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PEOPLE MAGAZINE
DANIEL RADCLIFFE: 'I LOVE BROADWAY!'The Equus star talks to PEOPLE after his second night of previews in New York...Date: 07 Sep 2008 13:44:01 ESTBRITNEY 'GETTING OPPORTUNITY TO START OVER' AT VMASPlus: Rihana will duet with T.I., Pete Wentz will co-host and Katy Perry will cover Madonna at the awards show Sunday...Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:59:01 ESTKT TUNSTALL WEDS"They wanted to keep it as a private event for family and friends," says a pal of the singer...Date: 07 Sep 2008 09:59:00 ESTBEYONCé SHOWS OFF $5M WEDDING RINGThe singer, who secretly married in April, flashes an 18 carat diamond at Fashion Rocks...Date: 07 Sep 2008 09:29:00 ESTSELENA GOMEZ: 'I'M SORRY' IS NOT ABOUT NICK JONASThe singer sets the record straight and tells PEOPLE the song is about someone back home...Date: 06 Sep 2008 20:14:00 ESTDANIEL RADCLIFFE WOWS IN FIRST BROADWAY PERFORMANCEFans call his turn in the Equus preview "terrific" and "amazing"...Date: 06 Sep 2008 19:14:01 ESTPATRICK SWAYZE WAS 'BEST PART' OF STAND UP TO CANCER"Seeing him in person was amazing," said Charles Barkley, while a producer agreed the actor "put this event over the top"...Date: 06 Sep 2008 13:59:00 ESTCOSTAR: LINDSAY LOHAN 'HEALTHY' AND 'DOING GREAT'Labor Pains's Bonnie Somerville says Samantha Ronson was on set "a lot" – with paparazzi lurking...Date: 06 Sep 2008 13:44:19 ESTPATRICK SWAYZE WAS 'BEST PART' OF STAND UP TO CANCER SHOW"Seeing him in person was amazing," said Charles Barkley, while a producer agreed the actor "put this event over the top"...Date: 06 Sep 2008 13:44:00 ESTBEYONCé SHOWS OFF $5M ENGAGEMENT RINGThe singer, who secretly wed in April, flashes an 18 carat diamond at Fashion Rocks...Date: 06 Sep 2008 11:29:01 ESTELLEN DEGENERES LIKES 'JUMBO SHRIMP' FOR BABY NAMEThe newlywed talks about Zuma Rossdale and quips that she'd like to adopt the Jonas Brothers...Date: 06 Sep 2008 09:59:28 ESTBRAD PITT'S KIDS MAKE HIM LAUGH, LONG FOR SLEEPThe father of six premieres his comedy with George Clooney and says "everyone is healthy" at home...Date: 06 Sep 2008 09:59:02 ESTSELENA GOMEZ HINTS THAT SONG IS ABOUT NICK JONAS"It's about a boy I kind of fell for, but he couldn't let his ex-girlfriend go," she says...Date: 05 Sep 2008 20:29:00 ESTROMEO BECKHAM CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDSCelebrity pals Heidi Klum and Gavin Rossdale join the festivities in L.A....Date: 05 Sep 2008 18:59:19 ESTKEITH URBAN: BEING MR. MOM IS 'BEAUTIFUL'The singer says he relishes "taking care of the little girl" when wife Nicole Kidman is working...Date: 05 Sep 2008 18:59:00 ESTDIRT STAR LAURA ALLEN WELCOMES A BOY"Mother, father and baby are doing well," says a rep for the actress...Date: 05 Sep 2008 17:59:18 ESTMAKS: FANS WILL BE 'SURPRISED' BY DWTS PARTNER MISTY MAY-TREANORThe pro also says the Olympic gold medalist volleyball player has "a lot of legs"...Date: 05 Sep 2008 17:59:00 ESTJANET JACKSON GETS EMOTIONAL HONORING BROTHERSThe Jacksons – minus Michael – are saluted for their long career...Date: 05 Sep 2008 17:14:01 ESTTERI HATCHER'S KEY TO HAPPINESS: SEX & CHOCOLATEThe Housewives star also advises her young daughter to floss...Date: 05 Sep 2008 15:44:00 ESTPOLL: WHO SHOULD PLAY SARAH PALIN ONSCREEN?Were a biopic to be made, should it star Annette Bening, Tina Fey or Patricia Heaton?...Date: 05 Sep 2008 15:14:18 EST
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HUFFINGTON POST
MARK WAHLBERG: FROM STAR TO TV POWER PLAYERWHATEVER else comes to mind in connection with the actor Mark Wahlberg, who first gained national attention by dropping his pants as Marky Mark on......Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:29:01 ESTMICHELLE WILLIAMS: FOUR FILMS COMING OUT AND IN HER FIRST INTERVIEW SINCE JANUARYMICHELLE WILLIAMS has an Academy Award nomination, the open adulation of major filmmakers and a résumé that is striking in its worldliness and creative ambition.......Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:14:01 ESTLINDSAY LOHAN AND SAM RONSON BLOW THROUGH FASHION WEEKNEW YORK (AP) _ Nobody draws attention like Lindsay Lohan and gal pal Samantha Ronson. The duo sat in the front row for the Saturday......Date: 07 Sep 2008 11:59:01 ESTTOMMY LEE JONES SEEKS $10M IN "NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN" LAWSUITSAN ANTONIO (AP) _ Tommy Lee Jones is suing the makers of "No Country for Old Men" for more than $10 million that the Oscar-winning......Date: 07 Sep 2008 11:44:01 ESTQASIM BASIR: THE INSPIRATION OF BARACK: "YES WE CAN" FILM SERIESI could sit here all day writing down the reasons why I support Barack Obama. In my lifetime, I don't remember another person who has......Date: 07 Sep 2008 04:59:01 ESTJONATHAN HANDEL: LIVE STREAMING VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH AFTRA NATIONAL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOROn Look at LA this week, I'm doing a live streaming video interview with AFTRA's National Executive Director, Kim Roberts Hedgpeth. As you probably know,......Date: 07 Sep 2008 04:44:01 ESTROSEANNE BARR: SARAH PALIN AND THE "WOMEN'S" VOTEPalin doesn't believe that women or girls should have birth control. She believes every raped female who gets pregnant should have to carry the child to term....Date: 06 Sep 2008 21:14:01 ESTLINDSAY LOHAN AND SAMANTHA RONSON CAUSE "TRAFFIC JAM" AT CHARLOTTE RONSON SHOWNEW YORK — Nobody draws attention like Lindsay Lohan and gal pal Samantha Ronson. The duo sat in the front row for the Saturday morning......Date: 06 Sep 2008 15:44:02 ESTBONNIE FULLER: SARAH PALIN DISSED JOHN AND SAM ADAMS, BEN FRANKLIN, THE ORIGINAL GEORGE W. AND THE REST OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS!It sure looks to me like the American Revolution began with a whole lot of grassroots community organizing done by dedicated private individuals focused on trying to build a better political system to benefit their fellow members of the Thirteen Colonies....Date: 