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Reuters - It may have had one of the wettest premieres in memory this week, but that did little to dampen critics' enthusiasm for "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", the sixth film in the blockbuster franchise. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Jul 2009 | 10:55 am
AP - Fans in Asia stayed awake into the wee hours, bars across Europe held Michael Jackson theme nights and television stations from Sydney to Paris cleared their schedules Tuesday to broadcast the King of Pop's star-studded memorial service from Los Angeles.
(Reuters) Reuters - "The Hedgehog" is the screen adaptation of an international best-seller, "The Elegance of the Hedgehog," which has sold 1.2 million copies in France. It therefore has a ready-made audience in its home country, where it opened July 3, and countries where translations of the novel have been or are about to be published. This is just as well, because Mona Achache's debut feature simply does not make it on its cinematic merits alone. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Jul 2009 | 4:49 am
• Not only is Karl Lagerfeld not planning on retiring, he tells Cathy Horyn that he's staying at Chanel until he dies. Also: He says the blogger who started the rumor that he's stepping down "is an idiot." [NYT] • The Jackson clan all wore Versace to the memorial service today, in case you were wondering. [InStyle] • Roberto Cavalli is launching a made-to-measure service that will offer handmade dresses at prices starting at $41,000. But only 35 pieces will be produced. Act fast! [WWD] • There's uncertainty in the world of haute couture these days. Shocker. [NYT] • W catches up with the Rodarte ladies. [W] • The super-successful Saks saleswoman who lined her own pockets via fake refunds and store credits was sentenced to three months in prison. [NYP] • Several ex-employees of Scoop are suing the chain for labor violations. [CNY] • The Calvin Klein Jeans billboard on Houston is now even less risqué. [BB]
Michael Jackson's family will gather privately to say goodbye to him this morning. They will later join thousands at a public memorial at the Staples Center.
Front Page: 'Grey's' actor joins cast of New Line comedy -- Eric Dane ("Grey's Anatomy") is rounding out the already large cast of New Line's ensemble comedy "Valentine's Day," set to begin shooting this week with Garry Marshall directing.
Front Page: Forte's MacGruber headed for the bigscreen -- Will Forte's bumbling spy MacGruber is headed for the bigscreen as the latest in a long line of "Saturday Night Live" characters to make that transition.
Besides the cause of Michael Jackson's death, another question mark surrounded the pop icon's public memorial service on Tuesday: How many people would come to Los Angeles, California, for the remembrance?
(AP)
AP - For all the hasty preparations, hand-wringing over security, breathless media competition to scoop details and soul-wrenching performances, the essence of Michael Jackson's memorial service came down to 20 poignant, powerful seconds: the moment when 11-year-old Paris-Michael Jackson inched up to the microphone and, in a statement no one saw coming, referred to the late pop superstar as "Daddy."
Thousands came to sing his praises, share their stories and pay tribute to Michael Jackson. The crowd was respectful, but almost festive as fans and friends remembered the joy his talent gave them.
Michael Jackson was mourned in ridiculous, over-the-top style this afternoon at a public funeral service more befitting of his legacy than his bigger fans would probably like to admit. Enjoy our slideshow of images from inside the Staples Center and of MJ remembrances from around the world.
The Guardian's Paul Collier has proposed a brand new crime (and a brand new word): bankslaughter: "With bankslaughter, when the bank blows up—even if it is a decade later—a criminal investigation traces back to determine whether crucial decisions were reckless. If a reasonable banker faced with the information available at the time would not have taken those risks, the person responsible is dragged off the golf course and jailed." Clusterstock's John Carney thinks this may just be the dumbest idea ever and should be "nipped in the bud before some populist lawmaker tries to make a garden party out of it." In the meantime, if you see Jimmy Cayne, Chuck Prince, or Dick Fuld on a golf course tomorrow and they look a little queasy, now you know why. [Guardian via Clusterstock]
From left, Givenchy, Armani Privé, and Maison Martin Margiela.
The Internet's fashion contingent is aflutter over Givenchy's fall 2009 couture show. It seems burkas really are having a moment. We've got brand new runway, details, and backstage galleries from the Givenchy show. And don't miss the Rihanna-esque hair at Armani Privé. Also, are you looking at these slideshows in full screen? Because if ever there was a time for full-screen fashion, it's Couture Week.
Now that the Michael Jackson memorial has come and gone, people are still waiting to find out just how much the celebration cost the city of Los Angeles.
The event...
Billionaire hedge-funder Steven A. Cohen recently purchased a duplex loft at 99 Warren Street for his 20-year-old son, the Observer reports, and although the place is nice enough (1,921 square feet, outdoor space, sprawling city views), it hardly measures up to the homes of his peers. As the Observer points out, the place, which cost $2.7 million, is $0.35 million less than the apartment Turkish billionaire Husnu Ozyegin purchased for his son, $5 million less than the place Time Warner's Steve Ross bought for his son, $14 million less than the townhouse Pittsburgh billionaire Henry Hillman's grandson inhabits, and $30 million less than what Hummer founder Ira Rennert paid on behalf of each of his two daughters last year. Most bitterly, Max Abelson notes,
the cost was barely a third of what Mr. Cohen spent on The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, the formaldehyde-suspended Damien Hirst shark.
