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Fox Biz Helps Newswoman Realize Dream Of Shaking Booty
Rebecca Gomez knew way back in the heady '90s that she wanted to get into the important field of business journalism. So she worked hard, paid her dues, and now her dream has come true! She co-hosts Happy Hour on the Fox Business Network, a show described as "easy to understand for those of us who are not financial gurus." Ha, yes, well Gomez helps bring complicated finance stories down to earth for even us simpletons. Like she does in this clip, by strutting her stuff in a dress made for "girls with well developed booties." Living the dream! [Hispanic Magazine via Talking Biz News]
profiles
Marc Jacobs Goes To Gym, Then Does Whatever
Marc Jacobs: former addict turned narcissistic gym-goer. That's the takeaway from GQ's new profile of the ubiquitous fashion designer, and perhaps that's exactly what one should expect. He's really good friends with his personal trainer! He has a tattoo of SpongeBob! He had a bad childhood! But now he's fabulous and not on drugs and working out at the David Barton Gym for hours before peacocking around town! The real lesson here is that if you write about fashion designers like Marc Jacobs, you're working with a limited palette from the start. But we'll fill you in on the specifics—including his mom's bad taste, his own self-loathing, and his friendship with "Easy," after the jump. More »
the famous
How To Pry Interesting Statements From Celebrities, For Profit
Our interviews with celebrities usually go something like this...Me: "So...um, do you have any funny anecdotes from the set?"Then there are celebrity profilers like Scott Raab who could give a damn and ask whatever the hell they want and somehow get away with it. Esquire's Eric Gillin recently interviewed Raab about his new book, Real Hollywood Stories, and the questions he still wants to ask. More »
Celebrity: "Uh, no...I don't know."
Publicist: "I told you no personal questions! This interview is over!"
celebrity profiles
Josh Brolin Gives Neal Pollack Diarrhea
The March issue of Men's Journal (not online yet; subscribe, why don't you?) features a cover story on Josh Brolin, the mustachioed leading man who is stalked by Javier Bardem in "No Country For Old Men." As if that wasn't exciting enough, the story is written by child-loving Josh Stein nemesis Neal Pollack! Pollack doesn't get a chance to talk about his kids in the piece, but he does throw in some mentions of Brolin's kids, like this telling, priceless anecdote: "We did this one trip to Scotland. Just me and my kids. We had absolutely no plan...We used to have a running joke where I'd yell, 'Where do you wanna sleep tonight?' and the kids would yell, 'We don't care!'" Hahahahaha! We mention this by way of pointing out that this is potentially the least insightful celebrity profile in any magazine so far in 2008. Brolin picks Pollack up, they get stuck in traffic, they drive to Palmdale, they eat tacos, they go home. This is a completely accurate summary. Judge for yourself by this post-taco excerpt, which is, without exaggeration, the crowning achievement of Pollack's story: More »
profiles in couric
You've heard the rumors and now they're confirmed: Katie Couric is a bitch after all. On the other hand, bitch is also hilarious. In this My Damn Channel video, discovered by the Daily News, Couric makes a coitus interruptus joke, says "Bro, what up?" and makes fun of Dan Rather. Oooh, she fierce! This is on the same day CBS filed a motion to have Rather's $70 million lawsuit dismissed. Talk about comedic timing!
Katie Couric Hates Dan Rather And Coitus Interruptus
You've heard the rumors and now they're confirmed: Katie Couric is a bitch after all. On the other hand, bitch is also hilarious. In this My Damn Channel video, discovered by the Daily News, Couric makes a coitus interruptus joke, says "Bro, what up?" and makes fun of Dan Rather. Oooh, she fierce! This is on the same day CBS filed a motion to have Rather's $70 million lawsuit dismissed. Talk about comedic timing!
profiles in courage
Just How "Close" Were Hillary's Right Hand Lady And John Cusack?
This month's Vogue—the one with not-so-reformed shoplifter Winona Ryder on the cover—profiles Hillary Clinton's traveling chief-of-staff Huma Abedin, in an article that both reveals more and says less about Abedin than the Observer's April profile of her. (The Observer piece, as Vogue helpfully points out, was done without Abedin's cooperation.) Abedin comes across as an incredibly effective, stylish, attractive, über-woman without whom her boss would be lost. (This is accurate!) And also a control freak. There's this telling bit when the writer, Rebecca Johnson, is allowed to look at Abedin's BlackBerry—but only if she agrees not to write who's in it. ("Some of the most famous names in America." Mmkay!) But then, why the non sequitur about John Cusack and Lance Armstrong? More »
profiles in anecdotage
'New York' Mag Finds Gayternet Crawling With A Married Dude
Dear wives of New York: All the gays are so totally doing it with your husbands. New York magazine's David Amsden has the proof, having himself trolled Craigslist and Manhunt: "On any given day searching these sites, I found about 1,000 married, closeted New Yorkers online—certainly a fraction of the true population since most men in the closet don't identify themselves as such, even online." And that doesn't even count the guys from Jersey! That's real hard science you can believe in. (Our science says: there's 29 Craigslist M4M ads so far today that contain the word "married" and most of those are in search of married guys. But whatever.) Anyway, Amsden's profile of an anonymous married dude is actually a story about someone who's really depressed. ("I'm rarely happy, to be honest," says the guy. Bleak!) 75 mgs of Effexor a day, and he'll ditch his wife next week and realize that he's spent the last two decades being an idiot. Also? Apparently he slept with a now-famously-dead Park Avenue diet guru and even if it's not old Dr. Atkins that's still just wrong.
profiles in shnozzage
