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One Trick Pony Ann Coulter on 'Faggy' John Edwards
Attention-starved ring wraith Ann Coulter called (allegedly?) philandering former Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards "faggy" today. Oh, Ann, you really, really are a chore. And I've seen the species of sweaty-collared, ham-faced males you've fawned all over at Langan's, you wearying length of gristle. More »
The Damned Monkeys
And Now They Are Mating With Our Pigs
You tell me: Where will it end? "Villagers were shocked after a monkey-like piglet was born in China. Curious locals flocked to the home of owner Feng Changlin after news of the piglet spread in Fengzhang village, Xiping township. 'It's hideous. No one will be willing to buy it, and it scares the family to even look at it!' Feng told Oriental Today." [Ananova via Neatorama]
Credit
'Incredible Hulk' Screenwriter: Edward Norton Did Not Write My Freaking Script!
For some reason, The Incredible Hulk star Edward Norton has apparently been telling fans that he wrote the screenplay for the superhero flick. This doesn't sit well at all with screenwriter Zak Penn, considering that he enjoys sole writing credit and says he'd been working on the story for more than a decade. Penn showed up at San Diego's Comic-Con 2008 yesterday and aired his thoughts to an appreciative audience of nerds. More »
Parenting
Bad Parents Can't Cope with Sleep-Away Camp
For a certain kind of mommy and daddy—the kind you would see in a New York Times weekend feature—merely sending their precious little dumplings to some of the poshest, coddling-est summer camps in the nation isn't enough. They also supply their whimsically special bunnies with contraband cellphones and drive camp administrators insane by constantly demanding even special-er treatment for their holy spawn. "Their parents, meanwhile, were bombarding the camp with calls: one wanted help arranging private guitar lessons for her daughter, another did not like the sound of her child’s voice during a recent conversation, and a third needed to know — preferably today — which of her daughter’s four varieties of vitamins had run out. All before lunch." More »
kreepie kats
Kreepie Kats Kreep It Real in: "The Only Way Bill Keller is Gonna Get Another Twenty-Five Cents from Me Everyday is If He Shows Up at My Bedside Every 7 AM and Rims One Straight From My Chowderhole!!"
[Your day editor forgot to put up Jim Behrle's weekly kartoon kitten kavalade of fun yesterday. So here it is! Klick thru for laffs!] More »
Zzzzzz....
Siesta Time
Okay, I'm out 'til this eveing, late afternoon, whatever. Because recreation is important. The guy on the left will prove it after the jump. More »
awful
Heather Mills' Publicist Hates Her Too
Just when it seemed you couldn't possibly dig up another person to despise Paul McCartney's ex, Heather Mills, the lady's own publicist has just quit in a hilarious—and wordy—fit. Mills' former flack, Michele Elyzabeth, says the trouble started when Mills accused her of working on a tell-all book. "She was screaming and yelling, 'Is it true that you're writing a book about me?' I told her that it wasn't true, and she went bonkers... She was screaming so loud, she told whoever she was with to leave the room. She was yelling, 'I am tired of you, you're so stupid! You're so unprofessional.'" More »
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MK Olsen
6 Delancey St
Mary-Kate Olsen at Bowery Ballroom tonight, wearing jean shorts and a flannel around her waist - very 1994. she looked beautiful, despite the weird under-eye face paint (is tribal makeup in? or looking like a football player?). she left half way through ambulance LTD's set. -
Sienna Miller and Balthazar Getty
2 Lexington Ave
Sienna and Balthazar at Rose Bar last night…I was so starstruck when she asked, are you going to take this one? (referring to the cab we waited 30 minutes to catch), all I could do was babble and stumble out of the way. I think it was the single greatest moment of my life. -
Josh Hartnett
136 Division St
Saw Josh Hartnett at Bacaro in the LES last night. Wearing a weird, hat but still so hot. -
Jessica Simpson
2 Lexington Ave
Saw Jessica Simpson coming out of Gramercy Hotel in a paparazzi storm last night. Was wearing what looked like a tailored garbage bag. Very short, more interesting looking than beautiful.
