AP - The latest novel from best-selling romance author Jude Deveraux isn't exactly a book. "Promises" is a reading and viewing experience, a digital text in which videos not only complement the narrative but add to it.
AP - The latest novel from best-selling romance author Jude Deveraux isn't exactly a book. "Promises" is a reading and viewing experience, a digital text in which videos not only complement the narrative but add to it.
 guardian.co.uk | Actor Hopper admitted to hospital BBC News Easy Rider star Dennis Hopper has been taken to hospital with flu-like symptoms, according to his publicist. The 73-year-old was examined at a New York clinic after complaining of stomach ailments associated with flu. The Hollywood actor was forced to ... Dennis Hopper hospitalized with flulike symptoms Hopper Hospitalized With Flu-Like Symptoms Dennis Hopper Hospitalized with Flu-Like Symptoms |
AFP - British acts dominated the honours at the annual Mobo awards ceremony for music of black origin, which this year paid tribute to the late King of Pop Michael Jackson.
AP - A former prosecutor says he made up a story he told a film crew about advising a judge handling Roman Polanski's sex case to send the director to prison.
AP - Gustavo Dudamel held his first rehearsal with the Los Angeles Philharmonic wearing trendy black sneakers and a persistent smile that showed the sheer fun he's having directing one of the world's premiere orchestras.
AP - The number of gay and bisexual characters on prime-time network TV is up slightly this season to 18 out of a total of 600 roles, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation.
Someday Old School's Will Ferrell will need a new school successor, and lucky for us, he's got his own little brood to choose from.
The former Saturday Night Live funnyman...
Reality wreck Jason Wahler is currently in jail in Yakima County, Washington, confirms E! News.
A spokesperson for the Washington Department of Corrections tells us that The Hills...
• The week in reviews: The Times's temp critic Pete Wells hands out a single star to the Standard Grill (and some controversy follows); NY's Adam Platt has mixed things to say about "pre-recession throwback" SHO Shaun Hergatt; Bloomberg's Ryan Sutton takes a knife to the new Aureole; and TONY's Jay Cheshes bestows four out of five stars on Ryan Skeen and Allen & Delancey.
• The Jane is striking back at its very angry (very noise-averse) neighbors. [P6]
• Coming in 2010 (maybe): Chumley's, the Village landmark that closed a couple of years ago, is hoping to make a return. And Todd English is looking to open a hotel restaurant named Oliver Todd on Great Jones Street. [Eater, GS]
• How did Danny Meyer come up with Shake Shack? Allow him to explain. [BT]
• Wine prices are at all-time lows, in case you haven't heard. [Reuters]
• How are some chain restaurants luring in customers during these tough economic times? By offering up discounts on drinks, naturally. [WSJ]
• Did you know Sunday is International Pickle Day? Now you do! [Decider, BB]
I read that Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel are supposed to be on the rocks. But the tabloids say that about every couple. How can I tell what's real?
—Jenni, via the Answer...
From Banker of the Year to Andrew Cuomo's favorite punching bag, Bank of America CEO Ken Lewis has had a bumpy year, and after a little "me" time over the holiday weekend, he decided he has had enough.
Mr. Lewis made the decision to quit after Labor Day after returning from vacation but not feeling energized as he usually did, he told a person close to him. He had come to the conclusion that he was "really tired of all the mud that was being piled on him," said this person.
He's apparently not the only one. Lewis just became the third CEO to phase himself out this month. Hey, maybe he'll start a bar with Jamie Dimon.
Bank of America Chief Resigns Under Fire [WSJ]
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 Washington Post | Lamar Odom comes out swinging Los Angeles Times Lakers forward loosens up at training camp, showing off his boxing moves and improved conditioning. By Broderick Turner It took a day, but Lamar Odom's smile and infectious personality returned. He joked and talked about his beloved New York Yankees ... Khloe Kardashian basks in afterglow of wedding Robo Kardashian performed admirably Newlywed Khloe Kardashian: I've Never Been So Happy |
The ginormous ensemble cast of 30 Rock is about to get bigger!
Sorry, all you screaming tweens, it's not Robert Pattinson or Justin Timberlake. But how about another total hottie to...
Donald Trump has been uncharacteristically quiet since the news broke last week that he accidentally rented the mansion he owns in Bedford to Libyan dictator Moammar Khadafy. (Sometimes bad press is just bad press, even for a craven attention addict like Donald Trump.) But America's biggest loudmouth is now speaking up about what went down and he's doing pretty much what you'd expect him to do in a case like this: He's trying to make it seem like it was all for the best.
How's he doing that? He's suggesting the avalanche of media coverage last week ultimately benefited him because it focused attention on the fact he owns the property. You know, just in case you weren't aware that Trump happens to own a bit of real estate in the area.
"It's the best piece of property in New York," he tells the Wall Street Journal. "Most people never even knew I owned it and now they do."
You bet we do! But we have to admit we're a little disappointed by Trump's lame attempt at spin here. What he should have said was that he rented the place to the Libyan leader on purpose—and at no charge—as part of a top-secret deal he'd negotiated in which Khadafy would hand over the Lockerbie bomber to U.S. as well as agree to comply with outstanding UN resolutions concerning nuclear arms and human rights. He could have turned the whole thing into a daring diplomatic maneuver and the opening gambit in a 2012 presidential run!
But let's all be thankful that he didn't think of that.
Trump Sees Silver Lining in Gadhafi's Tent [WSJ]
• Madonna allowed someone to interview her about her upcoming greatest hits album, Celebration. In between talking about how busy she is—screenplay writing, movie...
While most of the media (including ourselves) has been spending much of their time over the last six months focusing on the late night shitshow that is the Jay Leno/Conan O'Brien debacle, the producers of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon have to be pretty glad that they've managed to stay out of the public fray and been allowed to develop their show outside of the harsh spotlight. That said, we've continued watching the show on a (near) nightly basis, and we're happy to report that the show has been developing quite nicely. Over the last few months, Fallon has made considerable strides as an interviewer and host: Though he's admittedly still got a long way to go before he reaches Letterman (or even Craig Ferguson) levels of proficiency, he's greatly improved both his monologue skills and his rapport with guests. For whatever reason, guests who come on the Fallon show always appear to be relaxed in his presence, which makes them willing to go along with weird bits that they would never do on The Late Show or the Tonight Show. Take the nanny-boinking Lothario Jude Law, for example. Can you imagine him doing a dramatic recital of the lyrics to "Poker Face" on any other show? We certainly can't.
