True Blood Flows To Season Three - Seven Sided Cube


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True Blood Flows To Season Three
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Immortal vampires may be just fictional and all but comics, movies, and series are making these creatures more vivid than ever. True Blood is still sizzling with the unorthodox plot of mixing blood with sex, crimes and other society issues. ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 13 Jun 2010 | 3:31 am

Racy lyrics lead Wendy's to pull CD from kid meals (AP)

FILE - A sign outside a Wendy's restaurant in Orangeburg, S.C.  is shown against a blue sky in this, Nov. 3, 2009 file photo. The fast food-chain Wendy's has pulled a disco CD included in kids' meals because of racy lyrics in one of the songs. The Atlanta-based chain announced on its website Saturday June 12, 2010 that it would continue to put three other CDs in the kids' meals.  (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - The fast food-chain Wendy's has pulled a disco CD included in kids' meals because of racy lyrics in one of the songs.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 13 Jun 2010 | 2:52 am

Racy lyrics lead Wendy's to pull CD from kid meals (AP)

FILE - A sign outside a Wendy's restaurant in Orangeburg, S.C.  is shown against a blue sky in this, Nov. 3, 2009 file photo. The fast food-chain Wendy's has pulled a disco CD included in kids' meals because of racy lyrics in one of the songs. The Atlanta-based chain announced on its website Saturday June 12, 2010 that it would continue to put three other CDs in the kids' meals.  (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File)AP - The fast food-chain Wendy's has pulled a disco CD included in kids' meals because of racy lyrics in one of the songs.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 13 Jun 2010 | 2:52 am

Tony's leading man: Sean Hayes preps for Tony awards hosting gig - New York Daily News


New York Daily News

Tony's leading man: Sean Hayes preps for Tony awards hosting gig
New York Daily News
Sean Hayes, currently starring in 'Promises, Promises' on Broadway, will host the 64th annual Tony awards. Whether or not he wins a Tony tonight for “Promises, Promises,” Sean Hayes will get plenty of stage time. ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 13 Jun 2010 | 2:27 am

Bobby Flay: Crash-Scene Rescue of January Jones - Right Juris


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Bobby Flay: Crash-Scene Rescue of January Jones
Right Juris
By Stacy Driving home in her Landrover last Thursday, 'Mad Men' star January Jones apparently got distracted by paparazzi, ran into several cars, and called celebrity chef Bobby Flay. Crashing, due to photographers or not, she managed to wreck three ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 13 Jun 2010 | 2:19 am

Rare tape of Beatles 1966 Toronto news conference goes up for auction in L.A.

TORONTO - A rare piece of Beatles memorabilia that was made in Canada is going on the auction block in Los Angeles today. It's a 14-minute reel-to-reel audiotape of a 1966 Beatles news
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 13 Jun 2010 | 1:59 am

Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder lead Bonnaroo on day 2 (AP)

Comedian Conan O'Brien appears on stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Saturday, June 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)AP - Stevie Wonder galvanized Bonnaroo with a sweaty, irresistible nighttime performance, an act that headliner Jay-Z followed with torrid, flawless bombast.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 13 Jun 2010 | 1:18 am

Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder lead Bonnaroo on day 2 (AP)

Comedian Conan O'Brien appears on stage at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Saturday, June 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)AP - Stevie Wonder galvanized Bonnaroo with a sweaty, irresistible nighttime performance, an act that headliner Jay-Z followed with torrid, flawless bombast.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 13 Jun 2010 | 1:17 am

Broadway themed iPhone apps worthy of a Tony Award (Appolicious)

Appolicious - Realizing that bigger is better, the Tony Awards have taken a cue from Apple iPad for this year’s ceremony and amped up the size of the famous Tony Award statuette. I can already imagine the onslaught of requisite “heavy” jokes in acceptance speeches.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 12 Jun 2010 | 11:59 pm

