AP - Dole Foods sued a Swedish filmmaker and his film company for defamation on Wednesday, alleging he insisted on showing his documentary, "Bananas!" at the Los Angeles Film Festival after learning it was based on a fraud. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 9 Jul 2009 | 10:14 am
AP - Dole Foods sued a Swedish filmmaker and his film company for defamation on Wednesday, alleging he insisted on showing his documentary, "Bananas!" at the Los Angeles Film Festival after learning it was based on a fraud. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 9 Jul 2009 | 10:14 am
AP - Some 31.1 million people in the United States watched the Michael Jackson memorial on television, with millions more catching video streams on their computers.
AP - Some 31.1 million people in the United States watched the Michael Jackson memorial on television, with millions more catching video streams on their computers.
AP - Michael Jackson's dermatologist says he on occasion gave the pop star the painkiller Demerol but warned him about using the powerful sedative Diprivan.
Front Page: 'Capitalism: A Love Story' to be released Oct. 2 -- Michael Moore's opting to spoof romantic conventions in titling his upcoming documentary "Capitalism: A Love Story," which addresses the causes of the global economic meltdown.
Michael Jackson's soul could very well be resting in peace now, which is more than anyone has been able to say for sure about the King of Pop's body.
But though the death...
The lingering questions of just who's the daddy of Michael Jackson's three children didn't exactly get answered today when Dr. Arnold Klein, one of the buzzed-about potential papas,...
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AP - Let the sew-off begin: After a massive delay, "Project Runway" is revealing its new batch of aspiring fashion designers.
Judgement day is coming for Edward Furlong's marriage.
The actor's wife of more than three years, actress Rachael Bella, has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable...
Oh, you thought turtles weren't scary, huh? What about THAT THING?!
Everyone knows that, like elves and dwarfs, reptiles and birds do not make easy allies. The former, in all its varieties, has to live in constant fear of attack by the latter, and no species is more at risk than the slow-moving turtle, which despite its hard shell is easily scooped up and dropped from a high height. But in instances of extreme, imminent peril, when war appears to be declared on the animal world at large, you will see the two forces join together in battle. (We hope someone will make a movie trilogy about this someday.) One such spectacular occurrence took place today.
For 35 minutes air traffic was shut down at JFK Airport as dozens of brave diamondback terrapin turtles slowly marched onto a runway. They were obviously marshaling a Hail Mary attack on humanity for the brutal assassination of 2,000 potentially innocent Canada geese — whom Mayor Bloomberg had gassed in retaliation for the goose attack on US Airways Flight 1549 at JFK in January. The birds had already attempted a counterattack, but it failed, and the animal forces clearly felt they needed a more brazen approach. Humans cleared the turtles from the runway without harming them, but we haven't forgotten that at this very moment we are being encircled by a deadly ring of dolphins and whales.
WHY AREN'T YOU PEOPLE LISTENING TO US?! This can only end in our collective doom. The war against humanity has spread beyond birds and nonthreatening local fauna. If reptiles and sea-dwelling mammals have allied with our avian enemies, we risk awakening the wrath of our most terrifying animal enemy: the shark. They don't sleep, everyone. Sharks are always awake.
It's the last and final day of couture, which means new shows! Jean Paul Gaultier wowed everyone with his Croc, furs, and sequins. Chanel and Valentino both had amazing sheer headpieces and runaway hemlines. Of course, the best way to see these is in full-screen mode. Because it is couture, after all.
Front Page: Studio first to cross $1 bil in foreign B.O. revenues -- Thanks to the mammoth opening of 3-D toon "Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs," 20th Century Fox has become the first studio of the year to cross the $1 billion mark in foreign box office revenues.
We’ve scored some good live stuff and an unveiled album cover, but this week has brought the first bit of official studio recordings from Humbug, the Arctic Monkeys’ third album, splashing down August 25. The band’s narrative is pretty familiar: a bunch of scrappy youngsters from suburban England become a mini-phenomenon with their first album (Whatever People Say I Am That’s What I’m Not) before settling down with their second (Favourite Worst Nightmare). So what’s next? If first single “Crying Lightning” is any indication, it’s not the world-conquering ubiquity of the Whatever People Say era: “Lightning” packs the familiar driving bass line and strong and simple guitar work, but it’s a mid-tempo affair without a hint of the head-knocking heft of past singles “Brianstorm” and “I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor.” Front man Alex Turner still has cheeky venom to spit out (he “hates that little game you had called crying lightning / and how you like to aggravate the ice-cream man on a rainy afternoon”). He just doesn’t seem to be quite as worked up about it.
• Aquavit's owner says the rumor the eatery is closing is pure nonsense. [GS] • More good news: Although it appeared as if Ama has gone bust a couple of weeks ago, the closure was temporary and it's now back in business. [Eater] • The critics: Frank Bruni of the Times gives Aldea a very solid two-star review today; Bloomberg's Ryan Sutton is pretty pleased with Locanda Verde; and the Post's Steve Cuzzo is happy to report Benoit is "a lot better." [NYT, BN, NYP] • Rumor has it William Grimes may step in as the New York Times' temporary restaurant critic when Frank Bruni takes his leave next month. [TFB] • A roundup of restaurants that have opened recently. [NYT] • Joey Chestnut's record-setting 68 hot dogs at the Nathan's eating competition translates into 20,200 calories, in case you were wondering. [TFB]
• Butchers are now sex symbols since they "have the raw, emotional appeal of an indie band." Or so the Times would have you believe. [NYT] • High-end wineries are reeling from the recession, not surprisingly. [WSJ] • It's Patsy's vs. Patsy's all over again, apparently. [NYP] • An excellent analysis on the state of NYC club scene. [NY Press]
1. The crocodile overalls, worn over fur.
2. The Magnum condoms handed out for free before the show.
3. The furs, which are sure to have PETA loading up on extra fake blood right now.
4. Unlikely showgoer Mickey Rourke, who had a prime, front-row seat but relinquished it for the fifth row when the show started so that he could talk to fans.
5. The crocodile overalls.
6. The highly caloric and fattening chocolate-covered ice-cream bars girls tried to feed guests before the show.
Recessions tend to wipe out the bozos first, so perhaps Lenny "Nails" Dykstra deserves credit for hanging on as long as he did. Never mind the steroid reports that have dogged him since his playing days ended. The beloved ex-Mets and -Phillies star had energy: He owned a chain of car washes and lube joints, wrote an investing column for TheStreet.com, and founded a lifestyle magazine for retired jocks, The Players Club: "Keep Living the Dream" was its motto. And he was: driving a Rolls Royce, living in Wayne Gretzky's old mansion in Southern California. "Pull that door, dude," he told The New Yorker's Ben McGrath last year. "Feel that. That's a door, man. And the stairs — it's like fucking royalty. This is a compound."
