May 18-24. Day and start time (EST) are in parentheses: Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 29 May 2009 | 12:46 pm
AP - Burberry, the global-based British clothing brand, brought London weather to New York for the launch of its American headquarters appropriate for a company known for its high-end rain gear.
Burberry, the global-based British clothing brand, brought London weather to New York for the launch of its American headquarters _ appropriate for a company known for its high-end rain... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 29 May 2009 | 12:11 pm
AP - Six years ago, Phil Spector was barely a blip on the American celebrity radar screen. Although his music lived on, his name and face were only dimly recalled by rock music aficionados until a shooting at his Alhambra mansion propelled him to notoriety.
Plastic models of "The Beatles" on display at the a new museum dedicated to the Beatles which has opened in Hamburg, 49 years after the band first played in a run-down strip club in the German city. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 29 May 2009 | 9:07 am
A new museum dedicated to the Beatles opened in Hamburg on Friday, 49 years since the band, at that time a five-piece with no Ringo Starr, first played in a run-down strip club in the... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 29 May 2009 | 9:07 am
A judge for the "Britain's Got Talent" television program says singer Susan Boyle briefly considered pulling out of this weekend's final because the pressure was getting to her. Judge... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 29 May 2009 | 8:57 am
A surprise invitation from Trent Reznor resulted in Street Sweeper Social Club -- the new group formed by Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine, Audioslave, the Nightwatchman) and the Coup's Boots Riley -- getting an earlier than expected public airing.
Candy Spelling's one pissed-off mother.
Know how she just sold out her daughter yet again, by intimating to the world that naughty Tori caused Aaron Spelling's...
Smoking in youth-rated movies has not declined despite a pledge two years ago by Hollywood studios to encourage producers to show less "gratuitous smoking," according to an anti-smoking group.
(Reuters) Reuters - HBO Films' "Into the Storm" succeeds on several levels, but chief among them is the performance of Brendan Gleeson as Winston Churchill. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 29 May 2009 | 1:39 am
Singer Rihanna cleared her schedule to testify next month in the case against singer Chris Brown, who is charged with brutally beating her earlier this year, her lawyer said.
Don't be surprised if Justin Timberlake shows up at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday.
His Saturday Night Live buddy and frequent collaborator, Andy Samberg, will make his debut as...
As far as Nicole Richie's concerned, her family unit is just fine the way it is. (And how cute is little Harlow?)
"Of course when I was a little girl, you dream about getting...
You may vaguely recall from several months ago a leaked audio clip of Terminator Salvation star Christian Bale offering some constructive criticism to the film's director of photography. Bale later apologized for the outburst, and everyone forgot the whole thing had ever happened. In a new interview, however, beleaguered Terminator director McG claims that Bale's rant was entirely his fault, and that his perfection-seeking directing style simply got the better of him:
“I’m to blame for the whole thing ... In a great many ways this is a war movie so I’m on the set getting in Christian’s face saying, 'You’d better get your fucking shit together and you’d better fire up and make me believe your life is in danger, now get off your fucking ass, Christian, and go and show me something.’ Now that’s going to get him fired up in the spirit of creating a real life and death performance and that’s never meant to get outside that arena."
Front Page: Endeavor, WMA reps bond ahead of bow -- Even as the shakeout from the Endeavor-WMA merger continues, leaders of the newly minted WME are planning to move aggressively next week to begin running the company as a unified entity.
One of the most astounding moments in the 60 Minutes outtakes of Morley Safer's piece on Anna Wintour was when she describes the people she saw on a trip to Minnesota as "little houses." Apparently The September Issue, which documents the creation of the September 2008 issue of Vogue, has similarly amusing footage, according to Fashion Week Daily's detailed synopsis of the film. One of creative director Grace Coddington's spreads is killed, and she decides to use the documentary's cameraman in the reshoot:
The result: an image of the cameraman, jumping with his camera, and Caroline Trentini, jumping in front of the camera. Anna like [sic] it, but points out the cameraman's paunch. "It needs a little bit of retouching," she says. "You need to go to the gym!" Grace is indignant. "Everybody isn't perfect in this world," she says after Anna has left the room. "It's enough that the models are perfect. You don't need to go to the gym."
Anna has also let her right-hand man André Leon Talley know he is no stick figure.
Cut to André Leon Talley, getting out of a car with a Louis Vuitton towel slung around his neck, a Louis Vuitton tennis racquet case in one hand, and a Louis Vuitton gym bag in another. He hits a few balls with an instructor. "Ms. Wintour inaugurated me into health," he says. "She saved my life I guess, in the long term. I was intervened about three years ago to lose weight. Naturally, what Ms. Wintour says goes, so I took up tennis."
So she forced André Leon Talley into tennis — one of her favorite sports! Man, the image of André playing tennis with all his Louis stuff has us in fits already. We can't wait for this to come out in theaters in September. Until which time we will consume only air and Diet Coke.
How are we really supposed to know that American Idol wasn't rigged? Are we just supposed to trust Fox and its cronies?
—Jimmy, via the Answer B!tch inbox
You mean...
When tracks from Eminem's Relapse LP began leaking back in December, there was certainly some early cause for concern. After all, "Number One" sounded a lot like number two to us, and the song and video for "We Made You" had us wondering whether Em had let his Us Weekly subscription expire back in 2005. Well, now that we've spent a few weeks with the LP as a whole, we definitely think that it's a return to form for Shady after the middling disappointment that was Encore. And it turns out America concurs, as Relapse became the fastest-selling record of 2009 when it moved some 606,000 units last week.
Impressively, Eminem's first-week sales figures are the highest since AC/DC teamed up with Wal-Mart back in October to sell 784,000 copies of Black Ice, and were only down about 15 percent from what he was able to do in 2004 when Encore debuted. They also helped propel him to the No. 10 position on the running list of artists who have sold the most records since the advent of Soundscan in 1991; Em has now sold 33,951,000 records over the course of his ten-plus–year career, which jumps him up above other huge sellers like U2 and Shania Twain (um, and Kenny G).
Meanwhile, in a spot of semi-depressing music-industry news, over 177,000 people downloaded the version of "Don't Stop Believing" from Glee last week. We're okay with that, just as long as no other television shows or movies try to pull the same stunt for the next ten years.
The second-most eyebrow-raising aspect of murky Russian financier Valery Kogan's internationally infamous 26-toileted Greenwich mansion is its insistent rock-and-roll theme: statues of "guitar gods" around the pool and a marble patio shaped like a Gibson Les Paul. Now we know exactly where this madness is coming from. Valery's son, Alex Kogan, is a singer-songwriter who's been trying and failing to launch an awesomely bad rock career with Dad's millions. A tipster tells us that, after a failed deal with Sony, Kogan Jr. created his own label, Moon On Fire Organization (or MOFO), "of which he was the president and only artist."
