AP - The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the defendants.
AP - The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the defendants.
AP - The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the defendants.
Countdown with A.O. Scott and Michael Phillips Begins Weekend of October 24th BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- At the Movies announced today that film critics A.O.... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
DALLAS, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Interstate All Battery Center (IABC) today announced its weekly podcast series offering potential franchisees insightful tips and expert advice on Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
BOSTON, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Tickets-for-Charity is now offering Boston Celtics fans a new way to access high-demand seats to catch this season's action at the TD... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 Oct 2009 | 4:00 am
Paul McCartney will return to Hamburg, where The Beatles honed their craft, to launch his first European tour in five years. McCartney announced Thursday he will play the German city on... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 Oct 2009 | 3:37 am
AP - Paul McCartney will return to Hamburg, where The Beatles honed their craft, to launch his first European tour in five years. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 Oct 2009 | 3:36 am
AP - American prosecutors closely monitored Roman Polanski in Austria and considered seeking his arrest there in the days before the director's apprehension in Switzerland, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.
A pharmacist who refused to fill prescriptions for Anna Nicole Smith's doctors is due to testify when a preliminary hearing resumes. Ira Freeman, who has said he feared the drugs... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 Oct 2009 | 3:19 am
(Reuters) Reuters - NASCAR and cinema advertising firm Screenvision have struck a partnership that will bring original stock car content to Screenvision's theater preshow. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 Oct 2009 | 12:23 am
Rob Report: Rob Corddry has signed a plum new deal with Warner Bros calling for the Daily Show alum to create, produce and star in a pilot for the studio, which it will then shop for him. The story Corddry is working with revolves around an unconventional family that exists in a not-quite-this-world world. "It's a weird world kind of comedy. Like in the movie The Invention of Lying, it will be set in a world that doesn't run by an exact rule," he said. We can guarantee one rule it will run by though—being awesome. [Variety]
Poor Kid:Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky are developing a comedy for Showtime based on the memoir of Craig Chester, the gay son of born-again parents who went on to a career in indie films. Tentatively titled Rapture, the story would be told from the perspective of a 9-year-old Chester, who's not only dealing with his own sexuality but learning how to handle his born-again mother and his guitar playing dad. Sounds like this family could use a visit to Kudrow's Dr. Fiona Wallice. [Variety]
More Blood Please: The CW has placed its order for a full back nine episodes of The Vampire Diaries. The new Melrose Place didn't get the same treatment but it did score an order for five more shows. Only six episodes into their first seasons, the two shows are on divergent paths. The Vampire Diaries is a legit hit and Melrose is not. But CW execs are still holding out hope that Heather Locklear's arrival will make everything better. It won't. [Variety]
Thug Life: The Korean gangster flick A Dirty Carnival is getting the remake treatment by Sparkler Entertainment and CJ Entertainment. Chris Hauty (Never Back Down) is on board to write the script about the rise and fall of a small-time thug who collects debts for Korean gangsters while also dealing with his family's own financial problems. Sparkler Entertainment was behind National Treasure, which means the money the thug is collecting will probably have some mysterious and convoluted code on it. Someone call Nic Cage. [Variety]
Bullets Fly: Don't let anyone ever tell you Chow Yun-fat doesn't have a sense of humor. Why someone would be on the topic of Chow Yun-fat's ability to be funny is irrelevant. Just be able to defend him with the knowledge that he's about to star in a comedy called Let the Bullets Fly. You'll look like a kung-fu expert and there's nothing wrong with that. [Variety]
Jay Walder, the new chairman of the MTA, started work 15 days ago and he already has huge plans. The most significant: introducing a new computerized fare card to charge passengers different prices at different times of the day, including lower fares for riding late at night and on the weekends. Walder, who helped develop a similar plan in London, told the Times, “We have an infrastructure that is set for the capacity of the peak. What we really want to do is use that infrastructure all the time.”
His plans don't stop there. Walder also wants to install digital arrival clocks on subway platforms and GPS devices at bus stops so passengers know exactly when the next bus will blow right by them. He wants no-swipe fare cards that are linked to credit card accounts too.
And yeah, these changes all sound innovative and amazing. But honestly we'd go back to paying with coins if it meant no fare hike.
WASHINGTON - A coalition of mega-bands and singers outraged that music - including theirs - was cranked up to help break unco-operative detainees at Guantanamo Bay is joining retired... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 11:44 pm
In an interview with Rolling Stone Lady Gaga let loose with some deets about The Monster Ball, the upcoming solo tour she put together after Kanye canceled on her to chill in Pondicherry. The tour will be a "pop-electro opera," she said. "Imagine if you could take the sets of an opera, which are very grand and very beautiful, and put them through a pop-electro lens. The design of the show is very, very forward, very, very innovative." Also: "The fashion, certainly, is going to be another exploration... The theme of monsters is certainly going to be an influence, as well as the theme of evolution and change. It's going to be a truly artistic experience that is going to take the form of the greatest post-apocalyptic house party that you've ever been to." Get your tickets yesterday. [Rolling Stone]
NASSAU, Bahamas - The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas ended in a mistrial Wednesday after a lawmaker suggested... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 11:40 pm
NASSAU (Reuters) - A Bahamian Supreme Court judge declared a mistrial late on Wednesday in the case of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from Hollywood actor John Travolta, Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 11:39 pm
John Travolta's nightmare continues.
Suspecting juror misconduct, a Bahamian judge has declared a mistrial in the case of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from...
As if we weren't terrified enough of swine flu, along come the Japanese and their H1N1 infected robots. Of course, these sweating, convulsing, moaning and crying automatons are supposed to help humans learn how to cure swine flu, not attack us and pass the virus on. But they're robots! Who knows what they'll do? [Animal NY]
Ever since learning that The Roots would serve as Jimmy Fallon's house band, pretty much everyone in the world has wondered how the hell that happened. Why The Roots would leave behind their perpetual schedule of touring and releasing albums and growing into elder statesmen of hip hop, no one knew. But once Fallon's show started, everyone (or at least those who watched) were glad they did. Now, The Roots drummer ?uestlove tells Paste how America's most respected hip-hop group became a late-night house band:
I was the musical supervisor for the Chappelle Show, which is basically two people—Dave Chappelle and Neil Brennan, aka the white guy. Neil was set to come over to Fallon to be the producer of the show, but at last minute he got movie offers. He did that film with Jeremy Piven, so he decided to go to Hollywood. However, I guess as a side comment he said to Fallon, “Know what would be great—why don’t you get The Roots to be your house band?” He meant it as a joke because he knew we’d never give up the life of traveling. Then we just happened to see Jimmy at a show we did at UCLA. He said, “Hey, I know it’s a weird idea.” He knew we wouldn’t even consider it because who would give up their 18th straight year of traveling to slow down and be 40-year-old beings for a second? We laughed, “Ha, that’s real funny,” then three days later we were like, “Wait a minute, hang on.” We called him back, but it was a crazy Mexican stand off. We said, “OK, we’ll consider it,” but he thought we were bluffing, then of course we thought he was bluffing. It took about three weeks for everyone to put their guns down and take each other seriously because time was ticking. He needed to get a band, and we had three weeks to convince each other we were serious and finally put our guns down and be serious about it.
