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Inception influenced by 007, says Christopher Nolan - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 9 Jul 2010 | 4:00 am Movie Review: Predators - NME.com
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 9 Jul 2010 | 3:49 am 'The Cove' star says dolphin video shows cruelty (AP)AP - The star of a film about Japanese dolphin hunting said Friday that new video footage showing a dolphin jumping out of an aquarium tank underlines the cruelty of captivity and demanded that all of the creatures be set free.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 9 Jul 2010 | 3:46 am 'The Cove' star says dolphin video shows cruelty (AP)AP - The star of a film about Japanese dolphin hunting said Friday that new video footage showing a dolphin jumping out of an aquarium tank underlines the cruelty of captivity and demanded that all of the creatures be set free.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 9 Jul 2010 | 3:46 am Chris Klein to be arraigned on drunken driving charges"American Pie" actor Chris Klein is expected to be arraigned Friday on drunk driving charges after his car was spotted weaving on a Los Angeles freeway last month.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 9 Jul 2010 | 2:55 am 'Despicable Me' review: Steve Carell's hater Gru is lovable villain - New York Daily News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 9 Jul 2010 | 2:37 am Police probe Gibson assault claim - BBC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 9 Jul 2010 | 2:22 am Lindsay Lohan's defense attorney resigns from case (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 9 Jul 2010 | 2:20 am Emmy snubs! Master grouse list (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 9 Jul 2010 | 2:12 am NBC to change "Today" wedding contest after protests (Reuters)Reuters - NBC has agreed to change the rules of a "Today" show wedding contest after receiving complaints from gay activists slamming the annual event as discriminatory.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 9 Jul 2010 | 2:07 am The Girl Who Played With Fire' - MiamiHerald.com
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 9 Jul 2010 | 2:00 am Coco has a debut album due to be released later this year and her second single, 'Self Machine,' is out this weekCoco Sumner of British band 'I Blame Coco' is seen performing on the Park stage at the Glastonbury festival near Pilton, Somerset, on June 26. Fresh from a debut appearance at Glastonbury, Coco, daughter...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 9 Jul 2010 | 12:49 am 19-year-old Coco is already making waves with her own blend of electronic popCoco Sumner of British band 'I Blame Coco' is seen performing on the Park stage at the Glastonbury festival near Pilton, Somerset, on June 26. Fresh from a debut appearance at Glastonbury, Coco, daughter...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 9 Jul 2010 | 12:49 am The 5 Most Ridiculous Parts From ESPN’s LeBron James AnnouncementLeBron James announced Thursday night that he’ll be playing for the Miami Heat next year. James made this announcement during a one-hour special on ESPN. How did ESPN manage to fill an hour of prime-time programming with a grain of information that I’ve already conveyed in that two-line introduction? The same way American Idol results shows manage to exist — by padding it with a bunch of time-wasting nonsense, obviously. Here are the five most impressively insulting examples:
“With just minutes before the big announcement,” proclaimed Stuart Scott, “let’s take a look at what LeBron James would look like wearing the jerseys of his five different suitors.” ESPN then showed that photo above, which is not news, information, or a thing. But what would LeBron James look like if he played…ON THE MOON?
Thanks, Worldwide Leader In Sports and Theoretical Photoshops! Now let’s see what LeBron would look like if they killed him with a barrage of baseballs… Onto the rest…
The special was called “The Decision” (note the thrilling description)…
And the whole thing was sponsored by Bing.com, whose tagline is “Stop searching, start deciding”:
This whole unnecessary program was a sham perpetrated by Bing’s advertising dollars, wasn’t it? I decide “No sh*t.”
After the announcement, Stuart Scott teased another clip, “Now let’s see what the reaction was like in Miami when the news was announced…” which led crazy, unreasonable Me to believe they were gonna cut to some downtown Miami “LeBron Watching” party that would erupt when the news was announced, as sports often do during Drafts or road playoff games. What we got, instead, was this shot of one Miami bar and about five Entourage extras D-bagging into the camera:
That is some reaction, you two guys! One of whom is in a Cleveland jersey! I’m gonna compile a one-hour special about why I was so happy they didn’t cut this show down to a half hour.
In the middle of Michael Wilbon’s via-satellite interview with LeBron after the announcement, ESPN suddenly cut to this footage of Cleveland fans burning LeBron’s Cavs jersey, and Wilbon asked LeBron how he felt about it:
Now, QUICK! Your reaction to THIS PICTURE:
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT, YOU TRAITOR PUSSY? I’m paraphrasing.
Alright, this wasn’t technically part of the ESPN broadcast, but after the announcement, Cavaliers Majority Owner Dan Gilbert issued an open letter to Cavs fans on the team’s website (click pic for full size, to get the total Sans Experience):
It’s already insulting to be told that your team will be fine after losing LeBron James; being told this information in Comic Sans font, well…that just goes way past ‘depressing’ and into ‘almost perversely amusing’ and then past that even further into ‘utterly hypertragic’. I feel truly sorry for all my Cleveland-fan friends today, and I don’t say that as a sarcastic Pittsburgh fan (I’m indifferent towards the Cavs anyway), this pretty much sucks any way you look at it. At least ESPN handled the announcement with the level of attention-whoring and self-aggrandizement truly befitting LeBron James himself. Maybe that was ESPN’s meta-point this whole time? WHOA. Literature. Source: Best Week Ever | 9 Jul 2010 | 12:48 am Drake NY concert cancelled after security concerns (Reuters)Reuters - A second free Drake concert in New York has been canceled after security concerns were raised by the city's police department.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 9 Jul 2010 | 12:30 am Industry Roundup: Brian Austin Green To Romance A Housewife, Usher Releasing New Album Going Green: Brian Austin Green is close to finalizing a deal with ABC to join Desperate Housewives in a “major recurring role.” Green will play Keith, a contractor who “turns up the heat on Wisteria Lane as a potential love interest to one of the housewives.” So while it may not be so great for one’s career to be Megan Fox, apparently it can actually help if you marry her. [HR] OMG!: Usher has announced he will release Versus, an “extension and sequel” to his just-released “O.M.G.”-spawning Raymond V. Raymond. Versus, which is due August 24, will feature eight new tracks, including lead single “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love" (featuring Pitbull), which, from the title, sounds like it will be a mashup of every song about love on the dance floor already out there. [SoundCheck/Variety] Right Ones Are In: A bevy of well-respected actors have joined the espionage thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy from Swedish director Tomas Alfredson (Let The Right One In) and screenwriter Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon). Ralph Fiennes, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman and Michael Fassbender have joined the project, based on John Le Carre’s 1974 bestselling book, set in the aftermath of the Cold War and involving a spy hunt within the British Secret Intelligence Service. So we've got a two-time Oscar nominee, Mr. Darcy, Sirius Black... and, um, Michael Fassbender. [Variety] Suns To Rise: Linkin Park will release a new album, A Thousand Suns, on September 14; the first single, called “The Catalyst,” will debut on radio and iTunes August 2. The band’s most recent album is 2007’s Minutes to Midnight, which sold 3 million copies, though all the kids who bought Midnight are now, like, so over that phase. [Billboard] Jones To Scream: Newcomer Caleb Landry Jones has won the role of Banshee in X-Men: First Class. He appeared briefly in No Country For Old Men (he was the kid who sold Javier Bardem the shirt he used as an arm splint) and has a role in the upcoming The Social Network. Banshee is a mutant who can “issue a sonic scream that allows him to fly.” This sounds like one of those hypotheticals that kids love to ask: "Would you want the power to fly if it meant every time you did you made a super loud noise that meant no one wanted to hang out with you?" [Deadline] Brotherly Love: Barry Levinson is attached to direct Brother Jack, the tale of human rights activity Jack Healey, who currently runs the Human Rights Action Center, a Washington D.C. nonprofit that utilizes art and technology to help stop human rights abuses. The screenplay - from Harley Peyton - tells the story of Healey’s move from the priesthood to living on the streets, where he has campaigned for his causes. So just another trashy Hollywood popcorn flick, basically. [HR] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the industry, a thousand suns, barry levinson, brian austin green, brother jack, caleb landry jones, colin firth, desperate housewives, gary oldman, harley peyton, linkin park, michael fassbender, movies, music, peter morgan, ralph fiennes, tinker tailor soldier spy, tomas alfredson, tv, usher, versus, x-men: first class