Lil' Steve Junior probably always knew that Daddy loved that shark more than him.
Remember how in February everyone was freaking out over how budget the recession would make our Fashion Week feel? Well that's not going to happen next season, thank God. In September, which is only two months off, so dear God get ready now, Fashion Week will be just as fabulous as it was in September 2008. Whereas leading up to February Fashion Week, many designers were probably sitting around wondering if it would be unwise to just charge their shows on a Visa like vacations and be done with it, this season, designers are already clamoring for time slots. Organizers expect the shows and presentations to be just as abundant as they were a year ago. Also, the number of presentations (as opposed to runway shows) is expected to increase this year. The designers who did presentations last season are doing them again for spring for the most part. This is all very relieving news. It sucks feeling poor when all the Europeans are in town. Some official expert could also probably fashion a theory about how this means we're out of the weeds, economically speaking.
The Michael Jackson memorial is over, the 20,000 people who attended the event at the Staples Center have long since returned home to cry into their pillows, and the millions more tuned into the spectacle via TV and the Web have gone back to watching the usual—sitcoms, crappy reality programming, and Internet porn. The spectacle is expected to go down as one of the most-viewed events in history. (A few people less than the "several billion" predicted by Jackson family flack Ken Sunshine this morning, but still.) But just because the memorial is over and Jackson has been laid to rest (or has he?) doesn't mean you can't keep Jackson's memory alive in your hearts. And on your skin. Have you been thinking about a Michael Jackson memorial tattoo? You are not alone! [Buzzfeed]
Couples have planners, magazines, and mothers-in-law at their disposal, guiding them toward the perfect wedding. But for our winter issue of New York Weddings, we want hear from those of you who've been in the wedding trenches: the guests. Whether you’re a veteran attendee of one ceremony or ten, we want to know what worked, what failed, and what was hilarious. Are there songs every D.J. should play (or songs that drive you screaming from the dance floor)? Dinners you're still dreaming about? Any ideas you plan to blatantly rip off for your own Big Day? Share it all in the poll below. We'll crunch the numbers, cull the best stories, and turn it into an anonymous stats page for the next issue of New York Weddings.
Reuters - Christian Lacroix staged what could be his last haute couture show in Paris on Tuesday, displaying a stripped-down, mostly black collection put together with the help of friends and artisans who worked for free. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 7 Jul 2009 | 10:44 pm
Richard Shenkman, a 60-year-old advertising executive fed up with press coverage of his divorce in Hartford, Connecticut, has kidnapped his ex-wife and is holding her hostage. He snatched Nancy Tyler from a parking garage this morning and is now holed up in a suburban home, where he's already fired at police negotiators and a waiting bomb squad. No one has been harmed, and cops at the moment are trying to speak with him. According to the AP, Shenkman alerted police to his actions — and warned them that the house was "wired" — in an effort to get the Hartford Courant to take stories off its website that concerned the couple's divorce proceedings and its sensational details (Shenkman was charged by police with forging his wife's signature on insurance documents, and burning down their beach house just before he was set to sign it over to her, among other things). He set a 2:30 p.m. deadline, which has now passed. The paper continues to cover Shenkman. "The request has been that he does not want the publicity at this point," said a police source. "He does not want names out there or details of the incident." He's also apparently made other demands that the police won't share. So far, obviously, at least the primary one is not being met.
We’re late to it — the clip surfaced last week — but our belief upon returning from vacation is that this video for Drake’s Song of the Summerstalwart “Best I Ever Had” is timeless. Or at least, its operating assumption is: Boobies make everything better. The rapper plays the coach of a basketball team comprised of women so well-endowed — and, let’s say, unsupported as they engage in their athletics — they would make the editor of King magazine (R.I.P.) blush. (You’re probably all too young to remember the heyday of Juggs.) And indeed, the group’s a real handful — in the one nod to the song’s actual theme, each woman demands he declare her the best player. What do you think — could this herald the beginning of the end of the booty’s place in rap culture?
On the day the world said goodbye to Michael Jackson, his legacy continues to shine on Billboard's charts, a testament to his lasting musical legacy and impact.
Just as we expected, the influential Brazilian street artists (and identical-twin brothers!) that go by the moniker Os Gemeos have been chosen to produce the replacement mural in the space where Keith Haring's work stood until yesterday. According to Deitch, "The mural will blend ideas from the artist’s daily life with the fantasy or 'ludico' world where the recognizable is harmonically blended with the abstract. The work will convey their vision of day-to-day life, simple scenes that are sensually rich." Still no word as to when this project is expected to be completed, though.
It's only natural on the second day of Couture Week that Roberto Cavalli feel a little envy. He's not a member of the Chambre syndicale de la haute couture, which are the only labels legally allowed by France to call their clothes "haute couture." But he's launching a "made-to-measure" service for his richest customers — excuse us, clients — anyway. Ladies can get custom Cavalli dresses made in the atelier above his Rue Saint-Honoré store in Paris. Prices start at 30,000 euros for a cocktail dress, which is about $42,000 — more than some pieces in the Givenchy spring 2009 couture collection, for example. Heightening the exclusive, luxuriant feeling of this new service, Cavalli plans to produce only 35 of these creations each year.