Now Dykstra's compound is under siege. He filed for bankruptcy protection today, claiming less than $50,000 worth of assets — well under the $60 million he bragged he was worth to ESPN.com in April. Plus, he's millions of dollars in debt: $12.9 million to JPMorgan, and $4.2 million to TARP recipient Bank of America. Meaning, in other words, the people who have been underwriting Lenny's dream are the bank we hear is the only respectable bank left in America and the American taxpayer. Now that's a rude awakening.
In an interview with Esquire, the legendary auteur confesses that his original choice to take the directorial reins on the Godfather sequel was a young Marty Scorsese. We're actually kind of glad this never came to fruition. After all, could you imagine Fredo getting whacked to the plaintive strains of "Gimme Shelter"? [Esquire via /Film]
Reuters - Wartime movie-star suits at Jean-Paul Gaultier and delicate black dresses at Valentino wrapped up the season's haute couture shows in Paris on Wednesday.
Husband-and-wife team Gautier Pellegrin and Lindsay Jones founded Outlaws of the Border just a season ago (their first-ever collection debuted in spring 2009), and already the response has been tremendous. On top of a WWD cover, rack space in a slew of stores (Eva, Collective Hardware, In God We Trust, to name a few), and a feature on FadMashion.com, the duo has a notable fan in their corner: Heidi Klum. The label, named for a book about Jesse James, is heavy on draped, romantic looks and dark fabrics. “I have always been drawn to Romantic imagery and beautiful objects,” Lindsay explains. “The fall collection is set to an overall moonlit theme so that the collection appears to be silhouettes under moonlight.” And if the line sounds a bit too Edgar Allan Poe for your liking, the tailoring should win you over. The pieces are simple, elegant, and well constructed — even when trendy (like harem pants). “The goal is lasting pieces with elegant silhouettes.” Check out some of our favorite pieces from the fall collection.
Marc Dreier has been beaten by Bernie Madoff every step of the way. When news of the Park Avenue lawyer's $400 million Ponzi scheme broke back in December, he had a mere two days to revel in being the hugest Ponzi-schemer ever before Bernie's $67 billion fraud belly-flopped into the news cycle and blew him out of the pool, and it is Bernie who has remained the Face of Ponzi ever since. And today the government delivered another blow to Dreier, by recommending that a federal judge due to sentence him next week impose a 145-year sentence, five years less than what Bernie got. Burn. Dreier is beating Bernie on the public-contrition front, though. Along with a plea for leniency, lawyers submitted a four-page personal letter from Dreier himself. It doesn't give much insight into his crime, but it is a fascinating peek into his psyche. As it turns out, for Dreier, along with everyone else, hindsight is 20/20.
"As I sit here today, I can't remember or imagine why I didn't stop myself. It all seems so obviously deplorable now. I felt only that I was desperate for some measure of the success I had felt eluded me. I felt my law firm was the last chance I had to make a mark for myself, and I was fearful of seeing it all fail. I know of course that this amounted to nothing more than self-pity, but this was my state of mind when I became a criminal. I gave in to being overwhelmed by the anxieties of life that we are all expected to cope with every day, and most people do, but I just could not manage to do so. I had no one close to me with whom I could talk. I had isolated myself, both personally and professionally. I lost my sense of moral grounding and really, in a sense, I just lost my mind."
We almost empathize with him. Life: It sure can be "overwhelming." Of course, it gets much worse when you're trying to manage a $400 million Ponzi scheme.
Michael Jackson's dermatologist did not rule out that he may be the biological father of Jackson's children, and Dr. Arnold Klein denied that he ever gave Jackson dangerous drugs.
Tagline: "Coexistence has never been easy. Why won't we let them leave?"
Translation: You don't know what you got till it's gone.
The Verdict: We've said it before, but we'll say it again: District 9 is well positioned to be this year's Cloverfield. The similarities between the two films are striking in that both feature a riveting sci-fi-leaning plot, a cast of no-name actors, and some impressive yet understated special effects (read: the exact opposite of anything you saw in Transformers: RotF). Written and directed by Peter Jackson protégé Neill Blomkamp, District 9 is set in the near future and revolves around a race of extraterrestrials who have been marooned in South Africa for 30-odd years. The buglike aliens, whose intentions here on Earth are unknown, have been cordoned off by an international agency that goes by the acronym MNU and is forced to live in a ghetto outside of Johannesburg. Unlike many trailers these days, this one does a fantastic job at establishing mood and tone but doesn't give much away in terms of plot. Color us excited!
In the wake of Michael Jackson's memorial service, the key question of how the pop superstar died remains unanswered, awaiting an official report from the Los Angeles County coroner.
Lenny Dykstra, the former member of the New York Mets who tried to pass himself off as all-knowing financial guru, real estate investor, and magazine entrepreneur in recent years, filed for bankruptcy protection today. [Reuters]
Governor Paterson announced that he's appointing former MTA chairman Dick Ravitch as lieutenant governor in a press conference this afternoon. Paterson hopes to break the 31–31 stalemate in the State Senate by doing so, as the lieutenant governor also serves as president of the body and can cast a tie-breaking vote. The announcement will almost definitely set into motion a series of legal and political objections, as many skeptics think Paterson doesn't have the right to appoint someone. Ravitch, for his part, is a longtime public servant here in New York, having run the MTA for four years as well as the state's Urban Development Corporation. Playing this role would be a personal victory for him, as he has never held elected office. This questionable appointment is far from an "election," but on the off chance it works, it will give him authority over former foes like Pedro Espada (who covets the Senate president seat), Carl Kruger, and Ruben Diaz Sr. — all three of whom gutted his proposal to save the MTA by taxing the East River bridges earlier this year. You can bet it's not lost on Governor Paterson that the "Three Amigos" will steaming mad over this move.
During the press conference, Paterson listed the programs and local finances that have been crippled by the State Senate's inaction, and defended his own efforts to get the body working again. "If I became incapacitated, if something happened to me, it is not known who would be governor!" he added.
"The state Constitution gives me the explicit power of appointment in cases of vacancies of office. There is nothing in Constitution or law that says I cannot fill the vacant post of lieutenant governor." Of course, even he called the move "unprecedented." Ravitch would not run for election in 2010 if his appointment is accepted. "I am aware that I am not the final arbiter of legal issues," Paterson said, asking that any legal challenges be handled "expeditiously."
"This is the right thing to do," he finished. "I have no doubt of that."
