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Celebritology Weekend: A 'Twilight' night in the DC area; addressing rumors ... - Washington Post
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 Jun 2010 | 4:07 am Saturday, June 26, 2010 - Updated 10h ago - Boston Herald
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 Jun 2010 | 3:51 am Farrah Fawcett's companion, children visit her grave a year laterFarrah Fawcett's son, Redmond O'Neal, visited his mother's grave for the first time Friday, the anniversary of the actress's death.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 26 Jun 2010 | 3:00 am Jackson: A tribute from fans, a lawsuit from dad - The Associated Press
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Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 26 Jun 2010 | 2:26 am Farrah Fawcett's companion, children visit her grave a year later - CNN
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Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 26 Jun 2010 | 1:46 am Guests for the Sunday TV news shows___ ABC's "This Week" _ CIA Director Leon Panetta. ___ CBS' "Face the Nation" _ Sens. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Carl Levin, D-Mich. ___ NBC's "Meet theSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 26 Jun 2010 | 1:42 am People in the news: Jake Pavelka heading back to 'Bachelor Pad' - Dallas Morning News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 26 Jun 2010 | 1:39 am Stewart, O'Neal dedicate Farrah Fawcett Foundation (AP)
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Source: Entertainment - Google News | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:51 pm Stewart, O'Neal dedicate Farrah Fawcett FoundationFarrah Fawcett's closest friends marked the first anniversary of her death by dedicating a cancer-research foundation in her name. Alana Stewart, Ryan O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal and Redmond...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:46 pm Jackson fans around the world have begun marking the first anniversary of the music icon's deathA boy looks up at a wax figure of pop icon Michael Jackson made in remembrance of the one year anniversary of his death in Los Angeles. Jackson fans around the world have begun marking the first anniversary...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:24 pm VIDEO: The King of Pop remembered one year on. Duration: 01:06VIDEO Michael Jackson was more than just a rock star and the day marking one year after his death will be more than just an anniversary. His passing, after a half-century spent in the spotlight, unhinged...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:24 pm Teen love triangle at center of new "Twilight" - Reuters
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:23 pm TV producer challenges extradition in Mexico (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:17 pm Teen love triangle at center of new "Twilight" (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:14 pm Party Down Season Finale Recap: We Belong Together This is how the Party ends, my friends. Not with a bang, but a wedding. Still, if this is the end of the line for the most critically adored/commercially ignored sitcom since Arrested Development (R.I.P.), then what a way to go. “Constance Carmel Wedding” rescues Jane Lynch from the misery of her Glee mega-success, allowing her one last go at her greatest creation: the delightfully dippy Constance Carmel, star of Dingleberries, notorious drunk dialer and, now, soon to be wife to Howard Greengold, a sleazy, septuagenarian producer with an oxygen tank, a bum ticker and a set of what I believe is referred to in the lecher community as “happy hands.” (In a coup, Howard is played by Alex Rocco. It's easily his best role since the glory days of The Famous Teddy Z (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Famous_Teddy_Z)). And Constance’s wedding has everything you’d expect from a New Age-Jewish ceremony: dramatic confessions of love, high-test marijuana cookies, an emo song that might be about the Holocaust and Henry finally maybe embracing the good kind of crazy. Also: Patrick Duffy! Each of our beloved Pink Ties gets to shine in what could be (should be? will be?) their final catered event, egged on to goofy new heights by the peerless Lynch. Clueless as ever, Constance’s real joy at seeing her old workmates is also barbed. “How’s my favorite bartender?” she asks Henry before gushing, “you guys look the same!” The only person who doesn’t get a warm welcome is Lydia, who introduces herself as “your replacement!” leading to all sorts of delightful, passive-aggressive undercutting. (Seriously, we’d watch a Mullally/Lynch sitcom. The height difference alone = comedy gold!) Ron doesn’t fare to well either: his noisy entrance seemingly causes Howard to drop dead — only to pop back up again laughing at his hilarious “little joke.” Love this guy! Anyway, Ron has bigger issues than potential manslaughter: namely that Danielle, his soulmate (they finish each other’s food, er, sentences) is a guest at the wedding along with her cuckolded fiance, Stuart Zune (you know, of Zune Bouncy Houses). Also there? Danielle’s dad, Bolus Lugozshe, the head of Party Down catering and the man about to give Ron his dream job at the company just as long as Ron doesn’t do something stupid, like steal his precious daughter away from his beloved soon-to-be son-in-law. Problems! Meanwhile, Roman is ignorantly nibbling on three wildly potent pot cookies that will, according to their hippie creator, “make your colon sing.” Soon Roman is calling the paramedics from the bathroom, not because his colon is doing the Jeff Buckley version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” but because he’s asking people to take off their “sun helmets” and generally being the funniest super high person we’ve seen on television since Jennifer Coolidge in the last episode of season one. (It’s not all bad for Roman: after being led on a spirit quest that involves imagining himself as a self-devouring serpent, he dictates what may well be his masterpiece to the helpful hippie who jots it all down on a very large roll of toilet paper.) What else? Kyle, when not laughing at Roman’s Vision Quest, performs a song written specially for Constance, his fellow misunderstood Aryan, with his band Karma Rocket. After taking the time to butter up an elderly Jewish powerbroker by explaining what emo is (reminds us of our book tour!), Kyle takes the mic to perform “My Struggle,” a song he thinks is about making it in Hollywood, but judging by its lyrics about money, conspiracy, trains, and giving people numbers, it’s actually about the Holocaust. Or as he puts it, the “Holo-what?” Classic. As for Henry, when he’s not cleaning up urine in the Ladies Room, he’s busy reading a script called Velour that Kyle is up for a part in but, being Kyle, doesn’t understand. Henry is really into it, showing Casey a new side of him: the side that kinda cares about stuff. But the two are soon drawn into a dispute over a last minute pre-nup that Howard’s icy daughter (played by Cassie from Eastbound & Down!) is demanding her father sign before he marries that “cunt spending our fortune on scented candles.” The wedding itself is a wild one: Ron declares his love for Danielle and gets decked by the justifiably aggrieved Stuart for his trouble and Patrick “Duffles” Duffy tries to win Constance back by reminding her of the time they made love in a glider plane over the rainforest and again in the waterfall where they crashed. But no dice. Constance is in love. (“Gold digger actress pursues wealthy producer with a heart condition,” sputters Howard’s daughter. Constance: “Oh, I know. It’s like a fairy tale!”) Also, she was drunk when she left an hour long message on Duffles’s voicemail. Back to Dallas for you! Of course, Constance and Howard’s wedded bliss lasts as long as it takes for their “Just Married” limo to get halfway down the driveway. Howard dies in the backseat. Oh well. But! He signed his pre-nup as “Jack Shit.” Constance gets the money! All is well! Except all is not well: Casey finds out her heralded scene in the “Apatow movie” has been cut. Henry tries to comfort her but Casey calls him on it: “Maybe if we were the same kind of crazy but we’re not. Because if you’re not crazy enough to believe it for you than how can you believe it for me?” she asks before walking away. And for a second it seems like Party Down is again going to end a season by ripping apart hipster America’s number one dream couple. But the next day, at a “Monday Bar Mitzvah” (natch), Henry isn’t there. “He had something to do,” Casey is told. And slowly a creeping smile of realization spreads across her face. And we’re out on Henry going in for an audition. Ready to actually try again, one more time. Crazy? Maybe. But at least this time it’s the right kind of crazy. So! A hilarious end to a great season but also a tonally perfect one. There are no instant successes in Party Down — except maybe for Ron, who one day after nearly losing everything and getting punched in the nose is now happily co-habitating with Danielle, still in line for his dream job, and even adopting a talking bird. The fact that the struggle continues for this group of lovable, self-deluding losers actually makes us think that the show could survive and even thrive in a third season without its tiny, talking-bird-like leading man (who is now committed to the almost-as-wonderful Parks & Rec): with Henry acting again, we could foreground Casey as the one struggling between disillusionment and dreams, and god knows Lizzy Caplan is up for anchoring a show. We could watch her for days and not necessarily for the same two reasons that Howard Greengold can. Godspeed, Party Down. This year alone you brought us Guttenberg and Duffles, a man hotboxing himself in a coffin and the most comfortably casual relationship on television. You will be missed. Even if you never did teach us, exactly, which parts the flanks are on a woman. Read more posts by Andy Greenwald Filed Under: overnights, party down, recaps, tv
Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:00 pm TV producer challenges extradition in MexicoProsecutors say lawyers for a reality TV producer accused of murdering his wife in Mexico have filed a legal challenge there to try to block his extradition. Mexico has requested Bruce...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 8:57 pm Tenor Anthony Kearns Opens Redlands Bowl Festival On Fri., June 25; Sings at Anaheim Angels' Game On Sun., June 27Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 7:06 pm Friday Night Lights Recap: Straight Flush This corker of an episode is unfortunately named “The Toilet Bowl.” We understand how that could be off-putting, so how about we phrase it like this: Tim Riggins fake-interviewing a puppy with a beer can. Is that something you might be interested in?