`A-Team' hunks in Miami - MiamiHerald.com


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`A-Team' hunks in Miami
MiamiHerald.com
Action fans, your summer movie is here. There's a new A-Team in town and, man, it's intense. Fans of the '80s TV show -- about a crew of former Special Forces operatives embarking on several unorthodox missions -- won't find a ton of similarities in ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 12 Jun 2010 | 11:00 pm

Breaking Bad: TV's Best Thriller - TIME


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Breaking Bad: TV's Best Thriller
TIME
Walter White (Bryan Cranston) has lived too long. This is not a criticism of Breaking Bad (AMC, Sundays, 10 pm ET). It is White's anguished assessment of his own soul. In Season 1, White, a brilliant chemist ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 12 Jun 2010 | 10:56 pm

Travolta donates to Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (AP)

John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, left, sit with children at the  Nelson Mandela Children's Fund headquarters in Johannesburg, Saturday, June 12, 2010. Travolta is in the country for five days as a goodwill ambassador for the Australia's soccer team at the World Cup soccer tournament.  (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)AP - John Travolta and wife Kelly Preston donated 70,000 rand (about $10,000) to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund on Saturday, during their visit to South Africa, and spent some time singing and dancing with children the foundation has supported.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 12 Jun 2010 | 10:36 pm

Proud, gay - and having their day - Boston Herald


Boston Globe

Proud, gay - and having their day
Boston Herald
By Colneth Smiley Jr. A rainbow of revelers shared their pride and let the “freak flag fly” yesterday through downtown and the South End during Boston's 40th annual Gay Pride Parade. “I like the support and the community here. ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 12 Jun 2010 | 10:06 pm

6 great A-Team-inspired iPhone apps (Appolicious)

Appolicious - We may be 20 years removed from the 1980s, but that hasn’t stopped the nostalgia train from making stops at all of your childhood favorites. "G.I. Joe"? Check. "Transformers"? Check. Lite Brite? OK, there’s no Lite Brite movie, but as we’re just days away from the release of the "A-Team" film, which is based on the popular TV series of the mid-80s, perhaps it’s time to take a look at the iTunes App Store’s collection of A-Team iPhone apps. Maybe we’ll even grab some bonus 80s nostalgia on the way.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 12 Jun 2010 | 9:00 pm

Robert Pattinson, Newbie Twi-Hard?

Robert Pattinson, EclipseEver wonder how Robert Pattinson survives Twilight mania? Simple—he doesn't go anywhere near the vampire phenomenon when he's not working (but he's happy all of you guys are so...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 8:29 pm

Getty Trust CEO James Wood dies at age 69

James N. Wood, the president and chief executive of the J. Paul Getty Trust, who also worked for 25 years at the Art Institute of Chicago, has died. He was 69. He died unexpectedly of...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Jun 2010 | 8:17 pm

Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder lead Bonnaroo on day 2 - The Associated Press


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Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder lead Bonnaroo on day 2
The Associated Press
MANCHESTER, Tenn. — A slightly groggy, sun-drenched Bonnaroo crowd was readying itself for the music festival's big day-two acts: Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder. Both were to take Bonnaroo's main stage Saturday evening in succession, with headliner Jay-Z ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 12 Jun 2010 | 7:30 pm

What Did Taylor Lautner Say Was "Awkward" On Set?

Taylor Lautner, EclipseKristen Stewart gives good lip service. Taylor Lautner had nothing but positive things to say about his costar, whom he finally smooches on screen in the third Twilight...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 7:21 pm

Eclipse Stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson & Taylor Lautner Talk Love Tangles

Taylor Lautner, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, EclipseThe third Twilight film, Eclipse, is essentially centered on the love triangle of Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Pattinson's characters, in which Team Edward (R.Pattz) vs. Team...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 6:41 pm

M.I.A. steps from art underground to media spotlight

NEW YORK (Billboard) - During "Space," the dreamy future-shock ballad that closes her upcoming third album, M.I.A. repeatedly coos, "My lines are down/You can't call me," over a gently...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Jun 2010 | 5:51 pm

