AFP - Michael Jackson found himself in the files of the East German secret police, the Stasi, because of a concert he gave right next to the Berlin Wall in 1988, mass circulation Bild reported Thursday.
AP - Germany's Bild newspaper is reporting that a 1988 Michael Jackson concert in West Berlin prompted security concerns for East Germany's secret police.
(AP) AP - Jude Law's spokeswoman says the actor is set to become a father for the fourth time. The identity of the mother has not been revealed. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 30 Jul 2009 | 5:14 am
LONDON, July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- British satellite broadcaster BSkyB grew customer numbers at the fastest rate of growth for five years last year, as more... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 30 Jul 2009 | 1:33 am
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Diane Keaton is venturing into series television with a half-hour comedy at HBO. Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 30 Jul 2009 | 1:29 am
File photo of a Kookaburra sitting on a railing at the Pepper Tree winery in the Hunter Valley, two hours' drive north of Sydney. Australian band Men at Work are being sued for allegedly ripping off a... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 29 Jul 2009 | 10:32 pm
The Australian band behind the song "Down Under", widely regarded as the nation's unofficial anthem and a jukebox staple the world over, were dealt a major blow in a copyright battle on... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 29 Jul 2009 | 10:32 pm
Blood is starting to boil over in the Twilight zone.
Earlier today, the deposed Rachelle Lefevre revealed that she was "stunned" and "greatly saddened" by Summit...
(Reuters) Reuters - TruTV has announced a second-season pickup of its reality series "Black Gold," which follows competing crews drilling on Texan oil rigs. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 29 Jul 2009 | 9:32 pm
Desirable young guys, beware. You are the prey.
And Jennifer Aniston is the hunter, slinking into a role as an older—think thirtysomething—sexpot in the romantic comedy...
• Gisele Bundchen's baby bump was retouched out of London Fog's fall ad campaign. But if you're absolutely dying to see it, the new issue of People seems to deliver. [WWD, Cut, F'gie] • WWI influenced fashion. So did WWII. And Vietnam. So why is it that we're not seeing the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq reflected on the catwalk? [AP] • What went down at the CFDA's "town hall" yesterday: Anna Wintour sort of proposed flouting anti-trust laws to boost the fashion industry, Diane von Furstenberg was sort of horrified by the idea, and then Anna informed the room that she has connections in the White House. [NYO]
• Will JCPenney succeed when it makes its official debut on Friday? [NYP] • Fran Drescher is launching a line of organic skin-care products for HSN. It's called FranBrand. And now you're all caught up on that front. [Cut] • Five former employees of Guess Jeans co-founder Georges Marciano were awarded $370 million as part of a defamation lawsuit. [LAT] • Moises de la Renta chats about his new womenswear line MDLR. [BlackBook] • It seems the Senate is thinking of imposing a tax on plastic surgery. [LAT] • Even more upsetting: It turns out tanning beds are dangerous for you as arsenic, mustard gas, and tobacco, according to cancer experts. [AP]
Guessing which of the judges will be back on American Idol next season has become a popular game.
And yeah, we're having trouble keeping track of the rumors, reports...
Front Page: Network taps Shore for new take on '70s show -- NBC, Universal Media Studios and Steve Carell's Carousel Television have tapped "House" creator-exec producer David Shore to shepherd a redo of the classic 1974-80 gumshoe drama that starred James Garner and put Stephen J. Cannell on the map as a writer-producer.
Front Page: Company sets projects with Keaton, Del Toro -- Diane Keaton is attached to star in a series project in development at HBO revolving around a feminist icon who launches a sex mag for women.
Front Page: Director takes on Ludlum adaptation -- Universal Pictures has attached Ron Howard to direct "The Parsifal Mosaic," an adaptation of the espionage thriller by "The Bourne Identity" author Robert Ludlum.
After what seems like years of tabloid coverage, the stars of Jon & Kate Plus 8 (and their parents) are returning to the...
• Today in restaurant reviews: Frank Bruni of the Timesisn't the least bit impressed with Goving Armstrong's Table 8; Danyelle Freeman is pretty happy with Brooklyn's Prime Meats; Adam Platt thinks Locanda Verde is way better than Ago; and Time Out's Jay Cheshes pays a visit to Locanda Verde, too. • Ron Perelman is no fan of Bloomberg's Ryan Sutton today: Sutton says dinner at the Perelman-owned Blue Parrot in East Hampton "evokes the universally miserable experience of eating crummy food in an economy class seat." [BN] • Related: The Post's Steve Cuozzo heads out to the East End and concludes that "the best place to eat in the Hamptons is in a garden or on a porch—at your house or a friend's." But you probably knew that already. [NYP] • Tragic news for douchey fans of West 27th Street: DBTH reports—and Zagat confirms—that both Home and Guesthouse are now finished. [DBTH] • Rocco DiSpirito's career isn't totally dead. A new cookbook is coming! [GS]
• Bill Telepan is hoping to open a wine bar before the end of the year. [NYT] • A roundup of the best restaurants located inside NYC museums. [TONY] • HBO is launching a real-life drink in honor of True Blood. It's a "blood-orange carbonated drink has a slightly tart and lightly sweet flavor." Righto. [NYDN] • Michael Jackson's private chef on Jacko's last days, food preferences. [AP] • Did you know today is National Lasagna Day? Well, now you do. [NYDN]
Last week, formerly tumored Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl complained to Letterman about the long hours she was forced to work on a recent shoot for the show's upcoming season: "Our first day back was Wednesday and it was — I'm going to keep saying this because I hope it embarrasses them — a seventeen-hour day, which I think is cruel and mean." Why would evil showrunner Shonda Rhimes force her to do such a thing? According to the presumably solid sources of citizen journalist Ken Levine (he's also an Emmy-winning multi-hyphenate whose credits include M*A*S*H and Cheers), it was actually Heigl's fault, hilariously:
Poor Katherine Heigl. What she neglected to add was this: This "cruel" shooting schedule was only to accommodate HER and her needs. The producers graciously shuffled things around so she could go off and do promotion for her new film. Also, with union rules, the producers had to pay a ton of overtime and penalties to make this happen. The thanks they get is Katherine Heigl going on national television hoping to embarrass them.
She should probably wait at least a week before submitting her next request for vacation days.
Regina Spektor imitates the sound a dolphin makes on a track off her new album, "Far." And in the music video for her peppy song "Dance Anthem of The '80s" she gets her face so close to the camera that at times you think she's going to gobble it up.
When the trailer's a-rockin': Mogis, Ward, James, and Oberst.