The unraveling of Christian Lacroix began long before the label filed for bankruptcy in France in May. Lacroix has clashed with the Falic family, which owns the label, for years. The designer told Hamish Bowles that the Falics, “not being from the couture-and-luxury field ... were not prepared for the long-term investment” in his label. “They thought that in two seasons they would get their money back.” As the Wall Street Journal notes today, couture shows are not staged for the purpose of making money off those clothes. The benefit of a couture show is its worldwide marketing power, which helps sell things like sunglasses and handbags to aspirational and wealthy consumers. Those sales are the meat and potatoes of a fashion house. The money brought in from the actual couture collection is just the gravy — and maybe not even the gravy, but the truffle oil in the gravy — on top.
Shortly after the Falics purchased Lacroix from LVMH in 2005, they tried to run the house on a budget. Yet at the same time, they wanted the label to be among the highest-end on the market. They quickly canned Lacroix’s lower-priced Bazar and Jeans lines. Lacroix was delighted not to have to bother with cheaper lines anymore. But it wasn’t long before suppliers failed to receive checks, new suppliers had to be found, and Lacroix was back to the cheap stuff. He was supposed to produce, as he says, “the ‘It’ bag in cheap leather.”
Although his fall 2009 collection was heralded and Barneys placed a large order for it, that line won’t be produced. Neither will his cruise collection. Which means Lacroix boutiques will have to close in September. The label has hardly been able to fill orders for the couture collection presented in January, even though some devoted clients paid up front for the pieces so that the label could buy the supplies needed to produce them. “I struggled to make the dresses for the [Marielle] Safra wedding,” Lacroix says.
So that's how a celebrated, revered label goes to pieces. Lacroix says the Falics didn’t want him to stage a couture show this week (he did anyway because he wanted his employees to have work). Maybe they foresaw the flood of publicity their mistakes would receive.
Lacroix has until the end of the month to find a buyer. His banker friend David de Rothschild is helping him locate new investments from people who know what they’re doing. Lacroix says he’s met with “some important people” and will only see those “ready to support couture.” But whoever wants to invest will have to cough up about 40 to 60 million euros over the next few years. Although speculation has surfaced that LVMH might scoop up Lacroix again, no one at the company has said anything to indicate it actually will.
Lacroix thinks the Falics would rather just see the house go under. Sadly for them, the entire fashion industry holds out hope the label will survive.
Did you fly in or out of Kennedy Airport this morning and find yourself delayed for a good hour and a half or so? There's a good explanation for that. One of the runways was shut down after a pilot reported running over some turtles, and wildlife control workers later had to remove 78 diamondback turtles who'd positioned themselves on the runway because they were "looking for friends of the opposite sex. Yes, it's turtle mating season. And, yes, turtles were responsible for screwing up your schedule today. [NYP]
Last month, James Franco bowed out of a commencement address he was expected to give at his alma mater, UCLA. At the time, it was rumored that he had been pressured to recuse himself by a 600-student-strong Facebook group, "UCLA Students Against James Franco as Commencement Speaker," started by a Tracy Flick–like former classmate of Franco's called Erin Moore. "He was in our class," Moore told the L.A. Times. He's not a role model. He hasn't had time to accomplish anything with his degree." But now, it seems, there might have been another reason. Funny or Die has unearthed outtakes from what they claim is James Franco's rejected speech. It has its moments.
Though most of them will eventually be out, the list of Project Runway contestants is finally in.
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PLASTIC SURGERY
• A new study in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology claims that Botox can be used as acne prevention because it decreases oil production. But some dermatologists disagree, saying that if you Botoxed your cheeks (prime acne spots), it "would look like you had a stroke." [Allure/Daily Beauty Reporter]
MAKEUP
• Makeup artist Aaron De Mey and his team placed rhinestones one by one on the Givenchy model's faces yesterday. Luigi Murenu did the hair. [Style.com/Beauty Counter]
FRAGRANCE
• Here is a video of Demi Moore's photo shoot for the Helena Rubenstein Wanted fragrance campaign. Rachel Zoe makes a cameo. [Now Smell This]
NAILS
• Rescue Beauty Lounge is launching a new purple nail color, named Mismas, which was inspired by a blogger. [All Lacquered Up]
Oh hello, I didn’t see you there. I’m Barack Obama, and if you’re watching this, it means you’ve decided to become a part of the Staples family. Let’s get you started on this new, exciting career opportunity in the world of office supply retail.
Hopefully, after watching this training video, and a few weeks of working hard and paying attention to your managers, when a customer asks you if you can help them find a particular ink cartridge, you’ll be able to tell them with pride, “YES WE CAN.” Ha. Little joke there. Now let’s get started!
In the ensuing days since Marion Barry's arrest for stalking this weekend, we've learned some key elements of the backstory. First of all, Barry had been dating his accuser, Donna Watts-Brighthaupt — a former employee — for several months. They had since broken up, but had been planning on taking a trip to Rehoboth Beach that day. Halfway there, they got into a fight and turned around. When they ran into one another back in the District later that day, Watts-Brighthaupt called the cops and accused Barry of stalking. Now, the Washington City Paper has come up with more disturbing background, courtesy of Watts-Brighthaupt's ex-husband (Barry is also technically married, too, but that's a different story). Delonta Brighthaupt managed to tape the couple at various points — because if an ex of yours was dating Marion Barry, wouldn't you tape the fun, too? — and the results are spectacular.
For example, their relationship seems to have started during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, where both were "working." Somehow they were assigned to the same hotel room (we don't know who was responsible for that, but we have one pretty obvious guess: Barack Obama). According to Watts-Brighthaupt, Barry came on to her. “You put me out in Denver ’cause I wouldn’t suck your dick,” she reportedly yelled at him this past weekend, recalling the event, which had left her forced to sleep in a car in a parking garage for the night in the cold Denver air.
There are other fun anecdotes from the taped conversations, like the time they beat the crap out of each other in the middle of a Las Vegas casino, or the time he sneaked her into the official Pennsylvania Avenue viewing booth during the inauguration. The tapes basically capture the all-around insanity of a kind of love/hate relationship that nobody ever makes movies out of because it is simultaneously very real and very terrifying. But really the best part of the whole thing is the above quote, which we truly hope wins the City Paper some kind of national alt-weekly award.
As we reported earlier, it's being widely speculated that in his 5 p.m. televised address tonight, Governor Paterson will either announce the appointment of a lieutenant governor or his intention to do so if the Senate doesn't soon untangle this horrible mess they've created. But the move would be highly controversial — it's based on a new reading of the Public Officers Law being pushed by Assemblyman Gianaris and good-government groups that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has already openly opposed. But since Cuomo might not be totally unbiased in this situation, we decided to talk to some other folks who have some expertise in this very situation. Turns out, they all agree: Paterson shouldn't do this, because, well, it will make the Constitution cry.
