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Jackson 'makes $1bn' since death - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 22 Jun 2010 | 3:29 am Saudi writers find new voice, depictions of closed society (Reuters)Reuters - Islamists in Saudi Arabia depict them as a pampered liberal elite while the authorities in this conservative Islamic state throw up obstacles in their path.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 Jun 2010 | 3:23 am Saudi writers find new voice, depictions of closed society (Reuters)Reuters - Islamists in Saudi Arabia depict them as a pampered liberal elite while the authorities in this conservative Islamic state throw up obstacles in their path.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 Jun 2010 | 3:23 am 'Knight and Day' traps Cruise, Diaz and the film's audience - Seattle Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 22 Jun 2010 | 3:19 am TNT cop drama 'Memphis Beat', starring Jason Lee, wins with Southern flavor ... - New York Daily News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:59 am Eminem's 'Recovery' is sober apology from mature rapper - New York Daily News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:59 am Lights go out at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' taping (AP)
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:32 am King of Pop's estate has rebounded since death (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:01 am King of Pop's estate has rebounded since death (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 Jun 2010 | 2:01 am Movie theater companies rush to embrace 3D (Reuters)Reuters - "There's something wrong here."Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 Jun 2010 | 1:17 am Movie theater companies rush to embrace 3D (Reuters)Reuters - "There's something wrong here."Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 22 Jun 2010 | 1:17 am Lights go out at 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' taping, Kimmel tapes show on computer webcamLOS ANGELES, Calif. - Jimmy Kimmel wasn't going to let a little power outage stop the taping of his show. Show publicist Chelsea Hettrick says the lights went out Monday night about anSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 22 Jun 2010 | 1:11 am Donations flow as celebs join Larry King's Gulf telethonLarge and small donations flowed in Monday evening as dozens of celebrities answered phones for Larry King's telethon to help the people of the U.S. Gulf Coast suffering from the oil disaster.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 Jun 2010 | 12:58 am HBO Renews "True Blood" for Season 4 - ABC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 22 Jun 2010 | 12:54 am Lil' Wayne pleads guilty to Arizona drug chargeRapper Lil' Wayne may avoid jail time on an Arizona drug charge, according to a plea deal that was announced Monday.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 22 Jun 2010 | 12:51 am Mobile phones make movies at Paris festivalMobile phone clips of birthdays or nights out circulate like digital letters, but also provide material for a new cinema, say organisers of a groundbreaking Paris festival uniting...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 11:38 pm Miley Cyrus, 'Can't Be Tamed' - Washington Post
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 21 Jun 2010 | 11:33 pm Slipknot bassist died of "accidental" overdoseLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The bassist for the Grammy-winning metal band Slipknot died of an "accidental" overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a synthetic morphine substitute, police in Iowa...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 10:17 pm CAPITAL CULTURE: Move over Kate, Michaele's here!Quick, guess which one! Of course, that grimace-inducing line, given what we all know, comes from Michaele Salahi _ whose uninvited "entrance" into the White House last fall threw...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 10:02 pm Mural-size Ansel Adams photograph sells for more than $722K at NYC auction of Polaroid printsNEW YORK, N.Y. - A mural-size photograph by Ansel Adams of Yosemite National Park has sold for more than $722,000 at auction in New York City. Sotheby's says Monday's sale of the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 9:46 pm Big Bachelor Bust: Jake and Vienna Break Up! But they waltzed together on Dancing With the Stars and everything!
Jake Pavelka and Vienna Girardi, a match made in ABC heaven just months ago, have ended their engagement,...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 8:30 pm 'Idol' now open to 15-year-old aspiring singers"American Idol" announced Monday that it is lowering the minimum age restriction for contestants from 16 to 15, allowing even younger aspiring pop stars to forgo their hairbrushes and stuffed-animal audiences in exchange for a real microphone and millions of TV viewers.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 21 Jun 2010 | 8:23 pm Ansel Adams print sells for $722K at NYC auctionA mural-size photograph by Ansel Adams of Yosemite National Park has sold for more than $722,000 at auction in New York City. Sotheby's says Monday's sale of the photograph set an...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 8:19 pm Gulf Telethon: Diaz, Seacrest, Redford and, of Course, Bieber Fever Despite Larry King's repeated (and very enthusiastic) assurances that we had Justin Bieber to look forward to, the 16-year-old sensation was not the reason Robert Redford, Ryan Seacrest,...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 8:05 pm Chelsea Takes On the Late Michael Jackson Speak no ill of the dead? Pfft. Not if you're out fave funnygal Chelsea.
Hit the clip to score Ms. Handler's thoughts on celebrity afterlife and the King of Pop's auction...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 8:00 pm Slipknot bassist died of morphine overdose (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 21 Jun 2010 | 7:09 pm "Toy Story 3" Tops Film Merchandise Shipments - ABC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 21 Jun 2010 | 6:59 pm "Toy Story 3" tops film merchandise shipmentsLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Toy Story 3" is not only a box office hit but a merchandising behemoth as well.Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 6:58 pm 'American Idol' lowers age eligibility to 15 years olddrive a car. Fox said in a statement Monday that the age eligibility to audition for the upcoming 10th season of the singing competition would be lowered from 16 to 15 years old. The...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 6:52 pm Hilarious UK puppet comedy rewrites World War II (Reuters)Reuters - Some top U.K. stars, including Ewan McGregor, Alan Cumming, Tom Wilkinson and Rosamund Pike, lend their voices to the characters in "Jackboots on Whitehall," a puppet animation comedy in the spirit of "Team America" but very British in its humor and cockeyed take on World War II.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 6:51 pm Hilarious UK puppet comedy rewrites World War IIEDINBURGH (Hollywood Reporter) - Some top U.K. stars, including Ewan McGregor, Alan Cumming, Tom Wilkinson and Rosamund Pike, lend their voices to the characters in "Jackboots on...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 6:51 pm 'American Idol' lowers age eligibilityThe next "American Idol" may not be able to drive a car. Fox said in a statement Monday that the age eligibility to audition for the upcoming 10th season of the singing competition wouldSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 6:42 pm Helen Mirren shines in tawdry brothel tale (Reuters)Reuters - One can't make up characters like this: Joe Conforte, who owned the first legal brothel in the U.S., the Mustang Ranch outside Reno, Nev.; his wife, Sally Burgess Conforte, daughter of a prostitute; or world-class Argentine boxer Oscar Bonavena, shot dead at that ranch in 1976, allegedly for having an affair with Sally. Then again, why would one want to?Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 6:39 pm "Memphis Beat" an arresting cop drama (Reuters)Reuters - Television needs another cop show about as much as the Gulf of Mexico needs more oil, but in both cases, no one has been able to stanch the flow.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 6:38 pm "Rookie" error: new cop show is terrible (Reuters)Reuters - We've all been spoiled during the past 20 years for cop shows by "Law & Order." The verisimilitude that comes from filming on actual city streets with local actors can't be duplicated on a set 3,000 miles away. (I'm looking at you, "CSI: NY.")Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 6:37 pm Spoiler Chat: Glee, 30 Rock, True Blood and More Talk about some dreamy guest stars!