The first six seconds of “Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)” could be the intro to a Ghostface joint, and we expect that white people are as excited for September’s debut Monsters of Folk album as they are for the next one from Ghostface. The band’s made up of Conor Oberst and M. Ward, their buddy Mike Mogis, and Jim James from My Morning Jacket, and while James clearly orchestrated this dreamy, soulful track, it’s the closest thing to a unique product from the group. (We’ve heard the self-titled disc, which isn’t entirely online, and it’s clear who wrote each song.) It’s also their very best effort, a when-the-rock-star-talks-to-God oddyssey whose earnestness is fully earned through the music, which we have to go ahead and call heavenly.
Instead of a traditional dress (boring!), Twilight starlet Ashley Greene wore a sausage casing to a special screening of Julie & Julia in Los Angeles this week.
We understand that...
In the fall of 2004, a fortysomething investment banker named Donna Murdoch logged into Ashley Madison, the discreet dating website married people visit "when divorce is not an option," and introduced herself to James Gansman, a partner at Ernst & Young in New York. The two struck up a relationship, meeting occasionally in hotels in Philly, New York, and California, and talking on the phone about their lives: James told Donna about how he was kicking ass at work, Donna told James about how she was struggling with her subprime mortgage.
Eventually the two settled into a comfortable day-to-day routine in their respective offices in New York and Philadelphia, staring at the same Yahoo Finance screen.
Sweet. Bill and Melinda Gates used to do kind of the same thing when they were long-distance dating. They'd see the same movies in different places and then talk about them on the phone. We just though we'd mention that, because that's the kind of information we have trapped inside our brains, and we hope that by releasing it we can make room for other things. Anyway, Donna and James's relationship did not go the way of Bill and Melinda's.
Eventually, their conversations about business grew more specific.
Mr. Gansman led Ms. Murdoch in a guessing game about which deals he was working on, she said. "The game was that I wouldn't be looking and he would give me hints: The market cap of two billion or market cap of 400 billion, and here's what they do, and he'd read it to me, and ultimately make sure I guessed," Ms. Murdoch testified. Before long, the guessing game fell away. Mr. Gansman told her more directly about upcoming deals of Ernst clients, she said.
She made $400, 000 off the deal, and the SEC noticed. He made nothing, and now he's going to jail. The end.
Acid-tongued comedienne Joan Rivers is currently out on the publicity tour plugging her new TV Land show, How'd You Get So Rich? During a discussion at the TCA conference, James Hibberd of The Hollywood Reporter reports that she used the opportunity to rip into Jay Leno. "I think it's brilliant that Leno is at 10 p.m., because America can get bored more easily and go to sleep earlier," she said. "When was the last time you heard, 'Did you hear what Leno said last night?' It will be nice for the Midwest because their crops will be greener." [Live Feed/HR]
Time to check in on Christian Lacroix! This week, the designer submitted a joint bid for his bankrupt company with Italy's Borletti Group. The French Industry Minister invited him to a meeting yesterday and Lacroix described their conversation as "extremely positive." If the bid goes through, Lacroix would become a shareholder in the company. Also, the house's couture and licensing businesses would remain open while a new ready-to-wear line is developed. The plan could also include the launch of a new fragrance.
Courts won't rule on the bids until September. But the company's rescue is sounding increasingly likely. Lacroix also noted the support of "people in the street." The government, which regards Lacroix's brand as a symbol of France, also wants to see the label flourish. France is so wonderful sometimes.
The High Line opened to the public a couple of months ago. And it's a delight, isn't it? Unfortunately, it appears the park is a little too delightful since four times as many people have been stopping to visit than Friends of the High Line originally anticipated. And now maintenance costs have gone through the roof, so the group is now looking to tax local residents to make up the difference.
Not surprisingly, residents of the area aren't too pleased with the proposal, which might have something to do with the fact they're the same people who had to put up with a few years of construction work while the High Line was renovated.
Friends of the High Line is hoping the tax could raise an additional $1 million a year to fund the park. But that's a drop in the bucket for Lisa Maria Falcone, who generously kicked in $10 million just a few days before the High Line was unveiled. Will Lisa—who was described by the Times last month as a "philanthropist with a sense of timing"—swoop in and save the day? Here's hoping!
Front Page: Paul Haggis to direct Lionsgate film -- Russell Crowe will star in "The Next Three Days," the adaptation of the 2008 French film "Pour Elle" that reunites Lionsgate with its "Crash" director Paul Haggis.
As the day has worn on and Mediaite founder Dan Abrams has gone all around talking about his new website venture GossipCop.com, in which his staff debunks gossip and rumors about the celebrity world, we wondered just how far he was willing to go to defend the site's philosophy. So we asked him if he would walk us through one particular gossip item we'd been wondering about: the unconfirmed reports that he, Dan Abrams, was dating Academy Award–winning actress Renée Zellweger. Disappointingly, there was no comment. It may have been because he was tired of arguing about the site all day — in this video here, for example, you can see Abrams lose his cool at Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel. Vanden Heuvel is actually pretty nasty and unfair, asking why Abrams doesn't concentrate instead on policing "covert ops" and "lobbyists." Which is completely absurd, and downright snobby, on the face of it. It would be like saying to gardening writers that they were shirking their duty by not writing about how to find Osama bin Laden underground in Pakistan. It's really laughable, but Abrams doesn't laugh — instead he snaps, "I don't want to come on television and be lectured by you on what I should and shouldn't be doing!" Which, to be fair, we wouldn't want to do, either, but doesn't he work at MSNBC? Couldn't he have, you know, exerted some pressure to not be put in exactly that situation?
Taylor Momsen paired a hot-pink minidress with a cropped motorcycle jacket and knee-high lace-up platform boots while performing with her band, Pretty Reckless, at her Sweet Sixteen birthday party last night at Hiro Ballroom.
Would you wear a lingerie-inspired look?
Related: Taylor Momsen Had Sebastian From NYC Prep to Her Birthday Party [Daily Intel]
Worlds collided at Taylor Momsen's Sweet Sixteen last night when NYC Prep's Sebastian rubbed shoulders with the man who plays his fictional counterpart, Chace Crawford. Sebastian, blonde locks aflutter, had just come from PC Peterson's charity event. "He's a really nice guy, actually, despite what he may come off as on the show," Sebastian said of his world-weary co-star. The whole cast has bonded since wrapping, according to Sebastian. "We all know each other better [now]." And the Kelli-Taylor love triangle? "It was just fun." But then another wall came down: Sebastian reads the recaps! "Is that the one that picks a winner?" he checked. Yep — and we reminded him that he even took home the honor once. "I'm very proud," he said. "But I'm a little pissed off, actually, because Cole is always the 'auxiliary winner.'"