Gerald Benjamin, SUNY New Paltz's Distinguished Professor of Political Science and recognized expert on New York State government (and also the father of tireless Daily News blogger Elizabeth Benjamin) said, flat out, "I do not think this is constitutional." He continued:
We have explicit provisions for filling vacancies in other statewide offices, though not this one. This cannot be presumed an accident. Filling this vacancy was almost certainly not contemplated when the provisions in the P.O. law now under discussion for use here were written. We have had frequent vacancies in the office in modern history. No appointment was ever made under the P.O. law.
Benjamin added that Paterson would make the situation in Albany worse, not better, if he followed through with an appointment. In this concern he's joined by Peter Galie, the chair of the political-science department and director of the Raichle Pre-Law Center at Buffalo's Canisius College, and author of the book The New York State Constitution: A Reference Guide. Galie believes such a move "will create another constitutional crisis" and will certainly be thrown to the courts. There's already "a provision in the Constitution for filling the office when it is vacant," he says. "The fact that the Senate has been unwilling or unable to choose a temporary president who would be acting L.G. does not change that fact." Simply put, he believes that Paterson's power to appoint a lieutenant governor "ought to be more explicitly granted by the Constitution for its exercise to be legitimate."
You won't hear any disagreement from Assemblyman Robin Schimminger, a Democrat from Erie County. Last year, the NYU Law grad participated in a forum hosted by the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government (as did Benjamin and Galie) called "Gubernatorial Succession and the Powers of the Lieutenant Governor," which focused on this very situation. Schimminger has, since 1985, pushed for a constitutional amendment that would allow the governor to appoint a new lieutenant governor during a vacancy. So he's thought about this. A lot. Though he noted that "difficult times require innovative approaches," Schimminger, like Benjamin, pointed out that no other governor in this situation felt they had the power to appoint their lieutenant governor. Choosing his words very carefully, he told us that "absent a constitutional provision allowing him to nominate an individual, [Paterson] should not make use of this arcane and never-before-used provision in the Public Officers Law. It would be fraught with uncertainty and potential negative consequences."
What's funny here is that Paterson warned state senators just recently that they would be violating the constitution if they skipped out on his special sessions. We'll soon find out whether he practices what he preaches.
Update: He will not. The Times is reporting that Paterson will name former MTA chief Richard Ravitch as his lieutenant governor.
It was bad enough that on the eve of President Obama's visit the Feds resurrected the whole "Russian-spy stereotype" by arresting Sergey Aleynikov for stealing code from Goldman Sachs. Now the Times' Alan Feuer has made a dig at our friends in the former USSR in a little piece about the arrest of a group of Ecstasy dealers.
The Russians were in custody. Operation Odessa had gone off without a hitch. Five young men had been picked up in coordinated dawn raids in a two-mile swath of southern Brooklyn. The federal agents had surprised them in their beds. Now they were here, in a government lockup on the sixth floor of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s office on the West Side of Manhattan. It was 8 a.m., and the men were looking sleep-deprived; some of them were still dressed in their disco clothes.
Really? Really, Alan? So if a Russian wears something glittery and form-fitting it's a "disco" outfit? What if an American wore a jewel-studded tracksuit, then what would you call it? "Clubwear"? Yeah, that's what we thought. Well. Thanks a lot. So much for diplomacy.
We were all a little shocked when Fox decided to renew the underrated (not to mention lowly rated) Dollhouse for a second season. However, we're not surprised to see that Fox is already jerking around the Joss Whedon joint. The show was set to debut on September 18 but is being pushed back a week so that the network can air ... get this ... a repeat episode of Glee. [TV by the Numbers]
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Did you enjoy yesterday's memorial for King of Pop Michael Jackson? The penniless government of Los Angeles — which purportedly spent $3.5 million on security for the event — has set up a website where you, the MJ fan, may donate a few dollars to help cover funeral costs, so that the city's elementary schools can reopen and electricity can be restored to traffic lights. [City of Los Angeles via PopWatch]
• All right, everyone look at Lady Gaga being so artsy at the Isle of MTV Malta Special press conference. She's so ahead of her time and next level and original, right? There, we said...
Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing”: Unquestionably one of the greatest, most epic songs ever written. From its years as a rock radio mainstay and iconic concert favorite to its more recent fame as a go-to karaoke showstopper and iconic, if highly predictable, college party night-ender, no song seemed more completely invincible to the threat of ever growing too repetitive.
However, in the past five years or so, “DSB” has shot past the point of merely being ubiquitous to being something else — something almost…annoying. Played out? Used up? Exact wording aside, it’s clear that “Don’t Stop Believing” has, through no fault of the song itself, jumped the shark. And I know I’m not alone in believing this.
In the interests of spreading the blame around, here are the 10 Main Reasons for the “DSB” shark-jumping:
10. Sopranos Finale
An epic scene, to be sure, but the Sopranos finale marked the beginning of the end for “DSB.” Yes, it inspired a year’s worth of parodies parodies by everyone from the Pittsburgh Pirates to frickin’ Hillary Clinton, but concluding the most successful show in cable history with such a memorable moment should’ve been the untoppable, be-all and end-all of anyone ever trying to incorporate “DSB” ever again, when in fact, it was only the beginning.
9. Youtube Covers
It’s hard to blame the song “DSB” for any Youtube offshoots it’s inspired — I don’t blame the song for anything on this list, frankly — but this song in particular has served as an excuse for countless internet masses to unleash their “bad on purpose but really just bad” internetty-as-hell videos upon the internet. Here’s just one example.
You’d think the show Scrubs would at least take the tongue-in-cheek approach to the “DSB” montage, but nope — here’s Zach Braff’s straight-faced meditations on life.
6. Red Wings Fans
The Detroit Red Wings blast “DSB” during the third period of home games, giving everyone in the crowd a chance to shout along to the “South Detroit” mention. A fine tradition, except for the fact that 1) There’s not really any geographical location referred to as “South Detroit,” and 2) In the very next line of the song, the character takes a train going anywhere else.
5. Nick Pitera Cover Of Glee Cover
…And let’s not forget Youtube covers of the Glee cover of “DSB.” It’s like Russian nesting dolls of terrible.
4. Rock Of Ages Air Guitar Record
Here’s 400 people paying $120 to pretend to play along with a bunch of actors pretending to be Journey! New World Record!
3. Family Guy Version
It’s the Family Guy characters singing “Don’t Stop Believing”!!! I love them and the song so much I don’t care that there literally isn’t a joke to this, it’s just them singing it for a minute and a half!!!
2. Michael Phelps On A Plane
Given the fact that Michael Phelps could turn Michaelangelo’s Birth of Man douchey by touching it, Michael Phelps singing “DSB” on a plane to promote a website exceeds any degree of doucheocity measurable by mankind.