06 Sep 2008 13:14:01 ESTBRAD PITT ON SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND FUNNY KIDSBrad Pitt will have audiences laughing out loud as a knucklehead fitness employee in Burn After Reading, but what makes PEOPLE's two-time Sexiest Man Alive......Date: 06 Sep 2008 10:59:56 ESTLEONARDO DICAPRIO AND RIDLEY SCOTT CONSPIRE FOR A HIT MOVIE - ABOUT IRAQSUFFICE IT to say that Leonardo DiCaprio and Ridley Scott agree to disagree about certain principles of the Geneva Conventions. "If I'm going to get......Date: 06 Sep 2008 10:59:38 ESTHULK HOGAN'S NET WORTH REVEALED IN DIVORCE PAPERSCLEARWATER, Fla. — Thousands of dollars spent on clothing, grooming and vacations are among the average monthly expenses for Hulk Hogan's wife, according to financial......Date: 06 Sep 2008 10:59:24 ESTHOLLYWOOD SHOWS NO SYMPATHY FOR THE SEX ADDICTTHE distributors of "Choke," a forthcoming film about a sex addict's struggle to overcome his demons, have been handing out a strange promotional gift at......Date: 06 Sep 2008 10:59:02 ESTCANCER TELETHON TAKES OVER TVLOS ANGELES (AP) _ Three TV networks, cancer research advocates and more than 60 celebrities from music, sports, TV and film made history Friday night......Date: 06 Sep 2008 02:44:50 ESTAT BOTH CONVENTIONS, RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE SALUTES ANARCHYOn Wednesday night, Republican delegates fresh off Gov. Sarah Palin's vice presidential nomination speech at the Xcel Energy Center here formed a conga line......Date: 06 Sep 2008 02:44:03 ESTJUSTIN, MILEY AND CHARLIZE AMONG STARS AT FASHION ROCKSNEW YORK — Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus and Charlize Theron were among the celebrities who appeared at the fifth annual Fashion Rocks concert celebrating the......Date: 06 Sep 2008 02:29:01 ESTJONATHAN HANDEL: SAG INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE INTERVIEWS ARCHIVEDThe Screen Actors Guild's Board elections are in process. Last week on Look at LA, I interviewed the two large slates of candidates, Membership First......Date: 06 Sep 2008 00:59:02 ESTJAY GLATFELTER: GHOSTBUSTERS 3... REALLY?A recent Variety report has been released stating that Columbia Pictures has hired "The Office" co-executive producers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky to write......Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:59:02 ESTSHAWN AMOS: CAN'T JOHN RICH DO BETTER THAN "RAISING MCCAIN?"Call me naive but I seriously thought Big & Rich was a progressive country act. I'm still certain the "Big" dude hasn't lost his mind......Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:44:01 ESTSETH ROGAN ADMITS HE LOVES PORN: "I WATCH TONS"TORONTO — All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith. His dream came true, and......Date: 05 Sep 2008 19:14:01 EST -
DAILY MAIL
I WENT TO HELL ON THE WAY TO WINNING DRAGONS' DEN, SAYS DJ ROBIN BANKSLast week, he charmed TV’s notoriously tough Dragons into handing over ?60k. But a year ago, blitzed on drink and drugs, DJ Robin Banks was on the brink of death...Date: 07 Sep 2008 13:14:23 ESTHEATHER MILLS' EX-PUBLICIST CALLS HER GOLD-DIGGING 'WITCH' WHO MARRIED PAUL MCCARTNEY FOR MONEYHeather Mills' ex-publicist has accused the former model of a campaign of dirty tricks against Paul McCartney during their bitter divorce row....Date: 07 Sep 2008 13:14:02 ESTI DRANK TWO BOTTLES OF WINE A DAY. THEN NATUROPATHY (AND A CHEQUE FROM GAZZA) SAVED MY LIFE, SAYS MARGI CLARKEActress Margi Clarke reveals her amazing decade-long journey back to well-being....Date: 07 Sep 2008 10:29:34 ESTHE HATES HIS STICKY-UP HAIR AND BOTOX MADE HIS EYEBROWS COLLAPSE - NEW LIGHT CAST ON ENIGMATIC CLIFF RICHARDPENNY JUNOR spent months with Cliff Richard ghosting his new autobiography and her intimate recollections cast new light on this enigmatic star....Date: 07 Sep 2008 10:29:23 ESTLESLIE ASH: 'WHY I’LL NEVER SAY NEVER TO MORE COSMETıC SURGERY'Her 'trout pout' and a superbug may have ended her acting days, but with a new documentary about cosmetic procedures Leslie Ash has hopes of a revived TV career....Date: 07 Sep 2008 10:29:02 EST'STRESS' KILLS THE MOTHER OF TRAGIC TV STAR SPEIGHTThe heartbroken mother of children’s TV presenter Mark Speight – who was found dead at her home on Friday – may have died as a result of stress after his suicide....Date: 06 Sep 2008 20:59:02 ESTMARRY LINEKER! MATCH OF THE DAY PRESENTER TO WED HIS GIRLFRIEND AS COUPLE MOVE INTO ?2.6M LOVENESTGary Lineker is to marry his girlfriend Danielle Bux – and has bought a ?2.65million mansion as their marital home. The Match Of The Day presenter proposed to underwear model Danielle, 18 years his junior, a month ago and she accepted immediately....Date: 06 Sep 2008 19:44:02 ESTMARRY LINEKER! FOOTBALL-STAR TO WED HIS GIRLFRIEND AS PAIR MOVE INTO ?2.6M LOVENESTGary Lineker is to marry his girlfriend Danielle Bux – and has bought a ?2.65million mansion as their marital home. The Match Of The Day presenter proposed to underwear model Danielle, 18 years his junior, a month ago and she accepted immediately....Date: 06 Sep 2008 19:29:01 ESTLINEKER AND NEW GIRL BUY ?2.6M LOVENEST ... IN FOOTBALLERS' WIVES COUNTRY, NATURALLYTheir first date was less than a year ago. Yet Gary Lineker is so besotted with his girlfriend Danielle Bux that they have bought a brand new ?2.65million house together....Date: 06 Sep 2008 19:14:18 ESTCOUNCIL USE ANTI-TERROR LAWS TO SPY ON BINMEN ACCUSED OF STRAWBERRY POP 'BRIBE'A council used controversial anti-terror laws to spy on a crew of refuse collectors after receiving a tip-off that they were incorrectly emptying a dustbin....Date: 06 Sep 2008 18:59:20 ESTFRENCH OWNER OF THE DIANA DEATH CRASH CAR WANTS IT BACK... TO SELL TO FAYEDPrinces William and Harry are facing renewed anguish over the death of their mother after the company that owns the Mercedes from her Paris crash revealed it wants to cash in on the car’s history....Date: 06 Sep 2008 18:59:01 ESTSIX DEAD IN FLOOD CHAOS AND HUNDREDS RESCUED FROM HOMES AND CARS WITH