The insider continues: "They had a lavish budget, bought a band and went around touring to improve Alex's skills. They hired video editors, shot several videos, hired a marketing agency, all with great promises of payment and success. Then one day, suddenly, the whole operation folded. Everyone was promised payment, and yet nothing has been received .... The label went on hiatus in early April." Which dovetails nicely with the theory that, gargantuan real-estate appetites aside, the secretive elder Kogan may actually be broke. In the meantime, let's all enjoy Alex Kogan's stylings on his website (which features a countdown to his next album, dropping on July 6) and the inevitable MySpace page. We're guessing "Baby You're an Astronaut" sounds best while blasting across the "pool terrace with a pop-up in-floor misting system to cool the stone surface for bare feet on hot days."
John Rich claims he didn't punch the lights out of an aspiring star.
But the latter half of Big & Rich was charged Thursday with assault and harassment for allegedly smacking a...
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will be the two hottest stars at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards.
All ya gotta do is look at the seating chart to know that. I got a peek earlier...
Forbes released its annual list of the world's highest-paid models. The five top-earning models from June 2008 to June 2009 are exactly the same as last year's: Gisele, Heidi Klum, Kate Moss, Adriana Lima, and Doutzen Kroes. How thrilling. However a few of them are making less money. Gisele only made $25 million this year, though she made $35 million last year (even though she told GQ she didn't really make $35 million, but let's not let that get in the way of the fun of this year's list). Heidi Klum made a little bit more money this year, raking in $16 million, as opposed to $14 million last year. Kate Moss made $8.5 million this year and $7.5 million last year. New on this year's list is Alessandra Ambrosio, who made $6 million but was not on last year's list (presumably because she had a baby). And Emanuela de Paula made the list for the first time, coming in as the eleventh-highest earner, with a $2.5 million salary.
In keeping with this year's no-pants trend, Andre J. stepped out in just a bodysuit to attend the unveiling of the Fashion Against AIDS Collection at the new 86th Street and Lexington Avenue H&M store.
Would you ever skip the slacks and wear just a leotard out?
Michael Wolff is obviously the Don Knotts character in this group.
Earlier this week, MSNBC personality Tucker Carlson announced he would become the latest traditional media figure to follow in Arianna Huffington's stilettoed footsteps by starting a news aggregator, the Daily Caller, which launches in July. According to a statement on the website, the Caller will feature "some of the most timely, accurate and fearless journalism on the web," with "original reporting on politics, government and culture, breaking news updated to the minute, satire, analysis and research," all from a right-wing perspective.
Now, we have to admit, all things aside, we have kind of a soft spot for Carlson (If you don't, you should read this). But that didn't stop us from sending him a series of obnoxious e-mails in which we tried to goad him into saying something outrageous and Internet-y about his competitors. Mostly, we failed. The pretty-much-unmolested transcript of our conversation follows.
Daily Intel: So, all of the articles about your new project say that you're competing with the Huffington Post. But isn't what you are doing also competing with Tina Brown's Daily Beast, which you sometimes write for?
Tucker: Even if I could, I'd never compete with Tina, both because I love her, and also because I'm not that stupid.
Daily Intel: Says: You love her? (Thinks: Does he mean in a Harold and Maude kind of way? Ew. Don't ask that. You don't want to know the answer.) Says: That's kind of gross.
Tucker: And also true.
Daily Intel: (Thinks: !) But you hate Arianna, right? Like you are going to crush her, traffic-wise?
Tucker: Nice try. There is no way I'm going to attack someone with a successful site, when mine isn't even up yet.
Daily Intel: Dude, that's how you create BUZZ on the Internet. Say something like, "I'm going to kick that Cypriot's ass all the way back to the Mediterranean."
Tucker: Greece. But close. They run half the island.
Daily Intel: Ohhhh. So her family is like those guys in The Wire? We get it. We wouldn't want to mess with those people either. At least tell us this: Will you be creating original content at all or just mooching off of others like we do?
Tucker: Creating original content is the whole point. We think we've found a way to make reporting profitable for everyone involved. Probably an overstatement to claim we're going to save journalism, but I think it will help, maybe a lot.
Pirates! Sea battles! Polar bears! Sword fights! Alluring damsels! Annoying undergrads! And a mysterious tropical island hidden in the farthest north! That's just the beginning of the list of things that appear in Kevin Cannon's madcap nautical-adventure comic Far Arden, but we've run out of exclamation points, so we must leave the rest to your imagination.
Oh no we don't! (We found another one.) For here ye may find an exclusive seventeen-page preview of Far Arden, in which crusty seaman Army Shanks comes close to learning the secret of the mythical land that gives the book its name. Riotous, exciting, and ridiculous, Far Arden comes out from Top Shelf next month.
Donatella Versace: "I don’t think about making sexy clothes. It’s just my instinct to make them. [laughs] It comes to me when I’m working. I think sex is part of life, like eating and breathing. Obviously you think of sexy in a different way than you did in the mid-’80s or early ’90s. We didn’t strive to make sexy clothes then either, because you didn’t want to say out loud, 'This is a sexy outfit.' You wanted to express that in either a more innocent way or a more sophisticated way. But you always want to feel sexy. You want people to look at you and say, 'Wow.' " [Interview]
Front Page: Universal is 'Hell' bent to counter-program -- Amid sky-high expectations, "Up" should live up to its title as the latest in the long line of Disney/Pixar toon successes.
Closely following the launch of his swimwear, Phillip Lim just debuted a lingerie collection. The bralettes, briefs, and slips are modest and feminine, ranging in price from $65 to $175. There are sixteen retro-inspired styles out now (six bras, eight briefs, and two slips), which come in a range of neutral shades like tan, camel, and antique white, as well as a muted, but more colorful palette of violet, lilac, and royal blue. We love the pieces because they would look great as matched sets, but cool and coordinated mixed together.The first season will be sold exclusively in the 3.1 phillip lim flagship boutiques in New York, Los Angeles, and Tokyo as a test-drive. The lingerie just arrived at the New York store — the staff was pricing pieces as of last night.
$65 to $175 at 3.1 phillip lim, 115 Mercer St., nr. Spring St.; 212-334-1160.
Earlier today Britain's Daily Telegraph reported that the abuse photos that President Obama is trying to keep from being released show the rape of male and female prisoners as well as other sexual abuse. But the Pentagon is now claiming that none of the "photos in question depict the images that are described in that article," and Robert Gibbs is saying British newspapers can only be trusted for soccer scores. If their denials are true, this would go a long way toward explaining why Obama previously said the photos are "not particularly sensational." Then again, the Telegraph story was based on seemingly reliable information supplied by Major General Antonio Taguba, who investigated abuse at Abu Ghraib. We wonder if the White House and Taguba are simply talking about different sets of photos. Either way, this has become pretty confusing.
