AP - Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are setting their sights on Sparrow not in the trees, but in the nursery.
AP - Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are setting their sights on Sparrow not in the trees, but in the nursery.
AP - Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are setting their sights on Sparrow not in the trees, but in the nursery.
AP - George Romero swears his latest zombie installment isn't a horror-filled commentary on America's military entanglements in Iraq or Afghanistan.
 New York Times | Honorees? The Center Takes Five Washington Post The Kennedy Center unfolded its 2009 roster of Kennedy Center honorees with five American-born innovative artists, whose careers have indisputably thrilled millions of fans for decades. By Jacqueline Trescott Start spinning "Born in the USA" The ... De Niro, Springsteen among 2009 Kennedy honorees Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro among Kennedy Center honorees Brubeck honored by Kennedy Center |
On Tuesday evening, the Sundance Channel hosted a screening and cocktail party at the private club Norwood for Loic Prigent's new documentary series, The Day Before. Hosting the event were Proenza Schouler's Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez and Nathalie Rykiel of Sonia Rykiel, who are featured in Full Frontal Fashion-branded series. On hand for the occasion: Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester, Vogue's Lauren Santo Domingo, fashion darling Julia Restoin Roitfeld, and stylist/Bravo star Rachel Zoe, who was accompanied by her husband (Rodger) and right-hand man (Brad Goreski). Cityfile correspondent Douglas Marshall caught up with Lorenzo Martone, advertising exec and fiancé of Marc Jacobs, and his date for the evening, model Julie Henderson, to talk Fashion Week strategy.
Q: So Fashion Week is starting and you'll be attending lots of parties over the next week, undoubtedly. Any tips on pulling an all-nighter and still showing up fresh the next day for a 10AM show?
LM: I'd recommend being very moderate as far as what you drink, using good creams, eating healthy, and sleeping for at least 6 hours a night.
Q: Fair enough. What creams are we talking about? What would we find in your beauty cabinet?
LM: I've really into two brands these days: Dr. [Fredric] Brandt's cosmetic line is great—and he's a great dermatologist, too. I also love Shiseido for men.
Q: What look are you going to be rocking this Fashion Week? Anything special planned?
LM: Well, this season a couple things happened. I started wearing glasses and I became really good friends with Brad Goreski [from Bravo's Rachel Zoe Project.] We were just having fun trying to achieve the nerd look. So I've been very into suspenders and I'm trying to wear suspenders all the time. Even if it doesn't make sense—I still wear suspenders. I think the most important thing is to choose something comfortable that also allows you to be playful, so you have something to talk about.
Q: There have been some haters out there who have called your "nerd" look—the suspenders, glasses, and shorts—into question. What do you have to say to them?
JH: [Julie Henderson interjects]: Join the club!
LM: I actually find it funny, I will always have fun with fashion. I don't take it too seriously. Nothing lasts forever; next season is going to be about something else. When Louis Vuitton did the Steven Sprouse collection with all the bright colors, I just loved how bright and bold it was, and I happened to be wearing a lot of Vuitton at the time. But a lot of people hated it and thought it was too branded and colorful. But it's done now and that season has passed. But I had fun with it.
Q: You have to take risks, sure. Speaking of which, are you preparing to take the plunge with Marc? Are you doing wedding planning?
LM: I'm not talking about our personal life anymore, unfortunately. What I can tell you is that we are very, very happy. But I'm not commenting beyond that.
Q: Fair enough. So is there anything you're particularly excited about this Fashion Week?
LM: I'm excited about a couple of things coming up. Commonwealth Utilities is doing a great presentation on Sunday. Alexander Wang and Katie Grand's Love party is also something I'm very excited about.
Q: You're out and about a lot. Have there been any parties you haven't been invited to that you had trouble getting into? Has Lorenzo Martone ever crashed a party?
LM: (laughing) I wouldn't know, because I've never tried that. I guess I would come as somebody's date. Like tonight, for instance. I'm crashing Paper's 25th anniversary party with her. I wasn't invited, but I'm going as her date. So there you go. I don't usually have a problem but I don't try too hard.
JH: Well, I came to this party as a plus one with Lorenzo, but I'm bringing him to Paper. We share!
Paula Abdul has a successor.
Ellen DeGeneres will be filling that empty fourth chair at the judges' table on the upcoming ninth season of American Idol.
And none of that...
AP - After more than a decade of separation, Hugh Hefner is seeking an official return to his bachelor status. The Playboy founder filed for divorce on Friday from his wife and former Playmate, Kimberly.
AP - Katherine Heigl (HY'-guhl) and her husband Josh Kelley are adopting a baby.
Jennifer Aniston just can't win.
In an interview airing tonight, Aniston tells Daily 10's Ben Lyons that even in her most recent spread with Elle magazine—that's the...
 Telegraph.co.uk | Janet Jackson Will Do Michael 'Justice' At The vmas, Fans Say MTV.com The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards will feature a number of huge performances from the likes of Jay-Z, Green Day, Beyoncé and others, but perhaps the highest-profile act on Sunday night's show will be Janet Jackson's tribute to her ... Janet Jackson opens up about losing brother Michael: 'Not everyone ... Janet Jackson: Family tragedy gave me strength Source: Chris Brown won't perform Jackson tribute |
Katherine Heigl's family tree is sprouting a new limb.
The Grey's Anatomy star, whose impending hiatus makes so much more sense now, is planning to adopt a baby girl with...
Ellen DeGeneres joins 'Idol' as fourth judge [Live Feed/HR]
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More finalists, yes, but it's that Nick Cannon who keeps turning in the noteworthy performances on America's Got Talent!
While last week it was a hard-to-swallow introduction,...
Talk about a tasty pairing.
Despite the fevered battle for dining dominance, two cheftestants showed they could generate heat whether they were cooking or not. Is it just that hotties...
• The Shake Shack expansion cannot be stopped. Late last week, word dropped that Danny Meyer's burger chain was planning to open seven locations in the Middle East and three new outposts in Manhattan; today comes word that the first of these three will be at the corner of Mulberry and Prince Streets.
• A Voce will soft open this evening in the Time Warner Center. Here's a peek inside. And here's an interview with chef Missy Robbins. [Eater, Zagat]
• This week's reviews: New York's Adam Platt gives one star apiece to DBGB and L'Entrecôte; Bloomberg's Ryan Sutton is very pleased with what he finds at the Standard Grill; TONY's Jay Cheshes visits Brooklyn's Prime Meats; the New Yorker's Shauna Lyon checks in on to Locanda Verde; and the Village Voice's Robert Sietsema finds the food at Joseph Leonard "often spectacular."