Elsewhere at the party, the MisShapes spun for Momsen. Leigh Lezark, pin-thin and clad in black, said she knows Momsen from around. "She's very mature for her age," she explained. "I can't wait to play [the Ramones'] 'Sheena Is a Punk Rocker,' 'cause I think it'll work well for her." So how did Lezark turn 16? "I had a big party in my backyard. I'm pretty sure that was the year I broke my pool. It was like an above-ground pool and there were just too many people swimming around drunk and it just collapsed while we were still in it."
When Momsen took the stage with her band, the Pretty Reckless, co-stars Ed Westwick, Jessica Szohr, and Chace Crawford magically appeared in the front row to cheer her on. Momsen sang about "boys, manipulative boyfriends, and bad boyfriends," clad in a translucent pink slip, black bra showing. We asked Lezark if Momsen was indeed the most fabulous 15-year-old in New York, at least for a few more hours. "I don't know many others," she said.
UPDATE: We just received this exclusive statement from Lefevre:
"I was stunned by Summit's decision to recast the role of Victoria for Eclipse. I was fully committed to the...
PLASTIC SURGERY
• The Senate Finance Committee considered adding a 10 percent surtax to elective cosmetic surgeries like Botox and liposuction to help pay for the overhaul of our nation's health-care system. But Committee Chairman Max Baucus said that the tax is unlikely to go into effect. [Daily Beauty Reporter/Allure]
HAIR
• Diane Kruger didn't hide her bobby pins yesterday at the premiere for Inglourious Basterds. Easy, cheap hair accessories can be quite glam. [Beauty Department/Glamour]
FRAGRANCE
• Cadillac — as in the car — is launching a fragrance this fall with notes of geranium, tarragon, cinnamon, and grapefruit. It will not resemble new-car smell. Boo. [Stylecaster]
• Paul Smith is launching a new scent this September for men who are sure of themselves but are not pretentious. [WWD]
MAKEUP
• Two Twilight-inspired beauty lines, named Luna Twilight and Volturi Twilight, are hitting stores this September. That's over 70 new Twilight products. Be afraid. [Spoiled Pretty]
Network sources confirm to us exclusively that Franka Potente (Run, Lola, Run; The Bourne Identity) is set to guest star on House this season.
But where does she fit into the...
Ever since vampires came out of the coffin during the first season of True Blood, your friendly Vulture editors have harbored a secret desire to know what Tru Blood — the processed beverage that keeps vampires from having to feast on human blood — actually tastes like. So when we heard on Monday that HBO was beginning to accept preorders for a commercially available drink they describe as a "uniquely carbonated, slightly tart, lightly sweet blood orange drink," we made sure to get our hands on a bottle. So, what does it taste like? Is it worth shelling out $16 on a four-pack? We just gathered the Vulture team (along with one of our intrepid colleagues over at Grub Street) around the cafeteria to knock back the bottle. Follow along for the results.
As you would expect from the marketing mavens over at HBO, the packaging is exquisite. Much like a decidedly evil version of Crown Royal Whiskey, it arrived in a satiny black pouch with drawstrings at the top. The bottle itself is made from heavy red glass and is adorned with a sequence of weird, Sumerian Chinese symbols along the neck (which, Vulture reader NoLuck informs us, says "True Blood"). The flavor we received was marked as O Positive, which is, fortunately, compatible with our blood type. And, from a health perspective, a fourteen-ounce bottle is only 99 calories and contains the recommended daily servings of vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and niacin (along with 50 milligrams of caffeine). But how does it taste?
Tasting notes:
• "The grossest thing about Tru Blood is its name. The drink itself is fizzy, tangy, surprisingly drinkable. Some sorority girl is going to love mixing it with her double-vodka Red Bull."
• "Compared to most soft drinks, it's refreshing and not too sweet. It also foams just like real blood. Ultimately, though, I prefer the stuff when it comes from Jesus."
• "It's kind of got an orange-Hi-C-mixed-with-Sprite kind of taste going for it. Not as good as Ecto-Cooler, but then again, what is?"
• "The cane sugar makes it sweet without it being cloying. Sure to be used as a mixer by d-bags in Murray Hill."
• "While nowhere near as tasty as I imagine the blood of Eric to be, it has a tangy little kick to it. Consistency-wise, I was pretty happy it wasn't syrupy and thick. Also, no sickly aftertaste like regular blood."
There you have it! We're fairly certain that, at $4 a bottle, it's a little too pricey to drink on a consistent basis. However, as a novelty, it's certainly worth it. Much better than Buzz Cola, that's for sure!
Keeping up with Kim Kardashian no longer entails being concerned about Reggie Bush's whereabouts. But the newly single star is just fine with that.
"Hey guys, I just wanted to...
The new issue of People includes the best shot of Gisele's bump we've seen. And it's quite the model-y bump indeed! Enjoy this full-size picture and feel extra good about your carbohydrate addiction.
Team Miley is on high alert.
Disney security officers have warned the Los Angeles Police Department to be on the lookout for a man who was arrested in Georgia last month for...
...on the dance floor! Today at the endless Astor trial of horrors, the defense heard from Dr. Norman Relkin, Brooke Astor's neurologist. At one point, he showed his notes from an October 9, 2002 exam of Astor, who was then 100 years old: "Sciatica clear cut exasperation by standing on feet [plus] dancing last night." Well, that's understandable. Who in 2002 could resist Nelly's "Hot In Herre"? [NYP]
You may think you know what’s going to happen in the following video, entitled, cleverly, “Why Moms Shouldn’t Ride Dirtbikes”.
But you actually…
have…
no…
IDEA.
It reminds me of a story… how once time, while I was at a party alone, I overheard two guys chatting. One says “Yo, man, you gonna help me carry it up the stairs?” The other guy goes, “Well, I don’t know man, how heavy is it?” The first guy says “It’s heavy, that’s why I need your help.”
So me, in an effort to “flirt”, I chimes in and I says, in my sluttiest voice, “Y’all bringin’ up a keg??”
And the guy looks at me and goes “No, my friend is in a wheelchair.”
Looks as if Jude Law's going to be in the market for another nanny.
No, not because he's lonely.
The divorced father of three is expecting his fourth child with an...
