AFP - Former Philippines president Corazon Aquino, whose "People Power" revolution toppled dictator Ferdinand Marcos and restored democracy to the nation, died on Saturday after a battle with colon cancer.
returning to film-making after a four-year break with a sci-fi movie about a group of Chinese acrobats from the 1930s who travel to the present. The movie follows the acrobats'... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 1 Aug 2009 | 12:55 am
Reuters - A China-based cyber attack on Saturday shut down online bookings for a leading Australian film festival, days before a controversial visit by a leading critic of Beijing, organizers said. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:26 pm
Authorities may want to know all about the different types of medical treatment Michael Jackson received in recent years—but they're still zeroing in on only one particular...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Minnesota's Finest -- MTV Star Brittani Senser (MTV's MAKING THE BAND) celebrates her new Bungalo/Universal release, PIECE OF ME,... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 31 Jul 2009 | 8:57 pm
NEW YORK, July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- DiBernardo & Associates and its subsidiary Heir Entertainment today announced the management of Barbie Murdock, a model who has been in five Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 31 Jul 2009 | 7:58 pm
• Status check on bands that came of age in the nineties: Third Eye Blind? Rising. Weezer? Falling.
• While Paula Abdul is still engaged in heated yet wildly unsuccessful contract negotiations with the producers of American Idol, Kara DioGuardi quickly and quietly signed on to do another season of the show. Speaking of Idols, Kelly Clarkson had kind of a shitty week, too, when she realized that Ryan Tedder sold the beat he had promised her for "Already Gone" to Beyoncé.
• Celebs continued to duke it out over Twitter this week. Not only did Courtney Love antagonize Taylor Momsen, but Michael and Michael let their feigned hatred for each other spill over to the microblogging service.
And that's that! Now, if you'll excuse us, we're off in search of whatever Steve Zahn was on when he showed up on the Tonight Show the other night. Hasta!
It has been speculated West is looking to launch a line of clothing for the Gap, but so far, those reports have not been confirmed.
Well someone at Gap had better start confirming things, because this is exactly what that brand needs to start making money again. A ridiculous, gimmicky line designed and fronted by a celebrity along with, ideally, his stunning lady love, Amber Rose. If her smile and personal style don't say "shop at Gap" we don't know what does.
Shortly after Michael Jackson's death, a sketchy website posted a made-up item about Kanye West claiming he'd declared himself the new King of Pop and had even contacted the Jackson family seeking permission to use the title. Fake quotes attributed to Kanye have been bouncing around the blogosphere since then, but the news only blew up this week, after it was picked up by a few larger, similarly disreputable sites on Monday. Idolator debunked the whole thing all the way back on Tuesday, but only now, today, an entire month after the story first hit the Internet, Kanye himself finally found out about it (he heard it on the radio, apparently) and issued the predictable all-caps denial on his blog. Is it really possible that music's biggest egotist doesn't have a Google News Alert set up for his own name? The Internet was even more wrong about this guy than we thought.
The mid-movie dash to the restroom can turn us into calculating Usain Bolt wannabes: Ah, this looks like a lull _ time to dash. When we return to our seats, we pray the answer to "What... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 31 Jul 2009 | 5:18 pm
We've got a theory: Anything that seems too bad to be true probably is.
Jon and Kate Gosselin are Exhibits A-Z. The cheesy alleged affairs. The cheesy midlife-crisis...
As far as Nick Cannon is concerned, Eminem is crying out for his own broken soul.
At least that's one of the proverb-invoking sentiments Mariah Carey's hubby twittered today in...
Fallen publicist Ali Wise didn't get fired from Dolce & Gabbana. She's "taking the summer off." Naturally! But she already has "new projects" planned for the fall. So don't count her out just yet! [Twitter]
The Daily Newsreported today that Kanye West had annointed himself the "new King of Pop." In a big block of text—in all caps, of course—Kanye says it never happened. As you were. [NYM]
What's a famed architect of big-money glass-box condos supposed to do when the real estate goes bust? Play tennis, of course. When we ran into a tan, relaxed Richard Meier at the 16th Annual Watermill Summer Benefit last weekend in the Hamptons, Meier, who once dreamed of going pro, admitted the economy had inadvertently forced him to work on his game. "It hasn't affected my buildings; it's affected my practice," he said. Meaning? "Well, we don't have so much work." Meier is taking the entire summer off, and he's giving his employees time for other pursuits. "We went on a four-day week and we're closing the office for two weeks in August," he said. "Hopefully September we'll have something to do."
Talk about awkward.
When the publicity bandwagon for New Moon takes off at full speed come the fall, how exactly will Rachelle Lefevre and Summit Entertainment handle...
The Fashion Week for cool people at Milk Studios is getting cooler by the week. Already, Proenza Schouler, Alexander Wang, and ThreeAsFour are showing in the space instead of the Mercedes Benz tents or other off-site venues. Confessions of a Casting Director now reports that one of our favorite designers, Gareth Pugh, who shows in Paris, will show a video installation by Steven Klein at the space. Hooray! It's not as thrilling as a runway show, but Gareth will be here in the flesh, perhaps wearing his nipple clamp. We hope he attracts Beyoncé — or Solange, at the least. [COACD/Twitter via Fashionologie]
Taking Woodstock, a new Ang Lee–directed film about the origins of the infamous sixties festival held upstate, opens in August. So when we caught up with the movie's star (and New Yorkcover model), Demetri Martin, at the premiere this week, we wondered if he ever tried any acid or psychedelic drugs — you know, to prepare. "No," he told us. "I have all these food allergies, so I’ve tried very few things in my life." Why? "I’m afraid of getting high and being like, ‘I don’t care what kind of sandwich this is!’ And then people are all like, ‘How’d he die? Well, he got high and couldn’t resist a peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwich.’" View more in our Party Lines slideshow.
"The Manhattan social scene is dead in the summer," which explains why Vanity Fair has introduced its very own board game called Socialitopoly. "Hunker down in your Park Avenue pad, grab your sterling-silver Maybach roadster, Christian Louboutin shoe, or Panama hat," the site advises. Guess this means if you were hoping to play along with a "Little Graydon" piece, you're on your own. [Vanity Fair]
Victoria Beckham has been on the covers of British, Russian, and Indian Vogue, but has never been the cover girl for the American edition. Rumor has it Posh will appear on the October cover solo for the first time (she appeared on Vogue's cover with the Spice Girls about eleven years ago). She's reportedly doing it to promote her perfume line in the U.S. A Vogue spokesman recently told us that rumors about Vogue getting revamped were a "fabrication." At least they're not opposed to trying new things. Maybe David Beckham will take his shirt off and join her. [FWD]
With such deliriously stylized, intense films as Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance on his résumé, Korean director Park Chan-Wook has already managed that all-too-rare combination of art-house cred and pop notoriety. But Thirst, his graphic new drama-cum-thriller-cum-romance-cum-we-don’t-know-what, which opens at the Sunshine today, could bring him that much closer to household-name status, thanks to its ever-popular subject of vampirism. So, we thought this would be a good opportunity to feature a short film Park made in 1999, called Simpan (Judgment), a pretty great (and, yes, morbid) drama set in a morgue, centered around an attempt to claim insurance money in a time of rampant natural disasters. Although it’s not as gloriously stylized as his later films, Park’s characteristic perversity and his tonal playfulness are in full display here. It’s as if Jean-Paul Sartre and Rod Serling got together and hijacked a Roland Emmerich film. Really.
