Three of the world's most powerful businessmen came together at The Wall Street Journal CEO Council last night to talk about that thing they know best — the economy. News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and Ratan Tata, the chairman of India's largest company, spoke about the state of the economy and its chances of recovery.
Slim said it's all still in shambles because of job loses and rising food and oil prices. Tata sees problems but said he has "enormous faith" in the U.S. economy. And Murdoch, who took some political digs at President Obama for wasting time on health care, said he sees a "slight revival," though it's moving very slowly.
AP - Twelve months ago, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were surprised to be greeted by throngs of eager fans of the novel "Twilight" at the premiere of the big-screen adaptation.
AP - Twelve months ago, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson were surprised to be greeted by throngs of eager fans of the novel "Twilight" at the premiere of the big-screen adaptation.
Reuters - Celebrities beware: YouTube is making it even easier for anyone with a camera phone to turn your behavior -- be it mundane or sensational -- into news.
To Twilight fans, a football pass has never carried more weight.
Doing his part to satisfy The Jay Leno Show's "Earn Your Plug" gimmick, Taylor Lautner completed a long pass...
Serious stuff, these semifinals.
Donny Osmond, Joanna Krupa, Kelly Osbourne and Mya marched into the ballroom tonight knowing they had three dances ahead of them and little room for...
Fans who tuned in to tonight's episode of House saw Jennifer Morrison's Allison Cameron walk out on both her man (Jesse Spencer's Robert Chase) and her job at Princeton-Plainsboro...
AP - The story of a Chinese Communist Party official who moves to a community of boat people after his revolutionary lineage is refuted has won the Man Asian Literary Prize, organizers said. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Nov 2009 | 10:42 pm
OMG:Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris will star in TMI, Universal's movie named after a piece of internet slang. The film will focus on a couple that finds honesty to be good for their relationship, but too much information to be bad. Next up for Universal: BRB and LMAOPMPAPPA. [Variety]
Get a Job:Chris Elliot has signed on to play the lead in Eagleheart, a live-action comedy pilot for Adult Swim. From Conan O'Brien's production company, Eagleheart is about a TV executive sent to Texas to produce a goofy action series. The star (Elliot) of the series makes things as difficult as possible for the executive by using the show to preach right-wing politics, conservative paranoia and bicycle safety. [THR]
America's Weirdest Home Videos: A&E has given the green light to Bob Saget's Strange Days starring Bob Saget, of course. The hourlong show will follow Saget around the country as he meets with biker gangs, Amish teens, mail-order brides and survivalist cults. It's being positioned as a take on Saget's stand-up act, in which he often makes jokes about these kinds of people. One group we assume he won't be mentioning: those who've performed sexual favors for cocaine. [Variety]
Busy Busy:Anna Faris's comedy with Ryan Reynolds isn't her only pairing with a hairy man. She's also in negotiations to star as Robin Williams's daughter in Wedding Banned. The comedy will center on a divorced-couple that kidnaps their daughter on her wedding day to keep her from ruining her life like they ruined their's. But, as chance would have it, the parents rekindle their love as they run from the angry groom. Prevail love! Prevail! [THR]
Yo Teach:Abigail Spencer, Sally Draper's sexy teacher, has been cast in NBC's pilot Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, about a Chicago lawyer who goes nuts and coaches his clients on to represent themselves. Spencer will play the lawyer's co-worker and his fiancee. She will not put a box on her head. [THR]
Ever since the Internet came along and destroyed the music industry, record labels have been looking for a way to do that thing they used to do with records. What was it? Oh yes, sell them. Well, they might have found it. It's called Oprah.
Last October Warner Bros. moved the release of Michael Buble's Crazy Love to coincide with a performance Oprah and the album sold 132,000 copies in three days. After Whitney Houston appeared on Oprah, sales of her album increased by 77 percent. And an Oprah appearance in September helped Barbra Streisand land her first chart-topping album in 12 years.
Basically she's doing for music what she's already done for books. But that doesn't mean Jonathan Franzen's Grateful Dead cover band will be making an appearance.
On Friday Governor Paterson said he would "cooperate to the full extent" with the federal government's plan to try five terrorists linked to 9/11 in downtown Manhattan. Today, he's reversed course.
"This is not a decision that I would have made. New York was very much the epicenter of that attack; over 2,700 lives were lost. It’s very painful. We’re still having trouble getting over it. We still have been unable to rebuild that site, and having those terrorists tried so close to the attack is going to be an encumbrance on all New Yorkers.”
Reuters - What does a movie producer actually do? To find out, The Hollywood Reporter gathered the men behind six of the season's most buzz-worthy films -- Lawrence Bender ("Inglourious Basterds"), Jon Landau ("Avatar"), Laurence Mark ("Julie & Julia"), Bill Mechanic ("Coraline"), Mace Neufeld ("Invictus") and Ivan Reitman ("Up in the Air"). Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Nov 2009 | 8:40 pm
When Bob Dylan's bizarrely-awesome Christmas album Christmas in the Heart first leaked we thought it sounded like he was enjoying himself for the first time in a long while. This video for the raging polka jam "Must Be Santa," confirms that. In what looks to be a raucous holiday party at casa-Bob, a hat- and wig-wearing Dylan dances among drunken revelers and a drunken Santa. Then some guy swings on a chandelier and a fight breaks out. All in all, it's a crazy-ass party, the exact occasion this crazy-ass song was meant for.
Premiere: Bob Dylan’s “Must Be Santa” Video From “Christmas” LP [Rolling Stone]
Fear not, Lou Dobbs will not leave "the public arena," the former CNN anchor told Bill O'Reilly tonight in his first interview since leaving the network. O'Reilly asked Dobbs if that might mean a run for one of New Jersey's seats in the U.S. Senate and he didn't say no! "A lot of things are on my mind. I'm not going to be coy. My wife and I are thinking about a lot of opportunities [and] one hundred percent I'm going to remain in the public arena," he said.
