AP - Michael Jackson's doctor will return to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case — a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death.
AP - Michael Jackson's doctor will return to court in April to find out the date for the next major step in the case — a proceeding that will reveal for the first time the evidence the prosecution believes will show his "gross negligence" was the direct cause of the pop star's death.
(Reuters) Reuters - Confidence has surged back into the art market faster than predicted, and although contemporary values were hit hard by the credit crunch, auctioneers are confident that this week's sales will cement the recovery. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 9 Feb 2010 | 3:11 am
The Hong Kong studio behind "TMNT" and "Astro Boy" has shut down as its parent company tries to recover from losses. Imagi International Holdings Ltd. said in a statement to the Hong... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 9 Feb 2010 | 2:45 am
Model Brooklyn Decker landed the coveted Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover this year. The 22-year-old wife of tennis star Andy Roddick said being chosen for the front is "the news of a... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 9 Feb 2010 | 1:58 am
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It had to happen sometime, but nobody expected the biggest film of all time to lose its North American box office crown this weekend to "Dear John," a low-budget... Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 9 Feb 2010 | 1:37 am
But I tend to think a slightly funnier explanation for the relative quiet—that the right-wing bullies who usually drive a story like this forward simply don't read the San Francisco Chronicle or gay blogs like Queerty, which has been reporting this story for months—is at play. Recall that six months ago right-wingers feared Sonia Sotomayor incapable of fairly judging white men. When it comes to minority judges, plenty of people are still idiots. Hard-right hangouts like The Corner are just warming up so the wingnut freak-out machine still has time.
The most cynical guess would be that the right measured the risks and calculated that luck of the draw (which is how the Prop. 8 trial landed in Walker's courtroom) is still in their favor. Here's why:
A Republican appointment, Walker is believed to lean conservative, albeit by way of libertarianism, which could make him gay-friendlier.
Almosteveryoneagrees that, after 21 years on the bench, Walker is fair. There is no reason to believe he'd change now—if anything, the Gay Olympics debacle demonstrated an imperviousness to public pressure. (And resisting the urge to scream But I am one in Nancy Pelosi's face was probably hard.)
If he rules against Prop. 8, the homophobes will have their big, nasty appeal primed and ready.
It goes without saying that Judge Walker's sexuality is irrelevant. Assuming gay judges always side with other gays (or "Wise Latinas" with other Latinas) is a flawed logic that assumes neutrality lies with heterosexuals (or whites, or males). The rabbit hole of identity-based speculation is infinite (What if Judge Walker is self-hating? What if he overcompensates? What if one of the lawyers looks like his ex-boyfriend who was such a jerk, and he can't judge fairly because he just hates that guy's face so much?) and pointless. As Queerty elegantly states, "Immutable characteristics do not disqualify a person from exercising justice."
Also, if you write a law that so offends an entire class of people that you cannot trust them ever to discuss it fairly, then perhaps there is something wrong with your law.
•Peter Bogdanovich has been pretty quiet since 2001's The Cat's Meow. Now he's signed on to write and direct an adaptation of Kurt Andersen's 1999 novel Turn of the Century. The film "follows the MacTiers, a Manhattan power couple with three kids who are managing their troubled marriage in a world where BarbieWorld has opened in Vegas and Charles Manson's parole hearing is live on TV." Sounds zeitgeisty! [THR]
•The Cove has some beef with Japan. The documentary slams the international dolphin trade based there. Now, a Japanese distributor has made the controversial move of putting out the dolphin-loving film in the country which is cool with killing dolphins. [TheWrap]
•24 is becoming a movie, finally. Billy Ray (State of Play, Flightplan) will write the script. Kiefer Sutherland will of course star in the film, which sends Jack Bauer to Europe. All this is complicated by the fact that the show's run on Fox could be ending this year. And the fact that torturing terrorists in the name of democracy has fallen out of fashion. [Variety]
•Want to see another comeback spun into a reality show? Faith Evans is starring in an upcoming reality show which will document her return to the smoove world of R&B. [Variety]
(AP)
AP - A star for former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame Monday evening during a whimsical ceremony that also marked the 50th anniversary of the sidewalk attraction's groundbreaking.
Jimmy Fallon was courteous enough to walk his guest Stephen Colbert out of the building last night, but the pleasantries didn't last long. Neither did the ensuing aggression, though. On his own show, Stephen Colbert tested Jonathan Safran Foer's vegetarianism with a plate of "flacid" bacon (Foer's word). Finally, David Letterman and Jay Leno responded to their Super Bowl ad on their respective shows. Watch our compilation to see what you missed.
Why wasn't Michael Jackson's doctor charged with murder? What does involuntary manslaughter even mean? He deserves everything he gets!
—Wanda, New York, via the Answer B!tch...
A team of sociologists at the University of Pennsylvania undertook an exhaustive study of the New York Times most-emailed list. They first assembled a data set based on the contents of the list over more than six months. Then they dug in to see why stories ended up there. Thus they unlocked the secret of journalism's holy grail—and perhaps even of virality itself.
Their findings, as reported by the Times' John Tierney, are a mix of the totally obvious and the Slate-y counter-intuitive. The obvious: A prominently-featured article is more likely to make the list, as is one written by a famous person. Slightly more surprising is the fact that longer articles were more e-mail-worthy.
But the most fascinating findings are also the most useful for anyone hoping to make it on the only list that matters, journalism-wise. Using complicated math, researchers identified four qualities of an article which resonate with the 'email-this' part of readers' brains. Most-emailed articles are:
Awe-inspiring: Being 'awe-inspiring' was the quality which most improved an item's odds of making the list. These articles blow readers' minds by dealing with something physically or intellectually enormous—a natural wonder, a work of art, a big idea, the indomitable human spirit, etc. People like to share awe-inspiring New York Times articles at lunch so they can forget their own puniness long enough to finish the workday. (Example articles: "Fury of Girl's Fists Lifts Up North Korean Refugee" and "The Promise and Power of RNA.")