WEATHER SET TO GET WORSEThe death toll from two days of fierce storms has risen to six as heavy rain continued to batter Britain on Saturday. A motorcyclist became the latest victim of the appalling weather, which swept north after hammering Wales and the South East on Friday....Date: 06 Sep 2008 18:29:02 ESTANGER AT FAKE SARAH PALIN PHOTOS AS SMEAR CAMPAIGN MAKES HER 'LOOK LIKE A STRIPPER'Sarah Palin's credibility as a possible American Vice-President is being undermined by a series of spoof photographs circulated on the internet....Date: 06 Sep 2008 17:59:30 ESTTHE DOOMSDAY BUNKER, MOD'S SECRET COMMAND CENTRE (INCLUDING A PINE BED FOR THE ‘PRINCIPAL’)It sounds like something out of the BBC drama Spooks – but the Ministry of Defence's secret command centre deep beneath Whitehall lacks the glamour of a TV set....Date: 06 Sep 2008 17:59:20 ESTTHE TORY TREASURER AND THE MARCHIONESS: CAMERON'S BILLIONAIRE FRIEND HAS AFFAIR WITH FORMER WIFE OF QUEEN'S COUSINThe billionaire treasurer of the Conservative Party has been having an affair with the former wife of a cousin of the Queen....Date: 06 Sep 2008 17:59:01 ESTMANSION BLAZE MAN'S MOTHER SAYS: I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT HIS DEBTSThe mother of the tycoon who is thought to have shot dead his family before setting his ?1.2million mansion on fire and killing himself has said that she knew nothing of his debts....Date: 06 Sep 2008 17:44:53 ESTFURY AS MILLIONS MISS OUT ON ENGLAND SOCCER CLASHESFurious England football fans will miss out on TV coverage of Wednesday’s World Cup qualifier against Croatia because of a money wrangle between broadcasters....Date: 06 Sep 2008 17:44:42 EST'CIA HELPED DRAW UP DODGY IRAQ WAR DOSSIER FOR NO 10'Secret advice from a foreign power, thought to be America, helped to shape the dossier that said Saddam Hussein could attack within 45 minutes and set out the case for war in Iraq....Date: 06 Sep 2008 17:44:32 ESTMP CALLS FOR NEW KELLY DEATH PROBE AFTER MOS REVELATIONS CAST DOUBT ON WHETHER HE WAS ABLE TO KILL HIMSELFDavid Kelly’s mysterious death should be investigated by a coroner to establish whether the weapons inspector was murdered, the Government has been told....Date: 06 Sep 2008 17:44:18 ESTWORKERS EARNING MORE THAN ?100K SHOULD BE TAXED AT LEAST 32%, SAYS TUCWorkers earning more than ?100,000 a year should pay more tax, the TUC has urged....Date: 06 Sep 2008 17:44:02 EST
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TMZ
XENA: SO MUCH PORN, SO LITTLE TIMEFiled under: Hook-Ups, Wacky & Weird Although we barely recognized Lucy Lawless without her medieval weapons and golden brazier, she was quick to inform us she has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to celebrity skin flicks. See Also Xena Plows Through Paps Pam Struts,...Permali...Date: 07 Sep 2008 15:44:03 ESTTHE PRICE OF CAGE'S CAGE RECEDINGFiled under: The Rich Life Nicolas Cage is slashing the price on his Bel-Air Tudor mansion by $5,001,000 -- making it a thinning hair away from a slick $30 million.The amenities include nine bedrooms, nine bathrooms, an Olympic-size pool, a wine cellar and a 35-seat home...Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 14:59:02 ESTMC BREED TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORTFiled under: Music Old school rapper MC Breed has been taken off life support after being admitted to the hospital Friday because of kidney failure.Breed -- who's worked with 2Pac and Too Short -- collapsed while he was shooting hoops in Atlanta. We're told Breed's...Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 14:14:28 ESTTOM BRADY BADLY INJURED IN SEASON OPENERFiled under: Talk Sports Tom Brady was just helped off the field by two Patriots personnel members after injuring his left knee. Paging Nurse Bundchen!Kansas City Chiefs safety Bernard Pollard laid Tom out during the first quarter of their first regular season game -- and...Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 14:14:05 ESTSHAUNA SAND -- NO BUTTS ABOUT ITFiled under: Train Wrecks, Fashion Police A broken clock is right twice a day -- and thanks to lingerie parties at the Playboy mansion last night, Shauna Sand actually had a excuse to look like an inflatable fun doll as she clear high-heeled it around Hollywood. See Also Maybe Parts of...Perma...Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:59:35 ESTHOT SPORTS STAR ONCE AVERAGE SCHMOFiled under: Fashion Police, Talk Sports The question -- will this turn Gisele on, or not.Tom Brady was not always the ripped, handsome errand boy Ms. Bundchen has learned to order around. Check out his rookie NFL photo -- Tom looks like the before pic in a Bow Flex infomercial.Boston.com...Permalin...Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:59:21 ESTKHLOE K. TAKES TWO FOR THE ROADFiled under: Celebs Caught on Tape, Kim Kardashian The lesser Kardashian pilfered enough hooch from a busted-up House of Hype party in L.A. last night to throw her own afterparty -- maybe not the best idea for a gal on 36-month probation for a DUI. See Also Khloe Likes Her Wieners on a Stick...Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:29:19 ESTCELEBS GONE OVERBOARDFiled under: The Rich LifeFor some stars it isn't enough to fly on private jets and live in mansions. The celebrities want their travels on sea to be just as lavish. And why not, gas is so affordable these days ... right Diddy?...Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:14:23 ESTGARRETT LEAVES SAG FOR TSABrad Garrett made airports a little safer yesterday by frisking a woman for weapons at the security checkpoint. Actually, it's his girlfriend and she was not armed but plenty dangerous -- as in hot. See Also Brad Garrett -- Get Me the Monistat ...Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 11:29:02 ESTHOT SPORTS STAR ONCE AVERAGE SCHMOEFiled under: Fashion Police, Talk Sports The question -- will this turn Gisele on, or not.Tom Brady was not always the ripped, handsome errand boy Ms. Bundchen has learned to order around. Check out his rookie NFL photo -- Tom looks like the before pic in a Bow Flex infomercial.Boston.com...Permalin...Date: 07 Sep 2008 11:14:18 ESTKING TUT -- MISSING!!!Well, not really. But it's a pretty funny pic of Winona Rider leaving LAX yesterday in a bundle of clothes, partially blocking her face with a King Tut pamphlet....Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 11:14:02 ESTWOODS HOSES ORLANDOTiger Woods is a hog.According to the Orlando Sentinel, 129,000 gallons of water goes down the drain on Tiger's Florida estate every month. Average water usage is 10,000 gallons a month. The home is on Jupiter Island near Palm Beach, considered the...Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 10:29:46 ESTBRIT'S MOM DIDN'T SPILL BEANSFiled under: Britney Spears More on Lynne Spears so-called "tell all" book about Britney. Lynne supposedly says a few days before Brit went completely mental, Sam Lutfi said, "If you try to get rid of me, she'll be dead and I'll piss on her grave." Here's the deal. That story...Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 09:59:18 ESTREPUBLICAN LOOKALIKESFiled under: Prez Election 2008They're elephants in a different circus....Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 08:44:26 ESTCOLEMAN STRIKES MAN AT BOWLING ALLEY WITH CARFiled under: Fights Gary Coleman blasted a man with his car yesterday after he and the victim allegedly argued inside a bowling alley -- and both sides are telling completely different stories as to what really went down.Coleman's bodyguard told KABC that 24-year-old...Permalink...Date: 07 Sep 2008 08:44:02 ESTT.I. STAYS OUT OF FOOLS BIDNESSFiled under: Celebrity Justice, MusicT.I. won't have much time to stay out of a fools biz when he heads to jail soon.So we thought it would be nice to show him what close quarters feels like. See Also T.I. -- I'm Innocent, Ya Dig! T.I. Makes Bail! ...Permalink...Date: 06 Sep 2008 18:59:32 ESTPRINCE VON A-HOLE: ABREAST OF HIS AFTERLIFEFiled under: Train Wrecks, Wacky & Weird Achtung! The Apocalypse must be near -- Prince Von A-Hole is now a spokesman for Lupoline lingerie. The creepy new billboard boy apparently even designed a line of garments for the company. Wonder if Zsa Zsa was the test model? See Also Prince...Per...Date: 06 Sep 2008 18:44:05 ESTSOLANGE AND GOOD RIDDANCE!Filed under: Train Wrecks, Wacky & Weird Looking like the unfortunate result of a gene splicing experiment between an emu, a jellyfish and a Christmas tree, Solange's sense of style terrorized Fashion Rocks last night in NYC.Perhaps this is from the new "Look at me!" line from the House of...Per...Date: 06 Sep 2008 17:59:42 ESTMCCARTHY: THE BALLS ARE IN YOUR COURTFiled under: Wacky & Weird, Nurse!Jenny McCarthy has tortured men's testicles for years.Here's another example. See Also Jim Carrey: Ace Ventura -- Swimsuit Detective McCarthy Singled Out on Robertson ...Permalink...Date: 06 Sep 2008 16:14:03 ESTCHIPPENDALES MR. SEPTEMBERFiled under: Hot BodiesSummer is almost over but the desert temperature is still rising. Especially thanks to Chippendales guitarist James Davis. He definitely hit all the right chords....Permalink...Date: 06 Sep 2008 15:44:37 EST -
GAWKER
TEAM MCCAIN CHOOSES CHARLES 'SOFTBALL' GIBSON FOR FIRST SARAH PALIN TV INTERVIEW [FAIL]Well, the press can stop wondering when and where Sarah Palin's first post-nomination television interview will take place. A campaign adviser says they offered ABC nightly news anchor Charles Gibson the job days ago. That's the same Charles Gibson who was last seen being "greasily avuncular and pa...Date: 07 Sep 2008 15:44:23 ESTNOBU BUSTED FOR SECRETLY SELLING ENDANGERED SUSHI [HYPOCRITICAL DINING]Nobu—the sushi restaurant chain co-owned by Robert Deniro that caters to celebrities like Madonna, Leo DiCaprio and Sean Combs—has been busted in an undercover sting for selling critically endangered Atlantic bluefin tuna while concealing it from customers. Greenpeace sent spies to three London Nob...Date: 07 Sep 2008 14:29:02 ESTDEAR MCCAIN/PALIN: COOL PEOPLE HATE YOU, SO STOP STEALING THEIR MUSIC! [THIEVES]John McCain, Sarah Palin, and their campaigners, just won't take a hint—or a flurry of cease-and-desist orders from all the musicians whose music they keep stealing for their nauseating "maverick" campaign. Last week, Van Halen had to tell them to STFU when the campaign started using the song "Righ...Date: 07 Sep 2008 13:44:43 ESTMATT MACCONAUGHEY'S NEIGHBORS FEAR HIS AWESOME INFLUENCE [DUDEMEISTER]Awesome dude Matthew MacConaughey is a man of simple pleasures. He likes to smoke a little something, enjoy a frosty beverage, play some bongos, and ride some tasty waves. So why are his Malibu neighbors getting all, like, uptight and totally hassling bro in the press? His surf buddy fans already d...Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:44:03 ESTBARACK ROLL BECOMES MCCAIN'S WORST NIGHTMARE [VIDEO]The man who brought us Barack Roll is back with a hilarious treat. So John McCain gave his big Republican nomination acceptance speech in front of a giant video screen. What could possibly go wrong with that? See it after the jump....Date: 07 Sep 2008 11:44:31 ESTGOP CONVENTION BRINGS GAY NIGHTLIFE SURGE TO TWIN CITIES [GRAND OLD PARTY]A campaign official for Virginia's Lieutenant Governor cancelled an order for 150 tourist guides on Minneapolis-St. Paul when she discovered they included a section on gay and lesbian nightclubs. "'Having a section dedicated solely to GLBT will be a BIG problem for many of our folks. We simply can'...Date: 07 Sep 2008 11:14:33 ESTGARY COLEMAN RUNS DOWN ANNOYING FAN [CELEBRITY JUSTICE]Diff'rent Strokes star Gary Coleman had just finished a wholesome evening of bowling with his wife and his bodyguard in lovely Payson, Utah, yesterday when 24-year-old punk Colt Rushton approached him in the parking lot and demanded that the actor pose for a cellphone picture with him. Coleman refu...Date: 07 Sep 2008 10:14:02 ESTONE MORE THING: NEW YORK CITY IN MOVIES AND TV [NOSTALGIA]A