How can mags like OK! publish celeb photos without their permission? Kristen Stewart stated she's sick of herself in all the papers, can't she do something?
—Ana,...
Here they are, America—your top 20!
On tonight's So You Think You Can Dance, "Your… judges!" settled on their favorite contenders to take the show into its...
AP - A coalition of mega-bands and singers outraged that music — including theirs — was cranked up to help break uncooperative detainees at Guantanamo Bay is joining retired military officers and liberal activists to rally support for President Barack Obama's push to shutter the Navy-run prison for terrorist suspects in Cuba.
One Top Chef team named its restaurant Revolt, which is right up there with E. Coli as a name you should never pick for an eatery.
However, it was the other team that drew the revolting...
President Obama was in New Jersey today holding hands with and drumming up support for Jon Corzine. The New Jersey Democrat is the first incumbent governor to seek reelection since Obama became president and his success or failure will, fairly or not, be regarded as Obama's success or failure. In front of a crowd of 3,000, Obama talked about how Corzine helped mitigate the effects of the financial crisis by maintaining education and health care funding and launching the first state stimulus plan.
“For the last four years, you’ve had a leader who’s put the interests of hardworking New Jersey families ahead of the special interests,” Obama said, adding that Corzine is one of the “best partners I have in the White House.” Obama also acknowledged that "folks are hurting," a comment Corzine's opponent Chris Christie quickly seized upon. "The president is right, these are awful times in New Jersey," he said. "I just think Jon Corzine is not the solution." Sounds like someone wants to lock fingers with the president.
Once Rob Zombie releases Hellbilly Deluxe 2: Noble Jackals, Penny Dreadfuls and the Systematic Dehumanization of Cool next year he will officially be free from the grasp of Geffen Records. And now that he's a fledgling director of award-winning films, he may never go back to the art form that first made him famous. In an interview with The Pulse of Radio he said:
"We're already trying to figure it out, 'cause this is the last record that I owe Geffen. My contract is up. Whether or not I re-sign, we haven't had that conversation, but this is the last record I'm obligated to make. I mean, I've been on the label now for like 19 years. So I don't know. I mean, it is almost becoming like you're not sure —how will people get music a year from now?"
This is terrible news! Without Zombie, who will release albums with 13-word titles?
No, Madge isn't going to guest star on Glee, but the sinewy icon has given the show rights to her catalog. That means an all-Madonna airing early next year and, we hope, an ensemble rendition of "Like a Virgin." As if this wasn't enough Glee-tastic news for the night, EW also passes along word that the creators are considering offering Adam Lambert a guest role. And that couldn't make any more sense. [EW]
Actress Nicole Kidman speaks during the "International Violence Against Women: Stories and Solutions" hearing on October 21 in Washington, DC. Kidman is a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 6:32 pm
Neil Patrick Harris proved he could host the Emmys, but who knew he could kick Batman's butt—just by using his diaphragm?
In this exclusive look at his guest shot on Cartoon...
Like just about every adult who is able to read at or above a fourth grade level, we devoured Freakonomics when it came out back in 2005. In fact, we loved the book so much that we even suggested that Hollywood turn it into a rom-com starring Drew Barrymore. Our reaction to the book was shared by many, which goes a long way towards explaining why its sequel, SuperFreakonomics, raced to the top of the sales charts when it was released yesterday. However, Flavorwire points out that there is already a brewing storm of controversy surrounding Stephen Dubner and Steven Levitt's second attempt at capturing the zeitgeist. Specifically, some environmental bloggers and even one of the duo's colleagues at the New York Times have accused them of bungling some facts about Al Gore's favorite topic of dinnertime conversation: Global warming.
The problems initially arose when a sneak peak of the global warming chapter of Levitt and Dubner's book was published online (it has since been taken down). Blogger Joseph Romm penned a takedown piece (one, mind you, that we barely understood) on the environmental website Grist. In his post, he described their stance as being "staggeringly illogical" and even went as far as to invent an acronym called FAKER (which stands for "Famous “Authorities” whose Knowledge is Extremely Rudimentary") to describe the authors. As you might expect, the SuperFreakonomics guys didn't take this playground name calling well and posted a point-by-point rebuttal to the "smear" piece (their words) on their New York Times hosted website.
Now, it's important to note that your friendly Vulture editors stopped taking hard science courses in high school and instead focused our energies on memorizing trivial things like the lyrics to the Saved By The Bell theme song. In other words, we're not really in a position to say who's right and who's wrong in this war of words. That said, there is one thing about the publishing industry that we do know: A little bit of controversy has never hurt book sales. And for that, we're betting Levitt and Dubner are feeling at least a little bit optimistic about the prospects for their first week sales.
Caution: Paparazzi in mirror are closer than they appear.
A security car trailing a vehicle that was carrying Michael Jackson's three children was rear-ended by a photographer this...
Before he was allegedly stuffing his 6-year-old in a box, hiding him in the attic and then calling the police to say the boy just floated off in a giant balloon, reality-show dreamer...
To Julian Casablancas, it must seem as if the whole world’s gone crazy: the hip kids are either in sweaters and boat shoes or tie-dyes and Tevas (Animal Collective totally wear Tevas). As the second terrific available song off Casablancas’s November 3 solo disc, Phrazes for the Young confirms, he’s still all about the black-leather cool. Or maybe it’s black-latex cool: musically, the dark, clanking “River of Brakelights” shares something with industrial music. Spiritually, it’s pure Strokes — if the Strokes were ever spiritual: It’s the story of a night gone wrong with a chick who, probably, seemed so right. If that sounds like a far cry from industrial-style dystopia, consider that they’re stuck in traffic, maybe even on the BQE. There’s something to put notions of progress behind you.
• Adam Lambert released his first music video today, the 2012 theme song "Time for Miracles." Is this how the Mayans predicted the world would end—fire, mass...
Alice + Olivia designer Stacey Bendet is not one of the friends of Ali Wise that the Post this morning claimed has dropped the former Dolce & Gabbana publicist like a season-old handbag. Bendet took to — where else — her Facebook page to go after the Post and defend her friend. (And to do a little merchandise plugging while she was at it.) Since the tabloid probably isn't Facebook friends with her and probably won't even see the status updates, we've reprinted them here.