Say hello to Kandi Burruss!
She's the new member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta.
A Grammy-winning songwriter who first found fame in the '90s as a singer...
NEW YORK (Billboard) - An actress of startling range, Juliette Lewis has released an EP and two albums since 2003 with her band the Licks. Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 31 Jul 2009 | 4:21 pm
Scarlett Johansson pairs a high-waisted skirt with a floral blouse, all by Dolce & Gabanna, while promoting Dolce & Gabbana: The Make Up at Selfridges in London today.
Would you mix a red pout with a peach-toned ensemble?
Earlier today, in our Gossipmonger roundup, we linked to a Daily News item in which Kanye West was quoted as saying he was the "new King of Pop" now that Michael Jackson died. This, apparently, is not true. Kanye did not say this. His rep sent us the following statement, clarifying:
"I WAS JUST LISTENING TO WENDY WILLIAMS AND HEARD SOME QUOTE ABOUT ME SAYING I'M THE NEW KING OF POP. NOT ONLY DID I NOT SAY THAT, I HAVEN'T SAID ANYTHING. IT MAKES ME FEEL BAD THAT OBVIOUSLY I MADE PEOPLE FEEL THAT I WOULD BE CORNY ENOUGH TO SAY SOMETHING SO WHACK AFTER THE PASSING OF AN IDOL, A LEGEND AND MORE THAN THAT A HUMAN BEING WITH FEELINGS AND FAMILY. IT SCARES ME TO THINK WHAT PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE, WITHOUT EVEN A SOURCE. ANY RANDOM PERSON CAN TYPE SOMETHING ON THE INTERNET AND THEN THE WORLD BELIEVES IT. I DON'T TALK TO PRESS OR DO TV OR DO PROMOTIONS OF ANY SORT. I'VE STOPPED CHASING AND BUYING INTO FAME. FAME IS LIKE CIGARETTES WITH NO SURGEON GENERAL WARNING. IT DESTROYS MOST PEOPLE AS IT DID TO THE TRUE AND ONLY KING OF POP. WE EXPLOIT OURSELVES AND EAT OUR OWN EGOS 'TILL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT. I HAVE A FEELING THAT THIS WON'T BE THE LAST FALSE STATEMENT WITH MY NAME ON IT, BUT THIS WILL BE THE LAST TIME I DEFEND MYSELF. I'M DONE."
When the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (such a great name!) announced earlier this week that a handful of "minor" Emmy categories would be eliminated from the live portion of the show and instead broadcast as part of a (presumably) carefully edited highlight reel, we rejoiced. After all, our bladders can only handle so much excitement, so this felt to us like it would be a perfect time to take a bathroom break during the generally lengthy broadcast. However, it turns out the good people over at HBO don't exactly feel the same way. Michael Lombardo, president of HBO's programming division, was quoted by the Los Angeles Times saying, "We are disappointed" in the Academy's decision to relegate the mini-series and made-for-TV-movie awards to this pretaped segment, and adding that the move makes it seem like the Emmy broadcast is "focused on recognizing broadcast television [versus cable]." Hmmm, sounds to us like a perfectly synergistic case for the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency to solve!
Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline has come and gone, and though trades could still be announced later this afternoon, neither local team has made a terribly big splash. The Mets stood pat, and the Yankees made just one move, acquiring Jerry Hairston Jr., who can play the outfield as well as three infield positions, from the Reds for minor-league catcher Chase Weems. Yankees fans throwing stones from their glass houses at the Red Sox today might want to note that Hairston was named in the Mitchell Report.
Speaking of the Sox, they did make a splash, acquiring Victor Martinez from the Indians, reportedly for a package including Justin Masterson (but not Daniel Bard or Clay Buchholz). They also traded Adam LaRoche to Atlanta for Casey Kotchman. Boston, though, didn’t land either of their other two big-name targets: San Diego’s Adrian Gonzalez or Toronto’s Roy Halladay (who, for all the talk of his imminent departure from the Jays, was still Toronto’s Roy Halladay at 4 p.m.). The Yankees were thought to want a pitcher, but lost out on Jarrod Washburn to Detroit, and reportedly inquired about Brian Bannister but wanted Kansas City to pick up some of his salary (let that thought sink in for a moment).
For whatever reason, this morning's opening of the new JCPenney store at the Manhattan Mall in Herald Square brought together Michael BloombergandKimora Lee Simmons. Stylist dutifully reports that Kimora wore a "royal blue and orange colorblock top that tied at the back with a slim black pencil skirt" for the occasion. Alas, no word (yet) on Mayor Bloomberg's wardrobe particulars, although the tie certainly looks familiar. [Stylist]
As we head into the last month of this meteorologically challenged summer (guess what — it’s gonna rain tonight!), we witness a development we feared would never come: “Boom Boom Pow,” a song once so snoozily dominant we compared it to the 2003–2007 San Antonio Spurs, is now utterly, completely, and wondrously absent from the Song of the Summer Power Rankings. The song’s still in the Hot 100 top ten, but the follow-up single, “I Gotta Feeling,” now officially dominates.
Meanwhile, Pearl Jam’s awesome new single, “The Fixer” — the track that inspired us to love the band again — makes its entrance into the top ten as this week’s Biggest Gainer. It made its Billboard Rock Chart debut in the No. 2 spot, but for our money, it should take 1 through 50, because, well, have you seen the Billboard Rock Chart recently? Yech.
1. Jeremih, “Birthday Sex”: We’ve said it before, but we’re going to be more blunt this time in hopes of getting a real reaction: Aspiring viral-video makers of the world, the world needs your contrived, quirky “Birthday Sex” covers!
2. Drake, “Best I Ever Had”: So a torn ACL forced him to cancel his appearance at the Diesel showcase last night, and to limit his role on the America’s Most Wanted tour from a 30-minute set to a few songs during Lil Wayne’s time slot. That’s okay — enough people are singing his song, anyway.
3. Black Eyed Peas, “I Gotta Feeling,”: We’ve seen the stats, but we’re not granting it our top slot just yet &mdash isn't this song just a touch too down-tempo to really compete in the replayability category?
4. Mariah Carey, “Obsessed”: So Eminem shot back in scathing fashion, making “Obsessed” now much more interesting than your standard Mariah Carey chart-topper: It’s a Mariah Carey chart-topper that is also her first volley in what we hope will be a long, fruitful, and bizarre battle.
5. Pearl Jam, “The Fixer”: We know — Pearl Jam? But just listen: Eddie Vedder sounds so full of joy here, he fits right into the Power Rankings. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
6. Jay-Z feat. Kanye West and Rihanna, “Run This Town”: We’re liking it even more than we did last week, but it hasn’t been long enough to know if it really will spread like the plague; we’ll give it a chance to breath, and keep it in the middle of the pack for now. Side note: Seriously, weather gods, do you have to make it rain tonight?! Jay-Z’s playing outdoors!
7. Young Money feat. Lil Wayne, “Every Girl”: Commenter DasBruce looks into his or her crystal ball, and sees good things ahead for Young Money’s banger — "'Every Girl' is on an unstoppable course toward Song of the Summer world domination. By mid-August, you won't be able to say 'we like her' without the whole block yelling 'we like her, too!'"