Dobbs also spoke about the past. He said CNN soured on his brand of journalism once its target became a Democrat and not a Republican. “You know, I discern more of a difference between then, which was under the Bush administration whom I was criticizing, and now, when it is the Obama administration and an entirely different tone was taken," he said. He added that CNN president Jon Klein wanted to move away from advocacy journalism, which necessarily meant moving away from Dobbs.
A few weeks ago, before 2012 became the greatest disaster flick of all-time, Roland Emmerich revealed that he's working on a TV spinoff called 2013. Today the destruction-loving director revealed one small enticing clue about the show: "It's a little bit like Lost.." You're there, right? Yeah, we were too. Until we remembered that the show will be produced by Mark Gordon (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice). Which means it will be nothing like Lost.
In an effort to help workers avoid a trip down to the ground at lunch time each day, the Port Authority is installing a Subway (the sandwich shop, not the transportation source) high above Ground Zero. It will be housed inside of a shipping container held up by a crane and have windows, so workers can look down and see the Quiznos they wish they'd gone to. [NYP]
Using the handle @ActuallyNPH, Neil Patrick Harris just joined Twitter. And after two tweets, he has 17,000 followers. This guy is popular. Don't believe it's true? Valebrity verifies it! [The Live Feed]
Cristina hates her. With a passion. And so far, it seems that some of you fans do too.
Ever since Kim Raver (whom Cristina named "Desert Storm Barbie") was introduced on...
Well, this is a depressing revelation. After his manager Tank Jones excited the masses with his announcement that "Everything's gonna hang out," Levi Johnston has decided not to show his penis in what is probably the most talked about Playgirl photo shoot ever. Disappointing word comes from Playgirl spokesman Daniel Nardicio, who said in a statement: "He did not give 'full-frontal' as his manager Tank Jones reported he would. We're thrilled with the photos we got, and are confident people will love them. Although there may be glimpses, we did not get full on frontal nudity." Glimpses simply won't do.
The Los Angeles City Council is still gunning for Anschutz Entertainment Group to reimburse it for the star-studded memorial service for...
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AP - A police chief on trial in Ohio acknowledges that he joked with paparazzi about working with them to snoop on the woman who carried twins for celebrity couple Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, his lawyer told jurors Monday.
In this week's magazine, Em & Lo explore the smart, sophisticated, and well-read mothers who cannot get enough of the Twilight saga. Sam Anderson explores whether or not Vladimir Nabokov wanted us to read his last novel. Dan Kois talks with both Liv Ullman and Cate Blanchett about their production of A Streetcar Named Desire, coming to BAM at the end of the month. David Edelstein reviewsThe Road, The Messenger, and Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. Lizzy Goodman is somehow able to get Echo and the Bunnymen frontman Ian McCulloch to bash Bruce Springsteen. Fred Davis dives deep into the Miles Davis: The Complete Columbia Album Collection boxed set (which goes a full 70 CDs deep). Justin Davidson enjoyed the City Opera's staging of Don Giovanni. And Jerry Saltz both reviews AND previews Performa 09.
On Friday, Liam Gallagher clarified his post-Oasis plans: He’ll continue writing, recording, and performing music with all current members of Oasis not named Noel Gallagher, just not under the name Oasis. This is a ballsy call, seeing as Noel has literally written every single popular Oasis song. In fact, Liam didn’t even start writing songs until 2000’s Standing on the Shoulder of Giants. But it might not be totally crazy: Liam’s been steadily improving over the past nine years, going from “sort of embarrassing” with Giants' “Little James” to “totally not terrible” with last year’s “I’m Outta Time,” the second single from Dig Out Your Soul. Looking further through the back catalog, we also like Liam-penned “Songbird” and “Guess God Thinks I’m Abel.” Go on, give ‘em a try, and admit this might not be a terrible idea.
We’re all entitled to opinions about how art institutions should behave, and entitled to voicing those opinions through whatever means available to us. We’re also allowed to change or modify our opinions. That’s what I did last week when an editor for this magazine asked me to expand, in print, on my Vulture blog post concerning the tempest around the New Museum’s planned March exhibition of the collection of one of its trustees, Dakis Joannou. (Some have said that the show presents a conflict of interest.)
The more I thought about the issue, the less black-and-white it seemed. In addition, the outrage and moralizing around it started to seem over the top. Museums are not halls of purity. Collectors and dealers — and successful artists — are not by definition more corrupt or less capable of independent thought than any of the rest of us. The New Museum doesn’t even collect, which means the show is not an attempt to land Joannou’s collection. It is also extremely questionable to say that showing art in a museum increases its value. Has the value of Damien Hirst’s “Shark” risen a cent for being at the Met, as an editorial in the New York Times worried? No one even seems to know it’s there. (Dakis Joannou did not defray any of the show's costs, or increase his contribution to the museum as a trustee.)
One of the main things that suggested all this indignation had gone too far was the witch-hunt tone of an editorial in the November issue of the Art Newspaper. The language in the piece — written by art blogger Tyler Green and published at the end of last week — was scolding, scornful, condescending, and smug, tinged with a verbal violence that was a little scary. The editorial begins with the false charge that private collector exhibitions are “fluff shows.” Green sniffs that he’s “especially disappointed” in the New Museum, and finishes by beseeching all museums to “cancel” exhibitions of private collections. He demands that the Association of Art Museums “ban” these shows because they are “an insult” to the art world. When I hear a word like “ban,” I reach for my dictionary and review the definition of the word democracy.
This kind of apparatchik rule-making feels off to me. Green has gotten into the habit of demanding that people be fired, reprimanded, or punished, as if only he knows right from wrong. He played a role in getting Grace Gluck fired from the Times for her “conflict of interest.” After Village Voice art critic Christian Viveros-Faune talked about his dual roles as a critic and an employee of an art fair, Green accused him of indulging “a textbook case of unethical conflict-of-interest” that struck “at the very heart of ... integrity” and “flouted journalistic norms.” Green sneered that he was “troubled” by this behavior and publicly asked the Voice to “stop publishing” Viveros-Faune. Guess what? That’s exactly what happened. The Voice and the art world lost a tremendous voice.