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Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 7:00 pm Kristen Stewart: Twilight "Definitely" Connects to Real-Life Virgins; Does Robert Pattinson Agree? Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson's Eclipse characters, Bella and Edward, essentially have three or so movies of virginal eternal longing for each other; they never quite go all the way...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:57 pm Jackson Family Fans Out to Mourn Michael on First Anniversary of His Death Wherever the members of the Jackson family were today, they were mourning Michael.
While Michael's siblings paid their respects to their fallen brother with a trip to his mausoleum...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:45 pm Global tribute marks year since Michael Jackson's deathLOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Michael Jackson fans worldwide paid tribute to the late King of Pop on Friday, the first anniversary of his death, by remembering him in song and dance even asSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:32 pm Jim Gillen Joins PowerDirect as VP of Business DevelopmentSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:22 pm Police release tape from Gore accuser's interview - The Associated Press
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:21 pm Scott Disick's Diatribe Gets Cops' Attention Scott Disick must not be a big fan of the whole Neighborhood Watch idea.
Kourtney Kardashian's beau took extra exception when a female neighbor criticized his parking job while he...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:15 pm Lou Reed sings for Gorillaz at GlastonburyPILTON, England (Reuters) - British band Gorillaz brought Arabic flutes, heavy rap and veteran rocker Lou Reed to the Glastonbury music festival on Friday in an eclectic set played before...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:11 pm AEG Live talks with labels point to market changes (Reuters)Reuters - AEG Live's confirmation that it has held preliminary talks with major labels about a possible investment in the concert promoter highlights growing label interest in establishing a presence in the touring business.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Jun 2010 | 5:47 pm Mark-Paul Gosselaar Flunks Out of Marriage Mark-Paul Gosselaar's marriage has gone by the Bayside, er, wayside.
A couple weeks after he and wife Lisa Ann Russell confirmed that they had separated, the actor filed for divorce...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 5:45 pm Michael Jackson's father files wrongful death suit (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Jun 2010 | 5:43 pm Kanye Kicking Off BET Awards Show He's gonna let 'em finish all right. Bet on it.
After lying low the last six months or so following last September's MTV VMAs debacle when he foolishly interrupted Taylor...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 5:31 pm Eminem, clean and sober, draws on new inspirationNEW YORK (Billboard) - "Make some noise for a gentleman who's come a long way." It's a muggy, breeze-less June night in New York, and some 200 fans have pressed into Bowery Ballroom under...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 5:23 pm Jackson: A tribute from fans, a lawsuit from dadMichael Jackson's fans from New York to Tokyo held quiet tributes on the first anniversary of his death Friday, a day his father marked by filing a wrongful-death lawsuit against the doctorSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 5:07 pm Jake & Vienna Fought About Chelsie, Says DWTS Pal Jake Pavelka proclaims on this week's cover of People magazine that "jealousy" killed his relationship with Vienna Girardi.
Dancing With the Stars pro-hoofer Edyta Sliwinska...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 5:07 pm Another Model Down: Viveka Babajee Commits Suicide Tom Nicon, Daul Kim, and Viveka Babajee Bollywood actress and Indian model Viveka Babajee, 37, was found dead today, Thaindian News reports. She allegedly hanged herself from a ceiling fan in her suburban Mumbai apartment. According to The Calcutta Telegraph, the former Miss Mauritius titleholder and one-time face of Coca-Cola and Kama Sutra ads in India, suffered from severe depression. Babajee's death adds to an ever-growing list of recent model suicides, loaning credence to what Jezebel contributor and ex-model Jenna Sauers posited last month: "Suicidal models are fashion's worst trend." Indeed, in the past two years, a hauntingly high number of models have taken their own lives. There was 20-year-old Korean superstar Daul Kim, of course, who stalked down runways for Alexander McQueen and Chanel before hanging herself in her Paris apartment last November. French model Noémie Lenoir tried to kill herself in May; and last Friday, one day before the men's fashion shows kicked off, 22-year-old French model Tom Nicon plunged from his apartment in Milan, in what authorities suspect was a suicide. And that's to say nothing of the deaths of Russian Vogue cover model Ruslana Korshunova, Colombian model-turned-TV presenter Lina Marulanda, Canadaian bombshell Hayley Kohle, not to mention Alexander McQueen and Isabella Blow. But are any of these suicides really connected, or just a tragic coincidence? Do they speak to the tremendous pressures of a looks-obsessed industry, or inadvertently glamorize the act as noble in some sick way? Dr. Lanny Berman, executive director of the American Association of Suicidology in Washington D.C., says that in the month following Marilyn Monroe's fatal overdose, the numbers of young women dying in the same manner spiked. They were most likely victims of a “non-specific loss of hope,” he says, plagued by the idea that if someone so successful couldn’t make it, how could they? But Dr. Berman is hesitant to judge the rash of fashion suicides in a similar light, saying that “if you then suggest that there is a cluster going on of imitative suicide, you then influence the problem." To prove that these are indeed copycat suicides, he adds, models would have to have shown undue interest in, or looked up to those peers who took their own lives — "otherwise the evidence is coincidental.” Sauers thinks it's important to recognize the "extremely high-pressure environment" that models exist in. “When you’re successful, you’re sort of surrounded by people who have a financial interest in your career, who want you to be working hard all the time,” she says, further noting that agents “may not necessarily look very kindly on the notion of taking time off, even to deal with an obvious mental health problem.” Preston Chaunsumlit, a freelance casting agent and close friend of the late Daul Kim says the model once told him she took 17 flights in three weeks. Four days before she died, she wrote on her blog, “Oh but how lonely it is. then and now.” Chaunsumlit, who met Daul in New York in 2007 at an Ohne Titel casting, and says he spoke with her almost daily, also wonders if his industry was somehow complicit. “I’m kind of responsible for these young people and one of them I am really close with is not here any more,” he says, “I asked other casting people, ‘Are we doing something weird? People are dying all around us.’” Charlotte