Such services are already available to Cavalli's celebrity clientele. "Clients who want a special outfit from Cavalli now will know that they can obtain it," Roberto's wife, Eva, said. What is she talking about? Every piece of Cavalli is special.
"I would just like to thank the tabloids, from the bottom of my heart, for everything you've done for us over the years..."
Stevie Wonder performs his hastily rewritten "I Just Called To Say Michael Jackson"
"Guys, come on -- that 'MJ Ghost' cardboard cutout hanging from the ceiling is pretty uncool..."
"Who could ever forget that time Michael punched Bubbles' rival chimp in the crotch? It didn't even make the front seven pages of the news that day! Yep, that was MJ in his prime..."
"I tried my best to awkwardly cram a segue into racism into this speech, but for once, I failed. So I'll simply conclude by saying, MAN is 'Rock With You' a kick-ass song."
"The idea of a funeral may be highly amusing to us immortals, but regardless, Michael's legacy..."
John Mayer runs his impressive streak of "Token White Performer At Black Musician Tribute" appearances to a record 36,000.
"But personally, I will always remember Michael for his Street Fighter-esque Tiger-knees that he unleashed on the faces of his critics..."
Everyone pretends to enjoy the song "Will You Be There."
"I just want to be able to tell my baby that he attended such a momentous occasion. I'll tell him later today. He's three, and was hiding under my dress the whole time."
Clockwise from top left: Snake Studs, Agate Cuff by A.V. Max, Siren Knuckle RIngs by Made Her Think, Coral Branch Ring by Alexis Bittar, and Fireworks Necklace.
Hunting for that perfect piece of jewelry can be a time-consuming ordeal. Either you're bargaining with vendors on the crowded streets of Soho or you're rifling through racks of necklaces that are missing rhinestones. To save you all that hassle, we hunted down 120 of our favorite pieces for our latest Shop-A-Matic, with 50 options that are $100 or less. Looking for a statement-making bib necklace or an eye-catching cocktail ring? Or perhaps delicately wired gold pieces more your speed? Either way, we have you covered with covetable pieces that will keep you perfectly accessorized year-round.
Snake Studs Price: $12 Why We Like It: Delicate posts often get overlooked in lieu of flashier chandeliers, but these slithery studs look equally fetching peeking out of tresses.
Agate Cuff by A.V. Max Price: $68 Why We Like It: A sliver of agate adds a vibrant burst of blue to an already bold gold cuff, making it the only accessory necessary to highlight a summer sundress.
Fireworks Necklace Price: $38 Why We Like It: Cinched floral chiffon and satin tufts instead of gems take a bib necklace from flashy to subtle and sweet.
Coral Branch Ring by Alexis Bittar Price: $150 Why We Like It: Winding coral makes for a bright and eye-catching alternative to a traditional center stone on this cocktail ring. Plus the light scattering of rhinestones adds just the right hint of shimmer.
Just weeks after telling audiences at Bonnaroo that Nine Inch Nails had just performed the band's "last show ever in the United States," Trent Reznor has apparently had a change of heart. According to a posting on NIN.com, the band will be doing at least nine more U.S. performances, including nights at the Bowery Ballroom, Terminal 5, and Webster Hall. [NIN.com]
The occasion was sad, but the day was marked with a true celebration.
Roughly 19,500 people—not all of them ticket holders—packed Los Angeles' Staples Center to share in...
Not that you'd ever need one to make a call, of course, but if you happen to be a film location scout and you're looking for an old phone booth to capture the look of a pre-cell phone NYC (or you just enjoy changing your clothes in them à la Superman), do note that that there are only four of them still standing in Manhattan. [Scouting NY via Gothamist]
Despite passionate pleas from AIG lawyers to look past Hank Greenberg's sweet-old-man façade to see the grizzled demon within, a jury has rejected AIG's claim that its former chief executive improperly seized control of millions of shares of the insurer's stock. [WSJ]
When the Christian Dior collection walked yesterday, the first thing that struck us was the lack of pants, occasional absence of top, and see-through skirts. Lady Gaga's pantsless fashions had become high fashion — haute couture fashion. With shirtlessness also in full force, the trend had managed to migrate above the waist. It was a melding of the past and future. We've seen underwear as outerwear on the runways before. Galliano has also made jackets the focal point of past Dior couture collections. Pretty soon, we thought, we won't even be wearing clothes. We'll just walk out the door naked with only a few strategically placed items of foliage. It would be the ultimate in retro fashions — a return to our Neanderthal roots. PETA will become PETAAP (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and Plants). Shop-A-Matic editor Diana Tsui will have to compile "Plants: And Where You Can Scavenge Them." Perhaps we've thought too much about this, but so have the critics.
