American Idol Crowns Its New Champ

The ninth season of American Idol came to a glorious end tonight with performances by past winners, past losers and a group of stars from the past (Hall and Oates, Joe Cocker, Janet Jackson). More importantly, a winner was crowned. So, after a long night of singing, dancing and wishing Simon Cowell goodbye who was crowned champion?

It was Lee DeWyze! That's right, the former pain salesmen with leaky eyes is your new Idol. Congratulations to Lee and all, but the highlight of the night was William Hung and General Larry Platt coming together for a "Pants on the Ground" duet. Awesome.

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American Idol Finale: And the Winner Is...!

Lee DeWyze Is Your New 'American Idol'

Host Ryan Seacrest said on Wednesday's finale that the 24-year-old DeWyze of Mount Prospect, Ill., edged Bowersox, also 24, of Toledo, Ohio, in viewer votes cast after Tuesday's performance show.

American Idol: Everyone--and No One!--Will Take Over for Simon Cowell

Lehman Estate Sues JP Morgan

The Bankruptcy estate for Lehman Brothers sued JP Morgan Chase today for pocketing billions of dollars in the days before Lehman filed for bankruptcy.The suit says that Jamie Dimon and other JP Morgan execs took advantage of Lehman's fragile state and coerced the bank into handing over $8.6 billion in collateral, which, the suit says, contributed to Lehman's collapse. The estate is hoping to recover $5 billion. [WSJ]

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Filed Under: beefs, business, finance, jamie dimon, jp morgan, lehman brother, wall street

Vince Vaughn Must Really Love Jersey Shore

How else to explain his paying $2,500 to stay the house that Snooki and The Situation once called home? TMZ says Vaughn stayed in the gel-stained Seaside Heights house with a group of friends for one night. For that price, we're hoping the chicken cutlet dinner was thrown in for free. [TMZ]

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Filed Under: juiceheads, jersey shore, tv, vince vaughn

Lindsay Lohan Goes Back to Blonde

Lindsay Lohan has a new hairdo to match her new ankle accessory.

Long Island Beach Rescue Goes Horribly Wrong

An unidentified man who was spending this disgustingly hot day sunbathing in Long Island was run over by a police SUV today in a beach rescue turned beach disaster. The officer was on his way to help a surfer in distress and apparently some large mounds of sand obstructed his view. And that's not even the most cringe-worthy part of this story. According to witnesses, the man had tire marks on his back. Yikes. At least he seems to be OK. The Post says he's in the hospital in stable condition.

LI beach-goer run over by cop SUV, teen swept out by rough current [NYP]

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Disney to Shut Down SOAPnet, Launch Disney Junior Channel in 2012

Disney plans to shut down SOAPnet to make way for new cable channel Disney Junior in 2012, the company announced Wednesday.

Elton John performed before some 40,000 adoring fans in Morocco late on Wednesday

More than 40,000 people reportedly attended Elton John's concert in Rabat

TV Host Art Linkletter Dies at 97

Legendary TV host Art Linkletter, who perfected the art of asking people questions and having them respond with absurd answers, died at home today at the age of 97. The host of People Are Funny and House Party was loved by millions of Americans even if, as the Times puts it, "television critics and intellectuals found the Linkletter persona bland and his popularity unfathomable." [NYT]

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Filed Under: obits, art linkletter, sad things, tv

Apple Overtakes Microsoft for the First Time

For the first time ever, Apple overtook Microsoft today to become the world's most valuable technology company. At the end of the day Wall Street valued Steve Apple company at $222.12 billion and Microsoft at $219.18 billion. The Times says this is a huge deal because it signals that "consumer tastes have overtaken the needs of business as the leading force shaping technology." For a visual demonstration of the ass kicking Apple has given Microsoft over the past tens year, check out this chart. [NYT]

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Jesse James' Sister: Claims About Dad "Completely True"

Great American Idol Blog - Bret Michaels to Appear on American Idol Finale

Celebrity Apprentice winner Bret Michaels will make a surprise cameo on the American Idol season finale, a source tells TVGuide.com.

Kate Gosselin: Who's Dissing Her Now?

