(Reuters) Reuters - James Cameron is "the king of the world" again. "Avatar," the director's first feature since 1997's "Titanic," opens worldwide this weekend amid critical acclaim and expectations of boffo box office. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 17 Dec 2009 | 11:47 pm
Visitors interact with a giant Rubik's Cube at the exhibition "The 80s are back" at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Drawing on the museum's extensive collection and complemented by signature items borrowed... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 17 Dec 2009 | 10:54 pm
The decade which produced Rubik's Cube and the Sony Walkman may seem old-hat, but a new Australian exhibition dedicated to the 1980s is riding a wave of nostalgia for pre-digital days, its... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 17 Dec 2009 | 10:54 pm
Curator Peter Cox poses in front of the entrance to the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney where the exhibition "The 80s are back" is showing. Drawing on the museum's extensive collection and complemented by... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 17 Dec 2009 | 10:54 pm
Undercover lovers Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were spotted out together in Venice Beach yesterday, escaping the shutterbugs and enjoying a private date night. Take that, all you Robsten...
That's been Russell Hantz's mantra since day one of Survivor: Samoa,...
LOS ANGELES - The future keeps calling for Zoe Saldana and Sam Worthington. They had breakout hits last summer in established science-fiction franchises, she in "Star Trek," set in the Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 17 Dec 2009 | 6:41 pm
BOSTON - The winner of the CBS reality show "Big Brother 9," who's accused of attempting to sell drugs, has been released for inpatient substance abuse treatment after posting bail. ... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 17 Dec 2009 | 6:39 pm
Reuters - Box office watchers expect widely-anticipated sci-fi movie "Avatar" to make more than $75 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters this coming weekend following its debut on Friday.
Avatar cost —let's just say, it cost a lot. Murkier still is whether it'll make a lot. Is the big, blue James Cameron epic, opening Friday, the next Titanic, the...
Reuters - A first edition of Lewis Carroll's classic book "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" -- dedicated to the real life Alice who inspired the story -- was sold at a U.S. auction for $115,000, auctioneers said on Thursday.
Reuters - A first edition of Lewis Carroll's classic book "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There" -- dedicated to the real life Alice who inspired the story -- was sold at a U.S. auction for $115,000, auctioneers said on Thursday.
It's been a good week for Mad Men!
AMC's '60s-set saga was nominated for multiple Golden Globes and SAG Awards following the show's top-notch third season, and since...
Tori Spelling and her estranged mom, Candy, are talking again, and the Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood homemaker feels that the timing...
Some of the Jersey Shore stars may have just bada-binged their way through Hollywood, but that doesn't mean they're looking to leave the Garden State in their Cadillac dust.
At...
• The e-reader war rages on: If you want to read the Post on your Kindle on the way to work, you're out of luck; you'll have to buy a Sony Reader. [NYT, AFP] • Project Runway will return to NYC (and Lifetime) for its 7th season. [NYDN] • Budget Travel isn't shutting down, contrary to the rumors awhile back. But it does have a new owner now that Newsweek has sold it to a financial firm. [AP] • Job cuts at the Times in the last two days have claimed 18 people. [AP] • American Idol creator Simon Fuller is launching an online talent show. [NYT] • Diane Sawyer's GMA debut next week is going to be "low-key." [USAT] • It looks like Fox News will close out 2009 with its highest ratings ever. [B&C] • Ashton Kutcher is bringing The Beautiful Life back. On YouTube. [NYT] • The 16th annual SAG Award nominations were announced today. [LAT] • Nancy O'Dell is quitting Access Hollywood. Why? Because the show is getting too sensational and she's a "nice and classy girl." But you knew that. [People]
One down, two to go (well, three, if you're including the Bonus Jonas).
Kevin Jonas' highly anticipated wedding to his longtime girlfriend, Danielle Deleasa, is set for this...
Twilight mere mortal Anna Kendrick has a lot on her mind these days. And you'd better believe it has nothing to do with vampires and werewolves.
Try the red carpet! Ms. Kendrick is...
UPDATE: Burky pleaded not guilty to stalking and violating a court order. If he posts bail, he's been ordered to stay 500 feet away from Garner, Affleck and their...
Beginning in January, the Museum of Modern Art will morph into a club—with DJs spinning house music, "specialty cocktails," a $20 cover, and everything—on the first Thursday of each month. Please mind the artwork, clubgoers. Oh, and come early: This new nightspot is only open till 8:45pm. [NewYorkology]
MTV just had an impromptu holiday party a couple of floors above my office. I had planned on stopping by later on, but when someone mentioned that the cast of The Jersey Shore was going to be there, I put my Rocketeer Halloween costume on and jetpacked my ass up to the 23rd floor.
A large conference room which reeked of (delicious) chicken fingers was filled to the brim with MTV’s finest* (*a euphemism for “everyone”). And there, in the corner, stood part of the cast in all their navy brown glory: Sammi and Pauly D (who looks like a study Mulan). Pauly has always been my favorite, but in person, looked more beautiful Hawaiian woman than Guido.
And there, in front of me.
Was.
THE SITUATION.
I couldn’t resist. This was my moment. There he stood, shorter than I would have imagined, wearing a shiny silver blazer and a face that said “How did I get here?” I rolled up as only a Collins could and began what would end up being THE BEST CONVERSATION OF MY LIFE:
Me: The Situationnnnnnnn! (seriously, that many n’s)
Situation: (mobbed by people with cameras) Hey.
Me: Can you believe it? One month ago, you walk into this room, no one cares who you are. Now look at you.
Situation: Yeah, I know. It’s crazy.
Me: So listennnnnn. You should stick with me tonight. I know everyone here*. (Giant lie.) I’ll introduce you to all the girls at MTV. I think I might be a little too tall for you* (Note: At 6′1″, I stood about 5 inches his senior.)
Situation: Nah, nah, you’re gorgeous.*
Me: (super idiot high voice) Siiiiitchuh.
The End.
Verdict: I’m in love. Also he seems like a nice enough guy who is clearly enjoying the attention. Because I am a lady, I did not ask to dry clean my cowlneck tunic on his washboard stummies, however according to my sources he gladly showed his abs off to anyone who asked.
In a related story, I now have my life’s greatest regret. Good day.
AP - A man arrested outside a school attended by the daughter of Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck has been charged with felony stalking and violating a restraining order protecting the family.