Two pieces of concept art for James Cameron's hotly anticipated 3-D adventure Avatar hit the Internet today, and if you're a fan of action taking place in large bodies of standing water, you'll probably find these shots malaria-tastic. Above, a huge robotic exoskeleton attempts to free its leg from some muck. We bet the mosquitoes will look awesome in 3-D!
Miuccia Prada sat down with CNN's Talk Asia for her first television interview in three years. Sitting in the middle of the art exhibit on Prada skirts in the Prada Transformer installation in Seoul, Miuccia said she still plans to list Prada on the Italian stock exchange, but not until "the moment is right," which would not be now, obviously. She said Prada has not been tremendously affected by the economy so far. Though America, Italy, and Japan are the worst markets right now, the rest of the world is okay. And though her designs seem to make little sense at times, Miuccia herself makes remarkable sense.
It was kind of fun. I also like the irony in my work. It’s very much about sometimes what I like, but sometimes also analyzing what’s trendy and why people like something. And [trying] to find an ironic way to look at it from outside. For instance, when I did the lace I ask why women always like lace? Things like pink roses, lace — women can’t give up. I don’t like things that are obvious. Just beauty by itself is too easy.
Fashion may be frivolous, but it's still important.
If you compare with philosophy it is frivolous. But frivolity may be something good, something that is part of our lives. So I don’t dislike it. And what I like is the mix — that in your life you can have serious things, more frivolous ones. Fashion is about beauty and the search for beauty, I think it’s a fundamental thing. No one criticizes if you want to do beautiful homes. No one criticizes if you want to buy a beautiful chair. But so many intellectuals still criticize why you want to wear beautiful clothes, and it’s only our body, so it must be important in a way.
She didn't care that her first collection wasn't well received.
W said it was the Jetsons meets the Flinstones, and for me it was the biggest complement [sic]. For them it was an insult.
The acquisitions binge of the nineties — when Prada bought Helmut Lang and Jil Sander, among other labels — may have helped put Prada in debt today, but Miuccia is unconcerned.
We can still go to the stock market. We are reducing [the debt]. And of course someone criticized that moment, but at that moment everybody wanted to do acquisitions and it was part of our job. They were great designers that was why we bought them, but I think they were not prepared to sell and wanted to make money without doing anything for making money. I was putting all the money I gained — I was compromising my work — to sustain this other work. So now it’s over and I’m happy that we can concentrate on ourselves.
She went to mime school for six years.
In those years, the late sixties, the seventies, you wanted to do anything that was strange or different or eccentric. So that looked to me the most strange thing I could possibly do.
She never takes a full walk down the runway after her fashion shows.
I hate the cliché of fashion designers since the beginning. And so because I came from another background — and actually being a feminist at those times — not that I’ve changed so much — I didn’t want to do anything that fashion designers were doing. And the first thing I didn’t want to was that.
She stresses out before all her shows.
I’m silently stressed. I don’t scream. And also I have to sustain and support all the others. So I try to be in a really good mood.
She liked The Devil Wears Prada.
At the beginning I was very worried. I said I don’t want to know anything about it. And actually we did no collaboration with them because I didn’t know what would come out. But Meryl Streep was so good.
Sure, last Wednesday night was pretty good for Kris Allen, but TONIGHT he will be on an all-new Best Day Ever with Doug Benson. Between Adam Lambert yesterday and Kris today, it's starting to feel like some kind of music talent competition show around here. Not sure which one, though...
Check out a behind the scenes photo from the shoot:
Check out Doug and Kris on Best Day Ever tonight at 11pm on VH1. Source: Best Week Ever | 28 May 2009 | 9:54 pm
Will the real Danielle Staub please stand up?
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star is facing accusations today that her past life included stripping, drug use, extortion, kidnapping...
Awesome octogenarian heiress and horse enthusiast Marylou Whitney and her husband, John Hendrickson, have two horses named after the Eliot Spitzer scandal. One is called "the Luv Guv," after the Post's excellent morning-after headline; the other is called "the Ninth Client," a spin on the name used by the FBI to refer to the former governor in documents relating to the bust of his favored prostitution ring. ("Client Number Nine was taken," Hendrickson explains.) Cruelly, and also awesomely, the Times called Spitzer for a reaction to this. He declined comment. Then, even more cruelly, and awesomely, they called Joe Bruno for comment. "I thought it was hilarious," he said. But the best part is that the Guv is competing in the Belmont Stakes this year. If he wins, Spitzer successor David Paterson might end up being the one who presents the Luv Guv's trophy, as New York governors are often asked to present at the awards ceremony. The Times thinks this might be awkward, but we think Spitzer should be flattered. You know what they say about horses, and he's got that whole black socks thing to live down, still.
Everybody knows Candy and Tori Spelling had a beef, but now mom is taking the family feud to a whole new level of nasty.
Appearing on a Massachusetts radio station Thursday to pimp her...
Pershing Square's Bill Ackman has spent many months, millions of dollars, and much breath in his fight to get himself and four other investors on Target's board. Today, when the majority of shareholders rejected his plan, his battle against the retailer came to a dramatic end. Or, should we say, melodramatic end. Per the Star Tribune:
Addressing shareholders at the meeting before the vote was announced, Ackman twice choked up. "We launched this contest to make sure Target is never known in the future as a once-great company," he told shareholders, even quoting John F. Kennedy Jr. and Martin Luther King Jr.
Ackman said he had a dream that one day board members would be elected on character, competency and relevancy of experience.
Goodness. We're just glad he managed to get out of there before he began reciting the whole of Nathan Hale's speech before his hanging, or picked up an acoustic guitar and treated everyone to a sob-riddled version of "We Shall Overcome." We mean — he did, right?
• The shirtless Rob Pattinson kissing Kristen Stewart photos have been neatly arranged into a YouTube video, just as they were meant to be.
• Expert on things lame and fake...
We're not the only New Yorkers gearing up for Prince Harry's visit to New York this weekend. When we caught up with Simon Doonan at the Fragrance Foundation's 37th Annual FiFi Awards last night, he told us he'd be quite the escort. "I would take him to la Escuelita and he could meet all those Puerto Rican drag queens," he told us. "That would give him something to think about." And to think, he's playing polo instead. View our Party Lines slideshow for more.