8. Demi Lovato, “Here We Go Again”: The Disney princess’s second album is No. 1 in the country. This surprisingly mature breakup jam sounds like primo Kelly Clarkson, and we sort of love it.
9. Shakira, "She Wolf": We still haven’t figured this thing out — the frighteningly detached vocals on the chorus are both deeply unsettling and, somehow, irresistible. The video doesn’t hurt, though.
10. Delorean, “Seasun”: Barcelona’s Delorean (great name, by the way) is apparently part of some tiny subgenre known as “glo-fi,” but don’t hold that against them: This spacey, mostly instrumental track packs a rare kind of shoulder-shrugging uplift quality. Our new wake-up anthem.
Coco Avant Chanel comes out today in the U.K., so they're really amping up the press — in English. The AP interviewed Audrey Tautou, who plays Coco, and Anne Fontaine, the director, about the movie, and made a neat little video spliced with some scenes from the film (which we saw and adored, by the way). Anne says she cast Audrey as Coco because she looks exactly like Coco in her youth. Audrey talks a bit about Coco's character in accented English: "She wanted to be free. And it starts by free herself in the movement — by get rid of the corset and, you know, having the possibility to feel comfortable and have practical clothes, but which highlight woman personality instead of making them only a decoration, object.” God, we love Audrey.
Reuters - Brad Paisley claims his newest single is his favorite among all the songs he's penned. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 31 Jul 2009 | 3:58 pm
It sounds like Jaime Pressly has a lot of celebrating to do!
She was spotted checking into the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, where she's having her 32nd birthday party tonight at Float...
If Zachary Quinto isn't careful he'll wind up on America's Most Wanted one day.
The Star Trek star found himself answering to cops recently while filming an upcoming Funny or...
The Hollywood Reporter's Risky Biz blog says today that 500 Days of Summer director Marc Webb is at the top of Universal's wish list for their possible remake of Jesus Christ Superstar, clearly indicating they're hoping for a music-video-resembling, out-of-order version that dispenses with all the depressing crucifixion stuff early on. But who among today's hip young actors (or acting-capable musicians) will play the titular Messiah? Can Zac Efron grow the required facial hair? Does Michael Cera even have abdominal muscles? Shia LaBeouf has already committed enough blasphemy by ruining the Indiana Jones series. Who's your fantasy savior? Tell us in the comments.
We recently brought you a list of The 15 Most Annoying Movies Yet to Come Out in 2009. Today, we get a case of the “Optimisms” with this list of 15 Movies You Won’t Want to Miss in 2009, replete with trailers. Let us know which movies you’re excited to see this year in the comments!
15. The Fantastic Mr. Fox Release: November 13th Stars: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray IMDB’s Plot: Angry farmers, tired of sharing their chickens with a sly fox, look to get rid of their opponent and his family. Based on the book by Roald Dahl.
Why It Looks Awesome: This film, based on a book by the delightful if you forget about all the Jew-hatey stuffRoald Dahl (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory [characters]), is shot entirely in stop-motion animation, meaning everything will automatically take on director Wes Anderson’s deadpan, whimsical charm simply by being jumpy and sluggish and awkward.
Still, the movie looks totally badass. The trailer makes it look like a colorful, forest-animal version of Ocean’s Eleven — maybe just because Foxy is voiced by George Clooney, but more likely because the entire trailer literally feels like Ocean’s Eleven.
Check out this trailer, because it pretty much sums it up: there is a fox. And he is fantastic. Also he prefers to be acknowledged politely by his title.
14. The Informant! Release: October 9th Stars: Matt Damon, Melanie Lynskey, Tony Hale IMDB’s Plot: The U.S. government decides to go after an agri-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president turned informant Mark Whitacre.
Why It Looks Awesome: For beginners, this Steven Soderbergh directed comedy thriller stars some of your favorite bold-faced comedic names, including Patton Oswalt,Arden Myrin, Scott Adsit and comedic legend Scott Bakula. Plus, in an unexpected turn or mind-melting events not seen since The Flintstones met The Jetsons, America’s favorite pop culture phenoms Joel McHaleand Paul F. Tompkins make appearances as well. But if that isn’t enough to get your ass in a seat, perhaps this poster of Matt Damon’s40 Year Old Virgin impression will do the trick.
Ahead, 13 more movies you won’t want to miss in 2009. We’ve got a great cinematic year ahead, no thanks to Tyler Perry of course.
13. Ponyo Release: August 14th Stars: Noah Lindsey Cyrus, Frankie Jonas, Betty White IMDB’s Plot: An animated adventure centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human.
Why It Looks Awesome: Disney is making a bold move with this one, casting no-name nobodies Noah Cyrus and Frankie Jonas in the lead roles, despite having no family connections with famous people whatsoever.
Still, this is from Hayao Miyazaki, the mastermind behind Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke (our favorite Claire Danes movie after T3: Rise of the Machines.) The man is like the Ayumi Hamasaki of movies, you know what we’re sayin’? Move over, Teinosuke Kinugasa – there’s a new legend in, er, Japan’s equivalent of Hollywood. (Ed. Note: Props to Intern Zack Mast for his heretofore unknown amazing knowledge of Japanese cinema.)
12. District 9 Release: August 14th Stars: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope IMDB’s Plot: A sci-fi/action story set in a fictional world, where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa.
Why It Looks Awesome: Peter Jackson is producing this sci-fi political satire, set in an alternate reality where aliens struggle with what is basically an allegory for 1940s Japanese internment camps. Finally, someone in Hollywood has the cajones to speak up against Franklin “D” Roosevelt’s blatant disregard for our civil liberties. That man has been repeatedly rolling over the Constitution for too long!
11. The Men Who Stare at Goats Release: November 6th Stars: Ewan McGregor, George Clooney, Kevin Spacey IMDB’s Plot: A reporter in Iraq (McGregor) might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (Clooney), a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Why It Looks Awesome: If you were to ask us what one thing we wish we could do for the rest of our waking lives, the answer would be simple: Staring at goats. Oh, goats. Earth’s most hilarious creature that sort of looks and definitely sounds like people. So any man that shares this goat-staring fetish is certainly a man we could hang wit.
Oh, and if that man just happens to be our favorite actor alive Ewan McGregor or close 7th George Clooney, well, all the better. Even if this is a war movie that might not have any goats, we will choose to believe it is full of them. In fact, while the trailer isn’t officially out yet, allow this short video to offer you a taste of what will surely be 2 straight hours of this:
10. Inglourious Basterds Release: August 21st Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth IMDB’s Plot: An American-led killing squad known as “The Basterds” terrorize the Nazis in German-occupied France during World War II.
Why It Looks Awesome: It’s about damn time Quentin Tarantino tackled World War II, considering he is arguably the best living director at handling violence in an always-original, interesting, and stylistic manner. The film also features Brad Pitt and Eli Roth in an almost certainly epic “My D Is Bigger Than Yours” showdown.
Moreover, the movie looks hilarious, a quality that modern WWII films seem afraid to embrace. (Thanks a lot, Steven Spielberg.)
9. Extract Release: September 4th Stars: Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Ben Affleck IMDB’s Plot: The owner of a flower-extract plant (Bateman), tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife (Wiig), a hot new temp (Mila Kunis), and employees who want to take advantage of him.