Source: Vulture | 9 Jul 2010 | 12:19 am Glenn Beck Sends A Message To MSNBC, Lohan-Style Oh, Glenn, you never disappoint. The recent best-selling author decided to have some fun and taunt Fox News' competitor on his show Thursday. In order to add some drama to his assessment that MSNBC's low ratings are the result of covering topics that "nobody wants to watch" (i.e. Lindsay Lohan), Beck made the choice to parody Lohan's fingernail art, resulting in a classic Beck-ian insanely-cringeworthy-but-you-just-can't-look-away moment. Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: glenn beck, cable news, fingernails, lindsay lohan, msnbc, video
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 11:39 pm Last Night on Late Night: Jon Stewart Preemptively Mocks Lebron James' Television Special The Daily Show's Jon Stewart opened last night's show with some zingers for Lebron James and his much hyped television announcement on ESPN. Stewart mocked the Drama King's decision to reveal his future basketball home in the first ten minutes of the hour-long special asking, "Who opens Al Capone's vault in the first ten minutes of the show?" Up next on The Colbert Report, Stephen declares his approval of Iran's new government issued, male haircut style guide which happens to contain a hairdo that resembles the dapper host's signature coif. Last but not least, Emmy snubee Jay Leno discovers that Glee's Jane Lynch can legally marry people because the Internet says so. Watch our compilation to see what you missed. Read more posts by Dorsey Shaw Filed Under: last night on late night, jane lynch, jay leno, jon stewart, lebron james, stephen colbert
Source: Vulture | 8 Jul 2010 | 11:22 pm Leno on Conan's Emmy Nominations: "There's No 'Me' In Emmy" Considering he has resorted to the catty in the past, it seemed possible Jay Leno would get nasty Thursday night in discussing this morning’s Emmy nominations (Conan received four for his Tonight Show, while Leno was completely snubbed). But Leno steered clear of anything controversial (or funny... but that basically goes without saying) in addressing the Conan love, though he did take Letterman down with him. "The good news - Tonight Show got 4 nominations. The bad news - I didn’t get one of them," Leno said, "And David Letterman didn’t get nominated either. Oh man. I guess Dave and I will be watching the Emmy's at Oprah’s house this year.” Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: emmys 2010, conan o'brien, jay leno, late shifting, tonight show, video
Source: Vulture | 8 Jul 2010 | 11:10 pm Rookie Series Rock the Emmys - ABC News
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 8 Jul 2010 | 10:54 pm Obama's Drilling Moratorium Not Revived By Court Oil companies will be pleased by the latest development in the continuing back-and-forth concerning offshore drilling. A U.S. Court of Appeals turned down the president’s request to change a ruling that had lifted his initial temporary six-month moratorium on offshore drilling. As a result, the Interior Department will now likely issue a revised moratorium that bans deepwater drilling below 500 feet. Following this is way more headache-inducing than it seems like it should be. [Reuters] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: offshore drilling, barack obama, oil
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 10:33 pm Colbert teams up with UFW over immigration (AP)AP - Stephen Colbert has a new job — farmworker.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 8 Jul 2010 | 10:33 pm Colbert teams up with UFW over immigrationStephen Colbert has a new job _ farmworker. A tongue-in-cheek offer _ maybe. But the host of Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" teamed up Thursday night with Arturo Rodriguez, the...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 10:24 pm Lindsay Lohan says fingernail expletive not related to court case - Los Angeles Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 8 Jul 2010 | 10:22 pm Winners and losers emerge at summer box office midpointLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Much as the baseball world takes stock of who's hot and who's not with its midseason All-Star game, Hollywood has a good sense of summer winners and...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 10:10 pm Britney-Themed Glee Episode Is In The Works Glee creator Ryan Murphy has confirmed to Entertainment Tonight that the show will feature a Britney Spears episode this fall similar to the Madonna-centric episode that aired in April (which spurred Britney's manager to start a #BritneyonGLEE twitter campaign). Yes, an episode of all Britney songs. Perhaps we'll see a spirited Finn-Rachel duet to "Crazy"? A Quinn pregnancy scare segueing into "Oops... I Did It Again"? Sue Sylvester snarling "Piece of Me"?! There's one number, though, that's as predictable as Britney holding a frappuchino in a paparazzi shot: we're in for a Glee-tastic "... Baby One More Time" group finale. [ET] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: glee, britney spears, tv
Source: Vulture | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:41 pm "Inception" is no dream for marketersLOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Movie fans may wish more original films were wedged into the usual summer mix of remakes and sequels, but marketing executives know enough to be careful...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:35 pm Pa. judge: Pit bull that bit singer can go home (AP)AP - A judge in northeastern Pennsylvania has ruled that a pit bull accused of biting pop singer Vanessa Carlton can return home if its owner installs a fence.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:16 pm Lost's Creators Talk Emmys and Life After "The End" Guess who we just chatted with?!
We tracked down Lost's creative brain trust Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof tonight to pass along our Emmy congrats (the recently deceased series...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:09 pm So You Think You Can Dance's Alex Wong Eliminated Due to Lacerated Achilles TendonSo You Think You Can Dance front-runner Alex Wong was eliminated Thursday after learning he required surgery for an injury sustained during the competition.
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:07 pm Pa. judge: Pit bull that bit singer can go homeA judge in northeastern Pennsylvania has ruled that a pit bull accused of biting pop singer Vanessa Carlton can return home if its owner installs a fence. Ben Teichberg's dog Bella had...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:01 pm Former Obama publisher signs on as book agent (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 8 Jul 2010 | 8:50 pm Michael Steele Isn't "Going Anywhere," Asks For A Stop To "Noise" After the firestorm over his recent comments about the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan, GOP chairman Michael Steele has made his first public appearance since the remarks (in which he called the war “of Obama’s choosing”), stressing that he isn’t budging. "I ain't going anywhere," Steele said. "I'm here. I'm here... Look, every time something happens, people go, 'Oh, you should step down, step down.' Well, the reality of it is that's not happening, so stop the noise on that.’”