Last year, after The New Yorker critic Peter Schjeldahl and I spoke at an Obama event hosted at the Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, Green blogged that we were wrong for “participating in a political event with someone [we’re] charged with covering.” He said our “ethics should be guided by the rules of the journalism world, not the flimsy, who’s-your-buddy ethic of the art world.” “This is not quite Christian Viveros-Faune … territory,” he concluded, but warned that “journalists should not be partnering with people they're supposed to be covering.” I wanted to let him know that I was scheduled to speak at another gallery — this time for a breast-cancer event.
The New Museum is not Marcia Tucker’s museum anymore, nor should it be. A lot of people are disappointed with the path it has taken, which may indicate the extent to which it appeared to be New York’s last, best hope for exciting, outside-the-box exhibitions. It definitely has issues. It is too insular and too cozy with certain galleries. That should change. But we don’t have to burn the place down. At a certain point, the hatred seems unrelated to the offense. It is just people reveling in nay-saying and name-calling without examining the motivations for their behavior — and believe me, I know whereof I speak.
I know it’s dangerous to take on bloggers. They can go after you every day, all day long, and anonymous people can chime in, too. Already this week Green has branded me an “up-with-art cheerleader,” chortled “balderdash” at something I wrote, and is now even writing comments on my Facebook page and publishing other of my Facebook comments on his public blog. Still, come what may, I’m tired of the hate fest.
The Daily Beast today ranked the top ten most valuable models. Not the highest earners, or the ones most frequently landing covers, but some amalgamation thereof, resulting in a high-tech formula that we're a wee bit too tired to process.
We considered four tenets to illustrate a model’s visibility and success — multi-year contracts, advertising campaigns, runway appearances, and magazine covers. Those with retail licensing deals, including Kate Moss and Gisele Bündchen, got credit for those estimated annual earnings, as well. Annual income from contracts, primarily negotiated by large cosmetic companies and Victoria’s Secret, were weighted 40 percent because they are the most difficult to get, bear the largest salaries, and indicate a very high level of success.
Sorry, we fell asleep there for a moment. Moving on. The top ten includes, of course, Kate Moss and Gisele Bündchen, but also Carolyn Murphy and "up-and-comers" Daria Werbowy, Doutzen Kroes, and Miranda Kerr. The list wasn't terribly surprising, though perhaps the order was. We wouldn't have put Christy Turlington so low on the list (she clocked in at No. 7) — but we don't have fancy-shmancy formulas. Check out the entire list yourself and see if you agree with the rankings.
Back in September, Wes Anderson came under some fire when his cinematographer on Fantastic Mr. Fox, Tristan Fox, complained loudly and openly that Anderson directed much of the film over e-mail. Well, we didn't receive any e-mails from Wes when we were putting together the shot for the cover of this week's issue of New York, but we did receive a few phone calls from him in which he gave some art direction tips to the team of animators who put the cover scene together. See for yourself in this exclusive behind-the-scenes video.
The ratings are in for last night's premiere of AMC's remake of the sixties show The Prisoner: 2.2 million viewers. Last week's Mad Men finale did 2.3 million. So does that mean everyone has to start dressing up like the people in The Prisoner now? [HR]
Nicole Richie clad in white. Joel Madden in his best suit. Courthouse. Marriage.
All were in play today in downtown L.A., but it's not exactly what you think.
Richie...
You know how painful things, like death and Brazilian bikini waxes, are moderately less painful when they happen quickly and you get it over with? Well. It's not going to be like that with this recession, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said today in a speech to the Economic Club of New York. Specifically, unemployment:
"The best thing we can say about the labor market right now is that it may be getting worse more slowly. Declines in payroll employment over the past four months have averaged about 220,000 per month, compared with 560,000 per month over the first half of this year. The number of initial claims for unemployment insurance is well off its high of last spring, but claims still have not fallen to ranges consistent with rising employment."
Unclear whether the Fed chairman capped off this happy pre-holiday pick-me-up by saying "at least we have our health," or if he excised that from his speech at the last minute out of sensitivity to the millions of people who have no insurance.
Playbill - A gala to benefit Off-Broadway's Transport Group Theatre Company will be presented Dec. 7 at the Asia Society and Museum. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 16 Nov 2009 | 3:43 pm
Also, as much as we live and breath for J-Stames, it seems unfair that he should get his star on the Walk of Fame before the recently deceased Bea Arthur. Popbytes and Eliot Glazer know what I’m talking about.
Okay, so we just watched Sarah Palin on Oprah. The talk-show host covered all the bases — the major controversies, the interviews, the pregnancies (though not the issue of whether her baby Trig was really hers), and the issue of her quitting. She didn't pursue some questions with the doggedness we imagine Barbara Walters mustered up when she interviewed her for ABC last week. Like, for example, she let Palin off the hook when she offered up the usual "that's not on my radar screen" deflection after Oprah asked her about her presidential ambitions in 2012. "In 2012 Trig is heading into kindergarten," Palin said. "That's what I'm thinking about." Oprah didn't even laugh!
Most interesting to us were the parts (some of which have been released already) in which Palin talked about her daughter Bristol's unexpected pregnancy, and her own. She talked about making the decision to keep her baby and understanding the impulse not to, even though she wants other women not to be able to have that choice. (Oprah didn't press her on this.) She also talked about how she was displeased with the messaging the McCain camp chose — that the family was overjoyed to have a grandchild, rather than deeply concerned and upset at first.
Palin additionally opened up about her interview with Katie Couric, in which it seemed as though she couldn't name a single publication that she regularly reads. She felt that Couric was trying to characterize her as a rube. "I was already so annoyed, and it was very unprofessional of me to wear that annoyance on my sleeve," she said. "To me it was in the context of, 'Do you read? How do you stay informed? You're way up there!' It seemed like she was discovering a nomadic tribe." This seems to square, at least roughly, with the way she behaved in the interview — her incredulity prevented her from properly answering the question. (Though it was a fair question for a politician, and plus there are American Indian tribes in Alaska who probably won't love the idea that being compared to them pissed off their own governor.) She also admitted that she was "annoyed" by Couric at the time, talking about a moment when she came backstage after a rally and encountered her. "And there's the perky one, again, with the microphone, and the cameras rolling," she said. "And I'm like, 'Dang.'" Oprah, moments later, reminded Palin that she is "pretty perky, too."