Movie review: 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time' - Los Angeles Times

Times Online

Movie review: 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time' Los Angeles Times Jake Gyllenhaal is never quite right as Dastan, but Gemma Arterton, Alfred Molina and the visual effects and camerawork impress. Prince Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) join forces to recover a magical dagger. ... Movie Review: 'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'The State Journal-Register Game over: 'Prince' fast-paced foolishnessBoston Herald Gyllenhaal becomes an action star in 'Prince of PersiaMerced Sun-Star Hollywood.com -Colorado Springs Independent -The Daily Advertiser all 783 news articles »

TBS to Air Conan O'Brien Comedy Special Next Month

Fans won't have to wait until November for Conan O'Brien's return to TV. The former Tonight Show host will make his TBS debut on a new one-hour comedy special airing next month.

Diane Keaton and Ellen Page to Headline HBO's Hollywood Blogger Pilot

Diane Keaton and Ellen Page have been cast in HBO's new Hollywood blogger pilot Tilda, Entertainment Weekly reports.

Disney Kills SOAPnet

Are you one of the millions of Americans dependent on SOAPnet's 24-hour supply of soap-opera reruns? Too bad! Disney just announced plans to replace the 10-year-old network in 2012 with Disney Junior, a new channel aimed at preschoolers. You'll pay for this, Iger. [NYT]

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It Sucks to Be Jesse James' and Tiger Woods' Dads

D.A. Not Going After Heather Locklear for Sign Smack

MTV to Make Poor Sandra Bullock Accept Award

Certainly not because they think her first public appearance since her divorce will pay off in ratings, MTV has decided to bestow on Sandra Bullock its prestigious-ish Generation Award — "for her riveting and diverse contributions to the film industry" — at the June 6 MTV Movie Awards. She'll be there to accept it, says her publicist, but won't give interviews. [People]

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Filed Under: kudos, movies, mtv, mtv movie awards, sandra bullock, tv

Kelly Osbourne’s Hair Is a Purple Shade of Gray

Another youngster has aged herself for fashion: Kelly Osbourne, who attended Elle and Armani Exchange's "Disco Glam" event last night with a new lavender-gray hair color. She made the trendy color even trendier by wearing it with a nice pouf on top.

What do you think of the look on her?

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Filed Under: look of the day, beauty, hair, hairy situations, kelly osbourne

Breaking: Olivier Theyskens to Design for Theory!

Olivier Theyskens hasn't been producing clothes since he was dismissed from Nina Ricci after his adored fall 2009 collection. But he's finally landed a gig doing a capsule collection for Theory. Theory! The great office-suit brand! That everyone is forced to buy on What Not to Wear! But we are thrilled with this, because Theory is a label we can actually afford if we feel like it. Details on prices for Theyskens's pieces haven't been announced, but we hope they're in line with Theory's other stuff. We also hope they don't water down his aesthetic too much. Stay tuned for more details.

Theyskens to Design for Theory [WWD]

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Filed Under: olivier has a job!, designers, olivier theyskens, theory

Idiot's Guide to Lost

Candace Bushnell: ‘I Actually Don’t Shop Very Much’

Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell promoted her new book The Carrie Diaries last night at the St. John boutique on the Upper East Side, where Tina Brown interviewed her for a small, well-heeled audience. Bushnell seemed more interested in discussing the roles of women in society as she sees and has seen them than Sex and the City as the phenomenon it became on the big and small screens. Nonetheless, the first member of the audience to ask a question wanted to know what Bushnell was wearing. Her sparkly blue heels were Miu Miu, a store she says she likes to shop at because the salespeople are nice to her there. But she also noted, "I actually don't shop very much. I have a tendency to rotate a few pairs of ripped jeans and an old cashmere sweater."

Bushnell, who said she couldn't foresee ever writing a memoir because she had some pretty "wild" days, did get a kick out of one gift from designer Christopher Sauvé, creator of the embattled Rachel Zoe–inspired "I DIE. BANANAS." shirt. He handed her a tee that reads, "I was touched by Terry," inspired by the recent Terry Richardson allegations. She let out a big laugh and said that of course she knew the reference, and accepted it graciously.