You hear that? Every reality-show girl uses a SpoofCard. Just, you know, maybe not to hack into romantic rivals' voice mails 700 times in a row.
Front Page: Keychest technology allows cross-platform access -- As studios search for the Next Big Thing after DVDs, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is working on a system to offer consumers access to movies anywhere, anytime.
Much earlier in the current decade I was twice named one of the "30 under 30" business journalists, a list that also included Andrew Ross Sorkin, whose book party I attended last night at the Monkey Bar. There, too, to honor him was a carefully curated crowd of billionaires, billionaire's wives, billionaire aspirants, and the print and television journalists charged with getting that rarefied crowd to talk to them. "So that's why you look familiar!" Sorkin said when I asked, by way of soliciting an autograph for my copy of Too Big To Fail, if he remembered me. I handed my book to him.
"Can you write, 'Work harder! Get smarter!'" I asked, referencing the mantra with which Tim Geithner somewhat pitifully attempts to bully the bankers into hammering out a private bailout of Lehman Brothers on page 326. "Wow, you really did read it!" Sorkin complimented me. He's good at his job.
In truth, I had wanted to get Jamie Dimon to sign Sorkin's book. Because some bank failures and some douchebags are bigger than others, and even in a sector of society as loathsome and shallow and removed from the disastrous consequences of its actions as this one, there are a few special people who get that there is more to all this than zeroes and winning, and Jamie Dimon is the last best hope for that, in addition to being insanely, insanely hot.
But Jamie Dimon spent most of the evening chatting with John Mack and Graydon Carter in an impossibly inaccessible section at the center of the Monkey Bar dining room that seems to have been engineered to allow luminaries the luxury of being optimally ogled without the burden of being talked to. Rodge Cohen was there too, as was Jack Welch, and Maria Bartiromo and Becky Quick and former car czar Steve Rattner.
Alas, Jamie Dimon was first to exit, and as I scrambled to chase him down I tripped on the stairs, managing to draw blood from two completely unrelated places on my body in the process. I caught him approximately twelve feet from the door. "Hi, um, hi, well," I blurted. "We are big fans over at New York Magazine."I really do have to go, but I'm glad to hear it," he said (radiantly). "Better to be liked than to be hated!"
Most of these guys deserve something less than adulation as we conclude yet another year of record Wall Street bonuses. But this was a room, and Too Big To Fail is a book, rather thoroughly insulated from anything so vulgar or off-putting as hatred. In spite of the efforts of Matt Taibbi and apocalyptic conspiracy-theorizing bloggers, New York hasn't really taken to the whole "populist outrage" thing, perhaps because we're all a little too vain and enterprising and aspirational for that sort of thing, or maybe because as long as we're unemployed we're grateful for the free booze.
But a year ago we'd been mad about something — and scared, and surprised. Yes, this business had always been corrupt and cutthroat and ruthless and greedy and not particularly respectful of women, but all that had never seemed so wrong until we were forced to confront the notion that the unchecked pursuit of wealth and power we might have always suspected to be unhealthy could in fact destroy the whole financial system …
And anyway, I was saying something tedious along these lines to someone when I spotted Meredith Whitney.
"Oh my God," I blabbered, and my companion Bess Levin of DealBreaker was babbling, too.
"You are, like, our idol."
The celebrity analyst, whose initial inspiration for her series of prescient and bearish reports on the banking sector was, it is worth pointing out, Hurricane Katrina, smiled graciously, though she seemed less than receptive to my invitation to chat about gender on Wall Street. Oh, well.
"I must admit," Sorkin wrote us this morning, "I was completely bowled over by the turnout. It was quite incredible to reassemble so many characters from the book in one room all together. For a book that shows so many of these characters with their warts and all in the midst of the greatest panic of their lives, I am tremendously grateful that they came out to support me."
Regarding those "warts," though: Nearly everyone in attendance was sporting impeccable skin, though few complexions (aside from Jamie Dimon's) rivaled that of Sorkin himself.
From a high-powered career gal who always announces the best route à la Holly Hunter in Broadcast News:
"Hmm. Not really, but I have gotten "Why is such a pretty girl crying?"
From a tech writer:
"I guess so, a cab driver once gave me earrings. And a scarf. And told me I'd make a good wife."
From a TV writer:
"Yeah, they just say I'm pretty and ask if I have a boyfriend; a lot of young drivers do that."
From a publicist: :
"Totally. I almost invited one guy up to my apartment to watch Anchorman before coming to my senses."
From a nonprofit director:
"Yeah, but it only happens when I wear certain things. I think they just think I'm a prostitute!"
That last one is the conclusion we came to as well — a combination of chattiness and slurred speech would probably look like flirting to any young dude with whom we just happen to be alone in an intimate space rather than, say, in a bar. One more reason to love New York, where a "leering" cab driver is (usually) just a funny story.
Wigs had a big fashion moment for the spring 2009 season, when Martin Margiela sent coats made of wigs down the runway. A wig print just turned up on the runway at Carlos Diez's show at Cibeles Fashion Week in Madrid this week. Blogger Susie Bubble writes that one such piece "absolutely NEEDS to be paired with Charlie le Mindu's latest wig creations and downy hair pieces of outerwear." Here you see Carlos Diez's wig outfit paired with a wig from le Mindu's fall collection. The man has also made some phenomenal skirts and tops with hair. And perhaps the most epic nipple tassels known to man. And his spring collection, which you can see in Susie Bubble's post, is even hairier. If this stuff catches on, Chewbacca will finally be on trend.
• Both Google and Facebook are getting into the music biz, apparently. [NYT] • ESPN's Steve Phillips has a pretty messy sex scandal on his hands. [NYP] • Condé Nast's latest effort to branch out: It's starting discount travel site called Jetsetter in partnership with Gilt Groupe. Meanwhile, this week's Observer recaps Condé's recent problems and reflects on the good 'ol days. [NYT, NYO] • People's decision to pay big bucks for exclusive pics of kidnapee Jaycee Dugard sure paid off. The issue sold 2 million copies last week. [WWD] • Who will be the next editor of BusinessWeek? Jon Friedman thinks former Portfolio editor Joanne Lipman would be a "fine choice." And she may be, provided Bloomberg is looking to destroy what's left of the magazine. [MW] • Michael Steele is now (officially) Us Weekly's editor-in-chief. [NYT] • How many people despise cable news clown Glenn Beck? Enough that the network has hired a bodyguard to follow him everywhere he goes. [P6] • Yet another book "by" Michael Jackson may be coming soon. Super! [Crain's]
On ABC’s Modern Family (airing tonight), Ty Burrell plays Phil, a husband and father of three who’s obsessed with being a cool dad. He attempts to learn the dance from High School Musical, addresses his daughter’s boyfriend as "dude," and claims to know all the popular IM abbreviations: “WTF — why the face!” Burrell, who starred in a number of aborted sitcoms before landing this role, nails the delusional Phil, a character he says is unsettlingly close to his own personality. We spoke with Burrell about improvising, working with Ed O’Neil, and not knowing what a Grup is.