location can be as much the star of a movie or television show as the actors and actresses whose names top the credits. And New York is perhaps the biggest star ever (Yes, I know there are many other starry cities, but tonight we're doing NYC). So, what's your favorite movie or TV show where the...Date: 06 Sep 2008 20:29:02 ESTOH NO. TIMES LETS WRITER 'REFLECT' ON 9/11 [PLEASE STOP?]Everyone's nightmares and memories about the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center are important. And every year a few people and their memories are deemed more important than everyone else's—not survivors or rescuers, just folks who had been in New York, somewhere, at the time. And every year...Date: 06 Sep 2008 18:59:44 ESTBEST CITIES FOR SINGLES: FORBES' WRONGEST LIST EVER [LISTICLE]Aways handy with a dubious listicle, Forbes magazine is presenting us with its ranking of America's "Best Cities For Singles." Could Atlanta really be No. 1? Maybe! Dallas at No. 3? Perhaps! But there is no way in hell New York City should come in 8th place. Why? For the same reason this list ranks...Date: 06 Sep 2008 18:29:26 ESTTIMES CELEBRATES ALCOHOLISM [HAPPY HOUR SERVICEY!]Today's New York Times wants you to know about a lovely-sounding new intoxicant that just might be worth braving the Lower East Side for. For centuries people in many parts of South America have been gathering to drink the tea of the yerba mate plant, which is traditionally served in a gourd, sippe...Date: 06 Sep 2008 18:14:04 ESTGREG GARCIA RESPONDS TO BALDWIN: 'I'M NOT A SCIENTOLOGIST.' [EXCLUSIVE]The latest salvo in the ongoing battle between 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin and My Name is Earl creator Greg Garcia is being waged right here on Gawker. Garcia sent us his response to Baldwin's early morning swipe, in which he goofed on Garcia for being a Scientologist. "Alec, I can't tell you how hap...Date: 06 Sep 2008 16:44:03 ESTTODAY'S SARAH PALIN MADNESS [SARAH PALIN](1) The folks at CollegeOTR have designed this nifty "Caribou Barbie" Sarah Palin doll. But relax, conservative pervs and self-loathing liberals, it's just a prototype. (2) Wired is reporting that the VP hopeful has joined the ranks of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan with "Sarah Palin Bikini Photo...Date: 06 Sep 2008 15:29:34 ESTALEC BALDWIN DOESN'T TAKE ANY SHIT FROM SCIENTOLOGISTS [HOT HEADS]Lovable madman Alec Baldwin has so many feuds going on with so many people that he can no longer attend to them one at a time. The 30 Rock star published a fine, blustering anti-McCain/Palin piece on today's Huffington Post ("We know nothing about Sarah Palin. Nothing. Which is not anywhere near en...Date: 06 Sep 2008 14:44:36 ESTTHE RACIST MILEY CYRUS DEATH HOAX [SHUT UP, DIGG!]Some little assholes used Digg and Wikipedia to spread the lie that teen actress Miley Cyrus had died in a car accident last night caused by "an unidentified black man"—and Yahoo News picked up the story. The hoax was short-lived, thank God. By this morning, it was hard to tell who, if anyone—aside...Date: 06 Sep 2008 12:59:19 ESTROBERT GIROUX, PUBLISHER [R.I.P.]Robert Giroux, who helped build one of the most important publishing houses of the 20th Century, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, died in his sleep yesterday morning at an assisted living facility in Tinton Falls, NJ. He was 94. The legends that he published amount to a stunningly daunting list that in...Date: 06 Sep 2008 11:44:05 ESTROGER GIROUX, PUBLISHER [R.I.P.]Roger Giroux, who helped build one of the most important publishing houses of the 20th Century, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, died in his sleep yesterday morning at an assisted living facility in Tinton Falls, NJ. He was 94. The legends that he published amount to a stunningly daunting list that inc...Date: 06 Sep 2008 11:14:38 ESTECO-HIPPIES MOURN DEAD TREES—TO THE EXTREME! [VIDEO]Yes, deforestation is a terrible problem and may ruin the earth, but this is just a bit much. Members of the environmentalist group Earth First communed in the woods of North Carolina recently to scream and cry at the tops of their lungs for the brethren fauna. Either that, or some hoaxers created...Date: 06 Sep 2008 11:14:23 ESTOMG! GO STALK THE CAST OF GOSSIP GIRL! [OPPORTUNITIES]If you weren't planning to go drinking on the Lower East Side next Tuesday evening, change your plans. This photo was taken on the corner of Ludlow and Rivington last night, warning locals that Gossip Girl will be shooting in the area starting at 8:00 p.m. Tuesday. Who will be there? Blake? Chace? T...Date: 06 Sep 2008 09:44:04 ESTCHARGES DROPPED AGAINST COP ASSAULT CYCLIST [JUSTICE]The cyclist who was riding through Times Square during July's Critical Mass ride when a thug cop viciously slammed him to the pavement has been cleared of all charges. Although Officer Patrick Pogan claimed in court documents that Christopher Long intentionally steered his bike into him, the Manhat...Date: 06 Sep 2008 09:14:04 EST -
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TRACY REESEIt's only day three into Fashion Week, but for Tracy Reese, spring has definitely sprung. Her front row was filled with the usual PYTs, and boy, were they in for a treat. Reese expertly played with her romantic side (think pink chiffon......Date: 07 Sep 2008 15:44:40 ESTCOSTELLO TAGLIAPIETRAThere were a few false starts before the beginning of the Costello Tagliapietra show, but those were the only missteps the designers made. This collection was their greatest departure yet from the refined 20s/30s-era glam vibe in which they......Date: 07 Sep 2008 15:29:03 ESTDKNYDonna Karan knows where she comes from and doesn't mind revisiting it. In celebrating the 20th anniversary of DKNY, she went back 20 years for her styling cues. And guess what? Instead of looking costume-y and dated like some rehashes of the......Date: 07 Sep 2008 14:29:21 ESTALEXANDRE HERCHCOVITCHIt seems, in the Western Hemisphere, that wealthy, cosmopolitan Brazilians are the closest we'll ever get to European -- Brazilian charm, that swagger, the joie de vivre and, oh my, their fantastic hair. So it's no surprise that Brazil is a......Date: 07 Sep 2008 13:59:06 ESTHEATED WORDS IN THE KITCHENA FURIOUS food fight has erupted between "Top Chef" winner Ilan D. Hall and Manhattan restaurateur J.E. Englebert. "I will rip his head off for screwing me!" fumed Englebert, who co-owns Prime and Suzie Wong and claims Hall agreed to be his star......