• The John Dory closed on August 29. Now the eatery's landlord has filed suit against Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich for $75,000 in unpaid rent. [NYDN]
• Josh Picard (Chinatown Brasserie, Lure, Locanda Verde) is taking over the old Cub Room space; meanwhile, Jason and Joe Denton of 'inoteca will be taking over the space formerly occupied by Frederick's Downtown. [Eater]
• A sneak peek at Abe & Arthur's, the restaurant by Eugene Remm and Mark Birnbaum opening in the former Lotus space in early October. [Eater]
• The Standard's rooftop bar has a name: the Boom Boom Room. [DBTH]
• Motorino's East Village outpost is scheduled to open next Monday. [NYT]
• Café des Artistes announced plans to close last month. Now the restaurant has filed for bankruptcy, too. [Bloomberg]
• Five places to find reasonably priced (and reasonably tasty) seafood. [CS]
• Once again, McDonald's seems to be proving the point that fast food does really well during really recessionary times. [DF]
Reuters - Glancing backward at the 1998 film "Happiness," his postmodern look at a dysfunctional family, Todd Solondz liberally updates the characters and their stories in "Life During Wartime," a heady mix of deadpan humor that boldly uses such topics as pedophilia, race and terrorism to plead the need for forgiveness at a personal and national level.
Years from now, Kendra Wilkinson's son is going to be looking at pictures from his mom's baby shower and think one thing.
Why couldn't they have waited until I was all grown...
Are those darned anti-vampire groups attempting to recruit our favorite Pennsylvania paper suppliers?
Not quite, but Anna Camp, the sexy and scandalous reverend's wife from True...
Hugh Hefner can't really accuse his estranged wife of cramping his style, but he's seeking more freedom just the same.
The Playboy founder and main man on The Girls Next Door has...
Who doesn't love a party filled with scantily clad Greek gals?!
The ladies of Sorority Row are joining E! Online for our first-ever Twitter chat tonight at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m....
Which wacky abstinent subculture will soon topple vampires as the preferred literary protagonists among randy American teenagers? The Wall Street Journal reports today that it will definitely be the Amish: "Bonnet books," or Amish-starring romance novels, are doing swift business at dry-goods stores all over the country. "It's almost like you put a person with a bonnet or an Amish field in the background and it automatically starts to sell well," exclaims a buyer for Barnes & Noble, where the top 100 "religious fiction" releases currently include fifteen bonnet novels. Mostly focused on female Amish characters swept away by handsome, non-Amish paramours, the books are strictly G-rated, sometimes with one or two chaste kissing scenes, and millions have already been sold to both Mennonites and electricity-enjoying readers alike (some titles are even available for the Kindle, hilariously). And since we don't plan on being last to this trend, like we were with the Twilight series, we'd greatly appreciate your recommendations in the comments on which of these books we should read first. We've been browsing Amazon all day, trying to decide, but they all just look so hot!
They're No Bodice Rippers, But Amish Romances Are Hot [WSJ]
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We checked in with Queen Latifah at the 25th anniversary celebration for Paper magazine at the New York Public Library, to ask her when she had her most memorable birthday. "When I was 19 years old, in Hamburg, Germany," she told us. Intriguing, but we wanted to know more. "His name was Seaka. That's where I'll stop. After that, it'll be too much information." View our Party Lines slideshow to see what fun birthday memories the other guests had to share.
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Since the White House and Congress are still working out how to regulate financial firms to avoid another economic crisis, the punishing of Wall Street criminals has fallen largely to federal judges, Bloomberg observes. Not surprisingly, the feistiest of them are here in New York. Let's meet them!
U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, Manhattan
What He's Been Up To Since the Recession Began: Lots, but the 150-year sentence he imposed on Bernie Madoff kind of overshadows it.
Before That: Born in Hong Kong, grew up in Hell’s Kitchen, was appointed a U.S. District Court judge in 1994. Following the Madoff decision, the White House is expected to promote him to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Best Burn From the Bench: Chin called Madoff's crimes "extraordinarily evil." "The message must be sent that in a society governed by the rule of law, Mr. Madoff will get what he deserves, and that he will be punished according to his moral culpability."
U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff, Manhattan
What He's Been Up To Since the Recession Began: Sentenced Marc Dreier to twenty years for fraud, sentenced former Monster Worldwide Inc. COO James Treacy for improperly accounting for backdated stock options, calling it "appalling" and "disgusting," refused to sign off on Bank of America’s $33 million settlement with the SEC over bonus disclosures.
Best Burn From the Bench: The judge was an equal-opportunity offender in SEC vs. Merrill: “You filed a rather uninformative, bare-bones complaint,” he told the government agency. And as for you, Merrill Lynch: “Do Wall Street people expect to be paid large bonuses in years when their company lost $27 billion? Was there some sort of ghost that performed those actions?”
U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, Brooklyn
What He's Been Up To Since the Recession Began: While overseeing the trial of Credit Suisse banker Eric Butler, who was was found guilty of securities fraud last month, the judge bemoaned the “pernicious and pervasive culture of corruption, lack of regulation,” and “serious negligence in the financial services industry.”
Bio: Weinstein has been a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York since he was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967 and was profiled by New York in 1999.
State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Schack, Brooklyn
What He's Been Up To Since the Recession Began: Stymieing big banks' overeager attempts at foreclosure, loving obscure Bruce Willis films.
Bio: Brooklyn-born high-school social-studies teacher turned Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice.
Best Burn From the Bench: “The court,” the judge wrote in a decision chastising Wells Fargo for filing error-riddled papers, "reminds Wells Fargo of Cassius’s advice to Brutus in Act 1, Scene 2 of William Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’: ‘The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.’”
Judges Punish Wall Street as Regulators Just Talk About Reform [Bloomberg]
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Filed Under: business, crime, denny chin, gerard lynch, jed rakoff, judges, law, politics, the long arm of the law
Mix-tape DJ Mick Boogie’s remix project Re-Living Thing — an authorized hip-hop reworking of Peter Bjorn & John’s Vulture-approved Living Thing — was released yesterday. And despite what the phrase “authorized hip-hop reworking” might lead you to believe, it’s pretty great! There are verses from a bunch of perennially underappreciated types (Bun B, GZA, Black Milk) as well as from young risers (Wale, Kid Daytona, Big Sean), but most notable is how seamless the source material works as fodder for straightforward rap productions. Our favorite is “Lay It Down,” rebirthed by the Kickdrums into an ominous Houston-hip-hop slow-burner and perfectly utilized by Chicago M.C. GLC, who stretches the “Hey, shut the fuck up, boy” verve of the original chorus over two seriously mack-credential-boosting verses. Kanye started things off when he went in over “Young Folks,” and Drake kept it going with his version of “Let’s Call It Off’ — now with the release of Re-Living Thing, it's official: Peter Bjorn & John are hip-hop’s favorite Swedish indie-pop trio.