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Filed Under: party lines, candace bushnell, christopher sauve, sex and the city, terry richardson, the carrie diaries

The Ten Most Image-Deflating Parts of Lynn Hirschberg’s M.I.A. Profile

Let us begin by saying we like M.I.A. and we're very much looking forward to her new album, /\/\/\Y/\, out next month. But that doesn't mean we didn't find Lynn Hirschberg's just-posted New York Times Magazine cover profile on M.I.A. — which is a fairly brutal takedown in which the singer comes off not unlike a whiny first-semester college kid — a pretty great read. In the piece, M.I.A. smack-talks Lady Gaga again, whom she's called out before for being style over substance. But is superficially branding oneself as a political radical really any less silly than wearing a shoe for a hat? Lynn Hirschberg does not seem to think so! After the jump, the ten most image-deflating moments.

1. On M.I.A.'s new home in third-world Beverly Hills:

[M.I.A.'s baby] Ikhyd was not, as she had repeatedly announced he would be, born at home in a pool of water ... “You gotta embrace the pain, embrace the struggle,” she proclaimed weeks before Ikhyd was born. “And my giving birth is nothing when I think about all the people in Sri Lanka that have to give birth in a concentration camp." As it happened, Maya, who is 34, gave birth in a private room in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles ... Maya and [fiance Ben] Bronfman moved to Los Angeles from New York, buying a house in very white, very wealthy Brentwood, an isolated and bucolic section of the city with a minimal history of trauma and violent uprisings.

2. On inequality, over drinks at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel:

" ... I don’t see how you can shut up and just enjoy success when other people who don’t have the fame or the luxury to rent security guards are suffering. What the hell do they do? They just die.”

Maya’s tirade, typical in the way it moved from the political to the personal and back again, was interrupted by a waiter, who offered her a variety of rolls.

3. Et tu, Diplo? The producer — for whom his former relationship with M.I.A. is obviously still a touchy subject — calls M.I.A.'s politics a put-on:

"She met me, and we started a relationship. Maya was into the whole terrorism gimmick at the time. It was all underground back then. In the beginning, she was trying to be different."

4. Hirschberg calls bullshit on M.I.A.'s politics via quotes from a spokesperson for the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum:

"Maya took a very simplistic explanation of the problems between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese government and the Tamils. It’s very unfair when you condemn one side of this conflict. The Tigers were killing people, and the government was killing people. It was a brutal war, and M.I.A. had a role in putting the Tigers on the map. She doesn’t seem to know the complexity of what these groups do.” [...] “Maya is a talented artist,” Ahilan Kadirgamar told me, echoing the sentiments of others, “but she only made the situation worse. What happened in Sri Lanka was not a genocide. To not be honest about that or the Tigers does more damage than good. When Maya does a polarizing interview, it doesn’t help the cause of justice.”

5. Hirschberg calls bullshit on M.I.A.'s politics via a French fry:

Unity holds no allure for Maya — she thrives on conflict, real or imagined. “I kind of want to be an outsider,” she said, eating a truffle-flavored French fry. “I don’t want to make the same music, sing about the same stuff, talk about the same things. If that makes me a terrorist, then I’m a terrorist.”

6. On M.I.A.'s dubious reasoning for her denied visa in 2006 (which you might have heard about):

Maya has a complicated relationship with America. When she was recording “Kala,” in 2007, her second album (named after her mother), her request for an artist’s visa was initially denied. (Maya maintains it was because of her song lyrics; the State Department is not obliged to give applicants a reason for denying them entry.)

7. Again, Diplo helps Hirschberg with the dirty work. On M.I.A.'s insinuations that her estranged (?) father had been associated with militant Tamil separatist groups:

Maya claims that she has not seen her father in years. Diplo told me a different story. “I met her dad in London with her,” he said. “He was very interested in sustainable living and was teaching in London." ... Whatever the truth is, Maya has gone from trumpeting her father’s revolutionary past in order to claim that lineage to playing down his politics to support a separate narrative. “He was with the Sri Lankan government,” she now maintained, when I saw her in Los Angeles. “He’s been with them for 20 years. They just made up the fact that he is a Tiger so they can talk crap about me."