Emotional: If you want to convince a reader to hit the 'email this article' button, try tugging on their heart-strings with a weepy tale of struggle or redemption. Soon, their offspring will be deleting yet another email from Mom with the subject "You HAVE to read this article. SO SAD!". (Example: "Redefining Depression as Mere Sadness.")
Positive:"If it bleeds it leads"—the old newspaperman's cliche—did not hold up under our researchers' critical gaze. People like to share happy things, apparently. (Example: "Wide-Eyed New Arrivals Falling in Love With the City")
Surprising: Unsurprisingly, people like to share articles that are surprising. Think, things that make you go "woah." (i.e. a story about chickens in Harlem, or a marathon-running restaurateur.)
Using these four variables, we have visually dissected the top five most e-mailed Times articles as of 11pm, Feb. 9th, 2010. Study them, for they hold the secret of Internet immortality:
Jay Leno and David Letterman took different tacks Monday night in addressing their much-discussed 15-second Super Bowl ad with Oprah Winfrey. Leno tried to play it cool, making super hip Facebook references and joking with his Jay Leno Show audience that filming the ad with Letterman gave him a chance to see “his old friend again”:
"We all watched together. Letterman and I hadn't seen each other in over 18 years. We lost touch. He found me on Facebook. He made a friend request, I accepted, and we hooked up and watched the game."
Letterman wasn’t quite so jolly on the Late Show: he thanked “the actors who played Oprah and Jay Leno.”
Reuters - Playwright Neil LaBute loves to push audiences' buttons, never shying away from explosive themes, particularly in exploring male-female relationships. In the scribe's best works, such as the film "In the Company of Men" and the play "Fat Pig," this approach has paid off with profound yet disturbing insights into gender politics. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:29 pm
Reuters - Reincarnation, once largely the province of Hindus and Shirley MacLaine, collides with the world of crime procedurals in "Past Life," which premieres on Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST/PST. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:28 pm
Reuters - Reincarnation, once largely the province of Hindus and Shirley MacLaine, collides with the world of crime procedurals in "Past Life," which premieres on Tuesday at 9 p.m. EST/PST. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:28 pm
Reuters - Practically nothing is off-limits for stand-up comic Louis C.K., from toilet training his kids to Hitler and the Holocaust. Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Feb 2010 | 10:27 pm
2?: Fox's TV and film studios are in the early stages of developing a 24 movie, with Flightplan scribe Billy Ray writing the script, which would send Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) to Europe. Production will begin after 24's final season, which may or may not be its current eighth one (Fox execs are waiting to see ratings on tonight's episode before making a decision). So either way, we suppose this means Jack Bauer will survive the show's series finale. (Spoiler alert.) [Variety]
Outbreak:Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, Jude Law, and Kate Winslet have signed on to star in Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, a thriller following the spread of a deadly virus through multiple plotlines. Sort of like Traffic with less heroin and more sneezing. [Variety]
In the Money:Katherine Heigl will star in One For the Money, based on the Janet Evanovich books about an out-of-work lingerie buyer who turns to bounty-hunting to pay her bills. Reese Witherspoon was previously attached to the film, but then someone told her what it was about. [Variety]
Robbins the Cradle:Tim Robbins, 51, has joined the cast of The Green Lantern as Senator Hammond, the father of villain Dr. Hector Hammond, played by Peter Sarsgaard, 38. If the actors are playing their own ages, it would mean Senator Hammond had Hector when he was 13, making his election to the Senate and ability to pay for his son's medical school tuition all the more impressive. [HR]
Andersen Bogdanovich'd:Peter Bogdanovich will write and direct a movie adaptation of Kurt Andersen's 1999 debut novel Turn of the Century, centering on a Manhattan power couple in the wacky early 2000s. [HR]
Kelly Finds Love:Friday Night Lights' Minka Kelly will star in CBS's comedy pilot True Love, about four friends living in New York and looking for love. Kelly will play Kate, a "a pretty, clean-scrubbed Midwestern who is a sweet but strong-willed romantic." We're intrigued! [HR]
Slytherin Makes Good:Tom Felton, the guy who plays Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter movies, will play an "expert in the supernatural" in The Apparition, a purportedly fact-based horror movie about a couple (the previously cast Ashley Green and Sebastian Stan) battling a demonic presence unleashed by accident during a college experiment. We wish we'd majored in demon-unleashing. [Variety]
Kiefer Sutherland once said that the 24 crew would wait to do a feature film until after the small-screen version had run its course.
Well, amid talk that the in-progress season could be...
After we got all worked up about a potential New York blizzard this past weekend for nothing. . . it looks like it’s time to get all worked up again. Forecasters are issuing a “winter storm watch” for all five New York City boroughs, as well as for most of Connecticut, New Jersey and New York, from Tuesday night until Wednesday night. CBS News is predicting “significant snowfall” for the New York City metropolitan area, with anywhere from six to ten inches of snow. [CBS News]
After physician Conrad Murray pleaded not guilty to a charge of involuntary manslaughter earlier today, Joe Jackson appeared on Larry King Live to discuss his son's murder case. While Joe restated that he believes Murray is guilty of murdering Michael, he maintained that he believes "others" were involved in his son’s death, and that “interrogating” Murray is the only way the truth will come out.
"Well, I know that I'm looking for justice for my son. To me, [Murray is] just a fall guy. There's other people, I think, involved with this whole thing, but I think that [if] he's interrogated -- he would come clean and tell everything he knows," Jackson told King.
Lady Gaga will embark on a worldwide arena tour later this month, starting in the U.K. on February 18, and followed by stops in Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Sources say that the reigning Queen of Pop will then return to perform in European arenas in the spring before a North American leg this summer. So that gives us all like five months to work on our tricked-out headpieces and glittery leotards.
Lady Gaga plots arena tour [THR]
It was nothing that we didn't already know: Dave's producer called up Jay's producer and asked if Jay would want to be in the spot. Jay said yes and the two recorded the ad in a super-secret shoot with Oprah last week.
