2009 Terrorist-a-Week calendar, courtesy of National Counterterrorism Center Which terrorist is featured on your birthday week? I've got Umar Patek, who helped with the Bali nightclub bombings! (0)
1/8/09
Guardian summary of everything we're going to miss about GWB. Somehow I don't think Obama will ever massage Angela Merkel's shoulders (0)
1/8/09
In custory battle, Naveen Andrews' ex-girlfriend claimed his current partner Barbara Hershey practices witchcraft. He won. (0)
1/8/09
The Twitter Hacker speaks. He hacked into a Twitter administrator's account, then reset passwords of Obama, Fox News, etc. Says he only just heard about Twitter. (0)
1/7/09
Hey old timers, Paul's Boutique 20th anniversary re-release coming out in a few weeks. With extra tracks or, to use their words, some old bullshit. (0)
1/7/09
Mickey Rourke keeps on coming back: will star in Sylvester Stallone movie about a coup in South America, The Expendables. Also stars his new action movie buddy Jason Statham and Jet Li. (0)
1/7/09
I think the Post sort of published a dick shot. Pic of hapless guy falling off a ski-lift while his pants stay on it. (0)
1/7/09
New Abel Ferrara movie about the Chelsea Hotel, Chelsea On The Rocks. Includes dramatic re-enactments of old tenants Janis Joplin, Sid and Nancy. Sounds wacky. (0)
1/7/09
Times ran a front page ad in 1903 for a hair treatment, Burnett's Cocaine. Does wonders for the scalp! (0)
1/6/09
Producers of 24 say Washington DC is the most complicated city to shoot in. Location manager says, "There's one place I can think of where the sidewalk is divided into 3 different jurisdictions." (0)
1/6/09
Wonderful photo of drunk Rip Torn, aka GE CEO Don Geiss, arrested for DUI last month. "Police say the actor botched part of a field sobriety exam then refused to continue, insisting the ground wasn't level enough." (0)
1/6/09
iTunes' sleek and sexy one-price philosophy bites the dust. Moving to three somewhat less sexy price tiers (69, 99, 1.29). (0)
1/6/09
Case of bad timing: German billionaire who lost a bundle on VW stock last year killed himself yesterday. Today, VW stock shoots up 13% due to Porsche takeover. OH WAIT: he was short-selling. That explains it. [map] (0)
1/6/09
FDA says food companies have to list carmine or cochineal extract as ingredients. Which means bugs. (0)
1/5/09
Stanley Fish's 10 Best American Movies. Ever. Weird list-- he sure does like melodrama. And Groundhog Day. [via esskay] (0)
1/5/09
Florian quits Kraftwerk. Ralf dabs at his eyes with black tie. (0)
1/5/09
Suzanne Vega writes about her best NYE ever: 1989 with They Might Be Giants. It's cute. (0)
12/31/08
Kim's Video on St. Mark's closes tonight. Sad--that was often the only place to find movies that weren't released in the US. 55,000 title collection is being donated to a town in Sicily. [map] (0)
12/31/08
Amazon readers attack Ruth Madoff in comments on her kosher cookbook. "It took me a long time to find this book. You see, every cookbook I looked at just had food recipes, which I wasn't interested in -- I wanted to learn how to cook the books!" [via NY Post] (0)
12/31/08
Classic crimes making a comeback: 5 NYC banks got robbed yesterday. "Most of them occurred in heavily trafficked areas in broad daylight; one took place steps away from Lincoln Center in the middle of the afternoon." (0)
12/30/08
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