Jude Law: Poetry and Swordplay [NBC]
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Filed Under: bluffin' with my muffin, jimmy fallon, jude law, lady gaga, late night with jimmy fallon, nbc, poker face, tv
The week to end all Fashion Weeks (no, seriously, it's the final one of the month) kicked off today with the one and only Gareth Pugh. And the response to his spring show has been positive. The soft looks, gray hues, and feather headpieces no doubt wowed Rihanna and Adrian Grenier. Anne Valerie Hash showed a neutral collection with a loose silhouette and sheer overlays. Rochas was a colorful romp to a Riviera of times past. See all of today's shows.
Gareth Pugh
Anne Valerie Hash
Rochas
Rue du Mail
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Filed Under: anne valerie hash, designers, gareth pugh, j'adore paris, paris fashion week, rochas, rue du mail, spring 2010
Ever wondered what Jonathan Lethem's band sounds like? The author is streaming "Stalking Horses," the new track from I'm Not Jim, his group with Silos founder Walter Salas-Humara. [Jonathan Lethem]
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Filed Under: i'm not jim, jonathan lethem, music
Currently Gareth Pugh's designs are only available at beyond-exorbitant prices in the world's highest-end boutiques. A quilted men's nylon jacket retails for $2,610 at Barneys, for example. But apparently Pugh has been receiving offers to do a fast-fashion line since before he even produced the clothes he showed on the runway (which wasn't actually that long ago). He tells Style.com of his fast-fashion-line offers:
I have considered it. The offers have come in, and every time we get an offer, I mull it over. I’d like more people to have access to my clothes, but the timing hasn’t been right, or the project hasn’t been right, or some combination of both those things. The first time I was approached, I wasn’t even producing the garments I was showing on the runway. I didn’t have a factory. Everything I was making, I was making by hand. Doing a fast-fashion collection seemed a little premature.
In other words, those companies that asked before, they should keep asking?Sure, keep asking. And I’ll keep thinking.
This is either a genius or terrible idea. On the one hand, a cardigan made of garbage bags would be so easy for Target or H&M to make cheaply. But on the other hand, no one wants an armor dress made from cardboard.
Sitting Down With Gareth Pugh [Style File/Style.com]
See a complete slideshow of Gareth Pugh's spring 2010 collection.
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Filed Under: cooler than thou, designers, gareth pugh
Damn this financial crisis. Ben Bernanke may have called the recession over, but the unemployment rate is still rising: economists expect the national unemployment rate to hit 9.8 percent in September, and it's a staggering 10.5 percent in New York. Whose fault is this? At what group can we direct our blind fury at this state of affairs? The answer is still the same: bankers. Having blown up their own field, they are now creeping into other industries and taking the kinds of jobs that used to be filled by normal, hardworking Americans.
Since the crash of 2008, scores of financial professionals have been taking their math skills and their ultracompetitive, insane work ethics and imposing them on formerly easygoing, laissez-faire industries, making everyone in those fields look like total slackers in the process. They've become shop owners, real-estate agents, yoga instructors, farmers, and high-school teachers. They're even becoming vendors of street food. This last group, in particular, is sharky as all hell.
There was former NYSE trader Bill Sonner, of course, who undercut the competition with his Mister Softee truck: "I knew I would beat him," he said.
The Schnitzel & Things truck, founded by former investment banker Oleg Voss, is scooping up all kinds of "fanfare," and Voss also made a name for himself by parking illegally and fighting with his neighbors.
And CNBC spoke to Fares “Freddie” Zeidaies, a falafel salesman whose newfound pleasure is putting his competitors out of business.
“You know, I used to see people going into the restaurants — I have a few restaurants across the street from me — now, they don’t stop over there, they stop by me,” Zeidaies said.
Phew, we're glad that a basic cost-benefit analysis probably shows that there is no point in their trying to take over media jobs. But think: This is only the beginning! What is going to happen when people like JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon start opening neighborhood bars? We need to stop bankers from taking over American jobs and upsetting our economy further, starting now!
Street-Cart Economy: Banker Savors Life as Food Vendor [CNBC]
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Filed Under: bankers, business, finance, the rich hunt
Prospect Park Lake has two swan families, which, until recently, shared the 60-acre pond in harmony. Once they both hatched cygnets this year, though, everything went egg-shaped. The couple that traditionally occupies the southern portion of the lake had three (seemingly) male baby swans. The northern couple had three cygnets also, but two died of unknown causes. As soon as the cygnets got big enough to mean business, the southern family started ganging up on the northern one. From the Times:
The southern father — wings beating, back hunched and neck extended — streaks across the lake with a wake behind him and repeatedly jumps on members of the other family. It looks as if he’s trying to drown them. Sometimes he has the help of the mother and their offspring.
That seems intense.
Not as intense, however, as what happened after people in the park started witnessing these attacks. They got involved. People like Anne-Katrin Titze and Ed Bahlman have driven every day from their homes to fight back:
"It was just, seeing the little one fly and seeing this attack — I couldn’t forget that,” said Ms. Titze, who teaches literature at Hunter College. “It was so awful.” Since then, Ms. Titze and Mr. Bahlman said, they have traveled 45 minutes from their home in Sunset Park nearly every day, spending hours trying to protect the family under siege. And they are not alone in their intervention: the front line of the swan war forms on the northern side of the Audubon Center. There, they and others step in between the swans and chase away the aggressors. When the aggressors drive the other family 50 yards from the water, the onlookers bring them cups of water, hoping to keep them from becoming dehydrated. Over the weekend, Mr. Bahlman and others wrestled with the swans and tried to move them to a smaller lake across a path. But one broke free, returning to the first lake, and they abandoned the effort.
Park rangers won't help because this is simply an example of nature taking its course, and the swans are naturally territorial. There is a video of all of this over on the Times City Room blog. You must watch it. Particularly to watch the victim family's sygnet, "Honey Bear," "living it up" with some clover and a couple of Tupperware containers full of water.