Some have wondered what Leno could possibly have to gain from appearing in a spot for his soon-to-be rival (again). Tonight, Leno spun the ad as a very public move to clear the air of any leftover fog of Late Night War in advance of his move back to The Tonight Show:
I walk in and I see Dave, and he puts out his hand and we shake hands. And you know, whatever happened for the last 18 years disappeared. It was great to see my old friend again. It was wonderful—he was very gracious, we talked about the old days, we told some jokes... you know, it was really good to see him.
While it kick-started a new era of...
Saying his client got "everything she wanted today," Mueller's attorney,...
While there's a more detailed explanation as to how Jay Leno ended up spending 30 whole minutes with David Letterman last week, Jay is peddling this romanticized version.
"As you...
Reuters - Lions Gate Entertainment Corp and the Weinstein brothers are among the potential buyers of Walt Disney Co's Miramax film unit, sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.
The couple hugged in court, and Brooke Mueller Sheen's attorney, Yale Galanter, said they hugged again and kissed in the basement of the 19th century Pitkin County Courthouse after the brief hearing before leaving in separate vehicles.
Lynde, in 2009, on his way into the District Attorney's office.
Remember that plot on The Office a while back where Dwight killed Angela’s cat by sticking it in a freezer and it was “funny” because it was just so outlandish? Well, turns out killing your girlfriend's cat in real life can result in bigger problems than just getting a scolding from Steve Carrell.
A 37-year-old alleged “serial cat killer” was let go today after a Manhattan Supreme Court judge signed off on a no-jail plea deal. Sean Lynde had been charged with murdering five of his ex-girlfriend’s cats from October 2008 to January 2009 while they were living in her West Side apartment.
Lynde, who now lives in Maine, must stay away from his ex and her one still-living pet, a dog named Sasha (apparently Lynde’s cool with canines), and he must attend weekly psychotherapy sessions for a year, per the terms of the deal. Lynde admitted as part of the plea to killing one of the cats (Bonafide, a 2-month old male) and to harassing his ex online (he posted a picture of her on Craigslist in an ad soliciting sex).
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus said he only supported the deal because Lynde’s ex was “fully on board,” as she apparently did not want to have to testify about her “heartbreak” in court. Obus said if Lynde violates the terms of his agreements or has any more run-ins with the law, he could face a prison sentence of up to two years.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg gave away $254 million of his estimated $17.5 billion fortune to philanthropic causes last year, earning him the #4 spot on the list of Americans who gave the most to charity in 2009, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Bloomberg’s giving has increased steadily over the past few years, as he donated $205 million in 2007, and then $235 million in 2008. [NYP]
The AP reports that Chavez launched the program—Suddenly, With Chavez—today on state-run Venezuelan National Radio. The show "doesn't have a schedule and can be aired at any moment." Which means you all should tune in right now so you don't miss any of the highly entertaining rhetoric that spills from Chavez's mouth all the time.
Here are some of our favorite funny things Hugo Chavez has said:
"The devil came here yesterday," Chavez said, referring to Bush, who addressed the world body during its annual meeting Tuesday. "And it smells of sulfur still today." [CNN]
"Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up to his right," [Reuters]
"Remember, little girl, I'm like the thorn tree that flowers on the plain. I waft my scent to passers-by and prick he who shakes me. Don't mess with me, Condoleezza. Don't mess with me, girl." [BBC]
"The imperialist, genocidal, fascist attitude of the US president has no limits. I think Hitler would be like a suckling baby next to George W Bush." [BBC]
Though The Hurt Locker has been gaining some ground on Golden Globe winner Avatar with recent PGA and DGA wins, TorrentFreak’s list of last week's top ten most pirated films reveals Avatar has a firm grasp on the top spot as the most-pirated film, with The Hurt Locker trailing at #4. While there are definitely a lot of questions to ask here (for one thing: who are these people who still haven't seen Avatar?!), perhaps the most puzzling finding is that there are (apparently a lot of) people who actually went through the effort to illegally download Couples Retreat.
• Super Bowl XLIV made history last night: It's now the most-watched TV program in U.S. history, having bypassed the finale of M*A*S*H in 1983. [THR] • Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have filed suit against the Rupert Murdoch's News of the World for reporting the couple was separating. [Guardian] • Talks between Fox and Conan O'Brien seem to be moving ahead. As for the Super Bowl ad featuring Letterman and Leno, Letterman was reportedly interested in having Conan appear as well, although it didn't pan out. • Ellen DeGeneres makes her debut on American Idol tomorrow. Meanwhile, talks to have Howard Stern replace Simon Cowell next season are progressing. • Mixed news for the magazine business: newsstand sales fell in the second half of 2009, although the situation was even worse a year ago. [NYT, AdAge] • Sarah Palin won't have to fly to NYC to tape her appearances on Fox News: The network is building its new "contributor" a TV set in her living room. [NYT] • After dominating the box office for seven weeks, Avatar was dethroned by Dear John this weekend, although it remained No. 1 internationally. [MTV] • Ads for Snickers, Doritos, and Google were big winners with Super Bowl viewers this year. As for the Motorola spot starring Megan Fox, she may be the first person in history to have had a "thumb double." [Reuters, NYT, NYM]
The show is going on, people.
That's the word from Kendra Wilkinson after she was accused of halting production on her E! reality show Kendra. Supposedly she stopped...
First he picks the wrong team to win the Super Bowl, and now this: the President's approval rating has hit a new low, according to a Marist University poll out today.
The poll indicates that while 44 percent of registered voters approve of Obama’s job so far, 47 percent aren’t fans, representing the worst rating the president has received since taking office. The slip is primarily due to a shift among independents; only 29 percent of independents polled said they approve of Obama’s performance, a steep drop from the 53 percent who said they did in April of 2009.
