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No more "Little Boxes" theme song for Showtime's excellent, biting, sad Weeds. "Nancy has gotten out of her box," says series creator Jenji Kohan. [EW]
No more "Little Boxes" theme song for Showtime's excellent, biting, sad Weeds. "Nancy has gotten out of her box," says series creator Jenji Kohan. [EW]
You're High
Metafilter is trying to compile a list of all the great drug-themed songs. A fool's errand. The Peter Tosh catalogue alone is too great to fathom. [MF]
Public Executions
the internet hates your kids
Real Life 'Gossip Girl' Blog Rocks Upper East Side
The Youngs of the Upper East Side are all abuzz. No, not about the season finale Gossip Girl. They're aTwitter about their very own real life anonymous mudslinging blogger, called MissITK (In The Know). The site, which was just shut down, was created and run by an anonymous eighth grader who, with diligent cattiness and some garbled Gossip Girl-esque verbal jumping jacks, chronicled the class of 2012's (hovercars!) "elite A-List." Students at private schools all over the moneyed, ivy-covered neighborhood have been implicated in MissITK's posts, which hiss about pathetic attempts at beauty (colored contact lenses!) and desirability (sexy dancing at a bat mitzvah! hahahahah!) Students were sorted into "A" and "B" lists, determined Kings or Queens. Television (and books, sort of), what hath you wrought?? More »
journalismism
Sportswriting Ain't What It Used To Be
Veteran sportswriter Pat Jordan, who worked for Sports Illustrated back in the good old days when every athlete would grovel and tap dance for a chance to appear in that magazine, has a long piece in Slate today detailing exactly why his job was way better back then than it is now. To sum it up: athletes today know they can control the media, whereas back then they were basically underpaid rubes grateful for any press coverage that might land them some endorsements to enhance their meager salaries. Jordan also notes that Jose Canseco is a jerk, old-timey players weren't afraid to ogle girls in front of a reporter, and Deadspin.com is the future of sports journalism. Suck on that, Buzz Bissinger!: More »
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From the Skwib, a graph called "The Economies of Despair." Lesson learned? The people who read books intersect only vaguely with people who read blogs, or people who buy books written by bloggers.
Blogs and Books: They Don't Like Each Other
From the Skwib, a graph called "The Economies of Despair." Lesson learned? The people who read books intersect only vaguely with people who read blogs, or people who buy books written by bloggers.
Karaoke
Evening News Anchor, Bathhouse Performer Duet
Bette Midler is "opening a park for kids on the Lower East Side," apparently. Anything to keep them out of the Johnson's, right? Anyway—Katie Couric was the co-sponsor. So here is a video of Katie Couric singing with The Divine Miss M. They duet on "Downtown." It's not that embarrassing, really. "When I'm 64" is a bit worse. By the time they get to "Age of Aquarius," though, you will be begging for the sober professionalism of a 3 a.m. Sunday morning performance at Second on Second.
Client 9, Eliot Spitzer, and Kristen: the Porn
Fleshbot provides first review of Hustler's "Eliot Splitz Her," a pornographic parody of the Love Gov's hooker scandal—featuring a plucky young prostitute, a D.C. hotel room, and black socks. (For those with more highbrow tastes, there's always the Kristen-inspired Law and Order episode.)
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Andre 3000
Broadway & W 74 St
i saw andre 3000 on 74 & bway. i came out of the subway and notice him. he was simply checking his iphone with a roll away suitcase. he was dressed very bohemian, chic and was with one of the most beautiful blondes i have ever seen. she was at least 5'11. -
Anjelica Huston
125 W 55th St
10:15pm. at milos at 55th and 6th Ave. Fabulous and striking with beautiful hair, amazing looking woman. -
Laurence Fishburne
129 Macdougal St
Saw Laurence Fishburne in the West Village, going into Bar Next Door. I was told by the bartender that he was there to catch gal pal/multi-culti jazz artist Elin's sold-out gig. -
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Charles St & Hudson St
Just spotted Catherine Zeta Jones filming a scene for her movie "The Rebound." She got out of a taxi and screamed at the cabbie. After they cut she introduced herself as Catherine to a crew member. Looked much thinner in person.