Swans of Prospect Park Go From Elegant to Murderous [City Room/NYT]
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Filed Under: animals, animanhattan, birds, birds that are saved from a life of terrorism by good samaritans, why they hate one another
Chi Heralda runs the Hearts Challenger ice-cream truck, which offers a different selection of international ice creams every day. The day our Video Look Book caught him, he offered mostly Japanese flavors. His pants also originated in Japan: a pink ladies' style from Uniqlo. His polo was from Muji and his shoes from Pearl River Mart. “I’ve never considered myself fashionable at all, in any sense of the word,” Heralda told us. “I’m just a hand-me-down guy. People tend to want to dress me for some reason.” Watch the Video Look Book to find out about his multicolored woven belt.
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Filed Under: muji, uniqlo, video look book, videos
“3,” the latest single from reformed train wreck Britney Spears, is tacked on to a contractually obligated best-of, but it doesn’t feel tossed off. Max Martin helmed the production, and apparently some thought was put into generating controversy: The song is very much about three-ways. The post-collapse Spears era has already birthed some pretty good singles (“If You Seek Amy,” most prominently, although we prefer “Womanizer”), so don't call this a comeback. Just know that the song works — it’s big, bright, and harmless, if also instantly forgettable. In any case, that part where she goes “1, 2, 3 / Peter, Paul, and Mary” is pretty funny.
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Filed Under: britney spears, music, right-click
This star got close to a baby elephant during her trip to Kenya.
How close? Check out how she's feeding the little guy a bottle of milk. Of course, she's a seasoned pro at bottle...
Sesame Street has finally aired their parody of Mad Men. And, of course, IT IS AWESOME and hilarious, as all things Sessy Street usually are. Only, instead of teaching kids the wonders of cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption, and how annoying “families” are — as the AMC show tends to do — the PBS version goes the classy route, using the show’s title as an avenue to teach your little ones about feelings.
Our only complaint is that the clip could use some more sexual innuendo. Unless, of course, that “Honey Pot” allusion means what we think it means. In which case all that Don Draper talk about “oozing” and “dripping with honey” is pretty much dead on balls accurate.
Also: SPECIAL MUPPET OPENING SEQUENCE? A+
(via Aziz Is Bored)
Every day until the playoffs, our new sports blog is picking a Yankee player to profile for the postseason. Yesterday it was A.J. Burnett. Today they looked at Phil Hughes. Keep tuning in for the rest of the team's key players. [The Sports Section]
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Filed Under: sports, the sports section
Lady Gaga attended a press conference in New York today to promote some new headphones to which she's attaching her name. She wore shades from Alexander Wang's spring 2010 collection and an outfit that appears to be custom spring 2010 Marc Jacobs. The look didn't walk Marc's spring 2010 show, but those ruffles are unmistakable. So Gaga is rolling in merchandising deals and new spring 2010 clothes.
But now that pantslessness has become mainstream, does Lady Gaga need a new shtick?
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Filed Under: alexander wang, designers, lady gaga, look of the day, marc jacobs, spring 2010
Before last night, Jude Law reading Hamlet – something he will be doing on Broadway for the next couple of months, and only a stone’s throw away from BWE.tv HQ — was officially the Jude-Lawiest thing of all time.
Then, last night, Jimmy Fallon had him read aloud the lyrics to Lady Gaga’s “Pokerface” on Late Night. And, well folks, we have a winner. Jude Law has never been more Jude Law in his entire life. His consonants have riddled us with bullets a la this. Good on you, Jude.
Make sure to check out the Emmy-Award Winning Late Night with Jimmy Fallon blog!
Us Weekly was right: Celebrities are, in some crucial ways, just like us: When their long-term relationships come to an end, the process is long, tortured, and miserable. One way they're not just like us, though, is that we all go through it with them. Herewith, a timeline of the dissolution of Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake's union, which People today tells us is "up in the air" and Us tells us is finally OVER!
• The first sign that there was trouble between the "Sexy Back" singer and the sexy-backed actress came in October 2007, soon after they started dating, when the Enquirer reported a blowup between Biel and Timberlake over his "womanizing ways". "Why are all your friends women?” Jessica reportedly demanded. “If you want me to stay with you, you need to focus on me!” The exchange caused the Enquirer to note the two were "headed for Splitsville." They were probably right, but it would take an awfully long time.
• In March 2009, a friend told OK!, “They aren’t split yet, but they are having problems." Another friend relayed that Timberlake had asked one of his friends how much time he’d need to give Jessica if he asked her to move out of their New York City apartment "without seeming like a jerk.”
• In May 2009, Biel sounded a plaintive note when Parade asked her if she would ever co-star with her boyfriend in a movie. "If it was the right thing, yeah, I would love to costar with Justin," she said. "I just don't know what the right thing is, though."
• In June 2009, Lindsay Lohan tweeted about what appeared to be Timberlake's indiscretion at a club. "So dark — where's jb cheater?" (She later said her Twitter had been hacked.)
• In July 2009, a source told the Daily News: “Things don’t look good for them right now — they’ve hit a really rocky spot.”
• As of today Perez says that they are "DEFINITELY OVER."
But is our long national nightmare really over? Unclear: "There's no way of knowing if it's a firm breakup, because with them it's so hot and cold," a source tells Us.
Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel: Still On [People]
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Filed Under: jessica biel, justin timberlake, the most important people in the world
Related: New York's review of A Steady Rain.
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Filed Under: ellen barkin, hugh jackman, party lines, robert verdi
SKIN
• Miranda Kerr is launching her own organic skin-care line named Kora. It will be available exclusively in Australia's David Jones stores this October. [Sassybella]
• Diane Von Furstenberg: "I am so attracted to women with wrinkles. I think the pendulum is going to go the other way. For men, it was always more beautiful. And I'm not saying you want to look like Louise Bourgeois or Georgia O'Keeffe, but still, it's ... it's better to be you. To try to keep a young body — that's getting very difficult." [Harper's Bazaar]
• Bath and body-gel manufacturer Philosophy signed Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman to be an ambassador for the company's Shower for the Cure campaign. [StyleWatch/People]
HAIR
• Mariah Carey: "Growing up and being half-black, half-white, I felt weird; I didn't look like anybody. My friends were all different from me. No one knew how to fix my hair. My facial features stood out ... even though I've grown since, some of those things still remain with me." [StyleList]
• The country of Tajikistan banned male teachers under the age of 50 from wearing beards, while men over 50 can only grow beards up to 1.2 inches long. [Google/AFP]
• Platinum blonde is emerging as a popular hair color for spring. [Beauty Counter/Style.com]
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Filed Under: beauty, beauty marks, desperate housewives, diane von furstenberg, felicity huffman, hair, mariah carey, miranda kerr, skin
Just as NBC works to capitalize on the buzz that new SNL cast member Jenny Slate's F-bomb generated last weekend, execs at Fox are hoping that last night's vagina-slip on So You Think You Can Dance will generate some sorely needed ratings juice for their fading dance competition. Fox is playing coy and has issued a statement to TMZ saying that "[i]t is [just] a crease in the young lady's panties," but we've been around long enough to recognize a smoke screen when we see one. By the way, does anyone know if Justin Timberlake was spotted skulking around the SYTYCD dressing room last night? [HuffPo]
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Filed Under: ladyflowers, so you think you can dance, tv
AP - The umbrella title is "Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet," but that's a misnomer.