After a long day of Ken Ober death rumors, followed by rumors that the death rumors were just rumors, and finally confirmation that the initial rumors were actually true and not just rumors, it’s official:
Longtime MTV “Remote Control” host Ken Ober has passed away at the age of 52, the comedian’s representative confirmed to MTV News. The cause of his death was not available at press time.
Starting in 1987, Ober hosted five seasons of “Remote Control,” which, along with “Club MTV” and “The Week In Rock,” was MTV’s first foray into series television…
After “Remote Control,” Ober went on to host other game shows, like “Smush” and “Make Me Laugh.” In the years since, Ober worked as a supervising producer on “Tough Crowd With Colin Quinn,” a consulting producer on “Old Christine” and a writer and producer on “Mencia.”
With no disrespect to Ober, today was a bizarre reminder about the internet news cycle when it comes to semi-obscure celebrity deaths; the internet has almost put itself in a “Boy Who Cried Wolf” situation, where we’re so used to tuning out death rumors about 80s celebrities because they’re always later revealed to be hoaxes, that no one actually believed all the news, Tweets, and Facebook postings about Ober’s actual death today until it was later re-confirmed. Weird.
If Jaleel White ever dies, then hoo-boy, it’s gonna take a week for anyone on the internet to start believing that…
• Oprah's interview with Sarah Palin aired today, as you know by now. [AP] • The deal between GE and Comcast to give the cable giant control of NBC Universal could be finalized in the next few days/weeks, although approval from Washington could take some time. [DF, THR, WSJ] • Lou Dobbs didn't walk away from $9 million when he departed CNN. He reportedly got paid $8 million in severance to walk out the door. [NYP] • The largest gay newspaper publisher in the U.S. has shuttered. [NYT] • Budget Travel may be the magazine to die. [Daily Intel] • The cost-cutting McKinsey consultants have landed at Dow Jones. [Forbes] • 2012 destroyed the box office this weekend, reeling in $65 million. [THR]
• Just in case purchasing BusinessWeek for a modest $5 million didn't make the point, Bloomberg LP would like to make it clear to all that it plans on becoming "the world's most influential news organization." [NYT] • Shep Smith is Fox News' voice of moderation, as you may have heard. [WP] • Struggling movie studio MGM is up for sale again. [NYT] • Senior Rupert Murdoch adviser Gary Ginsberg is stepping down. [NYT] • Anna Wintour's love of all things Obama continues: She's hired his fave web strategy firm to give Vogue.com a makeover. [Jezebel] • Was January Jones the worst SNL host ever? [Vulture] • Even babies get airbrushed by magazines to rid them of their baby fat and make them slimmer, in case you weren't aware. [Telegraph]
Something tells us you already know all too well that the New Moon premiere is tonight. That's not news.
But what you don't know is how its stars are spending their days...
Early pictures of Louise Goldin's spring 2010 footwear collection for Topshop include black-and-silver stiletto pumps covered in studs and spikes, which are similar to what she showed during her spring 2010 runway show, minus the rhinestones. While these bring to mind Christian Louboutin for Rodarte's fall 2008 line, that was three seasons ago and thousands of dollars more than these will be. And there is something to be said for the spiked toe on the silver pair (also on the Louboutins), which looks like it would hurt if you ever had to kick someone somewhere special. [Nitro:licious]
Just a few weeks after Nick Jonas let it be known that he was taking some time away from the JoBros juggernaut for a little side project, a portion of an upcoming single claiming to be...
Not everyone is looking to get out of jury duty. Thanks to the recession and the $40-a-day stipend provided to people who take part, people are now calling up and requesting to serve, apparently. [NYP]
Because every living celebrity has already launched a perfume line of his or her own in recent years, a company is now offering scents using the DNA of dead ones. [The Phoenix via Style.com]
Every once in a while, a celebrity comes along that has a distinctive "look," a hair or a clothing style that, in time, comes to be associated with them. Think Diane Keaton and pantsuits, Anna Wintour and her bob, Isabella Blow and her hats, Kriss Kross and their backwards pants, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopez and her condom glasses, and so on. And now: Blake Lively and her boobs. Recently, the 21-year-old Gossip Girl actress has been lauded for her long, blond, charmingly wild hair, but the assets Lively flaunts most flamboyantly are not on her head: They're on her chest. Like on Saturday night, when she appeared on the red carpet of her new movie The Private Lives of Pippa Lee wearing a tiny white jacket and absolutely no shirt. Regarding at her bisque-colored, seemingly nippleless boobs, rounding like Barbie's out of her tiny jacket, we realized we'd seen those things before. Many, many times. Clearly, Lively, who has said she does not employ a stylist, is trying to make Abundant Cleave her look. And why not? They look real, and they're pretty spectacular. And thus we present a slideshow of Blake and her leading ladies.
The internet is a fantastic medium with which to get your talent into the homes of millions. For some, that talent happens to be singing Lady Gaga songs. But not everyone is born with such unlimited gift and potential. So just who are these people cloggin’ up the Youtubes with their sometimes fabulous to sometimes melon-scooping-your-ear-drums-out terrible singers? We’ve spent hours watching every single Lady Gaga cover on the net, and have grouped these fine folk into a series of 10 categories. If you find yourselves exhibiting any of the below signs, chances are you too have a Lady Gaga cover floating around out there, whether or not you know about it.
Here are 10 Signs You Have a Lady Gaga Cover Song on Youtube:
10. You Are a Kick Ass Children’s Choir We’re suckers for children’s choirs sangin’ just about anything.
9. You Own a Lego Vest. Chances are, the only people that own one of these things is Lady Gaga and this guy.
8. You Own a Bump-It And/Or Have Questionable Highlights What is it about girls with Bump-Its and/or chunky highlights loving the sound of their own voice? Has the bleach seeped in? Have the bump-its somehow pressed to hard on the back of the brain? Whatever it is, if you yourself are in favor of either of these hairstyles, you can be sure you, too, have a Lady Gaga cover song on Youtube.