Ronson sees campaigns like the Council of Fashion Designers of America’s 2007 “Beauty is Health”, which asked designers to avoid using rail-thin models, as a step toward alleviating job-related stress. “There are pressures of any industry, but when it’s that transparent and it’s all about your exterior,” says Ronson, it “is effecting how you feel about yourself.” Certain industries do have higher rates of suicide, says Dr. Berman, though he was not aware of any studies of its prevalence in fashion. “But even in industries where suicide rates are higher than others, it’s always going to be the most vulnerable,” he says. “You never want to leave the impression that this is something that healthy people do." But Gaspard, Tom Nicon’s agent at Next, says the model seemed healthy enough. “Sometimes, you know, you have some kind of fragile kid,” he says, “but [Nicon] was the last person you would expect [to commit suicide].” Though Chaunsumlit says Kim griped to him about her day-to-day annoyances, it all sounded pretty normal — “growing-pains.” Neither Gaspard nor Chaunsumlit knew how either model truly suffered, until it was too late. Now that Kim's gone, says Chaunsumlit, "it [just] feels like she is on a really busy, busy schedule. The difference is that I’m not going to see her in the magazines anymore." Read more posts by Sarah Maslin Nir Filed Under: model tracker, alexander mcqueen, american association of suicidology, cfda, chanel, council of fashion designers of america, daul kim, designer suicides, designers, gaspard, hayley kohle, isabella blow, jenna sauers, jezebel, lanny berman, lina marulanda, model suicides, models, noemie lenoir, preston chaunsumlit, ruslana korshunova, thaindian news, the calcutta telegraph, tom nicon, trends, viveka babajee
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 5:02 pm Meg Whitman’s FAIL Blog FAIL California gubernatorial candidate and former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has released a sharp, distinctive, and modern-looking ad highlighting the many supposed failures of her Democratic opponent, Jerry Brown. But the attempt to connect with young, web-savvy voters has enraged Internet powerhouse Cheezeburger Network, responsible for such online juggernauts as I Can Has Cheezburger? and FAIL Blog. This afternoon, Cheezeburger Network founder Ben Huh accused Whitman of co-opting his FAIL meme for political purposes by making it appear in the ad as if Jerry Brown had been the subject of one of the website's namesake "fails." The missive reads in part:
The Whitman video is still up on YouTube, and it's unclear whether she plans to apologize or simply crush FAIL Blog entirely with her vast eBay Internet powers. (brief FAIL Blog moment comes at 0:51) Honesty Fail [FAIL Blog] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: early and awkward, ads, california, failblog, meg whitman, politics, the internt
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:55 pm New From Paris Men’s Fashion Week: Comme des Garçons, Henrik Vibskov, Yohji Yamamoto, and More Viktor & Rolf, Henrik Vibskov, Gaspard Yurkievich. The latest menswear galleries speak for themselves, but if you look at nothing else before splitting for the weekend, take a gander at the skull-happy skirts from Comme des Garçons and a pilgrim update by Yohji Yamamoto. Love all around. Cerruti Read more posts by Ashlea Halpern Filed Under: paris men's fashion week 2011, cerruti, comme des garcons, designers, fashion shows, gaspard yurkievich, givenchy, henrik vibskov, kris van assche, smalto, viktor & rolf, walter van beirendonck, yohji yamamoto
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:25 pm Joe Jackson Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Dr. Conrad MurrayMichael Jackson's father has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the doctor charged with giving the pop superstar a lethal dose of sedatives.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:10 pm Fuse and MSG Entertainment Present 'Maroon 5 Live From the Beacon Theatre' Presented by Coca-Cola on Tuesday, July 27 at 9pm ETSource: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:08 pm Herbie Hancock & friends throw rousing jazz shindig (Reuters)Reuters - The evening might have been titled "Herbie Hancock: Seven Decades -- The Birthday Celebration," but the guest of honor clearly had no interest in hogging the spotlight.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:05 pm E-books pave way for more blockbusters, serials (Reuters)Reuters - Stieg Larsson copycats take note: The slow rise of electronic books is paving the way for more safe-bet fiction blockbusters and serial-type books, at least in the short term, according to some book experts.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:03 pm Thom Yorke, Johnny Greenwood Play Hooky at Glastonbury They're just weeks away from the completion of a new Radiohead album, but Thom Yorke and Johnny Greenwood sneaked out of the studio today to play a surprise two-man set (consisting of no new songs) at England's Glastonbury Festival. Get back to work, you guys! [At Ease via Pitchfork] Read more posts by Lane Brown Filed Under: radiohead, jonny greenwood, music, thom yorke
Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:00 pm Billboard CD reviews: Kylie Minogue, Dierks Bentley (Reuters)Reuters - "Dance/It's all I wanna do," Kylie Minogue tells us on "All the Lovers," the opening track of her 11th studio album, "Aphrodite." And with electronic specialist Stuart Price (Madonna, Seal) at the helm as executive producer, she never leaves the floor.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:00 pm A Downside to Summer: The Vera Bradley–Bag Onslaught Is it true that summer is the time when more Vera Bradley bags can be seen on the streets of New York than any other season? The New York Post says so in its random ode to the Vera Bradley bag, which the paper reports can be seen in droves at the beginning and end of a summer weekend, as allegedly stylish women stuff their allegedly stylish clothes inside the quilted floral monstrosities and sling them over their shoulders as they depart for and return from their beach jaunts. This seems to us like just another reason to avoid the weekend trips, but then again, the Vera Bradley bag has never been one of our favorite things. The problem is how, outside of a grandmother's country cottage, it ruins the scenery. Everything's normal in your line of vision, and then all of a sudden you notice someone brought a little piece of their grandmother's bedspread onto the subway — or into the bar, or onto the street, or wherever in public they may be — and then you realize that it's not an oversize, extra-fancy neck pillow, but something someone saw fit to pair with an outfit probably involving flats with a decorative metal plate on the toe. So the Vera Bradley bag is not for us (there are so many other weekend bags you can use), but do disagree if you'd like, in the comments. Quilt trip [NYP] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: why?, handbags, vera bradley
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:00 pm Timing's Everything: Joe Jackson Slaps Doc With Wrongful Death Suit If ever there was a day when Joe Jackson had the world's undivided attention, it's today.