Continuing the current trend of designers replacing look-book models with actors and replacing physical look-books with online videos, Donna Karan, People's Revolution, and director Jake Sumner have teamed up on what appears to be a moody short film featuring Christina Ricci modeling Karan's Eldridge bag. Seems everyone's favorite brassy aunt, Kelly Cutrone of People's Revolution and her creative firm, All Day Everyday, brought Sumner (yes, he's the son of Sting) together with Karan's team to create "Four Play," a two-minute film wherein Ricci will portray four different women rocking the bag in the — wait for it — four different ways it can be worn. Says Cutrone about the movement toward video look books, "For years, I have been a big believer in the idea that designers need to create and control their own content so it can’t be stolen or looted as it is at fashion shows. Let’s face it: Anyone at the end of a riser can take that footage and do anything they want with it." True, Kells. But just wait until some smarmy Final Cut user edits Keyboard Cat into Ricci's performance sometime after it premieres on YouTube.
Left-wing activist group MoveOn.org says it has raised $1 million in two days from its network of outraged donors who are irate that Lieberman flip-flopped on the Medicare buy-in, a policy he not long ago firmly supported. How are they going to use that money to get him? Not by waiting around to support a primary challenger in his Connecticut reelection campaign, which they figure he could never win anyway. No, they're launching a mildly mean ad campaign. Involving unfunny sock puppets! That'll teach him, libs. You spend that money wisely.
Zoe Saldana wore a look from the spring 2010 Versace runway to the premiere of Avatar last night in Hollywood. The metallic dress with white side panels radiated against her skin tone.
We would’ve skipped right over the video for I Blame Coco’s “Caesar” if it wasn’t for the presence of Robyn, everyone’s favorite asymmetrically-coiffed Swedish electropop star. But we’re glad we stuck around: Turns out, I Blame Coco is the stage name of Coco Sumner, otherwise known as Sting’s daughter. We have no idea what she’s blabbering about — Whose doors are getting knocked down? What’s getting written on our T-shirt? — but she’s got a cool, vaguely accented singing voice, and she rides the track’s giant fuzzy bass line with all the grace of a seasoned pro. By the time Robyn shows up to spazz out on the chorus, you’ll have forgotten all about the video’s sub-Warriors design scheme.
SKIN
• In Britain, a bill has been created proposing a law banning people under the age of 18 from tanning. The country's health minister, Gillian Merron, says she wants to pass the bill by the time of general election in May. Tanning beds are already banned in Scotland for those under the age of 18. [BBC News]
MAKEUP
• What happened to Nicole Kidman's face at the Nine premiere this week? Our friends over at Daily Intel made some guesses. [Daily Intel]
• The journal Personal Relationships published a new study claiming that women who live in cities care more about their looks than people who live in the country. The research reasons that the more people you have around you, like in cities, the more pressure one has to keep a better appearance. [MSNBC via Allure]
HAIR
• A school district in a suburb of Dallas, Texas, suspended a 4-year-old pre-kindergartner for having long hair, saying his locks violated school dress code. [HuffPo]
• Professional brow experts claim they fix a lot of clients' brows who overplucked after trying to re-create celebrity looks. “The worst epidemic is teenagers,” says brow-bar owner Sania Vucetaj. "They get waxed and they are half gone." Eyebrow transplants are also growing, with 3,484 performed in 2008, up from 2,544 in 2004. [NYT]
FRAGRANCE
• Usher on why he loves perfume: "Fragrance is the one thing that stays on when everything else comes off." [StyleList]
Showing that (thank God) they haven't learned anything since last year, CNN has decided to bring back Kathy Griffin to co-host their New Year's Eve broadcast from Times Square with Anderson Cooper. How well we remember the last few moments of 2008, during which we heard Griffin scream, on live television, to a heckler: "You know what? I don't go to your job and knock the dicks out of your mouth!" Anderson, of course, mostly just giggled helplessly next to her for the evening, which we also love. But this year, CNN has also decided to bring on Lance Bass to anchor the telecast from Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas. That's right: Lance Bass, Anderson Cooper, and Kathy Griffin, all together in one big happy New Year's extravaganza. It's almost ... well ... really? ... it's just ... there's too ... sigh.
A four-year-old kid stole a beer, got drunk, put on a dress, snuck into the neighbors’ house, and stole their Christmas presents?? That’s the most rock and roll thing I’ve ever heard.
This kid is literally now the greatest rock band that ever lived. He’s walking out as a special guest at the next Rock N’ Roll Hall Of Fame concert alongside will.i.am and Stevie Van Zandt to cover Aerosmith’s “Dream On” then Steven Tyler walks out in the middle of the song!!! This is definitely happening.
Since we spend most of our day doing stuff like tracking Sandra Bullock’s Oscar chances and listening to Gucci Mane, we have no idea what’s going on with the climate talks in Copenhagen. But Thom Yorke does! The Radiohead front man took some time off from his busy schedule of making music people love/hate and took a trip to the U.N. Climate Change Conference to suss out the situation for himself. And it’s not looking good, folks: Yorke’s upset about something called NGOs being thrown out of somewhere (Denmark?), and totally isn’t feeling the American administration’s tactics throughout this whole shindig. Through it all, he manages to offer words of encouragement, saying “like most people, I was ready to give up on it, but I think the more people that think like that, the worse it is. You’ve got to try and be positive.” We’re actually not particularly concerned, though: Thom Yorke’s on the case!
New York's design editor, Wendy Goodman, interviewed Christie's Viscount David Linley on how to collect furniture, and where to start what he calls a "layering effect." Viscount Linley also took us on a tour of the "Young Collectors Series" auction at Christie's, which runs through today. Watch the video to learn more about how to pick pieces for a room.
Knightley — a ladymag princess, but not the queen.
Leave it to the feministy mag addicts over at Jezebel to sit down and actually try to determine the queen of "ladymag" covers in the aughts using cold, hard numbers. We thank them for doing the yeoman's (yeowoman's?) work of flipping through an entire decade of Cosmo, Marie Claire, and, sniff, Jane covers, and for distilling their findings to a clear formula. First off, the cover "models" in question aren't models at all, but the kind of smiling, wide-eyed actresses and singers you're more likely to see in a rom-com than a runway show (ScarJo, Brit Brit, and SJP all make appearances). Since the nineties, ingénues and pop tarts have moved more newsstand sales than full-time mannequins (a trend most fashion insiders decry after a gimlet or two). Moreover, it seems that a series of highs and lows (à la Ms. Spears) has been more valuable to consistent placement over the last ten years than, let's say, emotional stability or top-shelf taste. And what does this study yield? Who is Ms. Ladymag of the 00's? Well, we don't want to give away the answer, which is simultaneously surprising and clearly logical. Ms. Ladymag is, after all, America's unofficial girlfriend. Click over for the big reveal.