Download Re-Living Thing
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Filed Under: glc, mick boogie, music, peter bjorn & john, right-click
Who you tryin' to get crazy with, ese? Don't you know HBO is loco? The red-hot cable network has taken to Craigslist in order to recruit potential cast members for its new show, How to Make It in America. According to the bulletin, the show — which is apparently the latest project from the producers of Entourage— "takes place in the world of fashion and hipsters" and will be "shooting in NYC in all the hottest and trendiest locations." And in addition to its not exactly tactful attempt to solicit "Lower East Side Domincan [sic] or Hispanic types (all ages)," HBO is also trying to recruit authentic-looking hipster types with authentic musical skills. While we appreciate the fact that no one wants to see "Hip and Trendy types with Real Bartending experience" clumsily pretending to know how to shred on a Stratocaster, we wonder if Guitar Hero prowess counts as "authentic musical skills"? If so, we're totally giving our notice!
You Could Star (But Please Don't Star) in Entourage: Lower East Side [Videogum]
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Filed Under: casting couch, hbo, how to make it in america, tv
Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez, the handsome designers behind Proenza Schouler, seem to have an enviable professional relationship, but do they ever spat? "Yes, of course," McCollough said at last night's screening of The Day Before, a Sundance documentary series about the anxious 24 hours before the fall 2009 Proenza show (other episodes follow Jean Paul Gaultier, Sonia Rykiel, and Karl Lagerfeld). "It's part of the creative process — the dialogue," Hernandez said. So what did they disagree over while designing the spring collection they're showing next week at Milk? "There was a lot; it's been a tricky collection," McCollough said. "We're doing new things," Lazaro explained. "Like color," Hernandez finished. "But color's really subjective." They explained how their design process works:
McCollough: A color you like I might despise.
Hernandez: Everyone sees color differently.
McCollough: If he likes red and I like blue, we wind up doing purple.
Hernandez: We do a lot of gray, because he likes black and I like white.
McCollough: I don't really like white, actually.
Hernandez: I don't really like black, either.
Anyway, the boys added, business is improving: "Things are definitely picking up from the low of last year," Hernandez said. "But stores still aren't buying as much." Leighton Meester, seated nearby at the piano, told us she's excited for the Proenza show — probably the only show the Gossip Girl star will get see this Fashion Week, she said.
Naturally, when we bumped into Marc Jacobs's fiancé, Lorenzo Martone, we asked him who's cuter: Lazaro or Jack? He couldn't make up his mind, but acknowledged, "Jack has the nice tattoos — sexy tattoos, and I love tattoos." He pointed out Jacobs has 33 tattoos. But when is their oft-speculated-upon wedding? "We're actually not talking about that anymore, because it seems to be very explored in the wrong way, so we're trying to keep it very quiet and private," Lorenzo explained. "We want to make it special for us. Marc never had a problem talking about our personal life to the press, but I think now he realizes that the relationship was overexposed a little bit. I think it's healthy to actually preserve our intimacy. What I can tell you is that we're very, very happy together!" Aw.
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Filed Under: designers, jack mccollough, lazaro hernandez, lorenzo martone, marc jacobs, new york fashion week, party lines, proenza schouler, spring 2010
At last night's Paper Magazine 25th Anniversary party at the New York Public Library, we asked Sean Lennon about all the flak he'd caught for re-creating the iconic Annie Leibovitz Rolling Stone cover of a naked John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the pages of Purple Magazine. This is what Lennon, who posed for Terry Richardson with his model girlfriend, Kemp Muhl, had to say:
People are saying that that photo of you and your girlfriend in Purple is offensive.
I know. I am really shocked. I can't believe that. It's weird. I thought controversial photos were other things than that. It seems that people are a little bit uptight these days, I guess. I thought that it was not a big deal.
A lot of people said some really hurtful things about you.
I know. It really hurt my feelings. Basically what happened was, we were in bed. We kind of thought that it would be funny if she just rolled over and did that shot. It was not set up at all. I didn't want them to put it out necessarily. It wasn't this like, "Oh, let's do this shot!" It wasn't set up. And then they just put it out. It was just a snapshot and I really didn't think anyone would care. I didn't even remember it until I started getting this vehement hate mail.
Do you regret taking that shot now?
No, I don't care.
What did your mom say about it?
My mom thought it was cute. She liked the picture more than I did. I thought I looked kind of bad. I was a little sweaty because I was in my mom's house and it's hot in there. She likes it really hot and so does my girlfriend. I was like a little sweaty. I didn't think I looked great. That's what I regret.
What would Annie say about this?
I can't imagine that she would care either ... She seems to have other things on her mind these days. Like money.
I guess if anyone has the reference to do it, it would be you.
The context of it was kind of innocent. I mean, one time I was walking down the street and a paparazzi took a snapshot of us. And then there were like all these headlines in like England about "Sean tries to re-create a picture of his parents because Sean had a hat on," and I was wearing glasses, which I have to wear because I have prescription glasses. They were like, "How dare he try to be his Dad?" I thought that was just so funny. I was like, "Wow, I didn't even want that picture to be taken. I'm like walking to the grocery store."
See more from the Paper celebration in our Party Lines slideshow.
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Filed Under: misguided outrage, party lines, sean lennon, yoko ono
Last night Daphne Guinness hosted a private screening of her short film Mnenosyne at Library Bar wearing leather leggings, a cage around her waist, a sequined blue bolero, and her signature sky-high platform heels.
What do you think of her fall look?