The show has been getting great reviews and feedback.
It never gets old.
Were you worried about a letdown after all the positive buzz about the pilot?
Yeah, I was nervous about it. I was like, damn, that pilot is so good. I got really nervous that we couldn't all keep it up, but after the first episode back, everybody sort of relaxed. The construct of the show is really cool, it’s kind of a brilliant machine of the three families, being so open-ended.
Are you a fan of single-camera comedies?
My issue with single-camera shows in the past — and most of them I’ve genuinely liked — is that they’re not from the heart, you know? They’re very ironic. So I’ve kind of kept them at arm’s length. I may be misquoting, but I think there’s actually a Paul Simon quote about trying to write a love song, and that if you aim too high it's sentimental, and if you aim too low you’re too cool, too clever, but if you hit the right note there’s nothing like it. And I feel like these guys hit it right on.
How much of the show is improvisation?
I would say it’s like 90/10 as far as scripted to improvisation. But then the on-camera interviews are a little bit more improv, and that’s been really fun and that’s also incredibly collaborative. I’ll improvise and then usually somebody like [co-creators] Chris [Lloyd] or Steve [Levitan] will come around from behind the camera and say, "you know, keep that, and maybe throw in this joke or throw in that."
You have a lot of those interviews. Do you have more than the other cast members?
Uh, I don’t know. I think there’s a possibility that maybe that, much like myself, Phil is just a vain ham.
How are you like Phil?
Obviously, for comic reasons, our similarities are magnified, but the magnification is times 1.2, or whatever those weird reading glasses are. It’s thick; it’s a magnification of myself. And Chris and Steve had written the part with me in mind, which gives you another indication of how ridiculously oblivious I am in person.
Can you give me an example?
Recently, after talking myself up, I went to play basketball with Chris, who is a very good basketball player. I then proceeded to humiliate myself like, I mean, in epic, epic proportions, dribbling off my feet, throwing passes to nobody out of bounds. So I was shooting longer and longer three pointers until basically, people just weren’t giving me the ball anymore.
So do you think Phil is you, but with only the bad characteristics?
No! What I like about Phil — and what I hope is true about myself — is that he’s really well intended, and he cares a lot about being a good dad and a good husband. I’ve played bitter people, many, many bitter people in my past, and it’s really a very different thing, I’ve found, to play somebody who’s really very happy to stick his chin back out right after getting it punched.
Do you realize that our magazine coined the term ‘Grup,’ about hipster dads, and Phil is the first Grup on TV?
Oh, really? Say it again?
Grups, it’s a contraction of “grown-ups.”
Oh, I love that, that’s hilarious. I just saw some, I think. I was walking in and out of a building and guys yelled, ‘Phil Dunphy!’ and I’m pretty sure they’re unaware that I’m probably playing them.
Paul Smith isn't in the news a lot, but maybe he should be, because he says some amazingly blunt things in the Telegraph's profile of him today.
First, he hates fashion shows, even though they allow the industry to assess who's cool and important and who's not through very high-school means:
"I've always preferred the creative process of designing and selling clothes to the idea of putting on a poncey fashion show. It would be wonderful if fashion shows died out completely. They're so time-consuming and costly."
He also doesn't care if fashion shows are good for young designers, and seems to feel a bit bad for those models who have to walk down the runway with their breasts showing:
"It's their 15 minutes of fame: pure, self-indulgent theatre. How many girls were there this year in horns or neck braces with bare breasts? It wouldn't matter if they didn't take it all so seriously, but the fashion world is a dangerous, superficial and fickle place."
He doesn't care what people wear:
"If a person is nice, with good manners, I couldn't give a damn if he's wearing a shell suit."
He is sick of celebrity designers:
"I'm not interested in all that. Those celebrity designers … " he sighs, referring to the surge of high-street collections by figures like Madonna, Lily Allen and Kate Moss, "they have neither the training nor the design awareness necessary in the business, which means it must be purely about ego and money. I wouldn't bring in a celebrity to work at Paul Smith in a million years. Actually," he leans forward, "make that a trillion."
And the kicker:
"I have a really enjoyable, interesting life, and I'm aware of that every day."
Front Page: Majors renting out space to boost revenue streams -- The mantra of cash-strapped congloms is to find new revenue streams. And for many studios, one answer is right in their own backyards.
Perhaps aware that the State Senate wouldn't listen to him anyway, Governor Paterson refrained today from saying whether he thought convicted spouse abuser Hiram Monserrate should step down from his Senate post. [NYP]
Anna Sui signed on to create a limited-edition boot for FitFlop, the shoes that give your calves a workout while you walk. The boot comes in black, brown, and blue, and will be available on Net-A-Porter.com starting November 10. Other than the studded-gold-star design, these look like a glitzy version of Uggs, though the designer's pair does a good job disguising the curvy sole that makes the flip-flop version look so strange. [PSFK via Racked]
Well, that answers that question! We've just received word via a press release that Broadway's Shrek: The Musical will drop its final curtain on January 3, 2010. Way to wimp out, Katzenberg.
Just yesterday, former Big Brother winner Adam "Baller" Jasinski was arrested after trying to sell 2,000 oxycodone pills to a DEA agent. And now today, Smallville's Sam Jones has been busted on charges that he also conspired to possess and distribute over 10,000 of the very same pills. Geez, what we wouldn't give to go back to the days when the only people with such high demand for oxy were pizza-faced teens! [TMZ]
More details have emerged on the Fashion Incubator that the city is setting up with the CFDA. The twelve winning designers will each get a space to work out of on the fourth floor of an office building at 209 West 38th Street for $1,500 each, almost half of the market price for such real estate. This is good for the landlord because the building is a showroom building, and those kinds of tenants want to be around other hip and sexy tenants. With the Fashion Incubator project, the CFDA can handpick twelve such sexy leasers for him. [City Room/NYT]
MAKEUP
• The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce presented a Friend of the Hollywood Walk of Fame star to L'Oréal Paris. The brand's spokeswomen, Eva Longoria-Parker, Andie MacDowell, and Kate del Castillo, unveiled the star yesterday. [In Style UK]
• If you buy the new limited-edition Chanel Noirs Obscurs Collection makeup, don't wear it all at once. Unless you want to look Goth. [Beauty 411]
PLASTIC SURGERY
• A Hungarian woman competing at Miss Plastic, a pageant for women with plastic surgery, landed in the hospital after falling over onstage and tearing a foot ligament. She fell because her breast implants were so new that she hadn't adjusted to the extra weight. [Daily Beauty Reporter/Allure]
NAILS
• Nubar released a collection of nail polishes inspired by chocolate, with colors like raspberry truffle, chocolate caramel, cherry cordial, Swiss chocolate, chocolate coffee bean, and milk chocolate crème. Yum! [Beauty Xposé]
SKIN
• Bliss introduced new shower gels named Soapy Suds Body Wash + Bubbling Bath, and appears to be phasing out its older line of shower gels completely. A good thing for your wallet, as the new soap is $18 per bottle, while the old ones were $24 per container. [Beauty Addict]
Finally, some happy tears to be shed on ABC's Brothers & Sisters.