(The videos continue ahead! #1 should be more than worth your while.)
And yes, this girl’s dress cost almost $400.
7. You Are a Hipster Male with Swoopy Bangs. The first guy is a peach because he is foreign and breathy and intrigues our minds and hearts. The second guy is a peach because he has no idea how bad he is and is also maybe Jared Leto.
6. You Are An Adorable Asian Who Owns a Guitar. There were so many of these it’s hard to choose!! But we tried. Indeed, Asians with Guitars seemed to make up 99.9 percent of all Lady Gaga cover songs available on the ‘tube.
5. You Are Chris Daughtry. Self-explan.
4. You Wear Lip Gloss and Also Have a Penis. Might be our favorite cover of all the ones listed here. Why is he in the bathroom? WHY NOT.
3. You Have Friends Who All Share Your Mutual Love of “Free Time.”
2. You Have Insane Stage Parents. Who also own a wind machine.
New Victoria's Secret AngelChanel Iman on her one-day summer internship at Teen Vogue: "My internship there wasn't really planned. I was going in for my fitting for the Teen Vogue cover. I just started helping around the office, organizing the closet. It led from one hour to the next, then it was my fitting and that stopped and I started interning again. I'm a girl that loves to keep busy no matter what it is, being paid or not." Meanwhile, we're sure any intern will tell you they would rather get paid. And in real money, not just in magazines and smiles. [NYDN]
AP - Even before it refined family fun with the Wii, Nintendo was dedicated to creating satisfying multiplayer experiences. Games like "Mario Kart," "Super Smash Bros." and "GoldenEye 007" encouraged everyone to join in, and you missed the real action if you played them alone.
FRAGRANCE
• David and Victoria Beckham star in a new set of ads for their fragrance Beckham Signature Story. In one of the shots, the soccer star is giving Posh a deep, longing stare, but she can't see it because her eyes are closed. [Design Scene]
• Diptyque launched its first fragrance solids this month in two different scents — L’Ombre dans l’Eau is floral, while Philosykos smells like fresh figs. [Beauty Counter/Style.com]
PLASTIC SURGERY
• Finland's Finnair airline is offering a promotion where you can cash in frequent-flier miles for plastic surgery, such as breast implants, face-lifts, and hair transplants. [Daily Beauty Reporter/Allure]
SKIN
• Cambodian tradition states that certain hand-drawn tattoos have magical powers, but recently, there is a decrease in the number of Cambodians seeking out tattoos for superstitious reasons. For those who do, tradition states that magical powers lessen if you drink alcohol, have extramarital affairs, or eat purple potatoes, gourds, or star fruit. [Independent UK]
HAIR
• Gavin Rossdale wore a ponytail to an event over the weekend, prompting the question: Do you like men in ponytails? [Girls in the Beauty Department/Glamour]
• Twilight's Taylor Lautner says his favorite hair products are KMS Hairplay and Redken Rough Paste. He knows how to balance playful and rough. [Spoiled Pretty]
AP - John Woo's Hollywood movies never quite captured the grace and gutsiness of his Hong Kong action films. Woo has brought a good dose of Hollywood scale and style to his first film shot in mainland China, though.
Once a week, Daily Intel takes a peek behind doors left slightly ajar. This week, the Party Promoter in the Paranoid Stage of a New Relationship: 30, male, Chelsea, gay, in a new relationship.
DAY ONE 11 a.m.: Alarm goes off. I notice a handprint on the wall (lube?) and remember the insanely hot sex the night before. Tom's erection makes me think he wants to do it again; the way he swats me away confirms that he doesn't. Jerk off in disappointment.
1 p.m.: Slow day at work, and boredom makes me horny. The empty office makes for ideal bathroom masturbation. I take advantage of the situation. 2:45 p.m.: Facebook chatting with a cute boy who invites me over. I am tempted, but think about how nice it felt having Tom next to me this morning when I woke up. I'm not sure if he wants it to be exclusive; honestly, I am not sure if I do either. He's hot. I'd be a fool to fuck this up, but so would he. I uncharacteristically defer. What is happening to me?!? 7 p.m.: Tom's coming over. I make dinner and iron his shirt for work the next day. I like doing things for him. We go to the drugstore for mixers and he reminds me to buy condoms. It's gonna be a good night! 11 p.m.: Have drinks with his ex's current boyfriend. The guy is hitting on us. So weird. Drinks lead to shots which lead to totally wasted. 11:10 p.m.: I notice Tom texting someone named Chris and become suspicious and annoyed. 3:30 a.m.: Still pissed off, I tell him I'm ready to go. I'm horny but annoyed at his texting. I feel his erection against my back as I pass out.
DAY TWO 10:30 a.m.: I go down on Tom as a nice alternative to the annoying BlackBerry alarm. I know he's awake and enjoying it. 10:42 a.m.: I'm showered, he's still in bed. His lingering erection tempts me and but I resist in order to avoid a re-shower. I'm mad at myself for passing out last night, as it was his turn to bottom. 2:45 p.m.: I'm paranoid he's sleeping with other people. Begin texting old flames to meet this evening. I need to keep an even score. 3:05 p.m.: No response to my texts. What's wrong with me? 4:40 p.m.: Home from work early and can still smell sex in my room. Want to masturbate, debate using my Fleshlight still full of lube from the other night. Decide that's disgusting and make a vodka soda instead. 4:44 p.m.: Vodka is not the answer. Mildly entertaining Internet porn leads to a lackluster orgasm. 9 p.m.: Tom wants to meet later tonight. I immediately smile and my crotch begins to swell. Best friend and I drink while I wait. 11:20 p.m.: He arrives and I greet him with a kiss and an inappropriate grope. He swats me away and looks annoyed. Is he uninterested or socially conscious? I have never been good at gauging this type of thing. 2:15 a.m.: We're both drunk and it's time to go home. We get to my apartment, move to my bed, and nothing else seems to matter — he is with me. Well, that, and that it's his turn to bottom.
