It was an awkward moment to top even Barack Obama's meeting with the president he spent two years running against: Economist and Times columnist Paul Krugman, receiving congratulations for his Nobel Prize from the man he said built the "Party of Stupid," who "got rid of accountability," and who "was lying" about his "patently, shamelessly dishonest" budget, among many, many other brutal criticisms Krugman has issued against the president over the past seven years. The photo, by Chip Somodevilla, says plenty, but hopefully Krugman writes something (for his blog?) on what Bush actually said.
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'Patently, Shamelessly Dishonest' [Pic Of The Night]
Posted: November 24th, 2008, 10:04pm CST by Ryan Tate
Tags: Pic of the night
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Christina Aguilera Gets her own Post-AMA Party
Posted: November 24th, 2008, 12:20pm CST
Tags: Christina Aguilera target night of
She’s one of the top-selling female pop artists today, so it’s no wonder Christina Aguilera got her own party following last night’s American Music Awards.
The “Ain’t No Other Man” songstress was spotted arriving at the Target and Christina Aguilera Celebration of A Night of Music, held at the Target Terrace at LA Live, looking sexy in an all-black ensemble.
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Meet 'SNL's' New Arianna Huffington [Saturday Night Live]
Posted: November 12th, 2008, 2:13pm CST by Pareene
Tags: saturday night live
This is Michaela Watkins, and she's apparently the newest addition to the cast of Saturday Night Live, the ancient sketch comedy show that is relevant again because a) you can watch just the funny bits online and b) there was apparently a presidential election this year. (Ok fine and c) they have a good cast and it seems less terrible in its current incarnation than it did the last time everyone talked about how they were watching it again.) In the attached clip, Watkins is doing her audition bit: a pretty great impression of noted blog-runner and grudge-holder and Internet Doyenne Arianna Huffington! Hooray, making fun of Arianna Huffington will soon hit the mainstream! Click to watch.Also joining the cast: Abby Elliott. Abby is 21, making her probably the youngest SNL regular since Anthony Michael Hall (we didn't bother to prove or source that, FYI). She's the daughter of comic genius Chris Elliott, who is, of course, the son of comic genius Bob Elliott. So she wasn't just hired because she's pretty.
(The news was broken, of course, on former HuffPoor Rachel Sklar's Twitter.)
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Eva Mendes Talks Guys
Posted: November 8th, 2008, 3:41pm CST
Tags: eva Mendes last night
Continuing on her latest gig, Eva Mendes was spotted hard at work on the New York City set of “Last Night” yesterday (November 7).
Though, the “We Own the Night” babe may have been feeling the pressure of sharing the screen with British babe Keira Knightley, as she was incessantly biting her nails and smiling nervously.
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Obama Redeems Hipsters And All Of Us, Too [Election Night Stories]
Posted: November 5th, 2008, 7:40am CST by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Election night Stories
I watched the election results last night at a big shiny CNN party surrounded by flat screen TVs and media people in suits. Sure, there were free mozzarella sticks and lots of cheering, but Lou Dobbs was there too, and when the Obama victory came through I wished that I was out in the streets surrounded by hundreds of crazy cheering hopeful people. And I found that very thing on Bedford Ave. in Williamsburg, the geographic heart of all we mock. Hipsters, it was your finest moment. And you can't help but believe that when the amorphous hipster mob takes to the street for democracy while a grim Lou Dobbs climbs silently into his pajamas somewhere across town, brighter days are ahead. God bless America.
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Eva Mendes: Sexy on the Set
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 11:17pm CST
Tags: eva Mendes last night
She’s made quite a name for herself with her diverse film roles, and earlier today Eva Mendes was hard at work on her latest project “Last Night.”
The “We Own the Night” hottie was spotted on the New York City set of the film, in which she stars alongside “Pirates of the Caribbean” babe Keira Knightley.