Michael Steele Fires Back At Critics: 'I Ain't Going Anywhere' [HuffPo] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: man of steele, afghanistan, gop, michael steele, politics
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 8:39 pm Cdn ballet dancer Alex Wong forced to quit 'So You Think You Can Dance'LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The sole Canadian contender for the title of America's favourite dancer has been forced to withdraw from the TV series, "So You Think You Can Dance." ...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 8:29 pm It Sucks to Be Jay-Z, Betty White and All Those Other Celebs Who Wooed LeBron James Well, after lots o' hoop hoopla, NBA free agent LeBron James finally announced his decision—traveling to Miami is a slam-dunk. So it's an air ball for the famous fans of these...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 8:11 pm If Mindy Kaling Had Her Way, Dwight Would Be The Office's New Boss As chatter begins as to who is going to take over as the boss of Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch once Steve Carell departs at the end of this season, The Office’s co-executive producer (and cast member) Mindy Kaling mused that she would support Rainn Wilson’s Dwight taking over as office manager. “I’d love to see Rainn Wilson in that position,” she said. “Dwight has become so nuanced — you actually care about him now. I think if [we did a good job laying the groundwork] this coming season, he would be a fantastic boss…”
“That’s my dream,” she said. “It certainly hasn’t been approved by people that are more powerful than me and who make those kinds of decisions.”
'Office' producer wants Dwight to succeed Michael as boss [Ausiello Files/EW] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: the office, mindy kaling, rainn wilson, steve carell, tv
Source: Vulture | 8 Jul 2010 | 8:00 pm O'Mega Red MixTape Vol. 3 Hosted by Chubby Chub - The Third Time Is The Charm!Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 8:00 pm Lindsay Lohan's defense attorney resigns from case (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment News | 8 Jul 2010 | 7:53 pm Lindsay Lohan's defense attorney resigns from caseLindsay Lohan's criminal defense attorney has resigned from the actress' case. The move came shortly after Shawn Chapman Holley issued a statement Thursday criticizing a judge's 90-day...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 7:17 pm Chelsea Handler Readies Her Pool for Denise Richards and Neve Campbell In case you haven't heard, Chelsea Handler has a new pad, which of course means loads of house parties. Hit the clip above to get her ground rules—most notably the ones regarding...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 7:00 pm Lindsay Lohan Expresses Herself In New Song "Too Young To Die" Adding some auditory ammunition to the unstoppable Lohan press assault, a new track from Lindsay Lohan has leaked which is titled, poignantly if melodramatically, “Too Young To Die.” The sometimes singer essentially talks her way through the J.R. Rotem-produced mid-tempo ballad, and - disappointingly - she doesn’t offer much insight into her upcoming jail sentence (which means this probably is an old track that’s conveniently resurfacing now). The chorus though is pretty wonderful in its extremely literal take on the subject matter: “Hit by a train / falling from a building… Crashing my car, coming flying through the windshield / Falling in love with ya, I’m gonna get me killed / I’m too young to die.”
Lindsay Leaks! Autobiographical Lohan Song Released! "Too Young To Die" [Perez Hilton] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: la vida lohan, lindsay lohan, music, too young to die, video
Source: Vulture | 8 Jul 2010 | 6:48 pm NBC's 'Today' show changes rules to allow same-sex couples to apply for on-the-air weddingNEW YORK, N.Y. - NBC's "Today" show says it is changing the rules for its annual wedding contest to allow same-sex couples to apply. The network made the determination after a meeting...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 6:41 pm Pollstar reports concert tour revenue downThe recession has finally caught up with the lucrative concert touring industry. The industry trade magazine and website Pollstar says gross revenue for the top 100 tours in North...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 6:40 pm Four Stabbed in Front Of Meatpacking District Apple Store The knife attack occurred at around 6 p.m. Thursday evening in front of the Apple Store located at 14th Street and 9th Avenue, NBC New York is reporting. None of the injuries have been deemed life-threatening and police have reportedly arrested a suspect. [NYDN] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: awful things, apple store, meatpacking district
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 6:36 pm Fresh faces add zest to Emmy nominationsLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Quirky musical comedy "Glee" and 1960s advertising drama series "Mad Men" led the nominations on Thursday for primetime Emmy Awards in a cross section of new faces...Source: RSS feed - channel BNewsEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 6:31 pm Coal-Mining Fans Exploit Ashley Judd's Lady Lumps This is what happens when boobs collide.
A poster featuring a 4-year-old photo of a topless Ashley Judd found its way to a Prestonsburg, Ky., golf course this week in response to the...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 6:30 pm Victory For Gay Rights As Federal Gay Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional A U.S. district judge has ruled today that a federal gay marriage ban is unconstitutional because it interferes with the right of a state to define marriage. The decision from Boston Judge Joseph Tauro comes down in favor of gay couples’ rights in two different challenges to 1996’s Defense of Marriage Act. Massachusetts (a state where same-sex unions have been legal since 2004) argued the law kept gay married couples from receiving the same benefits - like Medicaid - that straight couples enjoy. "The federal government, by enacting and enforcing DOMA, plainly encroaches upon the firmly entrenched province of the state, and in doing so, offends the Tenth Amendment. For that reason, the statute is invalid," Tauro wrote.
Judge Rules Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional [AP] Read more posts by Josh Duboff Filed Under: equal rites, gay marriage, gay rights, gays, massachusetts
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 6:20 pm Melissa Etheridge's Ex Coming for the Kids After being "blindsided," Tammy Lynn Michaels is back on the offensive.
Less than a week after Melissa Etheridge filed to dissolve their partnership, Michaels has counterfiled...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 6:02 pm Melissa Etheridge's Ex Files for Full Custody - People Magazine
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 8 Jul 2010 | 6:01 pm More not necessarily scarier in "Predators" reboot (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Jul 2010 | 5:29 pm Lawyer Dumps Lindsay—Can It Help Her Avoid Jail? Can Lindsay avoid jail now that she's been dumped by her lawyer?
—ElectricBlue, via the A.B. inbox
Whoa, there, Sparky, one breaking news disaster at a time. As of...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 5:12 pm Nic Cage Will Take Acting Lessons From Anyone Nicolas Cage isn't one of those guys who just comes in and starts telling people what to do. That isn't the man's style.
Actually, the Oscar winner kinda wants you to tell...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 5:10 pm "The Bridge" deserves better than Canadian setting (Reuters)Reuters - Opening amid the dirtiest of cop crimes, "The Bridge" is a muscular new police series premiering on CBS on Saturday.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Jul 2010 | 5:04 pm Alleged Extortionists Want John Stamos' Sex Life Out There This couple has no mercy for John Stamos' privacy.