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:44:06 ESTPARROT REHATCHBLUE Parrot, the beloved Tex-Mex restaurant in East Hampton known for its potent margaritas and its karaoke nights, has been closed for two years. But Jon Bon Jovi and billionaire pal Ronald Perelman are in talks to buy the eatery with plans to......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:29:53 ESTRIBS ARE KEYKID Rock and his ex May Anderson are still good friends, possibly because they both love barbecue and beer. Thursday night, Anderson and Rock hit Wildwood Barbeque on Park Avenue South, where they drank beer and watched the Giants game. Later that......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:29:41 ESTKELLY GETS SLOPPY & SLAPPYWE hope that Kelly Osbourne doesn't try to beat us up for writing this. Daily Mirror reporter Zoe Griffin reported on the London paper's Web site last week that Osbourne slapped her at the night club Punk. "It was hard enough to make my head swing......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:29:30 ESTSISTER ACTLAUREN Conrad sure knows how to pick losers. The star of "The Hills" dated minor- league baseball player Doug Reinhardt until he had a fling with Stephanie Pratt, the sis ter of her enemy Spencer Pratt. Now Reinhardt's after another nemesis'......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:29:17 EST'ZACK' ATTACKJUST because a movie has "porno" in the title, doesn't mean it's X-rated. Elizabeth Banks , star of Kevin Smith's "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," told Women's Health: "There's nothing worse in 'Zack and Miri' than there was in 'Saw II,' and that got......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:29:03 ESTEDITOR'S DELIGHTNOT all magazine editors are loathed by their underlings. During a luncheon Cos mopolitan editor-in- chief Kate White threw at Michael's for thriller author Chelsea Cain's new page- turner, "Sweetheart," White dished details on the surprise party......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:14:59 ESTLOCAL 'HILLS'"THE Hills" may be about to spawn. Spies say scenes for an upcoming pilot of a spinoff called "The City" were shot at the Meatpacking District eatery Nero Wednesday night. "The central character will be up- and-coming artist Jay Lyon, who was......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:14:48 ESTKATE HUDSON IN ELEVATOR RANTKATE Hudson shocked partiers Thursday night with her "nasty and rude" demeanor. Hudson arrived at the Gramercy Park Hotel for the Bravo premiere party for Rachel Zoe's new show, "The Rachel Zoe Project," in "an absolutely foul mood," our spy said......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:14:38 ESTSAD MARITAL SPLIT'WE ALL have the same dreams," wrote the perspicacious Joan Didion. NOT LONG ago Brooke Hayward and Peter Duchin were described as "a perfect blend of Broadway, Hollywood and New York society . . . possessing those three glamorous worlds."......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:14:27 ESTPOLITICS OF LYING DOWN ON THE JOBBOTH conventions were heavy on sex and lies. About videotape, I don't know. I do know Denver and St. Paul had almost as many hookers as delegates. In fact, one whole state got a group rate. I also know that when Dems talked up health care, out......Date: 07 Sep 2008 05:14:04 ESTDOERR, 26, AND DECOUX, 36June 21 - Katherine Doerr and Nathan DeCoux's romance was a blast from the past. After meeting through mutual friends in 2003 at the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, NY, DeCoux, a theater director for fight scenes, proposed there three years......Date: 07 Sep 2008 04:29:45 ESTKANEMOTO, 33, AND TIENG, 31Aug. 10 - Andrea Tieng's and Daniel Kanemoto's wedding was truly joyful. After saying, "I do," the West Village duo danced down the aisle to Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World!" Even the groom's 97-year-old grandmother pulled out a few dance moves......Date: 07 Sep 2008 04:29:36 ESTYEH, 31, AND LIU, 24Aug. 8 - Monica Liu and Lawrence Yeh didn't have to worry about being quiet in the library on their wedding day. After meeting six years ago, the Queens couple tied the knot with an outdoor ceremony at Bryant Park and then celebrated with a......Date: 07 Sep 2008 04:29:24 ESTNAVARRETE, 23, AND ORELLANA, 25Aug. 16 - There was a thin line between love and hate on the night Jorge Navarrete proposed to Gisell Orellana. The groom, a senior bank teller at Washington Mutual in Brooklyn, picked a fight before popping the question: It was his birthday and he......Date: 07 Sep 2008 04:29:06 ESTCYNDI LAUPERCYNDI Lauper loves shaking her shimmy - and just did, right past Rihanna, Ne-Yo and Madonna. The '80s icon earned her perch atop the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart on the strength of her vibrant, techno-sprinkled single "Into the Nightlife,"......Date: 07 Sep 2008 04:14:53 EST