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Dive Bar Report 2: 'I Wish We Had a Webcam of Rush Limbaugh Right Now' [Election Night Stories]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 10:01pm CST by Sheila
Tags: Election night Stories
Holiday Cocktail Lounge on St. Mark's, 9 p.m.: the ancient Ukrainian bartender makes my change and hands it back to the guy sitting next to me. Breaking: Obama won Ohio! There are eight of us in the bar, and a shorn and bespectacled young man shouts, "He won Ohio!" to the peanut gallery sitting in the back. Scattered applause.Now it's 115 McCain, 195 Obama.
"I'm so impressed. Finally, we're doing something right," says a shaggy dude in a denim shirt.
"But do you think he'll take Long Island?" an earnest Asian boy asks.
"God, just say something," someone else moans at the TV punditry. "'So, Bob, what did you have for lunch?'" he mocks.
"I wish we had a—what do you call that thing that shows the hot girls taking off their panties—oh, a webcam of Rush Limbaugh, right at the moment where Obama wins. I just want to see his eyes pop out of his head," gloats the outspoken shaggy dude.
Now we're at Blarney Cove, 10 p.m.: the "mid-day gentleman's bar" in the twilight zone on 14th between A and B is usually more crowded at ten in the morning. No matter:
"Who do you think'll win?" I ask the oldster next to me. He smiles: his reply is a long one, and utterly incomprehensible. He removes himself to wrangle with the jukebox; "Teacher's Pet" comes over the speakers.
"This country does not deserve Obama. America is the Zombie Bride!" exlaims a young man in a grey suit and homberg.
"America is the Zombie Bride!" he shouts. "It's a metaphor."
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The Dive Bar Report: Election is a Momentary Distraction [Election Night Stories]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 8:34pm CST by Sheila
Tags: Election night Stories
First stop, 7pm, at the hallway-shaped Milano's on East Houston. There was a hair in my beer. I settled next to a stoic old man. Despite the crowd, however, the only political discussions were coming from the TV. Second stop, Mars Bar, 8pm. There are exactly two bare lightbulbs lit, and exactly three people in the bar: a middle-aged guy who looks like a Bowery bum, a young blonde guy who looks like a junkie, and a black lady from Oregon who "lives here now." With a tubercular cough left over from a cold, I fit right in. The older guy, Mike, asks if I'm reading Freud. "Believe it or not Interpretations of Dreams was one of the first books I read when I was a kid because I was having nightmares. Say, have you ever read Jung? No?"
"You vote?" Mike asks the pretty brunette bartender, who barely looks of voting age. She sighs. "No, because I fucked up my registration. I just... fucked it up."
"Tell you what, we're having going to have our first black President," Mike offers.
Two laborers from Connecticut come in, the younger of which didn't bother to vote. "I think we're going to have McCain," he says. "It's all rigged up anyway."
The payphone rings and the bartender answers: "No, Benny, I'm sorry. I told you before I'm not going on a date with you," he said before slamming it down.
With that, we sit and wait for the night bartender, who is a half an hour late for her shift.
[Photo courtesy psych101]
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Saturday Night Live’s last funny episode of 2008
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 7:03am CST by SeriouslyOMGWTF
Tags: saturday night live
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I am going to miss funny episodes from Saturday Night Live, aren’t you?
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McCain To Make Funnies on TV Three Days Before Election [Saturday Night Live]
Posted: October 31st, 2008, 11:03am CDT by Pareene
Tags: saturday night live
Senator John McCain will appear on the popular "sketch comedy" television program Saturday Night Live this weekend. McCain hosted the show in 2002, so he's no stranger to their fun-loving antics. The only difference is that this time out, McCain is, we're told, running for president, and the election is on Tuesday. So, sure, hanging out in New York City sounds good, why not. Barack Obama was rumored to be considering an appearance too, but it seems like he might spend the weekend before the election campaigning in swing states? He has spent enough time on network TV, thank you. (Though someone could still make a stilted, unfunny, stunt cameo during SNL's Monday night prime time election special! Keep hope alive!) [AP]
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How did Amy Poehler have an 8 pounder?
