AP - New Jersey state troopers were surprised when a helicopter owned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a practice landing in a Giants Stadium parking lot before a U2 concert.
AP - New Jersey state troopers were surprised when a helicopter owned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a practice landing in a Giants Stadium parking lot before a U2 concert.
AP - New Jersey state troopers were surprised when a helicopter owned by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a practice landing in a Giants Stadium parking lot before a U2 concert.
AP - As dozens of buoyant Michael Jackson fans queued up in the Nokia Plaza to be among the first to see their idol's last performance, others watching the scene expressed mixed emotions.
AP - As dozens of buoyant Michael Jackson fans queued up in the Nokia Plaza to be among the first to see their idol's last performance, others watching the scene expressed mixed emotions.
As dozens of buoyant Michael Jackson fans queued up in the Nokia Plaza to be among the first to see their idol's last performance, others watching the scene expressed mixed emotions. Tim Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Sep 2009 | 3:43 am
BEIJING, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- The small ancient city of Pingyao has successfully hosted the 2009 International Pingyao Photography Festival this past week. The... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Sep 2009 | 3:00 am
Live TV broadcast and webcast of Farm Aid 2009 Presented by Horizon Organic bring music and message to fans everywhere ST. LOUIS, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Farm Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Sep 2009 | 3:00 am
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - It's shake-up time for "Law & Order: Criminal Intent." Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Sep 2009 | 12:25 am
AP - Marelisa Gibson, a 20-year-old brunette, has been crowned Miss Venezuela and will represent the beauty-obsessed South American country at next year's Miss Universe pageant.
Marelisa Gibson, a 20-year-old brunette, has been crowned Miss Venezuela and will represent the beauty-obsessed South American country at next year's Miss Universe pageant. The annual... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Sep 2009 | 12:04 am
Timothy Joseph Russert Sr., the father of the late Tim Russert of NBC's "Meet the Press," died from natural causes Thursday, according to his family. He was 85.
Venezuelan authorities plan to impose fines on cable television companies that refuse to stop airing the animated television series "Family Guy." Justice Minister Tareck El Aissami says... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 24 Sep 2009 | 11:53 pm
(Reuters) Reuters - If for no other reason, "I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell," based on Tucker Max's blog and best-selling memoir, achieves a certain cinematic distinction by outdoing "Dumb and Dumber" in sheer grossness and detail with its depiction of the unfortunate effects of explosive diarrhea. Whether that will be enough to entice moviegoers in sufficient numbers is another question. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 24 Sep 2009 | 8:58 pm
Lamar Odom is opting for a quieter single-life sendoff than was previously planned.
Instead of a wild night at Les Deux, he and his buddies will be confining his bachelor party to a...
So is New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward, thanks to the bang-up job the actor's ecofriendly...
Front Page: Bruckheimer is extending his ties to network -- Jerry Bruckheimer is extending his ties to ABC, which just gave a pilot commitment to his new drama, "Hopscotch."
Front Page: Imagine TV, Dobkin developing romantic comedy -- ABC is developing a new romantic comedy from Imagine TV, "Wedding Crashers" director David Dobkin and the scribes behind "500 Days of Summer."
Reuters - "Surrogates" is a movie about human robots that appears to have been made by human robots. Just as the dystopian world the movie portrays is arid and specious, the movie itself is a mechanical sci-fi'er absent of logic or emotions. It functions as an expensive place-filler on the Disney release schedule and, as such, will be welcomed by only the least discriminating thriller fans after it opens Friday. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 24 Sep 2009 | 7:21 pm
Kelly Rutherford has accused her ex of disrupting the natural order of things.
The Gossip Girl mom has been granted a temporary restraining order against the father of her two children,...
If Queens Supreme Court Justice William Erlbaum finds Monserrate guilty of a felony, the senator would be automatically ousted from office. (Democratic Assemblyman José Peralta would likely run for the seat, and win it.) According to the Board of Elections, Governor David Paterson would then have the option of calling a special election that would be scheduled from 30 to 40 days after his announcement. A felony conviction would leave Senate Democrats, who have a 32–30 majority, down a senator for at least a month.
Since the legislature is on break until January, the absence of Monserrate shouldn't be a big problem. But the missing vote could complicate things if Paterson, during that period, orders lawmakers back to Albany to deal with the deficit or other matters, like same-sex marriage. It gets murkier if Monserrate is convicted of only a misdemeanor. Though he wouldn't have to resign by law, the judge could sentence him to up to one year behind bars, making it impossible for him to vote on bills. (Unless he escapes from his cell.)
Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch's legal victory this week doesn't necessarily give Democrats breathing room. His actual voting power is an area of dispute. He can cast tie-breaking votes, but experts are divided on whether he can weigh in on actual legislation, or just procedural matters like resolutions. Ravitch himself says he doesn't intend to break any important deadlocks.
If convicted of a misdemeanor, then Monserrate could become a lingering embarrassment. Democrats say the Queens party machine would probably pressure him not to seek reelection next year. But if he's slapped with jail time and doesn't resign, Senate Democrats could vote to expel him, though the statute granting the legislature that power is constitutionally questionable. And if acquitted, well, Monserrate would be awkwardly tolerated — his role in the Senate coup this summer didn't make him any friends, and the trial obviously doesn't help his reputation.
Democrats hoping that Monserrate doesn't accidentally cut them with a glass, then, will be rooting for a felony conviction.
Front Page: Bitter race concluded Thursday -- Ken Howard's election to national president of the Screen Actors Guild amounts to a repudiation of the uncompromising strategy that previous prexy Alan Rosenberg embodied during his four-year tenure.
Paul Bettany–starring Darwin biopic Creation overcame stinky reviews and an imaginary outcry from Christians to land a buyer today: Newmarket Films will release the film in the U.S. this December. [Variety]
Kirsten Dunst's every giggle and coy lower-lip bite while testifying against the man accused of stealing her purse from a hotel room two years ago was recorded by the Times' City Room blog today, and it's all very cute and readable, but what caught our eyes were the contents of said purse:
"In it were her sunglasses, American Express card, Bloomingdale’s card, Barney’s card, California driver’s license, maybe a hair brush and some lip balm, and $2,000 per diem."
A per diem that large is surely not unusual, but we think it's the easy math that makes this sentence sting. [$730,000 per year, for room service and cabs. In cash.]
When we ran into songwriter extraordinaire Ne-Yo last summer, he’d just started writing songs for Michael Jackson’s comeback album. He completed the songs, but isn’t sure if he ever wants them to see the light of day: “It’s sitting there, waiting to either come out on someone else or not come out at all,” he told us at Tuesday’s New Yorkers for Children Gala. “I don’t know. I’m kind of on the fence because it was music that was meant to go to Michael, so I would kind of feel funny about giving it to someone else. Some people have been like, ‘Well, why don’t you release it yourself?’ Same reason. Because it was supposed to go to Mike. So I don’t know. I’ll sit and listen to it again and figure out what I want to do.” The work, said Ne-Yo, was melodic, realistic, and cheery. “He didn’t want anything too sad or downtrodden. He wanted it to be upbeat. Melodic was the word that kept being repeated. ‘It has to be melodic. There has to be a melody that you can listen to half of once and be singing that.’"