Attorneys for a Michigan man and woman accused of trying to extort $700,000 from the Full House star say that questions about...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 5:02 pm Fishburne shows solid judgment in "Thurgood" (Reuters)Reuters - For 90 minutes, Laurence Fishburne holds the Geffen Playhouse stage as the first black Supreme Court justice, Thurgood Marshall.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:57 pm Mel Gibson Targeted in Domestic Violence Probe Mel Gibson might have played a lethal weapon in the movies. Now the cops want to make sure he isn't doing the same offscreen.
The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department has opened a...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:55 pm Spanish zombie sequel adds little to the genre (Reuters)Reuters - It's nice to see that the Europeans aren't letting us get too far ahead in the vitally important cultural area of zombie movies.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:54 pm 'Winnebago Man' a peculiar stalking documentary (Reuters)Reuters - The documentary film has acquired a new subgenre, which for want of a more polite term could be called the "stalking doc."Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:53 pm Starz to Pull Party Down Off Netflix As of tomorrow, the recently canceled Party Down will no longer be available to stream on Netflix, per Starz's directive. Ouch. If you start now, you can probably get through about two-thirds of the twenty episodes by midnight. [Clicker] UPDATE: Starz programming chief Stephan Shelanski e-mails Vulture that the decision to bump Party Down isn't a slam against the show, calling it "a normal scheduling [change] like we do for all of our movies and originals. It's done on a title-by-title basis. Party Down has been up for several months and it's run its course — (but) it will definitely be back on our channels/on-demand/online services in the near future.... It's taking a breather." He also emphasized that execs at Starz "love this show. The decision to not bring it back for a third season is simply because of the whole alchemy of scheduling, production pipeline, budget priorities, cast options, ratings data and other elements that go into a decision." Read more posts by Willa Paskin Filed Under: party downer, netflix, party down, starz, tv
Source: Vulture | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:45 pm Disney Sells Miramax Disney has finally found the right buyer for Miramax. For $650 million a group of buyers that includes construction executive Ronald Tutor and investment firm Colony Capital has purchased the name and Miramax's catalog of 611 movies. The company will continue to produce and distribute films, though only a few a year. Sorry, Harvey. [THR] Read more posts by Willa Paskin Filed Under: purchases, disney, harvey weinstein, miramax, movies
Source: Vulture | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:40 pm Are Brad & Angelina Headed to Comic-Con? Last year, a Robsten appearance threw Comic-Con audiences into a tizzy. This year, could Hollywood's most glamorous movie star couple show up to give the expected 126,000 fans something to...
Source: E! Online (US) - Top Stories | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:35 pm There’s a Huge Fire Burning at Houston Street and Avenue A The three-alarm fire began around 5:30 this afternoon and is currently being battled by 188 firefighters, NY1 reports. Read more posts by Dan Amira
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:27 pm This handout image shows Activision, Inc.'s "World of Warcraft" video gameThis handout image shows Activision, Inc.'s "World of Warcraft" video game. Activision Blizzard, maker of World of Warcraft and other popular videogames, is drawing fire over its plan to require users...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:22 pm “The Rick” Becomes The Latest (And Grossest) Internet Dance Craze
For those of you out there who love shaking your booty while simultaneously keeping up with the latest Internet memes, this has been quite the year for Internet Dance Crazes. In the first six months of the year alone, Major Lazer taught us how to dagger, hundreds of Surra de Bunda videos began popping up on YouTube, and a gang of rambunctious, well-endowed teens invented the Dick Slang. Now, thanks to the benevolent Internet gods, we can all start learning “The Rick”! Granted, it’s not a dance you’ll necessarily want to bust out at the next wedding reception you frequent, but depending on your crew of friends (and your level of drunkenness), it might just go over like gangbusters at the afterparty. Think you can handle the The rippin’ and the tearin’! [Thanks, Videogum!] Source: Best Week Ever | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:21 pm Capsule reviews: `Despicable Me' and others (AP)AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:20 pm Nicki Minaj Sets Record Release Date Alert! The buzzy female rapper and Weezy protégé just tweeted that her anticipated debut solo album will drop on November 23: "Yes. It's time. November 23rd." Well at least that's what we think she means, and after collaborations with everyone from Sean Kingston to Kanye, it is time. [NickiMinaj/Twitter] Read more posts by Mike Vilensky Filed Under: nicki minaj, hip hop, music
Source: Vulture | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:15 pm The Kids Are All Right - New York Times
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:13 pm John Slattery Mad About Emmy NodNominated again for best supporting actor for Mad Men, John Slattery was already on a high, celebrating his first time directing an episode (the fourth) of Mad Men's new season, which returns July 25. "It was challenging—a bit of an out of body experience to direct myself," he tells TV Guide Magazine. "I remember Lizzy Moss [Peggy] laughing in my face and apologizing every time I tried giving her direction. She said, 'I'm sorry, I can't take you seriously.' We have a table read today for episode nine, so I'll be seeing everybody again."
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:03 pm Kid Cudi, Best Coast, and Rostam Batmanglij Collaborate in the Name of Sneakers How did Kid Cudi, Best Coast, and the keyboardist from Vampire Weekend end up together on "All Summer," a new track being released by, uh, Converse? Allow perpetual indie voice of reason Hipster Runoff to explain: "Converse ... doing the thing where they hire bloggable artists, then get them to make some MP3, then the brand gets to ‘release the MP3′ in order to get blog buzz from bloggy woggies." Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Anyway, is "All Summer" any good? Yes! Sensibly, Cudi raps, Best Coast's on the chorus, and Batmanglij produced, so everyone gets to stay out of each other's way. The result — a breezy ode to the sunny season, perhaps poorly timed considering current heat-wave conditions — isn't necessarily more than just the sum of its parts, but is certainly satisfying as far as Internet curios engineered to create "blog buzz from bloggy woggies" go. The track's biggest problem? An impending totally-IRL Wavves–Freddie Gibbs collabo is already stealing its thunder. Read more posts by Amos Barshad Filed Under: right-click, best coast, kid cudi, music, vampire weekend
Source: Vulture | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:00 pm Carolyn Maloney May Debate Upstart Challenger Reshma Saujani Maloney, dubious. In what has to be the most hilarious she-said–she-said bickering we've heard this week, last night the campaign of Democratic upstart Reshma Saujani sent out a press release saying that 16-year incumbent Representative Carolyn Maloney (whom Saujani is challenging for her House seat) agreed to publicly debate Saujani. Maloney's office then released a statement denying that any such agreement was made. Then the Saujani campaign issued another statement insisting Maloney pledged to do the debate in a "personal exchange." If it didn't take place in the media, how are we supposed to know it actually happened? (Bless you, Celeste Katz, for documenting all this.) [NYDN] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: early and often, carolyn maloney, democrats, politics, reshma saujani
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:00 pm Agyness Deyn Sexes Up the Peter Pan Collar Agyness Deyn wore a conservative floral top with an Über-short pleated skirt to the Soho Grand Hotel after-party for the Cinema Society screening of The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Do you think the outfit works overall, or does the shortness of Deyn's skirt just clash with the borderline Big Love–ish nature of the Peter Pan collar? Read more posts by Ashlea Halpern Filed Under: look of the day, agyness deyn
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:00 pm Ten Things to Say About the Times ‘Style’ Section This WeekendGawker's Hamilton Nolan deftly pillories the most obnoxious recent feature of the Times' "Style" Section, Crib Sheet. "If only I could somehow replace my simple, cheap, proven workout with something expensive and less effective, but quirky and attention-grabbing, like trapeze yoga with my dog. Bloop, bloop." [Gawker] Read more posts by Chris Rovzar Filed Under: bons mots, media, new york times, styles section
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 3:45 pm Anna Chapman Loses Her Shiksappeal According to a reader of Talking Points Memo, who writes in about a conversation he had with Anna Chapman over drinks, the Russian spy isn't a huge fan of the Jews. "After discussing the large Russian population located in Brooklyn, my colleague and I were treated to a mini-diatribe about how these people were certainly not real Russians. Simply 'Jews.'" [TPM] Read more posts by Dan Amira Filed Under: spies like us, anna chapman, jews, shiksappeal
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 3:31 pm Jim Parsons Excited About Second Emmy Nod, "Bummed" About Big Bang's SnubMake that a double scoop!