Posted: October 26th, 2008, 2:44pm CDT by SeriouslyOMGWTF
Tags: saturday night live
(photo from WireImage)
Will Arnett and Amy Poehler welcomed their first child a little boy according to Us Weekly.
"On behalf of Amy and Will, I can confirm that Amy gave birth to Archie Arnett on Saturday, October 25th," her rep tells Us. "He is 8lbs., 1oz.
"Amy, Will and Archie are all healthy and resting comfortably," the rep adds.
Seriously how did little Amy Poehler give birth to an 8 pounder? I hope she C-Section.
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Blake Lively and Kate Bosworth: Fashion Group Groupies
Posted: October 24th, 2008, 2:45pm CDT
Tags: Blake lively Kate Bosworth night
If it’s true that blondes really do have more fun, then Blake Lively and Kate Bosworth were having a blast at the Fashion Group International’s 25th Annual Night of Stars at Cipriani Wall Street last night (October 23).
The “Blue Crush” cutie was busy hamming it up for the paparazzi in a funky, furry brown belted minidress teamed with a pair of brown uber-high heels.
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Ashley Olsen: Cipriani Chick
Posted: October 24th, 2008, 12:54pm CDT
Tags: Ashley Olsen night of Stars
Always up for a high-fashion event, Ashley Olsen was spotted enjoying the festivities at the Fashion Group International’s 25th Annual Night of Stars, held at Cipriani Wall Street last night (October 23).
The former “Full House” cutie looked sexy and sophisticated in a strapless navy blue dress with black heels and a black handbag.
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Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony’s Night of Stars
Posted: October 24th, 2008, 12:34pm CDT
Tags: Jennifer Lopez marc anthony night
Though parenthood can be, at times, not-so-glamorous, you’d never know it by looking at new parents Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. Last night they were living it up at Fashion Group International’s 25th Annual Night of Stars.
The “Waiting for Tonight” songstress was looking fit and fine as she made her way down the red carpet at Cipriani at Wall Street, wearing a curvaceous one-shoulder lavender dress with strappy silver heels while Mark sported a white suit/black shirt and tie combo.
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Keira Knightley Hits the Set of “First Night”
Posted: October 20th, 2008, 4:10pm CDT
Tags: Keira Knightley last night nyc
As the Fall weather drives the temperatures down, we’re seeing some of our favorite celebrities piling on the extra layers. And earlier today (October 20), Keira Knightley was spotted bundling up on the set of her new movie.
The “Pirates of the Caribbean” babe meandered around the New York City set of “Last Night” sporting a dark winter coat, grey scarf, brown velour pants and a pair of Converse All-Stars.
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The real Sarah Palin and Mark Wahlberg do SNL!
Posted: October 19th, 2008, 9:26am CDT by SeriouslyOMGWTF
Tags: saturday night live
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Sarah Palin and Mark Wahlberg both stopped by Saturday Night Live to take on the people who have been taking them on and the results is for the first time in a long time, SNL had 3 funny bits! I just wish we would’ve seen Tina Fey and Sarah Palin together and Sarah confronted her personally. I also wanted to see Mark Wahlberg hit Andy Samberg in her big beautiful nose!!! Maybe next time!!!
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Anne Hathaway Drops By SNL Afterparty
Posted: October 5th, 2008, 3:30pm CDT
Tags: Anne Hathaway saturday night live
Out in the Big Apple, Anne Hathaway arrived for Saturday Night Live’s traditional afterparty with a mystery man, shortly ahead of fellow guests Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Kimmel and Gina Gershon last night (October 4).
Keeping things casual with a t-shirt and jeans, Anne took a few moments to sign autographs for fans outside of McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurant before making her way inside to party with fellow attendees.
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Cameron Diaz: AFI Night at the Movies
Posted: October 2nd, 2008, 1:44pm CDT
Tags: Cameron Diaz afi night At
She’s no stranger to swanky red carpet events, and Cameron Diaz looked right at home at last night’s Target Presents AFI Night at the Movies, held at the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood, California.