Angry people
Top Chef's Lisa May Be As Bad As We Think
Joshua David Stein, foodie and blogger, was none too kind about annoying old Lisa in his Top Chef recap this morning. Is she really an insufferable annoyance, full of negativity and back-stabbery? According to our readers, yes! One tipster seconds Josh's emotion, saying that Lisa is "sour and just generally pissed off." Well, all right then! Won't argue with you there. Full tipster email after the jump. More »
Real Housewives Of Fruitcake County
Denise Richards Augmenting Paltry $25 million Divorce Settlement With Hefty E! Payday
FROM DEFAMER.COM: Oh, what's to be done with Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen. They may bicker incessantly and claim they can't stand the sight of one another, but deep down, you just know they're hoping the other contracts feline AIDS. With her E! More »
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"I Have No Idea 'How the Food Is', Why?"
[Calista Flockhart, Harrison Ford's girlfriend and some sort of actress, leaving New York's Waverly Inn last night; image via Bauer-Griffin]
this thing looks like that thing
Another 'Homaged' New Yorker Cartoon?
A scuffle broke out earlier about a New Yorker cartoon by Harry Bliss, which was very clearly a tribute to famed comic illustrator Jack Kirby. An uncredited homage, but the New Yorker felt that it was such an "overt reference" that it wasn't necessary. But wait, there's more! Yankee Pot Roast has found another New Yorker cartoon by Bliss, which seems to overtly reference the work of yet another cartoonist, John Rau. Are they too similar? To the untrained eye, they appear exactly the same. Rau said he was copied, and told the website: More »
Gossip
Post Shuts Down Gossipeuse's Freebie Cocktail Party
Popular Page Six gossip hack Paula Froelich had a party thrown in her honor last night, complete with her own signature cocktail: the IZZE FROLIC. Awww! She sent an email to all of her contacts saying, "It seems someone has decided to name a drink after me. I think we can use it as a good excuse to go play." But when the party happened, one boldface name was conspicuously absent: New York Post reporter Paula Froelich! So what happened? Bothersome ethics, of course. More »
twitterati
Inanimate Bridge Mocking You
Twitter is, uh... a microblogging thing, where you tell everyone what you're doing at any given moment. It's basically a colossal waste of time. But if you subscribe to ONLY ONE FEED let it be this one: the Twitter account of London's Tower Bridge. It makes all other Twitter feeds utterly redundant.
journalismism
Stabby Hack Hacks Back For Gory Tab Story
Daily News reporter Caitlin Millat went crazy yesterday. Crazy for journalism, that is! "I stabbed an innocent victim, got shot by a police officer, and suffered a severe asthma attack on Wednesday in Brooklyn," she writes, "all in a day's work for the Daily News." She now languishes in an isolation cell on Riker's Island. No, just kidding! She was just playing the role of a crazy person to help out with the city's annual EMT competition. Don't scare us like that, Caitlin! As an added bonus for all of us curious readers, she was able to turn her unique first-person experience into a story in today's paper. Synergetic! There's also a video. Near the end is when she stabs a guy. [NYDN] More »
The Internets
We Are All Emilys
Occasionally, on this very website, enlightening debate breaks out. In between the clusterfucks and the bodysnarking, talk about blogging, the internet, the effect of technology on relationships, and the Way We Live Now occurs. In that case, Emily Gould's just-online article in next Sunday's New York Times Magazine has done what it set out to do. We found it fitting to highlight a conversation between commenters Cassandra and A Dismal Science. Are we all Emily? Is nobody Emily? Should we stone her to death, as is the Internet's custom? "There is not one Emily. There are millions of Emilys." Read on... More »
Florida
'Times' Report: Jews Scared of Black Man
Jews! They hate Obama! That's according to today's Times, in which we learn that Florida's Jews are almost as misinformed as West Virginia's everyone. Anyway—old Jewish retirees all think Obama is against Israel, even though he's just as solidly pro-whatever Israel wants as every other major American politician from either side of the aisle. What can Obama do to win them over? More »
Reality TV
A Quick Guide to David Cook and This Season's Other Instant Stars