He's down in Brazil shooting a spread for the June issue of Joyce Pascowitch magazine, styled by Alexandre Herchcovitch. He has little horns stuck to his head and appears to be wearing an American flag fastened about him with a leather strap with big bells on it, like some sort of reindeer. Must help Madge keep track of him. [Made in Brazil]
When jack-of-all-musical-trades Gabriel Kahane (composer, singer-songwriter, pianist) went on a less-than-successful date in Chinatown last year, the lady in question told him “I’m really good at nesting, but I’m terrified of commitment.” So Kahane decided to write her a song about modern dating in New York. But it’s not quite the usual navel-gazing love letter: “Let’s Not Settle Down — Together” is a hilarious send-up of Cole Porter’s finger-snapping, cleverly rhyming, dramatically fey tunes; and while it didn’t quite get the girl, it does show up from time to time in Kahane’s concerts (and never fails to get the theater queens giggling, with lines like “Sunday brunch is one thing / But Saturday’s another / So don’t get grand ideas about when I’ll meet your mother”). Kahane, who’s currently writing a show for the Public Theater, begins a monthlong residency at Rockwood Music Hall on June 1, and will likely pull this non-album favorite out with typical self-deprecating commentary.
For exactly what age is this meant to be a toy, again?
Today Obama announced a list of twelve ambassadorial appointees to foreign countries, only four of whom had held foreign-service positions before. Despite a pledge to use civil servants "wherever possible," many of Obama's choices were selected because of the amount of money they raised for him during the election (this is nothing new, of course). Included on the list of new foreign servants are fund-raiser Charles Rivkin, the CEO of the company that produces Yo Gabba Gabba!, who will be ambassador to France; former Citigroup vice-chairman Louis Susman, to be ambassador to the United Kingdom; and biotechnology lawyer John Roos, who will be ambassador to Japan. [ABC News]
There's no denying that these are troubled times for the media and advertising industries, so to us, it's pretty exciting to actually see that some magazines out there are still looking to hire people. And when a job listing crosses our desk — not that we're looking! — that's just as hysterical to read as it would be appealing to apply, well then, that's exactly the sort of thing that we're looking to share with you. Especially if you're a "sales gangsta" that just happens to be on the job hunt yourself!
From: [redacted]
Subject: Referral Help – Hip-Hop Magazine Sr. Account Executive
Referral Community,
We're in search of a sales "gangsta" for an Advertising Director position at
a leading Hip-Hop and Rap Culture Publication
Location: New York, NY
Compensation: $60–70K Base, $130–200K OTE
Experience Level: 4 years
Job Description
A heavy hitting, large and in charge, Hip-Hip and Rap Culture Magazine needs
a Advertising Director. They need YOU to be charismatic and hungry enough to
sell print campaigns to national business accounts. They want YOU to know
the language and Culture of Hip-Hop, be innovative and creative enough to
make the tough sell, and smart enough to sell urban and youth culture to
companies that might not see it's [sic] value.
YOU must come with prior sales experience (i.e. They want you to bring in
the cash money,) an active account list and strong relationships (i.e. know
the right people who will give you dollars.) You will be selling a
combination of traditional paging and must be able to pitch/concept "Big
Idea" integrated programs (They need you to "bring it" and "shut it down.")
Our clients' work environment is cool, calm, and collected. Build your
empire and the world is yours.
QUALIFICATIONS
* 4+ years of Online/Print Sales
* Hip-Hop Knowledge
* Be a sales solider
* Bachelor's degree
* Excellent written and verbal skills
* Aggressive follow-up and closing skills
"Cash Rules Everything Around Me, C.R.E.A.M. Get the money, Dollar, dollar
bill y'all" - Wu-Tang Clan
SKIN
• The secret to Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's flawless complexion? Biooster Grog. The combination of oranges and herbs is supposed to have a detoxifying effect on the skin. [Editor's Blog/W]
FRAGRANCE
• Last night, the Fragrance Foundation held its annual Fifi Awards, which honor the best in perfumes. Marc Jacobs was inducted into the foundation's hall of fame. Other winners included Harajuku Lovers by Gwen Stefani (women's luxe), I Am King by Sean John (men's luxe), Beloved by American Beauty (women's popular), and McGraw by Tim McGraw (men's popular). [WWD]
• The cosmetics brand BeneFit will launch its first fragrance collection, named Crescent Row — a group of three playful, flirty scents — in July. Co-founder Jean Ford's two daughters concocted the idea after joining the company last year, seeking to expand the brand beyond cosmetics. [Fashionista]
HAIR
• Australian hairstylist Joh Bailey recommends using beer as a setting lotion in your hair. His trick: Pour a can into a spritz bottle and mist it in your hair with a few sprays before a blow-dry. Though we'd rather not smell like a bar, so we may just use actual hair products. [Beauty Fool]
MAKEUP
• The debate over lead in lipsticks continues. Apparently, the redder the color, the more toxic the product. [NYT]
Good news: Tina Fey and Robert Downey Jr. are set to star together in the upcoming Dreamworks project, Oobermind! Slightly Less Good News: The project is actually from Dreamworks Animation, which means they'll only be lending their voices to the production. Still, just knowing that they're bound to be in the same room together at some point is enough to make our brains explode. [HitFix]
For twenty years, French designer Philippe Audibert has been making glamorous and gutsy costume jewelry. Specially cut Swarovski crystals place his aesthetic firmly in the eighties, but his chain-mail technique adds a subversive edge that cuts through all the sparkle, making the pieces seem cool and not clichéd. Here, five reasons why we love him.
1. His jewelry adds instant snap to any basic piece of clothing.
2. Multiple pieces worn together make evening looks more dramatic.
3. He has that goth feel we all want a bit of now.
4. The bracelets and gloves are made on stretchy elastic — surprisingly comfortable.
5. It's a bracelet moment and his are the best.
Silver bracelet $150 to $450; Crystal Bracelet $250 to $900; Glove, $1,050; available at Henri Bendel, Scoop, and Bloomingdale's.
Prepare to be infuriated! If this upsetting report from Vulture buddy Nikki Finke is correct (and we have no reason to believe it isn't), episodes in Mad Men's forthcoming season will be two minutes shorter than in previous ones. Why? Apparently AMC, citing the crappy economy, is demanding that producers allow for an additional commercial break during the show, claiming that Mad Men doesn't earn enough revenue in its current, perfect form. For some less-excellent hour-long dramas, this might not be such a big deal, but considering the seamless way the show is plotted and put together, an extra block of ads could spell disaster for its dramatic flow. Plus, all those commercials will add up — this means next season will lose a total of 26 minutes. Just think of all that Matthew Weiner could do with that time. Don Draper could steal five dead guys' identities!