Why It Looks Awesome: Two words: Jason Bateman. Let’s throw two more words into the mix: Ben Affleck. Oh wait, hold on… yes… we’re feeling two more words coming up: Career comeback. Also, Jason Bateman again.
8. Cold Souls Release: August 7th Stars: Paul Giamatti, Emily Watson, Dina Korzun IMDB’s Plot: Paul (Giamatti) is an actor who feels bogged down by his participation in a production of Chekov’s play, Vanya. His condition which leads him to an organization that will store his soul while he treads the boards, though complications (and international travel) arise when his soul goes missing
Why It Looks Awesome: Writer-director Charlie Kaufman Sophie Barthes scores again in his her follow-up to Synecdoche, New YorkHappiness, once again proving that Philip Seymour Hoffman Paul Giamatti reigns supreme atop the character actor throne.
The movie has serious potential. Kaufman Barthes is now five-for-five one-for-two writing original, quirky premises and executing them with precision. Let’s also not forget the inclusion of our Honorary 101st Silver FoxDavid Strathairn, and oh, hey, pun title! Sold.
7. The Invention of Lying Release: September 25th Stars: Ricky Gervais IMDB’s Plot: A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.
Why It Looks Awesome: It’s good to see Ricky Gervais writing and starring in what looks like a superbly original premise, especially since most of his movies have been duds. What was that one movie called? Ghost City? No, that’s too big – Ghost Village? No, no, too small. Oh, yes, Ghost Town – juuust right (wrong).
6. Shutter Island Release: October 2nd Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo IMDB’s Plot: When a psychotic killer (Mortimer) disappears from a mental institution on Shutter Island, a pair of U.S. Marshals (Ruffalo and DiCaprio) race against the clock in order to track her down.
Why It Looks Awesome: Directed by newcomer director Martin Scorsese (he’s going to be big, people, just you wait – perhaps even the next Michael Bay), this thriller set on the Island of Shutter is going to make you shudder! That wasn’t the tagline, but it should have been.
Point being, not even terrible puns can ruin this movie’s promise, because the Scorsese-DiCaprio luchadores tag-team has yet to do wrong, and Mark Ruffalo and Emily Mortimer will provide just the right amount of “sight sugar,” if you will.
5. Where the Wild Things Are Release: October 16th Stars: Max Records, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker IMDB’s Plot: Young, mischievous Max is sent to bed without his supper, but when his bedroom turns in to a magical jungle landscape filled with strange creatures, he embarks on a wild imaginary adventure.
Why It Looks Awesome: Really? Do you really need us to tell you why this looks awesome? How about the amazing special effects that bring a children’s literary classic to life for generations to come? No? What about the fact that director Spike Jonze — responsible for every music video/movie you’ve ever cared about — has teamed up with Dave Eggers — whose book probably made you cry — for the cinematic event of 2009? Still nothing? Hmm… MARK RUFFALO IS IN– That’s what I thought.
Note to Hipsters: As though we needed to sell you on what is essentially your Ten Commandments.
4. The Road Release: October 16th Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee IMDB’s Plot: A father (Mortensen) and son (Smit-McPhee) walk for months across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic landscape in search of civilization.
Why It Looks Awesome: Remember how the Coen Brothers’ adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country For Old Men was set in the boring 1980s in middle-of-nowhere Texas and had Woody Harrelson and still managed to be awesome? Yeah, now imagine it set in the future in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and starring Viggo Mortenson as a character named “The Man”. This movie should have been called The Road to the Oscar Stage. Cause it will probably win an award!
3. Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself Release: December 18th Stars: Tyler Perry, Tyler Perry, Taraji P. Henson, Tyler Perry IMDB’s Plot: When Madea catches sixteen-year-old Jennifer and her two younger brothers looting her home, she decides to take matters into her own hands and delivers the young delinquents to the only relative they have: their aunt April, a heavy-drinking nightclub singer who lives off of Raymond, her married boyfriend.
Why It Looks Awesome: Kidding! Joke’s on us. Us = the world.
3. Ninja Assassin Release: November 25th Stars: Rain, Rick Yune, Naomie Harris IMDB’s Plot: Raizo (Rain) is a rogue ninja who comes to the aid of Mika Coretti (Harris), a Berlin-based Interpol agent who has linked the shadowy Ozunu Clan, a secret society of assassins who trained Raizo, to a series of murders. Most dangerous to them both is Takeshi (Yune), Raizo’s former ally and the assassin leading the charge of Ozunu killers to Berlin.
Why It Looks Awesome: We don’t care how mediocre the trailer looks or who this “Rain” person is or how confusing the plot sounds. A movie simply titled “Ninja” would already win a prestigious BWE.tv Felix (our version of the Oscars – it’s a very subtle inside reference, don’t ask) for Most Awesome-Sounding Movie of 2009. Hell, a movie titled “Ninja Ass” would win two. But a movie titled “Ninja Assassin”? You might as well call it “Do You Like Food, Water, and Shelter? Basically, Do You Enjoy Anything Even Remotely Pleasurable? If So, See This Movie, Because It Has Ninjas,” with the tagline, “Assassinate This!” (Ed. Note: Yes, this entire paragraph was scripted by Intern Zack. What can we say, boy loves Ninjas.)
2. Sherlock Holmes Release: Christmas Day Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams IMDB’s Plot: Detective Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.
Why It Looks Awesome: While we don’t specifically remember anything in the original books about jumping out of buildings or slow-motion boxing matches or Sherlock Holmes resembling Robert Downey Jr. in any form, we’re glad this adaptation went the route of “awesome” rather than “faithful to the source material.” Unless this is all from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary manuscript, Sherlock Holmes and the Harmless Wrench, which was banned in 1904 for its “various lewd and barmy passages in which the eponymous character sits nude atop a mattress, his bollocks obscured by merely a pillow – though did we mention he looks like future American heartthrob Robert Downey Jr.?” In which case, excellent work.
1. Avatar Release: December 18th Stars: Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez IMDB’s Plot: A band of humans are pitted in a battle against a distant planet’s indigenous population.
Why It Looks Awesome: Mastermind James Cameron reportedly wrote the script for this sci-fi epic over a decade ago, but was forced to shelve it because we, mankind, simply did not possess the technology (CGI) to create such awesomeness. After making his Plan B, 1997’s obscure time-travel fantasy Titanic, Cameron has returned to the project, and it looks incredible. The trailer really doesn’t do anything justice, mostly because there isn’t anything in the trailer, but trust us – you’ll want to see Avatar, provided you fit into one of the following categories:
(a) Nerd.
UPDATE: User Torg reminds us we’ve left a VERY important film off of this list — Rob Marshall’s 9. We will likely never forgive ourselves for this oversight. But here is to trying:
1a. Nine Release: November 25th Stars: Where to begin: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson… Fergie IMDB’s Plot: Famous film director Guido Contini (Day-Lewis) struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
Why It Looks Awesome: Other than the fact that Daniel Day-Lewis probably bones Judi Dench? Hello, it’s a Rob Marshall musical movie. Those that aren’t sold on that premise alone will likely never be sold on a movie musical. And frankly? I feel sorry for you. Even Fergie cannot ruin this effort:
(Ed. Note: With many thanks to Intern Zack Mast for his contributions, as well as Intern Pam Payano for her help on various projects. Next week is their last, and we will miss them!)