• Cathy Horyn loved the collection. She called the jackets "the strong part of the collection." She especially liked the long-sleeve red silk coat dress, and found the hats by Stephen Jones "marvelous." And as for the long, massive tulle skirts at the end, she wrote, "longer lengths now seem as annoying as Rapunzel’s hair. Oh, just chop it off." [NYT]
• Sarah Mower felt relieved the show took place in Dior's headquarters in the Avenue Montaigne, which prevented Galliano from using "deafening music" and "extravagant sets." She was not bothered that the show was yet another rehash of Dior's New Look: "Nothing particularly novel, or even mildly shocking, but Galliano turned that to his advantage. It's a moment when reemphasizing house values is a wise tactical move." [Style.com]
• WWD also applauded Galliano's ability to reel in his signature extravagance in These Times, dubbing the collection "both controversy-free and superb in its own right." The bottomless and topless looks "allowed him to show off the craft of couture-building via the most intricate, exquisite undies imaginable." Couture. Undies. [WWD]
• The underwear also left Hilary Alexander breathless. "Not since Jean Paul Gaultier put Madonna into a rocket-cone bra, has a couturier been so enamoured of corsetry, nor designed such underwear that positively demands to be on show," she writes in the Telegraph. She notes that Dior's couture clients will be able to purchase matching skirts and jackets for the looks that appear to be missing pieces, and have the transparent skirts lined. [Telegraph UK]
Channeling Italian cinema master Federico Fellini's penchant for psychedelic fantasies, antic narcissism and eye-popping set pieces, director Rob Marshall (Chicago) seems to be pulling out all...
So today was Michael Jackson's memorial. Pretty big, historical, epic moment, obviously. And pretty big, historical, epic moments don't go unnoticed by Twitter (unless you're a...
The residential portion of St. Vincent's controversial renovation plan has been approved — with slight alterations — by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, paving the way for the whole project to move forward. The razing of the current sawtooth hospital building on Seventh Avenue was already approved, as was the new I.M. Pei–designed medical center (pictured right). [Curbed]
Although America's Got Talent has yet to stumble upon its Susan Boyle moment, that doesn't mean that people are wholly disinterested. The buzz surrounding the show is limited at best, but it claimed the top two positions in the Nielsen ratings last week. Amazingly, over 13 million people tuned in to see the show last Tuesday. [AP]
MAKEUP
• Lancôme signed Chris Benz to collaborate on a new lip color for the Pout-à-Porter series, which will debut at his spring 2010 fashion show in September. As a bonus, you have the chance to name the new hue by offering suggestions on Benz's Facebook fan page. [StyleCaster]
• Sephora introduced a service called Beauty Studio this summer, which offers free tutorials led by company aestheticians. [Beauty Counter]
SKIN
• Model Julie Henderson: "It's okay to actually invest in, like, your skin and your face because that's what you look at, that's what people look at, that's who you are, basically." [Modelina]
Even if they couldn't be at the Staples Center, Michael Jackson fans across the country gathered to mark the pop sensation's memorial. They packed a diner in Houston, Texas, streamed into a Fort Pierce, Florida, movie theater and amassed beneath a JumboTron in Cincinnati, Ohio.
President Obama shrugged off Vice-President Biden's recent comment that the administration had "misread" how bad the economy was today, telling NBC News that “We haven't always gotten the numbers right, but I think the general overview is right ... We went through an economic tsunami that was far worse than anything we have gone through since the Great Depression, and even early on I think we did not see the full magnitude of what was going to happen." We imagine he then added, "Hey, look, Stevie Wonder's doing, 'Never Dreamed You'd Leave in Summer'! Can't miss this! Gotta go!"
In the beginning, it was too much—too many souvenirs, too much taxpayer-paid security, just too much (although, despite the worst crowd-control fears, not too many people).
In the...
I have no idea what to add to this article to make it more ridiculous. Each sentence makes less sense than the one before it, and the one after it, somehow, which is impossible, but this whole thing is impossible, and I don’t know what to even think is possible to believe it’s…I…the…it…
THEY’RE MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT THE FRICKIN’ VIEW-FINDER TOY:
Remember View-Master, the Fisher-Price toy with those little 3D picture discs of mountains, rivers and caverns that you could rotate through a viewfinder? Well, DreamWorks is in negotiations to acquire movie rights to the toy from Mattel (which owns Fisher-Price) and has asked Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci to do some “Transformers”-style magic on it.
Brad Caleb Kane, who worked as a writer-producer on the duo’s Fox series “Fringe,” is on board to write the screenplay. Kurtzman and Orci would produce.
Story specifics are being kept under wraps, though Kane, who tweeted his involvement during the holiday weekend, said, “It’ll be like the old ’80s Amblin movies: ‘Goonies,’ ‘Young Sherlock’ … in that vein.”
I once wrote a post about turning ridiculous toys into movies that I thought was a joke at the time, but now realize wasn’t even 5% as exaggerated as the current real-life toys-to-movies Hollywood process.
Do some “Transformers-style magic”? With a View-Finder??? Are giant CGI’d robot toddlers gonna discover a magic box that shows 10 pictures of the Smurfs in kind-of 3-D then hurts their eyes slightly? How any of this anything??
I was going to conclude this post with some jokey, “What’s next, RUBIX CUBE: The Movie?” but there’s no toy I could throw into that blank that would make considerably less sense than a View-Finder, which is actually happening.