Front Page: Online ad pairing an opportunity for showbiz -- Hollywood’s marketing mavens have sat on the sidelines, watching, as Microsoft and Yahoo flirted with the prospect of taking on Google’s powerful search business.
Ad mogul and fill-in MSNBC anchor Donny Deutsch thinks it's a totally super idea to ship New York's homeless population to far-flung places! At least that's what he said under his breath today as the cable network went to commercial break. His reaction probably won't come as much of a surprise, of course. But prepare yourself for the news that Deutsch's worked out a marketing deal to make JetBlue the official airline of New York City's unwanted masses. It's bound to happen sooner or later. The clip is below.
At the beginning of the year, the legendary Katie Grand abandoned her editor-in-chiefdom of Pop for Condé Nast's new Love magazine. She took most of her Pop staff with her, leaving Pop's very survival uncertain. Then Russian socialite Dasha Zhukova was randomly installed as Grand's replacement, as though every experienced stylist or editor that might have had a shot at filling Grand's shoes had joined the Peace Corps. Prior to the appointment, which the fashion world blatantly scoffed at, Dasha was arguably most famous for her relationship with Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. But Dasha's fist issue of Pop is due out September 1, so it's time for her to start doing damage control. You know, reaffirming her talent, credibility, and fashion expertise to the fashion industry. Perhaps that's why she agreed to do an interview for Interview, which obnoxiously waxes on for four pages before even getting into Pop.
She told Derek Blasberg:
I’ve wanted to do a magazine for years. In fact, my friend Olympia Scarry and I had worked on a magazine concept before. We did up a dummy version, and even looked to get it printed. It was not like Pop. We had only planned on a single issue a year, and the layout was different. But when this opportunity came along — an entire magazine ready to go and fully staffed, with an entire infrastructure — eventually I decided it would be stupid not to at least entertain the idea ... My initial reaction was, “No way. I don’t want this.”
Oh, so she wanted to run a magazine. Now it all makes sense! What a great reason for her to land the job. She's only attempted it once before, for fun, but she has opened an art museum in Russia and started a clothing line (called Kova & T) with no experience in those things, so running the magazine Katie Grand made great is just another new thing for her to add to her résumé. So why did Dasha doubt herself initially?
I read fashion magazines, but I’m not all up in the mix. I’m not from this world. I haven’t spent years in fashion making friends and making enemies. I barely know who half the people are. Obviously, I know that Katie Grand started Pop, and that it’s a product that’s so associated with her in this world. But in my world, it’s just Pop.
Well, at least she's probably looked up the magazine on Wikipedia.
Recently, we asked you to please stand by for our monthly“Jude Law: Hot or Not?” test. The consensus among the commenters was that, yes, he is Hot.
Today, we get even more photographic evidence with which to judge Jude. And ladies and ladies, puddles of possible pee around his feet or not, it’s true: The man remains hot as hell. Even the one straight looking dude in the crowd can’t help himself. Mystery solved! (And yes, on a news day as slow as today, this is all we’ve got.)
Reuters - Filmmaker Monika Treut, who has long explored gay and lesbian themes and also has made a documentary about Taiwan, combines those interests in her latest narrative feature, "Ghosted," which awkwardly interweaves mystery and supernatural aspects into a lesbian love story. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:31 pm
Irving Picard, the trustee in charge of recovering Bernie Madoff's assets, has filed suit against the Ponzi schemer's wife, Ruth Madoff, seeking the return of $44.8 million she received from her husband’s company before he was arrested in December. In court papers, Picard wrote that Ruth was liable since she
received tens of millions of dollars from Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities to support her “life of splendor,” while customers of the firm received no corresponding benefit.
Ruth's lawyer, Peter Chavkin, said in a statement that the suit was "perplexing" since Ruth forfeited to the federal prosecutor's office nearly all of her assets just last month. And frankly, we kind of agree. It's a theatrical gesture, and one that might make investors feel satisfied. But they're probably not going to get anything else out of it, unless someone can figure out a way to divide "a life of splendor," already lived, into tranches and find some sucker of a financial institution to buy them. Last we checked, we still had a couple of those in this country.
Reuters - A knockout performance by Rachel Weisz as Blanche DuBois is the main reason to see "A Streetcar Named Desire," running at London's Donmar Warehouse through October 3. But the production has many other riches. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 29 Jul 2009 | 3:29 pm
• Time Warner sucked wind in the second quarter as profits fell 34%. Newly-independent Time Warner Cable, however, posted a profit. [AP, Reuters] • McKinsey has set up shop at Condé Nast. What it is the consulting firm's actually doing (or recommending), however, remains a mystery. [NYO] • Barry Diller's IAC posted a modest profit for the second quarter, but reported that revenues at the media conglomerate were down modestly, too. [AP] • Michael Milken is backing some sort of new business website. Exciting! [NYT] • Even more exciting: Sarah Palin is thinking about hosting a radio show. [HP]
• The Food Network has been "on a tear." Rachael Ray must be happy. [DF] • The publication dates for three Madoff books have been moved up. [WSJ] • After months of negotiations, Microsoft and Yahoo! have finally agreed on—and signed!—a 10-year search partnership. [CNET] • Twitter has redesigned its homepage. [Twitter Blog] • Sam Zell says the Tribune Co. could exit bankruptcy by year's end. [E&P] • Wired editor Chris Anderson is no fan of the word "journalism." [NYT] • Speaking of journalists, now that they're losing their jobs right and left, expect the Daily News-Mets saga to repeat itself, says David Carr. [NYT] • MSNBC's David Shuster is denying that he threw a fit when a cameraman accidentally filmed him from behind, thus exposing his bald spot. [HP]
If the teacher pops a test, I know I'm a mess / And the dog ate all my homework last night.
When your friendly Vulture editors first saw that the cast of Saved by the Bell had been reunited by the deep-pocketed idea thieves over at People magazine, our first thought was "How is Jimmy Fallon going to sleep tonight?" However, after that passed, our hearts immediately went out to one Dustin "Screech" Diamond, who has spent the last few years suffering through career indignities such as Celebrity Fit Club, Celebrity Boxing, and the revelation that he shouts "Moo Goo Gai Pan!" while making love. We'll admit, he hasn't exactly been a paragon of good behavior in the post-SBTB years, but did he really deserve to be cropped and Photoshopped out of existence like a minor member of the McFly family before Marty busted that killer guitar solo at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance? As you can see, your friendly Vulture editors put on their detective hats and dug up the original photo that made the inset of the new People cover and, as our evidence points out, Screech's afro has clearly been digitally erased. The horror!
