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Coroner: Pneumonia, not drugs, caused Haim's death (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 May 2010 | 4:18 am Coroner: Pneumonia, not drugs, caused Haim's death (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 May 2010 | 4:18 am Coroner: Pneumonia, not drugs, caused Haim's death (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 May 2010 | 4:18 am Producer: Lohan to star in movie about porn star (AP)AP - One of the producers of an independent movie about 1970s porn star Linda Lovelace says Lindsay Lohan has landed the leading role.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 May 2010 | 4:17 am Santa Fe, NM, opera hires new chief conductor (AP)AP - French conductor, composer, pianist and author Frederic Chaslin has been hired as the new chief conductor of the Santa Fe Opera in New Mexico.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 May 2010 | 4:13 am Youngest 'Idol' contestant hails from rural Pa. (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 May 2010 | 4:11 am Youngest 'Idol' contestant hails from rural Pa. (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 May 2010 | 4:11 am Paint store clerk looks to sing on 'American Idol' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 5 May 2010 | 4:09 am Michaels 'to make full recovery' - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 4:05 am Lee DeWyze Is Leader of the Rat Pack on Idol - People Magazine
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 4:00 am 'Lost': Sad Endings for Happy Endings - BuddyTV
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 3:57 am Happy Cinco De Mayo: Top 10 Drunkest Holidays - TIME
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 2:41 am Tattle: David 'Bones' Boreanaz in marital spatlight - Philadelphia Inquirer
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 5 May 2010 | 2:25 am Coroner: Pneumonia, not drugs, caused Haim's deathActor Corey Haim had traces of several prescription and over-the-counter drugs in his system when he died two months ago, but that's not what killed him, the Los Angeles County coroner...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 5 May 2010 | 1:07 am Last Night on Late Night: Jimmy Kimmel Decodes Lost Though the school year’s winding down for most students, last night’s late night entertainers were all about education, and had a distinctly pedagogical air. With only three episodes left of Lost, rumors and theories are flying left and right. And with all those leaks out there, it’s hard to discern which ones to believe, and which are as shaky as the Sideways time line. Worry not—Jimmy Kimmel has taken it upon himself to decode the vast transcendental meaning of the show. It is…NURBLOG2? Meanwhile, on The Late Show with David Letterman, Russell Crowe swings to give Letterman a lesson in Aussie linguistics. It has little to do with phonetics, and a lot to do with the local fauna. Then, fresh off his own parody of Glee, Jimmy Fallon learns the proper way to remove a slushie from Glee’s own Lea Michele. Finally, Colbert teaches the Nation of the heroics of the street artist who used his talent for good. Watch our compilation to see what you missed. Read more posts by Beth Stebner Filed Under: last night on late night, glee, lea michele, lost, russell crowe, slushies, times square
Source: Vulture | 5 May 2010 | 1:04 am Industry Roundup: Patrick Dempsey Trades In Scrubs For Transformers 3 Role McTransformers-y: Patrick Dempsey has been added to the cast of Transformers 3. The Grey’s Anatomy star will join returning stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox in the Michael Bay-directed film. EW reports that Dempsey will play Fox's boss in the film, "a darker character" who is "significant to the plot." Based on this and last week's rumblings, it may be wise for Shonda Rhimes to start thinking about looking for a new McDreamy. [Variety] Dueling Friends: Mila Kunis will star opposite Justin Timberlake in Friends With Benefits, a romantic comedy about two friends who try to take their romance to the next level. Believe it or not, the casting makes this - in addition to the upcoming Ivan Reitman-helmed Ashton Kutcher-Natalie Portman film - the second movie with the working title Friends With Benefits scheduled for the near future featuring an ex-That '70s Show cast member. [Variety] The Right Number: Joel McHale has nabbed a “key role” in the upcoming Anna Faris comedy What’s Your Number? He will play the “mildly charming boss” whom Faris’ character “accidentally” sleeps with, which causes her to embark on a quest through her former lovers to find the perfect guy. The Mark Mylod film’s cast also includes Chris Evans, Zachary Quinto and Matt Bomer…. well, knowing those are the three guys Faris is going to reconnect with, it would seem McHale’s actually doing her something of a favor. [HR] She-Wolf to Roam: Shakira will embark on a North American tour this fall, with tickets to go on sale May 7. The Colombian singer’s last tour in 2006-2007 earned more than $42 million across 46 North American and Latin American stops. No dates will be scheduled on nights projected to have full moons. [Billboard] Kings of The Castle: HBO is developing America: In the King Years, a 7-hour miniseries about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. based on the book trilogy by Taylor Branch. Robert Schenkkan, who wrote four episodes of The Pacific, will write the seven hour-long episodes for the project, which comes from Harpo Films’ Oprah Winfrey and Kate Forte. This venture joins two other upcoming projects focused on King: Lee Daniels’ Selma (with Liam Neeson and Hugh Jackman attached) and a DreamWorks MLK biopic from Ronald Harwood. If we were those last two though, we might be a bit unnerved about now: Oprah loses to no one. [Deadline] Fonda and Keener Find Peace: Jane Fonda and Catherine Keener will star in Peace, Love and Misunderstanding, a “multigenerational indie film” centering on a conservative lawyer (Keener) who takes her children to the house of their “estranged hippie grandmother” (Fonda) in Woodstock after Keener’s husband leaves her. Undoubtedly, after early friction, Fonda will teach Keener and the grandchildren how to tie dye shirts or knit scarves, and, three-quarters through, Keener will jump into a geyser with her clothes on to show how 'carefree' she's become. [HR] Terrace Duo Reunites: Samuel L. Jackson and Neil LaBute are teaming up for a drama project for Showtime about a white supremacist family in the Pacific Northwest. Jackson will executive produce the series, which is based on his idea, and LaBute (The Wicker Man) will write the script. Let’s hope this fares better than the last time the duo collaborated on a project involving race, 2008’s tepidly-received Lakeview Terrace. [Variety] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the industry, america: in the king years, anna faris, catherine keener, friends with benefits, jane fonda, joel mchale, mila kunis, movies, music, neil labute, oprah winfrey, patrick dempsey, peace love and misunderstanding, robert schenkkan, samuel l. jackson, shakira, transformers 3, tv, what's your number?