8. Remember when her "Born Free" video was banned from YouTube in April? That seems to have been her secret plan all along; she tells Hirschberg she was already designing censorship-themed costumes for her censorship-themed summer tour back in March:

“They have a jumpsuit that I like,” Maya said. “But instead of using their fabric, I want them to use a fabric that’s made from a document I found.” She took out her laptop and clicked on an official-looking typed letter that had been censored. Black bars erased certain words. “I’d like to turn this page into fabric,” she said. “I know someone who can do that. And then I want to take that fabric and make it into a jumpsuit. I’d like to turn censorship into fashion.”

9. Hirshberg editorializes a little:

“If I was a terrorist, I wouldn’t be wearing American clothing.” She paused. This may have been a joke, but Maya rarely laughs. She speaks carefully, slowly, with a kind of deadpan delivery. Like a trained politician, she stays on message. It’s hard to know if she believes everything she says or if she knows that a loud noise will always attract a crowd.

10. As the story goes on, Hirschberg's irritation becomes even less subtle. She describes a meeting about those tour costumes:

Maya seemed to be going for a combination of sexy and militaristic. She showed the girls her fabric ideas on her computer, and they were amenable. “Nike is the uniform for kids all over the world,” Maya said for no apparent reason. “And African design has been killed by Nike. Africans no longer want to wear their own designs.” The designers said they thought that was terrible. “The best sportswear is on Blackwater operatives,” Maya continued, referring to the agents who were clandestine guns for hire in Iraq. The designers nodded, but they clearly had no idea what she was talking about. “I want to have a uniform like theirs.”

Bonus! Lest Hirschberg's barely concealed annoyance with M.I.A.'s attention-seeking political posturing were lost on you in the profile's first 8,500 words, here is its devastating kicker:

She spotted a tiger costume, complete with whiskered hood, hanging next to an orange sari. “Look at that tiger!” Maya said. “I could wear that at the photo shoot tomorrow!” She paused and considered the implications of dressing up as a tiger. “It’s probably too much,” she said finally. “It might seem like I was making a joke.”

M.I.A.’s Agitprop Pop [NYT]

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Lost Epilogue With Hurley and Ben Revealed!

Janice Min: THR Can Set Agenda Without ‘Covering Picky Little Details’

The Wrap's Sharon Waxman just interviewed her new rival, Janice Min, who this week was announced to be the next editor of beleaguered The Hollywood Reporter. One of Waxman's first questions, clearly, was whether the former Us Weekly editor was going to make the trade (of which she admits she was not a regular reader) more commercial or consumer-oriented. Min says she won't. "It does a solid job of covering the bread and butter of 'This person moving there,' 'This release date pushed back,'" she says. "I think the opportunity with THR is to help set the news agenda for the industry instead of covering picky little details. I think you can capitalize on its history to have a powerful influential platform and voice." Here's the answer to the next important question we had: "I will leave the Lindsay Lohan drama to Us Weekly."

New Hollywood Reporter Editor Janice Min: Grilled [Wrap]

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Filed Under: trades, janice min, media, the hollywood reporter

Louis Vuitton Ad Found Deceitful and Banned by British Authorities

The Advertising Standards Agency banned two Louis Vuitton ads in the U.K. today for misleading customers. The images show people who are supposedly Vuitton's craftsmen doing what looks like hand-stitching to their leather goods. However, Vuitton's bags and wallets and things are made primarily by machine, not by hand.

The ASA said that although Louis Vuitton provided it with evidence that many 'hand-crafting techniques' were used in the production of the bag and wallet, it fell short of what was needed to prove the products were made by hand.

It stated: 'We noted that we had not seen documentation that detailed the entire production process for Louis Vuitton products or that showed the proportion of their manufacture that was carried out by hand or by machine.

Most Vuitton customers probably won't stop buying Vuitton products now that they know this information. In the meantime, in their quests to ban misleading ads, perhaps the ASA wants to finally do something about all those images of women who have no wrinkles, kneecaps, body hair, flesh puckering, or other normal physical human traits. That's creepier and probably worse for society than a handbag fib.

Louis Vuitton ads banned after design house misled customers by suggesting its bags were hand-stitched [Daily Mail UK]

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Filed Under: bag police, advertising, louis vuitton

Are Kelly Preston and John Travolta Really Expecting Twins?