• Détente? The feuding between Fox News and MSNBC has grown so fierce that News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch and GE's Jeff Immelt met up recently "to figure out how to defuse tensions between the two channels." [LAT] • The Boston Globe reports that two groups of investors have submitted preliminary bids to buy the newspaper from the New York Times Co. [AP] • Breathe easy: Oprah has not been harmed. The suspicious package outside Winfrey's Harpo Studios this morning turned out to be harmless. [AP] • All that idiocy on Lou Dobbs' part over the past couple of weeks hasn't done much to boost his ratings on CNN. His numbers continue to fall. [NYO] • Those McKinsey consultants are paying off! Editors at Condé Nast were told yesterday they'll no longer be reimbursed for newspapers. [Daily Intel]
• The Wall Street Journal is launching a "LinkedIn killer." [TechCrunch] • More on the recent shakeup at Rodale and departure of its CEO. [NYP] • The Washington Post posted a second quarter profit of $11.4 million. [WSJ] • Steve Ballmer's been on the defensive in recent days about Microsoft's search and ad deal with Yahoo; he's holding firm that it's a "win-win." [NYT] • What's really popular with Hollywood producers these days? Scary disaster scripts and takes of the post-apocalyse, that's what. [WSJ] • Bill Hemmer on his career, favorite places to go out drinking. [TONY]
Mayor Bloomberg and Kimora Lee Simmons joined forces to officially open Manhattan's first JCPenney today at the Manhattan Mall in Herald Square. Bloomberg joked during his speech that he was too old for the children's shopping-spree event. Kimora, whose Fabulosity junior's line is sold in the store, led the children on their back-to-school shopping journey. No word on whether someone gave her a leaflet on dress codes. [Stylelist]
If Chris Brown makes a successful comeback in the post-Rihanna era, he'll owe a big debt to the YouTube Nation.
But it won't be because of that belated apology video he put up....
Genius gossip elf Michael Ausiello has some perplexing news for us today. Seems supermodel and talk-show host Tyra Banks has signed on for a role on the Greatest Show of Our Time. And, confusingly, she won't play herself. She'll be acting. This, to us, seems a little ambitious. Tyra Banks is beautiful, hilarious, and likable. She is also gigantic, instantly recognizable, and slightly terrifying. How on earth is she going to blend in on the Upper East Side? (We know, we know, they're in the Village for college now, but let us tell you, we saw Tyra in the Village once and girl did not blend.) So now it's time to play our favorite game: Who Will This Celebrity Play on Gossip Girl? We'll get you started:
(A) The head of a modeling agency who scouts Vanessa on the street because of her "exotic look." Jenny tricks Vanessa into going to the meeting, and suddenly V is swept up into a whole new world of glamour and vice. After the second episode of this, it gets so ridiculous that Nate "doesn't even recognize" her anymore, and she falls back to Earth.
(B) She is Georgina Sparks's professor of "Death and Beauty" at Gallatin. She sees the evil glitter in Georgina's eyes, and takes her under her wing. But when things get too crazy, and Georgina is asked to do things even she wouldn't dare do — a kitten snuff film, for example, or an outer-borough eating contest — Georgina flees back to Jesus Camp.
(C) She is a fat evangelist who convinces Serena, as part of a publicity stunt, to dress up in a fat suit for a week and see how people treat her. Serena lasts one day before she sets the polyester suit on fire and goes running off the roof of the Palace Hotel.
(D) She is a drag queen. Come on, the show hasn't had any drag queens yet!
A group of downtown New York performance artists decided to honor the man, the myth, that is Kanye West and his last album 808s & Heartbreak, in a live show called “Why Won’t You Let Me Be Great!!!” at the P.S. 122 Performance Space. The show was to feature various artists — dancers, singers, musicians, filmmakers — presenting reinterpretations of each song from Kanye’s last album.
And much to the shock of every single person in the room, Kanye West, the real guy, decided to show up and catch the show for himself. MTV.com’s Jim Cantiello (@jambajim) was on the scene to document the shock and awe of the theater goers, specifically when one performer decided to harangue Mr. West in the audience, all while doing something decidedly unkosher with pieces of pork. He writes:
The evening became tense and uncomfortable when notorious (and buck-naked) performance artist Ann Liv Young confronted Kanye personally, shouting that she didn’t think 808s was his best work, all the while grinding barbeque pork into her naked crotch (and then eating it). We all know Kanye is no stranger to confrontation and controversy, so perhaps Liv Young was paying tribute to that? In any case, the audience reacted with absolute horror during her “interpretation” of “Love Lockdown.” To Kanye’s credit, he barely flinched. (Liv Young rather shrewdly ended her performance by shouting, “I love your work with Common” before gathering her clothes — and pork products — and scurrying offstage.)
So there you have it: Kanye West has officially seen everything. Major props to him for not booting up everything and anything he had ever eaten in his lifetime. And he looked none-to-phased later on in the evening, as he made a special guest appearance at the Diesel U Music 2009 NYC Tour (seen right). Good on you, Kanye. Way to be mature throughout a situation that EVERY OTHER HUMAN BEING ON EARTH would have rightfully freaked out about.
Just when we thought the table-flipping outburst on The Real Housewives of New Jersey was cuckoo crazy, now come allegations of physical attacks down in Atlanta.
Back in April, country...
Lindsay Lohan is holding a 6126 leggings-design contest on the blog FabSugar. Contestants submit entries online, and Lindsay herself will handpick the winner. As you can see from the selection of 6126 leggings available on Shop Intuition, the entirety of which is pictured above, the animal-print/swirly-brownie-batter thing has been done, so that's out. And American Apparel has done everything one can do with lamé, so that's out too. And tie-dye, for that matter. Oh hell, no wonder Lindsay's having a contest. Everything one can do with leggings has just been done! She's probably out of ideas. And it can't be encouraging that Shop Intuition has marked the above pairs down from $78 to $14.99.
Mr. Piedrahita is attempting to sell the yacht and has been using it to meet with prospective buyers ... Mr. Piedrahita was not able to cancel the yacht purchase or to refuse to accept delivery ... Any proceeds from a sale would go to a pool to benefit Madoff investors in the event of a settlement with the Madoff bankruptcy trustee, Irving Picard.
The ensuing clarifications apparently weren't satisfying enough for Piedrahita, who called up a Colombian radio station to complain about how he was being unfairly treated. "We lost everything," he said, according to a translation in Colombia Reports. "We are one of the biggest victims."
He then went on to say that while he felt responsible, he really wasn't — actually, he did a great job, and someone else (his father-in-law?) screwed up.
"Of course I am responsible, like I think that the executives of the banks are [responsible] too. I'm not washing my hands in whatever. I only say that my responsibilities were not to manage relations with him. My responsibilities were to diversify the company and I did it with great success," the financier explained.
And then, it seems, unless it's a poor translation, he offered to give back all the money to everyone, ever.
"This is what we want to do ... We consider it to be just to return the money we earned with Madoff during many years. Under British law we don't have to but we consider it only to be fair," Piedrahita concluded.
Nice. We're sure his lawyers are happy about this one, not to mention his father-in-law. Especially since this is not the first time Piedrahiita has vented publicly — the only member of the Noel family to do so. In fact, between this and his earlier, similarly embarrassing interview with The Wall Street Journal, Piedrahita is distinguishing himself as the sort of person whose ego cannot take embarrassment; he must try to save face, even if intellectually he's just digging himself into a deep hole. Which is, coincidentally, the exact kind of personality one imagines would become involved in a Ponzi scheme.