Source: Vulture | 5 May 2010 | 12:38 am "Real World" contestant sues for $5 millionLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A woman who appeared on a recent episode of MTV's "The Real World" is suing producers for $5 million, claiming she was given 8 to 10 alcoholic beverages...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 4 May 2010 | 11:46 pm Trailers a bounty for theaters, concern for studios (Reuters)Reuters - Wondering why the coming attractions keep coming and coming these days?Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 4 May 2010 | 11:43 pm Trailers a bounty for theaters, concern for studiosLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Wondering why the coming attractions keep coming and coming these days?Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 4 May 2010 | 11:43 pm Autopsy finds child actor Corey Haim died of pneumonia - Los Angeles Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 4 May 2010 | 11:22 pm Two 'Lapses' in Security Resulted in Shahzad Boarding Plane The Emirates plane after Shahzad's arrest. Attempting to answer the question of why Faisal Shahzad was allowed to board a plane heading to Dubai about 24 hours after investigators learned he might have a connection to the Times Square attempted car bombing, the Times is reporting that there were “at least two significant lapses in the security response of the government and the airline” that allowed him to almost flee the country, according to information from Department of Homeland Security, FBI and other agency officials. First, the FBI surveillance team that originally found Shahzad in Connecticut “lost track of him” before he left for JFK airport, which meant authorities didn’t learn of his flight plans until a final passenger list was sent to the Customs and Border Protection agency minutes before take-off. Additionally, the airline Shahzad was flying, Emirates, did not adhere to an electronic message sent midday Monday asking for all airlines to make sure to check for an “important added name” to the no-fly list. Of course, these oversights would be getting way more attention if investigators hadn't ultimately tracked down their man. "Clearly the guy was on the plane and shouldn’t have been," Mayor Bloomberg said. "We got lucky.” Lapses Allowed Suspect to Board Plane [NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: times square bomb scare, emirates, faisal shahzad, fbi, terror plots, terrorism
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 11:13 pm Picasso piece sets record for art sold at auction (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 4 May 2010 | 11:01 pm Miley Cyrus Debuts Mature Look in 'Can't Be Tamed' Video The music video for Miley Cyrus' "Can't Be Tamed" is out tonight and it's a Gaga Lite production, with a glammed-up Cyrus in the role of "the rarest creature on Earth, Avis Cyrus" (presumably a reference to the Latin word for bird, not the rental car company). Cyrus wears a bunch of flashy costumes (including a $25,000 corset), performs some surprisingly appealing choreography, and really, really wants us to know that she's not Hannah Montana anymore. [via E!] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: just being miley, can't be tamed, miley cyrus, music, music videos
Source: Vulture | 4 May 2010 | 10:45 pm At $106.5 Million, a Picasso Sets an Auction Record - New York Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 4 May 2010 | 10:11 pm Gibbs Lashes Out At Fox News When Asked If Oil Spill Is 'Obama's Katrina' After ex-FEMA director Michael Brown said on Fox News last night that the Obama administration wanted the oil spill to happen ("This president has never supported big oil, he's never supported offshore drilling, and now he has an excuse to shut it back down"), White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs offered some retaliation today. At a White House press briefing this afternoon, Fox’s Wendell Goler asked if the Gulf of Mexico oil spill could be thought of as "Obama’s Hurricane Katrina." And that was all that was needed to set Gibbs off: "... For those who weren't let in on the big secret, Mr. Brown... intimated on Fox - and it wasn't, I will editorially say, didn't appear to be pushed back on real hard - that this spill was leaked on purpose in order for us to walk back our environmental and drilling decisions, and that the leak that we did on purpose got out of control and now is too big to contain," Gibbs said. "I'm not entirely sure that a factual answer that I might give to any one of your questions is gonna change the notion that your network put out the former FEMA director to make an accusation that the well had been purposefully set off in order to change an offshore drilling decision."Gibbs Rips Fox News Over Michael Brown Interview [TPM] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: oil spills, environmental catrastrophes, fox news, michael brown, robert gibbs, video
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 9:53 pm American Idol Does Sinatra: Who Earned Their Rat Pack Cred?
The best is still yet to come.
Or we hope so, at least, because Frank Sinatra week sure didn't bring out the best in the American Idol top five tonight, and time is...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 9:45 pm "Dancing" audience boots off Pamela Anderson - Reuters
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 4 May 2010 | 9:38 pm Haim's Death Due To Natural Causes, Not Drug-Related Corey Haim died from natural causes, the Los Angeles County coroner announced today, explaining that a drug test revealed that drugs were not a "significant contributing factor” in the death of the actor at 38. Haim passed away from “damage to the air sacs in his lungs, pneumonia, and a hardening of his heart muscle with plaque build-up within the blood vessels,” according to the coroner. At the time of Haim's death, police said that an overdose was a possible cause of death. [People] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: corey haim, sad things
Source: Vulture | 4 May 2010 | 9:30 pm "Dancing" audience boots off Pamela AndersonLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former "Baywatch" star Pamela Anderson was eliminated from television's "Dancing With the Stars" competition on Tuesday, leaving just five celebrities in the runningSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 4 May 2010 | 9:29 pm Ex-Producer in Letterman Plot Is Off to Jail - New York Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 4 May 2010 | 9:24 pm Lost Redux: Now That Was Some Serious Heartbreak It's going to be OK.
Despite what you've just seen on tonight's Lost, I can tell you, it is going to be OK.
How do I know this? And what comes next? Get in here...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 9:20 pm Dancing With the Stars' "Absolutely Heartbreaking" Elimination Another star has fallen, but as Kate Gosselin reminded us today, no contestant is ever truly gone from Dancing With the Stars.
"I think there better be one more dance left in me: Get...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 9:10 pm Bloomberg To Fight The 'Terror Gap' in Washington Mayor Bloomberg will head to Washington tomorrow to discuss the current federal loophole that, believe it or not, allows people who are on the FBI’s Terror Watchlist to legally purchase guns and explosives. Members of Congress have rejected the request to add this provision - introduced under both the Bush and Obama administrations - due at least to an extent out of a fear of the gun lobby, which has strongly opposed the measure to, as Bloomberg puts it, "close the terror gap." "We need Congress to have our back on this issue... it's upsetting that, so far, they haven't," Bloomberg said Tuesday. "There is no silver bullet, but we have to give law enforcement every tool we can. New York City remains at the top of the terrorist target list, something we were reminded of this weekend."
Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: guns, congress, mayor bloomberg
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 9:04 pm ABC expands "Lost" finale by extra half-hourLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - There's more "Lost" left than you think.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 4 May 2010 | 9:02 pm Shoppers on rue de Rivoli will be treated to a dance performance on several days of the exhibtionDancers of "Hooman Sharifi et the Impure company" perform by TV sets displaying mobile phone videos, on May 4, at the Paris exhibition titled "Action 1." Iran's so-called "Twitter Revolution" came to downtown...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 May 2010 | 8:44 pm The exhibition, called "Action 1," runs until May 16Dancers of "Hooman Sharifi et the Impure company" perform by TV sets displaying mobile phone videos, on May 4, at the Paris exhibition titled "Action 1." Iran's so-called "Twitter Revolution" came to downtown...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 May 2010 | 8:44 pm Iran 'Twitter Revolution' comes to ParisIran's so-called "Twitter Revolution" came to a Paris shopping street Thursday in an exhibition that takes some of the thousands of mobile phone videos shot by anti-government protestors...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 4 May 2010 | 8:44 pm "Action 1" seeks to turn subversive video into artChoregraph Hooman Sharifi (centre) and his dancers of "Hooman Sharifi et the Impure company" are seen by TV sets displaying mobile phone videos, on May 4, at the Paris exhibition titled "Action 1." Iran's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 May 2010 | 8:44 pm Filmmaker Demme stumbles in theater directing debut (Reuters)Reuters - It's admirable that Jonathan Demme would want to attempt to give new life to "Family Week," a play by his longtime friend and occasional collaborator Beth Henley that met with a tepid critical and commercial reaction upon its debut more than a decade ago.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 4 May 2010 | 8:31 pm Lost Series Finale Gains 30 Minutes ABC has agreed to expand the Lost series finale by an extra half-hour, meaning the May 23 final episode will now run from 9 to 11:30 p.m. Freaks who actually care about things happening in the real world will be out of luck, as the local news will be cut, with Jimmy Kimmel’s Aloha to Lost post-finale special airing at 11:30. [Live Feed/HR] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: lost, abc, lost series finale, tv
Source: Vulture | 4 May 2010 | 8:30 pm Exclusive: Miley Cyrus' "Can't Be Tamed" Video World Premiere! It's Miley Cyrus' big day! We've got the exclusive premiere of her new music video, "Can't Be Tamed," right here.
The video's been called the "next step...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 8:11 pm Miley Cyrus Spills on "Sexy" New Video Ryan Seacrest put it best after watching Miley Cyrus' new clip: "Wow. This is a sexy video."
No denying that. But as Miley explained in an exclusive sit down with E! News,...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 8:10 pm Dancing With the Stars' Gang Gushes Over Latest ElimineeIn the words of NFL superstud, Dancing with the Stars groover and obvious man of brilliance Chad Ochocinco: "The show's losing a lot of sexiness."
And so it goes time and...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 8:00 pm Gabriel's orchestral show slowly builds momentum (Reuters)Reuters - Peter Gabriel seems to be stacking the deck a little in his concert tour behind his recent release, "Scratch My Back."Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 4 May 2010 | 7:55 pm Gabriel's orchestral show slowly builds momentumNEW YORK (Billboard) - Peter Gabriel seems to be stacking the deck a little in his concert tour behind his recent release, "Scratch My Back."Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 4 May 2010 | 7:55 pm "Infidel" mines gags from Jewish-Muslim relations (Reuters)Reuters - A would-be provocative satire that too often settles for sitcom-grade silliness, "The Infidel" represents an opportunity wasted.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 4 May 2010 | 7:54 pm Picasso sells at NYC auction for record $106.5MA 1932 Pablo Picasso painting of his mistress has sold at a New York City auction for a world record $106.5 million. "Nude, Green Leaves and Bust" sold at Christie's on Tuesday evening...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 4 May 2010 | 7:53 pm Lindsay Lohan: Deposition Trooper! Lindsay Lohan has already been punished by the county of Los Angeles for her many alcohol-related mistakes in 2007.
Today, she paid in a different sort of way, having to spend at least...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 7:45 pm Diane Wood Hoping For Better Luck Second Time Around Federal judge Diane Wood, who was passed over by Obama for the Supreme Court seat that ended up going to Sonia Sotomayer, met today with both the president and vice president Joe Biden, according to the Huffington Post. The judge, "widely regarded as the most progressive member of Obama's short list," is now the fourth candidate to get face time with the president, following meetings with solicitor general Elena Kagan and appellate judges Merrick Garland and Sidney Thomas. Obama's decision is expected early next week. [HuffPo] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the supremes, diane wood, supreme court
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 7:38 pm 'La Cage aux Folles,' 'Fela!' top Tony nominations - Los Angeles Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 4 May 2010 | 7:32 pm Sinatra tunes a challenge for 'Idol' contestantsEven if he's no longer around, Frank Sinatra can still intimidate. Three of the five "American Idol' contestants had trouble interpreting the crooner's biggest hits on Tuesday's show,...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 4 May 2010 | 7:31 pm Grylls turns survival into entertaining "Scenario" (Reuters)Reuters - Bear Grylls, keeping hospitals and stuntmen in business since 2006.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 4 May 2010 | 7:26 pm Review: 'Casino Jack' a vexing Abramoff portrait (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 4 May 2010 | 7:26 pm "16th Man" a powerful docu look at rugby, politics (Reuters)Reuters - Many of the "30 for 30" documentaries on ESPN have been about fascinating but little-known stories from the world of sports. The subject of "The 16th Man" is endlessly fascinating but not at all obscure.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 4 May 2010 | 7:25 pm 'Baywatch' beauty banished from 'Dancing' ballroomPerhaps the most popular actress to perform on "Dancing With the Stars" has done her last dance. Pamela Anderson was ousted from the hit ABC show Tuesday. She earned praise from the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 4 May 2010 | 7:17 pm Picasso Sells at Auction for World-Record Price A 1932 Picasso painting sold for $106.5 million — a world-record auction price for a work of art — at Christie’s tonight. The painting, Nu au Plateau de Sculpteur (Nude, Green Leaves and Bust), was created by the painter in a single day and features Picasso’s mistress, Marie-Therese Walter. The winning bid came via telephone, but the Christie’s expert who took the call declined to say who he was bidding for. If this is a Mother's Day gift, the buyer's siblings are screwed. Picasso Sells at Auction for $106.5 Million, a Record for a Work of Art [Arts Beat/NYT] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: art, christie's, picasso
Source: Vulture | 4 May 2010 | 7:03 pm Shahzad Received Training in Bomb-Making in Pakistan Faisal Shahzad admitted to his role in the attempted Times Square car bombing and also informed investigators that he received bomb-making training in his native Pakistan, U.S. officials have revealed. The 30-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, arrested late last night at JFK airport attempting to flee the country, reportedly confessed right away and “disclosed a connection” to a region in Pakistan near Afghanistan's border that is known to be a Taliban and al-Qaeda hotbed. "After the arrest, Shahzad admitted that he had attempted to detonate a bomb in Times Square," the FBI complaint, which lists five charges against Shahzad, states. "He also admitted that he had recently received bomb-making training in Waziristan, Pakistan."