UPDATE: Alley is apparently none too pleased with our report. In the comments section below, she posted this response.
Kirstie: "1st Josh, could you have found an uglier shot of me?...
Yikes! According to reports, Dennis Hopper, suffering from "flu-like symptoms," was taken by ambulance to a New York hospital this afternoon. Witnesses say he was wearing an oxygen mask. There's currently no word on his condition. Get well soon, Dennis! [ET, TMZ]
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Filed Under: dennis hopper, scares
On last night's season premiere of The City, Whitney's best new frenemy and houseguest Roxy told Kelly Cutrone in her job interview that she worked for Rachel Zoe. She didn't like it, she said, because Rachel was so unorganized and she can't work in that kind of environment. Last night Rachel herself responded to three tweets asking if it was true that Roxy was an ex-employee. Rachel had no idea who Roxy was at first. Later she tweeted, "she never worked for me ... lying is so not chic." So what is this Roxy girl's deal? She may just want to be Megan Fox after all. A well-placed source revealed to the Cut that Roxy wanted to be an actress throughout her childhood. She made three appearances on Brothers and Sisters two years ago, according to IMDb. (Her mom, Patricia Wettig, also stars in the show, while her dad, Ken Olin, stars in and produces it.) So she may just be more interested in an onscreen career than a fashion career. Imagine that.
Earlier: Whitney Is Still a Pushover and Olivia Is Still Mean on The City
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Filed Under: lies!!!, mtv, reality tv, roxy olin, television, the city
Remember Bill Sonner, the former New York Stock Exchange trader who lost his job last year and has since found work driving a Mister Softee truck on Long Island? He's not the only one who has made that sort of a career transition, it turns out. CNBC reports that one of the guys behind the Schnitzel & Things food cart—which nabbed the "Rookie of the Year" award at this past weekend's illustrious Vendy awards—is a finance industry refugee as well. Before he took to the streets with breaded cutlets of chicken in hand, Oleg Voss worked at a boutique M&A firm in Vienna. Are these two examples enough to make the path from finance to food trucks an official trend? While you ponder that question, you can view a clip from CNBC's segment earlier today below.
Banker Savors Life as Food Vendor [CNBC via BusinessInsider]
Previously: Yesterday's Trader Is Today's Ice Cream Man
After lawsuits and public-relations battles, Russian financier/oligarch Andrei Vavilov finally sold the duplex penthouse he begrudgingly bought in the Plaza this summer. He sold the apartment for $8.4 million, a hefty loss from the $11 million he spent on it just three months ago. Still, El-Ad, the developers of the renovated hotel-condo, must be glad to get him out. His apparent replacement, Goya heir Maribel Unanue McVicar, seems much more low-key. [NYO]
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Filed Under: andrea vavilov, el-ad, plaza, real estate, vu.
A week after he first took the stand to recount his son's death, John Travolta was back testifying in the Bahamas this morning.
This time around, rather than focusing on the...
AP - It would be such a joy to bend the truth and say that "The Invention of Lying" lives up to the potential of its inspired premise.
Last night was the opening of Broadway's A Steady Rain, Keith Huff's play about a pair of Chicago cops who accidentally give a small child to a serial killer claiming to be the boy's uncle (oops!). Many have wondered by how much Tony winner Hugh Jackman would outact co-star Daniel Craig, whose mustache, some have speculated, may have been grown to distract from his inability to make facial expressions. Well, reviews are finally in — so what's the verdict? New York's Scott Brown calls Rain "basic-cable-grade stuff." But which actor is better in his role? Critics simply cannot decide!
"For the record, both are just fine in their parts, and in the case of Mr. Craig, almost unrecognizable with a milquetoast mustache and cowed mien, more than fine." —Ben Brantley [NYT]
"Craig, a.k.a. the latest and steeliest of the big-screen James Bonds, fares far better here, playing the more sympathetic of the men, a sadder, more disciplined officer who's spent his career cleaning up after the messes of his short-fused, trigger-happy partner. —Peter Marks [WP]
"But, of course, it all comes down to the performances, and both Craig and Jackman are solid stage actors. Craig nails the accent a little bit better than Jackman, who occasionally gives his lines an Aussie inflection." —Roma Torre [NY1]
"Craig, his upper lip swallowed whole by a police-issue mustache, fares better and single-handedly lifts up the show. —Elisabeth Vincentelli [NYP]
"[B]oth men, particularly Craig, acquit themselves well ... " —Michael Kuchwara [AP]
"Craig impresses even more as an ex-drunk sporting a '70s porn-star mustache, sad eyes and nervousness that masks a covetous, calculating side. His character's true nature emerges as the most interesting thing about the play." —Joe Dziemianowicz [NYDN]
"Denny is the flashier role with the more dramatic trajectory, and Jackman brings a powerful presence to it even if the character hasn't quite yet become a second skin. There's still evidence of the actor beneath the tough-talking hothead, but he shifts persuasively back and forth between easygoing volubility and the unpredictable menace of a man unwilling to relinquish control of any situation... Completely disappearing inside his character, Craig is superb." —David Rooney [Variety]
Like we said — too close to call!