DAY THREE 9:45 a.m.: Wake up not very horny. This is strange to me. He looks pretty lying there naked. Noon: I have lunch with my ex, our first post-breakup face-to-face. Throughout lunch I am generally uninterested in the conversation and text an old flame. 3 p.m.: Lying in bed, alone and horny for the first time today. Browse for some Internet porn, masturbate, and take a nap. Headed out of town for a business trip this evening. 6:30 p.m.: Board crowded Amtrak train and scope the seats for someone attractive to sit next to. Have always fantasized about a train hookup, either in the bathroom or perhaps just a hand job hidden under my jacket. I end up seated next to an overweight man scarfing greasy pizza. 10 p.m.: Hotel. Masturbate quickly before falling asleep.
DAY FOUR 6 a.m.: This is the earliest I have been awake in ages. Twitter tells me Tom was locked out of his apartment last night. I jealously think about where he slept. 10 a.m.: Spreadsheets are so fucking boring. I see a hot guy walk past my temporary office and can't help but think about pulling him into the bathroom and having dirty, anonymous sex. I have a Kit Kat instead. 3:15 p.m.: I get a text message from Tom asking when he can see me. I change my plans to make sure I get back tonight. 8 p.m.: Tom meets me at my apartment looking exceptionally cute. We laugh and have a good time doing seemingly nothing. Time passes so quickly when he is around. 10:30 p.m.: We lie in bed watching stupid television to kill time before going out. Holding his hand with our legs intertwined feels nice. I wonder if he is thinking the same thing. 1:30 a.m.: We decide taking bath together is far more appealing than a sweaty club. Our throbbing erections lead us to try sex in the water. The lack of lube and condoms lead us to stop. 2:15 a.m.: Order on-demand porn and imitate what we see onscreen. Discuss what we like sexually, when we did it best, and what we want to do more of. 5:20 a.m.: Naked and sweaty, I notice the time. Shit! I have an 8 a.m. train to catch to go see my family. Try to fall asleep but want to get off just once more. I make my way downward and deep-throat for the first time.
DAY FIVE 10 a.m.: Barely functional due to lack of sleep. Exhaustion has taken away any and all urges. 3:10 p.m.: Receive a text message from much older friend who suggests a " … fun sexy night with lots of cute boys. Maybe hire some workin' boys?" Is this what people think of me? Luckily I am out of town and won't be tempted. I mean, he would be paying … 6 p.m.: Staying with my family for the weekend. On the way to my parents', I go through my phone looking for old phone numbers. I have to have a hookup left in this town! 9 p.m.: No hookups found, so I resort to the computer. Skype automatically opens and I see that the figure skater is online. He and I have been having webcam sex for a while now. I ask if he's interested, and of course he is. 9:20 p.m.: The tawdry banter continues and I am oddly aroused by the thought that I could be caught at any moment in positions that would no doubt make my mother blush. 9:30 p.m.: Clean up after the surprisingly satisfying cyber session and head to bed. My goal is twelve hours sleep.
DAY SIX 10 a.m.: Wake up feeling refreshed, ignore my erection, and jump out of bed. 1 p.m.: Family fun has officially dried up and I can only think about finding a suburban boy to help pass the time. I go online and see a few names on my buddy list that provided fun in the past, but none seem to be able or interested today. 10 p.m.: Dinner with straight friends is finished. I had a great time, but begin to wonder why I haven't heard from Tom. Does he think about me when I'm away? 1:20 a.m.: Decide Internet porn is the best bet for a quick release and sound sleep. I discover a new website and am amazed at the variety of free videos available. My motive shifts from getting off quickly to fulfilling my intrigue. Felching ... wow. People really do that?!?
DAY SEVEN 9:15 a.m.: Wake up, laptop next to me, jeans buckled tight. I decide to pick up where I left off. Not sure if it's the morning sun or my sobriety, but the intriguing videos of last night no longer have the same effect. I close the lid, begin thinking of being inside of Tom, and quickly climax. Noon: Help my father with some yard work and wonder if I look butch wearing a flannel shirt pushing a wheelbarrow. Decide "butch" is probably not the right word. 3:35 p.m.: In the shower, I notice the removable showerhead that was the source of much pleasure for me as a teen and contemplate getting reacquainted. Then I think about who else in the house may have had a similar relationship with it. A bit of vomit in my mouth, I get out of the shower totally flaccid. 8 p.m.: En route back to city. Tom will meet me when I arrive. It's only been two days, but I miss him. 10 p.m.: We lay in my bed, enjoying being together. I am hosting a party later and look forward to having him next to me. The lube handprint is still on the wall and I hope to make it a pair before morning.
TOTALS: Seven acts of masturbation, once at the office and twice at the parents' house; two acts of fellatio; four acts of intercourse, once aborted in tub; five failed or refused offerings of hookups with others.
The Freedom Tower at Ground Zero has been in the works for years and years now—and it still won't be finished until 2018—but just so it isn't delayed by any errant workers who might slip off for ten minutes to go fetch a sandwich, the geniuses at the Port Authority have decided to install a Subway on-site.
The sandwich shop, which opens later this month, isn't located at the base of the rising tower, however. It will be be attached to one of the cranes:
The shop, expected to be in place by the end of the month, will be fitted into a shipping container-like structure fixed to one of the tower cranes, alongside a bathroom and construction offices for the project managers.
The concession stand will rise with the tower, eventually stopping near the 105th floor -- at roughly the height of the old Twin Towers, or about as high as the former Windows on the World restaurant was, Port Authority officials said.
PA spokesman Steve Coleman said having the concession near the top of the construction project would speed up the work.
"This will allow construction workers to stay in the tower throughout their shift rather than having to go up and down," Coleman said.
It's unclear if this is some sort of paid sponsorship on the part of Subway. But if you see a tacky yellow "Subway" banner hanging from the crane as it rises above the site of the former World Trade Center, you'll have your answer.