The complaint also states that Shahzad revealed to federal agents that he received a “series of phone calls” from Pakistan after he purchased the 1993 Nissan Pathfinder on April 24 that was used in the bomb attempt. Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad said to implicate himself; probe expands to Pakistan [WP] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: times square bomb scare, faisal shahzad, pakistan, terror plots, terrorism, times square
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 6:32 pm Corey Haim Death Shocker: Bad Heart, Pneumonia Killed Him; Mom Flushed Meds As his mom maintained all along, Corey Haim died of natural causes.
So ruled the Los Angeles county coroner, which released its final report on the late teen idol's March 10...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 6:05 pm Steven SpielbergFilm director Steven Spielberg, pictured in March 2010, will direct a film adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's epic World War I novel, "War Horse," entertainment trade magazines said Tuesday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 May 2010 | 5:28 pm Kate Gosselin & Tony Dovolani's Playdate? Reports may have claimed Tony Dovolani couldn't wait "to get rid of" Kate Gosselin, but the Dancing With the Stars pro-dancer says he and the reality TV mom have actually kept in...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 5:00 pm Coroner: Corey Haim died from natural causesActor Corey Haim's death in March was from natural causes, including pneumonia and coronary arteriosclerosis, the Los Angeles County Coroner has ruled.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 May 2010 | 4:55 pm You Again Trailer: Woman on Woman Violence You know what there is not enough of in this world? Women hating each other in movies about weddings. Seriously, there is not enough of this! If Bride Wars were playing 100 percent of the time, there would not be enough! So it is truly lucky that Kristen Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Sigourney Weaver have gotten together to bring us You Again, a movie about a mother and daughter (Bell and Curtis), who are reunited with their respective high-school nemeses on the occasion of a wedding, the perfect setting for four grown women to be catty and cruel to one another before learning to recognize their self-worth, get over the drama, and grow as people. At the end of this trailer, Betty White shows up to make a funny about Twitter — because another thing there is not enough of in this world is jokes about old people not understanding technology. Filed Under: trailer mix, betty white, jamie lee curtis, kristen bell, movies, sigourney weaver, video, you again
Source: Vulture | 4 May 2010 | 4:45 pm Bret Michaels Discharged: "He's Just One of Those Lucky People," Says Doc Bret Michaels isn't out of the woods yet, but at least he's out of the hospital.
The recovering rocker's attending physician held a press conference today, announcing that...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 4 May 2010 | 4:45 pm Inception Becomes Moderately Less Mysterious Warner Bros. has released the plot synopsis of Inception, Christopher Nolan's supersecret summer movie starring Leonardo Dicaprio, so that we can have some idea what it's about. (If you consider everything having to do with this movie a spoiler, consider what follows a spoiler.) Dicaprio plays corporate spy Dom Cobb, the best man in the world at stealing secrets out of sleeping people's brains, which has made him lots of enemies. Cobb gets pulled in for one last redemptive, life-changing mission that doesn't involve extraction, but, does involve— dunh, dunh, dunh — inception: The mission is "not to steal an idea but to plant one." But, seriously, someone throw us a bone about Ellen Page's part already! [First Showing] Read more posts by Willa Paskin Filed Under: dreamweaver, christopher nolan, inception, leonardo dicaprio, movies
Source: Vulture | 4 May 2010 | 4:30 pm Party Lines Slideshow: Elias Koteas, Meryl Streep, Viggo Mortensen, and More at Speak Truth to Power Who knew classic "that guy" Elias Koteas (Casey Jones from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!) would have so many fun stories about sitting next to athletes on flights? At last night's reading of Speak Truth to Power: Voices Beyond the Dark, a benefit for Habitat for Humanity that also featured Meryl Streep, Viggo Mortensen, Julianne Moore, Alfred Molina, and Marcia Gay Harden, we got Koteas to spill the beans on his recent in-flight run-in with Reggie Jackson. "He was so full of life. He showed me how to roll up a hat without wrinkling it. Like, a felt hat. He pushed it up and rolled it around and made it into this compact little thing, and then put it in his pocket. Then he takes it out and unfolds it and out pops this beautiful unwrinkled hat." Awesome! So is that the first time you’ve had a celebrity seatmate? "One time I was sitting next to Patrick Ewing in 1989. He was going off to be in some movie — he was playing the angel of death or something [Note: It was The Exorcist III]. That was the fall of 1989. Jesus. Patrick Ewing." See some celebrity quotes that aren't related to legendary New York athletes in our Party Lines slideshow. Read more posts by Charlotte Cowles Filed Under: party lines, elias koteas, meryl streep, paul sorvino, slideshow, speak truth to power, theater
Source: Vulture | 4 May 2010 | 4:15 pm Starbucks Patron Was Not Prepared for Tea to Be Hot It's unclear how, exactly, Zeynep Inanli burned herself on some tea she bought at the Starbucks located at 44th and Third. All we know is that she alleges in a lawsuit that the tea was "unreasonably hot, in containers which were not safe." Our advice to Inanli: You should probably just assume the tea is going to be hot — because it's tea — and take appropriate precautions. Bonus advice: Don't put the balm on. [Reuters] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: ballsy lawsuits, starbucks, zeynep inanli
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 4:09 pm Jerry Saltz Takes You Through the Met’s Massive Picasso Show If you’ve already read Jerry Saltz’s review of the Met’s Picasso show — with its huge trove of the non-cubist works that book-ended the great artist’s career — see the art captured here, on video, as New York’s critic conducts a tour of the exhibit. And if you haven’t read the review, for shame, watch the video and whet your appetite for Saltz’s explanation of why works that even the museum’s curator finds lacking are, in fact, great.
Filed Under: video, art, jerry saltz, picasso, the met
Source: Vulture | 4 May 2010 | 4:00 pm Photos: Inside the Attempted Times Square Bomber’s Suburban Dream Home In the day since the arrest of 30-year-old Faisal Shahzad in the attempted Times Square bombing, new details are emerging about the man who tried to bring terrorism back to New York City. Shahzad lived with his wife, Huma Mian, and two young children in the town of Shelton, Connecticut. Real-estate listing sites and Mian's profile on the social-networking site Orkut.com contain photos of Shahzad's life in suburbia. Read more posts by Hunter Walker Filed Under: times square bomb scare, connecticut, faisal shahzad, pakistan, real estate, slideshow, slideshows, terrorism, times square, vu.