But rather than use the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson's death to offer up...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 4:00 pm Mexican masks, retro futuristic suits hit Paris (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:58 pm Diahann Carroll Shines During Tribute Concert
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:49 pm Five Things You've Gotta Know about the New Season of Hung Before you get all tangled up in the hotness that is Thomas Jane and his sexy HBO series Hung, there are a few things we need to tell you.
Five to be exact, including some spoilery fun...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:45 pm Lady Gaga Changes Outfits Five Times at the Twelfth Annual White Tie and Tiara Ball The ball, which was held last night in association with the jeweler Chopard at Elton John's "house" in Windsor, England, benefited the Elton John AIDS Foundation. Gaga politely adhered to the dress code with a white latex jacket, white underwear, a pale-jeweled face mask, a white rubber headdress-cape, and a relatively demure white bucket hat and jacket. See the full outfits in the Lady Gaga Look Book. Read more posts by Edith Zimmerman Filed Under: lady gaga,
Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:40 pm Emma Watson Wears a Sexy Corset to Glastonbury Emma Watson wore cuffed denim shorts, a printed Louis Vuitton bustier top, and knee-high black socks while attending the Glastonbury Music Festival. Would you ever wear a corset to a hot and sweaty and potentially rainy outdoor summer music festival? Read more posts by Diana Tsui Filed Under: look of the day, emma watson
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:30 pm Bono, Adam Sandler, and Guy From Saw to Pick Oscar Winners Now The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences extended invitations today to 135 top actors, filmmakers, and studio execs — plus Bono, the Edge, Adam Sandler, and Tobin Bell — to join the Oscar-bestowing organization. Other notable members-to-be: T-Bone Burnett, Vera Farmiga, James Gandolfini, Anna Kendrick, Mo'Nique, Carey Mulligan, Jeremy Renner, Ryan Reynolds, Saoirse Ronan, Zoe Saldana, Gabourey Sidibe, and Christoph Waltz. We hope the Oscar-voting half of U2 at least lets Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. borrow their screeners. Academy invites 135 to join as members [Boffo/Variety] Read more posts by Lane Brown Filed Under: kudos, adam sandler, ampas, bono, movies, oscars
Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:30 pm Apple Says to Stop Holding Your iPhone With Your Hand Like an Idiot WRONG. The new best thing invented by man, the iPhone 4, is already facing backlash over one alleged drawback, which became evident to people immediately after the phone went on sale yesterday. It appears that, owing to the particularities of its sophisticated, extra sleek design, the phone doesn't get great reception when you hold it in your hand. Some people perceive this as a major defect, apparently, but Apple CEO Steve Jobs doesn't see what all the complaining is about. "Non issue. Just avoid holding it in that way," he nonchalantly responded to one ignorant customer. Do you even want customers this dumb, Steve Jobs? Apple on iPhone complaints: You're holding it wrong [CNN] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: iphone therefore i am, apple, iphone 4, phones, steve jobs, technology
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:25 pm Joe Cassano Goes to Washington Finally, we will get a new head shot of this dude. He may have escaped criminal charges, but AIG's former financial-products head Joe Cassano may wish they would just jail him already when Phil "Zinger" Angelides and the rest of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission force him to explain his company's use of derivatives next Wednesday. [FCIC via Felix Salmon] Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: aggravating insurance giants, aig, joe cassano
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:14 pm Philadelphia Magazine Editor Ousted After Presenting Photo of Testicular Cyst to Female StafferPhilly mag editor (and onetime aspiring congressman) Larry Platt is well known around the office for his inappropriate jokes with staffers (Philly Gossip compared him to Michael Scott from The Office). But it was when he presented a "framed photo of a cyst removed from his testicle" as a parting gift to a woman who was leaving the magazine that tipped magazine brass over the edge, spurring them not to renew his contract. Staffer Tom McGrath will be interim editor. Meanwhile, we have officially requested a photo of said cyst. Hopefully it is not shaped like an ear. [Philly.com] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: the sixth borough, growths, ink-stained wretches, larry platt, magazines, media, philadelphia, philadelphia magazine, testicles
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:00 pm A List of Rumored September Cover Girls Halle Berry. September fall-fashion issues break in just a couple of months. It's the biggest, most important issue of the year for fashion magazines, and therefore adds pressure to put a face on the cover that can really move issues off the stands. We've combed the papers, online fashion forums, and tapped our sources to compile lists of likely August and September cover girls. We're showing you August because that helps you figure out who might not get another cover for September. Again, these are based on rumors, but likely, by our estimation. If rumors about Halle Berry landing Vogue's September cover prove true, she will be the first black woman to grace the magazine's September issue since Naomi Campbell in 1989, according to Fashionista. AUGUST SEPTEMBER Read more posts by Amy Odell and Eve Bertin-Lang Filed Under: the most important month of the year, ali larter, british harpers bazaar, british instyle, british marie claire, cat deely, dakota fanning, drew barrymore, elle, gisele, halle berry, harpers bazaar, jennifer aniston, jon hamm, julia robers, lady gaga, lucky, marie claire, models, nicole richie, rebecca hall, vanity fair, vogue, w
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:00 pm Mel Gibson Restrains Baby Mama? Or Is It the Other Way Around? It's probably safe to assume Mel Gibson didn't have the happiest Father's Day.