Now for the good news: Ne-Yo is going to be writing Jennifer Hudson's next album. In fact, he just started work on it the night before the gala. “I’m quite probably going to be executive-producing her whole project,” he said. Is she changing direction? “Wouldn’t you like to know! I’ll just say that she wants this one to be a lot more personal than the last one was. And she’s had a lot of stuff to deal with, personally. The marriage; she just had a baby; and, you know, the whole … ” Yeah, we know. Sad stuff. “A lot of things to talk about. So we’re gonna take all of these experiences and turn them into music, somehow.” Hudson is planning on being very hands-on, as well, said Ne-Yo. “This process is going to be very much her there, her in conversation with me, saying, ‘What do you think about this? What do you think about that?’ Sharing stories with me, sharing experiences with me, so I can take all of these and turn them into the music.”
And if that doesn’t work out, he caught the attention of Macy’s with his last album, “Year of the Gentleman,” and is now designing a suit line with them called Alfani Red. Plus he’ll be out in two movies next year: The George Lucas–scripted Red Tails, about the Tuskegee Airmen, and Battle: Los Angeles, which he’s shooting right now in Louisiana (he left for just a half a day to perform at the benefit). He’ll be playing one of the Marines who battles the aliens who are trying to take over Los Angeles. Ne-Yo’s acting career is pretty nascent, but we’re already sensing a strong armed-forces theme. How’d that happen? “I don’t know!” he said. “The one happened and then the other one. I guess someone thinks I look good in uniform.”
As soon as London Fashion Week came and went, Milan Fashion Week began. Don't miss our latest runway slideshows from Italy. And don't forget to soak up the glitz, shredded denim, and sheer ballgowns in full screen!
You'd think this guy's rollover minutes would have expired by now.
Shutterbug Ricardo Mendoza, whose foot fell victim to the tire of Britney Spears' Mercedes in 2007, has...
Michelle Obama boarded Air Force One at JFK airport today wearing a turquoise spotted dress with a sheer overlay. It's a great example of how to go sheer in the real world. See the full look in the Michelle Obama Look Book.
Anne Heche doesn't plan on taking another walk down the aisle any time soon.
Although the 40-year-old actress and her former Men in Trees costar James Tupper, 44, have been...
Yesterday, we finally came out of the Glee closet: We were fans, and we didn’t care what you or anyone thought. Then, last night, Kurt came out of the closet to his father, played by Mike O’Malley, better known as the host of Nickelodeon Guts, the only other show gayer than Glee. Call me anAggrocrag Hag.
Last night’s episode was pretty great — plenty of Indian Principal, Jane Lynch once again stealing the show, Puck, aka “Robbie Williams“, the true cheerleader inseminator, very little of Mr. Shoo’s wife, and, of course, the football “Single Ladies” dance scene. What’s that? You’d like a GIF of some dancing f-ball players? Granted:
And here is a preview for next week, featuring what seems like every single student in their school singing “Somebody to Love”. Bonus footage after the jump!
Ahead, a spectator of the actual (lip-synced) performance took a sort of janky bootlet of the entire thing. It’s worth a looksie if you hate only getting a single minute of a great song, and for Mercedes Jones.
Don't ask Stephen Moyer what he thinks of Twilight or The Vampire Diaries.
Because he can't really tell ya.
"I haven't watched Vampire Diaries," the True...
Bummer! David Mamet's proposed re-imagining of The Diary of Anne Frank has been rejected by Disney and put into turnaround, says the Wrap. Since the pairing of filmmaker and material here seemed like such a terrific match, you're probably wondering what went wrong. According to those involved, the studio dumped the project when it was deemed "too dark." Also, it was no longer, technically, about Anne Frank.
Reports Sharon Waxman:
The screenplay is not a retelling of the famous Holocaust drama taken from the diaries of Frank, but about a contemporary Jewish girl who goes to Israel and learns about the traumas of suicide bombing [...] "It's very intense, and dark and scary," says an executive. "It's not a film version of The Diary of Anne Frank. The story evolved into something more intense."
The good news is, other studios are now free to bid on Mamet's gritty, Anne Frank–less Diary, so we can't think of a single reason this thing shouldn't be greenlit somewhere by the weekend.
Spring 2010 looks from left by Alexander Wang, Prada, Prada, and Duckie Brown.
One of the hottest items — in terms of popularity, not us thinking they're something you should wear outside — for spring 2010 on the New York runways were bottoms that look like a hybrid of panties and diapers. Designers including Alexander Wang and Marc Jacobs, among others, showed them for women, while Duckie Brown even showed them as swimsuits for men. Duckie Brown designer Steven Cox explained they wanted to do a sexier collection for spring and so they decided to make their swimsuits tighter (they did not explain the garment's bunchy girdle qualities).
The trend puzzles for many reasons. Partly because about .000000001 percent of the population has the lower quarters to pull them off. Partly because it's just plain indecent to walk around without pants. The world my be your oyster, but it is certainly not your beach. Also, diapers should be reserved for people who cannot control their faculties. Will these catch on with the masses? Like the harem pant, probably not. But Prada just showed a slew of them in Milan, so we certainly expect to see more of them on the runways.
Then the question remains: Why are designers making these things in the first place? Maybe they're cheaper to produce and buy since they require a scant amount of fabric. Or maybe this is the evolution of the harem pant — another way to walk around and look like you're carrying something unsavory in your bottoms. And maybe that is the designers' way of saying "fuck you" to everyone who hasn't been buying their clothes lately. Trying to make us look absurd could be their cryptic revenge.
The original Barbie doll is displayed during a Barbie Convention event in Los Angeles, CA, in 2006. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Sep 2009 | 4:44 pm
The Observer reports that Corynne Steindler is leaving "Page Six" to report gossip for Bonnie Fuller's Mail.com-financed upcoming site Hollywoodlife.com, launching in late October. [NYO]
Front Page: Bruce Willis, Disney up against 'Fame,' 'Pandorum' -- Disney aims to hunt down the top spot with the Bruce Willis starrer opening at 2,951 playdates.
• Twitter is close to raising $100 million in new funding. And despite the fact it makes no money, the deal will value the company at $1 billion. [WSJ, CNN] • A new survey finds that 86% of the public thinks the news media tries to influence public opinion. One reason to discount the data: Fox News came in as the country's most-trusted and least-trusted news source. And Bill O'Reilly ranked as "the most-trusted news anchor on cable TV." [THR, Poynter] • MTV reports that it plans to go ahead with the drug-intervention reality series featuring DJ AM that was shot just before he died. [THR] • Michael Moore's new documentary is off to a strong start, alas. [LAT] • Tim Knight, Newsday's publisher, has handed in his resignation. [NYT] • Corynne Steindler of "Page Six" is joining Bonnie Fuller's new website. [NYO] • NBC Nightly News' audience is growing, believe it or not. [HP] • Yahoo is spending $100 million to remind you it still exists. [BrandChannel] • CBS has a brand new viewer today. Chief exec Les Moonves and CBS Early Show anchor Julie Chen had a son named Charlie this morning. [ET]
Next time you're tempted to pull a Playmate's hair...don't.