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 3:50 pm Samuel L. Jackson: Neon Golfer We interrupt our exhaustive Met Gala coverage to bring you something entirely different: Samuel L. Jackson wearing a Day-Glo yellow Under Armour polo and melon-colored shorts to the George Lopez Celebrity Golf Classic yesterday afternoon. What would you wear to a golf tournament? And do you think clashing is acceptable at them? Read more posts by Diana Tsui Filed Under: look of the day, samuel l jackson
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 3:45 pm Review: Laura Bush's 'Spoken from the Heart'Laura Bush never interested me much until Curtis Sittenfeld wrote an addictively readable novel based on her, "American Wife."Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 May 2010 | 3:38 pm Christian Right Leader Nabbed Traveling With Gay Escort Rekers, known mustache wearer. A pair of writers at the Miami New Times are having trouble repressing their glee that they managed to snap (with their "hot-pink digital camera") George Alan Rekers, a right-wing Christian leader and anti-gay lobbyist, getting off a plane at Miami International Airport with a sizzling-hot gay escort. The prostitute, nicknamed "Lucien" by the paper, was available for hire on the gay-escort site Rentboy.com — home of such other celebrity boyfriends/escorts as Jason Preston, former lover of designer Marc Jacobs. Rekers wouldn't deny he found Lucien on that site, but he did say he'd only hired him to help while he was "recovering from surgery" — that's why he took him on an all-expenses paid ten-day trip through Europe. After all, Rekers did co-found the group Focus on the Family, which has been the bane of gay-rights groups since its creation in 1983, and he also is an officer of the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, a gay-cure group. Someone like that would NEVER actually hire a gay hooker, right? Here's the New Times' description of what happened. They had some fun with this: The pictures on the Rentboy.com profile show a shirtless young man with delicate features, guileless eyes, and sun-kissed, hairless skin. The profile touts his "smooth, sweet, tight ass" and "perfectly built 8 inch cock (uncut)" and explains he is "sensual," "wild," and "up for anything" — as long you ask first. And as long as you pay. On April 13, the "rent boy" (whom we'll call Lucien) arrived at Miami International Airport on Iberian Airlines Flight 6123, after a ten-day, fully subsidized trip to Europe. He was soon followed out of customs by an old man with an atavistic mustache and a desperate blond comb-over, pushing an overburdened baggage cart. Reached by New Times before a trip to Bermuda, Rekers said he learned Lucien was a prostitute only midway through their vacation. "I had surgery," Rekers said, "and I can't lift luggage. That's why I hired him."
Christian right leader George Rekers takes vacation with "rent boy" [Miami New Times via Towleroad] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: from a distance, evangelicals, family research council, gay hypocrites, gay rights, gays, god is watching us, hypocrites, the gods must be crazy, things that are surprising but also not
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 3:30 pm FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Ball 2010
Last night, God hung a “Be Back in 5 Minutes” Sign from the Gates of Heaven and descended upon the fashion masses at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the Annual Costume Institute Ball. Sorry, did we say God? We meant Oprah. And Anna Wintour. And every other famous person who has ever dared share the same oxygen as us mortals. Click through the gallery below for our annual Met Gala For Your Consideration Nominees…
Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 3:29 pm Nas sees ties with victims of Liberian warWhen it comes to tough-to-watch subjects, the aftermath of more than a decade of civil war is one of them, but rapper Nas says he has started to pay attention.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 May 2010 | 3:16 pm Video: A Look at the Met and Brooklyn Museum’s New Fashion Exhibits The main reason guests went to the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute ball last night was not to see and be seen and find out if they were important or intimidating enough to escape with a train unscathed. They went to see the Costume Institute's new exhibit on American fashion from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The pieces now on display at the Met were pulled from the Brooklyn Museum's collection; each museum is running an exhibit simultaneously. New York fashion director Harriet Mays Powell stopped by both museums for a preview. Check out some of the dresses in the video. Read more posts by Harriet Mays Powell Filed Under: history, the ball, video
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 3:15 pm Was Lauren Santo Domingo the Best Dressed at the Met Gala Last Night? Cathy Horyn writes that the looks on the Met Gala's red carpet "had a scripted feel." Ballgowns at a ball — how ... inventive. And you know Cathy finds something severe when she uncharacteristically tacks "man" onto the end of a sentence, as in: "So many trains, man." But man, she is so right. "[T]he 2010 script called for elegant dresses and lots of diamond jewelry from the usual willing lenders," she continues. The looks didn't seem that unusual for a red carpet, though the smattering of short dresses stood out this time. Had Lady Gaga made the carpet in that Prada tux, she might have been the most unusually dressed, yet also one of the most simplistic. But though critics so often bemoan beige on the red carpet, Horyn gives high marks to Vogue editor Lauren Santo Domingo. I thought Lauren Santo Domingo looked terrific in a sparkly, long-sleeved beige dress by Proenza Schouler. It suited her height and coloring and it’s nice to see long sleeves.