George W. Bush Left His Mark

What you're looking at is a graph showing tax revenues as a percentage of our GDP over time. What's that in the circle there, roughly between the start of George W. Bush's first term and projections for the year 2012? A big "W." [Ezra Klein/WP via New Deal 2.0]

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Filed Under: the bush years, funny graphs, taxes

Review: `Prince of Persia' slips from memory (AP)

AP - As we await the eventual arrival of "Donkey Kong: The Musical!" — which surely must be coming someday, right? — yet another movie based on a video game, "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time," arrives in theaters.

Republicans Not Satisfied With White House’s Non-Explanation on Sestak Claim

All seven Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee have signed a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking him to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Pennsylvania Senate candidate Joe Sestak's claim that a mystery someone in the White House offered him a mystery position in the administration if he'd drop out of the primary race against Arlen Specter. Apparently Robert Gibbs's explanation — which was basically, "We looked into the accusations against us, and we're innocent" — wasn't convincing. For what it's worth, this type of horse trading is pretty common. [Political Punch/ABC News]

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Filed Under: secrets of the white house, joe sestak, politics

Cintra Wilson No Longer a Critical Shopper for the Times

Cintra Wilson did not pen today's "Critical Shopper" column in the Times. According to Racked, she won't be writing any more of those, either. Sources tell the blog that section "is now reserved for Times staffers only — no freelancers allowed." Wilson, a freelancer, gave the paper a bit of a headache with her JCPenney review, in which she called the store's mannequins "obese" and lamented not being able to find a size 2 on the racks for herself. But she weathered the backlash and went on to bring us thoughtful commentary on the scary jackets at Lilly Pulitzer and saving money at Isabel Marant by shopping for the same sorts of things at the Army/Navy surplus store instead. She was so honest and made shopping so deep and delightfully complicated! We'll miss her.

Confirmed: Contra Wilson Says Goodbye to Critical Shopper [Racked NY]

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Onyx Building Walk-Through: An Apartment That’s an Ode to New York

Do you love New York? Like, so much that living in an apartment at the heart of it is not enough, but you actually would like to have the interior of said apartment evoke the city of New York? Then we have just the place for you. A two bedroom, two-and-a-half bath in Chelsea has been designed specifically as an ode to New York, with wall murals of the Brooklyn Bridge and televisions hidden underneath models of the city and its buildings. It's "For a person who adores New York," says the owner, who designed it. "I will only sell it to someone who loves it and New York City and the idea of being here." If you want to visit but not stay forever, as so many travelers to New York do, it's available to rent as well as to buy.

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Filed Under: walk-through, chelsea, neighborhood news, onyx building, real estate

Ellen Page headed to HBO

Which Infamous Party Girl Is Sporting a New Tattoo?

Legendary broadcaster Art Linkletter is dead at 97

Report: Prince William to Wed Kate Middleton in $40 Million Ceremony

Granted, the report is in Star, and it's our experience that even non-royals never actually know how much weddings cost until, like, two months after they actually happen. But still: royal wedding! Eeeeee! [Star]

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Filed Under: the gayness of intel, kate middleton, prince william, royals, united kingdom

Video Look Book: The Aspiring Designer With ‘Almost Tim Burton Style’

Aspiring designer Devani Weaver certainly isn't print-shy. The day the Video Look Book camera caught her, she wore four different florals among her cardigan, leggings, purse, and necklace. In fact, the only items of clothing on her to escape spring's flowery clutches were her brown lace-up boots and sunglasses. "This is probably the cheapest outfit ever," Devani confided. "All vintage." Devani takes inspiration from "Victorian, almost Tim Burton style," and we can see the influence in her cameo bracelet and oversize head bow. As for her hair, Devani is a perm devotee. "I kept it tame today," she told us, "It's usually a lot bigger." See more in the video.

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Someone Please Develop The Tim Curry App

Gosh, I love me a good piece of Tim Curry news. What constitutes a good piece of Tim Curry news? ANY Tim Curry news!! Reports Broadwayworld.com:

Tim Curry will guest star on CBS’ ‘Criminal Minds’ season finale episode ‘Our Darkest Hour.’ As previously reported, Curry will play a serial killer in Los Angeles who preys on his victims in the dark, killing entire families except for one left alive to remember.

Woah. That sh*t is dark. This is sort of like in Clue when he manipulated his guests into killing all of the informants, such as Yvette, the Maid and The Singing Telegram. Or in IT when he played a serial killer clown. Not so much like Spamalot. Set your television recording devices!