Matt Damon back on 30 Rock...Kristin Chenoweth back on Glee (and possibly her own TV show?!) and...drumroll please...Brittany (Heather Morris) doing...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 5:20 pm Khloé Kardashian Odom's Victory Gift to Lamar: a Rolls Royce! While Scott Disick just bought baby Mason his first Lamborghini, E! News has learned Khloé Kardashian Odom also bought her man Lamar Odom a brand-new Rolls Royce as a present for...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 5:13 pm 'Little House' star on childhood fame and Gary ColemanActress Alison Arngrim is most famous for playing the wicked Nellie Oleson on "Little House on the Prairie." Nellie -- one of the ultimate TV villains of all-time -- did things like imitate a stuttering child and persuade a classmate to steal the answers to a test among many other atrocities.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 21 Jun 2010 | 5:00 pm Covered-Up Miley Cyrus Lands at LAX With Liam Miley Cyrus had tongues wagging after she performed in a very skimpy outfit at the MuchMusic Awards in Toronto, but she kept covered up when she landed at LAX this afternoon.
Hottie...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 5:00 pm Review: Charismatic Cruise enlivens 'Knight & Day' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:56 pm Has Starz Found Its Sopranos? Last February, when DirecTV’s The101 quietly began airing repeats of a gritty, R-rated Australian crime drama called Underbelly, the satellite network promoted the show as Oz's "real-life Sopranos." So it seems appropriate that the TV executive who launched that seminal HBO mob hit now plans to remake Underbelly for U.S. audiences: Vulture has learned that former HBO chief Chris Albrecht, who took over as CEO of pay cable network Starz last December, has acquired the U.S. rights to the Australian show and is making development of the project a top priority. Combined with Starz’s already announced plan for a new take on the Camelot saga and to co-produce new episodes of UK cult hit Torchwood, it underlines Albrecht's goal to push Starz — currently jump-started by Spartacus — into the same league as his former home and Showtime. And he's pursuing his goal with a globe-scouring strategy that was anathema to the way he did things at HBO. During a 20-plus year run at the network that started in 1985, Albrecht and his team methodically stayed in-house as they developed iconic series such as The Sopranos, Sex and the City, The Wire and Six Feet Under. Outside studios were rarely involved in the process, and if a project had been even contemplated by another network — let alone produced somewhere else — HBO generally didn't want anything to do with it. As one observer notes, Albrecht "was the guy who passed on Queer as Folk because it had already been done overseas." But Albrecht’s HBO reign, during which the network emerged as the home to the small screen’s most acclaimed original series, was a different era: The net had time and little competition. By contrast, Starz is trying to follow that model in an era in which even networks created specifically to air old content — TV Land and AMC — are drawing sizable crowds and often critical raves with their original shows. In other words, Starz needs to make noise, and Albrecht wants to make it quickly. While using concepts already tested elsewhere doesn't guarantee success (Coupling, Viva Laughlin), some observers believe it increases the odds. It certainly has with such reality hits as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, American Idol and Big Brother, and scripted concepts have increasingly been able to proliferate around the world, like the British Office and the Israeli In Treatment (which was one of Albrecht's last successes at HBO). One industry insider argues that "TV is starting to become a lot like the theatrical side, a much more homogenous global market, where there are very few big hits that aren't hits around the world. If something works, it seems to work around the world." There are also strong financial incentives to think globally. Torchwood and Camelot are both being produced with international partners (with the shows airing in other countries either simultaneously with or right after their U.S. premieres), making Starz's bottom-line investment much less than it might be were the network to go it alone. That's important, since Albrecht will need to take more at-bats if he's going to build a critical mass of buzzworthy shows. And unlike the seemingly limitless budgets he oversaw at HBO, which had annual revenue in the $3.5 billion range, Starz isn't so flush with cash: The company brought in just a bit more than $1 billion in revenues last year. Assuming the right real-life inspiration can be found quickly, a script could be ready well before the end of the year. If Albrecht likes what he sees on the page, insiders say he's prepared to eschew the usual pilot stage for Underbelly, and go straight to series. Read more posts by Josef Adalian Filed Under: exclusive, chris albrecht, starz, the industry, tv, underbelly
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:50 pm New From Milan Men’s Fashion Week: Versace, Missoni, John Varvatos, Roberto Cavalli, Dolce & Gabbana, and More Close out your workday with some last-minute, man-themed diversions, sung to the tune of Versace, Emporio Armani, John Varvatos, Missoni, Bottega Veneta, Moncler Gamme Bleu, Dolce & Gabbana, and Roberto Cavalli. There are videos! There are slideshows! There are even boys in rainbow-colored slacks! You may now die happy. Read more posts by Ashlea Halpern Filed Under: bottega veneta, designers, dolce and gabbana, emporio armani, fashion shows, john varvatos, milan mens fashion week 2011, versace
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:45 pm The Real L Word: Breakfast Cereal Loses Its Innocence Back in 2004 Showtime created The L Word. Then nothing happened for a while. Until last night, when they introduced The Real L Word. Just like its predecessor, it's about L's. But this...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:45 pm Angelina Jolie Goodwill Tour Rolls On to Haiti There's no slowing Angelina Jolie down when it comes to her humanitarian efforts.