The “There’s Something About Mary” babe looked cute as she posed with the Target dog, sporting a white button-up shirt teamed with a pair of dark wash stretch jeans and red strappy heels.
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Poetic Signage [Pic Of The Night]
Posted: September 30th, 2008, 12:47am CDT by Ryan Tate
Tags: Pic of the night
It's not yet know whether the Washington Mutual on Avenue A in the East Village will be among 540 closed by acquirer JP Morgan Chase. But given that the WaMu's failure was the largest in U.S. history , the branch's signage could hardly have malfunctioned in a more appropriate fashion. (Thanks to the tipster who snapped this image on a BlackBerry and sent it in. We're taking it on faith that this isn't a Photoshop job.)
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So How Are You Spending the Holiday Weekend? [Friday Night Fuck Fest]
Posted: August 29th, 2008, 5:37pm CDT by ian spiegelman
Tags: Friday night fuck Fest
So, I get home from a lovely day of beaching and Ross Macdonald to discover that McCain's picked a lady for his Veep—a psycho-lady Religious Right mouth-breathing fuss-nut who thinks evolution is crazy talk, that dinosaur bones are the 6,000-year-old remains of dragons, and that there's no good reason a woman should control her own body even if she's been raped by her uncle. It was quite a mindfull! So I was pondering the implications of how this will help the cynical rotting husk that was John McCain to steal this election... And then I thought, I wanna rock out and think about that stuff later. So here is the elf rocker Ronnie James Dio at the height of his elfish powers. Anyhoo, jump on in!
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Selena Gomez: Girls’ Night Out
Posted: August 19th, 2008, 4:27pm CDT
Tags: Selena Gomez movie night
Though she’s quickly becoming the next rising teen star, Selena Gomez is just like every other 16-year-old girl- she loves to go to the movies with her friends!
The “Wizards of Waverly Place” cutie was spotted with a few gal pals heading out to the Sunset 5 theatre in West Hollywood, California last night to catch a flick.
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David Carr Invites You to Tour Beautiful Minneapolis [The Night Of The Fun!]
Posted: August 15th, 2008, 10:29am CDT by Pareene
Tags: the night of the fun
Heading to the Republican convention? You could do worse than follow the advice proffered in today's Times "36 Hours in" column on the Twin Cities, penned by Minneapolitan David Carr. It's full of good advice for restaurants, culture, and entertainment. And bars. There are really just a couple of our favorite places that he missed: you can get a good (for the midwest) pizza and a cheap pitcher of Summit at Pizza Luce on Lyndale Ave. If the lot's full, there's usually street parking readily available a block away on 32nd and Garfield. Just make sure to lock up! [NYT]
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Pride Weekend Brings Night Club Raids [Night Life]
Posted: June 29th, 2008, 7:14am CDT by ian spiegelman
Tags: night life
Friday brought to this city a wave of gays from across the country looking to party in anticipation for today's Pride Parade and related festivities. It also conveniently brought a police crackdown on gay-friendly nightlife venues. Marquee, Pacha, and Splash were all raided Friday, according to tipsters, with Marquee and Pacha shuttered until further notice. "A notice at Pacha gave the following information for the club shutdown. There has been surveillance of the club since Aug. 11, 2007. Since that time, the warrent said, there have been drugs bought that included Ecstasy in various quantities for about $20 per pill; cocaine, up to as much as $750 worth; marijuana; and 'alleged' ketamine (which could mean it was sold as Special K, but might have been a substitute).