Sources tell me that along with a wedding, an extended hot French romance (Gilles Marini, anyone?) and a...
Why did the Council of Fashion Designers of America just publish a cookbook? Because "food and fashion both start with an 'f,'" explains Diane von Furstenberg, adding that "all designers love to cook," which may very well be true but fails to explain why these designers haven't been sharing their creations with the stick-thin models that appear in their fashion shows up until now.
In any event, if the idea of whipping up Cynthia Rowley's truffle mac and cheese, Tory Burch's Andalusian gazpacho, Michael Kors's pot roast, or a batch of Zac Posen's butterscotch wafers appeals to you, you're in luck. Just don't expect Robert Verdi to come over for dinner. Not that you'd want him to, of course.
Lucas Lantheir, of the band the Deadfly Ensemble, describes his current look as "a mix of all the junk shops and military surplus stores I've been to." Only his glasses are local; the rest come from as far away as the Czech Republic and Montreal. Lanthier hardly ever wears turtlenecks (they make him feel sleazy), but does dress up for his performances. Find out what he wears onstage and more by watching the video.
Reuters - When a young couple decides to leap off the beaten path to explore nature in all its rugged extremes, you know they are heading for the vacation from hell. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Oct 2009 | 3:42 pm
Front Page: B.O. fluctuation shuts down DreamWorks project -- "Shrek the Musical," the first legit outing from DreamWorks Theatricals, will shutter Jan. 3 after a little more than a year on the boards.
It's been a Monty Python world lately -- and we're not even talking about the absurdity and silliness of current events, such as balloon boys and confessional celebrities.
Jewelry designer Lorraine Schwartz created Beyoncé's famous metal glove. "She wanted something a little bit harder and robotic for the 'I Am ... Sasha Fierce' album," Schwartz said. "She kept thinking about having a superhero-like look and she wasn't sure exactly how, but I presented her with a few of my ideas and drawings of the glove." Beyoncé, you may recall, hired Thierry Mugler to design her costumes after seeing his work at the Met's Costume Institute superheroes exhibit. Schwartz continues:
I said we should use titanium because it weighs, like, nothing, compared to gold or silver. We actually did a mold of her hand in wax and it was a pretty incredible experience. At first, people didn't understand it and now I've gone to restaurants and I see people wearing knockoff versions.
If this is true, we are disgustingly jealous because we have yet to see a person other than Beyoncé go out in public with their hand in a metal case. And we have seen some scary things on the streets: people in slashed leggings, purses with tails, girls at bars in just these. We don't put it past the general public, and Schwartz is a lovely designer, but which restaurants is she eating at? The Café of Lies?
When a friend passed along this trailer for “Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!” (via Buzzfeed), I assumed, as we all would, that this was going to be some sort of over the top, super super G, insensitive, Nia Vardalos-like piece-of-shtick movie puke that would stink my entire office up with the scent of palpable corpse rot.
Then, something unprecedented happened.
The trailer… looked… AMAZING. One thud after another, our collective jaws dropped bone-trou at the INCREDIBLE CAST (all caps indicate zero sarcasm) (last aside was really serious) (great, now everything sounds sarcastic).
First, our eyes feasted upon Lainie Kazan, who has already proven her incredible Jewish motherly skills as the matron saint in You Don’t Mess With the Zohan. No one can wear a long plus-sized Dana Buchman blazer like Lainie, believe us. Then, even better, Saul Rubinek rolls in as her husband. If, like us, True Romance is one of your favorite movies, then you, like us, have had a serious “Rubinek Hole” (medical term) in your heart since his star turn as Lee Donowitz, the cokey director of Coming Home in a Body Bag and professional Balki-asswhipper.
But things only get better from there. Next thing I know, Queer Eye’sJai Rodriguez is all “Vassup?” and then Bruce Vilanche comes out of nowhere, slaps me in the face with a piece of ham, and is like “Hayyyy!”. Before I can order another cosmo, Vincent “Big Pussy” Pastore rolls in to butch things up a little. It’s a mindf*ck from space.
Then Carmen Electra shows up and pees all over our Jellyfish parade.
No matter. Even Carmen Electra can’t spoil this trailer/movie. Good on the casting people for pulling together C- and D-list talent that is actually talented, and making a trailer that actually looks, well, adorable.
So? Noo? When is it coming out? Wait a second… How could they not use the obvious “Coming Out in November” pun? Did Boat Trip already hop on that sh*t or what?
In other news, you cold always save yourself the time and money and sit through this, the film’s original inspiration clearly:
Who hasn't heard their male friends lament the lack of good menswear at affordable prices? Sure, a great suit from Thom Browne is always an option, but what casual pieces can a guy buy without going mass-market? Lately, more and more designers are filling this void in the market, including EUBIQ NY by Shirley Lee. The line launched in fall 2007, and offers up clean, well-constructed jackets, shirts, and pants at prices that range from $48 (for tees) to $450 (for coats). "We take an 'everyman' approach to design — everything has to have a high wearability factor with functional design details," Lee explains. "It should flatter the man who wears it." And what guy wouldn't love that? Already, EUBIQ has a slew of celebrity fans, from Josh Duhamel to Jim Sturgess, and they've had requests by, yes, Ringo Starr and Penn Badgley. (They had us at Ringo.) Lee began designing menswear after trying to find the perfect pair of pants for her boyfriend. Realizing it was easier to just make them herself, she launched a capsule collection, and currently works in natural fabrics like cotton, wool, and cashmere, "what I like to call fabrics with a personality," she says. "But I also really enjoy working with technical and water-repellent fabrics, like carbon-coated cottons, for instance." And ladies, lest you start pilfering from your boyfriend's closet, a womenswear line of outerwear is coming in the not-so-distant future. EUBIQ NY, a featured designer on FadMashion.com, is available at DNA 2050, Bio, and Camouflage. Click ahead to check out some of fall's offerings.