Just hours after the Oscar-winner was in Ecuador as part of her work as a UNHCR Goodwill...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:30 pm So, Did the Roots Justify the Gratuitous-Seeming Indie-Rock Guest Spots on Their New Album? Yes! But back to that in a second. First, a moment to appreciate that the Roots have somehow managed to write and record a pretty great album while working a highly strenuous day job that also requires them to play music (and be on TV and occasionally be funny). Congrats, guys — that’s really impressive. Okay: So, yes, when the band announced guest spots from Jim James, Joanna Newsom, and the Dirty Projectors for How I Got Over (out tomorrow, but streaming today), it felt like a big batch of unnecessary-ness. Would this be Questlove’s totally justified personal appreciation for these indie gentlemen and ladies manifesting itself in an awkward public manner? What, exactly, would Jim James and Joanna Newsom and the Dirty Projectors add to a Roots song? And the answer is — not too much, but enough. You already know how the Roots used Jim James, and they show the same restraint with the other notables: The Dirty Projectors’ Amber Coffman, Angel Deradoorian, and Haley Dekle pop up to harmonize oddly for intro “A Peace of Light,” and it sets the stage perfectly for the rest of the ice-cold album; elsewhere, Newsom’s sampled on the chorus for “Right On” and turns out to be as much of a fit for the hook as any given R&B ringer. Sorry, Patrick Stump: You are no longer the featured player in the most-oddball-but-successful Roots collaboration. Stream the Root's How I Got Over at their MySpace. Read more posts by Amos Barshad Filed Under: right-click, dirty projectors, jim james, joanna newsom, music, the roots
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:30 pm Coroner: Morphine OD Killed Slipknot's Paul Gray It wasn't just one thing that led to Paul Gray's untimely demise.
The Slipknot bassist's death at the tender age of 38 was caused by an overdose of morphine and the narcotic...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:25 pm Rumor: Derek Blasberg Asked YSL for $2,500 to Cover One of Their Parties Ubiquitous party reporter and fashion writer Derek Blasberg has been accused of trying to charge a pretty large fee to cover a party for Yves St. Laurent, a brand that he admits employs him for consulting work. Jezebel reports that according to a "credible source," he asked YSL for $2,500 to cover the party the label threw on Thursday for the relaunch of its Opium fragrance, which he filed a little report on for style.com the next day. Blasberg told Jezebel he didn't accept any money for what he called an "appearance" fee, but said he performed "consulting" work for the brand. Jezebel continues:
As Jezebel notes, there is nothing unusual about fashion writers and editors consulting for a fashion brand — and often they don't want to talk about it in detail, in our experience. These day (or night, as it may be) jobs — party reporting, writing about fashion — are not exactly high-paying if you don't count free Champagne as currency, making often lucrative freelance consulting gigs that pay actual money that much more appealing to these editors and writers. However, considering the editors and writers are supposed to make objective editorial judgments about fashion labels, is it ethical to do this kind of work? Does the freelance money influence what goes into their pages? Blasberg is a writer who admits he only wants to write nice things about people. Lots of fashion writers only want to write nice things about people, because there is an advantage to not upsetting those who advertise on your pages, and, ultimately, contribute to your paycheck. Whether he just received payment from style.com, or from YSL and style.com (Style.com hasn't commented on the site's policy regarding consulting work), everyone familiar with his work probably could have guessed what kind of story he would write anyway. Nevertheless, directly asking for money in exchange for editorial coverage undermines credibility. If this story turns out to be true, it's hard to see how Blasberg can continue writing for Style.com. Fashion Writer Might Do Fashion "Consulting" For The Right Price [Jezebel] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: party animals, derek blasberg, rumor mill, yves saint laurent
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:25 pm Autopsy showed morphine overdose killed Slipknot bassistSlipknot bassist Paul Gray's death two months ago was from an accidental morphine overdose, the Polk County, Iowa, medical examiner said Monday.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:17 pm Which California Gurl Is Dressing Under the Influence? After seeing her prance around in sexy, candy-licious costumes recently, we're sure the fellas can't keep their hands off this singer. But this right here is just bragging—not...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:15 pm Slipknot Bassist Died From Morphine OverdoseAutopsy results show the bassist for heavy metal band Slipknot died of an accidental overdose of morphine and fentanyl, a synthetic morphine substitute, police said Monday.
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:13 pm Faisal Shahzad Pleads Guilty Pleading guilty to all ten counts against him today, failed Times Square car bomber Faisal Shahzad said "he wanted 'to plead guilty and 100 times more' to let the U.S. know that if it did not get out of Iraq and Afghanistan, halt drone attacks and stop meddling in Muslim lands, 'we will be attacking U.S.'" He faces life in prison. [AP via ABC News] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: terrorble, faisal shahzad
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:12 pm Miranda Kerr and Orlando Bloom Make It Official If Orlando Bloom had been dating Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr for her looks, it would have been understandable. That flawless body! That creamy skin! Those adorable dimples! But we knew the day he was first photographed holding her small, ridiculous-looking dog that It Was Real. Now, after three years, the two are officially engaged, Entertainment Tonight reports. To celebrate the pending union of these two attractive woodland creatures, we would like to present you with a poem written by Kerr herself, which she sent to Intel Jessica a few years ago when she was profiling the model for an Australian magazine. (Don't ask.) Here it is.
Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: the most important people in the world, actors, miranda kerr, models, orlando bloom, soulmates
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:05 pm Guess the Twist in M. Night Shyamalan’s New Secret Script The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision blog says M. Night Shyamalan is quietly shopping a new screenplay around Hollywood, likely in hopes that a solid opening for his upcoming The Last Airbender will make studios forget all about what happened the last time he was allowed to direct from one of his own scripts. No details have been revealed about the project, and only a handful of studio VIPs have read the script (while under the supervision of a Shyamalan assistant). We do, however, know that Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Bruce Willis are all reportedly attached to star, which should be more than enough information for us to figure out the film's Shyamalanian twist ending. Our guess: In the movie's final minutes, we will learn that Cooper and Paltrow are not Bruce Willis's real parents. Have a better idea? Let us know in the comments. Shyamalan shopping new movie with big stars (exclusive) [Heat Vision/HR] Read more posts by Lane Brown Filed Under: twists, bradley cooper, bruce willis, gwenyth paltrow, m. night shyamalan, movies, the last airbender
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:00 pm 23 Best New iPad Accessories (So What If You Don’t Own One?) Ever since the iPad debuted in April, retailers have been dreaming up ways to cash in on the iGeek frenzy. Refinery 29 recently took stock of the least fugly storage cases on the market, and now even high-end designers have jumped on the iBandwagon (sorry, it's too easy). Louis Vuitton’s forthcoming iPad case will cost almost as much as the device itself, while Gucci’s version is slightly more affordable at $230. Marc by Marc Jacobs will introduce a neon neoprene sleeve in November, and Jack Spade, Kate Spade, and Dolce & Gabbana are all rumored to have iPad cases in the works.The iPad accessories currently on the market range from the purely decorative (decals), to the functional (stands, chargers), to the bizarre (suit jackets with kangaroo-style iPad pouches). Click ahead to see a roundup of our favorite iPad add-ons. Read more posts by Caitlin Petreycik Filed Under: trendlets, gucci, ipad accessories, ipads, jack spade, kate spade, louis vuitton, marc by marc jacobs, slideshow
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 4:00 pm What Kind of a Man Dances on the Subway? The Happiest Man.There have been uh-plennnnty of times in my lifetime where I will be riding the NYC subway listening to music, good music, and every fiber of my being (that’s hundreds of thousands of fibers) will feel the urge to stop, drop, and roll (My preferred fance move. Yes, fance.) down the aisle to the beat of the tune. Sadly, a little thing called “being reasonable” and “normal human instinct” will kick in, and my dancasies come to a crashing halt. As George Costanza once so famously said, “We are living in a society!” So the question I present to you now is: What kind of society is this man living in? And, more importantly, what the f-ck is he listening to that is just that good? Leave your guesses in the comments. Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:56 pm Zach Galifianakis Interviews Brian Williams for a Live ‘Between Two Ferns’At the Nantucket Film Festival, Galifianakis asked Williams all the hard questions, like about Larry King's farts.
Read more posts by Edith Zimmerman Filed Under: tv, between two ferns, brian williams, clickables, video, zach galifianakis
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:50 pm Review: Roots' 'How I Got Over' fulfills promise (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:45 pm Arthur Brisbane Will Be the New Times Public Editor Clark Hoyt, the Times public editor whose two-year term was extended another year in 2009, will finally get to hang up his in-house critic's cap this summer. He's set to be replaced by Arthur Brisbane, a former publisher and editor of the Kansas City Star and reporter at the Washington Post. According to the Times' job description, "the public editor works outside of the reporting and editing structure of the newspaper and receives and answers questions or comments from readers and the public, principally about articles published in the paper. His opinions and conclusions are his own." Hoyt wrote his own farewell column two weeks ago in the paper, citing his crusade against biased reporting and the use of anonymous sources as some of the high points in his difficult career. No doubt Brisbane — who assumes the mantle while the paper heads into an extremely contentious midterm-election season, during some of the most drastic financial and environmental crises of the decade — knows he's got his work cut out for him. The Times Announces New Public Editor [Media Decoder/NYT] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: ink-stained wretches, arthur brisbane, clark hoyt, media, new york times, newspapers
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:45 pm Lady Gaga’s Next Album to Be Like a Cake Full of Bitter Jelly In the same issue of Rolling Stone that features her on the cover wearing machine guns and nothing else, Lady Gaga says that her next, third album is already finished, though it won't be released until 2011. (Or, at least, she says, "I feel very strongly that it's finished right now," which probably doesn't preclude some fiddling.) Gaga also tells the magazine she plans to announce the title on New Year's Eve (by getting a tattoo of it, of course), and that it's angrier than her previous pop records. "I have been for three years baking cakes," she says. "And now I'm going to bake a cake that has a bitter jelly. The message of the new music is now more bitter than it was before. Because the sweeter the cake, the more bitter the jelly can be." We don't know what kind of metaphorical cakes she has been eating! But, we look forward to having a slice. [RS] Read more posts by Willa Paskin Filed Under: gaga, lady gaga, music
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:45 pm So About Miley Cyrus’s Monokini Getup Yesterday at the MuchMusic Video Awards, Miley Cyrus wore a mesh monokini over a triangle top and under a pair of leather shorts with what may be a piece of toilet paper tied around her head, those socks, and ... yeah. What do you think of the styling? Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: look of the day, miley cyrus
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:40 pm This Weekend’s Concerts, From Karen Elson to New Kids on the Block Today Out on the Weekend goes national, breaking out of New York City to get awesome shots of Matt and Kim and B.o.B. rocking something called the Summer Solstice Beach Ballyhoo in Santa Monica and Steve Earle upstate at the Great Hudson River Revival. There are great photos from right here in town as well, including Band of Horses and Jack White's lady Karen Elson inaugurating the new season of the Williamsburg Waterfront shows, and New Kids on the Block (!) and the Backstreet Boys (!!!) at Radio City Music Hall. All this, plus the New Pornographers, the Cringe, Melvins, the Morning Benders, and, of course, Shawn Colvin. Read more posts by Amos Barshad Filed Under: out on the weekend, music, slideshow
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:30 pm When President Obama Golfs, We All Win In response to criticism from Michael Steele and the RNC, White House spokesman Bill Burton said today that it "probably does us all good" when President Obama plays golf, which he does all the time. "I don't think that there's a person in this country that doesn't think that their president ought to have a little time to clear his mind," he added. Well, besides all the liberals who criticized George W. Bush for doing the same thing. They're irate, obviously. [Hill] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: obama is a human person, golf, politics
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:22 pm Prince William turns 28, engagement soon?Monday is a big day for royal-watchers.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:12 pm Why the hatred for Jaden Smith?What is Jaden Smith's crime? Last weekend, the up-and-coming young actor, who will turn 12 this July 8, starred in a remake of "The Karate Kid" that audiences flocked to beyond expectation and, from all available evidence, loved.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 21 Jun 2010 | 3:09 pm A&F Quarterly Returneth! After constant protests against Abercrombie's racy magazine meets catalogue, shot by Bruce Weber, the store ceased its publication in 2003. But on Saturday, July 17, it will return to Abercrombie stores, where you can buy one for $10. With things beginning to look up, catalogues of naked people riding elephants in rivers can't hurt. Why bother showing off the clothes, really? The bare torsos are what really get people excited. [Shophound] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: scantily clad hotties, af quarterly
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:55 pm Condé Nast Reheating Gourmet Reichl. Condé Nast chairman Si Newhouse has always been a little reluctant to license out his living glossy brands, but according to the Observer's John Koblin, once he's put such a brand out to pasture, he'll consider shopping around the name. Tomorrow morning Conde Nast is expected to make an announcement about the extension of the Gourmet brand, Conde sources tell us (this is unrelated to the launch of Dash magazine). The magazine folded back in October, and people have not been happy about that. The brand extension is expected to be primarily web-related.