No one likes a sequel. When hedge-fund manager (and Daily Intel obsession) John Paulson burst out of obscurity by making $15 billion for his firm betting on the collapse of the subprime market, then scored another $5 billion in 2008 betting against financial firms, it was just a matter of time before people started predicting his sophomore slump. Earlier this month, Business Week implied he was having a Speed 2 moment when they sniffed of his "so-so returns": "The founder of Paulson & Co. doesn't even look average this year."
While his major bets on gold and big banks are paying off, such holdings aren't likely to produce the record gains that made him a rock star on Wall Street.
But Daily Intel recently got a sneak peek at Paulson's unpublished year-to-date returns, up to November (not from the man himself, unfortunately). They're more recent than — but pretty similar to — the results in Paulson's third-quarter letter to investors, and comparing his performance with the average returns for the same hedge-fund strategies from Absolute Returns magazine, which tracks the hedge-fund industry, it seems like Paulson is actually doing a pretty decent job — certainly better than most in his field.
Paulson's spokesman declined to comment, citing the firm's policy not to discuss its returns, but here's what we learned:
We'll start with Paulson's flagship funds, the Advantage and Advantage Plus funds, which are the biggest funds at his $30 billion firm. Both funds make the same bets on what hedgies call "event arbitrage," which means betting on the stocks and bonds of companies going through major events like mergers, reorganizations, spinoffs, and management changes. The Advantage fund bets on those companies directly. The Advantage Plus fund makes the same bets bigger by using debt to magnify the investment.
Similar funds that bet on events have returned only 14 percent this year, according to Absolute Returns. Paulson's Advantage Fund returned about the same — 13 percent up to November, in line with his peers. His Advantage Plus fund, however — usually the star of his portfolio — is well above the industry average, with a 20 percent return. That's a drop compared to Paulson's amazing 37.9 percent return in 2008, when he made money by betting against financial stocks. It is still, however, significantly better than most other hedge-fund managers are doing this year using the same strategy.
Paulson's credit funds are doing even better compared to the rest of the industry. In hedge-fund speak, investing in credit means buying up a variety of loans and bonds — preferably cheaply, then selling them later when they're worth more. Credit, as a strategy, returned only 13.6 percent for the industry this year. Yet Paulson's credit fund was up 28.45 percent this year through November, our sources say. That's not only better than the rest of the industry, it's also an area where Paulson outshone his returns in 2008. In 2008, Paulson's two credit funds returned 19 percent and 16 percent.
Another Paulson winner, relative to the industry's returns, is his Recovery Fund, which he created in the fall of 2008, ironically to buy up the mortgage-backed securities he had bet against in the belief that they would rise in value. So far, his bet is paying off. The hedge-fund industry's average return on MBS is 11.4 percent; Recovery Fund's return up to November was 18.07 percent.
So, Paulson's investors will be able to renovate the lavish interiors of their Gulfstreams, if not buy new ones, and the man himself might want to buy himself a few new cases of that Lafite-Rothschild he likes so much and toast to the future: Many of his new investments — in financial firms like Citigroup and hotel companies like Starwood — seem to indicate an exact reversal of the steps he's made over the last two years. If those investments work out on the flip side, Paulson will be on track to create a legacy as one of the smarter contrarian investors. More important, he won't have to worry about being called "so-so" again.
Santa's visit is still a week away, but the stork just made a special delivery to Leelee Sobieski.
The 26-year-old actress welcomed a baby girl Wednesday.
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Yvonne King Burch, a leading voice and driving force in "America's First Family of Song," died this week just a month short of her 90th birthday, her family said.
Club owner and incorrigible attention addict JE Englebert is back with another shameless publicity stunt. He says he's auctioning off an outfit that Tiger Woods Mistress No. 1 Rachel Uchitel wore when she worked as a VIP hostess at TAO in Las Vegas. But he's giving the proceeds to a charity that fights domestic abuse, so it's all cool. Or not. Englebert's latest typo-ridden press release is below.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Outfit of Rachel Uchitel, the 1st alleged mistress Tiger Woods to be auctioned off !!
A New York City nightclub owner has the VIP Hostess outfit of Rachel Uchitel, the 1st alleged mistress of superstar golf player Tiger Woods. Club owner JE Englebert will announce a press conference soon showing off the garment and announcing his plan to auction it off on Ebay.com to donate the funds to a domestic abuse charity.
"When Woods and his wife decided to go clubbing at 230am in the morning this turned into domestic abuse" "They apparently couldn’t decide between using the wood (tree) or the iron (fire hydrant)" says Englebert. Englebert received the garments from one of his waitresses who want's to keep anonymous whom worked with Rachel at TAO Las Vegas where Rachel was a VIP hostesses. Reports state that Rachel Uchitel was offered hush money from the Woods camp to keep quiet about her affair in the amount, between $1 and $3 million dollars.
For all press and media inquiries, contact: Floyd Beniot at Recognition Public Relations
Earlier this afternoon, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Billy Crudup, and Michael Shannon hosted a lunch at Monkey Bar in honor of their good friend Michael Stuhlbarg, who recently got a Golden Globe (but not a SAG) nomination for the Coen brothers' A Serious Man. Given that the hosts were all Academy members, we wanted to know, when it comes to Oscar voting, do they vote for their friends? "Sure, I'd vote for Michael," said Shannon. "Although, I don't really feel qualified to vote since this is, like, the only movie I've seen." Crudup: "Of course you do, but only because you love their work and know it's the best. And because you're only friends with winners."
Pivovarova banging with Chester French (left) and MGMT (right).