• The Sci Fi Channel is now called Syfy. It's pronounced the same way, except it's less science fiction-y, which is why it was changed to begin with. [THR] • Justin Timberlake has tapped lit agent David Vigliano to sell publishers on the notion that Timberlake is just the person to write a book about golf. [NYO] • After a heated, two-year battle, big record labels and online radio stations have finally agreed on new royalty rates for streaming music online. [NYT] • Who says embattled media companies are doing their best to spend money more wisely? The soundstage for Jay Leno's new primetime show will be "specially fitted to accommodate his passion: expensive cars." [THR] • "Online predators" have hit Twitter. Paging Dateline's Chris Hansen! [LAT] • A new study finds that kids are spending more time online. Surprise! [AP] • Equally shocking: Breaking the Jackson story has boosted TMZ's traffic. [AP]
• The timing of Vanity Fair's Sarah Palin story couldn't have been better. [ATD] • An exec from Plum TV may lose her job over anti-Semitic comments she allegedly made when she when she was arrested recently. [Gothamist] • At long last, ABC programs are officially available on Hulu. [B&C] • Match.com, owned by Barry Diller's IAC, has made an acquisition. [PC] • Ex-Hachette president Jack Kliger is now the acting CEO of TV Guide. [Folio] • The Times is asking its reporters to save money by not texting. Really. [NYO]
Shortly after winning their CFDA award last month, Kate and Laura Mulleavy went to check out the bison herds in Yellowstone. As in, a place that is not Ibiza or St. Barts or rife with yachts. Also, they fly JetBlue and like to cook out and eat hot dogs. [W]
The moving Michael Jackson memorial event at the Staples Center has come to a close.
Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey and Usher crooned the King of Pop's tunes, while Smokey Robinson,...
When last we heard from The Wall Street Journal's Robert Frank, author of the solid-selling survey of obscene wealth, Richistan, he was confirming he'd missed the Madoff book rush, wisely deciding to sit it out. But this week he catches the wave of doom lit, netting more than $300,000 — a full three times his advance on Richistan — from that book's publisher, Crown, for a sequel of sorts, tentatively titled Riches to Rags. Sob stories from former fat cats reduced to flying commercial — at least one of them a Richistan profilee who recently filed for bankruptcy — will be handled with a similar blend of empathy and derision.
"The new voyeurism is Schadenfreude," Frank tells us. "Some of the TARP wife syndrome will certainly be in there, but I don't want to be pandering to that." The tentative pub date is 2011; does this mean Frank is rooting against the success of the stimulus package, in hopes we'll still be in the hole when his book is shelf-ready? Frank seems prepared for things to turn around. "The last third will be about the new Richistan," he says, noting that Bloomberg made his billions only after being laid off from Merrill Lynch. "There are a lot of people who are out there who might be the next wave. So hopefully I'm hedged, but I don't know if I want to be hedged. We all know how successful hedging has been."
Blake, having just ingested a bucket of fried chicken and a whole ham.
Swimsuit season! For many of us, it means waking up early to go to the gym, or even — horrors — forgoing carbs or alcohol. Unless you're just one of those people, like Blake Lively, for whom personal maintenance is weirdly not a concern! "I don't have enough willpower," she tells British Glamour in an upcoming issue.
"I had to do a scene in a bra and shorts for the first time in two years. On the day of the shoot, I ate a pork burrito, chips and coke. Afterwards, I thought, 'I probably shouldn't have done that.' But whatever."
Really.
Also:
"I have never worked out."
And:
"I was born with no body hair whatsoever, so I don't have to wax or anything like that."
Fine, okay, she didn't say that last thing. But trust us: It's only a matter of time.
Original Bachelorette Trista Sutter is putting her reality-TV experience to use for us here at Watch With Kristin by blogging about Jillian Harris' quest for the perfect guy. Here's...
Despite catching the swine flu, Rupert Grint is alive and well, and ready to celebrate.
The actor, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, recently came down with...
Surprisingly, this is not really more boob than she shows on the Food Network.
Sandra Lee, the host of the Food Network show Semi-Homemade, loves her gays. She often calls herself a drag queen because of her blonde hair, big eyes, cheekbones, absurd costumes, and downright preposterous cleavage. Her brother is gay, and she has tons of gay friends. So when she was profiled by Out magazine, she brought one as an accessory. "We have a saying: No Gay Left Behind," she told reporter Joshua David Stein. "We met at a party," her gay explained. "I looked at her breasts and said, 'They're fabulous!' and she said, 'Aren't they?' and I asked, 'Can I touch them?'" "I let him," Lee said. "And then we went and danced."
We like to imagine this is sort of how it happened with Andrew Cuomo. We've always imagined he was a, uh, dance man.
EVENTS
• Gap's rotating Fifth Avenue pop-up shop opens as a Pure Body Studio, offering layerable basics like tees and tanks. Plus, free yoga lessons on Saturdays. Call 212-330-8080 to reserve a spot. Through 7/22. 680 Fifth Ave., at 54th St. (212-977-7023); M–W (9–8), Th–S (9–9), Su (11–8).
• Meet hairstylists Joel Warren and Edward Tricomi when they debut their line of hair products at Henri Bendel. The stylists will also provide free consultations and product recommendations. 712 Fifth Ave., nr. 56th St. (212-247-1100); 4:30–7:30 p.m.