Wall Street CEOs make a fortune, as you're undoubtedly aware. Even the chief executives of banks that have been bailed-out by Washington or have gone bust usually end up doing nicely. But despite the riches and perks these men have accumulated and massive egos they've developed along the way, few of them would do all that well in a beauty contest. Because it's high time that Wall Street take advantage of the miracle of modern science—and because we care, dammit—we took the liberty of contacting Dr. Anthony Youn, a board-certified plastic surgeon who has made appearances on Dr. 90210 and the Rachael Ray Show, to ask him what procedures he'd suggest these titans of finance consider if they want to look their very best. Dr. Youn's answers and cost estimates—and our commentary—is below.
A. Lloyd Blankfein (Goldman Sachs CEO) Suggested work: Extensive hair transplants (more than average, at least $20,000); upper blepharoplasty (to remove excess skin from his upper lids); a lower facelift; and Botox for his crow's feet. Approximate cost: $34,500 Notes: The last few months haven't been easy for Blankfein what with the media taking shots at Goldman on what seems to be a daily basis. And yet the bank is currently raking in record profits and 2009 is shaping up to the best year for bonuses in the firm's history. If Blankfein doesn't deserve to slip away from the office for a week for a little "touch up," we don't know who does.
B. Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase CEO) Suggested work: Upper and lower blepharoplasty to deal with his droopy lids; a lower facelift. Approximate cost: $19,000 Notes:Dimon has done an extraordinary job navigating the financial crisis, to be sure, and his bank is having a banner year. But don't think the silver fox of finance is perfect. He isn't. There's always room for improvement. Let's just hope Jamie remembers that.
C. John Mack (Morgan Stanley CEO) Suggested work: Rhinoplasty to thin and straighten his nose; a hair transplant to cover up his thinning dome; and Botox to both his crows feet and forehead. Approximate cost: $14,500 Notes: Mack announced last month that he plans to step down as Morgan's CEO at the beginning of next year. But that's only more of a reason to consider a few cosmetic improvements. It's just as important to look good in the office as it is on the golf course!
D. Dick Fuld (Former Lehman Brothers CEO) Suggested work: A hair transplant to address his thinning locks; a lower facelift; and Botox for his deep frown lines. Approximate cost: $17,500 Notes: You certainly can't fault Fuld for his frown lines. He's had a lot to be miserable about since Lehman went bust last fall, his reputation was ruined, and he watched his $1 billion fortune, which was tied up in Lehman stock, go up in smoke. But he can still afford to have a little work done, we're pretty sure. For just a few thousand dollars, he could turn that frown upside down in no time!
E. Steve Schwarzman (Blackstone Group CEO) Suggested work: A hair transplant to "relieve the horseshoe"; a lower facelift; and Botox. Approximate cost: $17,500 Notes: Schwarzman loves the spotlight, clearly. Shouldn't he look his very best when he attends gala events or dines at celeb-filled restaurants in Saint-Tropez? His wife is clearly no stranger to plastic surgeons' offices. Why Steve has yet to make the trip himself is a mystery. But hopefully that will change soon enough.
F. Vikram Pandit (Citigroup CEO) Suggested work: A lower facelift to tighten his jawline; Restylane for his smile lines; and a hair transplant to the front hairline. Approximate cost: $17,800 Notes: With Washington intent on stripping Citigroup of its fat pay packages, Pandit probably won't be making big bucks this year. Fortunately, he hoodwinked the bank into overpaying for his hedge fund a couple of years ago, so he probably has plenty saved up for a few personal enhancements. Last year, Pandit got into a little trouble after it was revealed he wanted to install a "Zen garden" outside his office. You know what true peace and happiness is? Gazing at your reflection in the mirror and being happy with what you see.
Six weeks after welcoming their first son, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden -- along with their 21-month-old daughter Harlow -- are showing off the latest addition to their family, Sparrow James Midnight Madden.
Michelle Obama attended the Healthy Kids Fair at the White House today wearing the same turquoise cardigan, cinched with the same black belt, that she wore on September 16 at an Olympics event at the White House. Is it sick that we know that? Or is it even more sick that you now know it, too? See the full look in the Michelle Obama Look Book.
Rosie O'Donnell and spouse Kelli Carpenter "are working through their issues" and "nothing else will be said" about rumors the couple is splitting, according to O'Donnell's publicist.
The conductor Daniel Barenboim, seen here in August 2009, said Wednesday he felt proud and honoured to be leading an orchestra in Berlin, 20 years after staging a free concert to mark the fall of the Berlin... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 1:55 pm
Reuters - (Corrects phrase in first sentence of last paragraph from "the USA apple" to "the showrunning apple" -- mentioned shows did not air on USA.) Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Oct 2009 | 1:53 pm
GQ released more scantily-clad January Jones photos, and while most of them are pretty standardly hot/glamorous, I couldn’t look at the following pic without imagining the overly-artsy photographer suggesting in his artsy photographer stereotype character voice, “Alright alright, now pick up the director’s chair and hold it over your head like The Hulk, but also you’re in a corset and smiley.”
And you thought there weren't any decent jobs out there. The New York-New York hotel/casino in Las Vegas is looking for a "spokesperson" to interact with its guests on a daily basis. Naturally the low-rent venue is looking for someone with "true New York attitude" to assume the role. So it's now casting "Vinny," someone with a "eats chicken wings, sings drinking songs and dances an Irish jig." (The hotel is hoping to combine Italian and Irish stereotypes into a single character, apparently.) You'll need to be good at playing video games, know a lot about sports, and be pretty good at stand-up comedy to make the cut. If that describes you—and you enjoy making small talk with old ladies from the Midwest—you should probably head to the airport as soon as possible. You can thank us later. [WBTV]
Slow pop culture afternoons call for drastic measures. How drastic? How about 10 videos of the too-adorable-to-be-sadistic phenomenon of dogs trying to escape blankets? That oughtta do the trick (and by “trick,” we mean, “complete waste of everyone’s time, but numbered.”)
The videos have been ranked from 10 to 1 based on absolutely nothing science. Enjoy!
Clive Owen made an appearance at the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival, promoting his upcoming movie The Boys Are Back. But little did Clive know that at this otherwise average, run of the mill press conference, he would officially enter into the world his very own “At First I Was Like” meme, part of a long and lengthy history of internet fare. So, without further ado, we present to you… Clive Owen:
Fashion Wire Daily - With her upswept hair and wearing a teal Grecian gown, Hilary Swank gracefully landed on the red carpet of her new biopic "Amelia" on Tuesday evening, Oct. 20, in New York. It was appropriate that she look so sophisticated and sleek, for as one of the 21st century's most famous women, Swank had big shoes to fill, as she plays aviatrix Amelia Earhart in the film, one of the 20th century's iconic individuals.