Brody Jenner's lady friend, Playboy beauty Jayde Nicole, has sued Joe Francis for $1 million over the...
I would hereby like to issue a correction and an apology to our billions of readers, because in reality, the cover of Dustin Diamond’s new Bell-all book “Behind The Bell” is the true laziest cover of all-time:
I’ve spent the last half-hour trying to Photoshop a parody of this cover, and couldn’t come up with anything to exaggerate the laziness. I concede this round to you, Mr. Diamond. Very nicely done.
Sad news for dog owners everywhere: The ten-year-old site Urbanhound.com went out of business yesterday, despite glowing profiles in nearly every media outlet, tens of thousands of e-mail subscribers, two books, and possibly the world's most ringing celebrity endorsement by Jazzy and Juicy's mommy, Cindy Adams. It seems almost impossible that a site with all those devoted users could fail, but the Times explains:
"Ms. Munk, a business journalist and contributing editor at Vanity Fair, said that Urbanhound, seeking a partner who could bolster the site’s national expansion, had attracted and lost three potential buyers shortly before the economic crisis began last fall."
This should give even die-hard cat people an economic-indicating shudder. Nobody, not even puppies (and the sites that cater to their spend-happy owners), is safe in this economy. [City Room/NYT]
Oh, damn. By the looks of these sneak peeks from Monday's all-new episode of Gossip Girl, Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) are starting to bicker. We know that Nick and...
About 50 politicians in France are backing a proposed law to label retouched images as such to help fight eating disorders and body-image issues among young women. Kind of like how cigarettes come with a health warning. Advertising, press photographs, political campaigns, art photography, and images on packaging would all be affected if the law is passed. However, people in the glossy perfect-image business aren't having it.
“The camera has always lied and always will,” commented Tony Chambers, editor in chief of Wallpaper and a former art director of British GQ. “These things should always be taken with a pinch of salt. Fantasy and artistic interpretation are core ingredients in fashion, advertising and art photography.”
So, just to be clear: Shaving fifteen pounds off a girl's hips and thighs is "artistic interpretation." Marc Ascoli, art director of campaigns for Yohji Yamamoto, Jil Sander, and Chloé, among others, thinks the law borders on "comical," according to WWD.
“It’s so arbitrary,” he said. “It’s clear that there have been abuses. Sometimes heads are completely transformed. They’ll change the model’s eye color and hair. Sometimes I have the impression I’m looking at a window dummy. But there is such a global commercial pressure for perfection.”
It seems the aim of the law is to partly erase some of that pressure. But also, while these people work in the image business and know all the manipulation that goes into these images, many average girls don't. That said, even if models are retouched, they're not getting any fatter anyway.
"Mayor Michael Bloomberg is trying to raise awareness about how white rooftops can make buildings cooler and more efficient, but the city hasn't painted hundreds of its own buildings." That isn't the only building that needs a paint job, clearly! [AP]
Even though the deal was reportedly near-complete a month ago, Simon Cowell still hasn't officially signed on for the 2011 and 2012 seasons of American Idol. A sticking point, says The Hollywood Reporter, is his insistence on Fox allowing him to bring a version of The X Factor — his own AI-resembling singing-competition show, a hit in Britain — to the United States. Because such a show would presumably cannibalize Idol's already flagging ratings (especially if he and Paula Abdul appear as judges, as rumored), Fox doesn't sound crazy about it (Cowell's current contract precludes him from doing an American X). But since it could potentially make him an extra $50 million on top of the other $50 million he's expected to earn a year from Idol, he does seem pretty crazy about it. Two nights per week of Cowell on AI is already more than enough for us, so we would not be disappointed if Fox just gave him $100 million to shut up and stick with one show.
Fred Phelps's clan of bigots mysteriously protesting Brooklyn Tech this afternoon has been, as usual, greeted by a much larger group of counter-protesters. It's all still going down. Exciting! [Local/NYT]
As long as celebrities give us news through Twitter — even if it's news that shouldn't be news or doesn't seem like news — the medium promises to flourish. However, could the beginning of the end be on the horizon? Sessilee Lopez tweeted twelve hours ago, "sorry twitter but this is my very last tweet ... we had some good times and bad but now our relationship is over ... " And this from a girl who tweeted twice within an hour to say she had landed in Milan. [Sessilee Lopez/Twitter]
Mackenzie Phillips continued on her incest-revealing book tour Thursday with a stop at the Today show, where she recounted how she was sexually assaulted by her father, John Phillips. She also...
AP - "Surrogates" is itself a surrogate, a kind of stand-in for many of the sci-fi movies of the recent past: In it, you'll recognize the ideas of "Blade Runner," "Minority Report" and even "WALL-E."
Mayor Bloomberg was painting rooftops white in Long Island City today — because it reflects sunlight, lowering cooling costs — so who better to join him than the whitest person in world, Al Gore? Bloomberg has done a good job so far racking up support — or at least non-opposition — from high-profile Democrats, and though he didn't explicitly come out and endorse the candidacy of Mayor Bloomberg, Gore could barely contain his veneration for Hizzoner's leadership:
And I'm proud to endorse the leadership and the actions the Mayor Bloomberg has been taking for quite a long time on this issue and this is just another example of that. I am a recovering politician. I'm on about step nine, so I try to stay out of the partisan races, but I'm very proud of Mike Bloomberg's leadership, I really am. I'm not just saying it. I get a chance to work with mayors all over this country, and actually mayors in lots of other countries as well, and I know real leadership on the environment when I see it, and this is the real deal.
Here's a question for you: How much do you think this brand new garbage bin is costing the town of Greenwich? If you guessed $675, you've probably been to Beverly Hills recently, since that's one of the only other places that has purchased the "hunter green and gold-lettered" receptacle. The total tab for the 34 new bins is going to come out to about $25,000; the good news is that an anonymous donor has stepped in to cover the costs. And Greenwich will be now cleaner than ever. Which is great to hear because as we all know—and as one local official points out—"it's important to have the proper receptacles so that the trash hits the bin and not the sidewalk." [GT]
When we caught up with Ricky Gervais at the premiere for The Invention of Lying, we asked for the secret of his unbelievable success. "Being the butt of the joke," he told us. "Comedy is about empathy, so if a comedian's in a film, he better be a putz. There's no room for coolness or machismo when you're a comedian," he said. But then he clarified: "In real life, I'm really cool." See our Party Lines slideshow for more.