The Internets
Blogging is Ruled By Grubby Stupid Boys
The great big crap-ass democracy of blogs turns out to be just another smelly old boys club. "[W]hen Techcult, a technology Web site, recently listed its top 100 Web celebrities, only 11 of them were women. Last year, Forbes.com ran a similar list, naming 3 women on its list of 25. 'It’s disheartening and frustrating,' said Allison Blass, a BlogHer attendee whose personal blog at www.lemonade-life.com is about living with Type 1 diabetes." More »
Shark!
Shark Watch: This Week in Watery Horror
Just keep telling yourself it's not happening. Yesterday, a teen who got chomped on by one of the relentless hunters was the 15th victim of a shark attack in Volusia County, Fla, this year. "The boy was still in the emergency room early Friday afternoon, undergoing significant surgery. Hospital officials called it more than the average nip on the heel. They said the teen had serious cuts to the bottom of his foot, the top of his foot and his Achilles heel area." More »
Here They Come!
Damnable Monkeys Now Using Firearms!
I am deeply concerned that my weekday colleagues are now in league with the monkey threat to civilization, as they conveniently ignored this disturbing report of chimps easily disarming humans in order—I am certain—to stock their burgeoning monkey army with firearms. "A chimp in Japan escaped the sweltering confines of his cage, and a zookeeper with a tranquilizer gun proved no match for this feisty animal. The zookeeper can be seen peeking his head and rifle over the ledge of the roof on which the chimp was resting before quickly crouching down, sensing the chimp had noticed him. The chimp pounced on the ledge, grabbing the barrel of the zookeeper's tranquilizer gun and snatching it away, leaving the poor human defenseless. Score one for the apes." Score one indeed. Terrifying video after the jump. More »
Dirt Sandwich
Secrets From The Mom Of Seacrest
FROM DEFAMER.COM: That familiar feeling is washing over us all again. It's the same feeling that we get at the end of each and every work week. You know what we're talking about. Your brain is tired, your stomach is empty and you're ready for it just to be the weekend already. More »
Clips
"Excuse Me For A Second," But, Helen Thomas Is An American Patriot
FROM JEZEBEL.COM: We're pretty excited about the upcoming HBO documentary Thank You Mr. President: Helen Thomas At The White House, which profiles journalist veteran Helen Thomas, who has been covering the White House since the Kennedy Administration. More »
Week in Review
LoRo called it quits forever!!! The joke metastasized. Elizabeth Edwards was diagnosed with Bastard Sonitis. Nike shoved its balls in our stupid gay face. The business meme died. (And so did Ma.) Malcom Gladwell won second-prize in a Child of Brian Grazer and Curly Sue lookalike contest. Jaws: The Revenge! We declared comments useless. And were then proven wrong. Moscow! Moscow! Moscow! We returned all the china. We were at the corner just in time to see the bus fly by. McCain and Obama aged four years. We aged twenty. ScarJo got down. Everyone was racist. Bye Moe. Hi Moe. You'll all soon be drunk.
The Week We Cheated and Lost
Politics
Obama's Thesis Is Unfound, Unlike His Prayer To Yahweh
And a big gold star to the man or woman who uncovers Barack Obama's elusive Columbia "thesis" on Soviet nuclear disarmament. (It was really more of a lengthy term paper, as Columbia didn't do theses in 1983, when Obama graduated). His old poli sci professor Michael Baron, now a retiree in Florida, says he can't find the A-grade essay, claiming it probably got lost in the move. Well, it's nice to know one Jew in the Sunshine State is happy to shield Obama from his rumored past. And hey, speaking of Jews, a yeshiva student in Jerusalem did a bad, bad thing and pilfered the candidate's prayer scroll from the Wailing Wall. That's like returning your mother's call a week late, only to tell her you married an Irish girl. Here's what Obama asked of God: More »
Stop the Insanity
Even serious, proven journalists like David Carr are reduced to defending themselves in the blog comments. [City Pages]
Even serious, proven journalists like David Carr are reduced to defending themselves in the blog comments. [City Pages]
Scandal
Edwards Scandal Slinks Into Legitimate Press Late Friday Evening
Oh, look, someone's left those floodgates ajar. Fox News "independently verified" the Enquirer story that John Edwards met with Rielle Hunter and her baby at the Beverly Hilton late one night. Their story is written in a lovely tone—equal parts sensationalistic and "reporting on what this nasty tabloid claims" careful prudishness. Now the Enquirer reporters are suing the Beverly Hills Police Department, because hotel security didn't let them have their gotcha moment. Huh. This means, as they note, that "Edwards now could be contacted by police to give an eyewitness account of what occurred." Hah. Have a great weekend!