Elegance Is the Norm at Costume Institute Gala [NYT] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: anna dello russo, anna wintour, cathy horyn, lauren santo domingo, met gala 2010, proenza schouler
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 3:05 pm Governor Paterson Dares Legislature to Shut Down Government As the state legislature has worked toward completing an overdue budget bill for the past month and counting, Governor Paterson has been sending them emergency budget extenders that keep the government operating for a week or two at a time. He's also tried to get them to pass a one-day-a-week furlough (no work, no pay) for 100,000 state employees, which would save the state $30 million a week, but so far, they've ignored it. But they can't anymore. Paterson announced today his intention to include the furlough in the next emergency budget extender. Lawmakers now face a pretty bleak pair of options: pass the furlough — which the state worker unions obviously despise, and plan to sue over — or shut down government. State Senate Conference Leader John Sampson, for one, says he'll swallow the furlough if it means keeping the government running. Of course, as Sheldon Silver noted today, a third option would be passing an actual budget. But let's not talk crazy. Paterson will put furlough in next budget extender [Capitol Confidential/Times Union] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: budget mess, david paterson, furloughs, john sampson, money woes, politics
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 2:55 pm VIDEO: Silly Treadmill Cat, That’s Not How A Treadmill Works!Cats: Will they EVER fully grasp human concepts? And if they ever do, will the gears of the internet instantly stop turning, turn to rust, and freeze the earth? I’m guessing ‘yes’ and ‘definitely’ to those two questions, respectively. Here’s a video of a cat that just does not want to run on a treadmill. It’s like me at the gym, if I were a cat and made it as far as the gym, and people around me were like “awww that’s adorable!” instead of “why did you come into this gym and start that treadmill then lie on it?” Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 2:52 pm Jimmy Fallon will host the EmmysContinuing to tread into territory previously occupied by Conan O'Brien, "Late Night" star Jimmy Fallon was named host of the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, which will air August 29, NBC announced Tuesday.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 May 2010 | 2:41 pm Blake Lively Changed Into a T-Shirt and Sneakers for the Met Gala After-Party The air in New York was a soupy mess last night, so one could be forgiven for changing out of a burdensome sweat- and humidity-dampened ballgown after the Met Gala. Well, maybe except Blake Lively, who just wore a decorated blue Band-Aid. But she changed into a miniskirt, T-shirt, and Converse sneakers to party at the Boom Boom Room afterward, perhaps exposing more cleavage there than she had all night. Leighton Meester, Rachel Zoe, and most everyone else kept their ball frocks on. [Guest of a Guest] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: the ball, blake lively, met gala 2010
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 2:30 pm Vera Farmiga confirms she's pregnantAlthough she had kept mum about recent rumors, Vera Farmiga was happy to share her good news at Monday's Costume Institute Gala -- she has another baby on the way!Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 May 2010 | 2:23 pm Tom Colicchio takes top awardThere are some very happy chefs and restaurateurs, cookbook authors, food journalists and other outstanding names in food and drink.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 May 2010 | 2:21 pm DWTS: Two Hours Of Awkward Dancing In One Digestible Clip
Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 2:00 pm Top Met Gala Beauty Trends; Pink’s Hair Now Looks Plain Jessica Szohr. MAKEUP • Jessica Stam says she's into the big, strong brow look: "Filling in your brows always make you look more finished, polished and put together." [Beauty Fool] • A 54-year-old woman says she's addicted to buying beauty products. Her current stash is worth $30,000, and at one point she was in debt due to her obsession. [BellaSugar] HAIR SKIN FRAGRANCE Filed Under: beauty marks, animalogical, beauty, beauty trends, fragrance, hair, jessica stam, jessica szohr, kelly osbourne, makeup, met gala, pink, puma, skin, st tropez, the ball, usain bolt
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 2:00 pm Rupert Murdoch Still Doesn’t Care About Pulitzers Murdoch last night with his wife, Wendi Deng. Even as his staff are resolving to renew their quest to create award-winning journalism in the face of criticism that The Wall Street Journal has become a shallower version of its former self, owner Rupert Murdoch insists he doesn't care that the paper hasn't won a Pulitzer Prize in three years and this year wasn't even nominated. "We never will be. Don’t worry. We’re not in the business for prizes, we’re there for our readers," Murdoch told us at last night's Costume Institute Ball at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. "We never get prizes, anywhere. We don’t do it." Read more posts by Bennett Marcus Filed Under: ink-stained wretches, media, pulitzer prize, rupert murdoch, wall street journal
Source: Daily Intel | 4 May 2010 | 1:45 pm Times Square Car Bomber Looks Astoundingly Like Every A**hole From CollegeWe got him! A few hours ago, the man believed to be behind the attempted car bombing in Times Square was taken into custody. He is a man named Faisal Shahzad and he looks like this:
Awesome beard that doesn’t connect to your mustache, bro. Based on his appearance, it is no surprise whatsoever that he is an a**hole. Like, obviously he’s an a**hole. But what is surprising is which kind of a**hole he turned out to be. He seems way less terrorism a**holey and way more won’t-stop-talking-about-beer-pong a**holey. This guy got his a**holes confused! Anyway, nice car bomb, a**hole. Have fun in jail. Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 1:35 pm Limelight to Open Friday After months of hype, the shiny new 25,000-square-foot Limelight Marketplace opens to the public this Friday at 2 p.m. (There's a grand-opening party on Thursday night, from 7 to 10 p.m., but it’s invitation-only.) The transformation from nightclub to mall is complete — instead of scantily clad club kids, it’s now more likely to be packed with teens and tourists. The three-level space includes restaurants, gourmet-food shops, J. Sisters Salon, and a high-low mix of stores for clothing, housewares, books, flowers, and accessories; we’re expecting an amped-up version of the Chelsea Market. See a full list of vendors in our handy shopping guide. [WWD] Read more posts by Lauren Murrow Filed Under: disco shopping, limelight marketplace, retail, shopping, store openings
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 1:30 pm Trial to Open in Murder of Rapper Dolla in LADolla murder trial to commence.
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 May 2010 | 1:10 pm Christina Kolbe Is Over Label Whores, the Biker-Chic Trend Christina Kolbe at Mafalda. Despite a daunting introduction to the industry, boutique owner Christina Kolbe has made a name for herself throughout the fashion realm. She was discovered at 13 and modeled as a teen. "I didn’t like the modeling world — I feel for the girls who are thrust into that," she says. "I always wanted to be the one art directing or styling the shoot rather than the little thing on the chair being told what to do." After taking a break from modeling, she became the buyer for Steven Alan. "It was an amazing time in the fashion industry then, before Zara and Forever 21," she says. "It was really about discovering new talent rather than replicating established brands." She left Steven Alan to handle sales for a multi-line showroom, working with designers like Catherine Holstein, Kimberly Ovitz, and Raf Simons. There, the vintage collection she’d been amassing since high school served her well: She was known for lending out rare pieces to designers for inspiration. Earlier this year she launched Mafalda, a Brooklyn vintage boutique, and now she's readying her latest reincarnation — designer. Her debut collection is scheduled to land in stores next spring. We talked to Kolbe about the sixties resurgence, fast fashion, and the problem with label whores. What prompted the launch of Mafalda? What sets it apart from the slew of other vintage stores? How has the fashion industry changed since your days at Steven Alan? What’s your upcoming line like? Who are your favorite designers? What’s the first designer item you bought? Where do you like to shop? How would you describe your personal style? What trends are you appreciating now? What should every woman have in her closet? What’s something you never leave the house without? Read more posts by Lauren Murrow Filed Under: tastemakers, 45rpm, barneys, bird, designers, dries van noten, martin margiela, rachel comey, raf simons, steven alan
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 1:00 pm Review: Flying Lotus takes hip hop further out (AP)AP - Flying Lotus, "Cosmogramma" (Warp)Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 4 May 2010 | 12:48 pm Former CBS Producer Sentenced in Letterman Extortion CaseRobert Halderman will serve six months in jail and 1,000 hours of community service.
