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Jerry Yang in New York talking AOL deal
FROM VALLEYWAG.COM: The much-talked-about talks between Yahoo and Time Warner to unload AOL? They're definitely on, says a tipster, who also claims Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang and President Sue Decker are in New York trying to cajole Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes into a deal before Yahoo announces third-quarter earnings later t...
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Did McCain Snub Obama's Handshake?
John McCain at least made eye contact with Barack Obama during tonight's presidential debate. But that seemed to be about all the pleasantry he could manage. First he called Obama "that one." Now blogs are burning up with chatter that McCain also refused Obama's post-debate handshake, pointing him to wife Cindy instead. More »
Nasty little men
McCain On Obama: "That One"
FROM JEZEBEL.COM: Not much else I can say other than just post the clip. That said, here's how others reacted. Megan: "9:45 ET: Brokaw asks if we should have a new Manhattan Project for energy or the private sector. More »
Debates
'John McCain's Last Stand'
One might expect a right-wing shouting head like Bill O'Reilly to help the Republican Party ratchet down expectations for John McCain ahead of tonight's presidential debate. But the Fox News Channel host is raising the stakes. A few minutes before the debate started, O'Reilly said the event will mark the Republican presidential nominee's "last stand." "McCain has to do well tonight, or say goodbye," he added. We're still pretty sure there's a scheme here — O'Reilly's probably got an easy definition of "well" — but this makes it all the more difficult for McCain to spin if he does poorly. Click the video icon to watch the clip. (PS: The commenter liveblog is here in case you missed it.) More »
Time Life Video Presents
Regis Philbin Forgetting Names, In 28 Handsome Volumes
FROM DEFAMER.COM: We're going to preface this by saying that we here at Defamer don't just respect our elders, we downright adulate them. (That is, unless they're in the car ahead of us, counting pennies at the Vons 15-items-or-less lane, or generally engaging us in a conversation that involves several extinct movie... More »
In Brief
Newspaper-killing Google aims to hire newspaper-saving programmer
FROM VALLEYWAG.COM: Adrian Holovaty is going to save journalism, darn it, if the industry likes it or not. And he may soon be doing it at Google. The search engine has long suffered from a tin ear in its relations with writers and editors — More »
Books
Who Will Write This Year's 'Making of the President'?
Honestly? We'd rather read a book-length history of the Hillary Clinton campaign written by Josh Green than read another word about McCain and Obama. But let's take a look at the people currently working on their own novelistic takes on the waking nightmare that has been 2008 thus far! More »
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Around 9:40pm while picking up my prescription from the notably slow downstairs pharmacy at the 24hr Duane Reade last night on 57th and Broadway, Rihanna and 3 giant bodyguards came in.
Crime
Secret Service To Arrest Sarah Palin
Ha ha, just kidding. The plucky Alaska Maverick is just inspiring death threats, not inciting them! At a rally held earlier this week in 1938, Palin accused Barack Obama of "palling around with terorrists." At that, a man in the crowd shouted "kill him!" Turns out you are not allowed to shout "kill him" in reference to a nominee for president. So the Secret Service totally promises to investigate! If they can find the guy and verify that he said "kill him" and not "boo-urns." Get your alibi in order, Lieberman! [Radar]
Assignment Desk
Anyone watching micro-celebrity Julia Allison explain the art of personal branding this evening? There's a Mediabistro seminar on the subject. Please send in a report and any video or stills from the event!
Anyone watching micro-celebrity Julia Allison explain the art of personal branding this evening? There's a Mediabistro seminar on the subject. Please send in a report and any video or stills from the event!
Press Release Of The Day
From 5WPR: "I want to offer you Paul Lehr Healthcare attorney and President of the Pritikin Center, the leading medical institute in the US for disease prevention for over 30 years (according to the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association), longevity and obesity to discuss how cutting Medicare will affect the economy and drive up insurance costs." Hmm.
From 5WPR: "I want to offer you Paul Lehr Healthcare attorney and President of the Pritikin Center, the leading medical institute in the US for disease prevention for over 30 years (according to the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association), longevity and obesity to discuss how cutting Medicare will affect the economy and drive up insurance costs." Hmm.
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Exclusive
Debate Preview! (And Liveblog!)
It will be boring. John McCain will be friendly and upbeat to questioners but still cold to Obama. Obama will be well-prepared and not at all nasty, again. McCain's shot at the presidency will continue to gradually escape him, leaving him increasingly tortured and miserable. Update: Come back here at 9 for the liveblog!