"The warrant cited drug buys within the cub on dates from August 2007 into June 2008, but the big drug buys only started occurring around December of last year." [EdgeNewYork]
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Gossip Girl's Missed Love Connection [Ships In The Night]
Posted: June 27th, 2008, 10:00am CDT by Richard
Tags: ships in the night
From the mixed up files of Craigslist comes a Missed Connection from a dude who must be an actor or some sort of bigwig behind-the-scenes person on raggedy teen soap Gossip Girl. The show has been filming in the Hamptons recently and this CL poster was enamored with a bikini-clad blonde nymph, an extra who had "the body of a goddess." And don't worry, blondie, your Romeo is fairly certain you'll figure it out—"if you see this you probably know who I am," he writes, romantically. So are you out there, dreamgirl? Do you know who he is? If not, read more about yourself and your thwarted romance after the jump.
background actress in upper brookville (oyster bay area) - m4w
you were by far the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my 4 years in ny.. about 5'5" tall, medium length curly blonde hair, an absolutely stunning smile, and the body of a goddess. you were wearing a white bikini and doing background acting in the pool area for gossip girl.. if you see this you probably know who I am, I was absolutely mesmorized by you. I didnt want to try talking to you in front of the whole crew cuz I would of got shit from my boss but when I had a moment to look for you they had already wrapped you :( I would much rather get rejected then to have never tried at all.. if you actually see this, please reply if nothing else than to tell me no so I know lol if anyone reading knows the girl im talking about, please just show her this, thanks
A Socialite's Life
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'The Happening' Just Ain't Happening
Posted: May 19th, 2008, 6:59pm CDT
Tags: M. night Shyamalan
Technically, M. Night Shyamalan's latest attempt at horror will be happening at theaters at some point. The first reviews are out, and they leave little hope that Shyamalan was going to make a comeback after his last two crap-tastic movies Lady in the Water and The Village.
In case you can't see the movie clip right now, imagine a bunch of actors asking questions over and over again in a very unbelievable fashion.
Compared the the last two movies, this one might be worth seeing for the sole fact that it's attempt at horror will make you scream with laughter at the piss-poor acting, rather than out of fear.
Poor Mark Wahlberg. At least the little girl is cute.
Gawker
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Finally, An Excuse To Talk About Jason Segal's Flaccid Penis [Full Frontal]
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 11:11am CDT by rebecca
Tags: date night movies
Hey, remember Knocked Up and Superbad? Sure, they were each a little sexist and homoerotic (not that there's anything wrong with that), respectively, but nonetheless spawned the adjective "Apatovian." Now any movie featuring a lovable goof and the Apatow players, also known as the cast of Freaks and Geeks, gets a rave. The latest is Forgetting Sarah Marshall, starring 73 frames of Jason Segal's penis. A tipster writes in to complain that the Entertainment Weekly review and the Slate review are awfully similar, both using Segal's body (penis) as a metaphor for the movie. Well, isn't his penis a metaphor for everything?
In EW, Lisa Schwarzbaum writes,"As embodiments go, the Segel physique, a long, pale, uncooked dinner roll of a shape, is an apt one for the attractions of this very funny, very chewy, partially undercooked comedy."Dana Stevens also can't get enough of Segal's ironically hot-bod: "Like its hero, 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' is a little soft around the middle, but all the more lovable for that."
Plagiarism? Probably not. But what kind of message are these reviews sending to film students? In the real world, a doughy body won't solve plot problems.
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Finally, An Excuse To Talk About Jason Segel's Flaccid Penis [Full Frontal]
Posted: April 18th, 2008, 11:11am CDT by rebecca
Tags: date night movies
Hey, remember Knocked Up and Superbad? Sure, they were each a little sexist and homoerotic (not that there's anything wrong with that), respectively, but nonetheless spawned the adjective "Apatovian." Now any movie featuring a lovable goof and the Apatow players, also known as the cast of Freaks and Geeks, gets a rave. The latest is Forgetting Sarah Marshall, starring 73 frames of Jason Segel's penis. A tipster writes in to complain that the Entertainment Weekly review and the Slate review are awfully similar, both using Segel's body (penis) as a metaphor for the movie. Well, isn't his penis a metaphor for everything? In EW, Lisa Schwarzbaum writes,"As embodiments go, the Segel physique, a long, pale, uncooked dinner roll of a shape, is an apt one for the attractions of this very funny, very chewy, partially undercooked comedy."