SALES STARTING TOMORROW
• Designs from Venexiana designer Kati Stern are 70 to 80 percent off. Sale merchandise ranges from $50 to $350 (originally $170 to $1,750). Through 7/10. 335 W. 35th St., nr. Eighth Ave., eighth fl. (212-629-6868); W–F (10–5).
• Dresses are $165 and clog sandals are $150 at the Rachel Comey sample sale. Through 7/11. 335 W. 35th St., nr. Eighth Ave., seventh fl.; W–Th (5–9), F (11–7), S (noon–5).
• Save up to 75 percent off at the Giuseppe Zanotti sample and stock sale. Through 7/8. 730 Fifth Ave., nr. 57th St., eighteenth fl. (212-333-8567); 10–6.
Where is Ruth Madoff? As of today, she could be anywhere in the world: "Federal prosecutors allowed Ruth Madoff to get her passport back today, in what people involved in the case said was 'a clear sign' she will not be prosecuted as an accomplice in her husband's $65 billion Ponzi scheme." If you spot her shopping at the Hermès in Beijing—or attempting to mix in with the locals in Hanoi—please let us know. [ABC News via Dealbreaker]
Today’s running theme seems to be all about big crowds around the world. In LA, thousands are in and around the Staples Center mourning Michael Jackson. In Italy, they’re having a good old fashioned G-8 Summit protest.
Over in Spain, though, today was the annual Running of the Bulls in Pamplona and/or the day every frat guy swears he is going to be in the Running of the Bulls next year. I really hope the guy lying on the ground at 1:17 is OK… unless that’s the president of Omega House! Those guys SUCK! (Seriously, that looks bad. Please call a doctor.)
Let's have a new rule: When you're attending somebody's funeral, you should avoid dressing up like that person. Like, how you're not supposed to wear white at somebody else's...
Brooke Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, could just be under the weather. Or he could be hoping to delay the inevitable as his trial groans along. But for the third time in less than a month, Marshall called in sick today and said he had to visit his doctor's office instead of appear in court. Last time around, the 85-year-old explained his absence by saying he'd had an accident on his treadmill. And while his lawyer didn't disclose what today's ailment was, let's hope neither a a trapeze nor hang glider were involved, or else this trial has no chance of coming to a close before the end of 2009. [NYDN]
Brooke Astor's son, who is defending himself in court against allegations that he tricked his dementia-addled mother into willing him millions of dollars, has fallen ill again. So far during the trial, he has delayed proceedings by falling off a treadmill and suffering a concussion, and falling victim to a small stroke. This time around, the 85-year-old man — who wears a pacemaker after a heart attack and open-heart surgery — was not taken to a hospital but to the office of his doctor, who would not disclose the ailment. The trial and testimony are expected to resume tomorrow, when, even if no one gets physically hurt, no doubt more painful ugliness will ensue.
Media watchers are keen to see whether today's Michael Jackson memorial service — which, in case you hadn't heard, we're live-blogging — will eclipse the 33 million people who watched Princess Diana's funeral back in 1997. [TV by the Numbers]
Anyone who prides themselves on efficient subway travel has figured out precisely where to stand on the platform in order to best situate themselves for a speedy exit or transfer once they depart their train. It's a talent sharpened through dedication, a good memory, and a passion for being in the subway for as little time as possible. Now, an enterprising entrepreneur has created an iPhone app that allows anybody to figure out their optimal platform position in any subway station in Manhattan, and some in the outer-boroughs. It's a great idea, though we can't help but feel a little embittered that tourists and the formerly indifferent can now easily match our hard-earned subway canniness. [City Room/NYT]
Remember back in February when Mayor Bloomberg announced a program to "retrain" laid-off Wall Streeters for careers in other professions? No word yet on how former Bear Stearns brokers and Lehman mortgage traders have adjusted to their new careers as "repossession collection specialists"—a booming profession, we should point out—but the early signs must be encouraging, since Bloomberg now says he plans to do the same thing with unemployed media professionals, too:
Another initiative, called "JumpStart New Media," will create a boot camp retraining program for traditional media professionals looking to restart their careers on the digital side.
The program will train 50 participants per month, and offer unpaid 10-week apprenticeships at new media companies. The boot camp is expected to launch in September.
The city will also launch a media "freelancer hive" at 55 Broad St., in partnership with the Downtown Alliance. A 5,000-square-foot space will be fitted to provide short-term workspace for 50 digital media freelancers.
Just be grateful the "boot camp" and "freelancer hive" doesn't come with an "incubator," too.
Our brethren at Vulture are live-blogging the grieveapalooza/multi-platform branding opportunity that is Michael Jackson's funeral at Los Angeles' Staples Center, happening now.