Related: Will Gourmet Make a Comeback? [Grub Street] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: ink-stained wretches, conde nast, food, gourmet, magazines, media, ruth reichl
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:55 pm True Blood Recap: I Was A Teenage Nazi Vampire
If you, the loyal Best Week Ever reader, is anything like me, the Best Week Ever contributor, you’ve come to recognize that there is a dark side to the otherwise joyous time of the year known as summer. Yeah yeah yeah, there’s little sense denying the awesomeness of beaches, picnics and BBQs, but those of us who suffer from a paralyzing addiction to pop culture recognize that this otherwise joyous season is notable for its stunning lack of quality television. The major broadcast networks have long since given up on trying to launch anything compelling during the summertime months, instead choosing to flood the airwaves with tired repeats and substandard dreck like America’s Got Talent, So You Think You Can Dance and Wipeout. However, over the last few years, the creative sloth of the major broadcast networks has opened up some room for cable networks to counterprogram against the crap, a trend which gave birth to a few notable hits like Mad Men, Burn Notice and The Closer. And, as hinted at in the subject line above, True Blood! With that in mind, we figured that more than a few of you have been staying up late the last two Sunday nights to catch the third season of True Blood. Hence, the following recap! Hope you enjoy…
Just as things are about to get heated between Bill and Cooter, the Vampire King of Meanwhile, back in Bon Temps, there’s more than enough dramz to keep everyone in town occupied: Sookie, of course, is trying to find out who abducted her main squeeze, so she heads over to Fangtasia in the hopes that Eric will answer some questions. At first, he is reluctant to tell Sookie about his past dealings with werewolves, but we as viewers are treated to a WWII flashback in which Eric and Godric (R.I.P., yo) reveal themselves as, you guessed it, Nazi werewolf hunters! Much like in Underworld, the True Blood universe informs us that there is a centuries-old rivalry between vampires and werewolves, only with a slight wrinkle: Apparently some werewolves work with the vampires and some don’t, and the only way to tell who the “good guys” are is to check their necks to see if they’ve been branded with a Nazi symbol. Good guys, of course, being a relative term, because, well, vampires! Duh. And, let’s see what else is going on with the largest cast of recurring characters on television these days:
Lest we forget, there’s the whole subplot where Sam Merlotte searches for his birth parents. Can we all agree to ignore that section of the show until something interesting actually happens? Thank you. Oh, one more thing! Remember how we said that Eric was hesitant to discuss his Nazi werewolf-hunting past with Sookie? Well, as things are wont to happen on the show, he changed his mind within a matter of minutes. (Aside: Isn’t Alan Ball’s propensity to misdiagnose opportunities for dramatic tension annoying? He stretched out the whole Maryann subplot for WAAAAY too long, yet Bill escaped his kidnappers last week in a matter of seconds. Shouldn’t someone at HBO be helping him with this clear issue?) He sat Sookie down on the porch of her house and began to tell her about the “organized, well funded, and highly trained” army of Until next week! *Not really its name. ADDENDUM/POST-SCRIPT: By popular request, True Blood’s most meta moment to date. Sookie saying “SOOKIE”, Bill Compton style! Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:50 pm Regular Tub Old MachineThis is a real picture that is happening and is on the internet and will be in New York magazine. It’s naked Helen Mirren in a tub drinking coffee.
Make fun if you want. But it is undeniable… That coffee is HOT! Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:43 pm Ralph Nader Could Run for President Again Consumer advocate and liberal activist Ralph Nader, who has run in every presidential election in American history, recently declined to rule out another attempt at the White House in 2012, though he did say "he'd rather" another progressive candidate run instead. So would progressive voters, probably: He received 0.56 percent of the vote in 2008 and 0.38 percent in 2004. [Right Now/WP] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: spoiler alert, 2012, politics, ralph nader
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:36 pm Chinese Shoplifting Torture They may be embarrassed, but they still have hands. At A&N Food Market in Queens, they punish shoplifters by fining them $400 — or taking their picture, labeling it "Big Thief," and posting it on the wall. The practice is imported from China, where storekeepers go by the motto “Steal one, fine 10,” the Times reports. But while the pay-or-be-shamed method probably discourages A&N's clientele from slipping a frozen jellied eel or a live fish down their pants, it also may be illegal in New York. “If a store owner says he’ll call the police unless you pay up, that’s extortion, that’s illegal,” said Steven Wong, a community advocate in Chinatown, sitting in his office above a restaurant on Chatham Square. “And putting up pictures in public, calling someone a thief who has never even been formally charged, that’s a violation of their civil rights.”
Stores’ Treatment of Shoplifters Tests Legal Rights [NYT] Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: neighborhood news, china, crime, new york, nigeria, shoplifting
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:28 pm Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are engagedIt's (finally) official -- Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are engaged, his rep confirms to PEOPLE.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:19 pm Double the Gucci Pleasure: See Pics From Resort 2011 and Milan Menswear Behold 42 looks from Frida Giannini's menswear show in Milan, and 42 looks from her recently unveiled resort run. Given the two collections' similar color palettes (again, with the neutrals) and casual cuts, it'd be easy to imagine a well-to-do couple flitting around the Greek Islands, looking very expensive and entirely put-together in their matchy-matchy Gucci. Or a slightly frazzled Upper West Side fam, walking the dogs and picking up Parmalat. Same diff. It's about versatility, people! Read more posts by Ashlea Halpern Filed Under: resort 2011, designers, fashion shows, gucci, milan men's fashion week 2011
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:15 pm Chanel’s Newest ‘It’ Nail Polish; Anti-Aging Hair Treatments Hit Shelves MAKEUP • Karlie Kloss piles on hot-pink blush and liquid liner in Bergdorf Goodman’s latest catalogue. [Fashion Gone Rogue] HAIR FRAGRANCE NAILS Filed Under: beuaty marks, chanel, diptyque, finesse, fragrance, hair, karlie kloss, makeup, nails, redken, tom ford
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 2:00 pm EXCLUSIVE: Man Jailed For Kidnapping Jeremy London Claims They 'Partied Together' That NightBrandon Adams, 26, was arrested over the alleged incident last week and arraigned on five charges that include kidnapping and theft.