Mayor Bloomberg's favorite monster from Sesame Street is the Count, he told us last night at the Sesame Workshop Annual Benefit Gala, which celebrated 40 years of the legendary children's show. Why? "You know, he probably doesn’t have a lot of friends and I just sort of wanted to help the guy," he said. So which character did he most identify with? "Elmo, if anybody," he said. "Because I know we look alike. We’re the same height and I’ve got the same kind of nose. Same coloring." But that all changed when Mayor Bloomberg met Muppet Bloomberg, a character created specially for the occasion by the Sesame Workshop to honor Hizzoner with a "Global Leadership Award." As you can see, Muppet Bloomberg's coloring is much more similar to Mayor Bloomberg's than Elmo's is.
In August, Project Runway returns to the air on Lifetime instead of Bravo, after a nine-month hiatus and tangled web of legal battles. Lifetime executives have seen the horror the move inspired in fans, posted in blogs and message boards all over the Internet. So they wisely decided to change as little as possible about the show. The set looks the same; the logo and colors are the same; Tim, Heidi, Michael, and Nina are all there; the format is the same.
Now, this is not what Heidi Klum wanted for the sixth season. She longed for a different color palette for the set, new seating for judges (what — bean bags? leopard chaises?), and a bigger, better catwalk. But, thanks to Lifetime chiefs, who are admirably determined not to screw up the show in such a fragile state, she got none of those things.
The biggest difference in season six is that it was shot in L.A. instead of New York. Lifetime also promises more celebrity judges. Except where Francisco Costa, Diane Von Furstenberg, and Roberto Cavalli once sat will now sit the increasingly irrelevant Christina Aguilera, Eva Longoria Parker, Rebecca Romijn, and Lindsay Lohan. One executive producer says, ''we had a near fainting when the designers saw who the guest judge was.'' Brainstorm time! Karl Lagerfeld? Britney Spears? Beyoncé? It seems unlikely, but Beyoncé could have arranged some sort of promotion with her House of Deréon label. But considering her, er, taste level, that could severely compromise the integrity of the show. Then again, they're already in L.A. With Xtina judging. So, yeah.
Front Page: U.S. Navy rescue getting movie treatment -- Weeks after his dramatic attempted escape and eventual rescue from armed Somali pirates, captain Richard Phillips’ life rights have been acquired by Columbia Pictures.
Tagline: "Fear the unknown, fear the unimaginable, fear what happens next."
Translation: We're with you, desite those bumper stickers the kids at school had always instructing us to have No Fear.
The Verdict: Despite the fact that its plot description sounds like something straight from the first page of "How to Write a Horror/Sci-Fi Script That Will Sell," there's something undeniably creepy about the trailer for Pandorum. The premise, at least on the surface, seems simple enough: Something mysterious causes 60,000 people that were trapped in a state of suspended animation on a space vessel to just disappear. The two guys who are left to discover what happened are Dennis Quaid and the always electric Ben Foster, an actor who clearly has the potential to become one of the biggest talents of his generation. To us, this looks like it could end up being a potentially intriguing hybrid between Alien, Event Horizon, and The Descent (if you substitute space exploration for spelunking).
Fashion Wire Daily - The fragrance industryÂs version of the Oscars, the FiFi awards, celebrated the best in scents on Wednesday, May 27, in New York with fragrance of the year top honors in various categories going to Harajuki Lover Fragrances, I am King Sean John, American Beauty Beloved, McGraw by Tim McGraw, Tom Ford Private Blend Champaca Absolute, Chloe Eau de Parfum, Burberry the Beat for Men and VictoriaÂs Secret Sexy Little Things Noir Eau de Parfum.
Stocks may tumble and fortunes may fall, but hotness, it seems,
is eternal.
There was some concern about compiling our latest Rolling
Stone Hot List during an ice-cold era. But it seems that in
these uncertain, gray days, we need what our Managing Editor Will
Dana called "the sparkly and the sexy, the perfectly shaped
diversions...
Yes, another one. A producer of 1978's Ain't Misbehavin' is selling the Tony she won that year, via a blog. The bidding starts at $20,000 and she'll also throw in Drama Desk, Drama Critics Circle, and Outer Critics Circle awards, plus other assorted memorabilia. Not bad! [Your AMB Tony Award via ArtsBeat/NYT]
It may just be a few seconds of music, but Dr. Dre fans will remember the new Dr. Pepper ad as the spot where they heard the first officially released beats from the much-delayed "Detox."
Cheap Trick is stepping outside of the label world to release its next studio album, "The Latest," itself. The group is also planning to release some sort of document from its 2007 Hollywood Bowl performance of the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
American Idol Runner-Up Adam Lambert Stopped By Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins this week, where he shot footage for tomorrow night's brand new episode, airing Friday at 11 PM, as well as took time out of his insanely hectic schedule to sit down with Bestweekever.tv and answer the questions we've all been dying to have answered. What follows is the story of that afternoon:
There's an old saying that goes "Never meet your heroes, because you can only ever be disappointed." For me, this has never been such an issue, as most of my heroes are dead. In fact, the only hero of mine that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, Ms. Joan Rivers, exceeded my expectations and beyond for being the most amazing woman ever. But lately, a new hero has emerged on the horizon: Adam Lambert, the enigmatic, timeless, sexy, talented, from another planet amazing American Idol runner-up who has turned the United States into a pigpen of lusty fanboys and fangirls, myself included. Having watched this season of Idol since Day 1, my feelings for Adam went from "casual fan" to "He is the Second Coming of Christ."
So when word got around that Mr. Lambert would be coming in to tape a segment for Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins, airing this Friday, May 29 at 11 PM, I was faced with a real dilemma: Do I opt to meet him face to face, risking the chance that I embarrass myself 4 Lyf, or do I take that old saying to heart, and keep my dreams and heroes at an arms length? The answer should be pretty obvious. And so I strapped a jetpack made out of dreams and joy to my back in an effort to rocket ship my ass into his heart.
The morning before perhaps my most anticipated celebrity encounter of all time, I was an effing lunatic. I straightened my hair with NASA-like precision, and tried to present myself in as Lamberty a way possible, hoping he wouldn't realize my motorcycle-inspired jacket was an original Lauren Jeans Company design purchased from the Hell's Angels Dept. Store of Choice: Macys.
Minutes before he arrived at the Best Week Ever studio, a group was quickly forming around the door: Plenty of VH1 employees hoping to catch glimpse of this magical man, the crew, etc. One of the show writers brought her two kids to the set -- both huge American Idol fans -- and didn't tell them that Lambert was on his way in. The air was thick with nervous energy. And then...
Ladies and gentlemen...
Adam Lambert walked into the room.
