August 21, 2008 – Brit-actress and dater of married actor Balthazar Getty Sienna Miller's house was spray-painted with "SLUT" last night. Oh yeah? Is she? Really a slut? More »
August 20, 2008 – When patron of the arts William Kingsland died in 2006, he left a big stack of paintings behind. Guess what, some of them were stolen back in the 60s, Animal New York tells us. More »
August 8, 2008 – Add together an IvyGate editor who also works for Julia Allison's website NonSociety, Rachelle Hruska from Guest of a Guest, and Olympic rowers/ConnectU founders Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss...
August 8, 2008 – Remember the article from Slate music writer Jody Rosen, who stumbled upon a little alt-weekly in Texas, the Montgomery County Bulletin, who had stolen his Jimmy Buffet article? More »
August 8, 2008 – Socialite-publicist Annelise Peterson is playing at being an artist and recording an album: "She's particularly fond of their song "Alone With Me," which [producer Kenyon] Phillips described as a slow ballad about self-love and masturbating.
August 8, 2008 – Is there ever a cafe or restaurant that simply astounds you with its awful service, time and time again (and I've worked all sorts of shitty jobs so yes, I do know how difficult waitressing can be)—YET, time and time again, you masochistically continue to go there?
August 7, 2008 – Yes, that is X-Files star David Duchovny to your left, in a rather unfortunate pose for Playgirl in 1991. Gigglesugar rounded up some the recently-defunct confused porn magazine's most famous covers. More »
August 5, 2008 – The Obama family is featured on the September cover of Essence. The family portrait is an important part of a politician's campaign—it's where they can send subliminal messages while showing you, the voter, what an all-American guy they really are. More »
July 23, 2008 – "I had a picture of a fox hunt, and [Conde Nast owner ] Si [Newhouse] had a question about the saddle we used," says Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter.
July 23, 2008 – We knew the 61-year-old five-times-divorced romance novelist was prolific, but we didn't realize that she just published her seventh-fifth book! She writes them all on a 1964 Olympia manual typewriter, helps the homeless, and as for critics: More »
July 23, 2008 – And you thought selling expensive, weird-tasting frozen yogurt was Pinkberry's biggest sin! The fro-yo chain, owned by Korean-Americans, is selling these Mandarin Juicers by Alessi that other Asians find offensive—they say they're reminiscent of so-called Chinese "coolies" and should be...
July 18, 2008 – "This is what happens when real geeks find out about the self proclaimed [New York] digerati," writes a tipster, referring to this awesome geek conversation, which includes, "I bet those other fake geeks dont even know what an RS-232 booster chip is for." syrix: More »
July 17, 2008 – Dark Knight opens at midnight, and as the previews show, the city gets beat up pretty bad in the epic battle that ensues. New York is always getting destroyed over and over again in movies. More »
July 14, 2008 – British Tetra Pak (an "aseptic solutions" company) heir Hans Kristian Rausing was just charged, along with his wife Eva, of possessing crack cocaine. What a shame! More »
July 14, 2008 – High Fidelity author Nick Hornby remains unimpressed with the Amazon Kindle and Border's iLiad electronic book-reader in Britain, and he'll tell you why after the jump. More »
July 14, 2008 – All that sucking up to Chris Anderson and "branding" herself as a sort-of techie has finally paid off! New York dating columnist Julia Allison—famous for being famous for no reason on the Internet—will grace the August cover of Wired. More »
July 7, 2008 – The hilarious, unhinged, and angry man (and Park Slope parent!) we know only as Blognigger has gone ahead and drafted a long, detailed list of rules of how to live with your kids in an urban environment: More »