It was a sexually confusing day for Pat Dixon yesterday thanks to Gossip Girl and Adam Lambert, but nothing the Shark Tank finale and a quick trip to the bowling alley couldn’t solve in this episode of Best Day Ever:
Madonna dropped $32.5 million on a townhouse on the Upper East Side a few months ago. But don't expect to see her giving out spare change to panhandlers in the neighborhood. Despite the fact she made about a gazillion dollars last year (give or take), Madge only gave away $459,000 to charity and almost all of it went to the Kabbalah Centre, which means she didn't give any money to charity at all, really.
(Unlike the IRS, we're not so sure giving money to a cash-obsessed cult so it can spread its message around the world should really count as a tax write-off.)
But you'll be happy to hear that her stinginess hasn't had an impact on the impressive awards and commendations she regularly receives. She was honored at AmFar's Cinema Against AIDS event at Cannes last year even though she didn't donate a dime to AmFar (or any other AIDS-related cause for that matter). But perhaps Madonna's just under the assumption that merely showing up to an event is an enormous act of generosity in her part and is worth far more than simply writing a check? For the sake of her Kabbalistic soul, let's hope so!
Wrestling legend and reality TV star Hulk Hogan reveals in a new book that he would have committed suicide were it not for a surprise phone call, according to a story in the New York Daily News.
The Hollywood Walk Of Fame presented a star to cosmetic company L’Oreal Paris (and spokesperson Eva Longoria) on their 100th anniversary for “helping to preserve the Walk Of Fame.” I’m not Economist McSmartpants or anything, but I have two questions about this partnership:
1) Doesn’t the Walk of Fame generate millions of dollars in tourism every year and thus kind of pay for itself?
2) If the Walk of Fame does, in fact, need more money to be maintained, isn’t there a decent list of well-to-do potential donors ON ITSELF?
Either way, congratulations L’Oreal! You are now the showbiz equal of Martin Scorsese. And this guy.
Poor Bill Thompson. As much as he'd like to hear President Obama publicly endorse his candidacy for mayor, he just can't seem to get him to utter the words. At last night's Democratic National Committee event at the Hammerstein Ballroom, Obama did make mention of Thompson. ("Our candidate for mayor, my friend Billy Thompson, is in the house.") But it clearly wasn't what Thompson had been hoping for. When asked if he considered the Obama shout-out to be an endorsement—he did say "our candidate," after all!—Thompson put it bluntly: "No. Do you consider that an endorsement?" [Politico, NYT, NYDN]
Galleon Group, the hedge fund founded by Raj Rajaratnam, the man at the center of the insider trading scandal that has rocked Wall Street in recent days, is shutting its doors. (Apparently, investors get a bit nervous when they see the CEO of the hedge fund they've invested in get hauled away in handcuffs and quickly ask for their money back.) Galleon is now reportedly looking to sell off the firm's assets, so if you're looking to pick up a hedge fund on the cheap, you probably should email to Raj as soon as possible. Oh, and yes, we tested out Raj's email address a few minutes ago and it still appears to be operational. So you're all set on that front. Do be sure to let us know how your negotiations go, though. [NYT]
John Ralston Saul (R) seen here with his wife Former Governor General Adrienne Clarkson (L), in 2007 in Toronto, Canada. Saul was made new president of the International PEN organisation on Wednesday. Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 10:59 am
Perhaps you've noticed that there are about 48 books about the financial crisis that have magically appeared on bookstore shelves in the last few weeks? (And there are a bunch more to come, don't you worry.) Naturally, you can't possibly be expected to read all of them. (Let's face it. You'll be lucky if you make it through any of them, especially since several of the tomes clock in at 500 pages or more.) Fortunately, Moe Tkacik has summed them all up in a tidy 2,200 words, which means you might just sound like you know what you're talking about the next time the financial meltdown comes up in conversation. [Daily Intel]
AP - "Dracula: The Un-Dead" (Dutton, 424 pages, $26.95) by Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt: Long before Edward Cullen of the "Twilight" series and Bill Compton of HBO's "True Blood," there was the original vampire, Bram Stoker's Prince Dracula, in the gothic horror novel "Dracula."
The music video for our favorite person alive Adam Lambert’s “Time For Miracles”, from the 2012 soundtrack, is here. It features our chosen one walking amongst some of the finest doomsday CGI Hollywood has to offer… that, or stock footage from the L.A. Riots. Either way, Lambert painfully strolls through these various atrocities with what we *think* was meant to be “end of world” soot all over his face, but what ends up reading on camera as Slumdog Millionaire 2 cinnamon face. They’ve also gone ahead and put his God-given blue-ice-rays (eyes) through some sort of “dazzle remover”, the true first sign of the Apocalypse. Because you know if it was the real Apocky, Lambert would be wearing glitter stilts, an emerald-studded thong, actual Eagle wings ripped off a sad endangered bastard and LSD-mittens. He wouldn’t be running around L.A. wearing Nicholas Cage’s “City of Angels” wardrobe, that’s for sure.
All that being said, it’s good to see him back and beginning his career in epic scale, as only he could. We kid out of love:
Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Michelle, you bitch”, it starts, “it’s a music video about our own impending combustion as a planet. What else could it look like?” Good question, friend. In our diseased minds, the video is much the same: Chaos, fire, asteroids, collapse. Only our dear Lambert is already in a rocketship headed to his home Planet, Mars, Spaceballs style, saying “Peace Out, Bitches” to our ever-so-charred bodies as he remains perfectly intact, armed with the story of what a “fun” planet we once were. Sort of like this “Mythical Narrative: Tales of a Fierce One, The Journey from Planet Fierce.” In fact… exactly like this:
Gary Knell, President of the Sesame Workshop, poses with new Muppet Sivan (R), a disabled Israeli in a wheelchair and veteran character Moshic Oofnik (L) , the Israeli cousin of Oscar the Grouch, in Jerusalem... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 10:40 am
It's doubtful there's ever a perfect time or place to end a marriage, but for Dean McDermott, that time and place was in a Palm Springs, California, hotel room after playing a round of golf.
Nice try, internet, but this video of a dude breakdancing and accidentally hitting a cat and knocking it into the camera is about as real as the snakes in Anaconda 2: Hunt For The Blood Orchid. (Finally put THAT movie in its place — Dan 1, Hollywood 0)
So why am I posting it? BECAUSE I HAVE NO WILLPOWER, people [EATS GIANT BURGER WITH HEROIN ON IT WHILE WATCHING PORN].
Taiji town assemblyman Hisato Ryono shows a cove where dolphin hunting takes place in September 2009. A town at the centre of a controversial dolphin slaughtering documentary could sue the film makers,... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 10:18 am
US film director Louie Psihoyos arrives for a screening of the movie "The Cove" in September 2009. Psihoyos, said the film was not an attack on Japan and his team was negotiating with Japanese distributors... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 10:18 am
French porn actress Katsuni poses after receiveng the best French actress and best Internet actress blog awards on October 20 in Paris during the 2009 Hot d'Or, the French porn industry award ceremony... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Oct 2009 | 10:18 am
Move over, Chris Kattan / Jeremy Piven Feud, because here comes a battle between two true Hollywood heavyweights — Tom Cruise and (his Risky Business co-star from 26 years ago, and also Balki) Bronson Pinchot.