Also, I would like to add, if anyone of you is technologically minded out there, would you please develop a Tim Curry App for the iPhone. Yeah, I have a motherf*cking iPhone. Also, an iPod. Because both of those things are impressive. Point being, I would like to receive Tim Curry updates in real time and from the convenience of my phone. If he were on Twitter, that might sate my insatiable thirst for Curry, but I really don’t think he is. Because when you search “Tim Curry and Twitter” a lot of dudes who sound nothing like Tim Curry come up. I need this. It would be my favorite app EVAH and that would include actual appetizers. We could work together and do fun things with it like have sound bites and such. Tim Curry based games. Really, anything Tim Curry related. Help a sister out.

Sandra Bullock is ready to step out

Mindy McCready: Overdose or overreaction?

Breaking: Jean Paul Gaultier to Leave Hermès

In August of last year, rumors surfaced about Jean Paul Gaultier leaving Hermès. Apparently they just decided to split! WWD reports Gaultier will leave Hermès after his next show for spring 2011 to focus on his namesake line. Hermès will retain its 45 percent stake in the Jean Paul Gaultier label. Christophe Lemaire, the artistic director of women's ready-to-wear for Hermès, will take the reins from Gaultier starting with the fall 2011 collection. We're relieved they figured that out now, rather than leaving us speculating over the situation for months, as happens with so many houses.

Hermès and Gaultier Part Ways [WWD]

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Filed Under: true rumors, designers, hermes, jean paul gaultier

Ann Taylor Apologizes for Startling Photoshop Job

Two days after Jezebel noticed the overzealous retouching on Ann Taylor's website, the company chose to respond today, via Twitter. From their feed:

@jezebel Be sure to lookout for better photos on our site in the future!

@jezebel We want to support and celebrate the natural beauty of women, and we apologize if in the process of retouching that was lost.

@jezebel We agree, we may have been overzealous on some retouching but go forward we’ll make sure to feature more real, beautiful images.

@jezebel We wanted to respond to all the buzz about the retouching on some of our images.

However, Jezebel notes that none of the images they made an example of, which were only a few of the offending images on the site, have been taken down.

Ann Taylor Apologizes For Photoshop Horror [Jezebel]

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Lady Gaga Loves Glee! - People Magazine

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Lady Gaga Loves Glee! People Magazine “I love Glee,” the singer told Entertainment Weekly. “I went to a musical theatre school, and used to dream that someday the students would be singing my songs.” Yesterday's episode saw New Directions do just that, when the club's female vocalists ... 'Glee' instant reaction: Was the Lady Gaga episode its best yet?Entertainment Weekly 'Glee' Recap: Episode 20, 'Theatricality'MTV.com Glee Review: Proud to be DifferentPoptimal.com California Chronicle -TV Fodder -The Atlantic all 144 news articles »

The 6 Best Videos From Lost Finale Week

With Lost Finale Week finally winding down, let’s delay our inevitable post-series withdrawal for a few minutes with one final tribute to the show’s unprecedented internet aftermath; out of hundreds of vids last week, here’s our list of the 6 Best Videos From Lost Finale Week (Spoilers Ahead):

6. Every Character Who Ever Died

5. Beginning And End Side-By-Side

4. Eleven Ways For Lost To End

3. Sarah Silverman Interviews The Producers

(Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse made a hundred appearances in the weeks leading up to the finale, but this was by far the best, and NSFW-iest):

2. How Lost Should Have Ended

(Just a three-second .gif, but too awesome not to count):

1. Collegehumor Points Out A Couple Loose Ends The Show Missed

Marc Jacobs Got a Hair Transplant; Lindsay Lohan Is a Blonde Again

HAIR
• Marc Jacobs had a hair transplant because he "was starting to thin on top." And so it will be brown until he can dye it again. [Telegraph UK]

• At the opening of the Louis Vuitton store in London, Gwyneth Paltrow wore her hair in what we suppose is a modern bouffant. What say you? [Girls in the Beauty Department/Glamour]

• Lindsay Lohan dyed her hair blonde yesterday. It looks a little green in photos, but hopefully that's just less-than-ideal lighting. [Just Jared]