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 May 2010 | 12:36 pm Some Models Dream of Being Grocers Toni Garrn at Christian Dior, September 2009. What do models want to be when they grow up? Toni Garrn: "I wanted to be a cashier at a grocery shop." Kasia Struss: "I wanted to have my own grocery store." Sigrid Agren is a little more dangerous: "When I was little, I wanted to be a volcanologist because there is a volcano on the island I grew up in, Martinique, and it fascinated me." [Modelinia] Read more posts by Sharon Clott Filed Under: model tracker, kasia struss, models, sigrid agren, toni garrn
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 12:30 pm Parker's `Blue-Eyed Devil' familiar, predictable (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 4 May 2010 | 12:04 pm Here’s The Best Thing to Come Out of the Real Housewives of New Jersey Premiere
Josh Appelbaum is a visionary. That’s because this young, forward-thinking man had the botoxed-horse sense to make a series of Real Housewives of New Jersey t-shirts to sport to the premiere party. And then, key to this story, managed to snap a pic with Danielle P.Wh. Staub. And Oh Snap that pic he did. All the classic are there: Prostitution Whore, F*cking Engaged 19 Times, Arrested and Name Change, right underneath those all too eager and sweet faces. And according to Josh’s hilarious Twitter: Danielle from RHONJ is bats*it crazy but she serves some real tranny fierce up! Crimped weave +metallic dress boo! Couldn’t have tweeted it better ourselves. Moving a-shlong, we had the pleasure of running into Jill Zarin yesterday in the makeup room at CNN. Jill, who is always above and beyond friendly, assured us that if you think the New York housewives had issues this season, the Jersey girls really bring the drama. Without giving anything away, mainly so that Andy Cohen doesn’t hate me, we heard rumor of an arrest this season that may or may not involve weave pulling. Jill was even nice enough to invite me along to the Real Housewives of New Jersey premiere party with her at The Brownstone, famously owned my The Manzos. But in what could be described as “My Biggest Mistake of All Time,” I turned down her offer, as I was already attending an equally shmancy premiere party at a friend’s house that night replete with cannolis, pasta, and no weapons of any kind. The Jersey women are not my favorite Housewives season by far, if only because they seem a bit one dimensional. Sure, finding out that making tomato sauce on your period is bad luck will come in handy none day, but the constant bickering between everyone vs. Danielle seems old hat. That being said, Danielle is a monster. Really, if they let her loose in Central Park there would be rabid animal warnings on NY1. Teresa Guidice, her fellow smallforeheads (kids) and Caroline Manzo are just getting revved up for what looks like an amazing season of 911 dialings. And what about the owner of Posche?? She was awesome in Stephen King’s Sleepwalkers, and I think will be a reliable source of JerseyLolz this season. On the bright side, Albie is still hot, Caroline’s husband looks great, and the party consensus was that Dina’s daughter Lexy might be on the verge of turning into a huge slut following her transformation in Greece. She’s Outta Control Tony Danza! Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 12:03 pm Scientific Study: Hot Women Cause StressA new scientific study has concluded what blues songs have been telling us for years – Attractive women are bad for the heart:
How’d they come to this conclusion? The study consisted of scientists watching old Droopy cartoons: NOTE: The study doesn’t apply to pop culture bloggers, who are so accustomed to having hordes of attractive ladies constantly whip bras at them, they’re completely desensitized to any stressful reactions. It’s just the cross they gotta bear. Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 12:02 pm Tomorrow’s Events and Sales: 90 Percent Off Devi Kroell; 75 Percent Off Vivienne TamSALES • Exotic-skin handbags are discounted at the Nancy Gonzalez sale. Through 5/6. 575 Madison Ave., nr. 56th St., eighth fl.; W–Th (10–6). • Dresses, tops, skirts, outerwear, shoes, handbags, and more are up to 75 percent off at the Vivienne Tam sample sale. Through 5/7. 260 W. 39th St., nr. Eighth Ave.; W (9–8), Th (10–7), F (10–6). • Men's and women's shoes, bags, and accessories are up to 70 percent off at the Cesare Paciotti sample sale. Through 5/7. 12 W. 57th St., nr. Fifth Ave., Ste. 901; W-F (10–6). Read more posts by Lauren Murrow Filed Under: fashion calendar, sales, shopping
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 12:00 pm Best Internet Ad Of The Day And Also A PoemI had no idea I wanted this until I saw an ad for it.
Yup, that sounds great. Put me down for as many audio books as you can fit in my apartment. Here’s my problem, though. For a few minutes, I for some reason or another thought Dustin Hoffman’s name was Dennis Hoffman. I don’t know why it happened. It just happened; there was nothing I could do about it. And during those minutes, those weird, weird minutes, I wrote a really perfect Dr. Seuss style poem about Dustin Hoffman reading Dr. Seuss. But, it makes no sense because I kept calling Dustin Hoffman Dennis Hoffman. I am, however, proud of the poem to the point where I will post it anyway despite it not at all being a thing. So, here it is. My Dennis Hoffman poem:
Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 12:00 pm Bienvenu Mbutu MondondoThe intrepid boy reporter Tintin, or at least his publishers, have been charged with racism over the portrayal of Africans in the comic strip 'Tintin in the Congo,' after the civl case was brought by Brussels-based...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 May 2010 | 11:44 am Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey score Webby AwardsEmmys and Oscars, move over: Today's celebs are raking in the Internet accolades as well.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 May 2010 | 11:42 am Fashion Caucus Determined to Copyright Clothing Designs The fashion caucus lives in a SHOE, you know. An official fashion caucus was recently formed on Capitol Hill with the express purpose of pushing legislation through Congress that would stifle the knockoff industry, something that has been driving the CFDA mad for ages. "We are working on a bill now for copyright protection and we are going to pass it this session," fashion caucus co-chair Carolyn B. Maloney (D., N.Y.) told WWD. If passed, the new bill would allow designers to register apparel, handbags, footwear, belts, and eyeglass frames for three years of copyright protection. “Counterfeits with pirated designs and fake labels are absolutely prohibited by law, but it doesn’t provide any protection for the same fashion design when the pirates omit the label,” said Maloney. “One of the challenges we have is that people will go to a show and just sketch it, and by the end of the day, print it out and ship it out on the Internet to another country to make a copy of it. We’ve got to stop that and we will stop that.”