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:41 pm Please Identify This Object Raffaello Follieri Gave to Anne Hathaway (Updated) The FBI is auctioning off the jewelry and assorted other baubles Raffaello Follieri gave to his girlfriend Anne Hathaway before he was arrested for perpetrating a Ponzi scheme that involved the Pope (a mortal sin if ever there was one). On their inventory list is this object, which the agency describes as "a Cartier figurine." But a figurine of what? Intel Chris thinks it could be a duck. Intel Dan and Jessica think that it's way too lumpy to be a duck, and agree that it could be a mushroom, though what it mostly looks like is, kind of, well, a penis. But maybe it's just us. What do you think? Did Follieri give Anne Hathaway his dick in a box? And if not, then what is this thing? Your knowledge, in the comments. UPDATE: Bill Bastone of the Smoking Gun has emailed us another picture of the figurine, from an alternate angle. As you can see, the underside of the potential D is inscribed with ... something?  Bastone also notes that it was was found in a South Bronx storage bin rented by Follieri. Anne Hathaway's Tainted Baubles [Smoking Gun] Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: dick in a box?, anne hathaway, dicks, ducks, hathaello, mushrooms, raffaello follieri, the most important people in the world
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:41 pm Robbie Myers Is Fine With Nationally Televising Elle’s Catfights The Times poses a fair question for Elle: Is the publicity from its staffers appearing on The City actually good for the magazine? After all, there's Joe Zee (creative director!), who seemingly employs Olivia Palermo even though she can't show up to work or do her job most of the time. There's Erin, who seems like a power publicist with an attitude, but who also spends a lot of time bickering with Joe over her co-worker. And then there's Robbie Myers (editor-in-chief!), who seems amused by the antics, but then lied about firing Olivia, even though she's mostly incompetent. Well, in real life, Robbie is fine with the bitchitudes — contrived though they may be — and how that may look for the magazine.
So all (or almost all) publicity is good publicity. Besides, everyone knows offices are gossipy and full of resentment anyway. Elle, Not Camera Shy, Embraces Reality TV [NYT] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: inner city life, elle, erin kaplan, joe zee, mtv, olivia palermo, robbie myers, the city, tv
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:40 pm VIDEO: Fat Dudes In Business Casual Cutting StuffThis is my new favorite video of two middle-aged dudes in casual office attire slicing the crap out of meat, rope, playing cards, and tennis balls. Way better than my previous favorite movie in this category, Firehouse Dog, which failed to deliver on any of these things. Best part, 4:12 – The dude in a dress shirt and tie demonstrates a back-cut on a piece of meat, in case your next Powerpoint presentation devolves into a vicious knife fight. “How’d you like that to be your forearm?” I would not like that, guy who talks like Farva from Super Troopers. Two intense bonus stills, after the jump:
Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:36 pm Actress Amanda Bynes Retires at the Age of 24Taking to her Twitter page to express her disgust with the industry, the former Nickelodeon star said “Being an actress isn’t as fun as it may seem.”
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:36 pm Did President Obama Reveal His Whole Evil Immigration Plan to GOP Senator? Arizona senator Jon Kyl told a tea party audience last week that, like a movie villain who tells his adversary his entire plan for no reason, President Obama privately revealed to him that he won't secure the border because then Republicans "won’t have any reason to support comprehensive immigration reform." Though White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer insists that "the president didn’t say that and Senator Kyl knows it," Kyl's spokesperson responds, "There were two people in that meeting, and Dan Pfieffer [sic] was not one of them." It's hard to say what really happened, since it would be strange for Obama to be so blunt about his political calculations with a GOP senator, and it would also be a little odd for a GOP senator to just make up something like this out of whole cloth. See, these types of situations are exactly why we secretly record every conversation we have. White House says Jon Kyl story not true [Politico] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: crossing over, barack obama, he said he said, jon kyl
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:35 pm Larry David: So Modest "I have to edit my show every day for six hours — I’m in there with me talking. It’s brutal, to tell you the truth. I look horrible. I just can’t believe that people would watch me. It’s grotesque. I can’t even laugh at it — it’s too horrifying." —Larry David on Curb Your Enthusiasm [Dazed Digital] "Yes. But you exploit everyone in a film and I think we've been responsible. We set up a lot for them before any fuss started. We put them into school and set in place a trust that will look after them until they are 17. When the film became a huge hit, we got money from the profits to buy houses. Rubina has still not moved into the property, but the process is ongoing. I saw them the last time I was there." —Danny Boyle on whether he exploited the Slumdog Millionaire kids [Daily Express UK] "[T]he worst downside, and I don't consider this a downside, the worst thing that anybody could say is that I was gay and if somebody said that I guess they would be wrong, but I also wouldn't care and as far as being typecast, that's not the case, nonetheless I would be happy to play 100 gay roles as long as they were always good parts." —James Franco on playing gay characters [Independent UK] "Honestly, the only thing that's changed since winning an Oscar is that people now ask me how my life has changed since winning an Oscar. ... I remember about the week before the Oscar ceremony, I remember asking my agent in London, who happens to be an American who was brought up in Rhode Island, and I said to him 'Can you take some time at some point to explain to me what the Academy Awards are because I feel a little guilty that I'm in this sort of strange circus and I don't really understand what the Academy Awards are. I've never seen them on the television and I've certainly never been to one and I don't really understand why they're such a big deal for people who have access to them on the television.'" —Tilda Swinton [Cinematical] "I'm a Lord of the Rings fan. And I'll go on the forums. And they'll complain that Frodo is eating the Lembas bread outside of Mordor instead of the in the Mines of Moria. And they get really mad. You cannot focus completely on pleasing them because you'll never win. They'll never be happy no matter what you do." —Megan Fox [PopEater] "I started writing and acting in these little plays and then I was discovered by Dustin Hoffman. He got me my first audition for a film he was in, called I Heart Huckabees. ... I was 17 or 18 and I made this crank call CD that he really liked. I would call up hotels and pretend to be the assistant of a celebrity, asking what kind of weird things I could bring into the hotel. Once, during Oscar season, I asked about bringing in an aquatic tank for a pet seal, and they started figuring out all the different valves we'd need, the water pressure and stuff. Dustin thought it was so funny he made me do crank calls live for his family." —Jonah Hill [Guardian UK] "It's a little early to tell. I hear the same thing. And the minute I heard it, I told everyone, 'I'm in.' I'll do this forever." —Jerry Ferrara, a.k.a. Turtle, on rumors of an Entourage movie [LAT] "I think the makers of sequels just get soft and lazy and don’t think they need to try any more. I’ve heard that about Iron Man 2. I haven’t seen it yet but I have heard that it’s not as good as the first one for that very reason. Thankfully, Toy Story 3 is as good if not better than the original.” —Michael Keaton, who voices Ken in Toy Story 3 [Daily Express UK] "Doesn't everyone have someone like Edward in their family that seems to be in a problematical relationship?" —Twilight's Peter Falcinelli [Parade] Filed Under: quote machine, danny boyle, james franco, jerry ferrara, jonah hill, larry david, megan fox, michael keaton, peter falcinelli, tilda swinton