Actress Amanda Seyfried and actor Channing Tatum at the premiere of Screen Gem's "Dear John" on February 1, in Hollywood, California. the Romantic tearjerker overcame dismal reviews to end the seven-week... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Feb 2010 | 5:21 pm
Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley makes his debut as a judge on America's Next Top Model when the new season begins on March 10. And although he says he'd never watched the reality TV competition before deciding to join his dear old friend, Tyra Banks on the show (he says his boss, Anna Wintour, has never seen the show either), it looks like he'll fit in just fine. In addition to a special outfit for each episode—"13 custom-made Chado Ralph Rucci cloaks, varying only in color or fabric"—he'll be unveiling his very own catchphrase, too: "dreckitude," a combination of his favorite word, "dreck," and "quackitude," a "term he'd heard Rachel Maddow use on her show. 'Dreckitude was whipped out when I thought the challenge was not met or if [the contestants] showed up in perhaps an outfit that I just couldn't wrap my mind around.'" [WWD]
Tomorrow's all-new Lost episode is Kate-centric (Evangeline Lilly) and, well, it's all about the relationships—romantic and otherwise. Will the foxy fugitive remind sexy con man...
Spoiler alert! Here are the band's in this week's edition of Out on the Weekend: Hot Chip, Acrylics, Delta Spirit, tUnE-YaRds, Natalie Cole, Pine Hill Haints, Lez Zeppelin, Blood Orange, Those Darlins, Ra Ra Riot, the Willowz, the So So Glos, JEFF the Brotherhood, and Class Actress. Enjoy!
Just last week, we pondered the question "Why is Warner Bros. trying to hide the fact that Kevin Smith directed Cop Out?" And now, after being barraged with a series of Valentine's Day TV commercials over the weekend, we would like to ask another fairly simple question of the ad wizards in the Warner Bros. marketing department: Why you are burying the fact that America's newly minted stud-muffin, Bradley Cooper, romances Eric "McSteamy" Dane in this movie and not Julia Roberts?
As anyone who has seen the trailer or any of the TV commercials will attest, those devious marketing folks at Warner Bros. highlight a number of photogenic couples romping through tried and true rom-com scenarios in their Valentine's Day ads: Ashton Kutcher proposing to Jessica Alba, Taylor Swift making out with Taylor Lautner, Anne Hathaway smooching Topher Grace, Jamie Foxx making eyes at Jessica Biel, and even Shirley MacLaine batting her eyelids seductively at Hector Elizondo. Following this same logic, all the spots that we have seen feature Bradley Cooper chatting up Julia Roberts in an airplane, leading the audience to think that the two might fall for each other on St. Valentine's Day.
However, it turns out that, in the film, Cooper only has eyes for Eric Dane; the whole Roberts angle that gets so much play in the trailers is just a red herring meant to distract audiences from this coupling of two extremely good-looking dudes. We're not exactly sure why Warner Bros. would bury this in their promotional campaign, unless they were concerned that it might scare potential ticket-buyers into going to see something else at the theaters this weekend. One could float the theory that Cooper's agents and management team insisted on keeping this plot element out of the marketing materials (and therefore not "harming" Cooper's new reputation as a studly, macho, womanizing action star), but considering that this is at least the second time that Cooper has portrayed a gay man on film (the other being Wet Hot American Summer), it seems as if he's comfortable with his sexuality and wouldn't be the type to resort to this sort of deception.
So, we ask you, the loyal Vulture reader, what do you think? If they showed Cooper and Dane kissing or holding hands in the trailer, would it make you more or less likely to go see the film (which, BTW, we hear is tracking very well and will most likely take home the box-office crown this weekend)? You know where to sound off!
MTV just unveiled its brand-new logo, which looks just like its old logo except the bottom part (where it used to say "Music Television") is chopped off. According to a press release: "The logo is part of MTV’s re-invention to connect with today’s millennial generation and bring them in as part of the channel.” And if there's one thing we know about millennials, it's that they love a crop job. [Wrap]
Calvin Klein's behind-the-scenes look at Twilight star Kellan Lutz's Calvin Klein Underwear shoot confirms the label is trying to turn him into the next Mark Wahlberg. Shot in the style of Mark's vintage Calvin Klein commercial but partly in color, Lutz talks about how hot he is. He says his fans always ask him when he's going to be topless onscreen, so he's glad to give them the opportunity to "go crazy" now. He also explains how he stays in shape: "I’m a fish, I love to swim." And he spends a lot of time walking around, posing, and stretching in nothing but his little manties. And unlike his new ad campaign, there are no red Xs here to obscure his abs.
We know it's hard to believe, but it's already time for The Bachelor's Jake Pavelka to hit the road with the final four and go on a few hometown dates. (Hey, time...
His rival at Goldman Sachs may have won the bonus standoff, but all JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon has to say about that is WHAT ABOUT THIS:
"Calvert Asset Management Company, Inc., the Advisor to the Calvert Funds and a leading provider of sustainable and responsible investing, announced today that JPMorgan Chase and American Express each agreed to adopt an advisory vote on executive compensation as part of their proxy statements for their 2010 annual meetings. Through these advisory votes, both firms will hold a referendum on their compensation practices, providing shareholders with detailed information on salary, bonuses and benefits, and allowing them to vote to affirm or reject the package.
Who's the better man now, Lloyd? Not that Jamie cares.
It took a while, but after 13 cycles of "America's Next Top Model," Tyra Banks has finally convinced Vogue editor-at-large André Leon Talley to take a seat at the judges' table.
Last night’s Superbowl XLIVwas watched by a record 106 million viewers, with almost half of those viewers likely being Ladies. You may not have realized this fromthe marathon of commercials showing women getting the ess kicked out of them, but indeed, there was a slew of Double-X Chromies tuned in. Sure, a lot of ladies love football – myself included (one day a year) – but what of the women that hate it? The woman that slave all day long over a hot oven, toasting their nachos just so, basting buckets of wings in sauce while their beloved Tim Allen Stereotype sits outside, a veritable chicken bone chipper? How on Earth are they supposed to enjoy the game???
Simple.
SUPERBOWL BABIES!!!!
Between Drew Brees and Scott Fujitsu’s offspring, from Suri Cruise to the Jolie-Pitt brethren, there was plenty of ovarian eye-candy to keep us gals occupied, weeping over our knitting needles, crouched over our washboards, while the boys seemingly had all the fun. And yes, I’m being sarcastic — GUYS LIKE BABIES TOO!!!! Enjoy this very special gallery of all the adorable Super Bowl Super Babies ahead.