Things have taken a turn for the nasty in octo-Mel's split from baby-mama Oksana...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 3:00 pm Download a Free New Of Montreal Song, ‘Coquet Coquette’It's the first track to surface off the indie rockers' upcoming False Priest (out September 14) — click through to listen and pick up a free MP3. Read more posts by Edith Zimmerman Filed Under: music, clickables, false priest, mp3, of montreal
Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:55 pm One Year Later: Remembering Michael JacksonA look back at Michael Jackson on the one-year anniversary of his sudden death.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:54 pm Score Discounts on the City’s Best Hair-Straightening Treatments Summer is hell on curly hair. You can get the world's best blowout in the evening, but come the following morn, tendrils are springing up around your face like telephone wires. Those who've ponied up the funds to professionally straighten their locks know it's a game changer: You can go swimming in a pool or the ocean, or get caught in a rain shower, and your hair will dry straight and frizz-free, no blowing required. As it turns out, the Upper East Side is a hotbed for salons offering smoothing treatments. We put our frizzy head to the test and found the following four to offer the best results for the money. Paul Labrecque Salon Ishi Samuel Shriqui Read more posts by Beth Landman Filed Under: damn straight, beauty, beauty news, best hair straightening treatments, paul labrecque, salon ishi, samuel shriqui, simadi, trends
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:50 pm Shockingly, BP Not Likely to Reward Tony Hayward With Golden Parachute on Exit Over the past couple of years, we've seen a lot of corporate giants crumble in highly public circumstances. At best, they've impacted the global economy. At worst, they've perpetrated destruction on the world that it will take years to fix. The heads of many CEOs have rolled because of this, but in many cases, those heads have landed softly on 1,000-count pillowcases in Greenwich, having been gently laid to rest there by billowy golden parachutes. Meanwhile, the public is left to ogle astoundedly outside the privet hedges. But in the case of BP CEO Tony Hayward, CNNMoney says that's not likely to be the case. Here's why: • Upon departure, Hayward stands to gain nearly 1.2 million "performance shares" under a deferred compensation plan for company directors. But those shares, which would vest in 2011, are contingent on "an assessment of safety and environmental sustainability," according to BP's last annual report. Yeah. Those aren't going to vest. Golden parachute unlikely if Hayward leaves BP [CNNMoney] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: cleaning up, bp, golden parachutes, tony hayward, white men without money
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:50 pm 'Grown Ups' that are anything but - Washington Post
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:46 pm The Playbook: How TV Land Made the Old-School Hot in Cleveland Into a New Hit A month after the broadcast networks used their annual upfront presentations to unveil a raft of new comedies aimed at viewers under 35, TV Land — a cable network known for appealing to oldsters who just want to live in the past — scored a summer success with a sitcom that feels like it was created from a Mad Lib in 1993: Hot in Cleveland revolves around three Los Angeles socialites (sitcom hall-of-famers Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves, and Wendie Malick) who move to Ohio and bunk with a sass-spewing Betty White. While comedy elites fret over the fates of the quirky Party Down and Better Off Ted, middle America seems to have made this oldest-school comedy a hit. And here’s how it happened. THE DILEMMA: Sure, everybody loves Raymond. And Lucy. And Roseanne. But while classic TV shows are great, a few years ago TV Land realized there was no growth potential in its all-rerun model; people could just as easily see them online or on DVD. After scoring some initial success with first-run reality shows (She's Got the Look, High School Reunion), the network decided to try its hand at original comedies that might appeal to the network's core audience of viewers aged 25 to 54. TV Land programming chief Keith Cox started reading scripts that the big networks had passed on, but, "Except for the stuff CBS developed, they were all so young-skewing," he says. THE SOLUTION: As Cox was mulling how to make TV Land into a sitcom player, Suzanne Martin, a veteran Frasier writer, was at work on a comedy pitch that had first come to her in 2008. "I was in my car the day Estelle Getty died, and they were playing clips from Golden Girls," she recalls. "I started wondering why that sort of show wasn't on anymore. There are so many actresses of a certain age, to use an expression that's been overused, and they're just out there and not working. I thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to tap into that?'" The idea for Hot in Cleveland percolated for more than a year, then popped up while Martin was meeting with Will & Grace alum Sean Hayes and his Hazy Mills Productions partner, Todd Milliner. "I was doing a laundry list of loglines, and that one made them laugh out loud," she remembers. Then, a few days later, Hayes and Milliner were pitching TV Land's Cox reality concepts (the duo had done Situation: Comedy for Bravo), when Cox asked if they had any scripted ideas. Even though they technically didn't have the rights to Martin’s idea, Hayes and Milliner mentioned it. "We said we loved it and that we had to have it," Cox says. "We scooped it up right away ... [And] not only was the premise funny, it had a great hook. I could also relate, being from Kentucky.” When the Hazy Mills guys told Martin her idea had been bought, Martin was initially puzzled. "It was like, 'TV Land?'" she remembers. But she quickly said yes. THE CASTING: TV Land ordered a Hot pilot last fall. Martin had pictured White in the show from the beginning, though TV Land only envisioned the octogenarian as a guest star, because of cost concerns. (Indeed, the March 2010 press release announcing Hot's series green-light mentions White only in passing.) While Cox won’t discuss the specifics of his budget, industry insiders estimate that a Hot episode costs at least 25 percent less than the $1.3 million or so it would cost on ABC or CBS. Because money was tight, there was only going to be room for three women in the ensemble. White was already in her post-Proposal renaissance, but after her Super Bowl Sunday Snickers ad and the Facebook campaign to get her to host Saturday Night Live, her national domination could not be denied. TV Land realized that the added costs associated with making White a full-time cast member would easily be offset by the massive marketing hook her involvement would provide. Yes, Hot is an ensemble, but for bloggers and TV columnists, it was just another peg for the never-ending story of how Betty White Controls the Universe. (Though, to TV Land’s chagrin, waiting to make the decision cost them: Martin says that White only got more expensive in the interim.) THE SELL: In order to avoid confusing viewers who naturally associate TV Land with oldies, the network's marketing team opted to play down the fact that the show ... aired on TV Land. "We were conscious of the fact that people might assume it was an existing series," says Kim Rosenblum, who heads up the network’s marketing. So ads that aired in heavy rotation on other networks minimized mention of TV Land, instead referring viewers to visit hotincleveland.tv to find out on what number channel the show aired in their neighborhoods. And to battle the perception of it as an old show, every print ad featured the words "a new comedy" prominently positioned under the show's logo. THE RESPONSE: Martin was expecting critics to be cool toward Hot since "critics like to slam" traditional multi-camera sitcoms. "It's like when you give your 3-year-old broccoli: You're not expecting a good reaction." But lo, the power of Betty was strong and resulted in surprisingly kind reviews. Viewers were even more enthused: The nearly 5 million who watched the June 16 premiere represented TV Land's biggest tune-in ever, and outdrew the same night's premiere of Top Chef D.C. on Bravo, as well as TNT’s drama Hawthorne and TBS’s comedy Are We There Yet? This week’s second episode dropped about 30 percent, but Cox says he expected the fall-off. Hot still was the No. 1 show on all of cable Wednesday among TV Land's core 25 to 54 audience, and as a result, "I have very high hopes that we'll pick up season two shortly," Cox says. If the show does return, TV Land will likely up its production order from season one's ten-episode run. WHAT'S NEXT: TV Land has already given a thumbs-up to its second first-run comedy, Retired at 35, in which a New York City businessman decides to move in with his Florida-based parents (equally familiar sitcom faces George Segal and Jessica Walter). Cox has also started development on a new batch of comedy scripts, with plans to shoot one or two more pilots by year's end. The behind-the-scenes talent on Hot (Martin took advantage of the slow sitcom market to snap up high-quality writers, including four fellow Frasier alums) is no doubt helping Cox attract better pitches. The ratings don’t hurt, either: "Now that (writers and actors) have seen the show and the ratings, they want to be a part of it," Cox says. However, don’t expect this success to ripple through the networks and inspire them to return to their multi-camera comedy roots. Despite Hot’s hot debut — and CBS's continuing luck with traditional half-hours such as The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men — the broadcast nets seem much more interested in niche comedies, as evidenced by the slew of single-camera shows being prepped for next season. But at least now traditional sitcom writers have options. "Cable is the new network," says Martin. "It's this whole new world where there's less red tape ... and people seem more free to just let you do what you'd like to do." Somebody tell Gavin MacLeod, Donna Pescow, and the ghost of Vic Tayback to dust off their résumés: TV Land is hiring! Read more posts by Josef Adalian Filed Under: the industry, betty white, hot in cleveland, tv, tv land
Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:45 pm Sofia Coppola, Thomas Mars welcome daughterPhoenix frontman Thomas Mars is quickly becoming outnumbered at home � he and director Sofia Coppola recently welcomed a second baby girl, a source confirms to PEOPLE.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:38 pm John Edwards's daughter: Our lives were 'savaged'Elizabeth Edwards -- and, for the first time, daughter Cate -- are opening up about John Edwards's infidelity and the breakup of the marriage.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:34 pm Peter Jackson in negotiations for 'The Hobbit'Almost one month after Guillermo del Toro dropped out of directing "The Hobbit," "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson is in talks to helm the two films in the franchise. While we wait for the studios involved or Jackson's manager to confirm, there are lots of questions that remain before "The Hobbit" can actually begin production, let alone reach the big screen.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:31 pm Vows: Ted and Gracie Like many people who tell their meet-cute stories to the Times' "Vows" section, Gracie was seeing someone when she first met Ted, the charming, shifty-eyed locksmith from out of town. But then, he mysteriously disappeared ... Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: funny things, times, video, vows
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:30 pm Paramount Sure Has Spent Lots of Money on The Last Airbender $280 million, to be exact. The movie has cost the studio $150 million to make, and $130 million to market, meaning it's twice as expensive as any of director M. Night Shyamalan’s other eight movies — the last two of which did not do so well at the box office! Still, Shyamalan is pretty confident it's all going to work out: He thinks of The Last Airbender as the first part of a trilogy. [LAT] Read more posts by Willa Paskin Filed Under: m. night, m. night shyamalan, movies, paramount, the last airbender
Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:30 pm Kristen Stewart & Rob Pattinson "All Over Each Other" Kristen Stewart and Rob Pattinson may have had separate tables at the official Eclipse afterparty downtown, but they couldn't keep their hands off each other a private bash later.