Fran Drescher — yes, she of The Nanny — is launching a collection of organic skin-care products exclusively with HSN this fall. Named FranBrand, the nine-piece line includes a cleanser, toner gel, day lotion, eye gel, night eye cream, night face cream, body moisturizer, face serum, and lip balm (available on the HSN channel and online starting November 10). Drescher was hands-on in the products' creation, working for over a year with a chemist in California and an organic manufacturing plant in Oregon. "Women are schmearing stuff on their décolleté, wondering why we're all getting breast cancer. Once you wake up and smell the coffee, it's hard to go back to sleep. So I'm sounding the alarm," Drescher tells us, noting that as a survivor of uterine cancer and founder of the cancer nonprofit organization Cancer Schmancer, she made it a priority that all manufacturing facilities, formulas, and packaging are organic, paraben-free, and carcinogen-free. "I couldn't possibly sell something that wasn't good for me. I'm still in therapy because I put other people's needs above myself."
Also of interest: When she's not hocking FranBrand, Drescher's continuing to spend her time working for the State Department as a public-diplomacy envoy for women’s-health issues. "I'm sent all over the world. I'm going to the Middle East in November, right after I launch FranBrand. Hillary is my new boss. I love her. She's great. I already spoke at the White House — Mrs. Obama invited me." So did she give Michelle any FranBrand yet? "No, not yet. I can't wait."
"I'd like to tell you how vile this deviation from sanity called Funny People really is," begins Rex Reed's delightful review, "but it is one of those rare times when I am at a loss for words." Then he continues for 665 more words, including these: "In every film, Mr. Sandler looks more retarded." [NYO via Awl]
Devohn Walker has styled Beyoncé, Lil' Kim, and Mya, among other artists. Channeling Grace Jones in his downtime, in an all-black ensemble with Lady Gaga sunglasses and a belt around his neck, he was impossible for this week's Video Look Book cameras to miss. He describes his style as "high-fashion couture slash ethnic slash universal." He added, "I feel like you have to be a diamond in this world. You can’t be the same as everyone else, like a crystal.” Watch the Video Look Book to find out what he wears when he goes out at night.
I don’t think this is my 8th-grade brain at work here — this new Gisele Bundchen London Fog ad literally is just the London Fog logo coming out of her naked vagina:
I guess it could also be going into her naked vagina, so, I apologize for my rush to judgment. We all know how much London Fog’s target demographic loves word-dildos.
After the jump, check out Gisele’s other new London Fog ad, which is the same thing but with her nipple (spoiler!):
There’s a fine line between uber-classy and a black-and-white version of a Girls Gone Wild commercial. Shouldn’t steel drums be playing while I’m looking at this?
Name: David Marie Cross Age: 45 Neighborhood: East Village Occupation: Bon Vivant [Cross is performing at the 92Y Tribeca tomorrow, July 30, as part of their Comedy Below Canal series]
Who's your favorite New Yorker, living or dead, real or fictional?
Underdog.
What's the best meal you've eaten in New York?
Come on! I can't narrow it down to even best 100! Maybe Fette Sau just because I was jonesing for some good BBQ at the time.
In one sentence, what do you actually do all day in your job?
Observe and report.
Would you still live here on a $35,000 salary?
If I was in my twenties, yes. Now, probably not.
What's the last thing you saw on Broadway?
I walked out of Exit the King during intermission. I had never done that before. What a piece of shit. It was everything people think of when they say they hate plays.
Do you give money to panhandlers?
If they look incapacitated physically or truly down on their luck for reasons they couldn't control. I happily goad the crusty punks who beg me for money, gleefully telling them that I will never give them a penny. I'm not gonna subsidize their irresponsibility. Fuck that.
What's your drink?
Beer.
How often do you prepare your own meals?
Probably about 30 percent of the time. Does opening a jar of peanut butter and a bag of pretzels and a bottle of red wine count? Then, 90 percent of the time.
What's your favorite medication?
Beer.
What's hanging above your sofa?
A painting of Michael Jackson being honored in the Rose Garden with Ronald and Nancy Reagan by his side.
How much is too much to spend on a haircut?
For me? One dollar.
When's bedtime?
Somewhere in the 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. range. Unless I'm working — then it's more like 11 p.m.
Which do you prefer, the old Times Square or the new Times Square?
Well, I'm happy tourists have a safe place to go buy their NYC M&M's, but I prefer the old one. Many stories ago I used to haunt the old Times Square when I was in my teens/early twenties. That's where I lost my virginity!
What do you think of Donald Trump?
The embodiment of American ideals (for good or bad).
What do you hate most about living in New York?
The smell in Chinatown in the summer. Outside of that, everything's pretty great.
Who is your mortal enemy?
Gavin McInnes.
When's the last time you drove a car?
Last week. What kind of question is that? Who gives a shit?
How has the Wall Street crash affected you?
I had to put a hold on purchasing those 24-karat-gold insteps I wanted for my sneakers.
Times, Post, or Daily News?
None of the above. The Interwebs!! The Times is increasingly a joke, the Post has always been a joke, and the Daily News is for sports.
Where do you go to be alone?
I ride my bike and invariably find myself at the water. I'll stare at it for a while and then ride around some more. The key is to keep moving.
What makes someone a New Yorker?
When you order a "Big New Yorker" Pizza from Domino's!! That's the true mark of a REAL New Yorker!!!
Social Life editor "Devorah Rose" finds herself caught up in a bit of messiness today. Not because her vapid magazine can't find any advertising. And not because she embarrassed herself a couple of weekends ago when she sent out word that Ciara would attend the mag's big party at the "Social Life estate" in Bridgehampton, but then couldn't scrape together the $10,000 needed to pay Ciara's appearance fee. This time, she's been accused of an honest-to-God crime! It seems there's a newcomer on the Hamptons society magazine scene called New York Hamptonite, and Rose and her Social Life friends have been doing their best to stamp out the competition? How, exactly? By stealing all of their copies and replacing them with Social Life.
Page Six reported on this "mishap" back in May. But in an effort to squeeze as much press out of it as possible, Rose and Social Life publisher Justin Mitchell are once again denying the charges made by Hamptonite founder Aiden Vola:
"It's completely fabricated-a total lie," Mr. Mitchell said of Mr. Vola's story. He suggested the incident might've been concocted to get attention from Page Six, where it was duly reported the week after.
"It was like Olivia Palermo versus Tinsley," Ms. Rose chimed in. "They were trying to Olivia Palermo us!"