Jill Zarin was an honorary speaker at last Saturday's Human Rights Campaign's annual gala, "Speak the Truth," and the very real housewife introduced Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who of late has become a vocal advocate for pro-LGBT legislation. By the time we approached the reality leading lady (who is no stranger to confrontations among peers), we discovered she'd already done some reporting herself: "[Senator Gillibrand is] beautiful, young, and very personable. And I actually asked her what it's like in Washington with all the old men, because she's so beautiful," Zarin told us. "She said, 'Well, they treat me like their daughter.'" Really, now. We wondered whether Zarin bought that line, considering Gillibrand's stature as a newbie with potentially rocky future prospects. "Yes, but I sadly kind of think it's in more of a condescending way. You really have to earn respect [in Washington], you don't get a free pass walking in, especially because she was appointed, so it's harder for her to fight her way." We have yet to hear back from Gillibrand's press office on the accuracy of Zarin's reporting and political analysis.
At the beginning of January, Kate Gosselin unveiled new long hair on the cover of People. Ted Gibson spent twenty hours — nearly a full day — sewing extensions to Kate's head to rid her of her old reverse mullet. And to think that even after all that work they still looked fake. Kate had to return to Gibson recently because her own hair grew out, rendering her extensions a mess that needed fixing. Gibson says they decided to cut it to make it "sexy and moving." Oh, sure. We think we know what really went on here. Kate went around with chest-length hair for a month, realized she looked like she'd give anything to be back in high school rather than help her kids through it, and decided to take on a more mature style. This just goes to show the consequences of a bad haircut, like Kate's reverse mullet. She has the best people in the world working on her hair and it still shows no matter what she does with it.
Steve Phillips, the former Mets general manager and ESPN baseball analyst who got caught boffing his 22-year-old assistant, is back from sex rehab (the same one Tiger Woods went to!), and he put himself on the Today show this morning to talk about how he wasn't just a pervy old man who got bored and decided to bang an underling, but has a serious problem, God was testing him, etc. etc., and how he had a "hole he needed to fill."
I gotta say, as a football fan, I was thrilled to biscuits about last night’s Super Bowl (expression for the new millennium), but as a connoisseur of forced puns, I’m somewhat disappointed with this year’s crop of Super Bowl headlines.
Let’s take a spin through 10 Super Bowl pun/jokey headlines from major publications — they’re mostly decent, but there’s a lot of overlap and nothing that screams “Super Bowl Of Awful Pun Headlines”. No “Winning Is A Brees”, no “MAN-ning, What A Bad Throw”, and not even a “Saints Misbehavin’, By Which We Mean Winning!”
1. CBS.com:
2. New York Times:
3. New York Post:
4. New York Daily News (Front):
5. New York Daily News (Back):
6. L.A. Times:
7. Chicago Sun-Times:
8. Yahoo:
9. ESPN.com (Homepage)
10. ESPN.com (NFL Page)
If I have to pick, I’ll go with ESPN’s “Party Gras,” for two simple reasons:
1) Pun does not mention the Super Bowl or the players in it.
2) Mardi gras is already a party.
For the record, surprisingly slim pickings from the Indy and New Orleans papers, at least pun-wise — most were just along the lines of “Our Prayers Have Been Answered!” or “Horayyyyy!!!” From the Indianapolis Sarcastic Gazette, I mean.
Lady Gaga is auctioning her glitter skeleton corset to raise money for Haiti, which is awesome, and may help make up for those rumors that she declined to participate in "We Are the World." Bids on the corset, which is signed and has an estimated value of $2,000, are up to $5,000. Bidding doesn't end until February 23, so who knows how much it will go for? Also, it's interesting to see her clothes separate from her. Like, how uncomfortable and scary they look. Like this piece, which may double as the world's most effective brassiere. But also, the plastic (or rubber?) and straps here look to have been salvaged from the interior of a car — seat belts, dashboard, and all. The scariest part is the plastic diaper that comes attached to the top, which on its own resembles those safety swings babies put their legs through. Yet it looks cool on Gaga. The lesson here for whoever wins the auction: This piece is meant to be worn.
Not only does Botox prevent people from expressing emotion, it may also prevent them from experiencing emotion, according to researchers, who say that when you're physically unable to frown or smile, you're less likely to feel happiness or sadness, too. And you thought the total lack of affect on the faces of certain celebrities was masking a really rich inner life. [Newsweek]
Anne Hathaway, who has been a part of the gay-rights movement since even before she co-starred in the landmark film Brokeback Mountain, told British GQ this month that she and her traditionally Catholic family left the Church over its views on homosexuality. Having a gay family member was enough to make them, like many other families, feel unwelcome. "The whole family converted to Episcopalianism after my elder brother came out,” she told the magazine. “Why should I support an organization that has a limited view of my beloved brother?" Though, in all honesty, after Hathaway's ex-boyfriend Raffaello Follieri embroiled the Vatican in a scandal over their seeming involvement in the convicted fraud's phony real-estate scheme, we're not sure the Church was so sad to see her go.
In the new issue of Love hitting stands today, Donatella Versace laments the current state of the modeling world. She doesn't think they need to be literally fed, but says, "We need to feed the egos of these girls." She misses the era of supermodels, when Kate Moss, Amber Valetta, and Kristen McMenamy would all walk Versace's runway together. Some designers became scared the personalities of such famous models would overpower and distract from the clothes. But not so, says Donatella: "Fame on fame means more fame!" She adds:
"There is an idea of neutrality in models now. Little make-up, no expression, like a robot ... That is very stupid. It is almost as if the models have to have the appearance of something serious, to give an intellectual base, but they themselves are rarely like that."