1. The Ellen Page Cover
Juno’s Ellen Page and Arrested Development’s Alia Shawkat doing…whatever this is. And that’ll do it, folks:
Since I’m sure there’s no point in calling a stopping the “DSB” overuse-juggernaut at this point, I’ll just take this time to make one simple request of the music-licensing world:
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After 14 days in theaters, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen...
Despite a new poll that shows Sarah Palin with a solid — if utterly polarized — level of support, some pundits have already decided that her political career is toast. But what those naysayers didn't realize is that Palin may be studying up on how to succeed at this very moment with a book called Knowledge in a Nutshell on Success, one title in a series by Charles Reichblum that also offers condensed wisdom and trivia on topics such as sports, movies, and presidents. Are we sure she's referencing this book? Not at all. But here's why we think it's possible: Today, on a beautiful, bright Alaskan morn, Palin tweeted a couple of "thoughts for the day," including the quote, "You have to sacrifice to win. That's my philosophy in 6 words." The quote is attributed to George Allen, though we can't tell if that's George "Macaca" Allen (hardly someone whose advice on success should be emulated) or one of the other many George Allens who have existed in this world. That's because the quote doesn't really show up anywhere in a Google or Nexis search. Google the exact words Palin uses, as we did, and you'll only find links referring to her own tweet. But replace the number 6 with the word "six", and you will be directed to a single link — the Google book of Knowledge in a Nutshell on Success, the 52nd page of which holds the elusive George Allen quote. It's still certainly possible she knows the quote from some other source — a different book, or oral folklore, perhaps. But if she does possess this book, she might also consider this Mark Twain quote on page 21: "The person who is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
For all those moments you've paused and wished Michael Phelps were still on TV in his swimming tights every day, Dolce & Gabbana has hired five swimmers from the Italian national team to star in the company's brand-new underwear ads. Their names are Emiliano Brembilla, Paolo Bossini, Alessandro Terrin, Mirko Di Tora, and Nicola Cassio. We hope you like briefs.
At the beginning of the 90’s, two men had the world in the palm of their hands. Michael Jackson was already a living legend and Ken Griffey Jr. was primed to be the greatest baseball player in the history of the game. Sadly, Griffey may never attain that status due to his many injuries, but yesterday he showed why he is still one of the coolest, classiest players out there. In the first inning, Ken wore just one white batting glove instead of his usual two black ones as a tribute to Michael Jackson. Perhaps I’m just nostalgic for the days when I was playing Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball on Super Nintendo, but I choked up a little when I saw this. Choked up on my bat, that is! [Baseball joke!] But seriously, nice work Griffey. You’re still one of the best.
The Brooke Astor trial has been delayed. Again. Astor's son, Anthony Marshall, had to be rushed to the hospital today after he fell in the men's room, hit his head, and reported feeling dizzy. The bad news is that the trial has been suspended indefinitely. The good: Once his trial is over, Marshall will get to come back as the plaintiff in a slip-and-fall personal injury suit against the city. [NYDN, previously]
The Observer reports today that Playboy has paid an outrageous sum of money (they won't say how much) for serial rights to Vladmir Nabokov's final, unfinished novella, The Original of Laura, for some inexplicable reason. In a move that will somehow honor the novelist's legacy while simultaneously ignoring his dying wish (he left instructions for his son to burn the story), the magazine — which ran pieces of Nabokov's Ada, or Ardor in 1969 — offered more for Laura than it has ever paid for an excerpt, sight unseen. Additionally, it doesn't sound all that great; The New Yorker turned it down, and Playboy literary editor Amy Lloyd's confidence-inspiring review goes something like this: "There are parts of it that are much more cohesive than others." A 5,000-word piece of the novella will run in the December issue, a week before the book hits stores. If anything, we would probably recommend picking up the hardcover and offsetting the price differential by continuing to get your pornography for free from the Internet.
• How many networks covered the Jackson memorial? Count 'em yourself: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, HLN, MTV, VH1, VH1 Classic, VH1Soul, BET, E!, TV Guide, TV One, Univision and Telemundo. [AdWeek] • The WSJ is planning a weekly New York-only arts-and-culture section. [NYO] • Condé Nast will launch a version of GQ in China in October. At last! [NYT] • The view from Sun Valley: Barry Diller doesn't think Twitter is ever going to make any money. But Disney chief Bob Iger says we're all going to be paying for online content in the near future. So everyone is in agreement. [WSJ, WSJ] • OK!'s $500K cover of a dying Michael Jackson wasn't a big hit. [DF] • The New York Times has pulled down a gallery of photos that had been digitally manipulated, presumably without its knowledge. [E&P] • Coming in 2010: An entire cable channel devoted to Olympic sports. [THR] • The adult entertainment industry is phasing out "narrative arcs" and dialogue, and it's supposedly because the Internet has shortened attention spans. [NYT]
In the wake of Michael Jackson's death nearly two weeks ago, hundreds of thousands of people have suddenly realized that the last time they purchased any of Michael Jackson's albums was back in the era when everyone listened to music on cassette tapes. So, quite naturally, they flocked to record stores, looking to make the upgrade to compact discs for easier listening. The only problem was, most retailers had sold out of whatever MJ stock they had on hand, so a number of consumers initially walked away empty-handed. However, in a totally surprising twist, once Sony finally got around to shipping out fresh copies of MJ's catalog to stores, people not only returned to the record stores, but they bought an astronomical 800,000 copies (!) of his CDs last week. That's an increase of nearly 90 percent from his impressive sales figures the week prior, with the lion's share of the sales (roughly 656K) being purchased from physical outlets (as opposed to, say, the iTunes record store). Jackson's Number Ones greatest-hits package sold 339,000 copies, while Thriller moved some 187,000 units. And while we're quite positive that this short-term boost to the record industry isn't sustainable, it's good to see that people are still willing to shell out their hard-earned money to buy the music they love.
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• Lululemon Athletica celebrates the reopening of its Soho store with a free Pilates class taught by Alycea Ungaro. 481 Broadway, nr. Broome St. (212-334-8276); 8 a.m.
• Meet bridal designer Ysa Makino and receive a free wedding-dress consultation and discounts on purchases at Bridal Reflections. Call for appointment. Through 7/11. 286 Fifth Ave., nr. 30th St. (212-764-3040); Th, F (11–7), S (10–5).
SALES STARTING TOMORROW
• Overstock, rare samples, one-off designs, and more for women and men are up to 75 percent off at the Rogan + Loomstate sample sale. All collection items are under $100. Through 7/12. 330 Bowery St., at Bond St. (646-827-7567); Th–Su (11–9).