Models and rockers — it's one of those perennial combos, like peanut butter and jelly or blended whiskey and Marlboro Lights, that outlast trend and time. The latest Vogue resurrects this classic formula with "Rock the House," a his-and-hers editorial featuring multiple indie music artists — MGMT, Mika, the Horrors — and one Condé mannequin, Sasha Pivovarova, vamping along with the young rock stars. Granted, Vogue isn't exactly breaking ground with their choice of artists for this Grace Coddington–styled, Steven Meisel–shot spread, but it has its moments. We're particularly enjoying Pivovarova's lonesome tête a tête with Beirut's Zach Condon and her back-to-back mugging with Adam Green. And she almost appears to be with the band when she wedges herself into the lineup of yacht-rock kings Vampire Weekend, leaving us to wonder whether the Brooklyn-based boys should draft her as a backup tambourinist for their next tour. Think about it, guys. Already Famous: Sasha Pivovarova in US Vogue January 2009 [Fashion Time]
Which is which? Before and after (left and right). Top, Duane Reade. Bottom, Ramy Spa.
Brow guru Ramy has tweezed everyone from Naomi Campbell to Renée Zellweger, and his Ramy Spa has been a destination for celebrities and editors alike. Now the celeb plucker has opened himself to the masses with the new Ramy Brow Bar inside Duane Reade's Look boutiques. A brow job with Ramy at his spa is $75 ($50 with an associate), while the Duane Reade bar is promising Ramy-style brows, but for a mere $30 with one of his experts. We recruited two fuzzy-browed women, had one of them head to Ramy's spa to get groomed by the man himself, and sent the other to Duane Reade (1350 Broadway, at 35th Street). Can you tell the difference?
I’m torn on the Avatar issue. While I plan on seeing the movie anyway, thus making the following deliberation moot, I’m still trying to make sense of exactly what to expect when I walk into that theater (seven hours early, cause that’s what everyone does in this stupid city).
On one hand, the reviews are pretty unanimously positive, the praise itself has been borderline superlative from some circles (”It’s gonna change filmmaking so much, this is literally the first movie ever made!!”), and James Cameron, though he hasn’t made a blockbuster in a while, really hasn’t ever made a bad movie (I’m not a Titanic fan, but it’s hard to call the most successful film of all time a “bad” movie).
On the other hand, though, every time I see those blue people, I feel like the boy in The Emperor’s New Clothes wondering why no one else is pointing out “These things actually look really, really stupid.” Plus, most of the praise centers around the effects and the aspects of filmmaking itself more so than the movie being interesting or having a plot. Also, if the trailer line “Yer not in Kansas anymoooahhhhh!!!!” is actually in the movie, it’s gonna have to be pretty damn awesome the rest of the time for me to not be laughing at it constantly.
So what’s the verdict? Are you super-psyched to see Avatar? Highly skeptical of the monumental praise? Or just walkin’ in there with no expectations?
We feel like we know Martha Stewart well enough to figure that when she planned to bake brownies during a segment featuring hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg, she knew what she was doing. Such that when she asked him to "rap while we're doing this" as the pair stirred flour into brownie batter, she could have predicted this exchange:
Snoop: "Trying to make some brownies, but we're missing the most important part of the brownies."
Martha: "Which is, which is, which is ..."
Snoop: "No sticks no seeds no stems."
Martha: "You want green brownies."
Snoop: "Yes."
Martha: "He wants green brownies. Brownish green brownies."
Snoop: "The greener the better!"
You've got to love a lady that thought that "Christmas Cookie Day with Renee Fleming and Snoop Dogg" (airing tomorrow) was going to be just another day at the office.
The job market has improved a tiny bit. According to the Department of Labor, New York City added 10,000 jobs last month and the city's unemployment rate dropped to 10 percent, compared to 10.3 percent for the month of October. It isn't much, no—NYC has lost 139,000 jobs since last August—but just be grateful the numbers aren't heading in the other direction. [Crain's]
Italian menswear company Canali has been making some of the world's best suits for 75 years. After three generations, the Canali family is still devoted to creating the finest in Italian clothing and accessories, and investing in quality is the smart way to dress now. Here are five reasons we love this classic house.
1. The tailoring is superior.
2. The textiles are outstanding, and most are exclusive to them.
3. Love that they make 1,400 suits and 1,600 pairs of trousers a day. Clearly, practice makes perfect.
4. Because everything is done in their own factories in Italy, the quality is assured.
5. Although expensive, these suits are built to last.
Three-piece suit, $1,995.00 at Canali, 25 Broad St., at Exchange Place; 212-842-8700; www.canali.it.
There was a protest outside Goldman Sachs this morning! The turnout wasn't great, but the handful of people who did turn out came armed with a special song. (It's to the tune of "Jingle Bells.") A video clip of the action is below.
Seriously. If thinking about Diddy's many accomplishments don't cause you to collapse inward and moan what have I done with my life, if ruminating on his contributions to the arts, science, medicine, and geopolitical debate, doesn't just awe your face off, there is something really wrong. According to Diddy.
He tells Playboy:
"If I’m not inspiring you at this point, you’re a lost hope. I’m one of the baddest motherfuckers to ever do this shit, and I’m not saying that in an arrogant way. That’s a fact, in black and white. I dare you to write down all my achievements. It will be overwhelming. Break it down and then say who’s number one in hip-hop. Who else has conquered television? Who else has conquered fashion? I don’t want to hear you have a fashion line. Do you have a Council of Fashion Designers of America award? I need to know. Have you run a marathon? If you all still want to fuck with me after I ran the marathon, I don’t know what else to do."
So yeah. Take that, New Yorker. Sean Combs has the energy of all of your "World Changers" in one little finger!
Just kidding! Actually, he has it in his pants.
PLAYBOY: You’ve talked about having 30-hour sex sessions.
COMBS: I’m not exaggerating. When I heard about Sting doing it, I thought, Yo, is this possible? I studied up on the breathing techniques and the focus. Now I think to myself, I cannot believe I’ve been going this long! [laughs] Night is turning into day and I’m still goin’ at it.