Tall, in a slim cut jacket that was tailored to perfection, hair perfectly coiffed, he entered with a big smile. And perhaps there was something about my GIANT BEAMING GLOWWORM FACE that caught his attention, because the next thing I know, Adam Lambert is there, introducing himself to me. And it went a little something... like this:
(Ahead, our exclusive interview, along with dozens of Lambert pics with him looking ~fabulous~. Plus, we get the scoop on his bromance with Kris Allen!)
Michelle: I am having a panic attack.
Adam: Hi, how are you?
Michelle: Hi I’m Michelle. We have so much to talk about. I’m freaking out! I adore you.
Adam: Don’t freak out.
Michelle: But I am. I just lost 7 pounds from excitement.
Adam: Oh my god, are you serious? I need to start freaking out more often.
Michelle: What!? You look fabulous; you don’t need to lose a pound.
Adam: No I need to lose about fifteen.
Michelle: I'll seriously kill you, you're gorgeous! Don't change a thing.
Adam: I know your face from this show, right?
(Ed. Note: I would just like to repeat this sentence because I just cracked my skull open, pulled my brain out of it, deep fried it, put some corn cob holders in the sides, and put it back in my skull cavity out of shock.)
Michelle: (gulp) I was on the show a while ago, yeah. I've done some other stuff for VH1.
Adam: Okay that’s what I thought because I was like “I know you, I’ve seen you before.”Michelle: (me right now) Wait a minute you cannot say that because I am shaking. Are you kidding? Do you know that I literally want to have your children?
At this point, I believe it was his publicist who slowly backed him away from me, carefully, like one would walk away from a mental patient, or Gary Busey. He was then introduced to Mr. Paul F. Tompkins, dressed impeccably as always, with whom he was shooting a hilarious bit with for Friday night's brand new episode. We don't wanna give away EXACTLY what happened... but let's just say some pretty swanky glasses are involved:
Not to mention a pretty damn lucky CPR doll:
Let me also say this about Adam... forget his incredible singing ability for a second... but what an actor! He nailed his lines ON THE FIRST TAKE -- complicated words, mind you -- and had the sort of comic sensibility that one can only be born with. The entire room was cracking up from the guy -- be sure to watch tomorrow night to see the entire bit, because it delivers.
Once Adam and Paul breezed through their respective bits together, I unsheathed my diamond-studded Wolverine claws, sunk them into the kid's back, and hauled him away from his throngs of glowing fans in an effort to get at least 10 minutes one on one. The poor guy had been up since the crack of dawn, and now here he was, ending his exhausting day with the ghost of Robin Williams: Me.
As we walked from the set into the green room, our arms were nearly touching:Michelle: Do you realize that you are a magical person?
Adam: Well, thank you. (arms touching now) And I'm only attracted to other magical people.
Michelle: (Click here to see animated rendering of me.)
In the green room, a tray of fruit was set up, which we all convened around while bantering. But Lambert's clock was ticking down -- and while I would have loved to have stood there all day chatting about seedless watermelon, we had business to attend to. And it is then that THE MOST EXCITING INTERVIEW OF MY ENTIRE LIFE began:Michelle: Come! Sit, take a load off. I have a question before we start: Are you a fan of The Golden Girls?
Adam: Not really, I think I’m too young.
Michelle: Are you? How old are you? I thought you were my age.
Adam: I’m 27.
Michelle: I’m 27! I look like your mother, but I am.
Adam: But I never got into The Golden Girls! I’m more Sex and the City than I am Golden Girls.Michelle: Duly noted.
Michelle: First of all, parents around the world need confirmation on this: You’re Jewish?
Adam: Mm-hm.
Michelle: Why are we not Be-fris? We could take Bas Mitzvah classes together! You name it, anything. Come to Israel with me this Summer!
Adam: Oh my god, what’s it called... Birthright?
Michelle: Yes. I did it! I couldn't turn down the free trip.
Adam: Was it cool?
Michelle: Well, I was the tallest person in the whole country, but yeah, it was great!
Adam: Did you plant a tree?
Michelle: No, me? Trees? Come on. I ate some hummus, got a tan. Did you know that they actually play you on the radio over there? Your "Mad World" cover is an international sensation.
Adam: Really, in Israel?
Michelle: I swear to you.
Michelle: What do you think of your international success?
Adam: You know, I’m getting little whiffs of it.
Michelle: Are you? I hope that’s not my D and G lady cologne that you’re getting whiffs of right now. I’m such an idiot, don’t even talk to me.
Adam: (laughing) I love it, I love you!
Michelle: Really? Say it again, so everyone in the room hears you.
Adam: I love her. (Into the microphone) I love her.
Michelle: I have to tell you something. So my Mom calls me the night that you lost...
Adam: I didn’t lose! I just didn’t win. Half-full, half-full.
Michelle: Well, listen, your whole life is a win. Everything about you is "WIN".
Adam: Yeah, exactly, there’s no losing.
Michelle: I’m not even just saying this: you are magical, from Mars, I don’t even think you’re of this Earth. Now let’s talk about something the internet needs to know more about: Your Bromance with Kris. Which has taken on a life of its own: There's fan fiction involving you two...
Adam: Oh really?
Michelle: Did you not know about that?
Adam: (laughing) No I didn’t.
Michelle: Oh my god. Adam.
Adam: I kind of want to read it.
Michelle: It’s kind of… hot. I’m really serious, Adam, it’s so good.
Adam: We should show it to his wife. That’s who we should have read it.
Michelle: Do you like Kris' wife?
Adam: She is adorable. They are the cutest couple in the world. He is the nicest guy. He’s genuine. He’s totally what you see is what you get. He means it. He’s open-minded, and he’s a real musician. He’s great.
Michelle: Was there anyone in the house when you were living with all the Idol people who you really didn’t get along with so much?
Adam: Yes.
Michelle: I think I know who it is. Are you allowed to talk about it?
Adam: I can’t say.
Michelle: Can I say it?
Adam: Well I’m on tour with them all summer, I can’t say! Maybe after the tour.
Michelle: Oh right! I tried to buy tickets yesterday. Look, when you’re in Newark, call me. Anything you need from the city, I’ll bring to you over there.
Adam: [Laughing] Okay.
(Suddenly, Adam's phone rings.)
Michelle: Oh... who’s calling you? Someone has Adam’s number, that’s so exciting, what a lucky person. Where are you staying? Not that I’m going to come stalk you... I’m losing my job because of this, surely. By the way (motioning at Adam's security guard, who is way hot) How on Earth did you end up with such a hot security guard? I thought there was a male model in the room! (The two of us laugh. Then I chime in, desperately) Adam, we need to be friends! No, you’re too famous for me.
Adam: Be-fris?
Michelle: Yes!! (The laughter continues, until I realize I'm being photographed.)
Michelle: Oh, great, that will be a nine-chinner, easy.
Adam: I do the same laugh! It pulls your face back!