Dana Stevens also can't get enough of Segel's ironically hot-bod: "Like its hero, 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' is a little soft around the middle, but all the more lovable for that."
Plagiarism? Probably not. But what kind of message are these reviews sending to film students? In the real world, a doughy body won't solve plot problems.
Celebrity-Gossip.net
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Brittany Snow Premieres “Prom Night”
Posted: April 10th, 2008, 3:57pm CDT
Tags: brittany Snow prom night
High School horror films have always been a favorite teen genre. And the latest installment of schooltime scary flicks is “Prom Night,” hitting theaters this Friday, April 11th.
But last night, a few very lucky filmgoers got a sneak peek at the new movie (as well as star Brittany Snow) at the World Premiere, held at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, California.
Gawker
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Celebrity Poetry Will Save Your Soul [The Written Word]
Posted: March 7th, 2008, 11:16am CST by Richard
Tags: a night without armor
John Lundberg reviews celebrity poetry for the Huffington Post today, covering the oeuvres of such notables as Suzanne Somers, Leonard Nimoy, and Charlie Sheen. He makes the "well, duh" assessment that songwriters often fare the best, citing Wilco's Jeff Tweedy as an example. In doing so he manages to forget the estimable Jewel, whose poems are described, on the back of her 1998 book A Night Without Armor (get it??), as "A talented artist's intimate portrait of what makes us uniquely human." Right. The bulk of her work consists of a few hackneyed sentences which she chopped up by hitting the "return" button at random, turning them into twee bits of verse. The singer, who hilariously got served by MTV's Kurt Loder over a malapropism while promoting the book, shares some deep thoughts with us after the jump. "Saved From Myself"
How often I've cried out
"Sun Bathing"
in silent tongue
to be saved
from myselfin the middle of the night
too afraid
to movehorrified the answer
may be beyond the
capability of my
own two handsso small
I read a book
and the man thinks
I can not see
the wrikled posture
of his son
as he is nudged.He thinks
I can not sense
four eyes
upon my flesh
as the father tries
to bond with
his teenage boy
by ogling my breasts.
TMZ.com
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Night Crawlers!
Posted: March 4th, 2008, 10:51am CST by TMZ Staff
Tags: wackyandweird night owls
Filed under: Wacky and Weird
TMZ.com: Just because the stars hide during the day doesn't mean they can escape TMZ's nocturnal camera lens. We're everywhere you wanna be. Just like Visa.... Read more
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Ellen Page Does SNL, Drops Raimi Role
Posted: March 1st, 2008, 10:21pm CST
Tags: Ellen Page saturday night live
With her hoodie pulled over her head, Ellen Page quietly made her way through the streets of New York City on Friday afternoon (February 29).
The Juno actress was on her way to NBC Studios for her appearance on Saturday Night Live, which airs later this evening.