EVENTS
• See Harry Connick Jr. and an eighteen-piece orchestra perform to celebrate Bloomingdale's new holiday windows. He will be performing songs from his new album, Your Songs, on the Third Avenue side of the store. Bloomingdale's, 1000 Third Ave., at 59th St. (212-705-2000); 4:30 p.m.
SALES STARTING TOMORROW
• Samples and stock are 70 percent off at the Marlies Dekkers lingerie sale. Through 11/19. 50 W. 57th St., nr. Sixth Ave., eighth fl.; T–Th (10–6).
• Shirts and hats are 70 percent off and hoodies are 75 percent off at the Kidrobot sample sale. Hoodies are $25, T-shirts are $15, and hats are $10. Through 11/18. 56 W. 22nd St., nr. Sixth Ave., second fl.; T–W (11–8).
• Kooba handbags from current and past seasons are up to 80 percent off. Through 11/19. 141 W. 36th St., nr. Seventh Ave., nineteenth fl.; T–Th (10–2) and (3–8).
• Classic crocodile clutches are 50 percent off at the Nancy Gonzalez sale. Through 11/19. 50 W. 57th St., nr. Sixth Ave., eighth fl. (212-920-1211); T–Th (10–6).
• Handbags, totes, clutches, and wallets are up to 80 percent off at the MCM sample sale. New merchandise will be added throughout the week. Through 11/19. 50 W. 57th St., nr. Sixth Ave., eighth fl. (212-920-1211); T–Th (10–6).
• Outerwear, sportswear, and dresses are up to 80 percent off at the Strenesse sample and stock sale. Through 11/19. 50 W. 57th St., nr. Sixth Ave., eighth fl. (212-920-1211); T–Th (10–6).
• Fall merchandise from Vivienne Westwood, Iodice, Bliss Lau, and Ilaria Nistri is up to 75 percent off. Prices range from $50 to $300. Through 11/29. Scatola Showroom, 544 W. 27th St., nr. Eleventh Ave., sixth fl.; Tu–F (10–7).
• Receive 75 percent off women's ready-to-wear and men's suits, shirts, and accessories at the Christian Lacroix and Isaia Napoli sample sale. Through 11/21. 260 Fifth Ave., nr. 28th St.; T–F (10–7), S (10–2:30).
ENDING TOMORROW
• Samples from past collections, wedding bands, one-off designs, and Indian and African bangles are up to 80 percent off at the St. Kilda jewelry sale. 71 Fifth Ave., nr. Prospect Pl. (718-398-4459); daily (noon–8).
Fashion editors and bloggers, fear for your jobs. Oh, we kid, kind of! Fashion stores and labels are taking it upon themselves to launch their own magazines and blogs. Shops like H&M and Forever 21 got into this game a while back (Forever 21's was at least announced some time ago — the glossy is due out this Friday). But now the higher-end lines are producing content: Chanel and Purple's Olivier Zahm have paired up to put out 31 Rue Cambon, the inaugural issue of the in-house Chanel magazine (named after the first Chanel boutique). Zahm posted the news on PurpleDiary along with shots of the issue, which he art-directed and designed for Karl. We can only hope the mag has glorious shots of His Hotness Baptiste Giabiconi in various stages of undress.
Not to be outdone, Barneys today announced a series of new initiatives, one of which included launching a blog for merchants and fashion directors. Which means we can get a first-hand look into buying and selecting merch. They're also expanding the video section online, which will feature a lot more of Simon Doonan. That can only be a good thing. All you laid-off media folk, you know where to apply.
Now that the city is planning to move forward with a ban on smoking in public parks, a new battleground has opened up in the war on tobacco. Several NYC landlords are now planning to ban smoking in their buildings and are informing tenants that if they smoke inside their apartments, they may be subject to eviction. If you happen to live in one of those buildings and you're a smoker, perhaps you could try and work out an exemption by pretending you have chronic back pain? Hey, you never know. [NYT]
AP - "U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth" (The University of North Carolina Press, 383 pages, $30), by Joan Waugh: Anybody remember that gag question Groucho Marx used on his quiz show? Who's buried in Grant's tomb?
So much for those TV commercials that Gov. David Paterson was hoping would boost his popularity (and which he spent half a million dollars on): According to a new poll, Paterson now trails Andrew Cuomo by a staggering 59 points in a potential primary next year. [NYP]
It takes a lot of work for Rihanna to look like Rihanna. Do you think decisions like elaborate bra-top jackets or suddenly turning blonde just happen overnight? No! It takes investigating, studying, and probably a lot of Googling. "In the past few months I’ve done a lot of research in the fashion world because I wanted to work with a bunch of designers that are kinda underground, people who aren’t the obvious," the singer told Grazia. "I found this guy Alexander Voltaire — his stuff is just so amazing, the colors are really beautiful and feminine but the structure is really strong, which I love." Besides scoping out Voltaire, she's recently worn Rick Owens, Eddie Borgo, Balmain, Gareth Pugh, Stéphane Rolland, and more. Of course, she also likes to sport nipple pasties, but it's all for fashion.
Reuters - Sony's entry in the crowded animation field this holiday season is "Planet 51," a perky though not terribly imaginative feature aimed primarily at youngsters. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 16 Nov 2009 | 11:58 am
Enrique Iglesias is known as many things to many people. To some, he is merely the son of legendary crooner Julio Iglesias. To others, he is the puppet master of the dance floor, or the “pista de baile.” And to many, he is nothing more than that dude with the mole and a small D.
Some of you may remember a while back when Enrique was quoted as saying “I can never find extra-small condoms, and I know it’s really embarrassing for people – you know (whispered, with a hand blocking his mouth from the camera) from experience.” (emphasis ours) He went on to claim that this was all a misunderstanding, and that he did not, in fact, use finger condies on his peen to have sex.
But the information stuck with the public at large, as it were. And now, Enrique is fighting back.
How?
By likening his penis to a gigantic, brass stripper pole.