Last month, our weekend-concert roundup "Out on the Weekend" captured the wacky opening night of Under 100, a Tribeca venue located underneath Damon Dash’s office/hang-out space DD172, which featured indie rockers Sleigh Bells and Javelin getting down with rappers Mos Def and Curren$y. Under 100’s second night was just as wild, with Cool Kids, the London Souls, Amanda Diva, Jay Electronica, and Dirty Projectors’ Angel Deradoorian all in the house. (Brooklyn Vegan’s show recap said “Under 100 … is quickly becoming famous, after just two shows.”) But if you were planning on checking out the craziness, you’re too late — apparently, a Village Voice article on the venue tipped off the community board and pissed off Dash, and it’s already been shut down. If it makes you feel any better, the Voice is very apologetic. [VV]
With the real Avatar day less than twelve hours away, New York's film critic David Edelstein declares James Cameron's latest opus "a mighty achievement," primarily because Cameron "understands the value of GIGANTISM and AWESOMENESS." Be sure to read his rave review over at The Projectionist. [The Projectionist]
On Tuesday, the New York Daily Newstook the New York Post to task over its new "sex, love and relationship" columnist Ashley Dupre, calling the ex-hooker's advice "useless" and bemoaning the fact Post editors have insisted on giving Dupre a "16th minute of fame." But the Daily News is a friend to publicity-seeking former sex workers, too! Look no further than Kristin Davis, the madam who claims she provided escorts to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Over the past 11 months, the News has mentioned Davis in no fewer than 16 articles, many of which link to her website and plug her self-published paperback book. (Just yesterday, she earned a mention when the Daily News' Gatecrasher column interviewed Davis about her plans to run against Spitzer for state comptroller in the event he decides to run himself.) It's almost like the paper has Davis on speed dial, doesn't it?
Davis, in case you've forgotten, was busted in March 2008 for running a high-end escort service and spent close to four months at Rikers before she was bailed out. (She eventually pleaded guilty to the charges and was given time served.)
In February 2009, Davis "published" The Manhattan Madam, a tell-all about her "multi-million dollar business" in which she alleged that she booked dates for Eliot Spitzer over the course of several years. Since then, Davis—or unidentified "sources" "close" to Davis—have supplied the Daily News with a big bunch of other Davis career accomplishments. She's said to have provided escorts to Oscar-winning songwriter (and accused rapist) Joseph Brooks. She supposedly wrangled women for Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez. She's said to have set up "massages" for Bernie Madoff. Jon Gosselin's ex-girlfriend once contacted her about a job. The escort who was murdered in Boston last spring? She once worked for Davis. Tiger Woods' mistress, Cori Rist? She, too, had dealings with Davis at one point in time. If there's a story in the news about prostitution, chances are Davis is connected to it in some way. Convenient!
Davis routinely mentions that her little black book contains more than 2,000 names—it's "one of the largest in the business," according to the News—but she has never publicly disclosed most of the A-list celebrities, top CEOs, and famous politicians who supposedly took advantage of her services. (She's provided a number of names to several reporters. Whether these reporters ever truly verified the info is unclear.) So how much of what Davis has said is true? How much of it made up? It may not matter. She's chatty and she has lots of lurid stories to share (even if they're not true), so it's no wonder that she's become the leading supplier of gossip to the Daily News over the past year.
You can take a trip through Davis' Daily News clips—in reverse chronological order—below:
Remember when you said you would wear that dress Gaga rocked in the "Paparazzi" video? Time to put your money where your mouth is. Innovative e-retailer Not Just a Label, which has partnered with fashion faves like Lara Stone in the past to create curated virtual, shoppable closets, has turned to Lady Gaga for their latest collection of outré threads. From AND_I's aluminum eye patch to Raffaele Ascione's super-villain cape, pieces used by her Gaganess in videos, public appearances, and such are available to those brave enough to walk in Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta's footsteps. Oh, and in case you were wondering, even though he seems to have denied his earlier jabs at the pop star, nothing by designer Antonio Berardi shows up on Not Just a Label's tight, high-concept menu.
His wife is divorcing him. Pepsi has deserted him. Accenture is acting like he was never the face of their consulting business. But today, Dubai Properties Group, a private company owned by Dubai’s emir, reached a hand across the sand by releasing a statement announcing that it intends to keep its commitment to Tiger Woods Dubai, the 55-million-square-foot resort and golf academy. And unlike some people, the statement indicated, they were going to keep their mouths shut about their relationship.
“Tiger Woods Dubai does not comment on the personal lives of our valued partners,” it added.
We guess despite its recent credit problems, Dubai is still the land of second chances. And if this luxury resort in a desert oasis with a notoriously robust sex industry happens to benefit from his scandal, then so be it.
Model Hilary Rhoda wants to inspire girls to hit the treadmill. "I work out every day," the 22-year-old face of Estée Lauder told the Washington Times. "And to have a strong body instead of something frail like in fashion magazines, that's something to look up to." Good for her! Between models endorsing healthy fitness and plus-size beauties having a hallelujah moment right now, perhaps the I-haven't-eaten-in-days look is finally on its way out. [Washington Times via HuffPo]
"I am sorry that Swords was such a meek disaster. It was proposed and accepted as a budget-priced CD, yet emerged everywhere as the most expensive CD in the racks. It was poorly distributed and didn't stand a chance, and ranks as the lowest chart position I've ever encountered."—Morrissey on his latest compilation [True-to-you via NME]
“Guy [Ritchie] kept telling me to hit this guy and keep hitting him harder until I just said ‘No I won’t do it, I’m not going to do this again.' The guy was swelling up a little and he goes ‘I’m alright son.’ I was like ‘I know you’re alright but I don’t feel good about it.’”—Robert Downey Jr. is anti-violence [Showbiz Spy]
"I think Stu should get her pregnant, and that she should do a pregnant strip dance. I know it sounds so wrong, but it sounds so right."—Heather Graham on her ideas for a sequel to The Hangover [E! Online]
"I think they're more like Cagney and Lacey. As a kid, I wanted to be Cagney — or Lacey."—Will Ferrell compares he and Mark Wahlberg's The Other Guy characters to a couple of eighties women [MTV]
"At the beginning of the process, it would be Daniel [Day-Lewis], dancing half-naked and singing and at the end, I would say dancing half-naked, singing and Daniel."—Marion Cotillard on the switch in the order of her fears about shooting The Nine [MTV]
"Coldplay and Radiohead bug the hell out of me because it's so soulless. They don't care about you. They care about lining their coffers."—John Lydon is the latest famous person to take shots at Thom Yorke and Chris Martin [NME]
1994, so that makes her….approximately…. hahaha! Just kidding! I wasn’t actually doing a birthdate check on Dakota Fanning, I was just doing it as a big ol’ josh. Gotcha! You totally thought I was gonna be all, “Dakota Fanning looks hot in the Runaways trailer” but that is the opposite of what I’m gonna do!! I’m gonna NOT SAY she looks COLD in the IRON MAN trailer.