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GARY COLEMAN'S TRUCK HITS A FANFans of Gary Coleman might want to think twice about trying to snap a photo. The pint-sized actor is in big trouble this morning for allegedly hitting a man with his truck outside......Date: 07 Sep 2008 14:59:24 EST'BANGKOK' NOT-SO DANGEROUSThe fall box office sure fell all right. After a $4 billion-grossing summer, Hollywood slogged through its worst weekend of the year, per studio estimates compiled today by Exhibitor......Date: 07 Sep 2008 14:44:04 ESTPAL: ASHLEE AND PETE EXPECTING TWINSPete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz could find themselves facing another round of twin rumors. Pete's buddy, hip-hop artist Tyga, says that the parents-to-be are expecting not one,......Date: 07 Sep 2008 14:14:44 ESTKT TUNSTALL WEDS ON SCOTTISH ISLESinger KT Tunstall is suddenly seeing wedding bells. The 33-year old Scottish singer-songwriter married her drummer, 35-year-old Luke Bullen, on Saturday on a remote Scottish island,......Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:44:23 ESTNEW CHARGES FILED AGAINST 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN ACTORProsecutors have filed new charges against 40-Year-Old Virgin actor Shelly Malil, who is accused of stabbing his ex-girlfriend 20 times on August 10 in San Marcos, Calif. During a......Date: 07 Sep 2008 12:14:43 ESTBURNING Q'S: SLICK JONAS DUDS & BABY-PIC DOLLARSI feel like a total creep asking this (I'm too old to be thinking about them!), but I'm a fashion student and I simply must know: Do the Jonas Brothers have a stylist? What are some of the......Date: 07 Sep 2008 09:29:41 ESTVMA HOST RUSSELL BRAND TALKS STARDOM, BUNNIESHe's hosting MTV's Video Music Awards tonight, but most people who know British funnyguy Russell Brand only know him as that crazy boyfriend from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. I chatted with......Date: 07 Sep 2008 09:29:30 ESTBRITNEY'S NOT REHEARSING FOR THE VMASE! News has confirmed that the Britney Spears dance video leaked yesterday on MSN.com does not show a rehearsal for a performance on Sunday at the MTV Video Music Awards. Talent......Date: 06 Sep 2008 18:29:40 ESTSTAND UP TO CANCER: STARS PAUSE FOR THE CAUSEPassionate stars who care, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Garner and Neil Patrick Harris, take time out to talk with Jason Kennedy of E! News on the red carpet at the Stand Up to Cancer event. For more......Date: 06 Sep 2008 16:44:28 ESTFASHION WEEK STARTS STRONG WITH FASHION ROCKSShe's got style for miles. Kicking off New York Fashion Week, Beyoncé looked fabulous in this beautiful banana gown at Friday night's Fashion Rocks event. But beautiful B......Date: 06 Sep 2008 16:14:26 ESTSTAND UP TO CANCER GETS A RISE OUT OF HOLLYWOODThe stars came out tonight with hopes of brightening the way for years to come. Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Aniston, Salma Hayek, Ellen DeGeneres, Keanu Reeves, Billy Crystal,......Date: 06 Sep 2008 15:14:22 EST"SOME PEOPLE WAIT A LIFETIME FOR A MOMENT LIKE THIS"This food fight between Ryan Seacrest and Randy Jackson brought up a lot of lunch, er, good captions from users like the winning one above, submitted by Kyla. Here were some of our other......Date: 06 Sep 2008 13:29:29 ESTSNOOP'S ROAD WARRIORS HEAD INTO THE HOME STRETCHThe tour may be winding down for the final few shows in Texas, but KillahKev and the whole Snoop Dogg team are still all wound up. Check out the posse peeps getting wild and loose, dunking hoops......Date: 06 Sep 2008 12:59:35 ESTAPPRECIATION: THE MAN WITH "THE VOICE OF GOD"According to Don LaFontaine, a car insurance commercial changed his life. "There goes any anonymity I might have had…," LaFontaine mused on his Website. The......Date: 06 Sep 2008 09:14:24 ESTNEW SEASON OF PROJECT RUNWAY NOT IN TILL '09Project Runway is going to be auf the air for a little longer than expected. Lifetime, which will be the Emmy-nominated series' new home once the current cycle ends, said Friday that......Date: 06 Sep 2008 00:59:35 ESTSTAND UP TO CANCER GETS A RISE OUT OF HOLLYWOOD'S FINESTThe stars came out tonight with hopes of brightening the way for years to come. Halle Berry, Jennifer Garner, Jennifer Aniston, Salma Hayek, Ellen DeGeneres, Keanu Reeves, Billy Crystal,......Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:59:39 ESTLEIGHTON MEESTER'S EX-CON MOM BOOKS HERSELFLynne Spears isn't the only celebrity mom coming out with a book about her daughter. E! News has learned exclusively that Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester's mother......Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:59:26 ESTSPIDER-MAN 4: TOBEY NOT A LOCK—YET?Call it the battle of the contractual web weavers. Tobey Maguire's very interested in doing the next Spider-Man sequel, sure, and now there's word today that the deal is done. Not true at......Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:44:38 ESTEX-CON MOM TO LEIGHTON MEESTER: BOOK HER!Lynne Spears isn't the only celebrity mom coming out with a book about her daughter. E! News has learned exclusively that Gossip Girl star Leighton Meester's mother......Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:44:26 ESTSOUP'S ON: EXPLORING OUR NATION'S NEXT TOP MODELAnd now, a quick taste of tonight's gripping espisode of The Soup. If you're an American, there are two major issues you're no doubt consumed with: the presidential race, and who......Date: 05 Sep 2008 20:29:51 EST -
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SARAH PALIN SWITCHED COLLEGES SIX TIMES IN SIX YEARSThe AP doesn't know how or why, because they couldn't find anyone who could remember her at the schools, which included Matanuska-Susitna College in Alaska, Hawaii Pacific University, North Idaho College, University of Hawaii at Hilo, and the University of Ohio Idaho, from which she graduated. [AP]...Date: 05 Sep 2008 22:29:38 ESTRNC ‘ALMOST LIKE A HITLER RALLY,’ ACTOR FLOWN IN FOR THE OCCASION SAYSThe RNC was low on celebrities, but the Creative Coalition, a Hollywood nonpartisan group, flew in a few character actors. Joe Pantoliano, who played Ralph Cifaretto on The Sopranos, showed up at the Coalition bash after Sarah Palin’s speech, impressed with her message about spe...Date: 05 Sep 2008 22:29:28 ESTON THE MATTER OF TRIG’S MAMATroubled by the whole Trig Palin thing? Not as in, like, Why would his big sister lick her palm and use it to smooth his hair? but more like, Who's really Trig's mommy, Sarah or Bristol Palin? Unless you've been living under the conspiracy-theory rock, you've heard