Christina Aguilera Not In Tune With Cher

Christina AguileraWe've got some terrible news to share with you from musical divaland. Much to our surprise... Christina Aquilera and Cher will not be dueting in their upcoming movie...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 5:37 pm

Jay-Z, Stevie Wonder lead Bonnaroo on day 2

A slightly groggy, sun-drenched Bonnaroo crowd was readying itself for the music festival's big day-two acts: Jay-Z and Stevie Wonder. Both were to take Bonnaroo's main stage Saturday...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Jun 2010 | 4:13 pm

Would-be New Jersey Terrorist's Mom: Son is 'A Stupid Kid'


Nadia Alessa, mother of Mahmood Alessa, 20, of North Bergen, New Jersey - one of the two men arrested last week at JFK before he could hop a flight to Egypt, reportedly to join an al Qaeda-affiliated group in Somalia - is speaking out about her son. Apparently his habit of sleeping in proves he's not that religious:

"He slept late. If he was devout, he would make his prayers on time ... Anything makes him angry. But he's not a terrorist, he's a stupid kid."

Alessa had told his mother that he was going to Egypt to study Arabic, and she had helped him pack. He's now charged with conspiracy to kill, maim and murder persons outside of the United States, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Suspect's mom: Son 'stupid kid,' not a terrorist [CNN]

Previously: Would-be New Jersey Terrorists Listened to Tapes of Anwar Al-Awlaki

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Filed Under: jersey jihadists, assholes of terror, mohamed alessa, mohamed mahmood alessa, stupid kids, terror plots, terrorism, terrorist suspects



Source: Daily Intel | 12 Jun 2010 | 3:44 pm

Ozzy Osbourne Screams for a Cancer Cure

Ozzy OsbourneOzzy Osbourne is racking up some brownie points for his signature scream. The Grammy-winning rocker headed to Dodger Stadium Friday to set the Guiness World Record for the loudest and...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 3:31 pm

Is This the Worst Summer Ever?

Counter Punch GraphicYou know how bad this summer is? Summer hasn't started yet, and we're already complaining. What are we complaining about? What aren't we complaining about? Let's...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 3:30 pm

Bonnaroo '10 Friday: Kings of Leon come home - Entertainment Weekly


HitFix (blog)

Bonnaroo '10 Friday: Kings of Leon come home
Entertainment Weekly
Image Credit: Whitney Pastorek for EW.comIt was 6 am when my head finally hit the pillow this morning, after an epic day in the Bonnaroo fields that started with a standup comedian in exile, peaked with the Tennessee homecoming of a ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 12 Jun 2010 | 3:11 pm

At Bonnaroo, Kings of Leon Play a Pensive Set; Kid Cudi Performs Despite Arrest


Note Nathan Followill's introspection.

In Manchester, Tennessee on Thursday, half-naked indie girls ran across a stage in face paint to express their love for Neon Indian (woo!), and confetti-shooting canons enhanced The Flaming Lips's performance. But the tone at Bonnaroo apparently turned uncharacteristically somber yesterday when Kings of Leon, Dr. Dog, and The National played "introspective" sets. The xx is getting tired, and more Bonnaroo news, below:

• Local Natives "drew a massive audience" on opening night (Thursday). Afterwards, nearly-naked girls in face paint and Native American headgear ran around the audience in honor of Neon Indian, who played a set described as an "epic ... spaceship dance party." [Rolling Stone]

• An uncharacteristically introspective mood overtook the festival yesterday, according to the Times: "The more pensive side of Kings of Leon rippled down through the rest of the day’s bill. The National brooded cryptically over smoldering crescendos... Dr. Dog pondered mortality." Rolling Stone also notes that the Kings of Leon set was surprisingly "snarling, stubborn, and aching." [Arts Beat/NYT, Rolling Stone]

