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more about #thisthinglookslikethatthing more comments → Julia Allison: Sean Parker would never make such a provincial sartorial decision. #thesocialnetwork more » Double Banger: According the script, Sean Parker was also "the guy" who founded Napster. Shawn Fanning, lost to history. Pour one out. #thesocialnetwork more » Fanning: Anyone who really knows sean parker knows exactly why Justin is carrying a towel and baby oil. #thesocialnetwork more » Matt Cherette: I figured that the picture on the left was a JT candid, the one on the right was Parker (which it is), and that I'd see JT-as-Parker after I clicked o... more » NigelAstydameia: Jesus, a movie about how Facebook got started--fucking riveting. Didn't anybody learn anything after nobody gave a shit about Herskovitz & Zwick's "Qu... more » Clarence Rosario: Well, at least someone finally figured out a way to monetize Facebook. #thesocialnetwork more » El_Gato: Wait, are you guys sure this is a shot of him in costume? It looks like he just stepped out of his house to buy some groceries. #thesocialnetwork more » Conchie Birdie: I guess it's a little more creative than this... #thisthinglookslikethatthing more » TheBusinessGuy: Ah, it's a lonely job. Christ, find Obama a brother, shoot in black and white, raise Kruschev from the dead and be done with it! I mean, is there ev... more » Cicada: Where are all of the Obama on the crapper shots the American public is clamoring for? Get on it Souza, you hack! #barackobama more » joefuntime: um, its a small office. i think you're being 100% paranoid. where should he stand, in front of the desk? on it? #barackobama more » Lizawithazee: I haven't seen one like this yet... #barackobama more » NotChoinski: They also did the same thing (JFK at Window burdened with leadership, probably during the Missle Crisis) for the opening credits of both West Wing and... more » Uncle_Billy_Slumming: All he needs now is a mobbed up dad. #barackobama more » scroll_lock: Call me when they get a photo of Biden peeking his head out of the little door under Obama's desk. #barackobama more » -
#lookalikes
First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President
It's always been tough to imagine Justin Timberlake fitting into a movie about the geeky origins of Facebook, even if he was slated to play hard-partying advisor and "founding president" Sean Parker. That mental struggle is over. More » -
#kevinrose
From Poster Boy to Fright-Night Costume
BusinessWeek made Kevin Rose a Web 2.0 poster-boy when its cover proclaimed he had "made $60 million," in completely imaginary money. Three years later, that bubble long gone, his picture makes the perfect ironic Halloween costume. More » -
#prematuresanctification
Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
At left is President Barack Obama in the Oval Office on October 20. At right are Robert Kennedy (standing) and John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office in April 1962. White House photographer Pete Souza likes Obama too much. -
#thisthinglookslikethatthing
Salon and CNN Share an Awkward Redesign Moment
CNN and Salon both recently relaunched their web sites, and what do you know? We can't tell if CNN's going for the "more of a true web publication" thing or Salon's going for the "39 million unique visitors" look. More » -
#journalismism
Story Magically Re-Appears Three Weeks Later in Competing Outlet
Forbes, September 2: "Scott Gould happily ditched the securities market for a restaurant job." WSJ, yesterday: "Scott Gould went from trader to waiter-by choice." It's almost as if one followed the other for some easily determined reason. We'll never know. -
#fromthearchives
New York Times, 45 Years Ago: Same Shit
The biggest problems with the New York Times: fluff stories being given prominence, a withering reporting staff, and credulous hacks ready to put lies from politicians on page one. Welcome to 1964. More » -
#itsthehair
It's No Coincidence that Spy and Ferris Bueller's Day Off Both Came Out in 1986
Someone sent along this side-by-side of Kurt Andersen and John Hughes, two men whose sensibilities came to define the late '80s and early '90s, for better and for worse. Where have we seen this bit before? -
#confusion
Nobody Can Tell These Magazines Apart
Harper's Magazine is a wordy, smart magazine for self-satisfied liberals. Harper's Bazaar is a glossy fashion magazine. But according to the publisher of Harper's, it's a constant battle to make sure people don't confuse the two. More » -
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#imagefile
AARP Town Hall Models Set After Other Trusted Debate Program
Doesn't the set at left, used for a retired person "Town Hall"-style meeting, look a bit like the set for the exhaustively sleazy Jerry Springer Show? Old people watch a lot of TV, so it was probably a comfort. -
#doppelgangers
Edelman Memo or Totalitarian Propaganda?
Massive enemy PR firm Edelman is moving its office from Times Square to Hudson Square. Employees received (and leaked!) a motivational brochure that has a decidedly...propagandist design style. Compare: More » -
#valleywag
Bing Upholds Microsoft's Tradition of Stealing Whatever Designs Interest It
Think these screenshots of Microsoft's Bing search engine and travel website Kayak look similar? So does Kayak, and an independent software-copyright attorney contacted by GigaOm. Can you tell which is which? More » -
#comparisons
Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Book Thief?
Potential plagiarist, at least! When author Susan Hassett sent her book Living with Celiac Disease to screechingest View hostess Hasselbeck, perhaps she was seeking some advice or PR. Instead, Hasselbeck published her own similarly-themed book a year later.
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#hair
Phil Spector, Un-Wigged
Producer extraordinaire Phil Spector killed somebody and went to jail and now he's not allowed to wear his wig. How unfortunate for everyone involved. Click through for Spector, be-wigged: More » -
#jobs
Bankers vs. Spies: A Lifestyle Comparison
The CIA is looking to hire a few good former hedge funders and investment bankers to put their "skills" to use on behalf of the USA. But could I-bankers really stand the rigors of the CIA lifestyle? Let's compare: More » -
#pundits
Nate Silver is Beavis, No?
Two weeks ago Fox News, in reference to Rachel Maddow's "teabagging" jokes, said her MSNBC show was like Beavis and Butthead. Last night she had number-wizard Nate Silver on. Maybe it's just us. -
#sexpanther
A Jake Tapper Question Waits for No Man (or Woman)
ABC News' Jake ("The Octogon") Tapper just can't keep all his tough-as-nails, ballsy, hard-hitting questions inside, so he's started interrupting his fellow reporters and posting about it on his blog IN BOLD. More » -
#lookalikes
Is This Bernie Madoff Dressed As a Pimp?
Online photo service ScanCafe tells us a customer in upstate New York submitted this photo, ostensibly of Bernie Madoff, about a week ago. We were skeptical, but check out the nose and the smile. More » -
#thisthinglookslikethatthing
George Washington and Bernie Madoff Are Brothers From Different Mothers
The internet is very upset that Bernie Madoff looks like George Washington. Could it be because it's like being made love to by a woman with the same mannerisms as your mother? We investigate. More » -
#shadesofgrey
Obama Stealing Bill Clinton's Hair PR Strategy
Those stories coming out about Obama's barber saying how Obama's hair is already turning grey? Total ripoff of hero president Bill Clinton's own first term PR strategy: More »