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Filed Under: daphne guinness, look of the day
AP - Jay-Z, "The Blueprint 3" (Roc Nation)
• A long list of media luminaries and politicians, including President Obama and former president Clinton, turned out for this afternoon for a memorial service at Avery Fisher Hall in honor of Walter Cronkite. [WP, NYT, LAT]
• Stephen Farrell, a New York Times reporter taken hostage by militants in Afghanistan, was freed early this morning following a raid by British commandos; his Afghan interpreter, however, was killed. [NYT, E&P]
• The McKinsey consultants who have been reviewing operations at Condé Nast are finishing up their work and will be submitting their findings shortly. So what changes are in store for the magazine conglomerate? No one knows for sure, but further budget cuts and a closure or two are entirely likely. [NYO]
• McGraw-Hill, the parent company of BusinessWeek, reports that 93 different buyers have expressed an interest in acquiring the struggling magazine. [BN]
• Is the Boston Globe still for sale? It seems the paper's finances "have improved significantly," which means a sale is no longer a certainty. [E&P]
• Hachette has hired a private eye to investigate how details from Ted Kennedy's memoir were leaked two weeks ahead of publication. [NYO]
• Former Congressman Mark Foley is back. Beginning today, he's hosting a local radio show in Florida called "Inside the Mind of Mark Foley." [AP]
• The Drudge Report isn't nearly as influential these days compared to a few years ago, in case you haven't heard. [NYO]
• Apple CEO Steve Jobs made his first public appearance today since taking a leave of absence from the company and receiving a liver transplant. [LAT]
• Radio host Garrison Keillor suffered a minor stroke over the weekend, but he's expected to be back at work within the next week or so.. [CNN]
• Army Archerd, a Hollywood institution who spent more than half a century working for Variety, died yesterday at the age of 87. [Variety]
Following Marvel's sale to Disney last week, which will better facilitate the imminent development of movie franchises based on all 5,000 comic-book properties under Marvel's ownership, DC Comics and parent company Warner Bros., too, have done something to better exploit their own character library! Says a press release!
This afternoon, WB announced the restructuring and rebranding of DC Comics as DC Entertainment Inc., a new company to be staffed by the same people (for now), though current president and publisher Paul Levitz will be replaced by Warner Premiere's Diane Nelson, who will report directly to WB prez Jeff Robinov (instead of just being allowed to whimsically green-light and kill movies without asking anyone, we guess). The move, which Nikki Finke says has been quietly planned for over two years, will give Robinov better oversight over DC and limit the number of costly outside producers on projects (like Joel Silver, who, says Finke, won't get to make his long-in-development Wonder Woman movie after all — hooray!).
What does any of this actually mean in the long term? Your guess is as good as ours, but we're totally buying stock in capes.
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros.' Jeff Robinov Restructures DC Comics; Diane Nelson Put In Charge Of DC Business; DC Titles In Development Pulled From Producers [DHD]
TOLDJA! Warner Bros Creates DC Entertainment [DHD]
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Check out this fake poster for a nonexistent movie called “Beyond A Reasonable Doubt” that claims to star Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe and Amber Tamblyn and apparently comes out in two days:
I think if it were a real movie, we would’ve heard something about it ever, but nice try, Hollywood! Love that lazy title though, it’s very CBS series-sounding, and the fake tagline “Why would a man frame himself… for murder?” is PERFECT.
Hey look, it’s even on Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB — guess they’re playing along:
HAIR
• Kanye West debuted a new "etch-a-sketch" hairstyle last night at Paper magazine's 25th-anniversary party at the New York Public Library. [Just Jared]
• Tyra Banks premiered her weave-free hair on her show this week, making it the first time she went without extensions since she was a teen. A clip of the big reveal shows her hair slicked back and wet. [StyleWatch/People]
PLASTIC SURGERY
• In a new study, researchers found that cells that are sucked out during liposuction are easier to work with and transform into stem cells. [Reuters]
FRAGRANCE
• A survey revealed that 74 percent of women have an allergic reaction to a fragrance at least once in their lifetime. [Daily Mail]
SKIN
• If you have a pimple, get rid of the redness by dabbing some eyedrops on the irritation. [Beauty Fool]
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Filed Under: beauty, beauty marks, fragrance, hair, kanye west, plastic surgery, skin, tyra banks
An NYU fraternity has, according to neighborhood reports and their own Facebook page, turned a two-story section of a rental building on 12th Street into their house and party center. Please, if you live at 531 East 12th Street, e-mail us to let us know if this is true. [Blah Blog Blah]
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Filed Under: east village, fraternities, neighborhood news
AP - Hard to believe that it's been 40 years since the Beatles sang "You Never Give Me Your Money."
The first sentence of the article is really all you need to bother yourself with:
One of the stars of anarchic TV series Dirty Sanchez was recovering today after being stabbed in the neck.
This has been a this production.
First, Third Eye Blind made an improbable comeback from forgotten nineties has-beens to chart-topping rock stars. Now, as we all sit in the looming shadow of another decade, another band that most everyone left for dead years ago is making a triumphant return to the scene. Case in point: The Insane Clown Posse sold some 50,000 copies of their new album last week, Bang Pow Boom (not to be confused with "Boom Boom Pow"), good enough for a No. 4 debut on the Billboard charts. Who's next, Candlebox? [DetNews]
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Filed Under: insane clown posse, juggalos, music
 Washington Post | Katherine Heigl reportedly adopting baby girl msnbc.com The Web site reported that the adoption process for a baby girl, 10-month-old Nayleigh from Korea, began at least six months ago. The girl's nickname will be Leigh. A rep for the star did not immediately return calls from Access Hollywood. ... Katherine Heigl to adopt Katherine Heigl and husband adopting a baby Katherine Heigl & Hubby Opt for Adoption |
Social Life magazine editor Devorah Rose is perhaps our favorite multi-show Bravo regular. She can make you, by putting you on the cover of her Hamptons weekly, or she can break you, by showing up at your Carmen Marc Valvo after-party and making you jealous. When she e-mailed us today to let us know that she was going to be on an episode of MTV's Made, we wondered how on earth she could possibly develop herself in a way she hadn't already. But it turns out she was the expert on the show, helping to turn a little nerdy guy named Manny into a ladies' man. We were skeptical at first (we know firsthand that Devorah runs largely with the gays), but then it turned out she had some pretty decent advice. Namely, keep complimenting a lady on the same thing over and over again, only in different ways. And saying things like: "I like the texture of your shirt, can I touch that?"
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Filed Under: devorah rose, hellivision, made, mtv, reality tv
Anna Wintour told New York's Amy Larocca that she doesn't shop much, but tomorrow, during the world's first-ever Fashion's Night Out, she won't just hit the events for free booze and cupcakes. She will do what she can to stimulate the economy — within reason, that is. "What am I looking to buy? Something in red, some new boots, and some kind of savage fur (that’s American Vogue shorthand, so you know, for a rough, shaggy stole or collar of some kind)," Anna told the London Times. "It’s not a lot, but isn’t that the whole point of shopping these days (and probably should always have been)?" [Times UK]
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Filed Under: anna wintour, fashions night out, fur, savage shopping
AP - Lindsay Lohan's high-fashion shopping habits are well documented and now she's putting that to work: The house of Emanuel Ungaro has hired her as artistic adviser.