Gawker
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Friday Night Lights May Be Saved, So Please Shut Up Now [Good Television]
Posted: February 21st, 2008, 9:41am CST by Richard
Tags: Friday night Lights
Friday Night Lights, that show that no one watches but everyone loves, may be getting a stay of execution. The "football as metaphor for small town America" program (and especially its lead pair, Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton) has a rabid cult following and support from critics and Neel Shahs all over the place, which has kept it afloat far longer than a low rated show should expect. With the strike, though, it looked like FNL had snapped the ball one last shaky-camera-ed, beautifully scored time. Sad, emotive bloggers (and some of my friends) would not stop moaning about it. But, lo! What light over yonder bleachers breaks? Nü NBC, under the tutelage of funky young exec Ben Silverman, may be giving the show a chance, via an alternative programming strategy. They're thinking they might try sharing the show with some other networks, The CW being one possibility. NBC tried this earlier this season with Law & Order: CI, which started in the fall on USA, but was switched back over to NBC when the strike began. One potential roadblock could be NBC's reportedly high asking price, but I suppose they've earned that. It really is genuinely aw shucks refreshing to see a major network give so much care and attention to adored but audience-less shows like FNL (and 30 Rock). Here's hoping it'll come back so I can go back to ignoring it. [Variety]
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Explaining a Show's Limited Appeal By Blaming the Internet, Dumb People [You Wouldn't Understand]
Posted: January 19th, 2008, 1:15pm CST by Greg Wasserstrom
Tags: Friday night Lights
Virginia Heffernan (and supposedly other people) lives in constant dread that her beloved Friday Night Lights will be canceled. It's her favorite show but draws only half the viewers of many other, dumber shows. Heffernan, the our favorite breathless TV critic, mournfully parses the situation in the Times Magazine, and it's sort of like when your articulate but totally misguided friend explains why nobody's into her fiance. She chalks up the show's flop to the unwavering artistic integrity of its creators and a lack of sophistication that leads laypeople to reject high art, just like when Shakespeare wrote the totally under-appreciated first season and a half of Hamlet. Hey, remember the time Heffernan compared lonelygirl15 to Jane Austen? We sure do. [New York Times]
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Friday Night Lights and the Stupid People Who Don't Like It [You Wouldn't Understand]
Posted: January 19th, 2008, 1:15pm CST by Greg Wasserstrom
Tags: Friday night Lights
Virginia Heffernan (and supposedly other people) lives in constant dread that her beloved Friday Night Lights will be canceled. It's her favorite show but draws only half the viewers of many other, dumber shows. Heffernan, the our favorite breathless TV critic, mournfully parses the situation in the Times Magazine, and it's sort of like when your articulate but totally misguided friend explains why nobody's into her fiance. She chalks up the show's flop to the unwavering artistic integrity of its creators and a lack of sophistication that leads laypeople to reject high art, just like when Shakespeare wrote the totally under-appreciated first season and a half of Hamlet. Hey, remember the time Heffernan compared lonelygirl15 to Jane Austen? We sure do. [New York Times]
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Nightlife: 'L' Magazine's Nightlife Awards
Posted: October 10th, 2007, 1:20pm CDT
Tags: joshs big night out
It was as if a giant powder puff had descended from heaven and enveloped Lotus in a white glittery cloud of cocaine and sparkles. Frantic energy and cake makeup touched nearly everyone at last night's L magazine Nightlife Awards. Among the crowd, gender was a choice freely made. And sexuality was externalized in a way both alluring and confusing. Jeans, when they were worn, were tighter than a pair of control top pantyhose. Soon enough, a woman would withdraw a hardboiled egg from her vagina. Nikola Tamindzic, who won their award best nightlife photographer, was unfortunately there to capture what ensued. An extended gallery can be found here.galleryPost('lmagazinenightlifeparty', 4, 'L Nightlife Awards');The least interesting part were the actual awards. First of all, if anyone had read L magazine, they would have known who won. Thankfully no one did, because surprises are fun.
Secondly, a lot of people were missing. Justine D couldn't make because she was in Tokyo "getting fabulous ideas to bring back to New York." Jason Ultra, voted best newcomer, couldn't make it because the L train wasn't running. The big winners were Studio B, that Greenpoint club, which won best dance floor, best venue-club, best light system and best sound system. The fact that June D., who produces events at Studio B, was a judge was kind of glossed over.
It was what happened between the award presentations that gripped me. Of the four interstitial performances we saw, two concerned themselves with representation of female sexuality, one with male heterosexuality and one with male homosexuality. The first one, by a woman named Miss Brooklyn, was a King Kong/Fay Ray schizophrenic striptease. Half her body was in a gorilla suit, the other half in a sequined white gown. The more savage part of her took the clothes off the better half until nothing except a pasty and g-string remained.