PLASTIC SURGERY
• The Food and Drug Administration approved Sculptra Aesthetic as a filler that can now be used commercially. It has been used since 2004 to plump cheeks of people who had facial wasting, like H.I.V.-positive patients. [NYT]
SKIN
• Tracie Martyn is a celebrity facialist who doesn't use any needles, knives, or lasers. When she performed her $600 Resculpting Facial Treatment on Rupert Everett, people accused him of having plastic surgery. [StyleList]
HAIR
• Cosmopolitan magazine suggests you use thongs as hair scrunchies if you need to get ready fast. [Jezebel]
• Molly Sims, Rachael Harris, and Andrea Savage star in a new Funny or Die parody of Brooke Shields's commercials for Latisse eyelash enhancer. It shows how the fake drug "Lashisse" causes women to lose eyes and overgrow their lashes. [Funny or Die]
• Tyra Banks: "Growing up as a young girl and seeing images in the media where they're saying that a certain type of hair is beautiful and yours isn't is very difficult for a black woman." [BellaSugar]
AP - The LPs sit in a plastic laundry basket in the basement of a shabby, ready-to-be-sold, west Philadelphia home: the songs of Colman Domingo's childhood and teenage years.
AP - The Scandinavian song-writing duo that gave us "Mamma Mia!" has brought another creation to New York, and it couldn't be more different from the pop musical that became a smash hit in London, on Broadway and around the world.
Is real estate mogul Kent Swig headed down the same path as Hassan Nemazee, the banker who stands accused of providing banks with false information to obtain nearly $300 million in loans? The Real Dealreported on Monday that Swig, who is facing a series of lawsuits over several real estate deals that have gone bust, may be forced to file for personal bankruptcy if a $28 million judgment against him is enforced.
Swig may also be on the hook for fraud if it comes out that he lied about his personal assets in order to get hefty bank loans he couldn't realistically afford to pay back.
"He has a money problem and another problem -- if he borrowed money based on false statements then he can be prosecuted," said a source close to the case.
No charges have been filed against him yet. And there's no indication as to how close he is to filing for bankruptcy. But if he's forced to do so, he would be the biggest major developer to file for personal bankruptcy since the financial crisis real estate market started to tumble more than a year ago.
It’s hardly a shock that Wendi Deng Murdoch “sometimes” watches Glenn Beck, given that her husband, Rupert Murdoch, you know, owns News Corp., the parent company of Fox News. But does she like it? “I can’t say!” she said, laughing and covering her mouth, while leaving the New Yorkers for Children gala on Tuesday. “I have to let my husband say. I can’t say. Sorry!” We, of course, purposely misunderstood her statement. “Oh, so you like it!” we exclaimed. “I didn’t say I like it,” she said, and quickly added, “or I don’t like it. I can’t say anything! Because whatever I say will … ” She raised her hands and eyes to the ceiling, as if to demonstrate how her opinions might fly from her mouth into the cold, cruel air of a judgmental world beyond Cipriani’s walls.
Have you been making New York television critic Emily Nussbaum's new blog, Surf, a part of your daily blog-reading routine yet? If not, what's stopping you? Today, she not only saves you an hour of your life by steering you away from watching Eastwick, but she also previews ABC's other big premieres that are actually worth your time: Flash Forward and Grey's Anatomy (for hate-watchers only). [Surf]
With New York and London Fashion Weeks behind us — already! — we can't stop thinking about the best and worst looks we saw on the runways. Did you like Marc Jacobs's Japanese cabaret? Yes. Is gingham coming back by way of Christopher Kane? Maybe. And hopefully you're judging everything, too. That's why we give you the opportunity to dole out your opinions by rating each runway look with the "Hit" or "Miss" buttons on every fashion slideshow. The best part is that once you pick your vote, you can see the percentage of voters who agreed with you (like 53 percent of readers thought this Marc Jacobs look was a hit). We've also got Milan happening right now, and Paris is on standby for you to continue your hot-or-not calls. So start clicking and exercise your right to cast anonymous judgments.
Front Page: Network topper will oversee upcoming 'Rubicon' -- AMC has appointed Susie Fitzgerald, a Brillstein-Grey and HBO vet, to the newly created position of senior veep of scripted development and current programming, based in Los Angeles.
They already lost their life savings. Some are tormented by recurring dreams of the Ponz's peen. What else do you have for the clients of Bernie Madoff now, God? Or rather, Newsday?: "The names, addresses, Social Security numbers and some Madoff account information on 2,246 investors was contained in a computer stolen from the car of an employee of AlixPartners Llp, the consulting firm that has been processing victims' claims in the Ponzi scheme, a company spokesman, Tim Yost, said Tuesday." Nice. [Newsday]
The G20 Summit is officially underway in Pittsburgh PA, marking the most momentous non-sports occassion in this blogger’s hometown since… I can’t really think of anything even close… the filming of Inspector Gadget?
Various G20 protests throughout the city are also underway, including this one designed to “raise awareness of global hunger,” demonstrated by ‘Barack Obama’ and other world leaders dressed up in Steelers colors and holding footballs, like some super-topical NFL Blitz cheat code:
Yep, even Pittsburgh’s political protests revolve around the Steelers. And if that Obama pose doesn’t solve world hunger, these pics definitely will:
At least, that's how the Awl is repainting Jon Corzine's negative commercial about Chris Christie "throwing his weight around." We've seen this ad at least 50 times, but it never occurred to us that, yes, it really does seem as if the Corzine campaign wants us to notice that Chris Christie is overweight. Low! [Awl]
On Tuesday, The City returns for a second season on MTV. After season one's breakups, emotional upheavals, catfights, and general difficulties of living life in a penthouse apartment in downtown Manhattan in your early twenties, "everything is different" in season two, according to a press release. Whitney Port returns to work for Kelly Cutrone at People's Revolution. Erin is no longer part of the cast. She's been replaced by Roxy, who moves to New York from L.A. and has to crash with Whitney (who has a new apartment in the West Village, because her old one was so gross, obviously). Olivia also no longer works at Diane Von Furstenberg, and instead lands a gig in the accessories department at Elle.
So will Olivia and Whitney hang out? Is Whitney's clothing line actually going anywhere? Does Whitney have a boyfriend?! The star and burgeoning fashion designer took a few minutes out of her (theoretical) day off to chat on the phone with us while walking around town, and answer a few of our life's most burning questions.
It must be nice to be out of the office on a lovely day like this. Speaking of, how is working with Kelly again?
It was a really good choice, you know? I’m really happy that I made it because while it was a really great experience to be at Diane Von Furstenberg and learn behind the scenes of designing, now I'm really learning more about the whole design process.
Do you think you're learning more with Kelly in that regard?
I don’t know that I’m learning more or less. It’s different to work for a designer and it’s different to be a designer — I have a lot more creative control, so it’s different.
What's been the greatest lesson she's taught you?
I’ve learned that you just can’t be afraid to fail and that you can’t always listen to someone else’s criticism. Design is so opinion-based — I’m not sitting at a computer and crunching numbers. She just said, "You have to be ready and some people are going to hate it and knock and don’t let it get you down."