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 3:31 pm Visionaire’s Alexander McQueen Book Is Pricey Visionaire's tribute to Alexander McQueen, cleverly titled A Tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen, will cost $295 a copy. But the pictures are so pretty! And since they decided to put it in a box, they can't really sell it for anything less than that. [FabSugar] Update: The title of the book is actually Visionaire 58 Spirit, A Tribute to Lee Alexander McQueen. And in case you're really wondering why it's so pricey, consider this: The pages are made from seeded paper, embedded with wild flowers that, if planted and properly tended to, will bloom real flowers. The boxed set, which is limited to 1,500 numbered copies, is also wrapped in a McQueen metalized brocade from the spring/summer 2010 show. Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: r.i.p. mcqueen, alexander mcqueen, designers, visionaire
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 3:30 pm Kylie Minogue survives and thrivesIf the music video for her song "All the Lovers" is any indication, singer Kylie Minogue is having a pretty good time of late.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 8 Jul 2010 | 3:08 pm Let’s All Move To Florida And (Not) Vote For This GuyOh, advertising. Oh, politics. Oh, Florida. Let’s watch Florida state representative Mike Weinstein’s campaign video: Whenever I watch Glee I get annoyed that the singing is so obviously pre-recorded. I don’t mind that here, even when we are to believe that the singer is live at some ROCKIN’ District 19 Florida bar (in 1992). This video really portrays Florida to be a place of singin’, dancin’, backflipin’, diversity and MIKE WEINSTEIN.
This is what I just learned about Leigh: CALL ME. Side question: Is it OK to get laid because of your sweet performance of your dad’s campaign song? Source: Best Week Ever | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:56 pm Exhausted Drew Barrymore is ready for a rebirthAfter a grueling work schedule, summer for Drew Barrymore is her time to recharge -- and time to make a few life changes.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:53 pm Johnny Depp's girlfriend says space keeps romance hotIt looks like we're not the only ones who can go on and on about all the many reasons Johnny Depp is the perfect man.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:50 pm Slideshow: Nine Super-Cute Bike Accessories As every Brooklynite who lives along the L train can attest, this egg-frying heat wave has been causing severe service disruptions for the New York City subway system (or at least that's what MTA is blaming it on). Point being: There's no better time than now to trot out the ol' two-wheeler. For added incentive, just check out our slideshow of super-cute bike accessories, featuring retro baskets, funky reflectors, a serpentine bike lock, and even ankle spats! Read more posts by Ashley Hoffman and Ashlea Halpern Filed Under: trendlet, best bicycle accessories, best bike accessories, electra, ic design group, pylones, slideshow, trends
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:45 pm Today in Old Ladies Who Live With Dead Bodies"A suspicious wife sat over her husband's body for 14 days because she suspected he was faking his own death to get away from her. The woman, 72, told police in Vaslui, Romania, she did not report the death until she was sure hubby Vasile wasn't trying to trick her so he could start a new life with his mistress." [Romanian Times via APP] Earlier: Woman Lived With Corpses of Twin Sister, Husband Read more posts by Jessica Pressler Filed Under: daffy old folks, corpses, romania, sweet old ladies, two whole weeks, why not just one week
Source: Daily Intel | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:42 pm Dinosaur Feathers Present Sad Aviator Bird: The Music VideoA few months ago, I was asked to host a Battle of the Bands show in Brooklyn (“Hey, you draw those d*cks on Jack Shepherd’s face, right? Want to emcee our music fest?”), and the winning band — Brooklyn’s own highly-lovable Dinosaur Feathers — earned a budget for two brand-new music videos, which were just completed, and now here they are in the form of internet! Check out Dinosaur Feathers’ “History Lessons” in all its catchy, poppy, trippy-birdy glory: After the jump, the sequel*, “Teenage Whore”:
(* Not a sequel) Source: Best Week Ever | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:38 pm Karlie Kloss Is Couture Fashion Week’s Top Model (Again!) This Couture Fashion Week proved that Carmen Kass and Karolina Kurkova are still very much in the game. Carmen, who typically makes her requisite runway appearance at Michael Kors, opened for the Armani Privé show, while Karolina had the first look at Elie Saab. Karl Lagerfeld switched up his casting at Chanel — usual suspects Freja Beha, Heidi Mount, and Abbey Lee didn’t have the opening or closing looks. Instead, Russian top model Natasha Poly did the honors of opening, while Iris Strubegger closed, alongside Baptiste Giabiconi. Freja did, however, open for Valentino, which is fitting being that she's one of the new faces of the brand. But, veteran models be damned, power walker Karlie Kloss reigned supreme for yet another season. Next Models' shining light closed for Armani Privé, and opened for Christian Dior and Jean Paul Gaultier. Click ahead to see select Couture Fashion Week openers and closers in our slideshow. Read more posts by James Lim Filed Under: model tracker, alexis mabille, armani prive, baptiste giabiconi, carmen kass, caroline brach neilsen, chanel, christion dior, couture fashion week, designers, elena lazic, elie saab, fall 2010 couture, freja beha, iris strubegger, jean paul gaultier, karlie kloss, karolina kurkova, magdalena frackowiak, maria kashleva, models, natasha poly, slideshow, valentino, vika falileeva
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:30 pm Michael Lohan Defends Efforts to Save Lindsay in Heated Fox News InterviewLindsay Lohan's father became aggressive and agitated -- even using the ‘f-word’ to describe his frustrations with his public perception -- when the topic of his daughter’s three-month jail sentence came up during an appearance on Fox News Channel.