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Filed Under: a steady rain, broadway, daniel craig, hugh jackman, theater
Whoops! Over at the Daily Beast, failed prosecutor turned blogger Marcia Clark landed herself what could turn out to be a pretty big Roman Polanski–related scoop. Clark sat down for a conversation with former L.A. County prosecutor David Wells, who was not only one of the original people assigned to the Polanski case when it first came to light back in 1977, but also a major figure in last year's HBO documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. In that film, Wells claimed that he breached the law by advising the judge in the case, the late Judge Laurence Rittenband, about some of Polanski's outrageous behavior in the wake of his release from the 42-day psychiatric-evaluation period that Polanski underwent as part of his plea bargain. However, now Wells is claiming that he lied to the film's director about these statements, which could poke a major hole in Polanski's potential defense efforts (should he be successfully extradited). Wells claims that he was told that the film would never air in the United States and that he fed the director these lies because: "I thought it made a better story if I said I’d told the judge what to do." Ouch.
We've got more Roman Polanski updates for you below, including a piece of news that we know you've all been dying to hear: Kirstie Alley's thoughts on the matter!
• In case you had forgotten some of the details about the case, be sure to read the Smoking Gun's summary of Samantha Geimer's testimony about what happened on that fateful night from the grand-jury minutes. A warning, though: It's pretty harrowing stuff. [Smoking Gun]
• Sharon Tate's sister, Debra, went on the Today show this morning to discuss the case. She described Polanski as a "good guy" and even claimed that the sex between him and Geimer was "a consensual matter." [HuffPo]
• Los Angeles Times reporter Steve Lopez, whose name you might recognize from The Soloist, wrote a pretty eloquent op-ed on the matter. It's highly critical of the prominent members of Hollywood who signed the pro-Polanski petition, mainly because he feels that they are ignoring the plight of what he describes as the "true victim" in this case, Samantha Geimer. [LAT]
• After an international outcry, the French government is softening their stance that Polanski should immediately be sprung from the Swiss jail where he's currently residing. French government spokesman Luc Chatel gave the following statement to reporters after a Cabinet meeting: "A judicial procedure is under way concerning a serious case, the rape of a minor, and the U.S. and Swiss justice systems are doing their work." [Reuters]
• Perhaps inspired by Debra Winger's ranting, Kirstie Alley decided to weigh in on the situation via the popular time-wasting device Twitter. Composed using an interesting method of seemingly random capitalization, Alley fired off well over twenty tweets on the controversial subject, including the following: "JUST FOR THE RECORD....RAPE IS RAPE...this is one HOLLYWOOD STAR who does not CELEBRATE or DEFEND Roman Polanski..his ART did not RAPE her." Genius! We can hardly wait to hear John Ratzenberger's thoughts on the matter. [E! Online]
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Filed Under: jurisprudence, kirstie alley, polanski, roman polanski, samantha geimer
Jil Sander's highly anticipated line for Uniqlo hits stores tomorrow. The collection, named +J, includes both men's and women's clothes that range in price from $29.50 for accessories to $149.50 for outerwear. And since there has been a lot of hype surrounding this launch since it was first announced in March, we suggest you preview the line before you go and get yourself a game plan. 546 Broadway, nr. Broome St. (917-237-8811). Doors open at 10 a.m. [Refinery 29]
Earlier: Behold Jil Sander's +J Line for Uniqlo
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Filed Under: +j, collaboration station, jil sander, uniqlo
This morning, Andrew Cuomo gave an address to a gathering of state Democrats in Buffalo — a speech that, coincidentally, sounded a lot like something someone running for governor might deliver, hypothetically. Afterward, Cuomo ran across the man many expect him to oust, Governor Paterson, and the two hugged and briefly chatted. Before separating, Cuomo gave Paterson some final words of insincere encouragement. "Go get 'em," Cuomo told him, by which he meant, "Go continue doing exactly what you've been doing, please." [NYP]
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Filed Under: andrew cuomo, david paterson, early and awkward, politics
Designer Tory Burch received approval last month to tear down her $22.5 million home in Southampton so she could replace it with something more to her liking. But is she also involved in the purchase of the $45 million estate owned by the late Howard Gittis? RealLI seems to think so, although it admits the "details are sketchy," and the Post reported yesterday that the buyer was "unidentified, recession-proof financier." Then again, Burch's fashion business seems to be enduring the recession just fine and it's always possible she decided to start up a hedge fund on the side, so maybe they're all right. [RealLI via Curbed]
 Boston Globe | The Middle Entertainment Weekly Hank and The Middle are linked by their network (they're back-to-back in ABC's Wednesday-night two-hour comedy block) and by their stars. Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton starred on 2007's Back to You, a frequently very funny sitcom in ... Kelsey Grammer gets no thanks for 'Hank' TV Review: THE MIDDLE - Season 1 - 'Pilot' - Series Premiere Hank: Can We Just Pretend That This Show Never Existed? Thanks! |
Los Angeles designer consignment shop DecadesTwo is back in New York with a fall pop-up at Kiki de Montparnasse this weekend. Building on the success of the first shop back in May, this season DecadesTwo co-owners Christos Garkinos (who made a cameo on last week's Rachel Zoe Project) and Cameron Silver are bringing an expanded stash, including menswear, outerwear, and five times as many pairs of shoes (from designers like Christian Louboutin, Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs, and Jimmy Choo). Highlights include a flapper-inspired sequined Lanvin dress, a coral Chanel quilted handbag, and Louis Vuitton sneakers from the Stephen Sprouse collection. The pop-up is open to the public for three days — following a private sale on Thursday — so stop by this weekend to sort through the gorgeous designer wares (or if you're like us, to browse enviously). Click ahead for a preview of the goods.
DecadesTwo pop-up (in Kiki de Montparnasse), 10/2–10/4. 79 Greene St., second fl., nr. Spring St.; (212-965-8150); F–S (11–7), Su (noon–5).
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Filed Under: buyers guide, decadestwo, pop-up shop, slideshow
Tonight, an all new episode of Glee airs on Fox at 9 PM, featuring covers of Queen’s “Somebody to Love” and Emmy-Award winning actress/human wine cork Kristin Chenoweth. That’s all well and good, but the real question is: Will it feature scenes with my personal favorite person on the entire Glee cast, the Principal played by Iqbal Theba?