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Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:27 pm Another Candidate Jumps on the Lucrative Vietnam-Misrepresentation Bandwagon Things worked out so well for Richard Blumenthal and Mark Kirk after they embellished their respective war records that the Republican candidate for governor in Alabama thought he might as well try it out for himself. Dr. Robert Bentley's new ad has apparently created buzz on local talk-radio stations and invited the attention of the Alabama chapter of Vietnam Veterans of America. In the ad, a photo of a nurse and a doctor (presumably Bentley) is displayed, as a voice-over says Bentley "healed troops wounded in Vietnam" and text at the bottom of the screen reads "Hospital Commander Vietnam War." But Bentley was never in Vietnam — he served Stateside at a hospital in North Carolina. It's not as bad as Kirk or Blumenthal, and Bentley certainly didn't come right out and say he was actually in Vietnam, but it doesn't seem like he cared that much if you somehow got the impression that he was. Did A GOP Candidate In AL-GOV Race Misrepresent His Vietnam Record? (VIDEO) [TPM DC] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: early and awkward, ads, alabama, politics, robert bentley, vietnam
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:15 pm John Galliano’s Spring 2011 Inspiration: Charlie Chaplin As the world waits for professional photos to hit the wires, Twit pics of the typically most-ridiculous show of the men's season — the always enjoyable John Galliano — go up. So far, Business of Fashion's feed reveals the show was inspired by Charlie Chaplin. It started, late and photographers started "hooting" in the "hot as hell" venue. [_BoF_/Twitter] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: galli-awesome-o, designers, fashion shows, first looks, john galliano, paris mens fashion week, spring 2011
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:10 pm See a New Animal Collective Video, ‘Guys Eyes’It's a summery, vintage-style surfing video that also happens to be unembeddable — click through to the band's site to watch. Warning: It might make you feel sad and painfully indoors. But soon it will be the weekend. Read more posts by Edith Zimmerman Filed Under: music, animal collective, clickables, merriweather post pavilion, video
Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:10 pm How Michael Jackson's kids are spending the dayAs the world around them honors Friday's first anniversary of their father's sudden death, Michael's Jackson's three grieving children escaped to the islands of Hawaii, where they were treated to a day of fun in the sun by their grandmother, Katherine.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:07 pm What To See - And Not To See - This WeekendOther movie reviews stop at 5 stars. Losers. At Fox411, 4 + 1 + 1 = 6. Do any of this weekend's releases garner the coveted Fox411 6-Pick?
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:02 pm The National’s Matt Berninger Shakes Up Staid Image With Aiport Bomb Scare A while back Vulture offered the National some unsolicited advice on how to convince people — including many of the critics that give them excellent reviews — that they are not boring. Not on our list of suggestions? Airport evacuation bomb scare! Front man Matt Berninger tells Spinner today a wonderful story about how a bomb-resembling clock he bought in Tokyo accidentally cleared out the Honolulu airport recently. Of course, this being the National, muffins, coffee, and a massage chair are also involved. Still: Well done, Matt! [Spinner] Read more posts by Amos Barshad Filed Under: bombs away, music, the national
Source: Vulture | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:00 pm Snooki Ditches the Pouf; Melanie Thierry Named Face of YSL’s Latest Fragrance Melanie Thierry. FRAGRANCE • Guess has launched its latest women’s fragrance, Seductive, which contains notes of bergamot, black currant, pear, jasmine, orange flower, Florentine orris, cashmere, wood, and vanilla. The scent is currently available in Europe, and comes Stateside in September. [Style List] MAKEUP • Cyril Chapuy is leaving her position as global brand president of Maybelline New York to become global brand president of L’Oréal Paris [WWD] • Lloyd Simmonds was named Yves Saint Laurent’s new international makeup artist, and it sounds like he’s ready to shake things up. “Yves Saint Laurent is a brand that has such a mythical, magical history. It’s all about color, it’s about seduction. It was never safe, always a little bit dangerous. Those are the things I really want to bring back — a sense of excitement, a little shock.” [WWD] HAIR SKIN Filed Under: beauty, beauty news, beuaty marks, cyril chapuy, fragrance, guess, lloyd simmonds, louis vuitton, makeup, melanie thierry, nars, scott campbell, snooki, yves saint laurent
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 2:00 pm 10 Videos Improved with a Vuvuzela Horn
In order to prove why this Vuvuzela button is vital, we bring you 10 videos below which are much improved with the addition of a Vuvuzela Horn. So at the time we’ve indicated, click on the little Soccer Ball icon on the lower-right of the video for maximum effect. The horn, sadly, won’t embed, so click on each photo and the video will open in a new tab. This post is all about timing! And feel free to leave your own suggestions for videos improved with a vuvuzela horn in the comments. 10. Kenny G. Playing “Songbird.” Start Vuvuzela at :21 for hilarious results.
9. The Grapes Lady. Click Vuvuzela Horn at :56.* (Or not at all.)
8. Jay Leno at White House Correspondents Dinner. Click Soccer Ball at :11. If only we would have known about Vuvuzelas a month ago. You know Rahm Emanuel would have blown that sh*t.
7. Justin Bieber Singing R. Kelly. Click that ball at :05. Unless you can handle listening to that longer? We got to :05.