She doesn't need her girls to be smart, but she wants fashion to be fun again, and it's a model's job to bring it. Or at least it used to be. The models of yore had balls and would run around acting crazy and fighting with each other. Donatella recalls a scene that played out in front of her brother Gianni:
"One day they had a fight about roots. Kristen [McMenamy] had arrived with black roots in blonde hair, and Linda [Evangelista] arrived with black roots in blonde hair; and both of them went mad, both saying they were first. Really, that is a big thing for models — roots! They were calling the hairdresser in New York, the colourist in New York, and I was called on as a witness to say who was the first to do black roots in blonde hair. At the time Steven Miesel [sic] was really inventing the look of the girls in this way, so I knew who was first: Kristen."
See? She egged them on, instinctively knowing at the time, even if her brother didn't realize it, that fashion would be nothing without catfights and egos.
"The first time they got together, it was the big girls versus the new girl. I remember one time backstage: Linda needed to go on the runway. She was about to put in her fake boobs and found one of them had been taken. 'Where is my boob? Where's my boob?' she was screaming over and over. I think it was Kristen — it was always Kristen. Gianni's reaction? [She mimics his angry stage-whisper.] 'You want this, you like this, so you take care of this!' I would be stuck in the middle. And all those girls turned out to be icons: Kate, Amber, Kristen, all icons."
It makes perfect sense. Does the general public want to know about girls who don't steal each other's boobs backstage and openly throw hissy fits? Of course not. We want to know about the girls who yell and claw at each other over bra inserts. Those are the names we remember. All those models who act professional are doing it wrong. If these girls want to become super again, they should start bringing attitudes to jobs — good, sassy ones — and stealing things.
Bioshock Creative Directors Greg Gobbi(L) and Ken Levine pose with the "Bioshock" character in 2007. The "shocking" sequel to the title crowned 2007 Game of the Year launches globally after its release... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Feb 2010 | 2:49 pm
There is no rule anywhere in existence that says that the Super Bowl should be free of politics and social causes. None. So what's the big deal over Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother starring in a pro-life ad?
Here we were expecting to hear a tawdry tale about coked-up key parties at the governor's mansion in Albany. But now word has it the much buzzed-about David Paterson scandal may not be quite as juicy as some have been suggesting, says Gabriel Sherman: "According to a source close to the Paterson camp who is familiar with the scope of the Times' reporting, the Times piece will be an in-depth profile of the governor focused on his personal character. There are likely to be new details about his marital infidelities, but the source added that it's not going to be the bombshell the blogs have predicted. "The piece is PG-13, not XXX.'" [NYM]
"I thought it was going to be much more awkward ... Listen, I had real questions about taking this job. I was wrong. I don't feel like I have really given up so much and I've gained so much more." —George Stephanopoulos, new Good Morning America host, to the Los Angeles Times
HAIR
• Lady Gaga's hairstylist, Aura Friedman of bumble & bumble., says she has to dye the musician's hair every three weeks to maintain its bleached blonde color. Otherwise, it would grow in brown. And she can't let that happen. [StyleList]
FRAGRANCE
• The Fragrance Foundation is launching an ad campaign this month named One Mighty Drop to encourage people to use more perfume. Sales for prestige fragrances dropped 10 percent in 2009. [CNBC]
• Calvin Klein will release a new woody men's fragrance named Eternity Aqua this spring. [Now Smell This]
MAKEUP
• A sneak peek of Lady Gaga's Viva Glam lipstick for M.A.C. Cosmetics reveals that the hue is a lighter shade of electric pink. The $18 product goes on sale starting March 18, and 100 percent of proceeds will benefit the M.A.C. AIDS Fund. [GagaDaily]
• Estée Lauder will be in charge of beauty at the Derek Lam show, the first runway show ever for the company. Makeup artist Tom Pecheux signed on as the makeup creative director in November, which is why Estée Lauder just got in the fashion-show game. [Beauty Counter/Style.com]
• Scenester Jen Brill is one of Chanel's new Beauty Ambassadresses. [Beauty Banter]
PLASTIC SURGERY
• Jersey Shore's Jenni "JWOWW" Farley is reportedly planning to get another breast augmentation surgery before the next season of her MTV show starts filming. She was spotted at the Long Island office of plastic surgeon Dr. Stephen Greenberg. [Page Six/NYP]
• In an attempt to win back her Jessica Alba–obsessed ex-boyfriend, a 21-year-old in China said she will get several plastic-surgery procedures done so she can look more like Alba. The actress spoke out and said the woman should not do it. [NYDN]
I have a sweet idea for a movie scene: Someone’s looking in the mirror, and you assume there’s no one behind them because why would there be? It’s just a mirror. Then they adjust the mirror slightly and OHMYGOD THERE IS IN FACT SOMEONE BEHIND THEM IT’S A MONSTER!!!!!!!
Last night the Human Rights Campaign of Greater New York held its annual dinner in honor of equal rights for the LGBT community. We caught up with Tim Gunn, who loves his growing legion of straight male fans. Does he think many watch Project Runway? "They do indeed. I'm proud of that, I think it's cool. You can't watch the show and not buy into who the designers are and the whole general nature of what fashion is," he told us. "So the more diverse the audience is, the happier I am. When we were taping in L.A., I had to walk by a construction site to get to the set; my apartment was a block away. At one point, these construction guys were shouting from the scaffolding: 'Tim Gunn, you're killing me with that show!' I bet they're not gay — though I shouldn't say that. You never know. But they were definitely fans."
Before seeing the following video, our knowledge of Dolph Lundgren primarily stemmed off of two things: Our favorite childhood skin flick Masters of the Universe, and Johnny Mnemonic,the most ridiculous cinematic adventure of our time:
Also known as “My Source for Every Computer Wallpaper, Ever.” We’ve always known Dolph as a giant, stiff, Nazi-faced robot who could recite lines better than Abba at a karaoke party on ‘ludes. But what we didn’t know is that this giant, stiff, Nazi-faced robot can also SING! And play DRUMS! Just like the Phil Collins gorilla!