the Enquirer-ready rumors that pre...Date: 05 Sep 2008 22:29:07 ESTTHE VIVICA A. FOX GUIDE TO BEING A COUGARWhen we saw 44-year-old Vivica A. Fox — who looked smashing — at last night's presentation of Elie Tahari's spring '09 collection, we had to ask her something. See, on her Wikipedia page it says she's an avowed cougar, and we wanted to know all about it. After all, it's so hot right now,...Date: 05 Sep 2008 22:14:52 ESTPATERSON TO APPEAR ON ‘COLBERT REPORT’ TONIGHTSet your DVRs! This is the best news we've heard since a black dude joined the New Kids on the Block! [NYDN]...Date: 05 Sep 2008 22:14:40 ESTEZRA KLEIN AND ALEX PAREENE ON MCCAIN’S DREAMS FOR THE PRESIDENCY AND O’REILLY VERSUS OBAMAEvery day until November 4, a series of writers and thinkers will discuss the election over instant messenger for nymag.com. Today The American Prospect’s Ezra Klein and Gawker’s Alex Pareene discuss McCain and the presidency as a “badge of honor,” O'Reilly's treatment of Oba...Date: 05 Sep 2008 22:14:26 EST‘TIMES’ TO CONSOLIDATE SECTIONSIn order to save on printing costs, the Times will cut the number of sections it has in the paper by folding the "Metro" and "Sports" sections into other sections of the newspaper, reports the Observer today: "According to newsroom sources, the Metro Section is moving into the A-section and the Spor...Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:59:52 ESTCLOBBERED TIMES SQUARE BIKER VINDICATEDRemember the above video? It was taped on July 25 during a Critical Mass bike ride through the city. In it, you see what appears to be a brutal bodychecking by police officer Patrick Pogan against cyclist Christopher Long. But what you might not have known was that Long was arrested after this inc...Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:44:49 ESTREAL NEW YORK MEETS FAKE NEW YORK AT UMPTEENTH ‘GOSSIP GIRL’ PARTYThe season premiere of Gossip Girl might be one of the most celebrated premieres in the history of television. Off the top of our heads we can think of like, five premiere parties held for The Greatest Show Ever this week, and that's not even counting the Dress Your Dog Like Blair–themed fiest...Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:29:54 ESTNEXT WEEK’S INTEL, TODAYNot over the Republican National Convention quite yet? Here's a sneak peek at some stories from next week's "Intelligencer" section of New York: • Sarah Palin might skip the opening of New York's Alaska House, even though she agreed to go before she was all big and famous. • Joe Bruno i...Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:29:45 ESTST. PAUL REPORT: EUGENE MIRMAN, CHICKEN RUN AFOUL OF SECRET SERVICEDuring both the Democratic and Republican conventions, Daily Show correspondents frequently found themselves in trouble with the powers that be. Hearsay has it that in Denver, after Jason Jones pretended to pee on a campfire (he used a water gun) that happened to be near a local Fox News station's v...Date: 05 Sep 2008 21:29:29 ESTA SLIDESHOW OF HOT PICTURES OF LEVI JOHNSTONIt's been a full 48 hours since we last gushed about Levi "Sex on Skates" Johnston. We were going to try to make it through the whole weekend, but seeing him in the audience at the Republican National Convention last night was just too much to bear. He wasn't even chewing gum this time! That chin! T...Date: 05 Sep 2008 20:44:57 ESTST. PAUL REPORT: DAVID CARR ON WHY THIS WILL BE THE LAST CONVENTION OF ITS KINDLast night's Google/Vanity Fair RNC capper party didn't have the wattage of the DNC equivalent bash, which boasted guests from John Kerry to Susan Sarandon. Instead, we found ourselves milling around with Fred Thompson and Henry Kissinger (both of whom, tellingly, refused to talk about McCain's spee...Date: 05 Sep 2008 20:44:46 ESTST. PAUL REPORT: JOHN MCCAIN’S ROOMMATES WERE NOT LIKE YOURSLast night after John McCain's speech, we happened upon an adorable white-haired couple beaming and practically skipping down the hall. "You seem happy!" we chirped. "That's because our candidate just got nominated to be president of the United States!" the woman told us. What did you think of the s...Date: 05 Sep 2008 20:44:30 ESTWEEK OF THE PIGNews of a minor metro baby boom, credited to the fertility-friendly Chinese Year of the Pig, seemed fitting for a week in which the entire city was talking about a pregnant teenager from Alaska. Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin attacked the East Coast media elitists who’d que...Date: 05 Sep 2008 20:44:07 ESTEAK THE GEEK GOES TO LAW SCHOOL"I'm not a sideshow. I'm a person," Eduardo Arrocha, a.k.a. Eak the Geek, the tattooed entertainer who has impressed crowds on the Coney Island boardwalk for fifteen years, told AM New York today. "I want to be part of the main act." This fall, Eak has retired his trademark "Bed of Nails Sandwich" s...Date: 04 Sep 2008 19:59:50 ESTHOLY MOTHER OF BASSWe totally bullied the folks over at Entertainment Weekly into giving us an advance copy of their Gossip Girl cover story, which doesn't come out till tomorrow. It was super-easy — we just told them we'd tell everyone about the time they got diarrhea in Barnes & Noble if they didn't hand it ov...Date: 04 Sep 2008 19:59:37 EST‘SOCIAL HEIGHTS,’ STARRING KRISTIAN LALIBERTE AND DEVORAH ROSE, WILL MAKE IT TO REALITYCourtesy of Guest of a Guest, the blog that chronicles everything appalling about New York nightlife and society so we don't have to, please behold the cast of Social Heights. You may recognize Social Life Magazine editor Devorah Rose, an Intel friend and favorite, already. According to the Website,...Date: 04 Sep 2008 19:59:24 ESTTYRA BANKS CHILDREN’S BOOK SO TOTALLY IMMINENTSince we've learned from America's Next Top Model that modeling is not just about standing around looking pretty but is in fact really challenging, we decided to ask Tyra Banks what she found most difficult about portraying Michelle Obama in a recent Bazaar spread. "The hardest part was reading to...Date: 04 Sep 2008 19:44:58 EST