So Social Life is Tinsley Mortimer and Hamptonite is Olivia Palermo, and the elbowing incident a couple of years ago, which some have suggested Olivia made up to get attention, is supposed to stand in for the alleged magazine theft? We're not sure we entirely follow, but it's nice to see Devorah work in the names of two people who wouldn't be caught dead at a Social Life event.
The much better news for "Devorah" (or Debbie Trachtenberg, if you prefer) is that if Social Life eventually goes bust, as some suggest it will, she always has a career turning up on reality TV shows to play the role of Most Obnoxious Person Alive. She's very good at that! Which is very clear when you read what some Bravo viewers thought of her most recent appearance on Bravo's NYC Prep:
What in the hell is a Devorah Rose? She is revolting. Glomming onto an 18-year old?? It shows the lengths people will go to in order to be on camera. I don't care if it helps your "magazine". You, madam, are an idiot. And bashing a 17-year old girl ("What is her drama") is beyond ridiculous. As a fellow NYCer, I will do everything in my power to run this Devorah Rose thing right out of town.
Charles Jourdan shoes were big in the sixties and seventies, but new shoes haven't been produced in some time, though the label's still huge in the vintage-shoe world. But this October at Paris Fashion Week, the label will relaunch with shoe designer Alexandra Neel at the helm. Neel previously worked at Balenciaga and Celine. “I try to do something very different for stiletto addicts who are looking for something other than [the] usual," she said. This should be amazing. [BlackBook]
Remember when we told you all about the selling of the city's parks, and how that was the wave of the future? Well, it turns out the High Line Park, an example of a privately funded green space that is run by a nonprofit group, can't quite make the model work. After an overwhelming first few weeks (20,000 people per weekend day), the park's stewards are already pushing to create a "business improvement district" encompassing the area that has been positively affected by the park, and taxing that area to help cover the underestimated costs of maintaining it. [NYP]
Singer-guitarist on discovering Pink Floyd, writing "Peace Sells"
and the band's most controversial LP
Longtime Megadeth
leader Dave Mustaine has never been afraid to speak his mind on
record or in interviews. On the group's twelfth studio album
overall, Endgame (due September 15th), the
singer-guitarist continues to tackle subjects not often associated
with the party-hearty world of metal, including the recent
recession ("Nothing Left to Lose"), the greed of the financial
world's leaders ("Bite the Hand That Feeds") and a controversial
bill signed by George W. Bush (the title track). The man who...
"We just want the people who already watch it to gain weight. We don't want new viewers. If you don't like Dollhouse already, forget it, it's too late." —Joss Whedon still isn't exactly sure what drives the television industry [Ausiello Files/EW]
"It's called circumstantial homosexuality." —Robert Downey Jr. on his special bond with Jude Law [Female First]
"I went out to dinner with Adam, Jim Carrey and Garry Shandling, and then we all went to go see Gladiator. I don't think I said one word the entire night. I just kind of had this goofy look on my face." —Seth Rogen on his special feelings for Adam Sandler [Female First]
"In the '80s, Dynasty came on, and we were like, 'This is really not how the rest of the world is living. We are fucked-up over here. We're broker than a motherfucker compared to this Dynasty shit.'" —Mos Def on how TV opened his eyes [Spin]
"I always think of the song as meaning not just Wilco. I always think that song is saying, 'Your records will love you, baby.' The overall message is to find consolation through music. I think it's sincere, but at the same time, it's meant to be a little bit funny." —Wilco's Jeff Tweedy on the title track of Wilco (The Album) [Spin]
"I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry. For most people college is a place where you learn about yourself, and I feel like I'm doing that already. I'm already independent." —Taylor Momsen on knowing herself [Teen Vogue via Contact Music]
If you've been tossing and turning at night wondering why Bar Refaeli replaced Gisele Bündchen as the face of Rampage, it's because of Gisele's baby bump. Now, true, Gisele hasn't herself announced that she is, in fact, with child, but last week Vogue confirmed it in a blog post about what she should wear when she's in full bump mode. Today, WWD reveals Gisele's campaign for trench-coat company London Fog, which is owned by Iconix Brand Group, the same parent company of Rampage. Apparently Gisele was supposed to do another Rampage campaign, but WWD reports "for a few reasons, including her pregnancy" she now appears in the London Fog campaign, where she wears trench coats instead of skintight jeans — and still fulfills her contractual obligation to the Iconix people.
Gisele's baby bump was Photoshopped out of the London Fog ads to "respect her privacy," according to an Iconix spokesman. You can see in the image on the right that some shading was added to her stomach. On the left it appears as though the retouchers used Photoshop's liquify tool on her midsection and then added a mysteriously small, faint belly button. In that position, with her back arched, anyone's belly would stick out more. London Fog also released a behind-the-scenes video of the photo shoot that reveals Gisele wore panties that were also Photoshopped out of the ads. Judging by this footage and the final product, her breasts may also have been digitally reshaped and pushed together slightly. Click ahead to watch the video. There's not much to it other than Gisele sitting there while a photographer tells her she's gorgeous, but it has a soothing, meditative quality to it. Besides, looking at Gisele and feeling jealous never gets old.
"Mmmm ... I sure do love beer," thinks Barack Obama.
If his choice of beer is any indication, President Obama has decided to play the rest of Gatesgate as safely as possible. Word is that when Obama sits down with James Crowley and Henry Louis Gates Jr. tomorrow evening (ONLY 27 MORE HOURS!!!), he will quench his thirst with the top-selling Bud Light, the most quintessentially American Belgian-owned beer around. [Bloomberg]
Giving up her Upper East Side penthouse and all of its contents may not be all that Ruth Madoff has to sacrifice for living off her husband's vast Ponzi scheme for all those years: Irving Picard, the trustee liquidating Bernie Madoff's investment advisory business, slapped Ruthie with a lawsuit today. Picard claims she was "massively enriched" by her husband's $65 billion Ponzi scheme (duh), and says he's identified an additional $44.8 million "that is subject to recapture." Ruth's lawyer says the suit is "perplexing and totally unjustified," since she's already forfeited most of her assets. You can read the full suit below if you have nothing better to do this rainy afternoon. But if you're a salesperson at Neiman Marcus or Barneys, you probably should take this as a sign that Ruthie's regularly-scheduled shopping expedition this weekend is not happening.