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:24 pm Conan O'Brien's nom: a sympathy vote? - Hollywood Reporter
Source: Entertainment - Google News | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:10 pm Burberry Beauty Unveils Its First Campaign; Chanel Iman Rocks a Pixie Cut MAKEUP • Makeup artist Tom Pecheux gave Jean Paul Gaultier’s models heavy brows, scarlet lips, and winged-out false eyelashes at the designer’s couture show. Pecheux described the look as “a twist on iconic touches.” [Beauty Counter Blog/Style.com] FRAGRANCE SKIN HAIR Filed Under: beauty marks, beauty, beauty news, burberry, chanel iman, chris o'donnell, daredevil, jason june, jean paul gaultier, john richmond, josh egnew, lily donaldson, new york adorned, nina porter, pjs exhibitions, rosie huntington-whitely, three kings, tom pecheaux
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 2:00 pm Michelle Obama Loves Her Bangles Michelle Obama chose a classic dark-gray shift dress with a muted floral print to meet with Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She left her hair down, and accessorized with an armful of thin silver bangles. See the full look in the Michelle Obama Look Book. Read more posts by Caitlin Petreycik Filed Under: mobama watch, michelle obama, the michelle obama look book
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 1:50 pm Tomorrow’s Events and Sales: 80 Percent Off Oak and Geren FordEVENTS SALES • Womenswear is up to 80 percent off at the Geren Ford sample sale. Prices start at $20. Through 7/9. 54 Thompson St., nr. Broome St.; F (10–6). • Prices start at $30 at the Peter Soronen sample sale. Through 7/10. 245 W. 29th St., nr. Seventh Ave., Ste. 403; F–S (11–6). Read more posts by Lauren Murrow Filed Under: fashion calendar, sales, shopping
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 1:30 pm This Is A Cute Dog And A BabyRemember in Lady and the Tramp when Jim Dear and Darling, like a couple of jerks, basically ignore Lady once the baby is born? Life imitates art: Listen, I’ll call a spade a spade. This is a cute dog and a baby. That’s it. The cute dog is doing some standard dog high five fare. I mean, I laughed when the cute dog creeped into frame. But the baby does nothing. And it’s pretty bad quality video at that. But, I’m sorry, what more do you want? It’s a cute dog and a baby. I’m SORRY for WASTING 35 SECONDS of your precious TIME with a video of a CUTE DOG and a BABY! ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED, Mr./Mrs. COLD-HEARTED EXECUTIVE??!! (Seriously, sorry) Source: Best Week Ever | 8 Jul 2010 | 1:21 pm Critics Still on the Fence About Valentino’s Twilight Couture Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli presented their fourth couture show for Valentino yesterday in Paris. Critics found their first two attempts at couture kind of boring — too Valentino-y, even though that was probably done in an attempt to not piss off the label's founder, who was very sensitive about maintaining his aesthetic legacy. The third collection shown in January — a neon-streaked Avatar fest — marked a total departure for the label, but not one critics were overly fond of. Their new couture stuff, which included a bubble dress, perfect for any of you with delicate broken arms wary of riding a crowded subway, continued to earn mixed reviews. Motifs included baby dolls and bows, along with plenty of short hemlines that contributed to the collection's very youthful feel — too youthful, many argue. While last couture season the cinematic inspiration of choice was Avatar, this season Hilary Alexander wonders in the Telegraph if Valentino looked to that other huge fantasy flick:
Style.com didn't think this was a bad thing, necessarily:
And after all, look at girls like Taylor Momsen — a lot could use some more ladylike wardrobe options. Meanwhile, Cathy Horyn thought the collection was a good if obnoxious effort for Chiuri and Picciolo:
Horyn went on to say that "a lot of their ideas have looked immature," though this collection was "clearer." WWD called the cage dress "silly," and echoed others' sentiments that the clothes were too young:
Indeed, there does seem to be something off with so many couture baby dolls. See a complete slideshow of the fall 2010 Valentino couture collection. Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: other critics, couture, designers, fall 2010, fashihon shows, maria grazia chiuri, pier paolo piccioli, valentino
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 1:20 pm Police Investigating Mel Gibson Over Alleged Domestic Violence IncidentThe Sheriff's Department says it is investigating Mel Gibson over a possible domestic violence incident involving his ex-girlfriend earlier this year.
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 1:08 pm Source: Lindsay Lohan Hires New Lawyer, Plans to File AppealA source close to Lindsay Lohan tells Pop Tarts that she refuses to accept that she is going to jail, and immediately started seeking out a new attorney following the court hearing on Tuesday, in which she was sentenced to 90 days behind bars for violating the terms of her probation, stemming from her 2007 DUI arrests.
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 12:48 pm Trace Adkins: The Cowboy’s Back in Town!Adkins' new CD, “Cowboy’s Back In Town,” comes out August 17th.
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 12:35 pm TOP CHEF DC RECAP: Hotel Baby RwandaThis is a Recap of Top Chef D.C. (Season 7), Episode 4, entitled “Room Service”, originally airing July 7th, 2010. It contains many spoilers about the episode, as well as pureed versions of those spoilers to spoil the episode for babies.
For this week’s Quickfire, **NON JOKE ALERT** the chefs must prepare a dish for new parents Padma and Tom, as well as a pureed version of that dish for their babies. I added the Non Joke Alert because I often interlace real things with jokes in these recaps, and that Quickfire really, really sounds like a dumb joke I’d write at 3 a.m. then forget to take it out before publishing the post even though it’s too fake-sounding to even be a plausible joke, but no, this was the actual challenge. Disclaimer: Babies do not taste / care about things. Oop! Too late! Challenge still happened. The Quickfire won’t provide immunity, but it is a High Stakes Under the Table Porkbelly D.C. Campaign Money Challenge, and two chefs will receive $10,000. The chefs quickly get to work talking about how they have kids at home so that gives them an advantage, whereas the poor unfortunate kidless contestants have never cooked fancy meals then pureed them for their newborns under intense scrutiny (just part of bein’ a dad! Changin’ diapers and pureeing lamb confit and having a professional chef eat it and judge it!) Kevin’s got a baby at home, so he knows to make roast duck, the Teletubbies of baby dishes. Angelo manages to out-nerd him, saying “I love educating my son, especially with flavors.” Teaching him the alphabet and how to walk is important, but what’s really important is getting him to eat poached tuna with fenugreek broth, which all babies can definitely taste and comprehend. Why are you beating up my kid on the playground as I’m telling you this, cameraman? After the jump, the conclusion of Baby Quickfire and the start of Adulty Elimination Challenge: Padma tells Angelo “Your baby food looked very elegant, very special.” If there’s one thing babies care about, it’s elegant presentation. If there are two things babies care about, it’s elegant presentation and putting Legos in their mouths because they don’t know what anything is. Kelly finishes in the bottom, because Padma found a lemon seed in her baby food. First rule of cheffing – when you puree your chef dishes into baby form, you gotta take out those lemon seeds. You can’t be a great chef without knowing how to properly take seeds out of the baby forms of your dishes – just ask Dr. Babyseeds, the world’s #1 chef. Padma picks Kenny as her winner, and Tom picks Tamesha, whose nose was really stuffed up in all her testimonials. Kenny and Tamesha celebrate by dousing each other with Swanson broth, which is frickin’ everywhere.