Yesterday New York attorney general and noted sesquipedalian Andrew Cuomo accused Bank of America of "hindering" his office's efforts to investigate officers at the company who might potentially be charged with securities-law violations related to the bank's takeover of Merrill Lynch. Today, Bank of America fired back in a letter that referred to his allegations as "spurious." Better than Spellbound! [WSJ]
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Filed Under: andrew cuomo, bank of america, business, ken lewis, literally, politics, the bonus buster
Rodarte's Target collection doesn't hit stores until December 20, but Target already hosted an editor's preview of the line. When images from that event leaked on Twitter, Target — which doesn't enjoy when images are leaked before they decide to release them — swiftly got them taken down from there and numerous blogs that had picked them up. But try as they might, they can't control the Internet, or the naughty editors who attended the preview, because one attendee recently put a lace blouse from the collection up for sale on eBay. According to the description, it was a gift from the event. The item only received two bids, and closed at $10.49, though you'd think it would go for an astronomical sum like past diffusion-line items to hit the site did. (The full collection ranges from $9.99 for knee-highs to $79.99 for a leopard-print jacket, so it really should have gone for more, regardless.) Even though the auction's over, it at least provides another tiny glimpse at the line.
Rodarte for Target Lace Top [eBay] [Nitro:licious]
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Filed Under: ebay, leaks, rodarte, target
The three most foolproof ways to tell that the NFL Season is about to get underway:
3) Googling the NFL schedule then looking at today’s date.
2) Photos of the Black Eyed Peas and Tim McGraw on a set together, portending some awful future game-intro song and/or kickoff concert:
1) Hearing this song in any capacity.
As the hours tick off until Obama's big speech tonight, progress is being made on a long-stalled Senate bill. Democratic Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus of Montana, who's been toiling for months with his "Gang of Six" to create a plan with bi-partisan support, has decided that he's going to push ahead with a bill by September 21, no matter what. “Irrespective of whether there are any Republicans, I will move forward,” he said today. “We have to move forward. If there are not any Republicans on board, I will move forward in any event.” To sum up: moving forward. [Prescriptions/NYT]
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Filed Under: health care, health carnage, max baucus
Young women whose marriage fantasies are less Kay Jewelers rings and Jessica McClintock gowns and more crown jewels and 700-year-old castles will eagerly be taking note of the fact that Prince Harry turns 25 next week, which means he comes into the millions from the estate of his late mother, Princess Diana. And since our own answer to Diana, Tinsley Mortimer, has managed to bag herself a prince, why not follow her example and set your sights on a husband in line to a throne? After the jump, our guide to the world's most appealing 20-something princes.
Prince Harry
His Royal Highness Prince Henry Charles Albert David of Wales is third in line to the throne, so will probably never be King of England—and, if persistent rumors are true, is actually not genetically royal but the son of one-time Diana paramour James Hewitt. But down-to-earth Harry, a lieutenant in the British Army and a trainee helicopter pilot, probably wouldn't want the job anyway, as it would interfere with his usual schedule of drinking, smoking, and general carousing.
Pierre Casiraghi
Sadly, his dreamy older brother Andrea is spoken for (he's dating heiress Tatiana Santo Domingo), but 22-year-old Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi, the son of Princess Caroline, is still available. Pierre lives the high life in Milan and has a fondness for models, but if that—and the legendary Monaco curse—doesn't deter you, he's filthy rich on both his royal side and from the family of his late father, Italian oil heir Stefano Casiraghi.
Albert Prince von Thurn und Taxis
The 26-year-old race car driver, who lives in a castle with his mother and sisters, isn't officially a prince under German law, but who cares: Albert Maria Lamoral Miguel Johannes Gabriel was first named a billionaire by Forbes at age eight, and still has a fortune of $2 billion even after losing a bundle in the economic crisis. On the downside, he has a strange penchant for mutton chop sideburns, but we're sure the right woman could show him the error of his ways.
Prince Félix
25-year-old Félix Léopold Marie Guillaume, the son of native Cuban Maria Theresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, is second in line to the throne. Six foot tall and model-handsome, Félix is multilingual, an heir to billions, and disappointingly squeaky-clean. Would-be stalkers should head to Rome, where next month he begins a master's degree in bioethics at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical Athenaeum.
It would be extremely naïve to say that there weren't sexual indiscretions going on in all level of politics, in all regions of the country. The funny thing about most of these is that frequently, everyone around the politicians knows they are going on. Everyone knew Mark Foley was gay and liked to hang out with young congressional staffers. Even the Trenton press corps knew Jim McGreevey was sleeping with the limo driver. And the entire White House staffs of JFK and Bill Clinton probably knew they could not be left alone with pretty women. The list goes on and on. The "scandal" part comes when everyone else finds out. That's the fun bit — and the juicier the details, the better. We remember well the titillation and horror with which we read the FBI report on the Emperors Club sting and learned that Eliot Spitzer preferred to keep his black socks on during sex and liked "to do things that you might not think were safe." And the cigar and the blue dress? It was like a riveting global fertility nightmare. But the political sex scandal that's buzzing around the Internet today, and the way it was unleashed, is just gross.
California assemblyman Michael Duvall is having affairs with not one, but two state lobbyists. Everyone knew about it because he liked to brag about it. Eventually, he was caught on tape (as you can see in this video) boasting about his sexual conquests to a fellow assemblyman. The conversation was picked up by the feed from his live mike and obtained by local television station KCAL9. Witness:
The portions they've edited out are gross:
"She wears little eye-patch underwear. So, the other day she came here with her underwear, Thursday. And, so, we had made love Wednesday — a lot! And so she'll, she's all, 'I am going up and down the stairs, and you're dripping out of me!' So messy!"
That is hideous. And there's this:
"So, I am getting into spanking her. Yeah, I like it. I like spanking her. She goes, 'I know you like spanking me.' I said, 'Yeah! Because you're such a bad girl!'"
Apparently, the woman in question is nearly two decades younger and quite pretty. You can't really tell from the video clip, but Duvall, on the other hand, is not particularly a handsome man. He kind of looks like Bruce Davidson from X-Men, halfway through turning into a fish. So this revelation isn't akin to hearing that, say, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett like to spank one another. But his poor colleagues are, according to reports, constantly subjected to this sex talk.
Do we even need to add that he's married? And that he's a vocally conservative family-values defender? Or did you just assume that already?