Well, in the end it goes to Cook in a landslide. I am surprised! I thought the squealing masses of girls and soft dulcet tones of Archie's "Imagine" repeat on Tuesday night would win over middle ground voters who might have found Cook to be too edgy. But no, in a 12 million vote landslide, our combovered pal from Kansas City tearily took the crown and Simon and company rejoiced. I guess 19 and the judges were behind Cook all along. Perhaps the over the top Archie plaudits were just a calculated bait and switch. Or maybe there's nothing so cynical about American Idol after all. Good for Cook. Instant fame! Who else has won grand television prizes this year, on shows like America's Next Top Model and Project Runway? After the jump, take a tour through this year in winning things, starting, of course, with Mr. Cook. More »
Personal Ads
Cash-Waving Craigslist Player's Fury: 'These Photos Are Mines'
Moral of this story: if you're digging yourself into a hole, stop digging. Yesterday, we got a tip about a self-described "Mr. Right" on NYC's Craigslist, who posted a personal ad with 30 pictures of himself, several of which feature him waving a stack of $20 bills. We put up a few of his photos and chuckled. But he was upset! So he called up the Gawker offices to voice his grievances. He charged us with fraud. He threatened to "punch the fucking guy whoever did this" and "fuck him up." And he warned us, "I'm ten times smarter than these people, cause I"m gonna record it right now." So are we! You have to hear it to believe it. Remember, kids: Craigslist is a public place. Click to listen to the highlights. (To refresh your memory, three of his moneymaking personal ad photos are below): More »
Top Chef
Lisa, The Mean Self-Serving Hack, Lives To Cook Another Day
Joshua David Stein (yes that Joshua David Stein) is back briefly to talk about Bravo's Top Chef whose eleventh episode aired last night. Back on Wednesday at 10:00pm, when I hadn't been exposed to the horrors of the latest episode of Top Chef, my life was cozy and safe. Lisa, I thought, the worst of the contestants could not last any longer. Surely, I thought, Bravo's producers would tire of her petty villainy, her lack of talent and, quite frankly, her ass face. Unfortunately, this woman, who I and many others have come to despise, succeeded in perpetrating her con against humanity for one day longer. More »
How We Gonna Pay?
The final performance, in September, of the Broadway musical/emotional and sexual touchstone for many young people, Rent, will be broadcast to various movie theaters.
The final performance, in September, of the Broadway musical/emotional and sexual touchstone for many young people, Rent, will be broadcast to various movie theaters.
online advertising
Madison Avenue's digital future: outsourced to Bulgaria
FROM VALLEYWAG.COM: AvVenta Worldwide does the production work behind digital ads for General Motors, Microsoft and Bank of America and it expects to earn us much as $22 million in revenues this year — all while charging 20 percent to 50 percent less than the competition. How? Outsourcing! More »
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Man Suddenly Realizes That Maybe He's Not a Charlotte
["Sex and the City" actress Kristin Davis arrives for a taping of the David Letterman show in New York last night; image via Splash]
bloggery
That New York Times Magazine cover story on the perils of online self-exposure is up online—and itself exposed to a still wider audience of gawkers. Oops, as author Emily Gould might say. There isn't much that hasn't already been discussed on this site or on the newspaper's own discussion board. But there's an adorable new photo. If you can't be bothered to read the text—which has already been blogged, commented and rehashed to the point of absurdity—Daily Intel's statisticians have quantified the narcissism in an easy=to-digest table.
Emily Gould Exposed
That New York Times Magazine cover story on the perils of online self-exposure is up online—and itself exposed to a still wider audience of gawkers. Oops, as author Emily Gould might say. There isn't much that hasn't already been discussed on this site or on the newspaper's own discussion board. But there's an adorable new photo. If you can't be bothered to read the text—which has already been blogged, commented and rehashed to the point of absurdity—Daily Intel's statisticians have quantified the narcissism in an easy=to-digest table.