Kelly said that when hiring interns she looks for “somebody who doesn’t think they know anything about fashion, because they don’t.” Do you share that philosophy?
I’m not really sure exactly what she means, but I think what she’s trying to get off is that she wants to teach. She’s not as harsh as that — she’s more of a mentor. I think she knows that she has a lot of knowledge, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say you should hire someone who doesn’t know anything about fashion.
Does she critique you on the show?
She has her moments when she’s harsh and she can criticize, and then there’s moments when she’s really motherly.
Have any stores placed orders since your Fashion Week show?
Not yet. I mean, we made some great contacts with boutiques around the country. As far as big department stores? I think my sales group is having some meetings today, so I’m not sure.
MTV used to be adamant about not letting Lauren Conrad's fame outside of The Hills be on The Hills. But now they're letting you work on your line and have a fashion show on The City. What changed?
They saw how passionate I was about designing my clothing line and I really told them, "This is what I want to do — I don’t want to work in public relations and what I want to do is design. So please allow me to do this and please show my reality."
Do you and Olivia hang out in season two?
She has her own story arc — she’s working with this girl Erin in publicity at Elle. Olivia doesn’t need me to be part of the show. There’s points in the season where we work together or I see her at certain events or whatnot, but we have our own things going on.
So you don't socialize just for fun?
No.
Are you dating anybody?
Currently, no. But you definitely see a fair share of dating on the shows.
Do you guys want to know a secret about what happens on the sets of TV shows when you get a bunch of hormone-addled teenagers together? Okay, we'll clue you in, but only if you promise that you won't go spilling the beans to your friends with loose lips. Okay, gather round, lean in close, here goes: Sometimes the teenagers ... wait for it ... kiss each other! And other times, they ... wait for it ... smoke some pot! And, on rare occasions (meaning days that end with the letter "Y"), sometimes they do both of those things at the same time! It's shocking, we know, and probably falls outside of the realm of behavior of any teenagers you know or grew up with, but boy oh boy, sometimes those Hollywood celebs really revel in living life in the fast lane!*
So, if you are desperately in search of otherworldly tales of teens doing teenage things like making out and smoking pot, you should definitely check out Dustin Diamond's not-at-all predictable (and by that, we mean totally predictable) tell-all, Behind the Bell, some of the details of which were exclusively revealed to Us Weekly today.
The details are nowhere near as lurid as we had imagined when we first learned of the project last year. "I could smell a certain 'smoke,' wafting from from the crack [of the door of other cast members' dressing rooms]," Diamond pens in one of the most boring sentences we've ever read in a tell-all book. He also writes that Kelly Kapowski might have fooled around with A.C. Slater and that Zack Morris might have kissed Jessie Spano, but he doesn't offer any eyewitness accounts of said hookups. The biggest bombshell is that his co-star official Jimmy Fallon nemesis Mark-Paul Gosselaar, may have been using steroids before Saved by the Bell: The College Years, but again, he's not sure.
*For those of you who may be new to Vulture, that paragraph utilized a little-known literary device known in some circles as sarcasm. You may now return to your regularly scheduled blog reading.
You didn't think there was anything good that could possibly come from the spread of swine flu, did you? You were wrong! If you happen to work in one of the dozen or so office buildings owned by Trinity Real Estate, you're going to be getting free hand sanitizer starting next week. Exciting! Are you one of the lucky ones? If you work in one of these buildings, cross off Purell off your shopping list, stat. [City Room]
The Westboro Baptist Church, the creepy-horrible Kansas-based group whose members love God but hate basically everyone else, will be kicking off an anti-gay protest at Fort Greene's Brooklyn Technical High School in about an hour. Oddly, though the group's ideas are hideously backward, the language used to announce the event on their website, godhatesfags.com, was oddly contemporary:
“Yo what’s up, God haters?” the protest announcement reads. “Why you teach ‘It’s OK to be gay?’ WBC will be on hand to teach the rebels of Brooklyn what good looks like, and you had better behave."
One teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School, at least, is assuming they meant behave in the Austin Powers sense. “I’ll be sure to wear pink tomorrow, maybe some stretch pants,” Sean Shaynak told the paper yesterday. Though they don't expect violence, the NYPD will be there in full force, too.
Joyce Purnick, New York Times columnist and the author of Mike Bloomberg: Money, Power, Politics, is once again taking questions about the mayor! Today, though, she's handed a doozy: "Does he do anything for pleasure at all?" a reader named "Coleman" asks. "From here, it looks as if his life consists entirely of power games: racking up money, giving away money, acquiring power, using power, holding power. He has done many worthwhile things, but there is something driven and seemingly empty about the process as a whole. Is there anything that he likes doing other than work?" Good question, Coleman!
Purnick's answer:
He loves golf, and he used to love piloting his own planes and snowboarding. He loves popcorn, peanut butter, salt, bacon, chicken, hot dogs and red wine. He avidly reads newspapers and business publications, famously has no patience for movies, is not into group sports as a participant or, except to wave the flag for the home teams, as a spectator. He is driven — always has been, from what I have been able to discern. Making grand gestures — taking risks, succeeding at them, or at least making the effort (creating and marketing his information machine in his business days, and as mayor going after the Olympics, congestion pricing, the smoking ban, taking on illegal guns) seems to energize him more than anything else. What gives him joy? The answer to that question continues to elude me.
This may sound crazy, but for a brief moment there, we actually felt bad for the mayor. Who'd have imagined!
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Les "Moonvest" Moonves famously predicted that his network's CSI: Miami would beat NBC's The Jay Leno Show "by a lot." And lo and behold, he was right! However, he never mentioned how he thought the runt of the CSI litter, CSI: New York, would perform against the Chin. Never fear, Moonvest: Your Gary Sinise–led procedural drew 14.5 million viewers against Leno's 6.5 million last night. Man, we TOTALLY figured more people would've tuned in to NBC to watch Bob Costas drive an unbearably slow Ford Hybrid around a racetrack! [B&C]
On AMC’s Mad Men, Rich Sommer plays Harry Crane, head of (and only member of) Sterling Cooper’s TV department. Harry’s a nerdy office punching bag, though with the ascent of TV as a viable advertising platform, he’s garnered more respect in season three of the show. Sommer honed his acting skills onstage and at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York before landing a supporting role in The Devil Wears Prada, and subsequently Mad Men. He spoke with Vulture yesterday about the Emmys and Sunday's already legendary lawnmower scene.
The foot! What happened with the foot this week?
It got cut off.
Well, yes, we know. What was it like to film that?
When I got the script, I read that foot scene, and I thought it was kind of crazy, and I couldn’t really see how it fit in. So I was surprised at how well the episode turned out. I was a little nervous about that scene. For the past few weeks, the writers and the editors have been saying, “Oh my God, just wait until the lawnmower episode — it’s unbelievable! It’s unbelievable, it’s a great episode,” and I was just like, “Oh, great! Good.” And then I saw it and I was like, “Wow! It is a really good episode.”