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:30 pm Read James Franco’s Essay on the Art of ActingFor 1,500 rambling words in Lapham's Quarterly, Franco reminds us that actors are not actually the same as their characters, that directors are in charge, and that soap operas are made differently than other shows. Read more posts by Edith Zimmerman Filed Under: movies, clickables, james franco, lapham's quarterly
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:25 pm Without Human Intervention, Sticky Removes Arrow From Own Neck For about a week now, rangers in Prospect Park have been chasing after "Sticky," the Canada goose who remarkably has survived for weeks with a broken arrow through his neck. The city workers wanted to remove the arrow so that Sticky didn't inadvertently injure himself further, or block his precious foie gras tube. But Sticky has had none of it, avoiding capture and minding his own business. When we last heard, the rangers were planning to wait until he molted and was unable to fly, when it would be easier to capture him for the painless removal procedure. Sticky, clearly being no fool and knowing what happens when the city rounds up geese for "painless procedures," went ahead and removed the arrow himself. Experts are flummoxed as to how he did this, considering most of the humans who live around Prospect Park can't even remove their own wood splinters, and they have opposable thumbs. How could Sticky have pulled this off? Look at the guy — he literally has Post-Its for hands! Mother Nature: full of wonders. Prospect Park Goose Now Arrowless [City Room/NYT] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: why they hate us, bird buccaneers, birds, geese, neighborhood news, prospect park, sticky, terrorists of the sky
Source: Daily Intel | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:25 pm New From Milan Men’s Fashion Week: Prada, Calvin Klein, and Vivienne Westwood Where Vivienne Westwood goes, spectacle (and brilliant weirdness) follows. Just check out this video of her menswear show, wherein the models practically dance — and in one instance, skateboard — down the runway, wearing bow ties, plaid pants, suspenders, ascots, and galaxy prints. On the slightly more subdued side, Prada showcased a few scrubs-like tops and oversize fanny packs, loads of loud orange, and some very funky bull's-eye sweaters. Plus, crop tops for men are in again! So says Calvin Klein, anyway, whose 42-look collection included five of the half-shirts, not to mention some seriously wow ball huggers and a bevy of sharp, geometrically patterned suits. (Witness the crop tops in video action here.) Read more posts by Ashlea Halpern Filed Under: milan men's fashion week 2011, calvin klein, prada, vivienne westwood
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:00 pm HBO Renews True Blood for a Fourth Season We're only two episodes into season three of True Blood and already HBO is ordering up a fourth! In summer 2011, we will have twelve more episodes of vampires, vampire sex, maenads, nudity, Sookie being dull, Jason's abs, werewolves, and whatever other mythical being will be so hot right then to look forward to. Read more posts by Willa Paskin Filed Under: pickup lines, true blood, tv
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 1:00 pm See the Roots’ New Video, ‘Dear God 2.0,’ Featuring Jim James and Monsters of FolkIn the video for the first single off How I Got Over (out tomorrow), Black Thought raps over Monsters of Folk's "Dear God," with a hook provided by Jim James of My Morning Jacket. Directed by Jason Goldwatch.
Read more posts by Edith Zimmerman Filed Under: music, black thought, clickables, how i got over, jim james, monsters of folk, my morning jacket, the roots, video
Source: Vulture | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:56 pm WWE Star Mickie James Tries Country MusicPro wrestler switches horses mid-career.
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:53 pm Wrestler Mickie James Changes HorsesJames said she was “starting from scratch” and “opening whole new chapter and a brand new journey” with her career change.
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:47 pm Taylor Lautner Recalls A 'Painful' Day Of Filming With Kristen Stewart - MTV.com
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:44 pm Mad Men Photo Hunt: Can You Spot The Difference?A new poster for season 4 of Mad Men is out today and it is very exciting. Don’s in his new empty office at Sterling Cooper Draper Price. We at BWE (we = me asking Dan for photoshop help and him saying “this is so stupid”) have set up a Mad Men inspired Photo Hunt game for you. Can you spot the difference? Click on the difference!
YOU WIN!!! YOU GET TO SLEEP WITH DON DRAPER!!!!! FIREWORKS! CONFETTI! PROBABLY THE CLAP!
The difference is we added the suicide guy from the credits. (Interesting thing I learned from watching the DVDs with commentary: They were going to have Harry Crane jump off the building at the end of the first season to replicate the suicide guy in the credits, but then they liked the character too much to kill him off.) Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:43 pm Le Monde takeover battle in final stretch (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:39 pm It's official! Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr are engaged - New York Daily News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:29 pm Check Out the Bag Anna Wintour Gifted to Her Vogue Staffers Anna Wintour knows that thing Christina Aguilera used to know — what a girl wants — which would be another handbag for no particular reason. She reportedly gave her entire staff the LeSportsac 4115 Tote ($98) as a summer gift, just because. [SheFinds] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: in vogue, anna wintour, lesportsac, vogue
Source: The Cut | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:25 pm Review: Sia's latest is one the year's top albums (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 12:11 pm Review: The-Dream is still catchy on latest album (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 11:55 am “Kid Farm” Is Our New Favorite Not Real Show of 2010In the spirit of TLC’s weekly “Vaginal Waterslide Hour” and “Seahorse Birth Week” comes “Kid Farm,” a hopefully soon-to-be real television show created by comedians Jamie Lee and Best Week Ever alum Pete Holmes and directed by the delightfully talented Oren Brimer. The show stars Pete and Katina Corrao as the parents of somewhere around 17 children, and what it takes to raise those kids into virgins who don’t believe in cave people. Believe them, it’s a lot of work! Did we mention adorable child actors?? And Matt McCarthy?!? While you watch “Kid Farm,” I’m going to deep fry my bangs, move to Arky, and finally give these hips of mine a chance to shine (what with all the amniotic fluid they’ll be covered in). Kid Farm from FrontPage Films on Vimeo. (via Comedy Central Insider.) Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 11:37 am Ron Artest’s New Rap Song “Champions” Not Terrible Enough To Be AmusingWhen I read that famously temperamental Lakers forward Ron Artest had released a new rap single celebrating the Lakers’ Championship, I thought for sure it was an internet-joke and I was gonna click on some morning radio parody song where a midwest DJ raps in an offensive faux-black voice about banging his psychiatrist. Then I realized it was a real song, and braced myself for athletes-trying-anything instant hilarity, and you know what? The song isn’t terrible. It’s not good, but it’s sadly not super-pathetic-LOL worthy, and in fact, if we adjust our expectations to athletes-doing-anything-else standards, it is literally Citizen Kane: Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 11:36 am Brian Wilson to Rejoin Beach Boys for 50th Anniversary TourFormer beach Boy Brian Wilson will join Mike Love and Al Jardine, the only other surviving members of the Beach Boys band, for a 50th anniversary tour next year.