• During Thursday's highly-anticipated xx set, "Temperatures [were] high, soundchecks nonexistent," and the environment was "chaotic." The AP notes, "The xx wouldn't seem like a band whose sound is befitting to festivals ... They would seem perfect for a Twilight movie soundtrack." Alas, "The xx are on a road former buzz bands like MGMT know something about." (Granted this is pulled from a story that includes the sentence, "It goes to that old adage: Strike while the Twitter is hot." Ack.) Xx singer Romy Madley Croft notes: ''I've been very tired a lot of this year." [NYT]

• Despite having been arrested on charges of criminal mischief and possession of a controlled substance in New York yesterday, Kid Cudi performed at the festival early this morning (2 a.m.-early). After being introduced by Aziz Ansari, Cudi explained, "I really wanted to be here tonight." [HipHopRx, Billboard]

• The U.S.A.-England World Cup match was screened for the crowds today. [Neal's Blog/Bonnaroo Official Website]

• Tori Amos performed "A Sorta Fairytale," and the Times called it "rhapsodic psychocabaret ... unscary entertainment." [USA Today, Arts Beat/NYT]

• There was no somber mood for the Flaming Lips yesterday: Wayne Coyne played from a giant plastic bubble. "Enormous cannons fired huge clouds of confetti into the sky during the rousing 'Do You Realize???' and Coyne donned massive prosthetic hands and used them to shoot green lasers up at a pair of planet-sized disco balls, which reflected the beams out above the crowd." Wow. [Rolling Stone]

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Filed Under: bonnaroo, dr. dog, kid cudi, kings of leon, music festivals, neon indian, the flaming lips, the national, the xx, tori amos



Source: Vulture | 12 Jun 2010 | 3:06 pm

Britney Spears' Red Carpet Date Dilemma: Who to Take?

Britney SpearsCan anyone remember the last time Britney Spears was red-carpet ready? You know, without a ratty weave, missing bra or Frappuccino in hand? Us neither. But here's some good news: We may all be...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 2:43 pm

Son of Mexican singer Sebastian killed in bar

The son of Mexican singer Joan Sebastian was killed in a bar fight early Saturday, four years after another of his children was shot dead. A security guard is suspected in the killing of
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Jun 2010 | 2:42 pm

Robert Pattinson and Julia Roberts Coming Together

Julia Roberts, Eat, Pray, LoveWhat do Robert Pattinson and Julia Roberts have in common? The opening of Eclipse. No, the Oscar-winner didn't snap on a pair of fangs for a surprise appearance in the third...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 2:41 pm

Kid Cudi Busted in NYC, but Still Makes Bonnaroo

Kid CudiTGIF? Not if you're Kid Cudi.  The 26-year-old Day 'n' Night rapper was arrested Friday in New York on charges of criminal mischief and possession of a controlled...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 2:37 pm

Teresa Giudice’s House and Danielle Staub’s Sex Tape Are Both For Sale


"These bitches around here don't know what I've been through."

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Teresa Giudice has reportedly put her Towaco, New Jersey, mansion on the block for $3.99 million, on the heels of the news that she's $11 million in debt. Apparently, Giudice has avoided foreclosure for now. Meanwhile, in other Housewives-related money-making schemes, controversial cast member Danielle Staub, a single mother, has a sex tape out now that's also for sale. Staub's 115-minute video, Danielle Staub Raw, is being released by Hustler after Staub, on the show, discussed her own financial dilemmas. (Her house was recently on the market, too.)

"Heard from a VERY reliable source that D released her OWN sex tape,” generally quiet co-star Jacqueline Laurita tweeted last week. “Heard it's disgusting. Such disregard 4 her kids. I feel horrible 4 them." Even seemingly fair-minded cast member Dina Manzo tweeted a link to a website mocking Staub's sex tape and featuring a cartoon image of Staub as a deformed grinch, with no mention of Giudice's troubles. Shouldn't all of these woman have learned by now that they're living in glass houses? Houses that seem soon to be for sale — if not foreclosed — while they just keep on throwing stones at each other.