GOP Lawmaker's Graphic Sex-Bragging Caught On Tape [TPMuckraker/TPM]
Updated: Duvall just resigned! [LAT]
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Filed Under: california, mitchell duvall, politics, sex scandals
The Weinsteins' The Road has been bumped from its previously scheduled October 16 release to one on November 25, presumably to make you even more appreciative of your Thanksgiving dinner. [Variety]
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Filed Under: delays, movies, the road
Last night in London, Kate Moss attended the GQ Men of the Year awards and presented Lily Allen with the prize for Woman of the Year. However, she stormed out after host James Nesbitt made a joke about a past nude GQ cover she had done. As she left she was caught on camera saying, “He’s so —ing rude, I’m never coming here again” while pushing past a laughing Lily Allen. On her way out of the venue, she also interrupted a video interview with Dizzee Rascal, which was also caught on camera. After pushing past him and the cameramen, she interrupted him again, shouting up the stairs, "Has anyone seen my lipstick?" Dizzee replied, “You keep stealing my light, go away." And adding, "Kate Moss has lost her lipstick son, it’s a —ing disaster.” To be fair, she's Kate Moss. If she has somewhere to go, it doesn't matter who's getting interviewed in her path. Plus she wasn't that nasty about it. God bless video footage. For once we don't have to wonder if the London tabloids made all this up.
Video: Kate Moss storms out of GQ Awards [Telegraph UK]
Kate Moss has diva strop [Sun UK]
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Filed Under: diva fits, dizzee rascal, gq, james nesbitt, kate moss, lily allen, models
Keep in mind that if attend the US Open and you run out onto the court to kiss your favorite player and express your undying love, you will end up in handcuffs and find yourself charged with criminal trespass and "interfering with a professional sporting event." Not that Rafael Nadal minded much when a fan did just that in Flushing Meadows last night. "For me it wasn't a problem," he told a reporter after the incident went down. "The guy was really nice... He was a great fan. He said, 'I love you,' and he kiss me." [NYT, NYP]
For the same reason everyone else did — Labor Day! Managing editor Jill Abramson admits that the paper was "a beat behind on this story" because their "Washington bureau was somewhat short-staffed during the height of the pre–Labor Day vacation period." So the one guy who writes stories critical of the Obama administration had the day off? [NYT]
Earlier: Conservatives Can’t Just Enjoy Van Jones Victory
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Filed Under: in other news, media, new york times, van jones
Here’s the poster for the upcoming Michael Jackson concert film, This Is It (I’m guessing this will not, however, be “it” with the MJ stuff – spoiler!)
Michael Jackson “Like you’ve never seen him before?” Really?
We’ve seen his amazing live performances, we’ve seen his unforgettable and groundbreaking videos, we’ve seen him stand trial for child abuse multiple times, we’ve seen him as a child, a teenager, and an adult, we’ve seen him black, white, and yellow, we’ve seen him in 2-D and 3-D, we’ve seen him hanging out with a moonwalking chimp, we’ve seen him dangle a baby off a rooftop, and in the past three months we’ve seen basically every second of archival footage of the man’s life short of actually witnessing the sperm meet the egg.
My point is, if this is the movie that FINALLY reveals MJ riding a unicorn and high-fiving a dragon-leprechaun, I am there.
"Height brings happiness, according to a study that also suggested tall people are more likely to have higher levels of income and education than smaller peers. The study published in the journal Economics and Human Biology showed that tall people reported more enjoyment of life and less pain and sadness." [Bloomberg]
Our commenter who suggested yesterday that Jermaine Jackson is no Colonel Tom Parker just might have been onto something. Despite announcing yesterday that Mary J. Blige and Chris Brown were going to be a part of the hastily thrown together Michael Jackson tribute that Jermaine is organizing, it seems that neither performer has any interest in showing up in Vienna. Both Blige and Brown are denying reports that they had agreed to participate. [Post Chronicle via Perez]
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Filed Under: chris brown, drop outs, jermaine jackson, mary j. blige, michael jackson
Anyone who's anyone in fashion has a lower-priced line these days. Doo.Ri, Thom Browne, Thakoon, Comme des Garçons, and rag & bone, to name a few. Jil Sander now designs for Uniqlo. Anna Sui's Target collection launches in mere hours. Jimmy Choo's H&M line launches in November. Rodarte is also doing a Target line to launch later this year. Lower-priced clothing is like the Noah's Ark of fashion, saving designers from the flood of premature discounts and unemployment contributing to depleted disposable incomes. The next to board will probably be Narciso Rodriguez, who is in talks with eBay to do an eight-piece collection with prices ranging from $75 to $350. Rodriguez says the partnership would bring his work to a wider audience. Though eBay is routinely sued by fashion companies for making counterfeit pieces available to the public, Narciso is happy to use the auction site for a lower-priced line since they have a ton of money and can pay him on time, unlike the many designer boutiques struggling to pay for orders in the downturn. Though it's pretty difficult to imagine Narciso pieces for sale under the campy rainbow eBay logo.
Dotcom couture [NYP]
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Filed Under: affordable things!, designers, ebay, narciso rodriguez
The U.S. Marshals invited a number of media outlets to check out Bernie and Ruth's East 64th Street penthouse, which goes on the market this week, and discovered that while Bernie's OCD may have compelled him to decorate his office in only shades of black, white, and gray, at home he preferred beige. Lots of beige. The overall verdict? Hated it. "Sub-McMansion," one CNNMoney reporter who visited wrote on the network's website. "Dreary," said another. But don't take their word for it. Check out our slideshow and decide for yourself.
Read more posts by Jessica Pressler
Filed Under: ballsy crime, bernard madoff, bernie madoff, business, made-off, slideshows
Were you under the mistaken impression that Courtney Love had explicitly signed off on the creepy usage of Kurt Cobain's likeness in Guitar Hero 5 at a time when she had all her faculties about her? Please allow her to disabuse you of that notion: “i dragged my ass and never signed of[f] on the avatar, let alone this fucking ‘feature’ i have NO say ... i may have been forced by some lying lawyers to sell some publishing, but i never signed off on this guitar hero thing. breach of contract!” [Idolator]
Read more posts by Lane Brown
Filed Under: courtney love, guitar hero, kurt cobain, music, nirvana, video games
Frequent readers of this website by now are familiar with my obsession with actor Andy Buckley, better known as the stern but kind-hearted silver fox manager David Wallace on NBC’s The Office. In fact, my love for Andy/David was so great that the man himself sent me a small note of gratitude (now framed) along with a bona fide Dunder Mifflin mug, which I still lovingly fill with my tears on a daily basis. When it comes to David Wallace and all things associated with him, our love knows no bounds. (Which is why we tried to dial it back for fear of seeming, you know, “creepy” and “sad.” See also: Jon Hamm.)