The Elimination Challenge is a tournament-style three-meal cookoff, where the chefs will be paired up to cook breakfast, then the two winning teams will be safe and everyone else will cook lunch, then two more teams will be safe and the remaining three teams will cook dinner and the bottom team will be eliminated. The chefs will be separated onto teams by being like “hey, we’re a team.” That’s fair. What happened to drawing bald eagles? Chefs must create easy-to-prepare, easy-to-travel dishes for Hilton hotels. But can the chefs actually improve upon the classic $17 minibar Toblerone? Seems doubtful. The judges panel consists of the Usual Suspects (Kevin Pollack, etc.) as well as chefs from previous seasons, including Hatty McSquashsoup himself, Spike, and Mike Isabella, who won like one challenge last season when Michael Voltaggio partnered with him, cooked everything, then inhabited Mike’s body like Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost to make sure he didn’t proceed to pee on what Michael had just made.
Ed & Alex end up together and attempt a pancakes dish, but Ed forgets to put a breakfast cake on one of the plates and Alex fails to get his hollandaise on in time, so the pair really seems to be on the same page. They don’t earn immunity, but they do earn swearing a lot. Clearly, these two are destined for elimination. OR ARE THEY?????????????? Top Chef cliffhanger! GE Monogram explodes. Stephen & Andrea end up together, forming a Reverse Dream Team – they’re later joined by Negative Michael Jordan. The duo shocks the world, though, earning safety in the breakfast challenge, and the pair reacts accordingly. Tiffany & Timothy win Breakfast Immunity too, leaving most of the favorites still around for Lunch Warz.
The Lunch Round begins, and Angelo compares it to like “trying to get out of the pool but the piranhas are biting you.” You know, the piranha pool. But on Top Chef, you can’t choose to just not go in the piranha pool, like you can in real life. So it’s rough. Alex is cooking scallops — seriously? The #1 most frequently ripped-on-by-judges dish (unless you count souffles)? But Lo and behold, Alex and Ed actually win with their scallops dish — Mike Isabella “likes the flavor profile – I can say chef things! Amuse-bouche!” — and avoid the Dinner Round. Angelo and Tamesha are safe too after their beef carpaccio earns high praise from the judges: “Not a lot of texture.” “There are a lot of onions.” “It is portable.” Throw those glowing quotes on a marquee ASAP! Tom gets very personally offended again when someone uses canned beans — the NERVE! No chefs use prepared food, unless it’s Swanson broth, Uncle Ben’s Minute Rice, Dr. Pepper, or Toyota Pathfinder Sauce. Get a deal with Top Chef quick, Bush’s, or Tom’s gonna keep laying into your product every week. The three remaining pairs have to cook dinner, and faux pas! Two of them make shortribs, and Tom really bitchily rolls his eyes when the second one is presented:
Just before you can lift a hand to wave goodbye to Kelly and Andrea, the Hilton lady announces “The winning team for me was the team wiz ze most wonderful flavors” (I thought the winning team was whoever makes the best celebrity couple combo-name?), and Kelly & Andrea take it. They win respective 6-day trips to Venice and Barcelona because they managed to lose two straight challenges then beat two other teams that also lost two straight challenges. Huh? Kenny is shocked that he’s in the final two pairs, because he’s been apparently nailing the crap out of the flavors and techniques and synergy; move over Angelo, there’s a new reality-show arrogant sound bytes sheriff in Top Chef Towne! Kenny and Kevin escape, because Kenny can’t get eliminated yet, and Lynne & Arnold become the unfortunate victims of Murder-Suicide Elimination Week.
What went wrong for Lynne & Arnold? According to the judges, “It was a delicious dish, the only problem was that the pasta was a little undercooked.” Terrible! Get off the show, you pasta was a little undercooked rapists! Lynne leaves with one final parting shot, saying “Letting a younger chef take the lead, that’s my mistake.” Actually, not cooking the pasta, which was your only contribution to the dish and also its only mistake, was your mistake. Sorry to go all Mistake Police on you. The balance of power seems to be on Angelo’s side, but the other Finale spots are still hazy, with Kenny, Kelly, Tamesha, and Timothy all seemingly in the running. We’ll start settling things next week, when the cast stars in a production of Twelve Angry Men and argues in a room for 60 minutes. Henry Fonda’s a Glad Bag. Episode Thoughts? Favorite / Least Favorite Parts? Predictions? Leave ‘em all in the comments. Source: Best Week Ever | 8 Jul 2010 | 12:31 pm The Bedbug Abercrombie Reopens Today! The Abercrombie on the Seaport that closed Friday to deal with a bedbug infestation reopened today. Abercrombie says it checked its warehouses and found no bedbugs there, so that is presumably — hopefully — not the source of the outbreak at the Seaport and brother former bedbug haven the Soho Hollister store. Still, if you're bold enough to shop there, you may want to pop anything you buy in the dryer for twenty minutes, as the bedbug experts suggest. [WWD] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: vermin!, abercrombie, bedbugs
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 12:30 pm Mel Gibson Allegedly Admits to Punching Girlfriend 'Because She Deserved It'Gibson, 54, and Grigorieva, 40, split in April after being together for over a year. They have an nine-month old daughter, Lucia.
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 12:29 pm 'Glee': 19 Emmy nodsThe nominations for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards were announced Thursday morning. | DID YOUR FAVORITE SHOW GET NOMINATED? | FOLLOW US ON TWITTER | WATCH THE NOMINATIONS |Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 8 Jul 2010 | 12:24 pm How did Lindsay end up here?There was a time when Lindsay Lohan was considered one of the most promising actresses of her generation.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 8 Jul 2010 | 12:08 pm ‘Couture Is Slipping Off People’s Radars Faster Than a UFO’ This season John Galliano showed his Dior couture collection in a modest tent behind the Musée Rodin. Givenchy also pared down its couture collection to ten looks — fewer than half the number they showed last season — and forewent a show in favor of a presentation in a townhouse in Paris. Chanel went all out as usual, with a giant lion centerpiece, which Times critic Cathy Horyn calls "either an example of Karl Lagerfeld’s brilliant stagecraft or an advertisement for a new Disney restaurant chain." He also splurged on a lion head for runway escort Baptiste Giabiconi, perhaps a mammalian evolution from the bear suits in Chanel's fall 2010 show, which also included a controversial imported iceberg. But Chanel's unflappable extravagance aside, Horyn writes that couture feels like it's going the way of the VHS:
Talk to fashion houses, of course, and they will tell you a different story. "Many of our customers don't want to go to fashion shows," Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci told British Vogue. "They like to quietly come and make their orders and then disappear again." Jean Paul Gaultier told Horyn that he sold more couture pieces last season than any year in his label's haute couture history. Chanel president Bruno Pavlovsky said the label's sales for the last couture season increased 20 to 30 percent. Dior president and CEO Sidney Toledano called the spring 2010 couture season one of the house's best ever, adding, "We received so many orders, we are not sure we can deliver them." So maybe the super-wealthy people who can afford to shop couture are doing so, but just more quietly. After all, these days no one wants to be the girl who saunters into a fashion show of clothes that cost as much as or more than plenty of people make in a year. Couture clients typically maintain a low profile, because it is a hard life they lead, having tons of money to spend on material things. Anyone on Wall Street can tell you that much. Full Spectrum, Less Spectacle [NYT] Read more posts by Amy Odell Filed Under: other critics, cathy horyn, christian dior, couture, designers, fall 2010, givenchy, jean paul gaultier, john galliano, riccardo tisci
Source: The Cut | 8 Jul 2010 | 12:05 pm Red Trailer: Like Space Cowboys, But SpiesWatch the Red (Retired Extremely Dangerous) Trailer: This is how the pitch meeting went: Remember Space Cowboys? Source: Best Week Ever | 8 Jul 2010 | 11:36 am Top 20 Concert Tours (AP)AP - The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.Source: Yahoo! News: Entertainment Reviews | 8 Jul 2010 | 11:25 am Murder Charge Recommended in Brutal Death of Former 'Thundercats' WriterPolice in central Florida are accusing a man of killing his roommate, who was a comic book author and writer for the 1980s cartoon series "Thundercats."