Last night at the Diesel-sponsored Webster Hall show they played with Clipse (who had a Kanye West assist), the Roots, Lykke Li, and Passion Pit, we spoke with members of Cobra Starship, whose “Good Girls Gone Bad,” featuring Leighton Meester, has flirted with Song of the Summer status. “That’s cool, because I can call my moms up, and my mom’s like, ‘Yeah, I heard it in my office,’” singer Gabe Saporta told us. Guitarist Ryland Blackinton takes pride in more than just having his family hear it: “My douchebag neighbor plays it from his car stereo and I’m just kind of like, [we’ve come] full circle.” But it was pride of another type that we asked Saporta about: Does he, as a chosen person, feel special representing for Jewish rockers? “I’m not a Jewish person in terms of, like, religion,” he answered, in part. But Blackinton, not Jewish, helpfully offered this: “We met Matisyahu the other night.”
Hopefully by now you’ve seen the video of 7-year-old Preston Scarbrough expertly evading the police in his parents’ car then ditching the vehicle and making a run for it like he was on a Disney Channel version of Cops. This kid is my new hero. If he’s not yours, then you are clearly a racist (yea, I said it). However, I can’t shake the feeling that there is something sinister behind those innocent eyes…
First, check out this video of Preston talking with Natalie Morales and Al Roker on the Today Show.
Cute, right? How could you be mad at that kid? Let’s just give him his license now because it would be adorable and he’s pretty damn good behind the wheel, right? Not so fast, citizen DMV worker. Preston was on the Today Show again with Meredith Viera, and his story seems to change a little bit when asked why he took the car (after the jump).
First he says it’s because he took the car because he didn’t want to go to church, then he says he wanted to see what it would be like to drive a car. Kid, your story has HOLES… and I don’t think you have the correct star-and-moon-shaped plastic pegs to hammer in them. Your Macaulay Culkin in the first Home Alone act my have everyone else fooled, but I know exactly who you’ll grow up to be:
That’s right. Preston will grow up to be Sawyer from Lost (pre-time travel Sawyer, of course). He’s a straight-up grifter. Prove me wrong.
Kudos, though, Preston. This is your week. Enjoy it, because next week you can’t play video games for FOUR WHOLE DAYS. Sucks to be you.
The rest of you, have a great weekend and enjoy all the Nintendos you want. For more of my crackpot accusations of toddlers, follow me on Twitter (@tomgam).
HAIR
• Ciara's hairstylist Kiyah Wright revealed that the singer's new short hairstyle is actually a hairpiece, and that she "still has really long hair." You never know who to trust these days. [BellaSugar]
• Kylie Minogue chopped her hair to shoulder-length. Think Anna sans bangs. [Daily Mail]
MAKEUP
• Jessica Simpson will reportedly use $25,000 worth of hair, makeup, and stylists to prepare for each episode of her new VH1 show, The Price of Beauty, which is — like all VH1 shows, in a way — about trying to find out how other cultures find beauty from within. [NYP]
FRAGRANCE
• Nina Ricci is launching a new floral fragrance named Ricci Ricci this summer. The campaign stars Jessica Stam. [WWD]
• Remember Cool Water? Now Davidoff is launching Hot Water, a new fragrance for men that is meant to embody "sensual ardent physical passion." Oh. Hold us back. [WWD]
The rain on Wednesday evening didn't keep the crowds away from the launch party for BlackBerry's new Tour smartphone at the Thompson LES. (The bait—a complimentary Tour along with three months of free Sprint Service—probably helped.) Turning out for the occasion, despite the weather: Brooke Shields, Chloë Sevigny, Gossip Girl's Chace Crawford, Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz and Mark Indelicato, Erin Lucas and Olivia Palermo from The City, designer Nicole Miller, and IMG senior veep and reality TV judge, Fern Mallis. Not everyone was planning to use their new phone to tweet away, though, as Cityfile correspondent Douglas Marshall found out when he chatted with Shields ("No, I'm not a Twitterer"), and Sevigny ("I'm not really into any of that. No Twitter. No Facebook. No MySpace. None of it"). Mark Indelicato was an exception. After the jump, the Ugly Betty star on his obsession with texting and tweeting.
Q: Would you say you are an obsessive texter? A: Yes! Q: Do you ever find yourself walking down the street while texting and not looking where you are going? A: Oh, yes. I get in trouble so much! Usually when I'm with my mom, she's like "Mark, watch where you are going!" But when I'm walking by myself and I'm walking and I'm texting and I'm involved in an interesting conversation, I'll walk into someone. Then they'll start yelling at me and I'll be like, "Stop yelling at me! Enough! I have to go!" I hate that. Q: I think people now just accept that people walk and text at the same time. A: Honestly, everyone texts while they're walking. I don't know anyone who doesn't text while they are walking down the street. It's harmless walking down the street and texting. I mean, I do look up every once in a while. Q: What about texting while driving? I've seen people do that. A: Oh, no. That's hazard to other people. And not good! It's one thing to walk down the street and lightly bump into someone. But if your car crashes into something, then you are in some serious trouble. Q: Are you on Twitter? A: I am, I am, I am. Q: What's your name on Twitter? A:markindelicato Q: What was your last tweet? A: That I was coming to the BlackBerry Tour Launch Party! Q: Who's your favorite person that you follow on Twitter? A: I like John Mayer's tweets. Q: How many followers do you have? A: Oh, like four thousand two hundred or something. Q: What are you going to do to celebrate when you get 5,000 followers? A: I'm going to say really nice things like, "Thank you so much, all my Twitter followers!"
"It's a mentor story. It's a disease movie. It's a coming-of-age movie. It's a movie about trying to restart an old romance. It's 11 different movies rolled into one." —Judd Apatow on Funny People [LAT]
"Los Angeles is full of lost souls. Aspiring blanks. Everybody goes there to make a mark, to be something, and not everybody gets to do that, so what happens is you have all these little lost souls bouncing around, trying to fill a void. And, yeah, I think the sunshine is a big old disguise." —Eva Mendes [Contact Music]
"It's true that I was educated by women. I was surrounded by women the ten first years of my life and I think this is a huge influence." —Pedro Almodóvar [Guardian UK]
"I love Hole, and they had a cool thing and a cool vibe, and I'm influenced by a lot of people." —Taylor Momsen still likes Courtney Love, despite everything [MTV]
"People don't believe me when I tell them Michael [Cera] and I were just playing parts, that we're not romantically involved. They don't realize everyone in the film, including the director, is an actor playing a part." —Charlyne Yi lies to a journalist about Paper Heart, presciently [The Star]
Chris Murphy, the lead singer and bassist of the decidedly genius Canadian power-pop outfit Sloan, is currently recovering at home after being injured in a hit-and-run accident caused by a drunk driver. He suffered a broken collarbone but, fortunately, is expected to fully recover. As a result, the band took to Twitter to urge their fans to "kick a drunk driver in the face" for them. While your friendly Vulture editors are lovers, not fighters, we wholeheartedly support this course of action. [Exclaim]
Look at this sexy GQ tan emeffer right hurrrr. When it comes to doing something as simple as getting out of a car, nobody — NOBODY — does it with the class, the grace, the subtle masculinity and cock-eyed optimism, as well as actor Clive Owen. Above, Clive is seen arriving at a private lunch hosted by Audi at Goodwood — heh — on July 30.