This clip of Dolph Lundgren performing “A Little Less Conversation” on our new favorite Swedish show “Melodifestivalen” (The Festival of Melodies) will BLOW YOUR F**KING MIND APART. Dolph lipsynchs, he dances, he breaks apart GIANT ICE CUBES. The last minute alone will not be required listening for every single future sexual encounter I ever have again. Here is video proof that Dolph Lundgren is not just a 7 foot tall steel beam in a blond wig:
Tuleh just canceled its fall 2010 runway show. Now speculation is swirling that the label's funding has run out and it might not survive. WWD reports that Tuleh isn't meeting the demands of its creditors, backed by Trilea Holdings Inc., which are reportedly no longer investing in the label. Trilea is rumored to be looking into options to salvage Tuleh, which could include anything from selling it altogether to forging new licensing deals to getting a loan. A rep from Trilea said, "The business has been and continues to be unprofitable, and creditors were making demands that the company could not satisfy." Insiders told WWD that "the brand still resonates with customers." It remains unclear what will happen to Tuleh's spring deliveries and the label's lower-priced Bryan Bradley line. Fashion Week parties may be back in full force this season, and spirits remain high, but this is just one reminder that the effects of the downturn are still being felt.
AP - "Shadow Tag" (HarperCollins, 272 pages, $25.99), by Louise Erdrich: Irene and Gil have the sort of life that outsiders might covet. He's a semifamous artist dubbed the "native Edward Hopper," his success great enough to put their family in a three-story house in a fashionable Minneapolis neighborhood and enroll their three children in an exclusive private school.
Now that the economy has rebounded—for people who make their living on Wall Street, at least!—and big bonuses have returned, how are residents of fancy schmancy Greenwich faring? Life is "slowly returning to normal," apparently. "The Greenwich version of normal, anyway," which means people are once again turning up to the local Ferrari dealership:
Caterers' cell phones are ringing again. Luxury car dealers are sending the Porsches out for test drives. An architect is booking multimillion-dollar jobs for his "masters of the universe" clients, titans of Wall Street who've made this leafy Connecticut suburb of New York one of the wealthiest towns in the country.
When the financial industry tumbled, Greenwich's fortunes fell with it. Now, as the federal bailout has helped lift investment banks to surprisingly robust profits, the news that major financial firms will dole out billions of dollars in salaries and bonuses this year came as welcome relief here, even though the rest of the country is still grappling with 10 percent unemployment.
Don't think that residents of the tony suburb haven't learned a thing or two from the events of the past year. They have. "Modesty is in, for the first time in a while," says one store owner, who explains that one of his clients recently forced his wife to accept a $90,000 Mercedes S550 sedan this year, instead of her customary Rolls-Royce. And just look at how some homeowners have been forced to scale back, according to the owner of a architecture firm:
In a sign of Greenwich's new restraint, one client chose to build his tennis court on level ground rather than recessing it, which saved about $75,000 in stones, drainage and other construction costs.
A non-recessed tennis court? It's almost too much to bear!
Coco Rocha is a sought-after television host. After reporting on red-carpet fashion at the Grammys for Entertainment Tonight Canada, the 21-year-old Canadian model will sharpen her hosting skills this week when she hosts Fashion Week TV, a live-coverage broadcast of New York Fashion Week that will air on the public-television channel NYCtv Life.
Veronica Webb will also host the show, which will be produced by the same people who produce Project Runway and founded Modelinia.com. The first episode airs Friday at 12:30 p.m after Job Hunt: Why Would They Hire Me If They Can't Find Me on Google? Let it be noted that Coco and Veronica have 774,000 search results on Google combined, though that's probably not the reason they got the job.
Italian defence minister Ignazio La Russa delivers a speech in 2009, in Rome. Low-budget US horror movie "Paranormal Activity", a box office hit in Italy, kicked up a storm among politicians, including... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Feb 2010 | 12:08 pm
The Huffington Post notes that Anne Hathaway's armpit appears to have been Photoshopped out of her March cover for British GQ. Well, of course it was. The pitness of armpits is always digitally smoothed and removed in magazine photos. But we're more distracted by other things, such as:
1. Why is her armpit the focus of this cover more so than her face to begin with? Or even cleavage?
2. The corset's dragging her bosom down.
3. She needs pants.
4. Her hair is covering her eye, which means we only have half a window to her soul. Surely that's what the profile aims to expose.
Rosario Dawsonleaving the Bowery Hotel ... Keanu Reeves walking in SoHo ... Larry King picking up food on Madison Avenue ... Renee Zellweger arriving at JFK ... Eliza Dushku and Rick Fox walking in the East Village ... Madonna arriving at the Kabbalah Center in Midtown with her kids ... Liev Schreiber and Naomi Watts in Soho pushing their kids in strollers ... Amanda Seyfried picking up coffee in the East Village ... Natalie Portmantaking a break on the set of Black Swan ... Sarah Jessica Parkerleaving her townhouse in the Village ... and an unrecognizable Kate Gosselin leaving the Ted Gibson Salon before heading to dinner at Butter.
SIMULTANEOUS “HOLY SH*T, THEY’RE STILL ALIVE?!” AND “F*CK YEAH, THEY’RE STILL ALIVE!!” MOMENT (WITH THANKS TO THE INCOMPARABLE BETTY WHITE AND ABE VIGODA)
WORST CASE OF REVERSE CHILD ABUSE/FAKEST SLAPPING SOUND EFFECT
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BETWEEN FLO-TV AND THE IPAD I’M GOING TO BE RIDING MY MENTRUAL CYCLE TO BEST BUY FIRST THING IN THE A.M.
SO THERE IS SUCH A THING AS MALE MENOPAUSE
BEST AD FOR PRO-LIFE CAUSES AND SIMULTANEOUS MOTHER ABUSE
MOST CONVINCING MATCH.COM AD THAT WILL END WITH A CALL TO 911
PROOF THAT THE SIMPSONS WILL BE ANIMATING THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO
(Honestly, to run these two ads in succession of each other was just cruel.)
FUNNIEST BUD LIGHT COMMERCIAL
(NONE, THEY ALL SUCKED.)
OK guys — the ads weren’t so hot this year — but we know you have favorites. Any that we’ve missed? Any that truly made you laugh? Let us know in the comments!