The second act was a woman in a chicken mask and feathers called, confusingly, something like "The Mermaid." She pulled a string of feathers from her panties, squatted down and did a chicken dance. Her breasts jiggled in a disconcerting way like schoolkids on a bus traveling over a potholed road. Her act culminated in a "laying an egg," by which I mean, extruding the hard-boiled egg that was in her vagina. Then she ate that egg.
The third act, of which we'll have video later today, featured a nice enough looking lady in a sequined tube top. After an awkwardly long time, a man in a cowboy hat approached her and touched her breasts. He simulated performing cunnilingus. He did a head stand. He dropped his underwear in her face. Issues at play here, I would say, include use of force and the male projection of his own desire of what a woman wants onto a woman. It seems that those are two very different things, at least in this case. He wore kneepads and sneakers.
The fourth act was by far the most participatory, at least for this reporter. It featured a man named Captain who also had a cowboy hat. I guess I was looking on with too focussed a male gaze because he pulled me up on stage. This I strongly did not want to do for a whole variety of reasons. But at a certain point, my refusal to budge became too awkward and I caved. That was a bad move.
He bade me stand facing away from him. He bent me over and to say that he rammed me in the ass is neither too strong a description or too vulgar. I closed my eyes and hoped it would all be over soon. Of a whole room full of gays, how had he picked me to go up on stage? Why did this kind of thing only happen here and not at concerts or games where the lucky chosen one gets a free Lexus or something? Why was my lot to get bent over and humped by a guy wearing a cowboy hat and a striped dress shirt? I headed to the bar for a post-faux-coital beer. Someone asked where that scared gay boy had gone. But I kept quiet.
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A Night Out Without: The Weirdest Karaoke In New York
Posted: September 25th, 2007, 2:45pm CDT
Tags: a night out without
After we escaped the stultifying news-world Emmys last night, we were ready to party. You know, like if you asked us "Do you party?," we'd say "Hmm, yeah? I guess?" Fortunately, irrelevant music magazine Spin and Pete Wentz's emo bar Angels and Kings were hosting a karaoke competition!After all, I had fond memories of donning guyliner and infiltrating the place. Also, Slut Machine had once road tested the bathrooms and we were hoping for a repeat performance.
By some horrible twist of fate, I ended up on stage in the suit and tie, with a stack of laminated numbers in one hand, judging the performances. The good news was free drinks. The bad news, we couldn't leave. Thank god we were sitting next to Super Frank, James Brown's manager and Andy Hilfiger, Tommy's brother, or else the night would have been a real wreck.
Andy H., who looks like a chubby version of his robot brother, is in a band with a couple of other middle-aged white dudes. He was wearing a tight denim jeans and a denim jacket with bedazzled patches on it. He plays bass, which Tommy taught him when he was a kid. The band is called MARS. They play classic rock. Other members include Scott Lipps, president of One Model management, and Michael H who is widely described, weirdly, as an adopted Hilfiger. Andy said that he is looking forward to playing the Halloween party at Scores.
Super Frank is an older shlubby looking white dude and was, by far, the person to know. He was James "The Godfather of Soul" Brown's business manager for the last 5 years of his life. He recalled how James Brown used to make him and his personal manager have these singalongs in the tour bus driving between shows. "We had to sing his new songs which was really stressful. If he didn't think you knew the words, he'd point at you and say, 'You're not singing loud enough.'"
On stage, the karaoke was dismayingly competent but completely boring. There's a sweet spot in karaoke performance in which the performer is neither completely in his or her comfort zone nor so wildly out of it that whatever song he or she is attempting to sing is debased into a series of grunts and shrieks. Last night's karaoke fell well within the comfort zone: Lots of rote memorization. An additional road block in enjoying the evening was the doucherie of those singing. Especially worthy of mention is the lead singer of Gym Class Heroes, a tattooed kid named Travis McCoy. His baseball cap was perfectly off-kilter, his Members Only Jacket was the appropriate shade of maroon, his version of "Time of My Life" managed to be both believable and depressing.