Did 'Real Housewife' Danielle Staub Leak Her Own Sex Tape? [Fox News]
'Housewife' house sale [NYP]
Why Housewife Danielle Staub Needs Her Sex Tape [Jezebel]


Previously: Bank Moves to Foreclose on Housewives of New Jersey Star Teresa Giudice’s Mansion

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Filed Under: bravo, danielle staub, pointing fingers, real housewives of new jersey, real Housewives of the recession, teresa giudice



Source: Vulture | 12 Jun 2010 | 1:08 pm

Sarah Palin's boobs are real, get over it - Entertainment Weekly


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Sarah Palin's boobs are real, get over it
Entertainment Weekly
Image Credit: JASON SZENES/epa/CorbisIn an interview with FOX news host Greta Van Susteren, Palin tried to put what she kinda ickily termed “Boob-Gate” to rest. The blogosphere had been all squirrelly the last several days after pictures ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 12 Jun 2010 | 1:00 pm

England and U.S. Face Off in an Oil-Related Phone Call and a World Cup Match Today


President Obama is calling up new Prime Minister David Cameron today to talk about the BP — British (!) Petroleum — spill making a mess of the Gulf. Obama recently mentioned that he would have fired BP CEO, Brit Tony Howard, and that he's figuring out whose "ass to kick." Some British newspapers have taken Obama's rhetoric and increased pressure on BP to pay up more personally: "Obama is killing all our pensions," wrote the Daily Express last week, while the Daily Telegraph went with, "Obama's boot on the throat of British pensioners." Interestingly, the other ass-kicking situation going on today is the U.S. soccer match versus England in both teams' opening World Cup game in South Africa. The New York Post writes, "It’s the Revolutionary War, Round 2." We're actually not quite seeing that, but soon even multinational pals Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick could start sparring.

'Toxic' grudge match: US vs. England [NYP]

Related: England-USA: How You’re Spending Your Saturday

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Filed Under: england, across the pond, barack obama, bp, cleaning up, oil spill, world cup



Source: Daily Intel | 12 Jun 2010 | 12:26 pm

Alaskans recruited for Barrymore film about whales

A production company is looking for Alaskans to play dozens of roles for an upcoming Drew Barrymore movie being filmed in the state. Shooting on "Everybody Loves Whales" is expected to...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Jun 2010 | 12:19 pm

Alaskans recruited for Barrymore film about whales (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, Drew Barrymore attends the premiere of 'Everybody's Fine' in New York. A production company is looking for Alaskans to play dozens of roles for an upcoming Drew Barrymore movie being filmed in the state. Shooting on 'Everybody Loves Whales' is expected to begin in September.  (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)AP - A production company is looking for Alaskans to play dozens of roles for an upcoming Drew Barrymore movie being filmed in the state.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 12 Jun 2010 | 12:18 pm

Five 1980s Franchises That Should Never Be Revived

A-Team, Bradley Cooper, Karate Kid, Jaden SmithCongratulations, A-Team. Good for you, Karate Kid. Now enough. Not every 1980s TV show and movie is begging for, or even worthy of, an update. (See: the Jamie Foxx-Colin Farrell Miami...



Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 12 Jun 2010 | 12:00 pm

Historic Polaroid collection going to NYC auction

Selected photographs from the storied Polaroid collection are going on the auction block. The 1,000 images by some of the biggest names in 20th century photography will be sold at...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Jun 2010 | 11:48 am

Singer Jason Mraz visits Ghana to help end slavery (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2010 file photo, Jason Mraz arrives at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Neil Young in Los Angeles. (AP Photos/Vince Bucci, file)AP - While Shakira, the Black Eyed Peas and other top musicians are in Africa to help kick off the World Cup, singer Jason Mraz was on the continent for another reason: to help free slaves.



Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 12 Jun 2010 | 11:22 am

Will Smith’s Son Is a Box-Office Powerhouse


His future's so bright ...

Eleven-year-old Jaden Smith, with help from co-star Jackie Chan perhaps, dominated the box office last night in The Karate Kid, taking the lead over The A-Team, the action film starring Bradley Cooper also out this weekend, and earning $18.8 million. "Just the Two of Us" will be in our heads for the rest of the day. [HR]

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Filed Under: jaden smith, daddy loves you, jada pinkett smith, the karate kid, weekend box office, will smith



Source: Vulture | 12 Jun 2010 | 11:16 am

'Karate Kid' pummels 'A-Team' at Friday bo - Hollywood Reporter


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'Karate Kid' pummels 'A-Team' at Friday bo
Hollywood Reporter
Eleven-year-old Jaden Smith, with an assist from Jackie Chan, overpowered a reconstituted A-Team at the North American boxoffice on Friday as Sony's "The Karate Kid" took a commanding lead with an estimated $18.8 million. ...
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 12 Jun 2010 | 10:40 am

Annie comic ends, but the redhead's fate uncertain (AP)

AP - Talk about a hard-knocks life: She has been jailed in North Korea, kidnapped repeatedly, accused of murder, trapped in a cave, roughed up by gangsters. And she's just a kid — more precisely, a red-haired girl named Annie.
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 12 Jun 2010 | 10:38 am

State Plans to Borrow Money From Pension Fund in Order to Pay Back Money Owed to Same Pension Fund


Gimme a minute ... I'm thinking ...

Governor Paterson and legislative leaders have made a tentative agreement that will allow the state to make their required annual payments to the state pension fund by borrowing this money — nearly $6 billion of it — from the very same pension fund. Under this plan, the state would borrow money for the next three years by agreeing to pay more back beginning in 2013, at which point Governor Paterson and other state officials are hoping that "the stock market will have rebounded to such a degree that the state’s overall pension contribution burden will have been reduced," according to the Times. On the other hand: "The maneuver would cost the state and local governments about $1.85 billion in interest payments, according to an estimate by the Senate." The plan has been denounced by some as "a shell game and a blatant effort by state leaders to avoid making difficult decisions, like cutting government spending or reducing pension benefits." You know when you're in over your head and you're finally just like, "I will deal with this later ... " Well, so does Albany.

'State Plan Makes Fund Both Borrower and Lender' [NYT]

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Filed Under: albany, david paterson, thanks i owe you one ... or six billion



Source: Daily Intel | 12 Jun 2010 | 10:33 am

Buyer of CBGB rock club brand files for bankruptcy

The company that bought the right to market the name of the legendary New York City rock club CBGB has filed for bankruptcy. In its punk heyday, CBGB hosted acts such as the Ramones, the
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Jun 2010 | 10:06 am

Singer Jason Mraz visits Ghana to help end slavery

While Shakira, the Black Eyed Peas and other musicians are in Africa to help kick off the World Cup, Jason Mraz was on the continent for another reason: to help free slaves. The...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Jun 2010 | 10:01 am

O'Keeffe Museum transforms with abstract works

The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe has been transformed. Missing are the iconic paintings of flowers, bones and colorful landscapes that have made the American modernist famous the...
Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 12 Jun 2010 | 10:00 am

New Defacement on Shepard Fairey’s Houston Street Mural: ‘Bring Back the Haring’


Since a security guard ended his post protecting artist Shepard Fairey's (legal) mural on the Deitch Projects–owned wall at the corner of Houston and Bowery, the work has been aggressively defaced by graffiti artists and beaten-in by New Yorkers, creating large holes that required wall repairs last week. Now that the holes have been patched up, somebody else — or perhaps the same rebel — made his feelings known, writing over the wall patches: "Bring back the Haring," referring to the neon, less-defaced Keith Haring mural that previously held that spot. But what would mural-admirer Dustin Hoffman have to say about this? [Bowery Boogie, NYC the Blog]

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Filed Under: neighborhood news, defaced, deitch projects, hooligans, keith haring, shepard fairey



Source: Daily Intel | 12 Jun 2010 | 9:42 am

CNN Co-Founder Robert Wussler Dies at 73

Robert Wussler, one of CNN's co-founders and a former president of CBS, has died, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 73.