Harry almost got a promotion, on top of all that excitement.
I know, it was this close! A lot of people online think he still has that promotion, and I want to call them and say, "No, no, he had it, and then it all went away when the lawnmower ran over that guy’s foot." The funny thing is, I actually called [creator] Matt Weiner after I got that script, and said, “Wait, so I don’t actually get that promotion?’ And he was like, "No! It’s all gone!" Which is why I play a good Harry. It took me a couple readings to get that.
How did you get the part?
It was just an audition. I’d had a terrible, awful pilot season. I got zero callbacks except for Mad Men. I auditioned, I went in for a callback about a week later, and then another week went by and I was sure it was gone. And I got a call on Tuesday at about noon, and they said, "Can you be here in two hours for a read-through?" And I said, "Er … yes!" And so I put on pants, which I wasn’t wearing at the time, and called my wife, and raced out the door.
What was this year’s Emmy ceremony like for you guys? You didn’t quite clean up like last year.
Honestly, we were getting a little nervous at the end. I caught eyes with Aaron Staton [who plays Ken Cosgrove] and Bryan Batt [Sal Romano] and Michael Gladis [Paul Kinsey], and we’re all like, "Oh, boy, this might not be going our way." We were nominated for sixteen awards and as of when they announced the Drama award, we’d only won two of them, so we were a little nervous. But it really … I mean, it’s easier to say now … it really wouldn’t matter. I imagine it will help when Matt [Weiner] goes to renegotiate his contract next year after season four — that’s a good thing. I’m very glad we won! But we kind of did it already: We came and we were a baby show, the first basic-cable show to win, and we did it last year.
When are we going to get a Harry episode?
[Laughs] Well, of course I know what’s coming; we’re done with filming now. I can only speak about what’s happened so far and say that Harry is more present in the office than he has been in the past, which I really appreciated. Because in the last couple of years, it’s been, like, one or two episodes in which Harry has B or C story lines, but then he’s barely there the rest of the year. Whereas this year, it’s been really fun to sort of be bubbling at the surface of everything, always at least there to pipe in or throw in a little quip or something. I’m very, very pleased with how much we’ve seen of Harry so far.
The dynamic between Harry and his wife, Jennifer, is interesting.
Jennifer and Harry are both trying to advance, to get elevated status, but Harry only knows how to do it through work — he doesn’t know how to glad-hand, or kiss ass outside of work — and Jennifer can only accomplish that goal through social stuff. For example, on the dance floor during the "Derby Day" episode, when Pete and Trudy start taking over the dance floor, and Harry walks Jennifer off, it’s very upsetting to her. She wants them to be Pete and Trudy.
That scene was hilarious.
Oh my God, that dance was unreal. I knew they’d been taking dance classes and rehearsing it, but I didn’t know to what extent. And when we did the first rehearsal and they busted it out, I was amazed. It was beautiful.
You moved from New York to L.A. for this show, right?
I miss New York, but I don’t miss being broke in New York, which is what we were. We were flat, flat broke. I don’t know if it’s the sunshine, or the fact that I actually have a job, but I do like L.A. a lot. In New York, it can be gray and rainy and cold, and you still don’t have any money, and you feel like a bad Dickens character. Out here, even if you’re downtrodden, it’s nice out.
Who’s your favorite Mad Men character?
It’s hard to dislike Roger Sterling. That guy is really funny.
This is a Recap of Top Chef Las Vegas, Season 6 Episode 6 (OMG 6-6 IT’S ALMOST LIKE THE DEVIL THAT IS IN VEGAS THAT YOU COOK ABOUT!) Don’t read ahead unless you want spoilers all up in your grill, literally, cause you cook with grills.
– Angel versus Devil Quickfire! Was that some weird Angels & Demons DVD cross-promotion? Because that theme was a little bit of a…
Also, who has an “Angel” on their shoulder in Vegas? “For me, Vegas is a constant struggle between ’should I help that old lady cross the street, or should I do coke off that stripper’s cleavage? I will now represent this conundrum with halibut.”
– Last week, Ashley pulled the “raised on food stamps” card and successfully turned her competition around, and this week, Robin casually slipped her battle with lymphoma into her Quickfire presentation, and mysteriously ended up on top. A disgruntled Eli then uttered “I wish she’d lost that cancer battle so we’d have a little quiet in the kitchen,” which I thought was slightly uncalled for.
– Guest Judge Michelle Bernstein wasn’t subtle with the innuendo in the Quickfire. First she tells Kevin “That is one big fat piece of bacon!” then tells Eli “Cheap thrills? My Favorite kind…” then tells Bryan “Your dish would go great with anal sex with me.”
– The Mattin Tribute was both heartfelt and necessary. I still can’t believe he died last episode.
– Michael Isabella continued his pattern of alternating smart and stupid performances -
Two Weeks Ago: “Derrrrr…bearnaise?”
Last Week: “Curing cactus is a delicate process, permit me to demostrate.”
This Week: “Derrrrr…EGGS?”
How does he not know what Eggs Florentine is? Even I know how to make that, and my only experience with the dish is ordering it at brunch at 4 pm while still too hungover to read or taste ingredients.
Next week he’ll be like “So I came up with this grand unified quantum physics theory…” followed by the week after, “I didn’t know you could cook with chicken.”
– Michael also shamelessly repeated the “Florentine is foreign-ta-me!” joke twice — who do you think you are, dude, me? Trust people who hang around me, it’s annoying.
After the jump, let’s pour ourselves a nice tall glass of ELMINADE!
– Kevin won the Elimination Challenge for his re-imagined chicken mole, and also received the Naturalest Sentence Ever Award for his exclamation, “Hey, guess who just won a set of Calphalon Unison Non-Stick!”
– Ron definitely deserved to lose this week, and you could see it coming pretty far in advance; it was like watching miners mine ore, watching that ore melted into steel, the steel turned into beams, the beams used to lay railroad track, other steel used to construct two trains, two humans being born and going to conductor school then becoming train conductors, boarding those two trains, then the trains wrecking, with twisted metal and sh*tty paella flying all over the place.
– Toby Young was very effortfully not-annoying this week, perhaps taking to heart the venomous hatred from the blogosphere during last season (I wasn’t a fan, but our commenters wanted to frickin’ murder him). Perhaps that car crash lobotomized him a bit.
– Still, 65% of Bravo voters believe that Toby is a “Bloody Cad,” while only 35% believe he is an “English Gent.” I voted for a write-in candidate, “Bleedin’ Bangers n’ Mash In Me Queen’s Trousers, Love!”
– Did you notice, as Laurine was explaining “The chips aren’t totally crisping the way I wanted them to, so I decided I’d try to re-crisp them by putting them back into the fryer…” this song started playing in the background:
– Ashley was so poor, she didn’t eat much beef growing up. She still has childhood scars from these commercials.