Here’s an interesting photo/caption from the front page of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today following the city’s near-record 20 inches of snowfall over the weekend:
Gotcha! You emergency workers TOTALLY thought there was a dead guy, but it was just the ol’ “upside-down legs sticking out of the snowbank” gag! LOLZ!!! Looks like a real life DENNIS THE MENACE is on the loose, gettin’ into some tomfoolery!
The story’s gonna seem considerably less amusing when they discover an actual Pittsburgher upside-down and dead in a snow bank after having to watch a Steeler-less Super Bowl. Lest we forget the story of the Boy Who Cried Upside-Down Dead Guy In Snow.
Actor Sam Worthington arrives at the 62nd Annual Directors Guild Of America Awards at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Century City, California. Worthington is to star in a mystery based on the true... Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Feb 2010 | 11:02 am
I didn’t realize that Lost was such a rip-off of this sexy, action spy thriller from the 60s. Looks sexy! And spy-ey! And I have numerous theories about Egyptian mythological symbols that the bikinis represent…
Whether they're overcoming odds to reach stardom, battling inner demons or dealing with tragedy, the personal histories of our musical heroes are made for the big screen.
• Conan O'Brien's tenure as Tonight Show host has ended, but it looks like he and wife Liza may be planning to stay in LA, since they're reportedly looking to unload their penthouse duplex at the Majestic on Central Park West. The 17th and 18th-floor spread, which features three terraces and Central Park Views, is being "quietly" shopped around for $35 million. [NYP] • The buyer of Bernie and Ruth Madoff's penthouse has been revealed. It's Al Kahn, the CEO of 4Kids Entertainment and the man behind Pokemon and the Cabbage Patch Kids, who is said to be buying the place at at 133 East 64th Street for "just under" the asking price of $8.9 million. [NYP, previously] • Jimmie Johnson has unloaded one apartment and picked up another. The Nascar driver has sold his 3,200-square-foot loft at 32 West 18th Street, which he put on the market last year, for $4 million. Meanwhile, he and his wife paid $8.33 million for a condo in the Superior Ink building on W. 12th St. [NYT]
• Financier Henry Silverman has paid $14 million for a 12,200-square-foot mansion in Sagaponack. The 2.38-acres comes with tennis court, pool and its own one-hole golf course. [Newsday] • Brooklyn's most expensive condo has just been sold to the unidentified "founder of an investment management firm." The 9,486-square-foot apartment at the One Brooklyn Bridge Park building sold for $8.495 million. [NYT] • Interior designer Juan Montoya and his partner, Urban Karlsson, have put their apartment at 211 Madison Avenue on the market. The one-bedroom condo, which was featured in Architectural Digest in 2004, is listed for $1.3 million. [NYT, PDE] • It looks like Lily Pond Lane is getting yet another famous resident, now that Madonna is reportedly renting the six-bedroom manse known "Coxwould" for the summer. The massive estate was listed for $425,000 for the Memorial Day to Labor Day period. [NYM, NYP, Saunders]
EW talked to "The Late Show" executive producer Rob Burnett about David Letterman's surprising decision to include Jay Leno in a promotional spot during the Super Bowl.
It's been 12 months since the private lives of Chris Brown and Rihanna spilled out into the Los Angeles streets. A look at how their careers are going today.
For decades, I’ve been searching for the perfect early morning pick-me-up rap song to cause me to feel like a champion til well after the sun sets. Drinking Chivas Regal at 7 am just doesn’t have the same bling to it (kill me) when it’s set to “Jagged Little Pill.”
So thank you, Superbowl XLIV, for giving us the following mash-up, which will serve as a nice replacement to our former Prince-Akeemesque live chamber orchestra alarm clock. It’s Jay-Z & Rihanna meets the CBS NFL theme song (performed by the delicious sounding Posthumus Zone.) It makes me want to make a floor-length fur out of the Puppy Bowlers (separate show,about puppies bowling), and march up and down these city streets for hours on end.
This is how I will begin every morning. For your own sanity, I suggest you do the same.
1. All Honda ads should all begin with the disclaimer “Please Flip to the Puppy Bowl for 30 Seconds”
2. As much as we all love to rip on him, Brett Favre isn’t the only player capable of throwing crippling fourth-quarter interceptions.
3. Married men live a castrated, ghostlike existence of torturous apathy, but at least they have Dodge Chargers / Budweiser / Last Airbender trailers!!!
4.Sean Payton’s testicles boast a circumference five times that of the normal man’s.
5. I incorrectly predicted the outcome of the game, was way off on the score, called the wrong MVP, and generally nothing that I said would happen happened.
6. I was 3-for-4 on The Who’s setlist, so we’ll call my day of predicting a wash.
7. We shouldn’t hold lengthy debates about pro-life commercials until they actually air (my bad). Frankly, I’m now a lot more concerned with Tim Tebow’s beliefs about mom-blindsiding.
8. My “Who are they!” chant didn’t catch on.
9. The NFL correctly decided to scrap their original idea for a Super Bowl MVP prize, a Cadillac with a MANNING vanity license plate featuring his and hers monogrammed MANNING towels in the backseat and a giant “Congratulations Manning!” banner sticking out of the Manningroof (a custom Manning-shaped sunroof).
10. We don’t know Sun Life Financial yet, but WE WILL, MOTHERF***ERS. Sleep with one eye open.
11. Fans and betters alike put way too much stock into the last game the Saints and Colts each played, ignoring the rest of the Saints’ season as a whole. We look forward to completely forgetting we did this and being wrong again next year.
12. CBS couldn’t find Kim Kardashian in the stands.
13. Doritos has cornered the dudes-hit-in-the-nuts demographic.
14. New Orleans is apparently totally fine now. Whew! Thank God for that interception.
15. Seriously, guys, aren’t women d*cks???
What’d you learn during Super Bowl XLIV? Leave some lessons in the comments.
A sci-fi love story has been beaten by an earthbound romance at the box office, as 'Dear John' debuts as the No. 1 film, leaving 'Avatar' in second place.
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