O.J. got beaten up by his daughter. Daughter Arnelle doesn't like O.J.'s 32 year-old girlfriend who "has some problems with drinking." (0)
8/28/08
FBI arrested that dude who posted tracks from Gn'R's Chinese Democracy on his website. This album has gotten more free pre-existence publicity than any other album in the history of the world. (0)
8/27/08
Here's a good way to tell if you are old: do you read the Times article on low-alcohol beers and think they sound pretty good? These are sub-5% beers, "where you could have a few and not have to go take a nap." Yeah, I'm old. (1)
8/27/08
Little Haley Joel Osment, who you probably haven't seen since A.I., is coming to Broadway in Mamet's American Buffalo. That's a whole lot of swearing for little Haley! Co-stars with John Leguizamo. (0)
8/27/08
Ted Kennedy gave his DNC speech last night while reportedly in "excruciating pain" from kidney stones. Plus the brain cancer. (0)
8/26/08
Pop culture figures that have statues in Serbian towns: Tarzan, Rocky, and now the latest one, Bob Marley. (0)
8/26/08
Excerpt from Watch You Bleed, the new Gn'R bio, on the origins of "Welcome to the Jungle". Song comes from little 18 year-old Axl's first trip to New York. It's good. (0)
8/26/08
Vicky Cristina Barcelona is the first Woody Allen movie to crack the Top 10 since Small Time Crooks in 2000. I think it's his best movie post- Deconstructing Harry. Sweet and Lowdown was pretty good, Melinda and Melinda was OK, everything else was awful. [via fimoculous] (0)
8/26/08
Slate has an in-depth review of Biden's plagiarism and lies from the 1988 campaign. They're weirder and worse than I remembered. They also remind us that the phrase "media feeding frenzy" became popular during that campaign. (0)
8/26/08
AP: Texas students pack bookbags; teachers pack heat. You'd think high school is bad enough without knowing your teachers might have f'ing guns. School board approves permits "based on personality." Great. [map] (0)
8/26/08
The Times interviews a few of the many people that were taken in by "Clark Rockefeller" and his various high-status identities. Only one NH woman says she saw through him: "He talked about money. He was a name-dropper. I smelled a rat." (0)
8/25/08
Caution to hippies and the guys in front of the Astor Place Starbucks: burning incense causes cancer. (0)
8/25/08
Slate article says that racism is the only reason Obama could lose. OK, let's follow that logic. Our country is pretty clearly racist. Therefore, Obama could (will?) lose. Ack. (0)
8/25/08
Loads of small documentaries are opening here this week in order to qualify for Oscars. Most are playing at the Village East theater. (0)
8/25/08
Woody Allen's mock diary from set of Vicky Cristina Barcelona, in his usual surreal self-denegrating style. After all these years, his sense of humor is pretty much exactly the same as it was in "Bananas". (0)
8/25/08
Oh for crying out loud: Madonna's tour includes video montage with photos of Hitler, Mugabe, and John McCain. Could all crackpot celebrities please just keep quiet about politics for the next 2 months? Thanks. (0)
8/25/08
Profile of the unpredictable Terrence Howard, whose album of original songs comes out next week. Sounds interesting. Influences are all acoustic singer-songwriters: Paul Simon, Don McLean, Dan Fogelberg. "I grew up in the projects, but Rick James wasn’t my buddy." (0)
8/25/08
Slow your roll, NYC! Drank, fake prescription-strength cough syrup, has arrived from Houston. [via esskay] (0)
8/25/08
Obama is reportedly considering Edwards as VP. Not that Edwards! Rep. Chet Edwards from Texas. He was the only Texas Congressman to vote against Defense of Marriage Act. (0)
8/22/08
IOC is finally checking out those underage Chinese gymnasts. The coach is pissed, the girls are stressed "He remained still as reporters asked about the IOC’s latest inquiry into her age. Her head was down. Two gymnasts down, Deng Linlin held back tears." (0)
8/22/08
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