It’s hard to explain why Iqbal has risen to our favorite character on Glee. While Jane Lynch has clearly been given all the best lines on the show (and hopefully seals her Emmy nom/win for next year in the process), Iqbal does wonders with the little he is given. He pretty much earned our love from his performance in the “Push It” clip alone (1:07):
So it’s a great day because Dave Nemetz over at Fancast has posted his exclusive interview with Principal Theba, who is also making appearances over on NBC’s Community. The whole interview is worth a read (who knew he was slingin’ ribs at Tony Roma’s in the 90s?), but this question in particular warmed our little gay musical theater hearts:
Glee fans are crazy about the show; they call themselves “Gleeks.” Have you been accosted in the street by any Gleeks yet?
Yes, every time I step outside my house, somebody screams at me. [Laughs] We went to Oxnard, me and my wife and kids, to get some milk, and I hear, “I’m sending you my love…” I turn around and someone’s singing to me! But I thank them for their love. It’s been a wonderful experience, and the show’s really taken off. Fox just picked it up for a full season [of 22 episodes], and I don’t think I’ve done even 10 episodes of a single show before, so it’s a blessing.
Keep on singing to Iqbal, America. It’s that same spirit that makes Santa’s sleigh stay afloat every Christmas.
So who’s excited about tonight? And, more importantly, when will Mr. Schuester finally dump that bitch of a wife of his?
The Gareth Pugh show just walked in Paris. According to various tweets, editors and buyers liked Pugh's "soft" spring 2010 approach, which included lots of gray and giant feather hats. This season Pugh stocked his front row with celebrities including Rihanna, Adrian Grenier, and Michael Stipe. Daphne Guinness, of course, was also there, along with Pugh's backer Michelle Lamy and her husband Rick Owens. Rihanna wore a striped Pugh dress and congratulated him after the show. So she's finally caught on to the sartorial brilliance Solange introduced Beyoncé to about a year ago. As for Adrian Grenier? Pugh showed menswear along with womenswear in this show, but other than that — and Adrian's, uh, edgy taste in plaid shirts — it's unclear what business he had there. [Fashionologie]
Watch a slideshow of the Gareth Pugh collection.
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Filed Under: adrian grenier, americans in paris, designers, gareth pugh, michael stipe, michelle lamy, paris fashion week, rick owens, rihanna, spring 2010
Roland Tackman, the accused thief who crashed the Astor trial this morning and subsequently escaped from prison, is no ordinary stickup guy. Sure, the crimes he commits are petty (he mostly sticks to holding up the stores on the Upper East Side, where he lives, because, he told cops, "I'm lazy") and to support his drug habit, but Tackman conducts them with flair: He's been known to disguise himself with a fake nose and a hat — either a camouflage hat or a "black gangster hat with a big rim," per the Post — and wields either a fake black gun or a silver gun-shaped cigarette lighter he purchased at a flea market. More important, there's a reason he was able to escape undetected: This is not the first time. Over 25 years ago, Tackman apparently commandeered a prison van he was being transported in by brandishing an "extremely realistic" gun he had carved out of soap (just like in that Woody Allen movie!) and then tossed the guards in the back with the other prisoners. When he was nabbed again in 1985, he had fashioned a more sophisticated apparatus:
he tried to shoot his way out a prison van using a rubber-band powered zip gun fashioned out of metal tubing and a comb.
He apparently gave up after the officers pulled out their real guns, but still, "The guy is a legend," a source tells the Daily News. Even his lawyer doubts that law enforcement will be able to find him: "He is the quintessential average-looking white guy," he told the paper. "No distinguishing features or marks."
And just like that: Poof. He's gone.
Alleged robber escapes from courtroom [NYP]
Well-suited escape plan: Prisoner walks out of Manhattan Supreme Court by dressing as lawyer [NYDN]
Earlier: Updated: Escaped Con in Three-Piece Suit Crashes Astor Trial, Runs Free
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Filed Under: ballsy crime, the week in astor-ia
Michelle Obama wore a black-and-white-patterned dress and jacket to Copenhagen today to bid for Chicago to host the summer Olympics in 2016. The jacket was a polka-dot pattern and the dress was a square pattern. Maybe it's part of her plan to dizzy and hypnotize the committee. See the full look in the Michelle Obama Look Book.
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Filed Under: michelle obama, mobama watch
It's just what you've been waiting for: a chance to see the cast of the Real Housewives of New York engage in a spirited debate with the cast of the Real Housewives of New Jersey. The topic: Which state is cooler, New York or New Jersey? (You didn't expect them to be debating Iranian nuclear proliferation, did you?) More on this once-in-a-lifetime, $28-per-person, blockbuster event below.
Real Housewives Smack Down at bergenPAC:
New York vs. New Jersey Cast Members Go Head to Head
On October 17, 2009, the home of Bruce Springsteen, the Sopranos and world's best pizza will make history when it hosts the first battle between the casts of the Real Housewives of New Jersey and Real Housewives of New York. Hosted at bergenPAC in Englewood, NJ, table-flipping new mommy Teresa Giudice and Caroline Manzo (Real Housewives of New Jersey) will duel Jill Zarin & Alex McCord (Real Housewives of New York) in a debate on New York versus New Jersey
Drama, colorful language and juicy secrets about the cast members will be revealed at the all-access question and answer session. Early buzz around the event in New Jersey has many fans wondering if the Garden State housewives have the home court advantage.
"Jill and Alex are coming to our turf in North Jersey, so you know that we will have the home team advantage. Manhattan's socialites are about to learn that in Jersey, we take no prisoners," said Teresa Giudice, Real Housewife of New Jersey.
"Teresa and Caroline are stirring the pot with all this talk about the event being on their playground. The New Jersey cast is a knock off of New York and our city puts their entire state to shame. We'll head over the bridge and tunnel for a few hours and slum it up with these girls, just to put them in their place," said Jill Zarin, Real Housewife of New York.
I haven’t written about the new season of Curb yet (that’s what I call it, cause when I used to call it Enthus’ everyone was confused), mostly because rambly posts about generally likable comedies are the exact kind of posts I skip over when I read blogs myself.
But, because we’re all friends here (especially you, commenter who keeps asking me if I want to meet sexy black singles), I’ll go ahead and offer my thoughts on the first two episodes and then you can talk amongst yourselves! (Remember that Mike Myers SNL character, Lothar of the Hill People?)