The battle to copy-protect clothing is so trying that high-fashion labels themselves sometimes give up. Last year Trovata gave up on its landmark case against knockoff giant Forever 21, which the label accused of knocking off some tops, after a two-year battle. If designers and the caucus can push the new bill through, what will become of Forever 21 and other stores like it, where we — the people with budgets — shop? We'll all look hideous! And dated! You know, maybe! The real winners here, aside from the designers, will be the rich snobs who don't want to believe cheap things they may refuse to buy can look just as good as expensive ones. And to those people we say: Does Fiji water really taste better than Poland Spring? Fashion Caucus Sets Sights on Design Piracy, Garment District [WWD] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: battle against the clothing pirates, design piracy and prohibition act, fashion caucus
Source: The Cut | 4 May 2010 | 11:25 am Rachid BoucharebFrench director Rachid Bouchareb's film about France's colonial past in Algeria sparked a row ahead of its Cannes film festival screening, with calls for it to be banned for rewriting history and politicians...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 May 2010 | 11:16 am Looks Like Mickey Rourke Got A Little Bit Of Arm To Go With That Face
That was you finding out that Mickey Rourke tore a ligament in his arm while arm wrestling a bunch of men from a rugby team in London. And then you were told that the ligament was entirely separated from the bone. Then you were told his whole arm turned black the next day. Then you found out he waited 6 months to go to the doctor and get surgery. And finally were you told that the surgery was unsuccessful and that Rourke says his arm “looks a little retarded.” Thanks, Contact Music. Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 11:16 am Phillies Fan Attempts To Bring Back “Don’t Tase Me Bro” MemeMartyrs come in many forms: Jesus, Other Forms, Jesus, and so on. The modern-day martyr may not wear sandals and preach morals like Other Forms did, but this modern-day martyr is no less important, showing an unselfish willingness to run on the field at a Phillies game and sacrifice his ability to move his muscles all in the glorious pursuit of attempting to bring back the “Don’t tase me, bro!” internet meme. Sadly, as both Hitler and the Subway Rickrollers found out the hard way, when a meme is dead, that meme is dead, and no dramatic act is gonna make us start quoting the thing again, no matter how perfectly applicable it may be. Let this fan’s motionless body be a lesson to any righteous individuals out there preparing a Chocolate Rain letterbomb: Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 11:11 am French director Rachid BoucharebFrench director Rachid Bouchareb gives a press conference in Berlin in 2009. Bouchareb's new film about France's colonial past in Algeria sparked a row ahead of its Cannes film festival screening, with...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 May 2010 | 11:08 am O.M.Glee No: Will Schuester is Back. And Rapping. Again.
Glee is one of those shows that you either love or hate. Mr. Schuester rapping is one of those things that you either hate or have already cut your ears off and thrown them into the wind with a shrug and newfound pep in your deaf step. In fact, Matthew Morrison’s rapping was so soul-crushing last half-season that we went so far as to create a petition begging the Powers that Glee to ban this phenomenon for good. And 580 of you agreed with us!! That’s, like, .0000092% of the people that watch. And in this economy, you can’t really afford to turn that many potential audience members away. Well, guess what? They’ve done it again. And oh… they’ve really topped themselves. Ladies and gentlemen, Will Schuester presents, as part of Whitest Things Ever Productions… Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby”: Oh God. This is just going to be. So. Painfulll. You can watch this on tonight’s episode of Glee – “Bad Reputation” — and listen to the rest of the songs here. Source: Best Week Ever | 4 May 2010 | 10:32 am Recording Artist Hugh MasekelaRecording Artist Hugh Masekela performs at the 2009 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at the Fair Grounds Race Course in Louisiana. Masekela and other South African artists will join the World...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 May 2010 | 10:09 am Denzel Washington, Catherine Zeta Jones Up for Top Tony AwardsNominations were announced Tuesday for Broadway's highest honors.
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 May 2010 | 9:38 am Gallery: The Met Costume GalaSource: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 May 2010 | 9:28 am Bullock's adoption stirs debateWhen the Oscar-winning actress appeared on the cover of People magazine with her newly adopted African-American baby, the image stirred discussion in the black community and on blogs aimed at that readership.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 4 May 2010 | 9:25 am Then/Now: The Cast of 'Designing Women'With Dixie Carter's recent passing, we wanted to check in on the remaining cast members of the classic sitcom.
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 May 2010 | 9:15 am Raquel Welch: Being a Sex Symbol Felt Like a Prison SentenceThe actress and icon opens up about what it's really like to be a sex symbol.
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 May 2010 | 8:10 am Met Gala Gowns: Sexy or Silly?Fox411.com rates 38 of the Met Gala's fantastic frocks.
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 May 2010 | 7:23 am 10 Sexiest Met Gala GownsThese stars went sultry, slinky, or shiny on fashion's big night
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 May 2010 | 7:23 am Indiana Prison Uses Contest to Show 'Inmates Got Talent'An Indiana prison is crediting an unusual suspect in helping offenders rehabilitate themselves prior to being released into society -- a talent show featuring singing, comedy and poetry.
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 May 2010 | 7:05 am Charlie Sheen and Brooke Mueller Holding Off on DivorceThe troubled couple seemed prepped for a split, but their reps insist otherwise.
Source: FOXNews.com | 4 May 2010 | 6:56 am Dexter Dalwood's "Death of David Kelly"This handout image courtesy of Gagosian Gallery shows Dexter Dalwood's painting entitled "Death of David Kelly" (2008). Dalwood -- a painter whose work revisits the scenes where famous people have died...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 4 May 2010 | 5:49 am 'Fela!,' 'La Cage' top TonysFront Page: Big name thesps walk away with top noms -- "Fela!" and "La Cage aux Folles" top the list of 2010 Tony Award nominations with eleven nods a piece. "Fences" notched ten.
Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 May 2010 | 5:38 am History Channel skeds more originalsFront Page: Cabler to unveil aggressive upfront slate -- History is looking to raise its game in the 2010-11 season.
Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 May 2010 | 4:00 am NBC fills in blanks in fall skedFront Page: Network makes dramatic move with 'Undercovers' pickup -- There'll be a lot of drama at NBC next season. Frosh drama series, that is.
Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 May 2010 | 4:00 am Rob Minkoff to direct 'Odyssey'Front Page: 3D action-adventure pic will be shot in China -- His shingle is producing in partnership with China Film Group and Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV.
Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 May 2010 | 4:00 am Biz told to alter its DNA at tech summitFront Page: Revolution Studios' Joe Roth addresses confab -- With the coming of the digital media age, should studios once again be allowed to own movie theaters?
Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 May 2010 | 4:00 am Jackson, LaBute team up for ShowtimeFront Page: Actor renews deal with CBS Paramount -- Drama project about a white supremacist family in the Pacific Northwest.
Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 4 May 2010 | 4:00 am Spielberg takes reins on 'War Horse'Front Page: WWI book to be director's next project -- Disney and DreamWorks will release the film Aug. 10, 2011.
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