– Ron’s exit speech: “If finishing in eleventh place in a basic cable reality cooking competition isn’t the American Dream, then I don’t know what is. Oh wait, maybe like, Democracy? Nah I’m sticking with the first thing I said.”
Guess Who Won A Set Of Calphalon Unison Updated Top 5!
1) Michael V: The excitement just never starts!
2) Bryan V: First or second, it’s just splitting tans.
4) Jen: Pulled a rare “Sounded Defeated in the Testimonials But Actually Did Well” turnaround, despite being so busy she could only talk to Tom for seven seconds instead of the standard nine.
T-5) Ashley, Michael Isabella, Eli
Prepare Your Tributes) Robin, Ash, Laurine
– Next Week On Top Chef: Bravo clearly runs up against their budget as the chefs have to cook a meal in their house kitchen! With special Guest Judge, Ron! Cookin’ in your kitchen is what VEGAS IS ALL ABOUT DICE BLACKJACK!
Episode thoughts? Favorite/least favorite parts? Predictions? Toby Young reactions? Leave ‘em in the comments!
Moammar Khadafy may be completely crazy. And he may be one of the world's worst dictators as far as Washington is concerned. But just because you're a vicious dictator and an international pariah doesn't mean you can't be stylish, too. (And, really: If everyone is going to despise you no matter what, you might as well feel good about yourself when you look in the mirror, right?) Fortunately, we're here to help. Since Khadafy is spending the week in New York—the fashion capital of the universe—it seemed like an opportune time to give the Libyan leader a few style pointers. At last night's reception to celebrate the opening of the Spider Silk exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, reporter Douglas Marshall took celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch aside to get a few tips on how Khadafy could reinvent himself. And because Moammar has always been known to love the ladies—he's protected at all times by a contingent of attractive, female bodyguards, for example—we asked one of the most beautiful women around, actress Heather Graham, to weigh in as well. Some honest advice to Moammar is below.
Phillip Bloch, Celebrity Stylist
Q: You've styled everyone. Can I get your opinion on one person you've never laid your hands on?
PB: Who's that?
Q: Moammar Khadafy!
PB: Oh, good Lord. He's a pig.
Q: And he's here in NYC right now.
PB: In a tent, no less.
Q: What's your very first reaction to these pictures?
PB: Hot mess.
Q: What style tips would you give him? Where does a guy like that even begin?
PB: First of all, he needs to go on a diet. And get a haircut. Well, actually, I kind of like the rocker haircut. He's a little Mickey Rourke-ish with those glasses and that hat.
Q: Maybe he could use something to loosen up his tight curls?
PB: Oh, yes. He needs some Bumble & Bumble Curl Diffuser. That's a good one. He's wearing color, so I give him credit for that. But do you have to put all that color together. It's a bit like bad Pucci prints mixed up there.
Q: Do you think any of these looks should be belted?
PB: Not with that waistline, dear. Unless he wants to emphasize his over-expanded waist to match his over-expanded ego. He looks like he's gained weight, actually. Or maybe he's bloated. He needs a good trainer.
Q: They could install an elliptical inside his tent, I guess.
PB: I would send some poisonous spiders into his tent, actually.
Q: That doesn't have anything to do with fashion!
PB: He's just uncivil. He's a pig, really.
Q: You're just not that into him.
PB: I'm not into him, no. But I've supported many Middle Eastern designers over the years, like Elie Saab and Georges Chakra. I'm big in Lebanon. I've used a lot of Lebanese designers. Libya? I don't know much about their designers, but clearly neither does Khadafy!
Q: Maybe we should get him to meet you.
PB: He could call me, sure. But I'd probably set him up for a fall.
Heather Graham with her boyfriend, director Yaniv Raz
Q: Have a look at some pictures of Moammar Khadafy! He's in town right now. You're ridiculously stylish and gorgeous. What advice would you give him?
HG: (to her boyfriend) Come here, baby. What do you think of Moammar Khadafy's style?
"What I’mma do, fight Lil Mama?” —Jay-Z on having his performance interrupted by Lil Mama at the VMAs [Showbiz Spy]
"In one scene, it's just me and Dan Castellaneta talking to each other. All I could think of was, 'I'm acting with Homer right now.' It was the most surreal, amazing experience." —Seth Rogen on his Simpsons episode [USAT]
"Play with my children. That was it. I was also writing some stuff — but the kind of writing that you see on book jackets, where you’re in black and white, wearing a cardigan in your hundred-year-old office. Back-lit writing, not back-lot writing." —Joss Whedon on what his summer plans were before Dollhouse got picked up [Complex]
“I’ve been an atheist all my life but I always knew that if my mum asked me when she was dying if there was a heaven I’d say yes. I’d lie. I think that’s how religion started — as a good lie. If you’re not an atheist you can watch The Invention of Lying without getting angry. I watch films about angels, love ’em. I don’t think you have to treat something that comes down on one side as propaganda.” —Ricky Gervais on religion [Showbiz Spy]
"I'm kind of thinking I want to do my record like a mesh between 'Lovefool' by the Cardigans and 'The Sign' by Ace of Base. I want to make songs that people want to hold hands and roller-skate to." —Katy Perry, aspiring Swede [Contact Music]
"I would like to be 70 years old and lay on the piano and have a whiskey and be, like, 'give Mama a kiss.'" —Lykke Li on her ultimate ambition [Movies Blog/MTV]
AP - The "reinvention" of the 1980 high school musical "Fame" please, people, don't call it a remake stays faithful to the spirit and structure of Alan Parker's original while sucking out all the raciness.
Reuters - Fashion designer Giorgio Armani is reshuffling his agenda to take better care of himself after a bout of hepatitis and will soon announce changes at his company, he told Women's Wear Daily in an interview. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 24 Sep 2009 | 11:31 am
Rihanna catching a flight at JFK ... Queen Rania of Jordan leaving Harry Cipriani on Fifth Avenue ... John Legend in SoHo eating lunch outside with girlfriend Chrissy Teigene ... Jessica Szohr hanging out on the Gossip Girl set downtown ... Jude Law signing autographs outside his Broadway show ... Kirsten Dunst walking around ... Tess Kartel filming scenes for The Other Guys in Midtown while Mark Wahlberg was shooting his own scenes nearby ... America Ferrera shooting scenes for Ugly Betty ... and Jennifer Aniston leaving Monkey Bar.
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What do you guys think would be on a Billy Ray Cyrus Sandwich? Would it have a little beard? Cute:
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Iranian filmmaker, Hana Makhmalbaf (R) holds pictures of Iranian leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and Neda Agha Soltan, a young woman who was killed during post-election protests in Tehran, as she and other... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Sep 2009 | 10:10 am
Mikel Olaziregui (2ndR), director of the San Sebastian International Film Festival, takes part in a pro-democracy protest called by Iranian filmmakers Shahram Karimi (L), Mohammad Rasoulof (2ndL), Bahman... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 24 Sep 2009 | 10:10 am
People often ask me, “What’s it like working for VH1? It must be very exciting, right?” And I usually answer, “Well, Mom, just imagine hearing the song ‘Party In The USA’ playing every time you go to the bathroom. That’s pretty much it. Also, Foreigner walks by sometimes.”