“I am no longer the only English actor not to be in Harry Potter and I am very pleased."—Bill Nighy on finally being included [MTV]
"Most of the work is really being done by the singers and the director and the conductor, and I sort of lord over them with my beard. I've grown a beard in order to look more imposing."—Rufus Wainwright on his scary facial hair [PopCandy/USAT]
"I'm thinking next season we go green and I'll just text them the fantasy suite option."—Chris Harrison, host of The Bachelorette, on those R-rated invitations to the love suite [PopWatch/EW]
"No one's called me, I think its just tabloid-ness. Of course I'd be interested, I'd do it any time. They know my number."—Mark Ronson on his phone not ringing to pen a song for the next James Bond [Female First]
"Kento, my dancer, was obsessed with Michael all his life. And when Michael was having auditions for his tour, Kento really wanted to go but he'd already made a commitment to me."—Madonna on preventing her dancer from achieving his lifelong dream [Contact Music]
"His voice is really high, too high for me, and I ended up losing my voice too. By the end of the tour we could hardly speak. Then for some reason we decided it must be the perfect time to record a single together."—The Dead Weather's Alison Mosshart on the masochism of singing with Jack White [Female First]
Front Page: Fans, friends pay tribute to the King of Pop -- There was Elvis, there was John Lennon, there was Princess Diana, and now there’s Michael Jackson, the first celebrity to inspire global paroxysms of grief in the 21st century.
Internetters will recall the jaw-droppingly comprehensive “I’m Not Here To Make Friends” reality show montage from last year, which taught us that contestants on reality shows do utter the phrase “I’m not here to make friends” really, really, really often.
In case you weren’t convinced, this 2009 “I’m Not Here To Make Friends” reality show montage teaches us that contestants on reality shows do utter the phrase “I’m not here to make friends” really, really, really, REALLY often:
Broadcasts of Michael Jackson hits and skyrocketing sales of the late pop icon's discs after his death have given a boost to Dutch pension fund ABP, which in 2008 bought the rights to several of his songs... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 7 Jul 2009 | 6:12 pm
AFP - Christian Lacroix sank to his knees, surrounded by his models in funeral black and his bride in gold lace, overcome with emotion at the end of his haute couture show on Tuesday, which could very well be his last.
Guysguysguys!!!!!!!! I know we got beaten to the punch on that Martin Luther King biopic idea and the Abraham Lincoln biopic and even the Liberace biopic, but I’ve got good news: I totally just thought of another human being who did stuff. Are you ready?
AMELIA EARHEART. She did so much stuff and she’s a person no one made a movie about her yet!
I call First Amelia-ies!!! If you need me, I’ll be off getting Hilary Swank another easy Oscar nomination because like three decent female roles get written each year! I’m gonna bio the SH*T outta this pic:
Michael Jackson's family thanked fans Tuesday with a free glossy souvenir program, seen here, at his memorial service, which poignantly charts the late artist's rise to become the King of Pop. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 7 Jul 2009 | 5:19 pm
Kristen Bell falls into the dubious “Worst Beach Bod” category in Star Magazine’s new “52 Best & Worst Beach Bodies Even Though We Just Found 52 Random Pictures And This Is Really Pushing It Even By Sleazy Tabloid Judgmental Standards” issue, for this picture of her fat, flabby, unholy, disgusting thighs (fat):
EWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You sure stuck it to her, Star! Kristen Bell? More like, Kristen FAT AS HELL LOLOLOLOL
Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor announced today that the band will play a final "handful of shows" in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles beginning August 22.
Tired of waiting WEEKS for those “real” Michael Jackson biographies to come out, with all their “information” and “facts” and “stuff not literally just pulled from the internet?” Worry no longer! Two tireless authors in China have released the first official post-death MJ biography, written in just two days:
As British publishers race to be first to market with a Michael Jackson memoir, two Chinese writers have produced an “instant biography” after working non-stop for 48 hours.
[Author Jiang Xiaoyu] said the book was an accumulation of information gathered over many years as one of Jackson’s fans, plus some information he found on the internet. He admitted that some of the details might be inaccurate due to time constraints.
Written in 48 hours by two Chinese MJ fans with information pulled off the internet? Might actually be more fun to read than a professional, researched Michael Jackson biography.
Some actual excerpts (maybe) from Jian Xiaoyu and Xing Han’s “Instant” MJ Biography:
– Chapter 1: Michael Jackson love swelled many hearts, when he was like he was walking on the moon!
– Chapter 2: Jackson was break in big way when “Off The Wall Record” climbing up and onto the musical charts.
– Chapter 3: Michael is so successful in popular music people were all calling him “King of the Pop”
– Chapter 4: Michael first was good then was bad when he went from being on the stage of concerts to being on the court of law.
– Chapter 5: Michael also had Bubbles the chimp and the elephant man skeleton but sometimes newspapers made reports that are not true too.
– Chapter 6:Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958–June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, entertainer and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he made his debut as an entertainer in 1968 as a member of The Jackson 5. He then began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group, and that successful career led to him being dubbed the “King of Pop” in subsequent years. Jackson’s 1982 album Thriller remains the world’s best-selling album of all time, and four of his other solo studio albums are among the world’s best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Bad (1987), Dangerous (1991) and HIStory (1995).
So you spent all spring getting ready for beach season. You dieted and exercised during every spare minute of the day so perhaps one day you could look just like Gossip Girl star Blake Lively, right?
Well, you wasted your time, fatso. People Magazinereports that Blake told UK Glamour “she doesn’t do anything to make her body look good.” So, it sounds like Ms. Lively can basically eat whatever she wants all day every day and sit on the couch playing non-exercise-based video games and still manage to look fantastic:
“I had to do a scene in a bra and shorts for the first time in two years,” she continues. “On the day of the shoot, I ate a pork burrito, chips and coke. Afterwards, I thought, ‘I probably shouldn’t have done that.’ But whatever.”