To me, the first episode felt slightly obligatory — while I love seeing Catherine O’Hara in any capacity, and the episode certainly had its moments, the motivation behind the episode seemed to be “What controversial topics haven’t we broached yet? One, retarded sister, two, cancer. Done.”
Even the gay doctor scene, while very much a standard Curb instantly-awkward interaction, just felt weirdly crammed in. I realize that the episodes do follow a general formula of stuff happening then coming back around on itself, but the strongest episodes in the past (like the Museum Wing Dedication episode from last season) make this happen a lot more naturally, instead of forcing you to sit there thinking “uh oh, when’s this angry doctor gonna come back…” I also initially predicted the cancer diagnosis was a ploy by the doctor and Loretta to test Larry, but now that seems unlikely.
Like last season, though, the second episode was a lot more promising. While I feared a full episode of easy Larry/cancer awkwardness, it was instead a loose collection of bits that allowed Larry to intentionally be his most ridiculous, plus a generous side-plot with the always-awesome J.B. Smoove, all tied together with no fewer than four instances of road head, breaking the previous television record of three held by the show Coach.
They did kind of just skip over the Larry/Loretta fight, Entourage style, and go straight to her leaving in her car, but whatever, they’ve only got a half hour, and the misunderstanding + Larry’s cancer fears + Larry’s rendezvous with Cheryl in the premiere should make for a more interesting overarching plot than usual for the remainder of Season 7.
Have I fittingly analyzed the joy out of this yet? Lemmie throw together some laugh-graphs…
In the meantime, leave your Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 7 thoughts so far in the comments. Favorite parts / lines / season predictions? Anything about Top Chef? You know the drill.
"At one point I was digging goat manure and putting it into a wheelbarrow, and while shoveling it, I just went, 'Oh, my God, this is exactly what I want to be doing right now.' "—Ellen Page on studying permaculture in Oregon [USAT]
"The evening before the ceremony, we rehearsed all night and at the dress rehearsal on the day, we nailed it. But during the actual Oscars show, it was a disaster. I fell down the stairs! Just as well Dominic was holding my hand or I'd have been on my ass. Then my heel got caught in my fishnets during one of the really important turns."—Amanda Seyfried on her Oscars fall [In Style via Contact Music]
“I don’t get hassled by people either when I go shopping. They are so over me here it’s fantastic. They actually roll their eyes at me as if to say ‘Oh not her again’.”—Sandra Bullock on being just another face in the shopping aisle [Showbiz Spy]
"I thought I was going to die for real. I should have felt safe but at a certain point of climbing a mountain, you're in a cloud and you hear a noise that is electricity-what can they do to protect you from electricity in the cloud you're in? So, they were like, 'Sit on your bag, it's made of rubber.' I went, 'Why?' They said, 'So you don't get electrocuted.' I was like, 'Hang on, I'm on a TV show!' I prayed. It was probably about half an hour and this is after two previous meltdowns begging Jack [Osbourne], like, 'Cut! Seriously, rescue me!' and he was like, 'From where? There's nowhere a helicopter can land', so I had to get to the summit to get off."Natalie Imbruglia on her appearance on Celebrity Adrenaline Junkie [Contact Music]
"I'm not sure why. I think the movie is quite good. I'm very proud of it. Maybe people wanted to see the actual Woodstock festival, or maybe Woodstock isn't attractive to youngsters. I had such a fun time making this movie. I don't want to know."—Ang Lee [Boston Globe]
"It might be a complete failure on my part. But the fact that I had to really put myself out there is totally different than being able to hide behind the magic of ILM [Industrial Light and Magic, which did special effects for 'Transformers']. That's no hiding from anything. There's nothing there to distract you from my performance. So if it's bad, it's going to be fucking bad for me. And if it's good, then I will have achieved something on some level."—Megan Fox on the potential complete failure of Jennifer's Body [Nylon via MTV]
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Filed Under: amanda seyfried, ang lee, ellen page, natalie imbruglia, quote machine, sandra bullock
Okay, okay — turnout wasn't quite that low for the primary runoff election yesterday, but still, only about 7 percent of registered Democrats chose John Liu and Bill de Blasio as the party's nominees for comptroller and public advocate, respectively. Both are expected to easily roll over their Republican "competition" in November. Hell, even pseudo-Republican Mayor Bloomberg admits he doesn't know who the Republican candidates are and claims they have "no chance whatsoever." [Newsday]
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Filed Under: bill de blasio, early and often, elections, john liu, politics
According to the Thomas Lennon’s Twitter. We think it’s distinguished!
Striking a blow against Where the Wild Things Are in the battle to have this fall's most depressing-looking kids' movie, the marketers behind Wes Anderson's stop-motion-animated Fantastic Mr. Fox have released a new trailer even more somber than the first one. It's been a few years since we last read the Roald Dahl book on which the film is based, but we remember it being more about stealing chickens and not so much about Mr. Fox's existential midlife crisis ("I'm 7 non-fox years old now and my father died at 7 and a half," says the George Clooney–voiced titular puppet here. "I don't want to live in a hole anymore"). Also, we're not sure how much touting the involvement of Academy Award winners Clooney and Meryl Streep will help with selling this thing to children, who will likely be too busy crying to care about the movie's Oscar-y pedigree. Even so, the look of this movie is pretty amazing and we're still tentatively excited.
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Filed Under: george clooney, meryl streep, movies, the fantastic mr. fox, trailer mix, wes anderson
According to new data, 46 percent of the viewers of The Jay Leno Show time-shift the program (in other words, watch the show via their DVR). Considering that Jay's been averaging just north of 6 million viewers, one can unscientifically extrapolate that over 3 million people (!) have set season passes for the show. We told you earlier today that we DVR the show because it's our job to do so, but what's everyone else's excuse? [Broadcasting & Cable]
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Filed Under: jay leno, nbc, the jay leno show, tv, unsolved mysteries
Here is Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick on the cover of Arena’s Homme Magazine. This man continues to defy our own human logic. First he turns his arm into a giant feather. And now, this B&W cover of Ed looking like a 1920’s weightlifter. What is it about this man? Our brains refuse to wrap around him (for a variety of reasons).
YOUR CHALLENGE: Explain Ed Westwick in 5 Words or Less. Best response will get Tweeted… BY ME!