Click on the video below while peeing to simulate your own “Working in The VH1 Offices” experience!
Tired of magazine covers of celebrities getting married? Damn, that was a pretty general sentence. It’s actually kind of meaningless too, I doubt any of us consciously think about being tired of a type of magazine cover. This whole paragraph has been a failure. Just, forget all of this.
Hey look Jim and Pam are on the cover of the new Entertainment Weekly! Don’t we all like them?
The article is actually pretty interesting, with the stars talking about whether or not the wedding and subsequent baby would remove an element of tension from the show. IHOP, Jim and Pam have basically been married for two seasons already and 99.9% of the funny parts in the show involve Michael, Dwight, Andy, or one line from a supporting character, so I don’t see it being a problem.
I also like that the “Why celeb death is a big business” exposé is completely buried.
Jennifer Aniston burst into tears in her trailer while filming in New York telling an assistant that a scene "reminded her of Brad Pitt," a source said. Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Sep 2009 | 9:39 am
Oh Fat Cat, Why You Gotta Be So Fat All The Damn Time?
(Ed. Note: I want to hug this cat all day long.)
This is Socrates, aka “Living Body Pillow Jones”, a cat breaking the scales at 22 lbs. So just how does your average housecat balloon to the feline equivalent of Marlon Brando’s ghost? Simple:
Owner Bill Duncan, 52, had taken Socrates to the vet worried by his lack of get-up-and-go.
The verdict, not surprisingly, was that he was simply too fat to move, possibly because of his taste for cheese and onion crisps.
Twice a day, regular as clockwork, he had managed to stagger to his paws and miaow for his breakfast and tea.
Now they’re putting this fat bastard on a diet, which we’re totally against. He looks so happy!
Clive Owen. Actor. Humanitarian. (Is he? Doesn’t matter really.) God-like creature from space. Whether he’s playing an international spy in some nail-biting drama or playing an international spy in some tear-jerking rom-com, he rarely misses as an actor. (Also not really true.) Which is why he should tell his people: Photos like the one above, with celebrity chef and mild Tourette’s patient Emeril Lagasse, really lower the guy’s stock. And the last thing we want is to see Clive Owen be forced to play an international spy in anything but the best of genre features. Because — BAM — his career is finished. One photo with Emeril holding a bowl of apples is all it takes.
Above, Clive and Emeril attend the premiere of Miramax’s ‘The Boys are Back’ at the Bon Appetit Supper Club and Cafe.
Front Page: ABC wins night with new comedies -- ABC, which has been looking for a hit comedy for years, may be on the right track this fall after "Modern Family" and "Cougar Town" opened to strong numbers on Wednesday.
It has been 20 years since filmmaker Michael Moore took on General Motors in "Roger and Me." He's still sticking it to big business for what he sees as the deliberate shafting of the little guy.
Jennifer Aniston needed a teary moment to herself while taping her next film project, saying it “reminded her of Brad Pitt.” They were about to tape the scene where Jennifer is pushed into a gutter and kicked while a mini-rainbow coalition points at her and laughs.
Good news: The World’s Sexiest Baby, i.e. that of Jude Law’s, was born Sophia Burke this Tuesday. The first name is after the mother’s mother, and the last name is clearly after Jude. Right,old-cockney definition?
Patrick Swayze’s autobiography “The Time of My Life” — out on shelves next Tuesday — claims that Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey was a pain to work with. You can read all about it in the chapter called “Everybody, Put Baby In The Corner. I’m Not Kidding, I’m Sick of Baby and the Corner Is Where She Should Be Puts.”
Singer Macy Gray was kicked off of Dancing with the Stars this week, and if the photo used in the article is any indication, she’s been crying for 11 years about it.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is on the cover of this month’s Shape Magazine, flexing her abs with such concentration and strength that we’re pretty sure she just stained that bikini she’s wearing.
AP - In a Sept. 22 story about the Burberry show at London Fashion Week, The Associated Press incorrectly spelled the surname of the company's chief executive officer. Her correct name is Angela Ahrendts, not Ahrendt. Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 24 Sep 2009 | 8:06 am
While Maureen McCormicks five-year stint as "The Brady Bunch" beauty Marcia gave us a glimpse into the perfect modern family, the domestic bliss we saw on TV hasn't quite translated in the real world Source: FOXNews.com | 24 Sep 2009 | 7:39 am
With the claims by Mackenzie Phillips that she had an incestuous relationship with her father the story of John Phillips and his group -- in music, models of California dreams and California dreamin' -- takes on a darker hue.
Lamar Odom is opting for a quieter single-life sendoff than was previously planned.
Instead of a wild night at Les Deux, he and his buddies will be confining his bachelor party to a...
Kelly Rutherford has accused her ex of disrupting the natural order of things.
The Gossip Girl mom has been granted a temporary restraining order against the father of her two children,...
You'd think this guy's rollover minutes would have expired by now.
Shutterbug Ricardo Mendoza, whose foot fell victim to the tire of Britney Spears' Mercedes in 2007, has...
Anne Heche doesn't plan on taking another walk down the aisle any time soon.
Although the 40-year-old actress and her former Men in Trees costar James Tupper, 44, have been...
Don't ask Stephen Moyer what he thinks of Twilight or The Vampire Diaries.
Because he can't really tell ya.
"I haven't watched Vampire Diaries," the True...
Next time you're tempted to pull a Playmate's hair...don't.
Brody Jenner's lady friend, Playboy beauty Jayde Nicole, has sued Joe Francis for $1 million over the...
Oh, damn. By the looks of these sneak peeks from Monday's all-new episode of Gossip Girl, Chuck (Ed Westwick) and Blair (Leighton Meester) are starting to bicker. We know that Nick and...
Mackenzie Phillips continued on her incest-revealing book tour Thursday with a stop at the Today show, where she recounted how she was sexually assaulted by her father, John Phillips. She also...
Is real estate mogul 
– Last week, Ashley pulled the “raised on food stamps” card and successfully turned her competition around, and this week, Robin casually slipped her battle with lymphoma into her Quickfire presentation, and mysteriously ended up on top. A disgruntled Eli then uttered “I wish she’d lost that cancer battle so we’d have a little quiet in the kitchen,” which I thought was slightly uncalled for.
– Michael Isabella continued his pattern of alternating smart and stupid performances -
– Kevin won the Elimination Challenge for his re-imagined chicken mole, and also received the Naturalest Sentence Ever Award for his exclamation, “Hey, guess who just won a set of Calphalon Unison Non-Stick!”
– Toby Young was very effortfully not-annoying this week, perhaps taking to heart the venomous hatred from the blogosphere during last season (I wasn’t a fan, but our commenters wanted to frickin’ murder him). Perhaps that 