There you have it. Life is cruel, but if you didn’t already know that, I hear there are all kinds of answers at the bottom of a tub of Ben and Jerry’s. Blake Lively told me.
US pop star Madonna performs on stage during a concert part of her 'Sticky and Sweet' tour in 2008. A Polish ultra-religious movement Tuesday said it planned prayer sessions to protest a concert by US... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 7 Jul 2009 | 4:12 pm
The Today Showrevealed the cover of the new book from The Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown this morning, and theories about the plot are already being debated just from the cover. Considering his last two books sold like a million billion copies worldwide, Dan Brown did not make it easy to learn the secrets of The Lost Symbol. As usual, there are all kinds of cryptic symbols synomous with Mr. Brown’s other thrilling page-turners.
However, our crack squad of BWE symbologists have already figured out many details of the next Robert Langdon adventure.
When Apple rang up Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine to see if he and his band would be interested in recording a classic Frank Sinatra tune, the singer jumped at the chance.
Michael Jackson's body was transported from a private memorial service at a Hollywood Hills cemetery to a massive public memorial in downtown Los Angeles that began shortly after 10 a.m. PDT Tuesday Source: FOXNews.com | 7 Jul 2009 | 3:32 pm
Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, John Mayer and more join the Jackson
family's final salute to the King of Pop
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The Michael Jackson memorial service at the Staples Center on Tuesday will be a star-studded affair, with singers Mariah Carey, Usher and Stevie Wonder among the participants, according to an announcement released on behalf of the Jackson family.
Jenna Fischergot engaged last week to writer Lee Kirk. At least, until she calls it off and gets with her true love, probably.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be rated PG, even though the previous two installments were both PG-13. It’s safe to say that Hermione/Ron strap-on scene was cut?
Brandon Routh told a Spanish-language website that he is no longer Superman. A Warner Bros. executive was quick to add “Hahaha I’ve never even seen this guy! We haven’t made a Superman movie in decades!! Ha ha HA ha ha…”
Yesterday, we erroneously reported that T.J. Hooker was the last thing in existence that hadn’t been remade into a feature film (but it’s on its way). Correction: Here comes a Baywatch movie. Pretty sure that’s everything now.
Fashion Wire Daily - It's perhaps not the greatest compliment one can give John Galliano but it's a revealing one  models probably love to wear his creations more than any other designer, as they did with pride and passion in the Christian Dior haute couture show on Monday, July 6, in Paris.
Actor Daniel Radcliffe receives a portrait on the wall of fame at Tony's di Napoli in New York City, February 2009. The stars of the sixth Harry Potter film were set to walk up the red carpet in London... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 7 Jul 2009 | 12:11 pm
A Chinese girl reads a copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince at a bookstore in Beijing, 2005.The stars of the sixth Harry Potter film were set to walk up the red carpet in London for the world... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 7 Jul 2009 | 12:11 pm
(From left) British actors Oliver Phelps, Bonnie Wright, James Phelps and Tom Felton pose during a photocall in Paris to promote the release of the movie "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince". The stars... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 7 Jul 2009 | 12:11 pm
A motorcade that began at the home of Michael Jackson's parents reached a cemetery in the Hollywood Hills early Tuesday for a private service in advance of a star-studded memorial in downtown Los Angeles.
• Not only is Karl Lagerfeld not planning on retiring, he tells 
Now that the Michael Jackson memorial has come and gone, people are still waiting to find out just how much the celebration cost the city of Los Angeles.
The event...
Channeling Italian cinema master Federico Fellini's penchant for psychedelic fantasies, antic narcissism and eye-popping set pieces, director Rob Marshall (Chicago) seems to be pulling out all...
So today was Michael Jackson's memorial. Pretty big, historical, epic moment, obviously. And pretty big, historical, epic moments don't go unnoticed by Twitter (unless you're a...
In the beginning, it was too much—too many souvenirs, too much taxpayer-paid security, just too much (although, despite the worst crowd-control fears, not too many people).
In the...
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The moving Michael Jackson memorial event at the Staples Center has come to a close.
Jennifer Hudson, Mariah Carey and Usher crooned the King of Pop's tunes, while Smokey Robinson,...
Original Bachelorette Trista Sutter is putting her reality-TV experience to use for us here at Watch With Kristin by blogging about Jillian Harris' quest for the perfect guy. Here's...
Despite catching the swine flu, Rupert Grint is alive and well, and ready to celebrate.
The actor, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, recently came down with...
Let's have a new rule: When you're attending somebody's funeral, you should avoid dressing up like that person. Like, how you're not supposed to wear white at somebody else's...
Remember back in February when Mayor Bloomberg 
Tired of waiting WEEKS for those “real” Michael Jackson biographies to come out, with all their “information” and “facts” and “stuff not literally just pulled from the internet?” Worry no longer! Two tireless authors in China have released the 
So you spent all spring getting ready for beach season. You dieted and exercised during every spare minute of the day so perhaps one day you could look just like Gossip Girl star Blake Lively, right?
The Today Show 