Even though some blamed his loss to Paul Biedermann yesterday on his outdated Speedo LZR Racer, today he was able to win and break his own world record wearing the suit. He swam 200 meters of butterfly in 1:51.51, beating his record of 1:52.03 that was set at the last Olympics. [NYT]
Today the Brooklyn Paper talks to a man who hangs a Confederate flag from the balcony of his apartment. He doesn't even particularly love the Confederacy, though he does share its spirit of rebellion. “I do it because I’m against political correctness,” the man, who identifies himself only as Mike, tells the paper. The fact that this is rare enough to be a newspaper story makes us wonder: Is anyone else in this city of 8 million brazen enough to fly the Confederate flag? Have you seen it anywhere else? [Brooklyn Paper]
Wow — in your face, Jimmy Fallon! Featured on the cover of the new People is (most of) the cast of Saved by the Bell, whom Fallon has been trying to reunite on his fledgling late-night show for months. Mark-Paul Gosselaar had said recently that he thought Fallon had put them "under the gun" and indicated the stars of SBtB would be interested in reconvening, "but it's got to be under our terms." And apparently People met those terms! A few weeks ago, blind-item blog Crazy Days and Nights reported that the cover was being negotiated, but that Bell's main actors would only agree to it on the condition that sex-tape-making Dustin "Screech" Diamond and creepy Dennis "Mr. Belding" Haskins were excluded — which they were, evidently. Plus we bet everybody got paid.
Making this even better is Tiffani-Amber Thiessen's new Funny or Die video (viewable after the jump) in which she claims she was simply "too busy" to reunite for Fallon. Tonight will be a very sad episode of Late Night.
SALES STARTING TOMORROW
• Take 50 to 75 percent off discounted and current beauty brands at the Space.NK sale. Through 8/1. 99 Greene St., nr. Spring St., and 217 Columbus Ave., nr. 69th St.; Th–S (8–9).
• Shop deep discounts at the Daryl K and Kerrigan sample sale. Through 8/2. 21 Bond St., nr. Lafayette St. (212-529-8790); Th (11–8), F–S (11–7), Su (noon–6).
ENDING TOMORROW
• Dresses are $45, jackets are $60, jumpsuits are $40, and pants are $45 at the Theory one-of-a-kind women's sample sale. 261 W. 36th St., nr. Seventh Ave., second fl. (212-947-8748); M–Th (11–7).
• Apparel starts at $50 (up to 90 percent off) at the Gilles Montezin sample sale. 325 W. 38th St., nr. Eighth Ave., fifth fl.; T–Th (noon–7).
• Support Brooklyn retail at the two-day Brooklyn Boutique Fashion event. Dozens of local stores like Blueberi, Callalilai, Serimony, and Thistle & Clover are offering sales and refreshments. Various hours and locations. See the full list of participants here.
Mayor Bloomberg's pick to be the city's new finance commissioner is David Frankel, "a former managing director at Morgan Stanley" and former "senior vice president at a unit of American International Group." Now there's a confidence builder! [NYT/Dealbook]
Although they're currently out on the road in support of their 21st Century Breakdown album, the guys of Green Day are proving themselves to be masters of multitasking. The band has just finished pulling together a strong creative team for the impending five-week run of American Idiot: The Musical at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, including Spring Awakening's Michael Mayer (director), Steven Hoggett (choreographer), and Tom Kitt (music supervisor). The show debuts on September 3 and runs through October 11; depending on its success, it may roll out from there. While we wish them the best of luck as they continue to branch out into more "serious" artistic mediums, we can't help but think that it's way too soon to begin dredging up awful memories from the mid-period Bush administration in the name of art, especially when said art takes the form of a rock opera.
The Post's Keith Kellyreported today that Elle's parent company has been in discussions to turn over a stake in the magazine to Hearst. Could to be true? For what it's worth, a Hachette spokeswoman tells the Observer there's "no truth" to the report. And while we were hoping that Joe Zee might be able to shed some light on the situation, he seems to be preoccupied with whether or not he has swine flu. Only time will tell if a deal for Elle is in the works. In the meantime, though, feel free to a little prayer for Zee. Catching swine flu five weeks before Fashion Week? That could be tragic. [NYP, NYO]
Variety reports today that Universal has moved the release of Paul Greengrass's Matt Damon–starring Iraq-war drama (and former ostensible Best Picture contender) Green Zone from this fall all the way to March 12. Why? Maybe it's no good! But more likely, after the box-office failures of Land of the Lost, Public Enemies, and Brüno, Universal just couldn't withstand another flop in 2009 (and Green Zone, about the fruitless search for WMDs, hardly seems like a blockbuster). Or maybe, Jeffrey Wells speculates, the studio saw the awards buzz for The Hurt Locker and doubted whether the Academy, even with ten slots to fill this year, would nominate more than one war movie. We'd like to think Universal was also considering how difficult it would be for Hugh Jackman to compose two songs about Iraq for his opening number at next year's ceremony.
Reuters - Eventually, Mike Fleiss will have made a reality show for every subgenre of the human animal. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 29 Jul 2009 | 11:23 am
AP - "Blind Trust" (Chronicle Books, 226 pages, $24.95), by Barbara Boxer: Sen. Barbara Boxer, who has joined numerous colleagues in writing books while in office, has a second political thriller to add to her bookshelf.
British newspaper The Sun reports that a woman was forced to give birth on the toilet, after hospital nurses sent her home thinking it was a false alarm. A miracle, we suppose. But guess who doesn’t seem super-psyched about it?
Anyone whose seen a single episode of “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant” already knows the answer to this:
It’s the Baby!!
Speaking of I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant… did anyone catch the show on Sunday? My favorite episode was about the woman who thought she ate a bad hot dog, only to discover it was a “baby”. Of course, her “menstrual strykal” wasn’t regular, and she didn’t even get to cut the “umbiblical” cord! (Actual quotes.) Can’t imagine how she got preggers in the first place and then didn’t know about it.
Lindsay Lohan is good at so many things: Sounding like a hospital decompressor as she sleeps, sneezing out nickels and dimes on the regular, not acting, and shopping. Women be shopping! But these paparazzi photos of LiLo shopping in Los Angeles make us wonder if they’re planning a National Lampoon’s European Vacation remake anytime soon, with Lindsay playing the mother of course. These photos scream 80s Italian style! Check out how many “New Looks” this girl was able to put together:
The Sneezy Thief Look:
Here we see Lindsay try to sneak up on a table full of shoes in order to rob them, until she ruins the entire thing by sneezing. Also, this is what the Grim Reaper looks like when you drop dead from a cocaine overdose.
The variety of looks continue ahead, plus the winner!
The Michael Jackson Tribute Look:
It’s never too soon to honor a legend, especially if that legend loved sequins.