This slightly NSFW music video for his song “Sad Eyes” shows Enrique on an average afternoon, putting his mouth up to a television screen advertising phone sex, masturbating, and then having a dream where he is the objet d’sire of some comely young lass. Who then uses his penis as a stripper pole. You can watch it here in plain English, but get the tissues ready! In case you either cry or masturbate.
Saturday's auction of assorted jewelry, clothing, and housewares that once belonged to Bernie and Ruth Madoff was far more successful than anyone suspected. The sale brought in just under a million dollars, or nearly double what had been anticipated in advance. (That satin Mets jacket with "Madoff" on it? It sold for $14,500, although the pre-bid estimate had only been $500.) But if you missed Saturday's proceedings, there's still time to grab a piece of the Ponzi king's spoils: Three of his boats go up for sale tomorrow. [NYT, NYP]
AP - It's post-Katrina New Orleans and there are snakes in the water — none bigger than Terence McDonagh, an exceptionally corrupt detective, who slinks through town snorting coke, smoking heroin, harassing women and brandishing a .44 Magnum stuffed in the front of his pants.
In what may be the most head-scratching news of the day, La Lohan has a new design gig. According to LohanGroupie.com (yes, that's actually a site) and Access Hollywood, LiLo announced a collaboration with jeweler Pascal Mouawad. "Pascal and I are actually working together, we’re doing something with a friend who owns bebe," she told Access Hollywood. "We’re doing a collection for them and we’re also going to be doing some other things." But wait! We were left confused, because after pondering why anyone would let Lindsay design even a napkin doodle — let alone a jewelry collection — after the whole Ungaro disaster, we realized that Mouawad is the man behind Nicole Richie's House of Harlow collection. There's more! He has also teamed up with, yes, Kelly Bensimon, for her Navajo-inspired line. So you could say that Mouawad is the king of hot-mess jewelry lines. If anyone can make this collaboration work, it's him.
Meg Ryan and Nora Ephronleaving Esca after having lunch on Friday ... Marc Jacobs and Lorenzo Martone walking in the West Village ... Celine Dion and Rene Angelil leaving their hotel en route to lunch at Da Tommaso on Eighth Avenue ... Alex Rodriguez walking in Midtown ... Jessica Stamhanging with boyfriend Austin Cregg and friends downtown ... Shia LaBeouf listening to music on the set of Wall Street 2 ... Nicole Kidman getting out of a car with daughter ... Taylor Momsen walking to the set of Gossip Girl ... James Gandolfinisigning autographs outside the Bernard Jacobs Theatre ... Ruben Studdard arriving at JFK ... Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts pushing son Samuel in a stroller ... and Sienna Miller getting out of a cab.
I’m a little disappointed, internet, that this video of Vladimir Putinattending a rap battle doesn’t actually feature Putin rapping (kind of a viral c*cktease), but the video is still completely worth it for Putin’s RAGING apathy during the rap performances, bookending a speech about how important urban culture is to Russia.
I think this dude just raised the bar too high for Russian politician viral videos…
AP - "Going Rogue: An American Life" (HarperCollins, 413 pages, $28.99), by Sarah Palin: There should be a feeling of palpable glee running through Sarah Palin's memoir: Now, finally, she gets to talk, unfiltered and unedited.
Miuccia Prada on her design process: "In fashion, once you've got something, you're already thinking about what's next. Maybe it's a little hysterical. Now, every day I'm thinking about change. It's a constant anxiety that is probably a reflection of society's anxiety in general. The big deal about fashion is really very recent, this frantic pursuit of newness. It may be a good thing, or a bad thing, but it's really defining this moment." Do you agree? [Independent UK]
• Todd Morley, founding partner of the asset management firm Guggenheim Capital and the Duchess of York's former business adviser, has put his two apartments on the 10th and 11th floors of 563 Park Avenue on the market. A longtime resident of the building, Morley bought the 11th floor co-op from Spamalot producer Arielle Tepper for $3.45 million in 2006 but never combined the apartments. He now has both places on the market together for $7.999 million. [Cityfile, Rutenberg Realty] • Iris Cantor, the philanthropist and widow of Cantor Fitzgerald founder Bernie Cantor, has sold off her penthouse at 110 Central Park South. The four-bedroom apartment, which Cantor bought for $15 million in 2006, was listed for $11.9 million when it went into contract in August. It sold for just $10.5 million to wine importer Leonardo LoCascio. [Cityfile] • Former Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy has paid $7.4 million for a three-bedroom condo in the Superior Ink building on West 12th Street. Mulcahy and her husband also own a home in Fairfield, Conn. [NYT]
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To Twilight fans, a football pass has never carried more weight.
Doing his part to satisfy The Jay Leno Show's "Earn Your Plug" gimmick, Taylor Lautner completed a long pass...
Serious stuff, these semifinals.
Donny Osmond, Joanna Krupa, Kelly Osbourne and Mya marched into the ballroom tonight knowing they had three dances ahead of them and little room for...
Fans who tuned in to tonight's episode of House saw Jennifer Morrison's Allison Cameron walk out on both her man (Jesse Spencer's Robert Chase) and her job at Princeton-Plainsboro...
Cristina hates her. With a passion. And so far, it seems that some of you fans do too.
Ever since Kim Raver (whom Cristina named "Desert Storm Barbie") was introduced on...
Nicole Richie clad in white. Joel Madden in his best suit. Courthouse. Marriage.
All were in play today in downtown L.A., but it's not exactly what you think.
Richie...
After a long day of Ken Ober death rumors, followed by rumors that the death rumors were just rumors, and finally confirmation that the initial rumors were actually true and not just rumors, 
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The New Oxford American Dictionary has officially revealed its 
The Freedom Tower at Ground Zero has been in the works for years and years now—and it still won't be 
Enrique Iglesias is known as many things to many people. To some, he is merely the son of legendary crooner Julio Iglesias. To others, he is the puppet master of the dance floor, or the “pista de baile.” And to many, he is nothing more than that dude with the mole and a small D. 
• Todd Morley, founding partner of the asset management firm Guggenheim Capital and the Duchess of York's 