Good one, me. Thanks! Now watch the Runaways trailer:
We love Andrea Peyser. Her job is to be critical of anyone and anything that New York Post readers may take offense to, and unlike a lot of the shrill voices on the Internet, she generally manages to do it in a way that makes us laugh. A lot. But today we've got to bat back at her claim that Diane Sawyer was only transitioned to the role of anchor of World News Tonight because she is a woman. Come on, Andrea. You should know better — not because you, too, are a strong, influential woman, but because you are presumably a human being who watches television.
Here's what Andrea says:
Why is the network behaving as if it's preparing for Diane's doom? ABC, the perpetual also-ran after NBC News, helmed by marquee god Brian Williams, has shoved the TV survivor (she turns 64 the day after her debut) into the coveted slot without fanfare, prohibiting even a single pre-show interview. Plus she begins her duties in the dead TV week that ends with Christmas. The brass seem to believe that if everyone simply acts as if nothing interesting is happening, no one will notice that the world has changed.
It's true that ABC has been avoiding massive hype of Diane's transition. In fact, in a memo out this week from ABC News head honcho David Westin, he said: "You will have noticed that, for both GMA and World News, our transitions by design have been low key. As we showed with the launch of Nightline, it is better to build steadily and perform over time than to launch a major campaign targeting the first day; in the end, this is not about the first day, and it is not about us." And anyone with even a vague memory for network news will recall that the huge hype of Katie Couric's transition from morning to evening telecasts was part of what crippled her at the outset. (Read Joe Hagan's excellent New York analysis of exactly this phenomenon here.) ABC News, if anything, is betting on the fact that Diane's skill will speak for itself, instead of against it.
Then Andrea says this: "I have a prediction: The experiment will fail. To say that elevating Sawyer is anything other than affirmative action is a fantasy that the network must face."
Honestly, Andrea, we love you, babe, but for shame. Yes, the Diane Experiment may fail. Evening-news broadcasts in general may soon fail. But Sawyer, with the exception of Barbara Walters (another woman!), is by far the biggest marquee name in the ABC News roster. (And that's setting aside her award-winning career.) George Stephanopoulos? Sorry, but no. Robin Roberts? Almost, but not quite. Chris Cuomo? Don't make us laugh.
Could ABC have hired from outside the network to replace Charles Gibson? Maybe, if they could afford it. But even the male stars in other constellations with enough gravitas (Anderson Cooper, Steve Kroft, Lester Hohlt, Harry Smith, etc., etc.) aren't more widely loved and trusted than Diane. Yes, the decision to hire her may not turn out to be the best one ABC News has ever made, but there's no way of knowing that at this point. And to label it affirmative action is to knock everything that hardworking female journalists — like Andrea Peyser — have worked for decades to achieve. At least the Post knew better than to have a man put those words in print.
Great news, Mischa Barton fans! Your voices have been heard, and Ashton Kutcher–produced modeling drama The Beautiful Life — which somehow got the ax after only two episodes on the CW — will get a second life on YouTube. Three previously shot but unaired episodes will debut this week and next. According to the AP, "Kutcher ... hopes Web viewership for the series will exceed its network-TV audience." We all have dreams, don't we? [AP, YouTube]
"We are still capable of potentially doing our best-ever album"
Look back at the decade in our new issue, on stands now: the 100 Best Albums and Songs, Top 10 Movies and much more.
The Rolling Stone editors picked eight stars — from Bruce and Beyoncé to Radiohead and U2 — who not only made the best music but also led the way as Artists of the Decade in our
Leave it to professional underminer Jay Leno* to be the first guy to rain on the Jersey Shore parade. After a series of glorious national-television appearances with the likes of Mike Tyson and Conan "the Solution" O'Brien, Snooki, Pauly D, and the Situation showed up on the Jay Leno Show last night and were grilled with a series of trivia questions intended to make them look as stupid as possible. Jay has always showed a dismissive attitude toward people he feels are beneath him (in the past, these have mainly been tourists), but his rampant streak of jackassery sunk to new lows last night in a piece that was edited in such a brisk and gruff manner that people were supposed to be laughing AT the Jersey Shore cast, instead of with them. Fortunately, though, our heroes came through in the clutch, as Snooki made the crowd and her fellow housemates erupt with laughter when she confused Muammar Gaddafi with Lionel Richie.
Also, the gym teacher from Queens who socked our beloved Snooki in the kisser gave an interview to the New York Post today in which he apologized for his cowardly actions. He admits that he remembers "very little from the time of the incident", but adds that "When I saw the video, I was sick to my stomach." And although he hasn't reached out to Snooki personally, he gave this apology to her by way of the Post: "I'm very sorry for what happened. I deeply regret what happened. Nobody deserves that. That was not the real Brad Ferro." While that may be true, the real Brad Ferro is still suspended from his job and will be spending an indefinite amount of time in the district's "rubber room."
*This isn't Jersey Shore related, but Jay had the audacity to call Sigourney Weaver a "cougar" last night. Pardon our French, but what a dick!
Foes of the Fed chairman now have something more to grumble about than his Person of the Year honors: Ben Bernanke was just confirmed for a second term, sixteen to seven. [NYT]
Wrong! It’s actually a John Hughes movie for the new generation:
Director Tom Dey (formerly Delay) explains his grand vision:
“We’ve approached the movie like a John Hughes movie with dogs,” Dey says. “The dog park is like high school for dogs. To make this kind of movie, you really have to understand that it is the dog’s world and we just live in it.
“The kinds of rich characterizations Hughes embodied in teenage stars such as Matthew Broderick in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off translate to the Marmaduke story lines, Dey says, including one theme about “the vulnerabilities” of Marmaduke.
“Marmaduke is a teenager, and he’s trying to find his way in the world,” Dey says. “It’s a boy-meets-girl story, a coming-of-age and cautionary tale. My job as director is to try to place the audience inside this world.”
Dayyyumn (Director) Gina! Sounds deep! I thought it was just gonna be a dumbass movie about a huge uncontrollable dog and his hugeness.
Just as a refresher, this is what a John Hughes movie looks like:
Ahhh, the Breakfast Club. That was a classic. Remember that quote, “I’ll be cooking your bone the rest of your natural born life!” A new addition to the Hughes canon is long overdue. Also with dogs in it.