Source: FOXNews.com | 12 Jun 2010 | 9:15 am

Obama Notes That ‘Six Months Ago,’ Few Really Wanted Him to ‘Spend Money in Case of a Catastrophic Oil Spill’


In a candid, if defensive interview with Politico, President Obama pointed out that it's easy for members of Congress to point fingers now, but perhaps they weren't exactly triple-checking the BP oil rigs a few months ago, either:

"I think it’s fair to say, if six months ago, before this spill had happened, I had gone up to Congress and I had said we need to crack down a lot harder on oil companies and we need to spend more money on technology to respond in case of a catastrophic spill, there are folks up there, who will not be named, who would have said this is classic, big-government overregulation and wasteful spending.”

He also alluded to the endlessly hollering Tea Party, pointing out that those guys kind of conveniently restructured their message after the oil spill, too:

"Some of the same people who are saying the president needs to show leadership and solve this problem are some of the same folks who, just a few months ago, were saying this guy is trying to engineer a takeover of our society through the federal government that is going to restrict our freedoms.”

'Obama to Politico: Some in Congress hypocritical on spill' [Politico]

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Filed Under: barack obama, bp, cleaning up, congress, oil spill, pointing fingers, politico, tea party



Source: Daily Intel | 12 Jun 2010 | 8:47 am

Ricky Gervais to Appear on Upcoming Curb Your Enthusiasm Season


English comedian Ricky Gervais will play himself on the eighth — and New York–set — season of Curb Your Enthusiasm. Apparently Larry David felt Gervais owed him more than just a meal after the Curb star paid for their lunch, but so far Gervais is only confirmed for one episode. [Live Feed/HR]

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Filed Under: ricky gervais, curb your enthusiasm, larry david



Source: Vulture | 12 Jun 2010 | 6:17 am

Party Down Recap: Bubbles, the Clown


For as much as it traces the crushed dreams and frustrating lives of people living on the wrong side of the Hollywood dream, Party Down has rarely focused on Hollywood itself. Over the course of two seasons we’ve skirted the edges of it (J.K. Simmons’s vitriol-spewing super-producer, Steve Guttenberg) and mined its unseemly underbelly (porn awards, cinephile gangsters, Steve Guttenberg) but never really confronted the typical, easy clichés of Hollywood life: the dumb blonds, the low morals, the bad ideas, the mountains of cocaine. The reason? Because they’re easy clichés! And yet despite the presence of all of these glittery, 100 percent-true-by-the-way La-La Land tropes, “Joel Munt’s Big Deal Party” shines.

Perhaps the No. 1 reason why an episode that devoted an unreasonable amount of its time to men attempting to urinate in a champagne glass still left us smiling is because it featured Bubbles from The Wire playing a coked-up superproducer making a buddy cop movie called Pride and Prejudice (Pride is a racist white cop, Prejudice is a rapper. They team up to catch a hooker-murderer, duh) actually drinking from said champagne glass full of urine. Wait, no! That’s not what we meant at all! (Though it was pretty awesome.) What we meant to say was that it worked because it grounded the easy Hollywood satire with Roman’s very real desire to become a part of it. Not necessarily because he too wanted the chance to adapt the brilliant, incredibly boring “hard sci-fi” works of reclusive Canadian beardo A.F. Gordon Theodore (wonderfully played by comedy nerd favorite Dave “Gruber” Allen) but because he too wants to have a fancy car and a woman with tits that he could theoretically do blow off of. That’s what Roman’s ex-writing partner and all-around douchey sell-out Joel Munt has going for him — and he hires Party Down for the express purpose of rubbing Roman’s coke-free nose in all of his newfound success. As played by Human Giant’s Paul Scheer (whose wife, June Diane Raphael, was featured last week as Ron’s love interest), Munt is exactly the sort of rage and revenge-obsessed weasel that Roman could be, if only he could write worth a damn or wear a Kangol as well.