The “I Miss Samantha”:
“Here, here, you wear this blue dress, OK, stand there like this. OK. ‘Hey Linds, check out my new–” No, that isn’t right. Um, do me a favor, take one shoe off and punch yourself in the face? Awesome!! That’s awesome, OK. ‘Hey, Linds, check out my new DJ set– baby! What did you do to yourself? Comeer babe… Aww…” (Begins stroking saleslady’s hair while rocking her on the floor for 15 minutes.)
Harvey Schwartz spent the past 40 years collecting antiques, art and odd items that he rented to TV and movie studios as props and set decorations. But he must now sell everything at auction because of a dramatic decline in Hollywood productions over the past year.
AP - "The Snakehead: An Epic Tale of the Chinatown Underworld and the American Dream" (Doubleday, 404 pages, $26), by Patrick Radden Keefe: Two police officers on overnight patrol in a remote stretch of New York City heard the screams from just offshore. It was dark and moonless, but out in the cold Atlantic Ocean, they could see heads bobbing.
'Bruno', the alter ego of British satirist Sacha Baron Cohen, arrives in shining armour for the Australian premiere of his self-titled movie at the State Theatre in Sydney in June 2009. Worshippers in... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 29 Jul 2009 | 10:09 am
LAPD detectives and members of the L.A. County Coroner's office are gathering info on various doctors who treated Michael Jackson over the years Source: FOXNews.com | 29 Jul 2009 | 10:07 am
Wacky room with Frank Sinatra and and Bruce Springsteen chillin’ with some beach balls? I’m pretty sure this is the Jersey version of heaven (Not pictured: “Livin’ On A Prayer” blasting on a loop)
Nine more pics of the new Sinatra & Springsteen wax statues, including closeups of Renegade-Steen:
When the news broke that LeAnn Rimes and Dean Sheremet had separated -- just four months after the singer was reportedly caught in an affair with actor Eddie Cibrian -- it saddened many friends who had admired their marriage and what they did for each other over the past seven years.
Jon Gosselin reportedly pulled out a switchblade (albeit a closed one) and approached paparazzi cameramen, which I imagine is some sort of customary gesture of thanks, as if to say, “Thank you for making me a celebrity instead of just some dude who cheats on the mother of my eight kids (but who is also evil)!”
For the record, if it were any other celebrity, the “BLANK Pulls Knife On Paps” headline would immediately make me assume that someone secretly photographed the celeb while they were spreading jelly on toast, cropped out the toast, and pretended the celeb went crazy (e.g. “Ryan Reynolds Tries To MUUUURDER Photographer with his MURDER KNIFE!!!)
Ah Swiffer. So rarely has a product elicited such satisfactory sighs from across the globe by simply cleaning up your sh*t. Having just recently myself completed a serious room cleaning by mummifying myself in Swiffer dry cloths and rolling around for about 15 or so minutes, allow me to say that the product delivers, in the form of gigantic dust tumbleweed that brings a dirt tear of satisfaction to your eye.
But now Swiffer is really aiming for the heartstrings, with this latest ad campaign that actually makes you feel bad for a dustball (not to mention the midget forced to wear such a costume). Really, this ad will want to make you fly to the airport with a little sign that says “dustball”, just to show him someone still cares.
Heidi Montag’s sister Holly says that Heidi isn’t nude in her upcoming Playboy photospread. Still – a chance to see Heidi Montag in a magazine?? Pretty exciting.
Amy Winehouse once stole coke out of Kate Moss’ handbag. In equally shocking news, the run rose this morning.
Microsoft and Yahoo have reached a 10-year agreement to partner their search engine capabilities. There’s actually a lot of details in the deal, you can Google it to find out more.
Brett Favre announced he will not be returning to the NFL, and will stay retired. This raises the question: Will Brett Favre return to the NFL?
Kim Kardashian and Reggie Bush have officially called it quits. Don’t really have a joke for this. Have you seen her ass man it is big!
Sometimes, the effects of fame can ripple like a stone dropped in a pond. Take the case of Kevin Heinz and Jill Peterson. The couple had a fun idea for their wedding party to do a nontraditional procession to a catchy tune. The video went viral after the newlyweds posted it on YouTube. Soon they were being deluged by the media.
Blood is starting to boil over in the Twilight zone.
Earlier today, the deposed Rachelle Lefevre revealed that she was "stunned" and "greatly saddened" by Summit...
Desirable young guys, beware. You are the prey.
And Jennifer Aniston is the hunter, slinking into a role as an older—think thirtysomething—sexpot in the romantic comedy...
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Guessing which of the judges will be back on American Idol next season has become a popular game.
And yeah, we're having trouble keeping track of the rumors, reports...
Instead of a traditional dress (boring!), Twilight starlet Ashley Greene wore a sausage casing to a special screening of Julie & Julia in Los Angeles this week.
We understand that...
The High Line opened to the public a couple of months ago. And it's a delight, isn't it? Unfortunately, it appears the park is a little too delightful since four times as many people have been stopping to visit than Friends of the High Line originally anticipated. And now maintenance costs have gone through the roof, so the group is now looking to tax local residents to make up the difference.
UPDATE: We just received this exclusive statement from Lefevre:
"I was stunned by Summit's decision to recast the role of Victoria for Eclipse. I was fully committed to the...
Network sources confirm to us exclusively that Franka Potente (Run, Lola, Run; The Bourne Identity) is set to guest star on House this season.
But where does she fit into the...
Keeping up with Kim Kardashian no longer entails being concerned about Reggie Bush's whereabouts. But the newly single star is just fine with that.
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Team Miley is on high alert.
Disney security officers have warned the Los Angeles Police Department to be on the lookout for a man who was arrested in Georgia last month for...
Looks as if Jude Law's going to be in the market for another nanny.
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Giving up her Upper East Side penthouse and all of its contents may not be all that Ruth Madoff has to sacrifice for living off her husband's vast Ponzi scheme for all those years: Irving Picard, the trustee liquidating Bernie Madoff's investment advisory business, slapped Ruthie with a lawsuit today. Picard claims she was "massively enriched" by her husband's $65 billion Ponzi scheme (duh), and says he's identified an additional $44.8 million "that is subject to recapture." Ruth's lawyer says the suit is "perplexing and totally unjustified," since she's already forfeited most of her assets. You can read the full suit below if you have nothing better to do this rainy afternoon. But if you're a salesperson at Neiman Marcus or Barneys, you probably should take this as a sign that Ruthie's regularly-scheduled shopping expedition this weekend is not happening.