An aerial view of the Georges Pompidou center in Paris. Workers at the center on Thursday suspended a four-week long strike that has shut down France's top modern art museum for more than three weeks,... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 17 Dec 2009 | 10:21 am
Everything about the following online treasure, delivered under our Xmas Bushes by Buzzfeed, warms the very cockles of our holiday spirits. At first, we wondered why the close-up of a sheep face with the word “Rage” scrawled on the bottom of the screen gave way to a man one DNA strand away from being a child molestor holding a sheep while baa-ing. It’s 3 minutes and 10 seconds of brain unravelling bliss. At first you’ll be like “WTF?” until you eventually shake your fist at the sky screaming “Eastern Europe, you’ve done it again.”
If anyone could translate the lyrics in the comments, that would be most helpful.
Once again, we find ourselves impressed by the creativity of the city's drug dealers. From today's crime log:
"Five drug dealers peddling mint leaves soaked in PCP were busted in Harlem last night after a yearlong investigation, police sources said.
Okay, so yes they got busted, and yes, two of the kids who were arrested were 16, which is awful. But let's look at the bright side here, which is that clearly, they are geniuses. Why take your drugs on sodden tasteless paper when you can eat a delicious, refreshing, low-calorie sprig of mint? Who doesn't want fresh breath when they are tweaking out about the patterns on the living-room wall? How did no one think of this sooner? We sincerely hope that in juvie they learn to redirect their intelligence toward something more constructive, like developing a better pizza in a cup or figuring out a way for the media to make money.
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It’s raining trailers! First we got a look at Iron Man 2, and now here’s the not-quite-as-anticipated teaser clip for The Runaways, a rock biopic on Joan Jett’s first band, starring noted badasses Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning. It looks like wonderfully hackneyed myth-building — at one point someone goes “The Runaways have the most chance of any group I’ve seen to tear this world apart” — but that’s all right, ’cause everyone seems to be having the requisite amount of fun. Our first question: Should Stewart be singing? Those are her vocals on the new version of the Runaways’ “Cherry Bomb” that’s soundtracking the clip. Our second question: Is Stewart a movie star when vampires or werewolves aren’t involved? We’ll find out for sure when the movie comes out in March, but she certainly looks the part while throwing beer bottles through recording-studio windows and upending trash cans. (Fanning mostly looks confused.) Check it out!
Front Page: Exec to serve as senior adviser to CEO Moonves -- CBS' Nancy Tellem is stepping away from the trees to get the wide-angle view of the forest.
In a sale to be announced later today, the Washington Post Company will sell Budget Travel to an affiliate of Fletcher Asset Management, an investment-management company. Budget Travel, launched by travel legend Arthur Frommer, was rumored to be shutting down last month, after a year in which the title and its group, the Newsweek group, had suffered a significant drop in revenue. The deal will close by the end of the year, and though the financial terms of the deal will not be disclosed, the current management team will remain in place and the staff of the magazine and of budgettravel.com will be kept "essentially" in place. "We have been proud to publish Budget Travel, a magazine and website that has won many awards and is well respected in the industry," Tom Ascheim, CEO of Newsweek, said in a statement. "We are delighted that under the ownership of Fletcher, Budget Travel’s legacy will carry on and its staff will continue to do their great work."
After The Blind Side rocketed out of the gate with a $40.1 million opening weekend — it has since pulled down more than $150 million — we wondered if this was the role that could actually score Sandra Bullock her first Oscar nomination. Well, her peers in the Screen Actors Guild gave her chances a big boost this morning when she was honored with one of the five nominations for Best Actress. As the Los Angeles Times has pointed out, there have only been a handful of instances in the last decade when an actress nominated by SAG has not gone on to receive an Academy Award nomination. So, while we are loathe to jinx anything, we think it's probably safe for Bullock to start making some phone calls to stylists who have experience dressing clients for the Oscars.
So, who else fared well this morning?
The Best Actor category mirrored the Golden Globes selection with one exception: The Hurt Locker's Jeremy Renner took the place of surprise (and controversial) Golden Globe nominee Tobey Maguire. As for Best Actress, well, Emily Blunt has had better mornings; she was snubbed in favor of Meryl Streep's righteous performance as Julia Child in Julie & Julia. And as long as we're talking about the difference between Globe noms and SAG noms, Diane Kruger must be feeling redeemed this morning: She got a Best Supporting Actress SAG nod for her work in Inglourious Basterds, whereas the Globes chose to honor Julianne Moore's work in A Single Man.
And with that, here's the complete list of this year's SAG nominees:
THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
JEFF BRIDGES / Bad Blake - "CRAZY HEART" (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
GEORGE CLOONEY / Ryan Bingham - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)
COLIN FIRTH / George Falconer - "A SINGLE MAN" (The Weinstein Company)
MORGAN FREEMAN / Nelson Mandela - "INVICTUS" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
JEREMY RENNER / Staff Sgt. William James - "THE HURT LOCKER" (Summit Entertainment)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
SANDRA BULLOCK / Leigh Anne Tuohy - "THE BLIND SIDE" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
HELEN MIRREN / Sofya - "THE LAST STATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)
CAREY MULLIGAN / Jenny - "AN EDUCATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)
GABOUREY SIDIBE / Precious - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE" (Lionsgate)
MERYL STREEP / Julia Child - "JULIE & JULIA" (Columbia Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
MATT DAMON / Francois Pienaar - "INVICTUS" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
WOODY HARRELSON / Captain Tony Stone - "THE MESSENGER" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER / Tolstoy - "THE LAST STATION" (Sony Pictures Classics)
STANLEY TUCCI / George Harvey - "THE LOVELY BONES" (Paramount Pictures)
CHRISTOPH WALTZ / Col. Hans Landa - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Carla - "NINE" (The Weinstein Company)
VERA FARMIGA / Alex Goran - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)
ANNA KENDRICK / Natalie Keener - "UP IN THE AIR" (Paramount Pictures)
DIANE KRUGER / Bridget Von Hammersmark - "INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS" (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)