Michelle: It’s the Jimminy Glick laugh. Where you look like you’re covered in Styrofoam and you want to kill yourself.
Michelle: OK, let me ask you a question about your brother.
Adam: Yeah.
Michelle: NegativeNeil.com.
Adam: You’ve seen it?
Michelle: I have.
Adam: Oh, right on.
Michelle: He’s hilarious.
Adam: He is hilarious.
Michelle: And adorable.
Adam: Yeah.
Michelle: I know he was saying that a lot of ladies are interested in you. I’m interested in your friendship, just so you know. If you need a surrogate though... I'm here. So, your brother. He's hot, he's single, he's a Lambert. I'm thinking of doing a contest for the website called “Win a Date with Neil Lambert.”
Adam: Oh my god! You have to!
Michelle: Would he do it?
Adam: Oh he would totally do it. He’s hilarious. He makes me look socially awkward. He’s that funny. I told him at the very beginning, you will get ladies because of me.
Michelle: You don’t even know how slutty I am, so fingers crossed! Don’t look at me that way. (A camera flash goes off.) Oh photos, I forgot. Hold on, let me do the Monica Lewinsky turn so that I look narrow. I am going to Photoshop these. I'll look like the skeleton from Beetlejuice next to you, shrunken head, you don’t even know.
Adam: I do, I love that movie!
Michelle: Did you ever watch yourself on the show?
Adam: On Idol? Yeah. Well I downloaded the videos on iTunes.
Michelle: Do they quarantine you when you’re in the house? Can you read stuff about yourself?
Adam: Yes, I had a computer. I could read stuff on the internet, watch TV. I could get picked up by friends and leave. I had a curfew, that was it.
Michelle: Now what did you think when you saw yourself on the show?
Adam: I said “More makeup and oh I look fat and I hate high-definition.”
Michelle: HD is the devil. How do you not lose your voice?
Adam: It was hard. It was tiring. But luckily, we only sing two nights out of the week, so the rest of the time if you needed to you could kind of fake it.
Michelle: You’re going to be on the cover of Rolling Stone?
Adam: (A lot of side-glances to his publicist.) Maybe... (The publicist announces I have one question left.)
Michelle: Well now I’m unraveling because the pressure’s on. Oh! Let’s go through a quick thing, this will be fun: Favorite movie, tv, song... (his eyes roll back in his head) Is that gonna make you nuts?
Adam: I’m not good at favorites! Favorite movie is Velvet Goldmine, I can say that.
Michelle: Would you be the lead singer for Queen if they asked?
Adam: You know, I want to do my own thing. I want to be my own lead singer. But I would love to guest star with them anytime.
Michelle: OK, last question. Tell me... How short is Ryan Seacrest?
Adam: Short.
Michelle: Great answer. I love you.
Then? Then we hugged THREE TIMES. Yes, my jacket is already being laminated for Smithsonian-esque purposes. And now, I can honestly say having met my new life hero Adam Lambert: He is every bit as amazing a person as he is a singer. Best. Hero. Ever.
Don't forget to watch Adam this Friday night at 11 PM on Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins! Source: Best Week Ever | 28 May 2009 | 6:39 pm
Here's ex-Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis giving a 'rock on' gesture at the kick-off of the Broadway Summer Softball League. He is also wearing a shirt that indicates an opinion.
After the jump, pics of Constantine singing the National Anthem in his patriotic, red white and blue t-shirt:
Reuters - Versace Chief Executive Giancarlo Di Risio is to leave the celebrity-favorite fashion house and the move could be announced late next week, a source close to the situation said on Thursday. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 28 May 2009 | 5:56 pm
Last year paparazzi caught her on a California beach looking more like Kirstie Alley than 'Sabrina, Teenage Witch' Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2009 | 5:40 pm
Captain Kirk and Spock get the "smoke-free thumbs up" from the American Medical Association as it pushes studios to avoid tobacco imagery Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2009 | 5:31 pm
As a fan of both history and making sh*t up, I got really excited when I read the headline:
"National Archives Announces Homecoming of Long-Lost Lincoln Letter"
A secret Lincoln letter? How exciting! What could it be about? Some devious plot? Some secret lover? Some long-lost information we never knew about our iconic president? My mind immediately started racing with possibilities for what this secret Lincoln letter might say:
-- History shalle debate my sexual orientation, based on anecdotal evidence of my cold relationship with my depressed wife and routine sleepovers with grown men, but let me set the record straight for all of history, that I am not, and never have been, anything less than extremely gay.
-- About that speech to the troops tomorrow in Gettysburg - It's cool if I wing it, right?
-- All plans are in place to fake my death at the Theater tomorrow. Thanks again for allowing me to assume your identity, JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER (DUN DUN DUNNNN!!!!!) Why did I just write "dun dun dun" on this letter? I am referencing a contrivance in moving pictures. Stay alive for like 80 more years and you'll get it.
After the jump, the REAL lost Lincoln letter:
Hon. Sec. of Treasury
My dear Sir
Mr. Stevens, late Superintendent of the Mint at San Francisco, asks to have a copy, or be permitted to examine, and take extracts, of the evidence upon which he was removed. Please oblige him in one way or the other.
Yours truly, A. Lincoln.
...That's it?? All we learn is that Lincoln used a lot of commas? What a waste of time.
Rather than blame myself for getting my hopes up, I'll blame history for being LAME. Yes, all of it. Yes, based on this one instance. No, I don't think I'm being too judgmental.
Other ideas for more exciting Lincoln letters? Leave 'em in the comments. Source: Best Week Ever | 28 May 2009 | 5:30 pm
Can't decide whether to see Up or Drag Me To Hell this weekend? Doug Benson is here to help. Also, Doug brings you the latest in bathroom fashion, all in this brand new Best Day Ever.
For more on Jon and Kate Plus 8 and the week's other big stories, watch Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins tomorrow night at 11pm on VH1. Source: Best Week Ever | 28 May 2009 | 4:45 pm
A handout from ITV of Scottish singing sensation Susan Boyle. British talent show judge Piers Morgan defended Boyle after a reported foul-mouthed outburst by the Scottish singing sensation, urging critics... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 28 May 2009 | 3:39 pm
"I think the sky's the limit for Susan," Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan, seen here, told top US chat show host Larry King last month. Morgan defended Boyle after a reported foul-mouthed outburst... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 28 May 2009 | 3:39 pm
A handout image from ITV shows Scottish charity worker Susan Boyle. Morgan defended Boyle after a reported foul-mouthed outburst by the Scottish singing sensation, urging critics to "back off" before a... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 28 May 2009 | 3:39 pm
Who's this Robert Pattinson guy, and why's he on like a hundred magazines? Give me his messy, nonchalant vampire-dude hair. I know he's a guy, I don't care, just make it happen so I can get on the cover of Elle and also look like a nonchalant vampire-dude.