Journalismism
We're Sorry For Making You Quit The New York Times, Sharon Waxman
Sharon Waxman is a former NYT reporter who quit the paper to go to LA and make her way on the wild World Wide Web, which has "endlessly rich tools to pursue our craft," etc. She sent out an email today to her Trusted Friends and Colleagues telling them that The Wrap News, "which will have a fresh approach on reporting news in the entertainment industry" (!) and will be a "multi-platform source," etc., is all set to launch in January, and by the way please take a survey. And who will the world have to thank for Waxman's new "news and community resource for entertainment professionals?" Heartless Gawker, which made her quit her real job, allegedly!: More »
The panic of '08
Wall Street TV Show Cruelly Reminds Us Of How It Used to Be
While the fires on Wall Street continue to smolder and ghouls still prowl the darkened streets of downtown, searching for delicious human meat, a show called Wall Street Warriors still soldiers on. Yeah, it's on something called Mojo which is like Hi-Def television or something. Anyway, it follows real-life young idealistic finance types as they wheel and/or deal. And it's sort of sad given today's ruination. Above is an ominous clip from the most recent episode, the season finale. The two young men you hear are idealistic stockbrokers, the "punch in the gut" they refer to has to do with SanDisk stock dropping a bit. But, grimly, they remain hopeful. Little did they (or any of us?) know what awaited them just a few short months later. It's like that old Faces song. You know the one: More »
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Olsen Girl Always Takes Baby Michelle, Toddler Michelle, and Tween Michelle Wherever She Goes
[Mary-Kate Olsen arriving in London today; image via Bauer-Griffin]
In Brief
Why Facebook is foundering
FROM VALLEYWAG.COM: The great hope of the Valley, the startup everyone thought was the next Google, the company whose IPO might restart the stock-market gold rush for everyone, is not well. More »
The Liberal Elite
Scene: a $1,000-a-head Obama fundraiser last night in a tony East Village townhouse. "We have to sacrifice," Alec Baldwin told the crowd. Moments later his podium came crashing down to the floor, but he recovered smoothly with a joke. Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day, her long blond locks wrapped in a headband, stood in the corner stroking her little dog, which was dyed pink. At the conclusion of the speeches, Alan Cumming encouraged the crowd to talk freely. "There are no Republicans here tonight," he noted. They probably raised a good $80,000.
Scene: a $1,000-a-head Obama fundraiser last night in a tony East Village townhouse. "We have to sacrifice," Alec Baldwin told the crowd. Moments later his podium came crashing down to the floor, but he recovered smoothly with a joke. Danity Kane's Aubrey O'Day, her long blond locks wrapped in a headband, stood in the corner stroking her little dog, which was dyed pink. At the conclusion of the speeches, Alan Cumming encouraged the crowd to talk freely. "There are no Republicans here tonight," he noted. They probably raised a good $80,000.
not afraid to be servicey
Re-Thinking Your Sarah Palin Halloween Costume
Everyone—even 6'5" dudes—is planning on being Sarah Palin for Halloween this year. We called up a Ricky's costume store, looking to see if they carried Palin costumes or at least had noticed an uptick in glasses-and-brunette-wig sales. "Who?" Sarah Palin. "Sarah... um, oh. No." But had the sales clerk noticed people buying more brown wigs and glasses? "Well, we got Obama masks, John McCain masks, Bill Clinton masks."But don't just throw on a wig and glasses—there are so many angles on dressing up as Sarah! More »
Field guide
Neel Kashkari: America's New Head Of Money
The United States Treasury has selected the man whose job is to save our nation's finances by leading the government bailout of Wall Street: a 35-year-old AC/DC lover. Oh that's just great US government, just great. The whole entire media is scrambling to come up with enough background on the guy to fill up a feature story, and it's rough going. We've condensed every salient interesting fact about Neel Kashkari, the unblinking anointed guardian of your money, in a handy guide, after the jump: More »
In Brief
November Glamour Says Relax, Goddammit!
FROM JEZEBEL.COM: Are you stressed out about work, relationships, or money? Glamour editors think you are — according to their Department of Specious Statistics, "young women today are actually as frazzled as the average psychiatric patient was in the 1950s." Luckily Glamour offers help — More »
Celebrity-industrial complex
Minnie Driver: Baby Business Innovator
Actress Minnie Driver recently gave birth to her son Henry last month, and in lieu of some splashy magazine cover (I mean, not that she's that big of a star to warrant that, but you know), she decided to just post a humble, makeup free, mom and baby photo on MySpace. It's a refreshingly un-self-indulgent photo that is heartening to see in this time of the splashy money-making, high gloss, celebrity baby industry. Maybe it represents a new era? More »
Lets go to the videotape
Pot, Meet Kettle: John McCain's Angry Insults Are Simply Absurd
FROM JEZEBEL.COM: Barack Obama is old, John McCain is tall, Sarah Palin is the most experienced politician in office today and Joe Biden looks so gosh-darned cute when he winks. More »
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