While Roman is dead set on settling a score with Joel, Casey and Henry are mostly interested in boning. By putting Ron back in charge in name only, Henry seems to have found a way to keep his higher pay while returning to his super-slacky ways of yore. He and Casey also get to indulge in their trademark Utterly Delightful™ romantic banter highlighted by Casey’s insistence that she’s kind of the dude in their relationship. Henry responds by trying to prove that he can break into the catering van using skills he picked up “on the mean streets of Wisconsin” in order to take Casey into said van and, y’know, bone. Not much to add here, just that the power dynamic in this pairing bears watching: does Casey like Henry because he’s got the ambition of a fruit fly or because he used to be something more? We’ll table this for now because Lydia is high on cocaine.

Wait, what? Yes, Lydia’s plot is reduced to two kinda predictable planks this week: she can’t see without her glasses and she accidentally gets high in the bathroom when someone hands her a compact with drugs instead of blush in it. In the hands (and crazy haircut) or a lesser actor this could lead to some very dull work. Luckily, Megan Mullally is never, never lesser: we could watch her tweak her brains out and mistake Paul Scheer for Ed Harris (“he was so wonderful in Milk Money!”) forever. Plus she teaches us some important lessons: sometimes revenge backfires and you end up with a fish smell!

But the MVP of the week goes to the the undersung Ryan Hansen. His performance as Kyle was killing us all episode, whether he was confused about Othello (“you mean the board game?”), practicing yoga with his bladder, or mistaking Henry’s question about popping the lock on the van as an opportunity to breakdance. It’s not an easy thing playing a character cursed with fantastic good looks (We should know, amirite, guys? Guys?) but Hansen pulls it off week after week with sly aplomb. He even gets to deliver the coup-de-grace, pointing out that rather than seeing Munt’s success as a reason for suicide, Roman should be inspired: “A huge dork getting into a car full of hot chicks? If that’s not a sign of hope I don’t know what is.” Neither do we, Kyle. Neither do we.

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Filed Under: overnights, party down, recaps, tv



Source: Vulture | 12 Jun 2010 | 6:00 am

The New York Mets ‘Deeply Regret’ Giving Jerry Seinfeld’s Citi Field Seat to Lady Gaga


Nothin' to see here! Move along.

Sometimes it seems like Lady Gaga can't go anywhere without getting a ton of attention. Oh, c'mon, what are all these photographers here for? She's just, you know, wearing an enormous beekeeper hat to her sister's graduation ceremony (an accessory that was obviously meant to detract attention), and showing up at public sporting events in a studded bra and panties. What's all the fuss about? In any case, the latest GagaGate continues: After the singer grew upset with all the attention she was inexplicably receiving at Thursday's Mets game (where, clad in nothing but her stylish undergarments, she made out with women and flipped off photographers), the Mets reseated her in Jerry Seinfeld's more discreet, unoccupied Citi Field box seats. Now the team wishes it hadn't ceded to Gaga's neediness: "We deeply regret that Jerry Seinfeld has been associated with this matter and have apologized to him,” the Mets told gossip website Radar Online. (Why, exactly?) For her part, Gaga tweeted: "A middle finger is more New York than a corporate ambush. I bleed for my hometown, and I'd die for my fans." She later added: "I guess I'm just a Bronx cheer kind of girl." [Jezebel, Gothamist]

Previously: Lady Gaga Flipping Everybody Off Lately
Related: The Lady Gaga Look Book

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Filed Under: just pants, bronx cheer kinds of girls, lady gaga, new york mets



Source: Vulture | 12 Jun 2010 | 5:42 am