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 11:16 am Report: 'Absolutely Fabulous' star has breast cancerJennifer Saunders, familiar to American TV audiences as the eccentric London public-relations specialist Edina Monsoon on the uproarious British sitcom "Absolutely Fabulous," has been fighting breast cancer since discovering a lump last October.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 8 Jul 2010 | 11:12 am Sarah Palin Brazenly Mixes Animal Metaphors In Her First “I Wanna Be Prez” Viral VideoThat Sarah Palin is a wily one, isn’t she? Today, she released a video to YouTube that all but explicitly states her interest in running for president in 2012. In it, she talks about her distaste for the “fundamental transformation” that she thinks our country is going through, how being a “mom” gives her a deeper window of insight into this country’s problems than any man could possibly have, and how the time is approaching for “common sense conservative women to get things done for our country.” All good rallying points, we suppose, but being that she’s Sarah Palin, she couldn’t resist the opportunity to mix a few animal metaphors into her carefully crafted, one-minute and fifty-second long video. What else did you expect from someone who introduced the concept of lipstick-wearing pitbulls into our lexicon?
As a score that sounds a lot like the intro to Alphaville’s “Forever Young” plays in the background, Palin begins to wax rhapsodically about the “mama grizzly bears [in Alaska] that rise up on their hind legs when somebody’s coming to attack their cubs.” That’s right, folks, she’s no longer a pitbull, now she’s a grizzly bear! And lest you forget, she reminds everyone, liberals and conservatives alike, that “You don’t wanna mess with the mama grizzlies.” But then, seemingly bored with her own Mama Grizzly metaphor, she mixes things up and warns her viewers that “There’s a whole stampede of pink elephants crossing the line and their ETA [...] is November 2, 2010!” So, we’re confused: Is Sarah Palin a pitbull with lipstick, a mama grizzly bear, or a pink elephant? Or, *gasp*, is she somehow all three, thereby outing herself as a modern day Manimal? We sincerely hope it’s the latter. Keep your fingers crossed that she takes the form of a werewolf with high heels in her next video! [Hat tip to Brian Montopoli!] Source: Best Week Ever | 8 Jul 2010 | 10:58 am Inside Lindsay Lohan's Upcoming Prison Cell HellInvasive cavity searches, hard cots, and a Twitter ban await.
Source: FOXNews.com | 8 Jul 2010 | 10:50 am Your Mom’s A Hostage
I love how I get the strangest news about America from the UK. It’s slowly dawning on me how the rest of the world perceives us. It’s the opposite of sane. Most recently, I learned about the vampire in the middle of the road in Colorado, now this from Metro UK:
This is exactly like the romcom Failure To Launch wherein Matthew McConaughey won’t move out of his parents place so they hire Sarah Jessica Parker to date him so that he may find the confidence to…launch. And then he holds his mom hostage for 6 hours for not doing his ironing*. Ends in a bloodbath. Sorry, spoiler. Anyway, in all fairness, ironing is woman’s work. Like a man’s work is pulling guns and holding hostages. There are specific gender roles we must adhere to, otherwise then what? I’ll tell you what: The destruction of society as we know it. His real crime is making all of the other 29 year olds who live at home feel better about themselves because they haven’t (yet) pulled a gun on their mother for refusing to iron. Or now that seed of an idea is planted in their minds. At the same time, I am one part time blogging job away from living at home, so no judgment here. Except I’d have to iron my own clothes since I’m a woman. Eff. I’ll buy a gun anyway. Just in case. * In reality there is sort of a hostage scene at the end of the film where Bradley Cooper or someone ties both McConaughey and Parker up and locks them in a basement to work out their problems. Because that’s how normal people work out their problems. Oh! And they put cameras in the basement and live stream it to a bar. I cannot believe I saw that film in a theater. Source: Best Week Ever | 8 Jul 2010 | 10:12 am Lindsay Lohan: My f-word manicure was only a jokeLindsay Lohan says her explicit fingernail message was not directed at the judge who sentenced her to 90 days in jail.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:45 am Jeremy London: My acting skills saved me from kidnappersJeremy London's alleged abduction by three armed men who then forced him to do drugs seems like a crazy story -- and the former Party of Five star knows it.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:43 am Wait LeBron! Don’t Sign Til You’ve Heard From MINNESOTA!Tonight, LeBron James will announce where he’ll be playing in the 2010-2011 season and beyond, with the decision coming down to Miami, New York, Chicago or Cleveland (with sources reporting he’s leaning towards Miami). BUT WAIT, LEBRON! You haven’t heard Minnesota’s pitch yet! Below, Minnesota makes a last-minute plea to win over LeBron, because he’s reading this site. Video written and recorded by myself and my friend Kevin, and co-starring the real Bob Dylan: (Not to toot my own horn, but I’m pretty damn good at celebrity impressions that sound 98% like my regular speaking voice. Got my hand perched over the phone all day, ready for SNL to make that call…) Source: Best Week Ever | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:28 am "Glee" scooped 19 Emmy nominationsFrom left: Actors Cory Monteith, Lea Michele and Kevin McHale from the cast of US television series "Glee" perform at Radio City Music Hall in New York City in May 2010. Musical comedy series "Glee" and...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 9:02 am 'Glee' tops Emmy nominationsFront Page: 'Lost,' 'Modern Family' also honored; HBO tops nets with 101 nods -- Three first-year broadcast programs -- the comedies "Glee" and "Modern Family" on Fox and ABC, respectively, and CBS drama "The Good Wife" -- broke through with best series nominations for the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards announced Thursday.
Source: Variety.com - Front Page | 8 Jul 2010 | 5:40 am Fans said the absence of TV commentary focused minds on player techniqueA German football fan in Berlin watches her team's defeat in the FIFA World Cup semi-final match Germany vs Spain. A church in Berlin has hosted football fans of all stripes during this World Cup, and...Source: RSS feed - channel BNImagesEnter | 8 Jul 2010 | 5:20 am Lindsay Lohan gets 90 days in jailActress Lindsay Lohan was ordered Tuesday to serve 90 days in jail for missing alcohol counseling sessions in violation of her probation.Source: CNN.com - Entertainment | 8 Jul 2010 | 4:22 am
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