Pinchot ripped on (26 years ago) Cruise in his latest interview with the Onion AV Club, apparently totally unafraid that it might ruin his ca– well, let’s just say, it’s an awesome quote:
We thought Tom [Cruise] was the biggest bore on the face of the Earth… He was tense and made constant, constant unrelated homophobic comments, like, “You want some ice cream, in case there are no gay people there?” I mean, his lingo was larded with the most… There was no basis for it. It was like, “It’s a nice day, I’m glad there are no gay people standing here.” Very, very strange.
Years and years later when people started to torment him with that, I used to think “God, that’s really fitting, because he tormented a lot of people as a 20-year-old.” He made such a big deal about it.
OH SNAP!!! In Mypos, we have a saying: You just got SUUUUUURVVVVEDDDDDDD, Mr. Cruise!
To throw more fuel on the fire of Hollywood’s HOTTEST new feud, Cruise’s publicist has already responded, “Wait, who?”
Next time your making kettle corn in the hopes of having a relaxing evening watching a “Press Your Luck” marathon on the Game Show Network, make sure to have a puking receptacle handy. That’s because former Wilson Phillips singer and TMI enthusiast Carnie Wilsonwill be GSN’s first reality show star ever, on a show called “Unstapled.”
“Unstapled.”
“Unstapled.”
In reference to her gastric bypass surgery, of course. Why the GAME SHOW NETWORK, which has built an empire off of Chuck Woolery’s mole alone, is getting into the reality show business to begin with — and with CARNIE WILSON, who we’re pretty sure has lost every single one of life’s lotteries — is beyond the entire planet. Sure, she hosts “The New Newlywed Game“, but this is still no excuse…
Why not give a reality show to Chuck Woolery, who clearly lives in a velveteen castle full of prostitutes? Same for Pat Sajak. And you and I both know that Wink Martindale has some skeletons in his overly tanned closet. In fact, every other game show host in history — specifically John Davison, and now that we mention it, even Shadoe Stevens — would make better reality show fodder than Carnie Wilson’s “Unstapled.”
It seems the Game Show Network has finally hit the ultimate Whammy. (Press Your Luck reference? My work here is done.)
AP - "Drinking With George" (Simon Spotlight, 240 pages, $24.99), by George Wendt: "Drinking With George" isn't an autobiography, memoir or tell-all. It has elements of all three, but in the end, it's about one thing: beer.
TV dance judge Mary Murphy said singer Chris Brown's attack on his girlfriend, Rihanna, prompted her to talk publicly about spousal abuse that she says she suffered first as a teen-aged bride three decades ago.
Classic beauty Andie MacDowell is back in new Lifetime flicks "At Risk" and "The Front" (based on the Patricia Cornwell novels) set to air next year, and she's stepped out of her comfort zone to play naughty. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Oct 2009 | 7:44 am
AP - Like most video gamers, I've wielded enough virtual weapons to equip a small army. We all have favorites, from the classic BFG-9000 in "Doom" to the chainsaw-equipped assault rifle in "Gears of War" to the awesome RYNO ("Rip You a New One") in "Ratchet & Clank."
Just two weeks after Lady Gaga's Fame
Kills Tour with Kanye West was cancelled, the ambitious pop star
announced plans for an unprecedented "multimedia artistic
experience" called
The Monster Ball. The show was originally slated to premiere in
London in early 2010, but the singer rallied her Haus of Gaga and
is set to launch the trek on November 27th, four days after the
release of The Fame Monster. Rehearsals for The Monster
Ball begin next week and details about the show have been...
ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips acknowledges having an affair with an assistant at the cable network, and has taken a leave of absence during the playoffs. Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Oct 2009 | 3:11 am
Comic legend on "Fawlty Towers," "Monty Python" and the dump named
in his honor
It's a busy year for comic legend John
Cleese: touring with a new one-man show, celebrating the 40th
anniversary of the inimitable Monty Python troupe and hawking a
remastered set of Fawlty Towers DVDs. Perhaps not
surprisingly, given his immortal portrayal of slow-burning,
silly-walking hotelier Basil Fawlty, Cleese also has some feedback
to offer the hospitality trade. A familiar face in film (A Fish
Called Wanda, the Harry Potter, James Bond and Shrek
franchises) and television (Will and...
John Travolta's nightmare continues.
Suspecting juror misconduct, a Bahamian judge has declared a mistrial in the case of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from...
How can mags like OK! publish celeb photos without their permission? Kristen Stewart stated she's sick of herself in all the papers, can't she do something?
—Ana,...
Here they are, America—your top 20!
On tonight's So You Think You Can Dance, "Your… judges!" settled on their favorite contenders to take the show into its...
One Top Chef team named its restaurant Revolt, which is right up there with E. Coli as a name you should never pick for an eatery.
However, it was the other team that drew the revolting...
Neil Patrick Harris proved he could host the Emmys, but who knew he could kick Batman's butt—just by using his diaphragm?
In this exclusive look at his guest shot on Cartoon...
Caution: Paparazzi in mirror are closer than they appear.
A security car trailing a vehicle that was carrying Michael Jackson's three children was rear-ended by a photographer this...
Before he was allegedly stuffing his 6-year-old in a box, hiding him in the attic and then calling the police to say the boy just floated off in a giant balloon, reality-show dreamer...
• Adam Lambert released his first music video today, the 2012 theme song "Time for Miracles." Is this how the Mayans predicted the world would end—fire, mass...
Finally, some happy tears to be shed on ABC's Brothers & Sisters.
Sources tell me that along with a wedding, an extended hot French romance (Gilles Marini, anyone?) and a...
When a friend passed along this trailer for “Oy Vey! My Son is Gay!” (via 
First, our eyes feasted upon Lainie Kazan, who has already proven her incredible Jewish motherly skills as the matron saint in You Don’t Mess With the Zohan. No one can wear a long plus-sized Dana Buchman blazer like Lainie, believe us. Then, even better, Saul Rubinek rolls in as her husband. If, like us, True Romance is one of your favorite movies, then you, like us, have had a serious “Rubinek Hole” (medical term) in your heart since his star turn as Lee Donowitz, the cokey director of Coming Home in a Body Bag and professional Balki-asswhipper.
Galleon Group, the hedge fund founded by 
Move over, 
Next time your making kettle corn in the hopes of having a relaxing evening watching a “Press Your Luck” marathon on the Game Show Network, make sure to have a puking receptacle handy. That’s because former Wilson Phillips singer and TMI enthusiast Carnie Wilson 