• Spring dresses, jackets, and more by designer Christian Francis Roth are discounted at the Francis sample sale. Through 7/11. 288 Mulberry St., nr. Prince St.; Th–S (11–7).
• Find deep discounts at the Alexander Wang sample sale. The denim-and-black-leather motorcycle jacket is $745 (originally $1,495), and the fitted stretch-and-mesh combo dress is $395 (originally $795). Through 7/11. 83 Wooster St., nr. Spring St.; Th (2–8), F (9–8), S (10–7).
• Ready-to-wear, jeans, shoes, accessories, and the exclusive Acne X Lanvin capsule collection are up to 50 percent off at Acne. Through 8/9. 10 Greene St., nr. Grand St. (212-625-2828); M–S (11–7), Su (noon–7).
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• Clothingline.com is hosting a sample sale for Rachel Riley and Jacadi. Girls' cotton floral-print skirts from Jacadi are $32 (originally $80), and Rachel Riley infant girls' dresses and bloomers are $30 (originally $69). 261 W. 36th Street, nr. Seventh Ave., second fl. (212-947-8748); T (10–7), W–Th (10–6).
• Find 75 percent off spring ready-to-wear and accessories at the Halston summer sample sale. 96 Spring St., nr. Mercer St., second fl.; T–Th (9–7).
The road to progress can be bumpy. The YMCA in Park Slope recently changed the name of its "Mommy and Me" class to "Parent and Baby," the Times informs us today, because a lot of dads had started showing up to it. (Also, this being Park Slope, they also changed it from the weird first person, which was smart, because hello, babies can't talk.) Part of the reason more dads are hanging with their kids is the recession, and the fact that everyone in Park Slope is a freelancer, the Times says — but also, they note, there has been a "generational attitude shift concerning fathering," which in this highly concentrated area of overthinky white people results in new fathers having neuroses such as this:
Some worry that since they aren’t breastfeeding, they may not “be bonding as much” with the baby, she said.
Really? That's a thing? Well at least there's a solution!
Yes, the Manary Gland! There's finally a market! We're getting in on the ground floor of this one.
Not only is Karl Lagerfeld not planning to retire until the day he has to be hauled out of Chanel's offices in a bodybag, he also isn't going to restrain himself from making bitchy comments to reporters. A couple of weeks ago, the Kaiser staged a verbal assault on Heidi Klum and Seal. Today he delivers a milder attack on Audrey Tautou, who stars in Chanel's new TV commercial for Chanel No. 5, but had the audacity to suggest recently that she doesn't actually wear the label from head-to-toe every day. Karl's response? Among other things, he says he wishes he'd recommended Penelope Cruz for the perfume campaign instead. [WWD]
In case you haven't already realized by our general excitement, it's Couture Week! Oh, the dreamy fantasia of clothes, the makeup, the sky-high heels — and we're just talking about the front-row fixtures. Tommy Ton, the amazing eye behind Jak & Jil, is in Paris, snapping away street shots of editors, stylists, and more en route to the shows. We have a handful of shots to whet your appetite for now (with more coming later). It's almost like being there, minus all the parties, the vin rouge, and the fabulous dinners.
Front Page: 31 million U.S. viewers watch memorial service -- Michael Jackson's memorial service drew a huge television audience nationally, but that's only part of the story.
"He's looking at me ... and he's like, 'Kevin, you and I are going to play a game called tickle and pee.' I said, 'Gary, please, I'm 33 years old. It's emasculating.' He's chasing me around on the set. I'm running away from Gary Busey on my set, and Gary Busey is freakishly strong. He caught me, ultimately, and he tickled me. I felt like I was in fifth grade again."—Kevin Connolly on Gary Busey's creepy games [WENN via Contact Music]
"All these people can sit at home and can blog. They can say bad things about you online and you don't know who they are, but they know who I am. It's totally unfair. I know my face, you know my face. I want to see you. Meet me at this place here, and let's have that discussion: 'What did you mean "washed up and always yelling and screaming?" And if you don't believe it's me, call this number.' I enjoy engaging critics in that way."—Samuel L. Jackson wants to have lunch with a bunch of nasty bloggers [Contact Music]
"A young gentleman had a monkey in his hands with a diaper, and I was fawning all over it because I love animals. And he said, 'If you want this animal, I'll give this animal to you, but you have to give me tickets backstage.' He came everywhere with me."—Alanis Morissette on what she would do for a monkey [FemaleFirst]
"I guess it's like when you make dinner at home. You shove the bowl across the table and you throw a fork and you drop the napkin. You make due [sic]. I don't know if it's all cosmetic. I guess you can tell when something is primarily cosmetic and lacks the structural integrity. I think we all have an instinct about that. Where does this 'best' thing come from? Is that human? Is that American? Is it all over the world? Everyone wants the best eye surgeon, the best babysitter, the best vehicle, the best prosthetic arm, and the best hat. There's also the worst of all those things available, and they're doing rather well. Denny's is doing great. It's always crowded. You have to wait for a table."—Tom Waits comparing playing to a crowd without a sound system to ... waiting for a table at Denny's [Beck.com]
"Let your girl know you find her body sexy. Take nude pictures of her and put them on the Internet. Or I don't know, maybe Craigslist or GirlfriendFinder, YouPorn, RedTube.com, AmateurGirlfriend.org, MILFHunters, baby!"—The Office's Craig Robinson has some love advice [FunnyorDie]
"That's one of the things I said in rehearsal. Everyone has to eat in the scenes, and everyone really went for it."—Nora Ephron on force-feeding the cast ofJulia Julie & Julia [FemaleFirst]
Has George Clooney finally found a way to stop robbing casinos to support his passion projects? Maybe! Earlier this week, the Daily Beast's Kim Masters reported that he had expressed an interest in portraying Jack Ryan, should Paramount ever decide to revive the Tom Clancy character "for some commercial maintenance." Now, according to Anne Thompson, the studio and the producer, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, are currently expecting a script from writer Hossein Amini (Killshot) with the working title Untitled Tom Clancy Project (hey, it's catchier than A Clear and Present Danger).
This excites us, not because we'd like to see more movies like Sum of All Fears, obviously, but because a rebooted Clancy franchise would easily underwrite films from Clooney and Steven Soderbergh's Section Eight productions (like Syriana;Good Night, and Good Luck; and this fall's great-looking The Informant!) and allow the pair to stop footing bills with Ocean's Eleven sequels, which they're almost certainly sick of by now (we sort of are). Even better, won't it be funny to see Clooney pocket giant paychecks from huge blockbusters espousing the virtues of the military-industrial complex, then turn around and produce a dozen small movies on all the reasons such things are terrible?