But the following footage found by reader AnnaGH is absolutely too golden to be ignored. It features a younger, stealthier, pre-bankier Andrew Buckley on the hit (?) television series Silk Stalkings from 1993. Here is Andrew in all his studly glory: With his shirt off, playing tennis, signature locks blowing in the breeze, talking about Kama Sutra and the like. Oh, he also might have killed a lady. His B!!
Savor this, America:
Thank you for all you’ve given the world, Andy. We’ll always be here for you, through your preppier, murdery times and all.
Readers! We have great news. No longer will you be forced to limit your thirst for sports coverage on nymag.com to one or two Daily Intel posts a day. With our new blog, The Sports Section, you can read New York sports columnist Will Leitch all day long, covering athletics here in the city and across the country. (Check out his posts today on Nadal's crazy fan, and on why Jeter dissed the press.) He'll be aided by our Joe DeLessio, who has personally vowed to one day make each and every one of you actually care about the Rangers. Read Will's introductory post here, and bookmark The Sports Section right now!
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Filed Under: the sports section
EVENTS
• Fashion Week begins! Check nymag.com every day to see the latest spring 2010 collections, backstage galleries, party coverage, beauty shots, new accessories, and coverage from the Fug Girls, the Cut, and the New York Magazine team. See the whole lineup in our comprehensive Fashion Week schedule. Through 9/17. Various locations.
• Join more than 700 designers and retailers all over the city as they celebrate Fashion's Night Out. Get a free manicure at Chanel, score a complimentary makeover at Sephora, meet Anna Wintour in Queens, and more. Study our guide to the top twenty events before you go. Various locations, 6–11.
• Channel your inner Gossip Girl by stopping by the new pop-up shop for Anna Sui's Target collection. New York is getting a special first look at the pieces, as they won't be available at regular Target stores until September 13. Through 9/12. 54 Crosby St., at Spring St.; Th (11–11), F–S (11–8).
• Rachel Roy launches an 1,900-square-foot pop-up shop in Soho, showcasing her Rachel Rachel Roy line for Macy's. Through 9/16. 111 Spring St., nr. Greene St.; M–S (11–8), Su (10–8).
• Shop outerwear and fall apparel at the Original Penguin pop-up. Through 12/31. 103 Greene St., nr. Prince St.; M–S (11–7), Su (noon–6).
• Stop by the new Nonoo Lyons pop-up store. London-based designers Deborah Lyons and Misha Nonoo's pieces include outerwear in tweed, wool, cashmere, and silk. Through 9/19. 51 Wooster St., nr. Broome St.; daily (11–6).
• Skin Lingerie is opening a pop-up shop for Fashion Week, featuring pima cotton lingerie and loungewear. Through 9/17. 127 Fulton St., nr. Nassau St. (917-691-0516). Call for hours.
• Vintage shopping site Market Publique is opening a pop-up shop, selling vintage clothing and vintage reconstructed jewelry and accessories by Erica Weiner, Dirty Librarian Chains, Issy Salomon, and more. Through 9/13. 177 N. 10th St., nr. Bedford Ave. (212-920-1612); Th (5–10), F (5–7), S–Su (1–5).
SALES
STARTING TOMORROW
• Mention the friends-and-family sale at Court and receive 20 percent off your entire purchase, including new fall 2009 collections, accessories, sale merchandise, and vintage. The stock features labels like Mary Meyer, Samantha Pleet, Sophomore, Obesity & Speed, and more. Through 9/20. 178 Mulberry St., nr. Broome St. (212-925-1022); Daily (noon–7).
• Sunglasses are 25 percent off and prescription frames are 50 percent off at Linda Derector. Through 9/20. 211 Mott St., nr. Spring St. (212-680-3023); T–Su (noon–7).
• Handbags from the Sak, Elliott Lucca, and Sakroots are $5 to $60 at the fall sample sale. The selection includes the Sak leather satchels and totes, ecofriendly styles by Sakroots, and woven leather totes and demis by Elliott Lucca. Through 9/11. 339 Fifth Ave., nr. 33rd St., second fl. (212-329-4500); Th (9–5), F (9–3).
ENDING TOMORROW
• Leather slingbacks, classic ballet flats, embroidered denim styles, and more are $109 or less at the French Sole sale. 976 Lexington Ave., at 71st St. (212-472-9200); M–F (10–7), S (11–6), Su (noon–5).
• EDressMe.com is hosting a summer sample sale, offering up to 90 percent off select designer dresses. Prices are $150 or less. 325 W. 38th St., nr. Eighth Ave., seventeenth fl. (212-239-6505); M–F (9:30–6) or online.
Read more posts by Lauren Murrow
Filed Under: fashion calendar, sales, shopping
If you haven't had a chance to take the full tour of Bernie Madoff's East 64th Street penthouse with U.S. Marshall Roland Ubaldo as your official guide, you can do so below.
Inside Bernie's $7M lair [NYP]
Thanks to the relentless appeal of cheap and formulaic reality shows, no one wants to make expensive high quality scripted dramas anymore, so goes the frequent lament. Hold on, though, what's this? Candace Bushnell strikes again with The Broadroom (d'you see what they did there?), about, you guessed it, a group of wisecracking chicks in fashionable outfits.
OK, so it's not so much a TV show as a webisode series, and it's not so much scripted drama as a commercial for Maybelline lipstick. But the conflicts endemic to Western womanhood—There are no decent single men! But husbands are useless morons! Careers are important but working is hard!—are sensitively explored in the gripping two-minute storyline.
What's more, the site's cursor is a cute little lipstick which, let's face it, will render any sentient lady powerless to resist clicking.
'The Boardroom' Web Series [Fox NY]
Remember when Karl Lagerfeld said he has no idea who Heidi Klum is? Heidi tells the new issue of Page Six Magazine, coming out tomorrow, "It's bizarre to me that he says he doesn't know who I am because he's dressed me in the past. I've worn Karl Lagerfeld. Not even Chanel — his line. Lagerfeld doesn't just send random things everywhere." [Jezebel]
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Filed Under: designers, heidi klum, karl lagerfeld, model tracker, models
Goldman Sachs partners were supposed to be keeping low profiles these days, as per instructions from the bank's CEO, Lloyd Blankfein. And Lord knows anyone related to NYC Prep's PC Peterson—even by marriage—would be well advised to avoid the limelight for a spell. But that didn't stop Richard Kimball Jr., a Goldman partner and the ex-husband of Manny author Holly Peterson, from hosting a series of "rowdy" parties in Southampton over the summer, at least one of which featuring topless women:
Neighbors called the cops on Kimball—a Goldman partner and managing director who's divorced from wife Holly Peterson after 15 years of marriage—and his pals at 115 Toylesome Lane. Police went to the house, which Kimball rented for the summer for $2.5 million, twice in late August. "He is certainly enjoying the life of a single man," one sleep-deprived neighbor told Page Six. "There has been a series of wild pool parties going on late until the night, with a lot of young pretty girls, and the neighbors are furious.