Here’s Daniel Craig sporting a mustache at the premiere of the new Broadway show A Steady Rain, looking even more Graham Chapman Monty Python inspector character than usual:
Some more Craig / Jackman / Resented Wife pics:
If you find yourself facing a life sentence at Manhattan Supreme Court and you decide you'd rather take your chances and make a run for it, you'll need to execute your big escape is a well-tailored suit. It worked out pretty well for Ronald Tackman this morning. The career criminal facing five counts of robbery in Manhattan (he's also accused of another robbery in Queens) pulled the move this morning and managed to get mistaken for a lawyer in the process:
Tackman, who had been awaiting trial on Rikers Island, was "impeccably dressed" in a jacket and tie when he arrived for a pre-trial hearing on the 13th floor, the source said. Somehow, Tackman managed to sneak down two flights to a holding area for prisoners awaiting trial - and where a court officer mistook him for a lawyer, according to the source. "Counselor, what are you doing here?" the officer asked, the source said. Another courthouse source said Tackman was not handcuffed and in a suit. "The officer didn't even challenge him," the second source said. "He just walked out."
If you see Tackman, don't panic. He isn't considered dangerous. Then again, the chances of actually spotting him seem to be pretty slim. He's described by one official as "the quintessential average-looking white guy." [NYDN, NYP]
Olivia Palermo holding hands with boyfriend Johannes Huebl in the West Village ... Liev Schreiber carrying son Sasha on his shoulders downtown ... Andrew McCarthy on the 86th Street crosstown bus ... Hilary Duff shooting scenes for Gossip Girl with Penn Badgley and Jessica Szhor in Chelsea ... Matthew Broderick walking son James to school in the Village ... Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard eating lunch outside at Cafe Gitane on Mott Street ... Matt Damon walking to the set of The Adjustment Bureau ... Wyclef Jean standing outside Vento Trattoria on Hudson Street ... Vanessa Williams and Michael Urie shooting scenes for Ugly Betty ... and Naomi Watts leaving the Schoenfeld Theatre.
Karl Marx once said, “The measure of a society’s greatness is directly proportional to how closely it has come to making Pee Wee’s Big Adventure come true.” Now that Pee Wee’s Rube Goldberg-style breakfast-making machine is essentially a reality, I can proudly say that humanity is now the greatest it has ever been.
Sadly, you don’t get to see the machine in full-blown action (what a breakfast c*cktease), but you get the idea. Hopefully Francis won’t do anything to sabotage this project:
Mob princess Victoria Gotti ran into a bit of financial trouble a few months ago and almost lost control of her gaudy mansion on Long Island, as you may recall. We're guessing it was the stack of bills piling up on her white marble coffee table that led her to sign a deal earlier this year to pen a book about her, uh, rather interesting life, especially since she'd backed out of a deal to write a similar "tell-all memoir" a couple of years earlier in order "protect" her family's "reputation." But the financial crisis changed all that and Gotti's book, This Family of Mine, arrived in bookstores this week.
So is it really the "explosive memoir that captures the Gottis as they are—unvarnished, raw, and real"?
The Post has been running excerpts from the book for the past few days and what may be most entertaining about it is how unreal (and unintentionally hilarious) it is. Take, for example, this bit about how she suddenly learned that her then-husband, Carmine, just so happened to be in the family business, too:
I remember when I first found out my so-called hard working husband was part of the mob. Most people won't believe me, but I honestly had no idea he had anything to do with "the life."
Carmine came home one night in 1998 and said he had "something important" to speak to me about. He told me he was going to be arrested.
He was a legitimate businessman who had built an empire -- I couldn't imagine what he could possibly be arrested for.
Priceless. It almost makes us want to trek out to Long Island this Saturday to see her in person and hear her read these passages aloud. Almost!
Excerpts from Victoria Gotti's tell-all [NYP]
CBS has officially confirmed that a Criminal Minds spinoff is in the works, whose existence I look forward to being made aware of purely through ads during NFL games. Note that the headline just says “CBS brainstorms ‘Minds’ spinoff,” because those of us in the know just call the show ‘Minds’ to save us time (Example: “Yo biotch, you slammin’ over fo’ Minds this week as ushe’, right? Word upppppppp!”)
In case the show hasn’t come up with a title and a concept yet, here’s a list of suggestions for possible titles of the show that are the existing title of the show followed by a colon and the name of a city:
1. Criminal Minds: New York
2. Criminal Minds: Miami
3. Criminal Minds: Portland
4. Criminal Minds: Salem, Massachusetts
5. Criminal Minds: Colonial Williamsburg
6. Criminal Minds: Mount Rushmore
7. Criminal Minds: Crime City
8. Criminal Minds: Mindtowne
9. Criminal Minds: Joe Mantegnaville
10. Criminal Minds: Location!
Other suggestions? Leave ‘em in the comments. If you can come up with any, that is, it’s not easy.
It’s nearly October, and you know what that means: Time for photos of celebrities posing on a makeshift toilet!
Today is a doozy. Guess which legendary pop singer decided to take it the ladylike route by wearing a tasteful pair of leather hipster boyshorts?
Answer ahead. Hint: If you’re Dave Coulier, do not click.
It’s Alanis Morissette!
We always wonder when we see photos like this… what’s the purpose? Is it to prove that people can in fact look sexy while taking a monster dump in the toi? Or is Alanis showing off that “she’s still got it”, it, of course, being her laser hair removal technician? Oh wait, hold up: Is it so that people can get turned on?
No, Alanis. Take your BJ boots off, put some culottes on, and walk away. We’ll still love you, but just walk away.
More photos of Alanis gettin all Parker Posey as well as jogging in her PJs at ONTD.
Reuters - After eight days of frenzied shows and presentations, Milan fashion week officially ended on Wednesday, but the majority of the international press and buyers had already gone.
Reuters - Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman provide a textbook lesson in how movie-star charisma can elevate mediocre material in "A Steady Rain," this fall's hottest Broadway ticket.
 guardian.co.uk | Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has enjoyed life of luxury ... New York Daily News Film director Roman Polanski has lived a comfortable life while on the lam, including a swanky home in France with his wife, actress Emmanuelle Seigner. Yes, and he should go willingly to face his charges and make things right. No. ... Polanski facing more time in jail Polanski faces months behind bars as extradition battle unfolds Hollywood embraces Roman Polanski |
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