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Celebrity
Sienna Miller: Who's the Slut Now, Slut?
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? Don't worry: strident feminism is not part of today's lesson. But the Bible is! More » -
Art
FBI to Internet: "Hey, Do Any of These Priceless Stolen Paintings Look Familiar To You Guys?"
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. Now the FBI is—wait for it—crowdsourcing its investigation of the paintings' origins. They put photos of the paintings on their website. After the jump: do you recognize any of these paintings? Plz halp! Luv, FBI.
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Micro-bloggers Have Microfeud!
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... it all turned into a big catfight, somehow. [IvyGate]
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journalismism
Slate Article Causes Copying Texas Alt-Weekly to Quit in a Huff
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? Rosen got obsessed, did some research, and found that one of the paper's few writers, Mark Williams, had pretty much plagiarized everything ever. Now, says the Houston Press, the Bulletin is up and quitting due to the scandal. "It's no longer a publication. I'm quitting. After this Slate article and this is the future of journalism in New York City. I don't want any part of it," said publisher Mike Ladyman. (It's hard to feel sorry for Ladyman; he didn't seem to give a rat's about the plagiarism issue when Rosen contacted him repeatedly.) Good job, Slate! (A fun quote from the non-media-savvy Ladyman after the jump, plus an angry letter from copycat writer Mark Williams.) More » -
Socialites
Annelise Peterson is a Self-Loving, Singing Socialite
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. 'She has trouble with sexually explicit content but she's getting better,' said Mr. Phillips." Gross. [Observer] -
urban anthropology
The Little Cafe That Couldn't
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? Yeah, that's what the Prince Street Cafe was to me. However, as I walked by just now, about to order an omelette that would take half an hour to order, much less arrive (even though the restaurant would no doubt be empty)—now, there's a sign on the door announcing it "Closed By the Order of the Health and Mental Hygiene Department." Mental hygiene! Maybe I will regain mine soon. [Photo by Richard Blakeley] -
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Magazines
A Brief History of Time, Through Playgirl's Covers
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 covers. After the jump: Richard Gere, Burt Reynolds, and the scariest Playgirl cover of all time. (SFW) More » -
Politics
What Politicians' Family Portraits Say About Them
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. (And what's more all-American than color-coordinating your family's outfits red, white, and blue?) What do recent presidential candidates' family photos say about them? More » -
Si Newhouse Is Always Watching
"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. [NYT via UnBeige]
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Books
Danielle Steel Can't Stop, Won't Stop
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: "It's very simple. I haven't read them in years. My feelings get very hurt when people say mean things about me. The trouble I find is that they don't just criticize the book — they then get nasty personally." [CNN via Young Manhattanite] More » -
consumed
Pinkberry's Racist Scandal!
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 removed from stores. Update! A Pinkberry rep says, "We wanted to let you know that these items are being removed from our store. We started removing them awhile ago... They were part of an eclectic collection and we in no way ever intended to offend anyone by displaying them." [Racked; photo via ext212's Flickr] -
The Internets
Real Geeks Confused By Latest Wired Cover
"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." More » -
Movies
New York, Destroyed 15 Different Ways
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. Why? Because it looks awesome! Here are clips of the 15 best films featuring New York getting annihilated, curated by Nick McGlynn. (NYC Photoshop Hallucination By Richard Blakeley.)
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Listicle
Wasting Daddy's Money
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! Rausing's father is worth billions. Other wastrel heirs? More » -
Books
Nick Hornby Hates E-Books!
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. (Also, did we know that he's just quit his "Stuff I've Been Reading column in literary mag The Believer after 5 years?)
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Crossovers
Julia Allison New Wired Cover Girl
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. (She must have timed her baffling new website Non Society in order to coincide with the cover.)
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we hate your kids
"Declaration of Co-dependence": Rules for Urban Babies
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: "We the parents of Park Slope and the surrounding vicinity hereby declare our realization that we and our children can, at times, be annoying as FUCK." The Declaration of Co-dependence covers all the basics—sidewalk behavior, restaurant behavior, bookstore/movie theater/supermarket behavior, and subway behavior. It also unilaterally bans children from all bars—well, except for "the little shitty one in the front of Two Boots." More » -
Art
Get Your Discount Coupon for Louis Vuitton Right Here
That troublemaker Filip Noterdaeme, the man behind the Homeless Museum of Art, is at it again! He's distributed hundreds of flyers for a discounted "sale" at the Louis Vuitton Store, a fully-functional handbag store inside the Murakami exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Only, there is no actual sale: "I am only suggesting visitors ask for a special discount... My goal with this action is to confer to museum visitors the absurdity of a bluntly commercial enterprise infiltrating an art museum." Click to print out the flyer so you can go and get your special discount. [Homeless Museum] -
Magazines
"New Styles of Life": Tom Wolfe Eulogizes Clay Felker
Writes author Tom Wolfe on New York magazine's late founder, Clay Felker: "One afternoon I came by to see Clay at his Xanadu on 57th Street and found him sitting at a desk going through a date book to put together some income-tax data. 'Look at this,' he told me, riffling through the date book, 'I only ate dinner at home eight times last year!' I don't think I can adequately convey the pride he took in this discovery. He had developed night vision for detecting new styles of life." [NY Mag] -
urban anthropology
Scenes from the Holiday Cocktail Lounge
The scene: Holiday Cocktail Lounge, former haunt of W.H. Auden and Allen Ginsberg; St. Mark's Place
The time: Sunday, 8 p.m.
The players: Stefan, the 89-year-old Ukranian bartender; a man who has just gotten out of "somewhere" after thirty years; myself; the TV. More » -
Magazines
The Decline of Men's Vogue
Men's Vogue, launched in 2005, doesn't appear to be doing so well! The magazine has been getting thinner and thinner lately. Fashion mags have always been a reflection of the carefully curated "personal style" of their staff—which is where Men's Vogue writer, former gossip columnist, and jailbait-dater Hud Morgan comes in! Here's a composite of his recent fashion choices (some sent by secret tipsters.) We can only conclude that both Hud and the magazine need a makeover.
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