Last week, Ezra Merkin, the disgraced financier who funneled a couple of billion to Bernie Madoff and has since been slapped with civil fraud charges, agreed to give up his prized collection of art as part of a deal with the attorney general's office. Like you, we found the news deeply troubling. Can you imagine what it must be like to spend years buying up one priceless Rothko painting after another, only to have Andrew Cuomo come along and run off them? Not fun! As always, though, we're here to help: We just sent a lovely Rothko poster to Merkin at his 740 Park Avenue duplex. Just because you aided and abetted the biggest crook in American history doesn't mean you should have to stare at bare walls all day!
Sure, a poster hardly compares to the genuine article, but at $9.99—or $8.49 after you factor in the 15 percent discount we were offered as first-time buyers—the price is hard to beat. A single poster, however, isn't going to be nearly enough to allow replace what Merkin's lost. So if you, too, are in a giving mood today, you're more than welcome to do your part to help out. Pick from one of the many posters here and send it to Merkin at the address below. (Just don't send the same one we sent, obviously.)
Mr. J. Ezra Merkin 740 Park Avenue Apt. 6/7B New York, NY 10021
If you're feeling extra-generous, you can pay an additional $150 or so to have it framed. But don't feel obliged. Presumably when the feds ripped the canvases off the wall, they left the wooden frames behind, so Merkin can just reuse them with these imitations. It will almost be like Merkin never surrendered the paintings in the first place!
You haven’t truly experienced thug life in Los Angeles until you’ve seen a movie performed entirely in rap, in which every single citizen in the greater Los Angeles area gets shot and killed in the trailer (Spoiler-Alert Alert!)
Move over, Trapped In The Closet Parts One Through Awesome, cause here comes the raptacular A Day In The Life, Michael Rapaport’s Supporting-Actor-Oscar baby (NSFW for language, quarter of earth getting shot):
Was the absurd stalemate in Albany not quite enough drama for you? Great, because more of it is coming your way: "In a shocking and legally questionable effort to end the month-old Senate stalemate, Governor Paterson is considering naming a lieutenant governor today during a 5 p.m. televised address, sources said. Such an appointment would defy the advice of the state's attorney general and decades of accepted legal wisdom that a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor could not be filled until the next statewide election." [NYP]
Yesterday was the premiere of the long-awaited film Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince in London, and because it’s still a week before any of us can see it I thought I’d kill the time with some Michelle Collins-style awards. [Sadly none of the photos had Alan Rickman aka Professor Snape. He's the best.]
STAYIN’ ALIVIEST Daniel Radcliffe
DEFINITELY STILL HAS SWINE FLU Rupert Grint
MOST LIKELY TO BE A LITTLE TEAPOT, SHORT AND STOUT Michael Gambon
MOST LIKELY TO MAKE PEOPLE SAY “HOLY CRAP! WHEN DID SHE GROW UP?!” Emma Watson
THE JUDD APATOW LOOKALIKE AWARD J.K. Rowling’s date
MOST LIKELY NEEDS A LONG NAP Helena Bonham Carter
PAULA DEENIEST Miriam Margolyes
MOST LIKELY WEARING A SET PIECE FROM THE WIZARD OF OZ This lady
“I’M REAL! I’M A REAL BOY!” PINOCCHIO AWARD Daniel Radcliffe
MOST LIKELY TO BE CONFUSED FOR BOB DYLAN OR A VAGRANT Tim Burton
MOST LIKELY TO RIP OPEN THE FABRIC OF TIME AND SPACE BY KISSING Daniel Radcliffe and J.K. Rowling
Former child star Lindsay Lohan, whose latest film skipped theaters entirely and will instead debut on the ABC Family channel, reportedly turned down the role in The Hangover that ended up going to Heather Graham. According to Lohan, the script "had no potential." We can only assume that the version of the script she read didn't have the Mike Tyson scene in it. [Page Six/NYP]
A man who spent 10 weeks as an alternate juror in the trial of Brooke Astor's son but was removed last week for unknown reasons, is now speaking out. If you were thinking the parade of famous faces on the witness stand would have had an influence the jury, well, that doesn't seem to be the case. Frank Waring, a retired maintenance worker, says the whole thing has been bewildering more than anything else: "Mr. Waring said he was sure of two things: The trial was confusing, and it was exhausting. 'You don't know who's doing what or who's telling the truth,' he said. 'To me, it's a very confusing trial.' [NYT]
If Potions Professor Horace Slughorn had mixed a brew to conjure up torrential rain, the weather could not have been worse for the premiere of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."
I’ve got some bad news for all you Slim Jim enthusiasts out there… Or some good news for all you people who enjoy super-random stories about explosions causing sweeping Slim Jim shortages:
An explosion last month destroyed the only Slim Jim plant in the U.S., the Post reports. And the company that makes Slim Jims, ConAgra (CAG), hasn’t produced any since then and won’t do so for at least another month.
Industry analysts say that Slim Jim loyalty is very high, and that people aren’t going to be OK with substitutes if the real thing is gone. That’s why some fans may be hoarding the remaining supply.
Analysts tell the Post that ConAgra could produce as many as 500 million Slim Jims every year. ConAgra said it won’t return to full Slim Jim production until the fall.
What we learn from this news story:
1) The only Slim Jim plant in the United States literally exploded.
2) Repetitive, unironic usage of the noun “Slim Jims” is amazing.
Paris may have left the crowd talking, but fans were also shocked to see Blanket Jackson clearly for the first time ever Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2009 | 4:39 pm
Shaheen Jafargholi put on an energetic song-and-dance rendition of "Who's Lovin' You," which Jackson sang as a child himself, in front of the King of Pop's gold-plated coffin and a television audience... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2009 | 4:33 pm
I thought the people of the Netherlands were supposed to be all cool and laid-back and not running super graphic commercials about cutting the guts out of strippers?
Incidentally, I understand the fish-gutting / human-gutting comparison, but what does being a stripper have to do with anything? Also, holy f*ck. (SFW, but graphic):
This Sunday NBC is airing the first of its two part disaster miniseries Meteor, which I fully planned on skipping. Two weeks ago ABC ran that miniseries Impact where a piece of the MOON breaks off and hits the Earth. That is a disaster mini series idea I can get behind. Judging from the title, this NBC movie just has one f***ing meteor. If my memory of the space chapter in my 8th grade Earth science text book Our Planet and You: Discover! serves me correctly, meteors are the dangerous space debris equivalent of some M-80’s purchased at some Pennsylvania highway gas station (NASA’s words, not mine). Call me when you have a miniseries that ups the ante a little, NBC. Maybe Jupiter hits the Earth or something.