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 11:32 am Review: Randolph takes subtle rout on third disc (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 11:17 am La Scala opera house workers demonstrate against budget cutsLa Scala opera house workers demonstrate against budget cuts next to the La Scala Theatre on May 2010 in Milan. A strike by opera performers led to the cancellation of Monday's performance of Gounod's...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 11:01 am Little Girl with Ugliest Pony Might Also Be Owner of Handsomest Llama
Prepare yourself for a story so sweet, so unbelievably British and twee, that you may, in fact, Mortal Kombat your own beating heart out of your chest, put a little bonnet on it, and share a milkshake with it across a small table. For starters, it involves a little girl whose name is Maddison Biddlecombe. I mean, can you even? Maddison is living every girl’s dream, in that a pony is her best friend. Only, her pony Diego is disfigured. So disfigured, in fact, that we’re not entirely sure it isn’t a llama. But don’t let details stand in the way of what will be the best story you read this week. Little Maddy is in a fight with her own Mother to keep this hilariously goofy and sweet pony alive.
She needs to raise 4,000 pounds in order to afford an equine dentist (my new dream job) which will turn this bucktoothed angel into a more handsome horseface. The good news is, the money they will surely receive once they sell the rights to the story to Pixar will more than cover the cost of a new set of horse teeth. Sh*t, this pony could slap a pair of implants on with that money! Hell, if Kelly Bensimon can do it, why can’t Diego? Ahead, two face-clawingly adorable photos of Maddison and Diego, like one of them kissing and one of them spooning. We swear, it’s not as weirdly inappropriate as it reads. Yes, you can spoon a pony. Especially rere-faced ones!
Wait, now things are getting awkward…
God, we want a disfigured pony so badly it hurts. [Photos: Splash News Online] Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 10:30 am $tar Trek And Ke$haI do not have any sort of appreciation for Ke$ha’s Tik Tok nor have I ever been a fan of the original Star Trek TV series. But, it turns out if you use clips from the original Star Trek TV series to make a music video for Tik Tok, it is very great. Set tasers to party time. Or something. I don’t know enough about either of these things to competently reference them. (Thanks, DailyWh.at) Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 10:29 am Director Louie PsihoyosDirector Louie Psihoyos attends a screening of "The Cove" hosted by Tribeca Film on January 2010 in New York City. The Japanese distributor of "The Cove" said Monday it would begin screening the Oscar-winning...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 21 Jun 2010 | 10:27 am Lady Gaga Exactly As Naked As Always On New Rolling Stone CoverWow!!! Lady Gaga is almost naked on the cover of the new Rolling Stone! Such unprecedented unprecedentedness! Well, there was that one time Lady Gaga was naked on the cover of Rolling Stone. But besides that, unprecedented!
EW says this photo “Has everyone talking”, I guess about how she appeared much more naked on the same magazine two years ago? That’s what I’ve been talking about at the water cooler today, to whoever’s randomly walked by. Also, that Seinfeld. You know what they say, Gaga – “If you can’t get more naked, just get gun boobsier.” - Patrick Henry Source: Best Week Ever | 21 Jun 2010 | 10:23 am Keck's Exclusives: Desperate Housewives Casting New Roles, Recasting OneWho is being replaced on Desperate Housewives? Going into its seventh season, the ABC series is looking for a new Penny, the daughter of Tom and Lynette Scavo. Kendall Applegate, 11, who took over the role from toddler twins two seasons ago when the show jumped five years into the future, is out. The search is now on for a new 12-year-old actress to take over the role.
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 10:15 am Reggie Bush Could be Running From IRS on Gifts Allegedly Received at USCThe IRS might be chasing Reggie Bush for back taxes, penalties and interest on the estimated $300,000 worth of luxury gifts he allegedly received while playing football at the University of Southern California. And if they catch him, Bush could end up writing the government agency a check on the high side of $150,000.
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 10:12 am Roush Review: Finale Watch: TremeAt its languid but intoxicating best, HBO's Treme dances and grooves to its own peculiar and particularly New Orleans beat. Call it the rhythm of life. And, naturally, death. But mostly life. Such is the case in the series' languorous 80-plus-minute finale, infused with sorrow but also overflowing with a defiant resilience and joy in the moment that captures the ebullient nature of this national treasure of a city.
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 9:46 am Chris Klein Checks Into Rehab After DUI ArrestKlein checked into Utah’s Cirque Lodge, which has previously treated Lindsay Lohan, Melanie Griffith and Kirsten Dunst, among other celebrities.
Source: FOXNews.com | 21 Jun 2010 | 9:45 am Eminem returns to form with excellent 'Recovery' (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 21 Jun 2010 | 7:32 am Prada Lean but Not so Mean (Fashion Wire Daily)
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When we left off last week, Bill Compton had just escaped the clutches of a bunch of V-crazed bikers, only to find himself surrounded by a pack of hungry-looking werewolves (hate it when that happens!). In stark contrast to the baby-faced cuteness of teen wolves like Twilight’s Taylor Lautner, these lycanthropes all look as if they’re too old to even remember their own 