6. Twilight: Eclipse Teaser. Horn it up at :14.
5. Ke$ha Sings “Tik Tok” Live. Click Ball at :16. And no later than :16.
4. Cat Using Toilet. Start that horn at :20.
3. BP Oil Executive on Stopping the Oil Leaks. Click Vuvuzela Button at :14.
2. Celine Dion’s “All By Myself.” Play Vuvuzela at :54, even though it is a sin to play it over Celine. Be our guest.
1. Walrus Playing Saxaphone? Click Soccer Ball at :38. And then just laugh and laugh.
Source: Best Week Ever | 25 Jun 2010 | 1:56 pm Who Will Succeed Gerry Marzorati at The New York Times Magazine? Could Atlantic editor James Bennet get the nod? The departure of Gerry Marzorati from the top spot at the Times Magazine opens up one of the most high-profile seats in magazine journalism. After the shuffles at W and T, this creates another fun guessing game for the media industry. Who will succeed him? Marzorati has been in place since 2004, when New York's own Adam Moss left. The new editor has an opportunity to shape one of the last and most widely read fonts of long-form journalism out there. Already people are talking (but not the Times, which isn't commenting). So who is on the list? Here are some educated guesses — internal and external — in decreasing order of likelihood. 1. James Bennet: The Atlantic editor is a natural choice: He left the Times in 2006 to take over the monthly after having served as a White House correspondent and Jerusalem bureau chief. He was also known for his long-form pieces for the Times Magazine. When he went to the Atlantic, he said he saw the move as "a chance to help, encourage and preserve the practice of serious, long-form journalism." He'd be able to do that back at the Times, though it might come at the expense of some of the lighter elements of the magazine added in the past decade. Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: ink-stained wretches, dan zalewski, gerry marzorati, jacob weisberg, james bennet, jonathan landman, media, new york times, new york times magazine, peter kaplan, sam tanenhaus
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 1:35 pm Does Anyone Remember Asking For Another Fockers Sequel?Because I certainly don’t! After all, I’m still working with a therapist in an attempt to get over seeing Dustin Hoffman and Barbra Streisand getting it on during the insipid 2004 sequel, Meet The Fockers. Sadly, it looks as if I have to schedule more sessions with Dr. Melfi later this year when Little Fockers invades multiplexes just in time to ruin Christmas. From the looks of this trailer, viewers can expect more painfully awkward encounters between Gaylord Focker (Ben Stiller) and Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), a duo whose comedic chemistry expired immediately following the wrap party for the first film way back in 2000. It’s tricky to get a read on the storyline from this teaser trailer alone, but one thing you can expect to see is an extended set piece revolving around Robert De Niro’s accidental overdose on boner pills. Now that’s what we call comedy! [via The Daily What] Source: Best Week Ever | 25 Jun 2010 | 1:30 pm Video: Anna Sui’s Fall/Winter Collection Was Inspired by Arts & Crafts New York fashion director Harriet Mays Powell and videographer Jonah Green joined Anna Sui at her Soho store for a private look at the designer's fall/winter collection. Many of the prints were inspired by art, including drawings, wood blocking, and stained glass. Sui explains it all in the video, and also reveals the origins of her black-lacquer packaging. Read more posts by Harriet Mays Powell Filed Under: store tour, anna sui, designers
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 1:30 pm Sudan arrests models after mixed gender fashion show (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 Jun 2010 | 1:20 pm Oksana Grigorieva Said She Got Restraining Order Before Mel Gibson DidTMZ says Mel also got a restraining order against Oksana, but only with respect to prohibiting her from releasing certain information.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 1:16 pm Belgian fashion designers use everyman muse (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 Jun 2010 | 1:14 pm Washington Post Blogger Resigns for Having an Opinion This past April, Dave Weigel, who had been reporting on the tea-party movement and the right in general for the Washington Independent, was hired by the Washington Post to do the same on a new blog hosted by their website called Right Now, which we've linked to frequently. Today Weigel, a sort of liberal-leaning libertarian who has also written for Reason, resigned from the Post after coming under fire for some off-the-record e-mails he sent to members of the JournoList listserv — basically a discussion board for 400 prominent liberal writers, which its founder, Ezra Klein, has now decided to disband and delete entirely — which were leaked to FishBowlDC and the Daily Caller. What was so heinous about the e-mails that they precluded Weigel from continuing to run his blog? He wished that "amoral shut-in" Matt Drudge would "set himself on fire"; accused the GOP of using the media to "violently, angrily divide America" out of racism; and disparaged Newt Gingrich, Pat Buchanan, Sarah Palin, and Rush Limbaugh. Weigel has previously gotten some heat for referring to gay-marriage opponents as "bigots." In other words, Weigel — like every reporter, blogger, journalist, news anchor, human — has an opinion, one that he expressed with the expectation that it would remain private. It would be naïve and somewhat delusional to think that the bloggers at the Corner don't have the same level of personal animosity for Markos Moulisas, Keith Olbermann, Nancy Pelosi, or Barack Obama that Weigel does for Drudge, Palin, et al. If somebody were to dredge up their personal e-mails, we imagine they would contain a bit of name-calling and accusatory language about Democrats and liberal media personalities. Would they then be declared incapable of writing about Democrats? Of course not. One would hope that their personal biases didn't taint their ability to report and opine fairly, if not neutrally, which Weigel has, to our eyes, always done. Pure neutrality was never intended for Weigel as it would be for a traditional news reporter or even many bloggers at other sites. He was hired to blog for the Post shortly after they brought in unabashed liberal Ezra Klein. At the time Klein was hired, the Post's executive editor, Marchus Brauchli, said, "As a blogger, he has more latitude than reporters to reach conclusions. It’s inevitable we will employ more people who have that ability.” It was a "new paradigm" that the paper “would very much like to replicate,” he said. It does seem that the Post may not have understood that Weigel wasn't himself a conservative when they hired him. If that's a problem for them, then they "set Weigel up for a fall, and themselves for embarrassment," as Politico's Ben Smith writes today. There's the argument that Weigel is entitled to his beliefs, but he shouldn't be tasked with specifically covering the conservative movement if he despises so much of it (Weigel also voted for Ron Paul, and reportedly "revealed a fondness for Ronald Reagan, a willingness to vote for Bobby Jindal as president, and agreed that Van Jones should have been fired for his 9/11 trutherism"). It's not a totally unreasonable position. But our political discourse would benefit a lot more from people like Weigel covering the GOP, and people like, say, sane conservatives David Frum or Ross Douthat covering the progressive movement, than only allowing writers to cover ideologies and political figures with which they're already in lock-step agreement. See also: Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: in other news, blogging, dave weigel, media, washington post
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 1:00 pm Rachel Zoe Straightened Her Hair Seldom does one see Zoe without some kind of wave in her hair. Terry Richardson had the pleasure of witnessing — and shooting — the stylist at what looks like a party, with absolutely no sign of kink in her tresses. It looked great, but we're unsure about the Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: the twilight zoe, beauty, hairy situations, rachel zoe, terry richardson
Source: The Cut | 25 Jun 2010 | 1:00 pm John Paulson Is Upbeat on the Economy But Is Hoarding Gold Just in Case Our sometime IM correspondent, rock-star subprime manager John Paulson, hasn't contacted us in a long time. Probably this is because he has been taking a breather from the whole GS thing in London, where apparently they don't have the Internet. We're sure that's it. Anyway, the other day Paulson gave a talk at the School of Economics, where he declared he was optimistic on the American economy. "We're in the middle of a sustained recovery in the U.S.," he told the crowd of young, impressionable students. Yay! How comforting to hear from a person that many consider to be a visionary genius after his foresight in predicting the subprime collapse! Until you consider the fact that despite these purportedly bullish views, Paulson's actual investment strategies connote a much darker worldview.