Even with Flamingo leg he is sexy! (A bunch of unmissable pics ahead.)
Seriously…
If Da Vinci were still alive, this would surely be his next painting:
Last week, Solange shocked the world by stepping out with her hair completely shaved off. This was the culmination of a slew of recent lady head-shavings: Cassie shaved half her head, Alice Dellal–style, in April; Rihanna shaved the bottom part of her head earlier this month; and Carmen Electra shaved half her head, Cassie-style, last month. Of course, shaved heads are nothing new. But the recent events indicate this style is really having a moment. In the past, actresses like Natalie Portman have done it for roles in forgettable sci-fi films. Britney did it for, um, personal reasons. The newly shaved ladies seem to want easy attention — the kind that doesn't involve awkward stumbling in the wee hours between black SUVs and Tenjune. Or maybe they just wanted to practice posting pictures and things to Twitter. Have a look at memorable shaved-head moments in the slideshow.
American painter Dorothy Iannone's pet name — the Lioness, given to her by her onetime lover, the Swiss-German artist Dieter Roth — is now the title for two contained but hardly modest shows running concurrently at the New Museum and Anton Kern gallery, which feature seventeen big, bright, mirthfully erotic paintings, a sculpture, and a series of wooden cutouts. Iannone, as her wide body of work suggests, is a sort of sex goddess, a matriarch, and a contrarian. (In 1961, she was a catalyst for the U.S. government’s release of Henry Miller’s books from the blacklist.) She has painted herself having intercourse — often with a hirsute Roth — since the sixties, incorporating cultural elements she absorbed traveling through Europe and the Middle East. And yet, for all her influence, this, at 75, is Iannone’s first solo show in an American museum. Expect a Freudian bonanza of barely covered sex organs and myriad climactic gestures — no longer censored, as she frequently was in those swinging sixties.
If you saw our pictures of the other day's shoot of Gossip Girl, you've already likely sussed out that in season three, we are probably going to find out what happened between Serena and Carter Baizen in Santorini, because one photo was of the two of them kissing. Sebastian Stan, the actor that plays — sorry, wrong word — inhabits the character of Carter Baizen and who dates Blair (or Leighton Meester, as we suppose she is known in "real life"), spoke to People about how he prepared for the scene with his girlfriend's alleged rival.
“I try to stick to apples and pears that get stuck in my teeth to get it more interesting,” he said.
Ha! Nice try, but certainly it is no match for the lady's burrito breath. Carter also said his character will be further explored in the upcoming season, and that indeed, we will learn about his past with Serena.
“His whole background involves Serena’s character," he said. "It’s different from the other relationships on the show.”
Different how? Like their parents used to be in love and were torn asunder by their families? Hmmm, no, that's already been explored. Like they might be brother and sister? Hmmm, no again. Or maybe he's her mother's love child? No ... or they were together with a guy who OD-ed, and ran away instead of being questioned by the police, and he has been blackmailing her? No? Well, gosh, what other kinds of relationships are left? The only thing left is that Sebastian ... is maybe Serena's clone?
This is Taylor Momsen. Yes, Taylor Momsen. Not rhymes with Abortney Blove. Taylor Momsen. According to Taylor’s “birth certificate”,she was born 16 years ago. Above is a photo of the Gossip Girl star celebrating her 16th birthday at the totally-not-druggie-place-at-all Hiro in New York City a couple of days ago.
Yup. This is what 16 looks like now. Darwinism, Shmarwinism, get this girl some whiskey a trailer and seven babies from 2 to 13 years old and call it a life.
After a week of denying that he would step down as mayor of Hoboken, even after he was arrested for accepting $25,000 in bribes as part of a massive New Jersey corruption sweep, Hoboken mayor Peter Cammarano agreed yesterday that it might be a good idea to do so. This morning he made his resignation official, and apologized to his constituents. "I apologize to the residents of Hoboken for the disruption and disappointment this case has caused," he said in a letter to the City Clerk. Cammarano, who was only in office for 23 days before the arrest, still maintains his innocence. "It became clear in the past six or seven days that, given the controversy surrounding his case, he could not perform his duties," his lawyer said. "It was injurious to Hoboken government for him to stay in there." We're hoping that, with his newfound free time, Cammarano (who is kind of cute, by the way!) will have more time to update his Twitter. It was always a great little peek into the wonderful nightlife of Hoboken.
SALES STARTING TOMORROW
• At the In God We Trust sample sale, spring/summer 2009 apparel is up to 50 percent off and styles from past seasons are up to 75 percent off. Jewelry samples start at $10. Through 8/2. 265 Lafayette St., nr. Prince St. (212-966-9010); S–Su (11–6).
ENDING TOMORROW
• Take 50 to 75 percent off discounted and current beauty brands at the Space.NK sale. 99 Greene St., nr. Spring St.; 217 Columbus Ave., nr. 69th St.; Th–S (8–9).
• Swimwear and lingerie from brands like Alberta Ferretti, Eres, Thomas Maier, and more are up to 55 percent off during Catriona MacKechnie's summer sale. Online only.
• Receive 30 percent off spring apparel at Derek Lam. 12 Crosby St., nr. Grand St. (212-996-1616); M–S (11–7), Su (noon–6).
• Pre-spring and spring apparel for women and men is up to 50 percent off at Calvin Klein. 654 Madison Ave., at 60th St. (212-292-9000); M–W (10–6), Th (10–7), F–S (10–6).
ENDING SUNDAY
• Apparel and shoes from Lauren Moffatt, Fremont, Dagmar, Whitley Kros, 80%20, and more are 35 to 75 percent off at Dear Fieldbinder. 198 Smith St., nr. Baltic St., Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn (718-852-3620); M–S (11:30–7:30), Su (noon–6).
• Shop deep discounts at the Daryl K and Kerrigan sample sale. 21 Bond St., nr. Lafayette St. (212-529-8790); Th (11–8), F–S (11–7), Su (noon–6).
STARTING MONDAY
• Men’s and women’s T-shirts, knits, skirts, sweaters, shoes, and more from brands like Miss Sixty, Energie, and Staerk are $29.99 or less. The Miss Sixty Rose St. bubble-hem dress is $29.99 (originally $199) and Energie short-sleeve button-down shirts are $29.99 (originally $159). Through 8/9. 260 Fifth Ave., nr. 28th St. (212-725-5400); M–F (9–7), S–Su (11–7).
AP - A Hamburg court has ordered a German publisher to pay Sweden's Princess Madeleine $560,000 in damages for fabricating stories about her, the parties involved said Friday.
AP - A Hamburg court has ordered a German publisher to pay Sweden's Princess Madeleine $560,000 in damages for fabricating stories about her, the parties involved said Friday.