SKIN
• According to a new study, eating foods rich in carotenoids — such as carrots, apricots, and spinach — can give you a little tan. Eat carrots, turn orange, you know. [Beauty Counter Blog/Style.com]

FRAGRANCE
• Hugo Boss’s newest men’s fragrance, Boss Bottled Night, launching in July, is woody with notes of lavender and birchwood. Ryan Reynolds appears in the ads. [Now Smell This]

• Carolina Herrera just released CH Garden Party, a delicate fragrance inspired by the first sunny days of spring. [Now Smell This]

NAILS
• Ginger + Liz have revealed their newest metallic nail-polish colors. Got My Groove Back is a rich gold hue, while the yet-to-be-released Tuck Me In is a sparkling silver color. [All Lacquered Up]

Filed Under: beauty marks, beauty, carolina herrera, designers, fragrance, gwyneth paltrow, hair, hugo boss, lindsay lohan, marc jacobs, nails

Bluegrass musical, 'The Burnt Part Boys' (AP)

AP - An underlying disaster drives the memorable characters in "The Burnt Part Boys," a warmhearted, bluegrass-infused, off-Broadway musical that follows several fatherless teenagers on a dangerous coming-of-age journey.

'Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity' mocks bigotry (AP)

AP - It's no secret that professional wrestling thrives on both fake violence and simplistic character stereotypes. Playwright Kristoffer Diaz gives those themes a thoroughly cynical treatment in his thought-provoking comedy, "The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity," now in a colorful, slam-bang production off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre.

Criminal Minds Finale Asks: Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Bad things happen in Los Angeles when the lights go out.

Courtney Love Asks The Important Questions At Theater Camp

Page Six has some choice anecdotes from a new book coming out, which includes details on Courtney Love’s parenting of Frances Bean when she attended Stage Door Manor theatre camp:

Bean was also teased so much that Love had Drew Barrymore, Bean’s godmother, call her at camp. “I asked her to have them say over the PA system, ‘Francis, you have a phone call from Drew Barrymore,’ so the kids would stop making fun of her,” Love related.

I think at this point in the movie about the girl with a famous mom who is bullied at camp so the famous mom has her famous friend who is also the daughter’s godmother call her up and have it announced over the PA system, the daughter with the famous mom gets even more ridiculed. Because if Bean is being made fun of, this would suggest that the kids are not super star f*ckers, therefore, would not be impressed by a Drew Barrymore call. Or not! Maybe all was well after Drew’s lispy voice whispered words of encouragement over the phone. That would certainly make all right with me.

This is my favorite part though:

She also once picked a fight with a hot dog vendor who refused to change a $100 bill. Rapkin reports Love threw her hands up in frustration and declared, “Who do I gotta [bleep] around here to get a hot dog?”

Who indeed. Who did Courtney Love f*ck for a hotdog? Because, although I realize that’s a figure of speech, nothing is impossible. I hope that’s in the book.

Michelle Obama Exercises in Chiffon

Michelle Obama wore a floaty floral chiffon top, cropped black pants, and black Converse sneakers while working out with local students on the South Lawn of the White House. She accessorized with simple diamond studs and delicate layered necklaces. See the full look in the Michelle Obama Look Book.

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'Sex and the City 2': Can 40+ dress fabulous? (AP)

AP - There's a telling scene early in "Sex and the City 2" when 52-year-old Samantha, played by 53-year-old Kim Cattrall, spots a gold, beaded bustier minidress that she thinks will be perfect for a big red-carpet moment.

Shrek’s Mint Ogre Load

There are no words…

No words, I mean, except for “Do” and “they” and “realize” and “it” and “sounds” and “like” and “they” and “mean” and “ogre” and one other word possibly beginning with J.

(Reddit)

TRAILER MIX: Check Out War Pigs Before The Movie Actually Gets Made

Here’s the trailer for War Pigs, the latest (fake) installment of the ongoing Wild Hogs / Old Dogs “Middle Aged Dudes Compared To Animals” trilogy, starring John Travolta, William H. Macy, Brad Garrett, Cuba Gooding Jr., and a generous dollop of “Highway to Hell”.