It's funny, we weren't too bothered by Paulson betting against dolty, greedy fund managers and bad borrowers. But now that it appears to be, like, modern civilization and everyone in the world on the other side of his trade, we're a little creeped out. John Paulson Bullish on US, Denies Subprime Culpability [CNBC] Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: p-money, business, etfs, gold, hedge funds, john paulson
Source: Daily Intel | 25 Jun 2010 | 12:40 pm Kylie Minogue is to perform at Madrid's gay paradeAustralian pop star Kylie Minogue, seen here on June 4, will perform a free open air concert next month during Madrid's gay pride festivities, organisers said Friday.Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 12:36 pm FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: The Twilight: Eclipse Premiere
Robert Tappinson
A Fan (we think) at the ‘Eclipse’ Premiere “MAMA I’M BACK! MAMA, WHERE MY EYES? YOU GAVE THEM TO A LITTLE BOY IN IDAHO? NOW I’VE GOT TO KILL HIM TO GET MY EYES BACK!” — CHRIS ROCK
Taylor Lautner (Seriously, Where His Eyes At?)
Kristen Stewart
Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth
Stephanie Meyer
Jaden and Willow Smith
Robert Pattinson
A. Rod
Robert Pattinson
Boo Boo and Fivel Stewart
Dakota Fanning
Robert Pattinson and Floating Sombrero, Brought by a Genius
Kellan Lutz
Kevin Smith and Harley Quinn Smith
Fan at the ‘Eclipse’ premiere
Ron Artest and Taylor Lautner
Taylor Lautner
Kristen Stewart
Very Sad Person
Elle Fanning
Kellan Lutz Source: Best Week Ever | 25 Jun 2010 | 12:04 pm Justin Bieber Concerts Are Frickin’ IntenseI take back everything I’ve ever said about Justin Bieber not being Iggy Pop in concert. I have never said this, but I am taking it back in advance to cover my bases so that The Biebs doesn’t jump kick me the next time I see him (which is frequently):
Justin Bieber also has the ‘violent crotch-grab into the camera’ down-pat:
“Yer through in this town, Jonas Brothers, ya hear? This new kid’s got IT!” – Executive With Cigar Source: Best Week Ever | 25 Jun 2010 | 12:02 pm Mel Gibson files restraining orderReally putting a stamp on their split, Mel Gibson filed for a restraining order against Oksana Grigorieva, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his 7-month-old daughter, Lucia, PEOPLE has learned.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 Jun 2010 | 11:50 am Celebrity Brawls We'd Like to SeeThese guys fight it out with words, but we'd like to know what would happen if they actually fought.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 11:24 am Controlled Madness at the "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" Premiere (Fashion Wire Daily)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 Jun 2010 | 10:42 am Bateman and Robbin’… People… of Their Time
Don’t let this brilliant headline distract you from the real issue here. Actor Jason Bateman, pardon us, beloved actor Jason Bateman, committed the ultimate in faux pas yesterday. Not only did he cut in front of a line of about 2,000 people, but he did so in order to snag an iPhone 4. Meaning he cut 2,000 Apple Fanatics.
Which leads us to wonder… Jason Bateman seems like a pretty reasonable guy. Intelligent, even. Why on Earth would he go in person to pick up the phone, and then agree to skip the line? Does this man not have an assistant he can send out at 2 am to line up for one of these phones? Or could he not have done the smartest thing, which was to pre-order it? Or perhaps Bateman underestimates the niceness of most Los Angelenos. The people of L.A. are usually pretty easy going when it comes to everything, including line-skipping. For example, I was at the Arclight theater about a year ago waiting to validate parking when some surfer idiot and his girlfriend waltzed in front of a giant line to stamp his own ticket. And no one said a word! So when I called the guy an assh*le, within earshot of course, he listened. And felt hurt. It felt great. Glad to see the people of L.A. are finally getting wise about line-skippers. And Jason Bateman, we hope you’re enjoying your new, chunky, less attractive, doesn’t work when you hold it iPhone. Source: Best Week Ever | 25 Jun 2010 | 10:27 am Jean "Michael" Anicet NgadiFans worldwide gathered Friday to mark the anniversary of Michael Jackson's death but in Libreville there is a permanent shrine to the pop icon in the home of Jean "Michael" Anicet Ngadi, Gabon's own version...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 10:26 am VIDEO: Gabon performer helps keep Jackson legacy alive. Duration: 01:57VIDEO: A year on from the death of Michael Jackson, one super-fan in Gabon says he's keeping the King of Pop's flame alive. With the same first name, and a carefully-cultivated dance routine, he's marking...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 25 Jun 2010 | 10:26 am Mel Gibson Files Restraining Order Against Baby Mama Oksana GrigorievaLegal documents were filed Thursday in the Los Angeles Superior Court.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 10:09 am Hot List: Newly Single, Ready to MingleLook out guys, these hot stars are on the prowl for some fresh arm candy.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 10:00 am U.S. Soccer Player Landon Donovan Scores Second Win This Week By Reconciling With WifeSoccer stud Landon Donovan scored twice this week — winning a crucial World Cup match for Team USA and winning back the heart of his estranged actress wife, Bianca Kajlich, pals of the couple said.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:35 am Nature meets 3D at Paris fashion week (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 Jun 2010 | 9:26 am Remembering Michael JacksonIt's been one year since the sudden death of Michael Jackson, one of the world's most beloved entertainers. As people around the world mourn the anniversary of his passing, it's clear that the iconic performer will not soon be forgotten.
Source: FOXNews.com | 25 Jun 2010 | 8:29 am VIDEO: The New iPhone Dad AppThe iPhone 4G came out today. That sentence was what we in the biz call, “An excuse to post a video we made.” Ever get tired of having instant, accurate sports scores and information at your fingertips at all times? With the new Dad App, your non-problem just got a whole lot more confusing: Source: Best Week Ever | 25 Jun 2010 | 8:11 am Has Cruise lost control?Tom Cruise has been a movie star for longer than he hasn't, and his latest mission improbable supplies ample evidence of the charisma and cool that have generated so many billions of dollars at the box office. Unfortunately, "Knight and Day" (terrible title!) also suggests why "Cruise being Cruise" has turned into too much of a good thing for many moviegoers.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:53 am Small brands can bite, ex-Valentino chief says (Reuters)Reuters - Small brands can carve out a safe niche for themselves in an overcrowded fashion market, former Valentino chairman Matteo Marzotto said, adding that ideas count more than money in the crisis-hit luxury industry.Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:50 am Louis Vuitton's Imaginary Voyages (Fashion Wire Daily)
Source: Yahoo! News: Fashion News | 25 Jun 2010 | 6:20 am
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