All that was before I watched this preview clip, however:
First off, check out this cast: Christopher Lloyd, Jason Alexander, and Ernie Hudson. Actors from three of my favorite things ever (Back to the Future, Seinfeld, and Ghostbusters) are fighting space debris. I think maybe that dream I had where an NBC executive gets me really high and asks me to come up with show ideas was actually true.
Also, this thing isn’t about a meteor. It’s about meteorS, PLURAL, and that’s because a COMET strikes an ASTEROID. NBC really should have called this movie: A Comet Strikes An Asteroid, And S**t Gets Real. I’d pay $15 to see that in Disney Digital 3-D.
I will be watching in hopes they shoehorn in some lines where Christopher Lloyd says “Great, Scott! That thing is headed straight for us!” and Ernie Hudson yells “I’ve seen s**t in space that will turn you WHITE!” I also hope that after the part where Jason Alexander says “guesstimate” in this clip, a quibbling argument breaks out at the war room table about whether or not you should date people that use words like that. Either way, I’m tuning in this Sunday.
A day after a star-studded memorial paid tribute to Michael Jackson, countless questions linger as to the wherabouts of the body of the king of pop and the location of his final resting place Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2009 | 3:35 pm
The makers of the film "Bruno" have cut a scene featuring Michael Jackson's sister La Toya, seen here in 2006, because of fears it was in poor taste following the singer's death, a spokeswoman said Wednesday... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2009 | 3:18 pm
Actor Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Bruno" in late June 2009. The makers of the film "Bruno" have cut a scene featuring Michael Jackson's sister La Toya because of fears it... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2009 | 3:18 pm
Michael Jackson's eldest daughter touched the hearts of millions when she bid a tearful farewell to her father at his memorial service Tuesday in a rare public appearance.
Fashion Wire Daily - You cannot fault Riccardo Tisci for consistency. Eleven days after staging a North African inspired menswear show, the couturier re-visited the region again in a stellar Givenchy haute couture show in Paris on Tuesday, July 7.
Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer are in talks to co-star in a MacGruber feature film, based on the recurring Will Forte SNL sketches. And if there’s one thing I trust Lorne Michaels to do, it’s taking a funny five minute joke and extending it to a very necessary hour and a half.
Lindsay Lohan is being sued by a Florida chemist for allegedly stealing her spray-tan formula. The answer to that question would be no, Lindsay Lohan literally cannot do a single thing without controversy occurring.
Speaking of Lindsay, police have revised their earlier report about Lindsay’s mysteriously missing $400,000 jewels, admitting the jewels are closer to about $40,000 in value. TMZ would like to apologize for its premature headline, “HoHan Definitely Steals Four Billion Dollars.”
(From left) Actors Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe arrive at the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Leicester Square in central London. Reviewers said that the new... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2009 | 1:49 pm
Reuters - Parisian haute couture shows usually include one wedding dress; Elie Saab's featured more than a dozen, to the delight of his family-oriented core clients. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 8 Jul 2009 | 1:35 pm
The untimely death of Michael Jackson has set off an unprecedented surge in interest in his musical legacy. The self-proclaimed "King of Pop" certainly ruled the Billboard charts in the 1980s and beyond, but his posthumous sales are setting all kinds of new records.
The Jackson brothers Randy, Marlon, Tito, Jermaine and Jackie carry Michael Jackson's casket at his memorial service at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on July 7. After tearful final tributes to the... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2009 | 1:02 pm
Singer Usher performs under a giant photo of a young Michael Jackson at a memorial service for the music legend at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on July 7. After tearful final tributes to Michael Jackson... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2009 | 1:02 pm
Michael Jackson's daughter Paris is comforted by family members at a memorial service for the music legend at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on July 7. Paris grabbed international attention with her... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2009 | 1:02 pm
Fashion Wire Daily - Karl Lagerfeld gambled with a whole new silhouette and proportion in Chanel's latest haute couture runway show Tuesday, July 7, and though he came up with some remarkable looks, this heads or tails collection was ultimately not a winner.
Star Magazine says the former Playboy model Shauna Sand cheated on soap star Lorenzo Lamas, with his 18-year-old son Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2009 | 11:36 am
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.
Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Usher sang emotional farewells Tuesday to Michael Jackson, who was hailed as "the greatest entertainer that ever lived" and described by his tearful 11-year-old daughter Paris as "the best father you could ever imagine."
The cult of personality will continue on this fall, when purveyors of hard funk-rock Living Colour return with "The Chair In The Doorway" - the band's first set of new material in nearly six years.
Michael Jackson's soul could very well be resting in peace now, which is more than anyone has been able to say for sure about the King of Pop's body.
But though the death...
The lingering questions of just who's the daddy of Michael Jackson's three children didn't exactly get answered today when Dr. Arnold Klein, one of the buzzed-about potential papas,...
Judgement day is coming for Edward Furlong's marriage.
The actor's wife of more than three years, actress Rachael Bella, has filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable...
Though most of them will eventually be out, the list of Project Runway contestants is finally in.
The long-gestating sixth season of Project Runway, postponed nearly nine months while...
Whose farewell scored more viewers: Michael Jackson's or Princess Diana's? Who is the new Mr. Big? And is a guy from Kentucky the new Susan Boyle?
The answers—and more...
It looks like yet another Hills rivalry is here to stay...
Brody Jenner has attempted to end the Twitter-initiated drama between his girlfriend, Jayde Nicole, and fellow Hills costar...
• All right, everyone look at Lady Gaga being so artsy at the Isle of MTV Malta Special press conference. She's so ahead of her time and next level and original, right? There, we said...
Kate Gosselin's marriage may be crumbling, but her star power seems to be on the rise.
She's been invited by Maria Shriver to attend the Annual Women's...
Rumer Willis is going to be playing a lesbian next season on 90210, and guess who wants to be her lucky lady at West Beverly?
AnnaLynne McCord!
That's what Ms. McCord told...
It may suck the big robot when it comes to the reviews, but the Transformers sequel is also sucking in some serious bank.
After 14 days in theaters, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen...
At the beginning of the 90’s, two men had the world in the palm of their hands. Michael Jackson was already a living legend and Ken Griffey Jr. was primed to be the greatest baseball player in the history of the game. Sadly, Griffey may never attain that status due to his many injuries, but yesterday he showed why he is still one of the coolest, classiest players out there. In the first inning, Ken 
Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Michael Gambon
Emma Watson
J.K. Rowling’s date
Helena Bonham Carter
Miriam Margolyes
This lady
Daniel Radcliffe
Tim Burton
Daniel Radcliffe and J.K. Rowling
I’ve got some bad news for all you Slim Jim enthusiasts out there… Or some good news for all you people who enjoy super-random stories about 
Ryan Phillippe and Val Kilmer are in talks to co-star in a 