How do you parody a movie where this actually occurs? Take a look:

Yeah, yeah, laugh it up all you want – it’s a joke now, but I’ll be keeping an eye on the Watchmen doomsday clock counting down til the day this movie actually gets made…

Being On Live TV Does Not Preclude You From Getting Multiple Parking Tickets

I hold this video in high esteem because I, too, have been burned by parking tickets in Santa Monica. Not quite as burned as Gayle Anderson, reporter for KTLA here, but burned. (Sidenote: Perfect reporter name!) When I received my first $50 ticket for parking for more than 5 hours in one spot EVEN THOUGH THE METER WAS FULL, I was shocked. Was the parking enforcement officer not supposed to pat me on the back instead and say, “I’m so proud of you for renting a car all on your own and driving on the Freeway to get here, especially since you base your ideas of driving in LA on films like Clueless and LA Story“? No, she did not. She was much like this officer. Stone faced, intent on her job, shying away from the camera and microphone I pushed in her face.

Forget it, Gayle. It’s Santa Monica.

Thanks, HuffPo

In What Ways Is Sex And The City 2 Like The Empire Strikes Back?

Continuing our “Movie Reviews Reviews Wednesday”, ex BWE-er Tom Ganjamie pointed me to the following trend-bucking positive review of Sex And The City 2 by one Willie Waffle of Wafflemovies.com (if you were planning to snag that URL, you’re too late.)

Let’s see how far we can read into the review without throwing up!

If Sex and the City was Star Wars for girls, then Sex and the City 2 is The Empire Strikes Back.

The answer is – less than one line. If you had the Vegas “Under” of one line and a word, you’re a winner.

For the record, who is Willie Waffle?

Willie Waffle is the movie critic for people who hate movie critics.

Oh cool, I can relate. My tagline has always been, “Dan Hopper is the heart surgeon for people who hate heart surgeons.”

By the way, I’m not writing this to haughtily dismiss a positive review of a film I haven’t seen and that 91% of critics may in fact be wrong about (even though I’ve long been a Sex And The City defender and hated the first movie), I am simply conveying the literal fact that I threw up one line into reading the aforementioned review. I’m not judging it or anything.

Besides, it’s not like the dude gave it FOUR waffles:

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Stop Plagiarizing Patton Oswalt. You Will Get Caught.

By Patton Oswalt. And that’s no fun. The latest in the plagiarizing Patton Oswalt trend is Columbia School of General Studies valedictorian Brain Corman. Dude used Oswalt’s “Physics for Poets” bit in his speech. Because no one would notice the wildly successful comedian’s popular bit? I don’t know. I just don’t know. Here’s the excerpt from Corman’s speech:

Here’s Oswalt’s original bit:

Sorry that was cut off. You get it. Corman apologized to Oswalt, which is nice. In that it’s completely too little too late and WHAT WAS HE THINKING. This should serve as a PSA to anyone who is even considering slightly referencing an Oswalt joke without proper citation. Just don’t do it. Write your own sh*t.

Not for nothing, when I gave my college commecement speech I ripped off Scottish comedian Denny Willis’ “The Fox Has Left Its Lair” bit.* Killed, KILLED. And no one was the wiser. Fools.

*No I didn’t.

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VIDEO: Smoking Baby One Of The 4 Billion Most Shocking Things On Internet

It’s the two-pack-a-day baby! That’s probably a good thing for earth.

“He looks pretty healthy to me. I don’t see the problem,” says his dad.

Oh whew, never mind. Back the truck up! You know that truck of worry about this kid that you were gonna drive into this video? Back it up. The kid’s fine:

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OPEN THREAD: Is Venus Williams Too Sexy For Women’s Tennis?

Venus Williams sported this black lace negligee corset thing on the court of the French Open. Forget the fact that she looks like one of the bartenders at the Diamond Horseshoe Inn at Disneyworld and forget that she puts the “spring” in Springfield for a second. Her see through nightie and cocoa-colored shorts have caused some chatter amongst both tennis and slut fans.

So the question, that we… never… really thought we’d be asking: Is Venus Williams too sexy for tennis? To be fair, if we had her body, we’d stroll onto the court in chinchilla pasties and Cool Whip boyshorts, but that’s because we have severe mental difficulties.

Click here to listen to this while perusing this Venus gallery.

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