Now I'm off to see if I can get three lines in the next Transformers movie!
Front Page: One Equity, Shapiro buy interest for $123 mil -- Five months after Lionsgate swooped in to buy TV Guide Network out from under him, media investor Allen Shapiro is back in the picture with a big stake in the cabler.
Sheryl Crow and Elmo performed a duet yesterday for what I can only imagine is either The Grammys, a Super Bowl Halftime Show, or the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Perhaps all three?
Scottish singing sensation lets the pressure of fame get to her and launches two expletive-laced tirades in front of cops, fans Source: FOXNews.com | 28 May 2009 | 2:42 pm
Robert Pattinsonfilmed a shirtless scene for the new Twilight movie yesterday. In another twist, vampires are in the movie.
Chris Pine will present an award with Kiefer Sutherland at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday. Kiefer Sutherland will probably not headbutt him. Seriously, he probably won't. It'd be a really bad idea if he did. What?
Fox responded to the claim that the American Idol finale voting was fixed, saying "We promise, the final vote was the ONE thing we didn't obviously control."
Courtney Love apparently owes American Express $352,000. They might have a hard time taking the issue to court, though, with California's well-known "Only F***ing Idiots Would Ever Trust Courtney Love With A Credit Card" Law.
The famed animation studio says it relies on a creative team that thinks like filmmakers. But to measure up to the financial and critical success of its previous nine films, Pixar must satisfy its first audience: itself.
For "Coco Avant Chanel" director Anne Fontaine, there was only one actress who could play Coco Chanel in her biopic about the legendary couturier -- French actress Audrey Tautou.
A court-ordered auction for the belongings of legendary French mime artist Marcel Marceau has fetched 490,000 euros ($680,000) as bidders bought the suit and top hat of his iconic silent clown Bip. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 28 May 2009 | 12:31 pm
As millions of people enter the job market and business owners struggle to entice consumers, Ryan Taylor may be better positioned than most to weather the economic crisis.
Candy Spelling's one pissed-off mother.
Know how she just sold out her daughter yet again, by intimating to the world that naughty Tori caused Aaron Spelling's...
Don't be surprised if Justin Timberlake shows up at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday.
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As far as Nicole Richie's concerned, her family unit is just fine the way it is. (And how cute is little Harlow?)
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How are we really supposed to know that American Idol wasn't rigged? Are we just supposed to trust Fox and its cronies?
—Jimmy, via the Answer B!tch inbox
You mean...
John Rich claims he didn't punch the lights out of an aspiring star.
But the latter half of Big & Rich was charged Thursday with assault and harassment for allegedly smacking a...
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart will be the two hottest stars at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards.
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Oh no we don't! (We found another one.) For here ye may find an exclusive seventeen-page preview of Far Arden, in which crusty seaman Army Shanks comes close to learning the secret of the mythical land that gives the book its name. Riotous, exciting, and ridiculous, Far Arden comes out from Top Shelf next month.
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American Idol Runner-Up Adam Lambert Stopped By Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins this week, where he shot footage for tomorrow night's brand new episode, airing Friday at 11 PM, as well as took time out of his insanely hectic schedule to sit down with Bestweekever.tv and answer the questions we've all been dying to have answered. What follows is the story of that afternoon:
There's an old saying that goes "Never meet your heroes, because you can only ever be disappointed." For me, this has never been such an issue, as most of my heroes are dead. In fact, the only hero of mine that I've ever had the pleasure of meeting, Ms. Joan Rivers, exceeded my expectations and beyond for being the most amazing woman ever. But lately, a new hero has emerged on the horizon: Adam Lambert, the enigmatic, timeless, sexy, talented, from another planet amazing American Idol runner-up who has turned the United States into a pigpen of lusty fanboys and fangirls, myself included. Having watched this season of Idol since Day 1, my feelings for Adam went from "casual fan" to "He is the Second Coming of Christ."
So when word got around that Mr. Lambert would be coming in to tape a segment for Best Week Ever with Paul F. Tompkins, airing this Friday, May 29 at 11 PM, I was faced with a real dilemma: Do I opt to meet him face to face, risking the chance that I embarrass myself 4 Lyf, or do I take that old saying to heart, and keep my dreams and heroes at an arms length? The answer should be pretty obvious. And so I strapped a jetpack made out of dreams and joy to my back in an effort to rocket ship my ass into his heart.
The morning before perhaps my most anticipated celebrity encounter of all time, I was an effing lunatic. I straightened my hair with NASA-like precision, and tried to present myself in as Lamberty a way possible, hoping he wouldn't realize my motorcycle-inspired jacket was an original Lauren Jeans Company design purchased from the Hell's Angels Dept. Store of Choice: Macys.
Minutes before he arrived at the Best Week Ever studio, a group was quickly forming around the door: Plenty of VH1 employees hoping to catch glimpse of this magical man, the crew, etc. One of the show writers brought her two kids to the set -- both huge American Idol fans -- and didn't tell them that Lambert was on his way in. The air was thick with nervous energy. And then...
Ladies and gentlemen...
Adam Lambert walked into the room.
Tall, in a slim cut jacket that was tailored to perfection, hair perfectly coiffed, he entered with a big smile. And perhaps there was something about my GIANT BEAMING GLOWWORM FACE that caught his attention, because the next thing I know, Adam Lambert is there, introducing himself to me. And it went a little something... like this:
(Ahead, our exclusive interview, along with dozens of Lambert pics with him looking ~fabulous~. Plus, we get the scoop on his bromance with Kris Allen!)
Michelle: I am having a panic attack.
Adam: Hi, how are you?
Michelle: Hi I’m Michelle. We have so much to talk about. I’m freaking out! I adore you.
Adam: Don’t freak out.
Michelle: But I am. I just lost 7 pounds from excitement.
Adam: Oh my god, are you serious? I need to start freaking out more often.
Michelle: What!? You look fabulous; you don’t need to lose a pound.
Adam: No I need to lose about fifteen.
Michelle: I'll seriously kill you, you're gorgeous! Don't change a thing.
Adam: I know your face from this show, right?
(Ed. Note: I would just like to repeat this sentence because I just cracked my skull open, pulled my brain out of it, deep fried it, put some corn cob holders in the sides, and put it back in my skull cavity out of shock.)
Michelle: (gulp) I was on the show a while ago, yeah. I've done some other stuff for VH1.
Adam: Okay that’s what I thought because I was like “I know you, I’ve seen you before.”
Michelle: (
As a fan of both history and making sh*t up, I got really excited when I read the headline:
