'Mad Men' characters reduced to plastic Barbie dolls with no curves, drinks - New York Daily News

New York Daily News

'Mad Men' characters reduced to plastic Barbie dolls with no curves, drinks New York Daily News New "Mad Men" Barbie Collector series is loosely based on characters from the TV show. I don't think so even though Lionsgate, Mattel and AMC apparently think so, judging from the Joan Holloway figure in the "Mad Men" Barbie Collector series unveiled ... Barbie goes mad for "Mad Men"Reuters 'Mad Men' characters don't just look like Barbies...Entertainment Weekly 'Mad Men' Dolls in a Barbie World, but the Cocktails Must Stay BehindNew York Times msnbc.com -USA Today -The Money Times all 142 news articles »

Source: Entertainment - Google News | 11 Mar 2010 | 2:29 am

Australian authors protest China visa refusal (Reuters)

Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:38 am

American Idol: The Top 8 Men - New York Times (blog)

Daily Mail

American Idol: The Top 8 Men New York Times (blog) The short version: Casey James > Lee Dewyze > Michael Lynche > Todrick Hall > Andew Garcia > Tim Urban > Alex Lambert > Aaron Kelly. That was important to get out of the way because Wednesday night's show, the final one before this ... 'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol'The Associated Press American Idol Episode Recap: The Top 8 Guys PerformSeattle Post Intelligencer 'American Idol's' Kevin Covais picks his Top 12Zap2it.com (blog) Billboard -WTAM.com -Broadway World all 640 news articles »

Source: Entertainment - Google News | 11 Mar 2010 | 1:20 am

Last Night on Late Night: The Best Eric Massa Jokes

It's not every day that a story like Eric Massa's comes across the wires. Just when the late night hosts were getting tired of doing jokes about faulty Toyotas, a tickling, groping, self-righteous politician fell right into their laps (non-sexually, of course). Nearly every show did a bit about Massa last night, so this edition of Last Night on Late Night salutes the evening's best Eric Massa jokes. Watch our compilation to see what you missed.

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Mellow Bros: Jason Segel and Ed Helms will star in Jeff Who Lives at Home, a “stoner comedy” from Mark and Jay Duplass for Paramount. The Duplass brothers wrote and directed the feature, which follows a day in the life of two brothers, one “a loser who lives at home” (Segel) and the other (Helms) more “together but overbearing.” We imagine the pitch went something like: “Imagine Step Brothers... now trade out John C. Reilly for Andy Bernard.” [HR]

Team Hoover: Clint Eastwood’s next directing project will be a biopic of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard will produce the film, which is from a script by Dustin Lance Black (Milk). The film isn't yet attached to a studio, though it is likely to end up at Warner Bros, The Hollywood Reporter says. They might as well just hand out the seven or so Oscar nominations for this one now. [HR]

Steve Goes Big: Steve Martin will join the cast of The Big Year, starring Jack Black and Owen Wilson and directed by David Frankel (Marley & Me, The Devil Wears Prada). Based on Mark Obmascik’s book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession, the story centers on three men who try to "outdo" each other… in a competition to spot the rarest birds in North America. What, you didn’t assume the title Big Year referred to bird-watching!? [HR]

Let's Get Criminal: Gary Oldman, Malin Akerman and Milo Ventimiglia will star in the Cliff Dorfman-directed “indie gangster project," Criminal Empire for Dummys. Funny, last time I was in Barnes & Noble, they were all sold out of that one! [Variety]

Kill Them With Kindness: Richard Kind has joined the cast of the Michael Mann-David Milch HBO pilot Luck, already starring Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte, and Dennis Farina. Basically, if you are a distinguished male actor over the age of 50 and you haven’t gotten a call for this, you may want to think about firing your agent. [Variety]

Elisha's Happy Ending: 24 alumna Elisha Cuthbert will play the female lead in ABC’s comedy pilot Happy Endings which is about a bride (Cuthbert) and groom who break up at the altar and then have to figure out how “they and their four friends can maintain their relationship.” Ironic titles r totes the best! [HR]

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Filed Under: the industry, clint eastwood, criminal empire, dustin lance black, ed helms, elisha cuthbert, gary oldham, happy endings, jack black, jason segel, jeff who lives at home, luck, malin akerman, milo ventimiglia, movies, owen wilson, richard kind, steve martin, television, the big year

(Reuters)

Reuters - Corey Haim, a Hollywood teen star of the 1980s who became as famous for his struggles with substance abuse as his acting, died in Los Angeles of an apparent prescription drug overdose. He was 38.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:30 pm

The Latest Defense Against Bedbugs Is... 'Adorable'

Just try to ignore the fact that this cute puggle is... sniffing for bedbugs.

Who would have thought that the newest way to combat bed bugs infestations would not only be way more efficient than human exterminators, but would also be... super cute?! Bedbug-sniffing dogs, which the Times charmingly refers to as “adorable yet stunningly accurate," are the latest trend in bed bug removal, as they (well, the well-trained ones, at least) are able to detect a single live bug or egg with 96 percent accuracy.

And since there has been a recent uptick (bug puns!) in bedbug infestations in the city, companies using these dogs are seeing an increase in business to search for what some have called “the pest of the century.” The Times spotlights Bed Bug Inspectors, a six-month old company that has “vetted hotels, college dorms and Midtown office buildings, suburban homes, bare-bones Brooklyn rentals and tony Manhattan co-ops.” The company - which is not affiliated with an exterminator - charges $350 for a residential inspection. And their dog training process is more rigorous than you might think:

"In two weeks training with Cruiser and Freedom, [trainers] Ecker and Rincon learned how to hide live hives of bedbugs — little gangs of bugs tucked into vials fitted with mesh covers, so the scent can travel, but the bugs stay put — and work with the dogs in constantly changing scenarios (hiding bugs in high cupboards, in drawers, under rugs and so forth). Like all scent-detecting dogs, Cruiser and Freedom work for food; put another way, they are fed only when they find their target, which keeps them accurate and keen on their jobs."

OK. We were kind of into the OMG DOGS! cuteness of the whole thing… until we got to this “live vials of bedbugs” stuff. It was a foolish thought to begin with, probably; nothing can be cute when bedbugs are involved.

Dogs That Detect Bedbugs [NYT]

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Filed Under: must love dogs, bed bugs, gross things, pest of the century, puppies!!!!!!

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:21 pm

CW eyeing dance, weight-loss competition series (Reuters)

Reuters - The CW is developing two competition series using popular unscripted subject matter: dancing and weight loss.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:00 pm

Kristen Stewart on Joan Jett: "We're Both Ridden with Tics"

Put down the flea collar; it's not as bad as it sounds. In one of her more relaxed interviews, Kristen Stewart didn't talk about her Twilight saga costar Robert Pattinson, but...

Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:45 pm

Corey Haim, Actor, Dies at 38 - New York Times

ABC News

Corey Haim, Actor, Dies at 38 New York Times Corey Haim, an actor whose status as a teenage heartthrob of the 1980s gave way to substance abuse and rehabilitation as an adult, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Burbank, Calif. He was 38. The latest on the arts, coverage of live ... Corey Feldman Tells Larry King About Corey Haim's Final DaysMTV.com Hollywood reacts to Corey Haim's deathMiamiHerald.com INSIDE STORY: Corey Haim's Slide from Lost Boy to Truly LostPeople Magazine NBC Washington -Boston Herald -The Daily Cougar all 2,612 news articles »

Source: Entertainment - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:44 pm

Corey Feldman: People Need "To Stop Jumping The Gun"

Corey Feldman stopped by Larry King Live tonight to discuss the life of his “best friend,” Corey Haim. He expressed frustration about the rampant rumors and guesses made today about what may have caused Haim’s death:

"In watching everything that's happened today and the reports that have come out, people need to stop. They need to stop jumping the gun. They need to stop saying it is a drug overdose. They need to stop saying their theories of what they think," he said. "Until the coroner's report comes out and we have specific evidence and know what the toxicology reports say, nobody knows."

Feldman also revealed that before Haim’s death, the two were in talks to star in a sequel to 1988's License to Drive called License to Fly, which would then be followed by the third film in the "caper" trilogy, License to Dive.

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Filed Under: corey haim, corey feldman, larry king, license to drive, movies, sad things, video

Source: Vulture | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:43 pm

After "Avatar," Japan fashion show to go 3D (Reuters)

Reuters - Move over, Na'vis: some of Japan's top models will strut down the catwalk in a 3D fashion event this weekend, highlighting the increasing dazzle of the third dimension beyond the movie industry.
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:30 pm

MotionLite to be Featured in Episodes of Will Castro's Unique Autosports: Miami

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:22 pm

Khloé and Lamar Invest in the iBone

Khloé Kardashian Odom and Lamar Odom know how to keep the show on the road. "We do our things to keep it sexy," Khloé said on Wednesday's Lopez Tonight, referring...

Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:16 pm

Howard Stern Defends Sidibe Remarks By Claiming "She's Going To Kill Herself"

“I kinda don’t see a difference between what our Artie [Lange] did — Artie tried to kill himself — and I feel like this girl, in a slower way, but nevertheless the same outcome will be that she’s going to kill herself.” - Howard Stern on his show today, in reference to Precious’ Gabourey Sidibe. This was his “explanation” for tearing into the Oscar-nominated actress yesterday on his show, when he called her “the most enormous fat black chick I’ve ever seen,” and said she should have won Best Actress “because she's never going to have another shot… what movie is she gonna be in?" [Movieline]

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Filed Under: uncalled for, gabourey sidibe, howard stern

Source: Vulture | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:11 pm

Santa Monica sushi restaurant charged with illegally selling whale meat - Los Angeles Times

CBS News

Santa Monica sushi restaurant charged with illegally selling whale meat Los Angeles Times The eatery admits the wrongdoing, its attorney says. Federal agents and animal activists cooperated in a video sting orchestrated by a producer of the Oscar-winning documentary 'The Cove.' Criminal charges have been filed against the Hump, ... Sushi Spot Is Charged With Serving Whale MeatNew York Times Feds charge trendy sushi restaurant for serving whale meatCNN International Sushi chef charged with serving illegal whaleThe Associated Press San Francisco Chronicle -Santa Monica Daily Press -Fast Company all 751 news articles »

Source: Entertainment - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:07 pm

Witherspoon: First lady is DC's top fashionista (AP)

AP - Actress Reese Witherspoon says her "Legally Blonde" character Elle Woods has been ousted as the most stylish woman to come to the nation's capital by first lady Michelle Obama.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:58 pm

'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP)

AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:57 pm

'Big Mike' draws tears, cheers on 'American Idol' (AP)

AP - Michael "Big Mike" Lynche made Kara DioGuardi cry and turned the rest of the "American Idol" judges giddy with a moving performance of "This Woman's Work."

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:57 pm

House Democrats Vote to Block Earmarks to Private Industry

House Democrats voted Wednesday to ban earmarks to private companies, in light of backlash over runaway spending and ethics scandals. Earmarks are used by lawmakers to direct federal money to specific pet projects. "[Their elimination] ensures that for-profit companies no longer reap the rewards of congressional earmarks and limits the influence of lobbyists on members of Congress," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said. Republicans - who will hold an intra-party vote on the issue Thursday - have called earmarks “a symbol of a broken Washington” and are looking to ban them across the board, not just to for-profit companies. [WP, NYT]

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Filed Under: earmarks, politics

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:57 pm

Corey Haim: Began Dating VH1 Reality Star Shortly Before Death

Things appeared to be looking up for Corey Haim when he died. Not only did the fallen 38-year-old actor have eight film projects in the works, but he also had a new love interest who...

Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:55 pm

John English wins Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Pierre Trudeau biography

OTTAWA - John English of Kitchener, Ont., has won the $25,000 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing for his latest biography on Pierre Trudeau. The former MP and history...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:48 pm

Census campaign targets tech-savvy Hispanic youth (AP)

AP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:42 pm

Rush Limbaugh Makes Racist Comment In Reference to Paterson

In an incident that makes Dan Rather’s "watermelons" comment look positively innocuous, Rush Limbaugh made a blatantly racist comment about Gov. David Paterson on his radio show today.

After a caller contended that Paterson had the authority to replace former Rep. Eric Massa (note: this isn’t true - all Paterson can do is call a special election to fill the seat), Limbaugh engaged in the following conversation with the caller:

Limbaugh: Are you sure that Paterson appoints or is there a special election?
Caller: I am reasonably sure that Paterson will be appointing the replacement, assuming that he, you know, doesn't resign in the next 60 or 90 days.
Limbaugh: Let's assume you're right. So, David Paterson will become the massa...
Caller: Yes.
Limbaugh: ... who gets to appoint whoever gets to take Massa's place. So, for the first time in his life, Paterson's gonna be a massa. Interesting, interesting.

Yikes!

Rush Limbaugh races to inject racial joke about Paterson into Massa mess [NYDN]

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Filed Under: rush limbaugh, david paterson, eric massa, racism, scandals

Only a couple had performed with any...

Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:10 pm

Film Futures Market Set For April Launch

Cantor Fitzgerald's Richard Jaycobs.

Correctly predicting a box office winner used to just mean you could rib your friends and boast a bit (“I told you guys Fast and Furious was gonna come out of nowhere!”); but starting next month, you could actually have something to show for your winning intuition. Cantor Futures Exchange will open an online futures market at some point toward the end of April, which will give studios, institutions and the general population the chance to bet on the box-office revenue of Hollywood’s releases.

“I’ve worked in the futures industry for a long time,” said Richard Jaycobs, the president of Cantor Exchange. “And none of the products has the overall appeal that this does. This just has a tremendous potential audience.”

Cantor is planning to open the exchange shortly after April 20, when it is hoping to get final approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The hope is that distributors will play in the market as well, with conflict-of-interest issues avoided by limiting the amount a company can hedge through the exchange. Since 2001, movie buffs have been able to bet pretend money on HSX.com (The Hollywood Stock Exchange), a site owned by Cantor Futures Exchange’s parent, Cantor Fitzgerald, and which boasts about 200,000 active users.

A Place to Bet Real Money on Movies [NYT]

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Filed Under: betting on the box office, cantor fitzgerald, futures market, movies

Source: Vulture | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:36 pm

Corey Haim Remembered by Ex-Girlfriend, Costars, Two Coreys Crew

First, the Twitterverse came out in full force. Then Corey Feldman followed suit. It didn't take long for the rest of Hollywood to follow, with Corey Haim's former costars...

Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:30 pm

Louis Vuitton's womanhood celebration closes Paris (AP)

AP - After a week of shows dominated by the rail-thin teens who are ubiquitous on today's catwalks, Paris fall-winter ready-to-wear 2010-11 displays concluded Wednesday with a sensual celebration of women in all their curvaceous glory at Louis Vuitton.

Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:27 pm

Life's too short for "Minute to Win It" (Reuters)

Reuters - Without football or Olympics, NBC has a Sunday slot to be filled. At the same time, it has a game show, "Minute to Win It," which is capable of filling an hour. At NBC these days, that qualifies as a programing match made in heaven.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:12 pm

"Sons of Tucson" mixes warmth with sly wit (Reuters)

Reuters - One might call Fox's "Sons of Tucson" a blended-family comedy.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:10 pm

Dakota & Kristen's Sexy Drugfest: Parent Approved?

The new film The Runaways is really all about "sex, drugs and rock and roll," as Joan Jett told us today at the Luxe Hotel for the film's junket. (Also, it's a must-see, totally...

Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:06 pm

L.A. newscasts spend time on crime

Front Page: Little government coverage, study finds -- Bleeding's still leading the local TV newscasts.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:00 pm

'Kill' gets time at Arena

Front Page: Stage version of Grisham novel on D.C. theater's slate -- 2010-11 season at Arena Stage includes a new stage version of John Grisham novel "A Time to Kill."

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:00 pm

Israeli novel, collection of Russian poetry win prizes for best English-language translation

NEW YORK - An Israeli novel and a collection of Russian poetry have won prizes for best English-language translation. Gail Hareven's novel "The Confessions of Noa Weber" won the Best ...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:52 pm

Latin Pop Star Juanes Meets With USAID to Discuss Opportunities for Collaboration

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:46 pm

Panasonic Sells World's First 3-D Television System

Panasonic said Wednesday that it sold the world’s first 3-D home entertainment system at a Manhattan Best Buy. Officially known as the Panasonic Full HD 3-D Plasma Home Theater System (just rolls right off the tongue!), it sells for $2,900. And no cheap reusable glasses nonsense here; the system comes with (just one pair of) “Panasonic 3-D active shutter lens eyewear” - additional pairs cost $149.95 apiece.

"3-D has invigorated the theater experience, and it will be the same for the living room," said Mary Daily, a 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment executive. "3-D will become a game changer for the home entertainment industry."

We’ve been on the fence about the rapid proliferation of 3-D in movies - as the technology can often be as distracting as awe-inspiring - but Blair Waldorf in 3-D might just be enough to bring us over to the, uh, three-dimensional side.

Panasonic sells world's first 3D TV system [HR]

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Source: Vulture | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:43 pm

Corey Feldman: "Where Were All These People the Last 10 Years" of Corey Haim's Life?

Corey Feldman deeply appreciates the outpouring of sentiment from Hollywood in the wake of his "brother and best friend" Corey Haim's untimely death. But Haim's longtime...

Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:35 pm

Thai thriller straddles homophobia, homoerotica (Reuters)

Reuters - In the slasher-thriller "Slice," a cop-turned-convict tracks down a serial killer by delving into his own troubled childhood memories.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:25 pm

'Wonderland' star Wasikowska is a wildflower in acting world - USA Today

Los Angeles Times

'Wonderland' star Wasikowska is a wildflower in acting world USA Today By Mary Ellen Mark, Disney Enterprises By Susan Wloszczyna, USA TODAY Much like her heroine in Tim Burton's fantastical Alice in Wonderland, Mia Wasikowska knows her own mind. In the mega-budget adaptation of Lewis Carroll's classic tale, ... Ex-studio boss mounts successful third actLos Angeles Times The first talking film of 'Alice In Wonderland' was shot in Fort LeeThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com Better Read: Another twist on 'Wonderland'Towerlight Reno News & Review -News-Leader.com -Shreveport Times all 534 news articles »

Source: Entertainment - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:14 pm

"2012" debuts atop three video charts (Reuters)

Reuters - The end-of-the-world drama "2012" debuted at the top of all three home video charts the week ending March 7, the first release in nearly a month with a box office pedigree of more than $100 million.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:09 pm

House Ethics Committee Closes Massa Investigation

Just when things were getting good! The House ethics committee said Wednesday that the investigation into former congressman Eric Massa, accused of groping and sexually harassing male staffers in his office, is over. Massa’s resignation means he is “outside the reach” of any punishment that the committee might come up with, according to the Washington Post. The announcement could set off a "political battle," the Post suggests, as House Republicans said this morning they wanted the investigation into the “salty old sailor” to continue, so that the public could learn who among the House Democratic leadership knew about the allegations of harassment and how they responded. Well, now that this is over, can someone in Washington please launch an investigation into figuring out what "snorkeling" actually entails?! [WP]

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Filed Under: messa, eric massa, politics, scandals

(Fashion Wire Daily)

Fashion Wire Daily - It was all very 1950s heroine chic at Louis Vuitton Wednesday, March 10, in Paris, when the label's designer Marc Jacobs sent out a series of proper, feminine looks onto a runway that circled a huge water fountain in a courtyard of the Louvre Museum.

Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:03 pm

Sandra Bullock to Use Oscar As Hood Ornament

“I’m going to have Jesse weld the Oscar to the hood of the car." —Sandra Bullock [DailyStar]

"I had cables [because] his back was so bad and he was on so much pain med that he couldn't talk ... He couldn't function very well. ... He was such a sweetheart ... He'd ingest small horses and a side of mashed potatoes and he would sort of wash it down with a case of wine and about six bottles of cognac. Then it was, 'OK, who is gonna vie for that position to carry him back to his room when he's drunk ... ' We all had to do it." —Robin Wright Penn on her Princess Bride co-star Andre the Giant [Contact Music]

"I was awakened at 8:30 this morning by my brother and sister knocking on my bedroom door. They informed me of the loss of my brother Corey Haim. My eyes weren't even open all the way when the tears started streaming down my face. ... This is a tragic loss of a wonderful, beautiful, tormented soul, who will always be my brother, family, and best friend" —Corey Feldman [People]

"I think we're both deeper than normal people — what they think and how they feel. He's very grateful for what he has, but he doesn't let it go to his head. I'm like that too." —Miley Cyrus on boyfriend Liam Hemsworth [Teen Vogue via Starpulse]

"I just can't find good enough words to speak about Billy. He's a very, very dear friend ... I hope we can do more music together." —Jessica Simpson on "Who We Are" collaborator Billy Corgan [RyanSeacrest via PopSugar]

"I play a kind of unbridled blogger who's a sort of scaremonger." —Jude Law on his role in the upcoming movie Contagion [MTV]

"First I'm going to find out how I'm going to sound. I'm going to get back on a Mongolian pony and ride like the wind. I'm going to flash my scimitar. I'm going to cut the nuts off Conan and his father." —Stephen Lang on playing Khalar Singh in Conan the Barbarian [Movies/IGN via Fark]

"She approached me. We sat for a cup of tea and again for a cup of tea. Hopefully, it will all come together. ... I'm actually not familiar with her work, and I told her this flat out. She sent a couple of films and I still haven't seen them." —Vera Farmiga on working on a movie with Madonna [EOnline]

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Filed Under: quote machine, corey feldman, jessica simpson, jude law, miley cyrus, robin wright penn, sandra bullock, stephen lang

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Filed Under: music, clickables, music videos, o.n.e., one, video, yeasayer

Source: Vulture | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:40 pm

Democrats Might Actually Do Something About the Filibuster Eventually

Harry Reid told reporters today that the Democrats are "going to make some changes" to the filibuster, a tool that Republicans have utilized in unprecedentedly obstructive ways over the past year or so. But he'll have to wait until the start of the next session of Congress, in 2011, when it will only take a majority to change the Senate rules, for some reason, instead of a two-thirds majority, as is usually required. This is especially important because Democrats are bound to lose at least a handful of Senate seats in the midterm elections. If filibuster reform doesn't work, the next Senate might not pass anything, ever. [HuffPo, Ezra Klein/WP]

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Filed Under: oh congress!, filibuster, harry reid, politics

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:10 pm

Steel Magnolia's 'Keep On Lovin' You' Makes Billboard History

Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:04 pm

Samsung unveils new 3D TV technology, says Canadian launch coming March 26

TORONTO - Early adopters can buy a new 3D TV by the end of the month, Samsung said Wednesday, although it remains to be seen how many consumers will be willing to pay a premium for a...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:03 pm

Bank of America: They Steal Parrots, Don’t They?

Whoever is keeping track of the list of houses on which Bank of America is supposed to be foreclosing must be indulging in too much Boone's Farm. Last month, representatives of the bank foreclosed on the wrong house, and this month, according to the Journal, a contractor for the bank went into the home of a borrower who was not in default while she was out, cut off her utilities, padlocked her door, and confiscated her ten-year-old pet parrot, Luke. The woman, Angela Iannelli, is suing, claiming that being separated from the parrot gave her "emotional distress." It didn't help that their customer service was terrible.

Ms. Iannelli, who owns a diner and works part-time as a bartender, said Bank of America representatives weren't helpful when she called in to protest. They first denied knowing where the parrot was, and later told her she could go to the offices of the contractor, about 80 miles away, to retrieve the bird herself. Ms. Iannelli said bank representatives also told her they were "tired" of hearing from her, hung up on her and advised her to seek help from the police.

But at least they're not charging overdraft fees anymore!

Bank Padlocked Wrong House and Took Parrot [WSJ]

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Filed Under: their bad, awkward, bank of america, business, florida, monumentally stupid mistakes

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:00 pm

Who Will Be the Next Late-Night Host to Win an Oscar?

With her Best Supporting Actress win on Sunday, Mo’nique became just the fifth African-American woman ever to win an Oscar. But her victory marked another, less noted achievement: It was the first Academy Award won by a host of a current late-night talk show (The Mo’nique Show, on BET nightly at 11 p.m.!). Does this mean the Academy will finally begin to see the incredible talent present in the late-night talk-show-host community? And if so, which current late-night talk-show host has the best shot at following up Mo’nique’s win? Vulture takes a look.

Conan O’Brien, Untitled Conan O’Brien Fox Project (presumably)
Acting Credits:
Andy Richter Controls the Universe
Other than the live tour, Conan’s schedule is looking pretty free, meaning plenty of time for intensive acting lessons.

Jay Leno, the Tonight Show
Acting Credits:
Silver Bears, Collision Course
His movie background is mostly in racist buddy-cop comedies. Then again, he’s recently demonstrated that he’s pretty good at acting like — here comes the burn! — a considerate human being.

David Letterman, Late Show With David Letterman
Acting Credits:
Cabin Boy, Fast Friends, Peeping Time
If he were at all serious about winning an Oscar, he would have at least considered producing and starring in Robert Halderman’s screenplay.

Jon Stewart, The Daily Show
Acting Credits:
The Faculty, Playing by Heart, Big Daddy, Death to Smoochy
Stewart’s got a semi-legit acting background, and we could seriously see him pulling off Best Supporting at some point in the distant future. Maybe as a cantankerous, but loving grandfather type?

Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Acting Credits:
Like Mike
He was great in Like Mike. But, yeah, no.

Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report
Acting Credits::
Bewitched, Strangers With Candy, The Love Guru
Not the craziest notion, seeing as Colbert does a pretty great job playing a conservative blowhard every night.

Carson Daly, Last Call With Carson Daly
Acting Credits:
N/A
Yes, Carson Daly still has a talk show.

Craig Ferguson, The Late Late Show
Acting Credits::
The Drew Carey Show
Has one of the longer acting résumés on this list. Unfortunately, much of that acting has taken place in movies like Lenny the Wonder Dog.

Jimmy Fallon, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Acting Credits::
Taxi, Fever Pitch, Almost Famous
Come on — you really think that dude from Taxi is ever going to win an Oscar?

Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Lately
Acting Credits::
National Lampoon’s Cattle Call, Steam
Maybe if she starts sleeping with AMPAS president Tom Sherak?

George Lopez, Lopez Tonight
Acting Credits::
Balls of Fury, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, Swing Vote, Tortilla Heaven
Yeah, it’s probably going to be George Lopez.

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Filed Under: kudos, chelsea handler, conan o'brien, craig ferguson, david letterman, george lopez, jay leno, jimmy fallon, jon stewart, late-night, mo'nique, movies, oscars, stephen colbert, tv

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Filed Under: movies, atom, brad conlin, clickables, spaceship astronauts, spoofs, video

Source: Vulture | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:55 pm

Tina Fey Is in Full Bloom

After wearing a great Michael Kors look to the Oscars on Sunday and landing the cover of Vogue this month, Tina Fey continued her fashion surge when she wore a floral dress to the Nineteenth Annual Bunny Hop hosted by Society of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center at FAO Schwarz in New York last night. She completed the bright spring look with opaque black tights and black pumps.

Are you wearing prints for spring?

Read more posts by Sharon Clott

Filed Under: look of the day, tina fey

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:35 pm

Clint Eastwood eyes J. Edgar Hoover pic

Front Page: Brian Grazer and Ron Howard producing through Imagine -- Clint Eastwood is circling a biopic about FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, penned by Dustin Lance Black ("Milk") and produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard through Imagine Entertainment.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:22 pm

Why the Atlantic Yards Is Currently a Loser for Everyone, Even Ratner

Sitting in traffic on Atlantic Avenue, watching as cars spill back through the intersection with Fourth Avenue to complete a perfect triangle of honking, cursing, pedestrian-endangering gridlock with the intersection of Flatbush Avenue, somehow the realization came to more than one influential person: What we need here is an 18,000-seat basketball arena!

And finally Bruce Ratner is going to give it to us. On Thursday afternoon the developer officially breaks ground on his Atlantic Yards project. Much has changed in the more than six years since Ratner first proposed a stunning 22-acre home for the NBA’s Nets and for sixteen commercial and residential skyscrapers. Long gone is architect Frank Gehry, whose industrial-whimsical designs brought an upscale veneer to the massive heap of steel and concrete. ACORN, whose kiss of approval for the project’s “affordable” housing units gave Atlantic Yards a tinge of progressive enlightenment, collapsed even though Ratner returned the favor with a grant and loan of $1.5 million. Last year Ratner was forced to unload the money-hemorrhaging Nets to Russia’s richest oligarch. The economy has gone from boom to bust, the state and city budgets from billions in surplus to many more billions in deficit.

Yet in all that time one thing hasn’t changed: The Atlantic Yards deal is still a loser for New York. Well, that’s not exactly true, either. The fact is, the deal has gotten worse. And not — caveat lector — simply for those of us who will be living next to a huge construction zone for the next four years.

The most tangible quasi-public benefits that Ratner promised — housing and parks — have been pushed off into the unforeseeable future. Lately he’s said he’ll start work on the residential and commercial buildings in 2011, but renegotiations have extended his deadline for finishing the non-arena construction into 2035. Even that date is subject to change, however, as is the number of apartments ultimately built.

The big payoff, both for the developer and for New York as a whole, was always supposed to be generated by everything other than the arena. The projections of jobs created and tax revenues generated were always dubious, as documented on Norman Oder’s invaluable Atlantic Yards Report website. But when — or if — the fiscal benefits ever start coming in, they’ll have to be even more spectacular because the public subsidies have swollen, most recently with an MTA deal deferring Ratner’s payments for the land. The Independent Budget Office says the public tab will be approximately $675 million — and that’s merely for the arena, which the IBO estimates will lose $219 million for the city and state over 30 years.

Ratner blames the delays on those pesky eminent domain lawsuits. It’s true that the legal challenges have slowed Atlantic Yards, but Ratner guaranteed the court fights by doing a politically savvy end run around the public approval process. And the most important issues were never speed or dollars: The fight over Atlantic Yards was about community and democracy. If the legacy of Develop Don’t Destroy is that whatever is finally built on the rest of the site is more in proportion with the brownstone neighborhoods surrounding Ratnerville, the group will have done the city a service. But until then, everyone's going to continue losing: Bruce Ratner is getting an arena he wanted only as a crowd-pleasing tool to divert attention from his lucrative condo towers, and New York gets a soulless billion-dollar basketball court next to a hole where there should be human-scale housing. Happy groundbreaking day to all.

Read more posts by Chris Smith

Filed Under: atlantic yards, brooklyn, bruce ratner, developing, neighborhood news, nets, real estate

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:20 pm

That Chanel Iceberg Was Actually Made From ‘Snice’

Surprise! Yesterday's Chanel show was just as spendy as it looked. Some facts on that runway centerpiece, the greatest piece of ice since, well, maybe this:

1. It weighed 265 tons and stood 28 feet high.
2. It was imported from northern Sweden just for the show.
3. It was composed of snow and ice, a combination that is apparently called "snice" in Chanel Land. And you thought snowicane was bad!

4. The Grand Palais where the show took place was kept at four degrees below Celsius (about 28 Fahrenheit) to keep the ice piece — possibly attendees — from melting.
5. The 'berg was carved by 35 ice sculptors from around the world in six days.

But all the extravagance is the perfect mirror to the collection, which WWD reminds us "doesn't come cheap," even though Karl only used faux fur. Exorbitance is of little concern to Chanel. Last year's sales were reportedly the best in the label's history.

Chanel RTW Fall 2010 [WWD]
Earlier: Karl Lagerfeld Sends Beast Models Around a Giant Iceberg for Chanel

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Filed Under: ice ice baby, chanel, designers, fall 2010, karl lagerfeld, paris at last, paris fashion week

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:20 pm

Mystery Solved: Jacob From Lost Actually Works For Jackie Treehorn

The other day on Twitter, Mystery Team director Dan Eckman pointed out that we’ve actually known who Jacob on Lost is all along: He is the guy who dunks The Dude’s head in toilet at the beginning of The Big Lebowski (well, the actor Mark Pellegrino who plays Jacob… but I am under the assumption that all TV shows and movies are real life).

This may not be new information to some, but with recent events unfolding on Lost, it explains why Jacob may actually, in fact, just be a huge a-hole.

Source: Best Week Ever | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:04 pm

The Amazing Technicolor Makeup Artist

At first glance you would think makeup artist Sierra Luella is heavily influenced by the eighties. Not so! "I don't know too much about the eighties. I wasn't born till the nineties." The rainbow polo, the jean jacket, the neon Lego pin, and the poofy, sponge-curled hair are a look of her own creation. The St. Louis native came to New York because she was tired of being stared at, so it’s no surprise that she assimilates well into the city. “I’m here, I’m comfortable. I’m lovin’ it.” So spunky! Watch the Video Look Book to see her favorite Goodwill purchase.

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Filed Under: video look book, video

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 3:00 pm

Eric Massa: Groping, Tickling, and Now, Snorkeling

When Larry King very reasonably asked Eric Massa last night if he was gay, Massa shot back, indignantly, that King should "ask my wife, ask my friends, ask the 10,000 sailors I served with in the Navy." Well, a few of those sailors have now come forward, and they're not helping Massa's case. Peter Clark, a shipmate of Massa's in the Navy, tells The Atlantic that "Massa was notorious for making unwanted advances toward subordinates." There were his patented "Massa Massages." There was the time another shipmate, Stuart Borsch, awoke to a possibly drunk Massa groping him. And there was the night that Massa's roommate, Tom Maxfield, awoke "to Massa undoing his pants trying to snorkel him."

Wait, snorkel? We're not really sure what this is supposed to mean, and the article doesn't elucidate it for us. Is it simply a PG-rated way of saying blow? Is it Navy slang? As we usually do when we encounter sexual terms that we're unfamiliar with, we turned to Urban Dictionary for answers. One entry defines snorkeling as a sexual act literally involving a snorkel mask and fins, so that's out. Another calls it a "maneuver ... performed by placing your testicles over the eyes of your partner, forming a mask. Then the breathing apparatus is formed by placing the end of your penis into the receiver's mouth." This is definitely a possibility, although, from the quote about the incident, it's unclear whether Massa was undoing his own pants or his roommate's pants, so it's difficult to say. Either way, it was not something overly heterosexual in nature.

Eric Massa's Navy Files [Atlantic]

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Filed Under: messa, eric massa, just admit you're gay already, politics, snorkeling

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:50 pm

You Know You Want to See Michelle Obama’s Blue Dress

You probably also want to see the First Lady of Greece's green dress. She and Michelle confabbed the other day. See the full looks in the Michelle Obama Look Book.

Read more posts by Amy Odell

Filed Under: mobama watch, michelle obama

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:40 pm

Video: Valentino, in a Nutshell

Jeremy Kost is running loose in Paris, camera in hand, filming the bevy of beauties backstage (say that three times fast). At Valentino, he caught models having some fun before the show, smoking along to the beat (it can be done) and trying on sunglasses. He then takes us on a dizzying run across the front row, where we spot the top names in fashion. And finally, the finale, as the girls come out for their last walk. Watch the video to see all the action.

Read more posts by Jeremy Kost

Filed Under: behind the scenes, valentino, video

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:30 pm

In 2008, No Matter What You Told Them, 20 Percent of People Would Not Stop Believing Obama Is a Muslim

A study out this week indicates that there was a small core group of people who — at the height of the 2008 election — believed Barack Obama was a secret Muslim, and could not be convinced otherwise by news reports or words from the candidate himself. Twenty percent of voters were simply convinced Obama was lying. (Some people changed their opinions, the majority — but not all — eventually coming to believe he was a Christian.) The statistics on the people who believed he was a Muslim weren't particularly surprising. From the Times:

Respondents who were younger, less educated, less politically interested, politically conservative and interpreted the Bible literally were more likely to be among those who shifted from answering that Mr. Obama was Christian to answering that he was a Muslim.

It's an old story: People have a tendency to reject new information that contradicts what they already believe. That includes liberals: Just think of how many times George Bush's National Guard service was hashed over. We just love the thing about people taking the Bible literally changing their minds about him being Christian. Who thought of that question? Not, we're guessing, someone who takes the Bible literally.

New Study Sorts Through Obama-Muslim Myth [Caucus/NYT]

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Filed Under: early and often, barack obama, conspiracy theories, politics, religion, studies that try to show that people who believe in the bible are conspiracy theorists

Source: Daily Intel | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:25 pm

Plus Model Crystal Renn Lands Glamour Cover

Brought to you by the magic of Twitter.

Glamour has been promoting plus-size model Crystal Renn pretty heavily since the May swimsuit story they shot of her. Over the weekend she did a cover shoot for the magazine in St. Barts with two non-plus models, Alessandra Ambrosio and Sports Illustrated swimsuit-issue cover girl Brooklyn Decker. Glamour hasn't put a model on the cover since Ambrosio in May 2006. [HuffPo]

Read more posts by Amy Odell

Filed Under: cover girls, alessandra ambrosio, brooklyn decker, covers, crystal renn, glamour, model tracker, models

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:05 pm

'Lost Boys' star Corey Haim dies at 38

Former 1980s teen movie actor and heartthrob Corey Haim died early Wednesday, authorities said.
Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:04 pm

Bill Gates And Bill Clinton Join Bill Forces

Bill Gates and Bill Clinton testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about the United State’s role in improving global health. From these photos, though, it looked like Bill Gates was just happy to be hanging out with coolest MF’er in the world:

Source: Best Week Ever | 10 Mar 2010 | 2:02 pm

The top 10 geek anthems of all time

Geeks rock.
Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:52 pm

Yasmin Le Bon’s Daughter Amber Lands Pantene Campaign; Kardashians Rep Skin-Care Brand

Chanel.

HAIR
• Amber Le Bon, the 20-year-old daughter of Yasmin Le Bon, landed the Pantene Pro-V campaign. [Daily Mail UK]

• A Florida woman caused a collision with a pickup truck and was subsequently arrested, reportedly because she was distracted: She was shaving her bikini area while on her way to a date with her boyfriend. More drama: Her ex-husband steered from the passenger seat while she groomed. [BellaSugar]

• Brazil is a huge beauty market. New research states the country is the biggest market for fragrance and one of the biggest markets for hair dye and conditioner. [Independent UK]

MAKEUP
• Julia Roberts's first commercial for Lancôme is out. But it's in French. [BellaSugar]

• Chanel’s creative director of makeup, Peter Philips, created a paint-print texture for the eye makeup at the runway show yesterday in Paris. In terms of nails, he is re-releasing the Jade Rose pink shade for fall, which was originally released at the same time as the label's green Jade hue, which became so popular that it overshadowed the other colors in the collection. [Beauty Counter/Style.com]

• The new CoverGirl LashBlast Fusion mascara, which promises to lengthen and add volume to lashes, will be available for preorder for $8.99 starting Friday. The product was first previewed during New York Fashion Week. [Spoiled Pretty]

• Dick Page showed up to do the makeup at the Yves Saint Laurent show in Paris, where he painted faces with pink eye shadow and indigo eyeliner. [Daily Beauty Reporter/Allure]

SKIN
• The Kardashian sisters — Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney — are the new spokespeople for the PerfectSkin three-step skin-care system. It's a new brand created by Dr. Ron DiSalvo, and the products haven't launched yet. [StyleList]

• Biore launched a new product named Steam Activated Cleanser. It's created to work for people who wash their faces in the shower. So it's for all of us! [StyleList]

Read more posts by Sharon Clott

Filed Under: beauty marks, amber le bon, beauty, biore, brazil, chanel, covergirl, dick page, fall 2010, hair, julia roberts, kardashian sisters, lancome, makeup, pantene pro-v, skin, yasmin le bon, yves saint laurent

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:45 pm

Conan Turns Michigan Woman's World Upside Down Over Twitter

O'Brien decided last week to pick Sarah Killen as the only person he would follow on Twitter, turning the 19-year-old's life upside down.

Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:40 pm

Review: Pattinson still brooding in `Remember Me' (AP)

AP - In "Remember Me," Robert Pattinson has temporarily stepped away from "Twilight," apparently in search of his "Five Easy Pieces" or "Rebel Without a Cause."

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:36 pm

Farrah Fawcett missing from 'In Memoriam' at Oscars - Los Angeles Times

CBC.ca

Farrah Fawcett missing from 'In Memoriam' at Oscars Los Angeles Times Though Farrah Fawcett's main claim to fame was television, the decision to leave her out of the "In Memoriam" segment of the Oscars has caused quite a stir. Fawcett appeared in 14 feature films in her lifetime. Although she was first featured as eye ... Tatum O'Neal 'deeply saddened' by Farrah Fawcett snub at the OscarsNew York Daily News Farrah Fawcett's omission on Oscar night draws fireGoErie.com Oscar bosses defend Farrah Fawcett snubBBC News Catholic Online -CNN International -Vancouver Sun all 848 news articles »

Source: Entertainment - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:35 pm

Our Long National Nightmare Is Over: Billy Mitchell Dethroned As Donkey Kong King

If you’ve never seen the documentary The King of Kong, you’re missing the greatest sports movie ever in all of history. Go rent it. Otherwise this means nothing to you and you’ll never realize how empty your life was before this movie came along. I WEEP for you, sir or madam. I weep.

If you have seen it, hold on to your butts. This story is today’s NY Daily News:

A Queens plastic surgeon has been crowned the king of Donkey Kong.

Dr. Hank Chien, 35, racked up a score of 1,061,700 on the classic arcade video game, smashing the old record by 10,000 points. Chien’s dazzling feat was confirmed by Twin Galaxies, the official score keeper of electronic games.

While it’s sad that hero teacher Steve Wiebe did not take down Billy goddam Mitchell again, it’s nice to have a new expansion team in this fight for the very soul of mankind. Because truthfully, we all know judgement day will come down to a single game of Donkey Kong between good and evil, and Billy Mitchell plays for Team Evil.

My hat is off to you, Dr. Hank Chien. Now go get laid, sir (but maybe don’t bring up the Donkey Kong thing beforehand).

Source: Best Week Ever | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:20 pm

Video: The Unobscured Abs of Kellan, Mehcad, Hidetoshi, and Fernando

Calvin Klein hired Twilight star Kellan Lutz and True Blood star Mehcad Brooks to star in the campaign for their new manty range, X Underwear, along with Japanese soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata and Spanish tennis player Fernando Verdasco. When the campaign came out, everyone wondered why on earth Calvin Klein obscured the bare torsos of these gentlemen with a translucent "X" graphic. The label hath heard our cries of woe and sought retribution in the form of a commercial starring all three gentlemen wearing only their new manties and saying dirty things.

Calvin Klein Launches Potty-Mouthed Videos To Promote New Underwear Collection [StyleList]
Related: Calvin Klein Obscured Kellan Lutz and Mehcad Brooks’s Abs in Their New Underwear Ads

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Filed Under: advertising, calvin klein, designers, fernando verdasco, hidetoshi nakata, kellan lutz, mehcad brooks, video

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:15 pm

How Do These New Jil Sander Wedges Make You Feel?

Only $1,240 at the Jil Sander store.

And more important, if a girl falls in them, do you yell "timber"? [Moment/T Magazine]

Read more posts by Amy Odell

Filed Under: dreams come shoe, designers, jil sander, shoes

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 12:40 pm

Remembering Corey Haim, Eighties Teen Dream, 1971-2010

Ed. Note: To honor Corey Haim, we’ve invited friend and blogger Mark Graham to share his thoughts on the actor’s untimely passing. — M. Collins

Just because we all knew this day was coming doesn’t make the news any easier to swallow: Corey Haim, eighties teen icon and the Canadian half of the Two Coreys, finally lost the 20-plus year war he waged against substance abuse. Haim collapsed in his North Hollywood apartment in the early hours of this morning after suffering what appears to be an accidental, prescription pill overdose; coincidentally enough, he was living in the very same apartment building where Rick James died back in 2004. Sadly, he never regained consciousness and was pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m. this morning.

After working as a child actor in Canada, Haim rose to fame Stateside in 1986 when he starred as a bookshy, nerdy teen from the wrong side of the tracks in Lucas. While it initially looked as if Haim could carve out a niche for himself as a lovable geek in the Anthony Michael Hall vein, he promptly did a 180 and turned himself into a veritable teen dream love machine with roles in The Lost Boys and License To Drive. His successes paved the way for cocksure teens like Kirk Cameron (a fellow Canadian!) and Mark-Paul Gosselaar to gain a foothold in pop culture, but sadly, the fame went to his head and he got himself caught up in the excesses of the decade, snorting his way out of the rolodexes of everyone in Hollywood by the year 1990.

Haim went on to work fairly consistently throughout the nineties, but substance abuse issues prevented him from getting work in anything other than lowly regarded straight-to-VHS thrillers. After suffering from a drug-induced stroke in the early aughts, he staged a minor comeback in the last few years after reuniting with his partner-in-crime, Corey Feldman, for a reality show that aired for two seasons on A&E. However, during the course of that show, his erratic behavior and constant sweating were two telltale signs that even if he had stopped doing cocaine on the regular, he still had some significant issues with prescription drug abuse. To wit, the show was canceled after Feldman told producers that he would no longer do the show until his old friend Haim got “the help he truly needs.” Sadly, as the news of this morning teaches us, Haim was clearly never able to get that help.

Although history will almost certainly remember Haim as a cautionary tale, another in a long line of child actors who epitomized the dangers of growing up too fast in Hollywood, we prefer to remember him this way: sitting in a bubble bath, singing along with his not-quite-broken voice to Clarence “Frogman” Henry’s mournful “Ain’t Got No Home,” preparing to do battle with vampires. Rest in peace, Corey.

Source: Best Week Ever | 10 Mar 2010 | 12:29 pm

Corey Haim Obsessed With Vicodin and Pain Killers, Says Pal

Four prescription drug bottles were found in Haim's North Hollywood apartment, according the the coroner.

Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2010 | 12:23 pm

Critics Clash Over Dior’s Equestrian Conceit, Critique YSL’s ‘Sexless’ Looks

From left: YSL, Christian Dior, Celine.

The latest reviews are in from Paris, yielding both high praise and snarky critiques. The critics were evenly divided on Dior's gauzy gowns and equestrian get-ups, grappling with their originality and wearability. They adored Celine's precise, complete collection, deeming it beautiful in its simplicity. And they grappled with YSL's unintentionally nunlike show, with its all-black capes and schoolmarm feel. Read the rest of what they had to say.

Christian Dior
The critics were divided on the success of Dior's equestrian-inspired fall collection. Some, like Godfrey Deeny of Fashion Wire Daily, loved it. He called it "a brilliant exposition of racy romanticism at its best," and a reminder that Paris is where one can "truly witness design imagination, remarkable finish and production élan." WWD agreed, declaring it "fun, fetishistic and Galliano in top form." Suzy Menkes thought it was one of Galliano's best Dior collections: "sophisticated, sensual and subtle." But others were unimpressed by the equestrian theme, which felt tired and overdone. "A half-dozen different romance novelists could have conceived a juicier plot," huffed Cathy Horyn of the Times. She called the show uninspired, adding that "we've seen most of these clothes before." Style.com echoed her critiques, noting that the abundance of georgette dresses "tipped it at times too far in the direction of the things Galliano does in his own collection." And others doubted the wearability of the clothes in the real world. "Had we walked onto the set of a Victoriana horror film?" asked British Vogue. "[T]he Dior woman lives — and dresses for — a fairytale." While the former may have been meant as a compliment, The Wall Street Journal was less kind. Though it allowed that the "extraordinary" workmanship was obvious, "it’s not as clear who else can wear the clothes that Dior showed today ... We don’t drape ourselves across couches in our powder rooms, and we don’t ride horses in leather coats and silk dresses." In the end, "this amounts to a collection aimed largely at advertising," it concluded.

Watch a slideshow of the Christian Dior collection.

Celine
The critics heaped praise on Phoebe Philo's black-and-white, stripped-down collection. "Precise" was the adjective of choice for many. "We got a lesson in chic understatement," assessed Godfrey Deeny of Fashion Wire Daily, touting Celine's "remarkable ride through the recession." British Vogue found the collection "even more desirable" than last season, asserting that the "lack of distraction" put due emphasis on the graphic shapes and clean lines; WWD agreed that "with everything unfettered, there was nothing to distract from Philo’s clear vision." Many lauded the wide range of the collection. "At a stroke, it carried the wholeness, simplicity, and confidence of a definitive look, perfectly judged and attainable," gushed Style.com. Cathy Horyn of the Times was the lone dissenter, suggesting that the clothes "may just be a little too severe" and that the collection as a whole (while terrific in parts) "didn’t feel satisfyingly her." But in the end, most proclaimed the show a stark success. "This was 21st-century fashion for a woman, by a woman, with all the confident modernity and emotional understanding that implies," concluded Suzy Menkes of the International Herald Tribune.

Watch a slideshow of the Celine collection.

Yves St. Laurent
YSL's restrained, severe show puzzled the critics. Though many detected a religious tone in the nunlike habit hats and black capes, designer Stefano Pilati insisted that he meant no such allusion. (The assertion led Style.com to remark that "this collection was sometimes tricky to fathom.") "His designs projected the strictness of a schoolmarm," noted Cathy Horyn of the Times, adding, "[Y]ou expected Sister Mary Margaret to come swooping down the runway and rap you on the knuckles with a ruler." Though it called the show "daring" and "luxurious," British Vogue agreed: "[F]or the most part this show had sexuality thoroughly suppressed ... These were scary headmistresses whose sense of humour was well disguised." Suzy Menkes of the International Herald Tribune called it "mesmerizing ... chic and sleek," but she didn't profess to enjoy herself. "[T]here was something disconcerting about this sobriety sorority, so resolutely dressed in black and with even a bared arm covered with a long glove." Deeny agreed with the sentiment. "While elegant and frequently striking, the collection did seem a big step for YSL, as the founder was arguably more known for his seductive clothing," he concluded. The Wall Street Journal praised Pilati for taking risks, but noted that the uneven hemlines were "eyecatching but not particularly flattering." Like the others, WWD felt he took the grave effect too far, calling it "dated and sexless," and "a nun's story minus Audrey Hepburn." "[T]here’s a line between modest and monastic, which Pilati crossed all too literally," it decided.

Watch a slideshow of the Yves St. Laurent collection.

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Filed Under: other critics, celine, christian dior, designers, fall 2010, paris fashion week, ysl

Source: The Cut | 10 Mar 2010 | 12:10 pm

Academy 'Sorry' Over Disappointment at Farrah Fawcett Snub

Despite their statement of remorse, a spokesman says her omission was not an accident.

Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:53 am

LOST NON-RECAP: Paging “Dr. Linus”

Dan Hopper, your usual Lost-Recapper-In-Chief (that’s his actual title here) is away this week and plans to do a full recap of this episode when he returns. However, because this is the only site on the internet still talking about Lost, we wanted to give you guys a forum to sound off on last night’s episode. I won’t do a full recap, but I have some thoughts of my own about this one before the floor is yours. If you haven’t watched the episode yet, don’t read this. I don’t even know why you’ve made it this far to begin with. Stop ruining it for yourself. Go.

The show opened up with Dr. Sideways Teacher Benjamin Linus teaching a bunch of hopeless, not-special-in-least-but-maybe-one public school kids about Napoleon Bonaparte’s exile on the island of Elba. I’m assuming this is some kind of metaphor for SOMEONE on the show… but WHO? Probably that flight attendant who keeps popping up this season.

Teacher Ben is also just so sick of being stuck with detention duty and missing his History Club meetings thanks to that dickhead from Die Hard and Ghostbusters in his most challenging acting role yet: a dickhead principal. Maybe when all this Lost stuff wraps, we can get a Glee-esque spinoff featuring Dr. Sideways Teacher Ben mentoring Alex and a ragtag group of students through the world of extracurricular competitive history.

Back on the island, Jack and Richard Alpert play dynamite roulette in the Black Rock because Richard reveals he can’t die ever since Jacob let him borrow his “Invisible Touch” cassette once. Jack tries to kill himself for the second time this season (even Jack is sick of Jack), but as he predicted, the fuse blows out at the last second. I was really hoping the dynamite would just explode and the smoke would clear only to find Richard and Jack looking like Daffy Duck after he accidentally blows himself up. Then they do it six more times.

Meanwhile, Sideways Ben’s old dad (who we all already know as Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite… I’ll get back to this) says he wishes Ben could have gotten his PhD in high school detention. However, they bailed too early on the Dharma Initiative, which apparently still exists in Sidewaystown, USA. See, you can take Lost out of the Dharma Initiative, but you can’t take the Dharma Initiative out of Lost… or something.

So wait… we have Napoleon, dynamite, and Uncle Rico. Coincidence, or was this entire episode a veiled allusion to that offbeat comedy from 2004… THE SAME YEAR OCEANIC FLIGHT CRASHED! Oh man, I’m on to something here. I just figured out all of Lost. I don’t even need to watch the rest of the season. I got it all.

Also, Miles got himself PAID, son.

I’ll leave the rest up to you. Your thoughts on Episode 7 of this increasingly awesome season? Go:

Source: Best Week Ever | 10 Mar 2010 | 11:19 am

Fox holds 'Wall Street' sequel

Front Page: Studio to release 'Money Never Sleeps' on Sept. 24 -- Fox is pushing back the release of "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps" from April 23 to Sept. 24.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:40 am

Don Draper Ken Doll Still Sleeps Around Despite Lack of Genitals

The fine folks at Mattel have announced that they will be releasing a special Mad Men inspired line of Barbie dolls, including Don and Betty Draper, the silverest of foxes Roger Sterling, and Joan Holloway, who, from the looks of it, received one of Mattel’s trademarked debreastifications.

But the truest of Mad Men fans must wonder… where are the dolls of our most beloved characters? How are we supposed to reenact Sal’s famous bellhop scene without the help of a beefy Salvatore Romano action figure? And what about Pete Campbell? Who’s going to inappropriately touch the rest of our dolls without a smarmy-faced plastic Pete? We need at least 5 more Mad Men dolls to be able to live out our most sordid of Dark-Helmet-like fantasies.

Doll disappointments aside, we obviously adore these dolls. Though isn’t it telling that a KEN DOLL version of Don Draper is somehow still less handsome than the actual living man, Jon Hamm? No flesh-colored plastic crotch nubbin is going to keep this doll away from the bevvy of dolls flinging themselves at his feet. If you see Skipper’s convertible parked outside of the Draper home, don’t act all shocked and sh*t.

Check out The Fab Life’s hilarious animated GIFs of these Mad Men dolls in real life situations! Or, in layman’s terms, getting wasted.

‘Mad Men’ Dolls in a Barbie World, but the Cocktails Must Stay Behind — NY Times

Source: Best Week Ever | 10 Mar 2010 | 10:17 am

Japanese film director Takeshi Kitano (L) poses with French culture minister Frederic Mitterrand

Japanese film director and artist Takeshi Kitano (L) poses after being awarded Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by French culture minister Frederic Mitterrand (R) on March 9 at the Fondation...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:58 am

Lost: Michael Emerson Breaks Down 'Dr. Linus' - People Magazine

E! Online (blog)

Lost: Michael Emerson Breaks Down 'Dr. Linus' People Magazine Lost's latest episode was full of developments designed to keep viewers buzzing and scratching their heads. Charles Widmore finally found a way back to the island — on a sub! Nikki and Paulo got a shout-out! Richard Alpert doesn't age — not because, ... Ben's hunger for power is never 'Lost'msnbc.com Lost in Lost: We Don't Get It, but We Dig It!Vanity Fair Dr. Linus – The Good GuyTV.com Entertainment Weekly -Geekosystem -io9 all 144 news articles »

Source: Entertainment - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:55 am

Review: `Final Fantasy XIII' falls flat (AP)

AP - During the 1990s, the Square brand was synonymous with the role-playing video game. A generation of gamers got hooked on the challenging quests, quirky characters and sweeping story lines of Square RPGs like "Chrono Trigger," "The Secret of Mana" and, of course, the "Final Fantasy" series.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:43 am

You Can’t Write This Stuff: The News Talks About Caulk In The Butt

Most working days in the news game you have to talk about stuff like the health care debate or Afghanistan. But, every now and then a special day arrives when you get to talk about a guy in New Jersey putting caulk in women’s butts. That is when it all becomes worth it:

Source: Best Week Ever | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:15 am

Former Child Star Corey Haim Found Dead, Drugs Suspected

The star of "License to Drive" was 38.

Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2010 | 9:06 am

Marie Osmond makes emotional return to performing

With tears in her eyes and her voice shaking at times, Marie Osmond donned her bravest face Tuesday night as she took to the stage for the first time since the death of her son for a show that she dedicated to him.
Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:59 am

Lisa Wu Hartwell: Kim Zolciak Puts On An Act for 'Real Housewives' Cameras

"Real Housewives of Atlanta's" Lisa Wu Hartwell says her co-star Zolciak is a different person when the cameras are off.

 

Source: FOXNews.com | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:43 am

Author reveals the unwritten rules of baseball (AP)

AP - "The Baseball Codes: Beanballs, Sign Stealing, and Bench-Clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of America's Pastime" (Pantheon Books, 304 pages, $25), by Jason Turbow with Michael Duca: Major League Baseball is a complex, intricate game with a thick rule book that covers everything from balks and bunts to force plays and foul tips.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:41 am

Burrito The Golfing Dog Sinks Ball in Our Heart

File this post under “How the Hell Did We Miss This?” Earlier this morning, The Today Show announced that they were accepting applications for their 2010 “Top Dog” contest. And to motivate viewers into getting their acts together (literally, dogs on piano, dogs in tap shoes) and submit a video, they had the good sense to show us footage from past winners. Including Burrito, a chihuahua who plays golf.

Well, OK. He sucks at golf. It takes him a good 5 tries to get the ball off the tee, all while looking up at his owner with the giant eyes of a small Mexican dog who has seen the face of the Devil. In unrelated news, it’s adorrrrable. The small bag of clubs over his shoulder really sells this one, for us.

This post brought to you by some story from Reader’s Digest, probably.

Source: Best Week Ever | 10 Mar 2010 | 8:19 am

McQueen's final collection

Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:51 am

Tribeca Film Festival unveils lineup

Front Page: Selection includes 85 feature-length films -- Running April 21-May 2, this year's edition of Tribeca will showcase 85 feature-length films.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Mar 2010 | 7:00 am

Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel is set in New York a decade after the original musical

Andrew Lloyd Webber is pictured here in 2006. Lloyd Webber's new musical "Love Never Dies" garnered mixed first reviews, after the world premiere of the highly-anticipated sequel to "The Phantom of the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:43 am

The original "The Phantom of the Opera"has been seen by 100 million people worldwide and been performed in 15 languages

A scene from "The Phantom of the Opera" as performed in Sydney in 2008 by actors Ana Marina and Anthony Warlow. Andrew Lloyd Webber's new musical "Love Never Dies" garnered mixed first reviews, after the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 10 Mar 2010 | 6:43 am

'Tuscan Sun' author on Italy's pleasures

Many authors can move readers with their words, but Frances Mayes has the power to actually make readers move.
Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:49 am

Review: `Green Zone' is a failure of intelligence (AP)

AP - All the war-zone authenticity in the Arab world cannot salvage the silly Hollywood plot at the heart of "Green Zone," Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass' first collaboration outside the Jason Bourne realm.

Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 10 Mar 2010 | 5:04 am

Actor Corey Haim dies at 38

Front Page: 'Two Coreys' star dies at St. Joseph Hospital -- Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38.

Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:52 am

Phantom sequel a "shadow of the original" (Reuters)

Reuters - Comparisons with the original were inevitable when Andrew Lloyd Webber decided to write a sequel to his record-breaking musical "Phantom of the Opera."
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:48 am

'The Hurt Locker' is Oscars' dream film - Los Angeles Times

Telegraph.co.uk

'The Hurt Locker' is Oscars' dream film Los Angeles Times Critic's Notebook: It's the movie that reminded voters of the time when studios were in the business of making smart, exciting, character-driven films intended primarily for a grown-up audience. Everyone wants the chance to dream, and if Sunday night's ... Bigelow's Oscars Will Change Hollywood, SlowlyABC News Ratings: Oscar's 41 million viewers win week's top prizeEntertainment Weekly Summit Expands 'Hurt Locker' to 348 Theaters After Oscar WinsBusinessWeek LA Weekly -New York Daily News -my.hsj.org all 5,688 news articles »

Source: Entertainment - Google News | 10 Mar 2010 | 4:18 am

Charlie Sheen ready for TV return

Charlie Sheen is set to return to the set of his sitcom "Two and a Half Men," his publicist said.
Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 10 Mar 2010 | 1:38 am