The worst part? If Kimball really paid $2.5 million for a measly three-month summer rental, it's fair to say he got taken to the cleaners. For less than twice that, he could have bought the house.
Wall St. king's rowdy parties [Page Six]
115 Toylsome Lane, Southampton [Corcoran]
The Beatles: Rock Band finally hits the shelves today, and even though we’ve been excitedly anticipating this game ever since MTV stole our idea for the game, we were also initially reserved and a bit intimidated at the prospects of daring to cover an assortment of Beatles classics during a pre-bar jaunt with your nonmusical friends.
Don’t be discouraged; as even the most brief internet search will reveal, terrible Beatles covers have been an absolute mainstay over the past several decades. We’ve collected 10 Of The Most Embarrassing Beatles Covers Ever to reassure you that no matter how badly you may butcher these tracks in front of your tv at home, there’s no way you’ll be as bad as these people.
Or at least, not as publicly bad…
In Soviet Russia, song covers you! Painfully.
I could be misquoting, but I believe John Lennon once said that a baby version of Abbey Road was his absolute ultimate goal when he first got into music.
It’s not so much the Idol country-fication of the song that fails, it’s more the total failure of everything that fails.
So, this happened.
You’re gonna tell me you can’t jam on color-coordinated chords better than these two guys? Look at them. Right?? Now play.
Voted the Worst Beatles Cover Of All Time in a poll by the magazine Doy Quarterly. (Sweet Youtube tribute though)
All you need is…a diaper commercial with a baby and giant teddy bear in an unambiguously compromising position? The original was catchier.
I just wish the songs were more literal…at least two or three things mentioned in the lyrics don’t immediately, literally occur.
BoingBoing thankfully (or the opposite of “thankfully”) unearthed this vinyl gem (or opposite of the word “gem”) for your listening pleasure (opposite of pleasure).
[Comedian in Hawaiian Shirt and Tie]: Wouldn’t it be funny if The Beatles were every R&B group from the early 90s? It might sound uuhhhhhhh little somethinggggggg… like this:
As for the best Beatles cover, well, I think we can all agree.
Other ridiculous Beatles covers we left out? Feel free to leave ‘em in the comments.
Lady Gaga was spotted in London last night wearing a fall 2009 coat by Marc Jacobs with sunglasses not unlike the ones that walked on the runway. (She's the guest of honor at Marc's after-party this season.) Might we see her on the front row? Might he make a special pair of pants just for her? So much to look forward to!
Read more posts by Amy Odell
Filed Under: designers, just pants, lady gaga, marc jacobs, new york fashion week, spring 2010
AFP - Hollywood actress and paparazzi favorite Lindsay Lohan was named Wednesday as the official muse for the Ungaro fashion house.
Some of you might have lofty goals in your life. Like… wanting to attend the Olympics. Or the birth of your fifth child.
Not me. I’m simple folk. And truly, my greatest dream in life would be to attend Minnesota’s 4H Llama Costume Contest. While this video — which is truly the greatest thing the internet has ever done in its short-lived history — is a diamond among many coals, it also made us wonder: What did people do before the internet? How did they experience true, unadulterated bliss? Is that what Mad Men is about?
We digress. Please, if you find yourself reading this, please watch this video. Here is a still that will hopefully convince you more than words ever could:
So much to be thankful for:
THEY PUT IT IN SHORTS!
With endless thanks to Nellie Killian for passing this gem along.
Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban holding hands outside their apartment building ... Lindsay Lohan arriving at JFK, checking in to her hotel, and later shopping with her mom Dina in SoHo ... Martha Stewart talking on her phone outside Bergdorf Goodman ... AnnaLynne McCord getting out of an SUV in front of MTV Studios in Times Square ... Alex Rodriguez leaving a restaurant with friends ... Regis Philbin crossing the street on the Upper West Side ... Taylor Momsen leaving a hotel with a friend ... Gavin Rossdale watching Roger Federer play at the US Open ... Chris Robinson walking with girlfriend Allison Bridges in SoHo ... Taraji P. Henson getting in an SUV outside her hotel in Midtown ... Chris Noth standing on the Sex and the City set in the West Village ... and Miranda Kerr leaving her hotel downtown.
As you know, Bestweekever.tv has joined forces with Urlesque in declaring September 9, 2009 “A Day Without Cats.” As you can also imagine, this is difficult for us. Because look… we love cats, OK? We enjoy looking at photos and videos of cats. So to spend an entire 24 hours NOT doing this is extremely trying.
Then we realized… hold up, hold up. We might not be able to talk about cats… but no one said anything about BEARCATS!
That’s right, readers. We’re dedicating each and every blog post written today to the majestic and, let’s face it, hilarious looking Bearcat. Just how hilarious looking? I mean, gimme a break:
Sure, there are pleeeenty of rabid photos of these animals available online too, but this is about void-filling, readers. So let’s plant a tree today for the oft-forgotten bearcat, until tomorrow, when we can wear our 101 Catmations coat out of the house with pride.
If this GQ “Men of the Year” ceremony doesn’t result in a movie starring Mickey Rourke and Jason Statham directed by Guy Ritchie, I will lose all my remaining faith in the movie industry.
I’m just gonna Netflix this photo somehow and expect a movie called Exploding D*ckfire to arrive in the mail eventually:
This video of Cuba Gooding Sr. schilling for Time Life is funnier without any introduction… so here:
It’s also funnier assuming this man has absolutely no connection with the star of Jerry Maguire and Boat Trip Cuba Gooding Jr., but alas, he is his father. That enthusiasm? Genetic, good sir.
Ahead, an exclusive (JK) interview with C-Good-Sr., who has absolutely no problem with reminding you that he is the SENIOR of the Cubas. He’ll even sing it to you.
With thanks to Dog and Pony Show for the heads up.
AP - Oprah Winfrey is on board to host the annual gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute next spring, supporting an exhibit that focuses on the style of American women.
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