Lotta Celebrity Cameos in this New Season of Portlandia
Portlandia is back for its fifth season which means more Jeff Goldblum!!!! And a laundry list of other celebrity cameos, based on a new trailer released today.
Prosecutors have dropped the domestic violence case against Paul Simon and Edie Brickell, who were arrested by police in April after getting into an "atypical argument" at their New Canaan, Conn. home. "I got my feelings hurt and I picked a fight with my husband," Brickell said in a statement. "The police called it…
Paul Simon Arrested After Domestic Dispute: Report
Paul Simon and his wife Edie Brickell were reportedly arrested after a domestic dispute over the weekend.
The New York Times Should Fire Tom Friedman and Let Paul Simon Write His Column Instead
Mustachioed aspic Tom Friedman has written a thousand words in today's New York Times about Paul Simon. The point of the column seems to be, basically, that there's a new documentary about Simon's album Graceland, and also Paul Simon is Tom Friedman's friend.
Watch Paul Simon Perform 'Sound of Silence' at the 9/11 Memorial
Paul Simon was supposed to perform "Bridge Over Troubled Water" at the World Trade Center site today. He did "Sound of Silence" instead, not that we're complaining: NPR's Margot Adler called it "perhaps the most moving moment of the ceremony," and we don't doubt it. (If nothing else, the lyrics to "Sound of Silence"…
The Queen Mother Was a Ska Fan
The Queen Mother's private record collection has been released! (You were, no doubt, awaiting this moment with bated breath.) She was, unsurprisingly, a big fan of musicals (The King and I and Oklahoma!), as well as, apparently, ska:
Tracy Morgan and Chris Rock Do Their Best Impression of Simon and Garfunkel
As a part of the Night of Too Many Stars, Tracy Morgan and Chris Rock donned pale-colored turtlenecks and performed as Simon and Garfunkel. That is, until the real Paul Simon came onto the stage with some musical suggestions.
Paris Hilton Will Not Tolerate Any Art Garfunkel-Like Presences In Her Life, And Neither Will You
Paris is back, bitches. Art Garfunkel: kind of a bitch. Ann Landers went to Scores with JFK Jr. Diane von Furstenburg's been drinking Pimp Juice. Sammy Sosa: white. Metal weddings: black. Michael Moore: fat. Presenting your Sunday Morning Gossip Roundup!
Happy Birthday
Sacha Baron Cohen turns 38 today. Ashanti is turning 29. Paul Simon is 68. Kelly Preston is turning 47. Kate Walsh of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice is 42. Model Beverly Johnson is 57. Ivan Bart, the head of IMG Models, is turning 46. Billionaire Tom Tisch turns 55. Mega art dealer William Acquavella is 72. Sammy…
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Sienna Miller walking her dog ... Rihanna getting out of an SUV ... Will Ferrell jogging near Union Square ... Matt Damon filming scenes for The Adjustment Bureau with Anthony Mackie in Brooklyn ... Paul Simon walking on Madison Avenue ... Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore leaving their hotel ... Kevin Bacon walking on…
Happy Birthday
Tiffany Trump, the Donald's fourth child and the only member of the immediate family who shares his hair color, turns 15 today. Also celebrating: Sacha Baron Cohen is 37. Ashanti is 28. Paul Simon turns 67. Kelly Preston is 46. Van Halen's Sammy Hagar turns 61. George Bush's cousin, Access Hollywood's Billy Bush, is…
Paul Simon
Although he's retreated from the spotlight in recent years, the diminutive folk singer remains as New York as Woody Allen (Simon appeared in Annie Hall) and Central Park (the site of his most famous concert).
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· Sunday afternoon, Paul Simon and Lorne Michaels walking together in Central Park, listening to the annoying 'Guitar Man from Central Park' peform Simon's own 'Homeward Bound.' A few moments later, Treat Williams came by on Rollerblades to listen to a few bars of 'Eat at Joe's.'"
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The Williamsburg bridge
NYCRoads describes the Williamsburg bridge: "No poetry has been written about it, as Hart Crane did with the Brooklyn Bridge. No songs have been written about it, as Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel did with the 59th Street (Queensboro) Bridge. No one ever attempted to sell this bridge. Indeed, before it was ever…