Nightlife
"The Reason Why I Have a Laser Card and You Don't"
Nightlife is an ugly business full of pretty people. The rules for 26-year-old clothing designer Matt Levine's new thirteen-table LES bar, the Eldridge, are simple. "Friends and family. That’s basically what it is," he told Grub Street. There will be 400 laser-engraved cards distributed to the rights kinds of people, so they can definitely get in. There will be butlers and a "hospitality consultant" and someone to drive you home. It will be closed on weekends. I think we all can imagine what happened next: the comments on the interview have been raging since Monday, and it got even better when somebody claiming to possess one of these very special laser cards decided to step into the fray... More »
The Commies
"Did You Ever Wish Mothra Would Crush Them All?"
Because you commenters will never, ever meet each other in person, not ever, we think it's nice to create a place for you, each week, where you can celebrate each other's good work. You know, on the internet. So after the jump we have six of the best comments of the week, so you can revel in the brilliance that was. All alone in your homes. Never to meet. More »
Whores, All Of You
Sure, you've heard about all the pole dancing in Chile, Mexico, New Jersey, and Union Square. But did you know they're also pole dancing in China? Hey, new trend! [NYT]
Sure, you've heard about all the pole dancing in Chile, Mexico, New Jersey, and Union Square. But did you know they're also pole dancing in China? Hey, new trend! [NYT]
TV
Yet Another Saved By the Bell Alum Project? Yes.
Yesterday, we told you about Dustin Diamond—who played the lovable Screech on the most baffling teen show of all time, Saved By the Bell—and his deal for a tell-all book. Today, we bring you the news of Elizabeth Berkeley—who played Jessie Spano on the very same show—and the "unscripted" self-esteem show that MTV is developing for her. It will be based on her advice-for-girls website, Ask-Elizabeth. It has already been described by an MTV VP as "verité." (Meanwhile, Bell alum Mario Lopez continues to dance with A Chorus Line on Broadway.) To refresh your memory, one of Jessie's greatest soliloquies follows. More »
print is dead
The newspaper industry is in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The biggest kiosk seller this month was a highbrow liberal weekly that featured a tabloid satire of a presidential candidate and his wife. The biggest newsmaker this month was a supermarket tabloid that caught a former presidential candidate visiting his extramarital baby mama, and the major journals of record won't even blog about it. Surely this is the End Times of big media. What is to be done? Where are our journalistic standards headed? And how long before what you see above becomes an actual New York Times Magazine cover?
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Save Your Newspaper: Cover The Edwards Scandal
The newspaper industry is in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. The biggest kiosk seller this month was a highbrow liberal weekly that featured a tabloid satire of a presidential candidate and his wife. The biggest newsmaker this month was a supermarket tabloid that caught a former presidential candidate visiting his extramarital baby mama, and the major journals of record won't even blog about it. Surely this is the End Times of big media. What is to be done? Where are our journalistic standards headed? And how long before what you see above becomes an actual New York Times Magazine cover?
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executions
An Executioner's Work is Never Done
Remember last week, when I expressed a belief that you were all doing much better? Well, this week, not so much. I've learned a valuable lesson: Don't count your chickens while the maniacs are throwing eggs at each other. Or, as a friend put it earlier in the week, "if some of them learned how to read it wouldn't be such a problem." I agree with this sentiment, and would add a request that those of you who cannot refrain from being boringly vicious at least be more funny. Oh well, on to the death and circuses. More »
South American Publishing Minutiae
Hey look, a Peruvian singer is facing jail time for posing in a magazine perched naked on top of a horse, astride the Peruvian flag. You should go examine that picture because of your keen interest in Peruvian media law. [Guanabee]
Hey look, a Peruvian singer is facing jail time for posing in a magazine perched naked on top of a horse, astride the Peruvian flag. You should go examine that picture because of your keen interest in Peruvian media law. [Guanabee]