You may not have as much money in your 401K compared to this time last summer, but there is one reason why the summer of 2009 totally rocks: We're all sweating less! The summer is on track to be one of the coolest in history. "Not one 99-degree day. Not a single day that the temperature even approached 90. For just the second time in 140 years of record keeping, the temperature will have failed to reach 90 in either June or July." [NYT]
Playbill - Complete casting has been announced for the East Coast premiere of the new musical, Little House on the Prairie, starring Melissa Gilbert as Ma. Performances begin Sept. 10 at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ, prior to a national tour. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 31 Jul 2009 | 12:42 pm
Mayor Bloomberg managed to get the law changed so he could run for a third term. So does that mean he might run for a fourth term, too? Will he be the mayor of this city for the rest of our lives? NY1's Josh Robin put that question to Bloomberg today. The answer? "I don't know." [Politicker]
The New York Post reports that Jessica Simpson’s new VH1 Reality show “The Price of Beauty” comes with a price tag heftier than all that weight she gained that one time when everyone said she was fat before deciding she is in fact not fat and all those people who said that are jerks (got all that?):
Jessica Simpson is scheduled to start shooting the new show next week and travel to seven countries examining exotic beauty regimens. But VH1 isn’t happy with her budget. “To get her camera-ready each episode will cost $25,000,” said our source. “She insists on using her own hair, makeup and fashion stylists, who are more expensive than J.Lo’s.
Man, $25,000 per episode. I’m no expert, but that sure seems like a lot. You could really get a lot of cool stuff for 25 grand. I think it’s about time we played everyone’s favorite pricing game:
What Could YOU Buy With Jessica Simpson’s Face?
A fully loaded 2009 Suzuki Grand Vitara
A 3-bedroom fixer-upper in Detroit, Michigan
1,853 DVD copies of Employee of the Month (or 28,409 used copies priced at $0.88 each as listed on Amazon.com)
A 1952 mint condition Mickey Mantle rookie card
A baby bought on the black market (last time I checked, $25k was the going rate)
Another Production Assistant that probably could use the work. Seriously, VH1.
So, what would YOU buy with Jessica Simpson’s face?
Given a cast of Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill, and the guiding hand of director and writer Judd Apatow ("Knocked Up" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin"), perhaps there is no more appropriate title than simply "Funny People."
The Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia's biggest film festival, has been left without any Chinese language movies after a boycott by directors in a row over the exiled leader of the Uighur... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:55 am
From L: Producer Didier Costet, producer Ferdinand Lapuz, actress Mercedes Cabral, actor Coco Martin, actress Isabel Lopez and director Brillante Mendoza arrive for the screening of their movie "Kinatay"... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 31 Jul 2009 | 11:55 am
Comedian Roseanne Barr has seriously pushed the bar with a new photo spread that depicts her as a domesticated version of Adolf Hitler for Jewish humor magazine Heeb. Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Jul 2009 | 10:23 am
Hi everyone, Tom here again. I’ve come out of blog retirement to talk about a serious issue. You may want to sit down. Perhaps, gather your loved ones. It seems just when you thought the biggest story of 2009 had blown over, the whole thing was ripped right back in the national consciousness.
We Americans waited for weeks now in white-knuckle fear of Eminem’s response to Mariah Carey’s “Obsessed” video. For awhile it seemed like he’d just let it slide and “cooler heads would prevail.” However, we don’t call Shady “The New King of Pop” for nothing (we did give that title to him, right? No?).
Last night Eminem released a track dissing Mariah and her husband. Here is a short taste of the lyrical gasoline he has thrown upon his fiery feud with Mr. and Mrs. Nick Canon:
Thirty-five seconds is all you really need to know that someone needs to end the stupid feud ASAP. Sure, we’re all TOTALLY shocked at how frankly Eminem talks about his “tender moments” with Mariah. That guy really goes for it! But, does anyone actually find this stuff entertaining anymore? Mariah and Eminem? And are we going to have to hear this song at the club? (Seriously, my parents’ country club plays some pretty good hip-hop now and then). Since President Obama’s little beer summit seemed to have worked yesterday, perhaps he should get Eminem and Mariah together so as a nation we never have to hear about this again. Ever.
Michael Jackson's personal chef Kai Chase says June 25 was shaping up as another typical day in the superstar's usually peaceful and orderly home until an urgent plea from Jackson's personal doctor sent panic sweeping through the household.
A lot has happened since Jon and Kate Gosselin announced their plans to divorce on their TLC show "Jon and Kate Plus 8." What can the family's fans expect to see when the reality series returns August 3 in the first episode since the Gosselins' split?
Want to stop teen pregnancy? (Of couse you don’t, MTV producers, but for the sake of this post, just play along.) We’ve figured out a way. Show every pubescent child the following video of babies singing “Ten Little Indians”, then laugh as our population comes grinding to a deafening halt.
'Full House' star Candace Cameron says she is committed to being a good role model in conjunction with her strong Christian faith Source: FOXNews.com | 31 Jul 2009 | 9:34 am
It’s On with Alexa Chung should already be set to record on all of your DVR’s and Tivo’s, as it is, dare I say, a tastemaker. In addition, I also make appearances as a correspondent on the “What’s Happening” portion of the show. And so it was the case yesterday, as Alexa and I discussed all the hot topics of the day: Kid Rock calling Twitter gay, Twilight, breastfeeding and penguins. You know… the standards.
Click here to check the clip out, or click the image below. Apologies in advance for anything and everything spoken out of my mouth, specifically the whole “Febreeze on the V” portion of the program.
Everyone’s favorite band from the 80s, Foreigner, has inked a deal with Wal-Martto release a three-disc compilation of the old and new. And in a related story, a Menudo trapper keeper was just found in the trash by an excited young girl in Calcutta. Everyone wins.
Seth Rogen had some colorful things to say about ungrateful Knocked Up co-star Katherine Heigl, stopping just short of calling her “batsh*t crazy”. Oh, no, wait, he called her that.
Gwyneth Paltrow worries that people aren’t reading enough. Americans, meanwhile, are worried that Gwyneth Paltrow is saying something again.
Word has broken that British band Muse will be opening for U2. Sure, all the tickets are already sold out, but those of you looking to trade that Rolls for something really “worth it” should definitely consider attending.
Fans of Usher Raymond IV view him as a singing, dancing and acting superstar. But there's another side to the artist -- that of a mentor and friend to a special group of young people.
Authorities may want to know all about the different types of medical treatment Michael Jackson received in recent years—but they're still zeroing in on only one particular...
We've got a theory: Anything that seems too bad to be true probably is.
Jon and Kate Gosselin are Exhibits A-Z. The cheesy alleged affairs. The cheesy midlife-crisis...
As far as Nick Cannon is concerned, Eminem is crying out for his own broken soul.
At least that's one of the proverb-invoking sentiments Mariah Carey's hubby twittered today in...
Talk about awkward.
When the publicity bandwagon for New Moon takes off at full speed come the fall, how exactly will Rachelle Lefevre and Summit Entertainment handle...
It sounds like Jaime Pressly has a lot of celebrating to do!
She was spotted checking into the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego, where she's having her 32nd birthday party tonight at Float...
If Zachary Quinto isn't careful he'll wind up on America's Most Wanted one day.
The Star Trek star found himself answering to cops recently while filming an upcoming Funny or...
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If Chris Brown makes a successful comeback in the post-Rihanna era, he'll owe a big debt to the YouTube Nation.
But it won't be because of that belated apology video he put up....
Just when we thought the table-flipping outburst on The Real Housewives of New Jersey was cuckoo crazy, now come allegations of physical attacks down in Atlanta.
Back in April, country...
The rain on Wednesday evening didn't keep the crowds away from the launch party for BlackBerry's new Tour smartphone at the Thompson LES. (The bait—a complimentary Tour along with three months of free Sprint Service—probably helped.) Turning out for the occasion, despite the weather: Brooke Shields, 