MO'NIQUE / Mary - "PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL ‘PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE" (Lionsgate)
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
AN EDUCATION (Sony Pictures Classics)
THE HURT LOCKER (Summit Entertainment)
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (The Weinstein Company/Universal Pictures)
NINE (The Weinstein Company)
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL "PUSH" BY SAPPHIRE (Lionsgate)
PRIMETIME TELEVISION Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries KEVIN BACON / Lt. Col. Michael R. Strobl - "TAKING CHANCE" (HBO)
CUBA GOODING, JR. / Ben Carson - "GIFTED HANDS: THE BEN CARSON STORY" (TNT)
JEREMY IRONS / Alfred Stieglitz - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE" (Lifetime)
KEVIN KLINE / Cyrano de Bergerac - "GREAT PERFORMANCES: CYRANO de BERGERAC" (PBS)
TOM WILKINSON / Salter - "A NUMBER" (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
JOAN ALLEN / Georgia O'Keeffe - "GEORGIA O'KEEFFE" (Lifetime)
DREW BARRYMORE / Little Edie - "GREY GARDENS" (HBO)
RUBY DEE / Mrs. Harper - "AMERICA" (Lifetime)
JESSICA LANGE / Big Edie - "GREY GARDENS" (HBO)
SIGOURNEY WEAVER / Mary Griffith - "PRAYERS FOR BOBBY" (Lifetime)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
SIMON BAKER / Patrick Jane - "THE MENTALIST" (CBS)
BRYAN CRANSTON / Walter White - "BREAKING BAD" (AMC)
MICHAEL C. HALL / Dexter Morgan - "DEXTER" (Showtime)
JON HAMM / Don Draper - "MAD MEN" (AMC)
HUGH LAURIE / House - "HOUSE" (FOX)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series PATRICIA ARQUETTE/ Allison Dubois - "MEDIUM" (NBC/CBS)
GLENN CLOSE / Patty Hewes - "DAMAGES" (FX)
MARISKA HARGITAY / Det. Olivia Benson - "LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT" (NBC)
HOLLY HUNTER / Grace Hanadarko - "SAVING GRACE" (TNT)
JULIANNA MARGULIES / Alicia Florrick - "THE GOOD WIFE" (CBS)
KYRA SEDGWICK / Deputy Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson - "THE CLOSER" (TNT)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
ALEC BALDWIN / Jack Donaghy - "30 ROCK" (NBC)
STEVE CARELL / Michael Scott - "THE OFFICE" (NBC)
LARRY DAVID / Himself - "CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM" (HBO)
TONY SHALHOUB / Adrian Monk - "MONK" (USA NETWORK)
CHARLIE SHEEN / Charlie Harper - "TWO AND A HALF MEN" (CBS)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
CHRISTINA APPLEGATE / Samantha Newly - "SAMANTHA WHO?" (ABC)
TONI COLLETTE / Tara Gregor - "UNITED STATES OF TARA" (Showtime)
EDIE FALCO / Jackie Peyton - "NURSE JACKIE" (Showtime)
TINA FEY / Liz Lemon - "30 ROCK" (NBC)
JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS / Christine Campbell - "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF OLD CHRISTINE" (CBS)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
THE CLOSER (TNT)
DEXTER (Showtime)
THE GOOD WIFE (CBS)
MAD MEN (AMC)
TRUE BLOOD (HBO)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
30 ROCK (NBC)
CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM (HBO)
GLEE (FOX)
MODERN FAMILY (ABC)
THE OFFICE (NBC)
SAG HONORS FOR STUNT ENSEMBLES Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture PUBLIC ENEMIES (Universal Pictures)
STAR TREK (Paramount Pictures)
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN (Paramount Pictures)
Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series 24 (FOX)
THE CLOSER (TNT)
DEXTER (Showtime)
HEROES (NBC)
THE UNIT (CBS)
LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Screen Actors Guild Awards 46th Annual Life Achievement Award
Betty White
Sometimes terrible movies -- the ones with such bad acting, dumb dialogue and cheesy special effects that they're unintentionally hilarious -- are the ones we remember the most.
The stars of the hit (? Will it be?) movie Avatar ditched their blue faces in favor of their regular old pasty-ass actor faces for a limited edition special 4 issue set of Life Magazine, a publication even your 89 year old dentist canceled 10 years ago. Seems like Avatar’s publicity machine left no dessicated page unturned, as even James Cameron himself got a beard trim for the whitewashed photo shoot. And no amount of blue makeup in the world can convince us that Sigourney Weaver is not Michelle Obama’s long lost white twin sister. Finally: Sam Worthington. I’ll see the movie even though Cameron transformed this beautiful specimen into a freezing cat face.
A man in The Bronx was arrested today after the FBI pinpointed him as the person who leaked X-Men Origins: Wolverine to the internet before its release, officially ending all crime ever in The Bronx.
A source tells ABC News that the Tiger Woods divorce is “100 Percent On”. The source? A Southwest Airlines commercial.
Tiger Woods also never flirted with Jessica Simpson, confirmed Jessica Simpson by yelling “Can’t believe that I’m on the cover of star magazine with Tiger Woods, what a JOKE!” really loudly in the middle of a crowd of strangers.
Garth Brooks is suing an Oklahoma hospital after donating $500,000 for a building named after his mother that was never actually built. In its defense, the hospital swears they referred to their new company car as the “Garth Brooks’ Mom Lamborghini”.
Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant performs in Montreux, 2006. Legendary British rock band Led Zeppelin were branded "old fashioned" and "unconvincing" by BBC producers when they auditioned in 1969, according... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 17 Dec 2009 | 5:01 am
Undercover lovers Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were spotted out together in Venice Beach yesterday, escaping the shutterbugs and enjoying a private date night. Take that, all you Robsten...
Avatar cost —let's just say, it cost a lot. Murkier still is whether it'll make a lot. Is the big, blue James Cameron epic, opening Friday, the next Titanic, the...
It's been a good week for Mad Men!
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At...
One down, two to go (well, three, if you're including the Bonus Jonas).
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Twilight mere mortal Anna Kendrick has a lot on her mind these days. And you'd better believe it has nothing to do with vampires and werewolves.
Try the red carpet! Ms. Kendrick is...
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MTV just had an impromptu holiday party a couple of floors above my office. I had planned on stopping by later on, but when someone mentioned that the cast of The Jersey Shore was going to be there, I put my Rocketeer Halloween costume on and jetpacked my ass up to the 23rd floor.
Santa's visit is still a week away, but the stork just made a special delivery to Leelee Sobieski.
The 26-year-old actress welcomed a baby girl Wednesday.
"I...
I’m torn on the Avatar issue. While I plan on seeing the movie anyway, thus making the following deliberation moot, I’m still trying to make sense of exactly what to expect when I walk into that theater (seven hours early, cause that’s what everyone does in this stupid city).
On Tuesday, the New York Daily News 
