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  • PEOPLE MAGAZINE

    IT'S A BOY FOR ASHLEE & PETE!
    They name him Bronx Mowgli Wentz and "thank everyone for their well-wishes!" a rep tells PEOPLE...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 02:44:02 EST
    PARIS HILTON'S NIGHT OUT WITHOUT BENJI MADDEN
    The star "looked distraught" while making the Hollywood rounds after splitting with her Good Charlotte beau of nine months...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:44:52 EST
    REESE WITHERSPOON WARY OF MARRYING AGAIN
    The Four Christmases star says she's still "not far enough" away from her divorce to Ryan Phillippe...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:44:40 EST
    BRITNEY SPEARS: I LOST MY WAY, MYSELF
    PEOPLE gets a sneak preview of a riveting documentary about the troubled pop star...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:44:19 EST
    BRITNEY SPEARS: I LOST MY WAY, FOCUS, MYSELF
    PEOPLE gets a sneak preview of the riveting documentary about the troubled pop star...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:44:00 EST
    JULIANNE HOUGH HANGING UP HER DANCING SHOES
    The two-time champ says she won't be back next season so she can focus on her music career...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:29:01 EST
    KRISTEN STEWART: WHY ROBERT PATTINSON IS THE SEXIEST VAMPIRE ALIVE
    The Twilight heartthrob's leading lady loves his wit and his hair – and yes, he proposed to her...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 15:14:03 EST
    POLL: YOU SURPRISED BY PARIS & BENJI'S SPLIT?
    After just 9 months, the love has faded – a shock or just the same from the heiress?...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 13:16:47 EST
    REPORTS: MADONNA REACHES DIVORCE SETTLEMENT
    The singer will keep her fortune and share custody of the kids when her marriage is legally ended in a London court on Friday...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 13:14:02 EST
    VIDEO: 8-YEAR-OLD'S SHOCKING MURDER CONFESSION
    Police stir controversy by releasing a video interview of an Arizona boy saying he shot his dad...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 12:59:01 EST
    MCKEY WINS AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL
    After a final walk-off, Tyra Banks picks the leggy brunette as the cycle 11 winner...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 12:14:02 EST
    LEO FOCUSES ON DIRECTOR PAL DURING GISELE'S NEW VIDEO
    He's all smiles as he previews a music video directed by Kevin Connolly, featuring his supermodel ex...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 11:14:02 EST
    BEN AFFLECK ON MERCY MISSION TO CONGO
    The star seeks to bring attention to the lack of aid agencies in the violence-ridden region...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 10:59:01 EST
    ALEC BALDWIN KISSES AND TELLS ON JENNIFER ANISTON
    "It was the greatest day of my life," the 30 Rock star says of their make-out session...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 10:44:01 EST
    BEN AFFECK ON MERCY MISSION TO CONGO
    The star seeks to bring attention to the lack of aid agencies in the violence-ridden region...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 10:14:01 EST
    RIHANNA'S NEW TATTOO EXPLAINED!
    "It's tribal," the singer says of the new ink on her hand. "It represents strength and love"...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 09:29:02 EST
    LANCE BASS IS GLAD JULIANNE HOUGH WAS ELIMINATED
    Now the Dancing with the Stars finalist is worried about beating Brooke Burke...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 09:14:01 EST
    TWILIGHT'S VILLAIN SAYS 'VAMPIRES ARE SEXY'
    Cam Gigandet talks about dressing up for the part of James in the upcoming film...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 08:44:01 EST
    TRIAL BEGINS IN FATAL CYBER-BULLYING CASE
    A mother tearfully recalls for jury e-mails that allegedly provoked daughter's suicide...
    Date: 19 Nov 2008 22:14:04 EST
    CARLA BRUNI WANTS MICHELLE OBAMA'S ADVICE
    "She looks like she's a great, strong, intelligent woman," the French first lady says of Obama...
    Date: 19 Nov 2008 18:14:01 EST
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  • HUFFINGTON POST

    GUNS N' ROSES ALBUM "A SHIPWRECK" AND "A LOUD LAST GASP"
    "Chinese Democracy" (Geffen) is the Titanic of rock albums: the ship, not the movie, although like the film it's a monumental studio production. It's outsize,......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:59:03 EST
    FRED THOMPSON RETURNING TO ACTING
    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:44:02 EST
    MADONNA AND GUY RITCHIE GRANTED PRELIMINARY DIVORCE DECREE
    LONDON — Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a preliminary decree of divorce Friday. Neither appeared at the brief court session in which "Ciccone M......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:29:03 EST
    SCOTT MENDELSON: TRAILER WATCH - THOUGHTS ON THE PREVIEWS FOR WATCHMEN, HARRY POTTER 6, AND MORE.
    I don't usually do a 'let's rundown all the new trailers', but there were several released just in the last week that are worth discussing.......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 04:29:02 EST
    SCOTT MENDELSON: MARLEY & ME GETS A RARE PG, AND OTHER MPAA RATINGS NOTES.
    Box Office Mojo posted their weekly MPAA rating updates yesterday. Not much to report. Two noteworthy items do pop out, though. The big news......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 00:59:03 EST
    "PUSHING DAISIES" FLATLINES, "ELI STONE," "DIRTY SEXY MONEY" CANCELED TOO
    ABC has canceled Pushing Daisies, executive producer Bryan Fuller confirms to me exclusively. According to our inside sources, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money have......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 21:59:01 EST
    ELAYNE BOOSLER: OBAMA RESPONDS TO AL QUEDA
    Al Qaeda number 2 man Ayman al-Zawarhri, in a newly released video, called President-elect Barak Obama a "house negro". The President-elect responded immediately, saying, "I......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 20:14:02 EST
    LISA DERRICK: MARGARET CHO SET FOR NOV. 22 EQUAL RIGHTS RALLY IN SACRAMENTO
    Actress/comedienne Margaret Cho and her co-star Selene Luna will participate in the "March on Sacramento" rally in support of equal marriages rights this Saturday at the State Capitol....
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 19:31:01 EST
    BRITNEY SPEARS CRAVES FREEDOM, EXCITEMENT, CAREER REVIVAL
    NEW YORK — Britney Spears is craving more freedom _ and less of the "control" that's stabilized her personal life and reinvigorated her career over......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 19:29:04 EST
    MELISSA SILVERSTEIN: EMMA THOMPSON IS SO SMART
    There are days when I feel really lucky to do what I do. Most days I toil at my home office trying to come up......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 19:14:02 EST
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    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:45:18 EST
    JEANIE FINLAY: THINGS I LEARNT ON IFC'S GOTH CRUISE
    The sight of our 150 Goths sauntering to formal dining night, in 'maximum Goth gear,' stood out like a bruise. A cruise ship environment is everything that is the antithesis of Goth....
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:45:01 EST
    "PUSHING DAISIES" FLATLINES AS COMEDY RATINGS IMPROVE
    ABC was third, with its entire Wednesday lineup hitting series lows. "Pushing Daisies" (4.9 million, 1.7) fell 27% from its last airing (when it flew......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:55:04 EST
    DONALD LIEBENSON: DAVID BRENNER AT ZANIES: "THIS IS WHAT COMEDY WAS MEANT TO DO"
    Name a comedy personage, and Brenner likely has a story about him. Steve Martin credits Brenner with advising him how to make the transition from opening act to headliner....
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:53:57 EST
    REESE WITHERSPOON ON MOTHERHOOD, DIVORCE, TABLOID FAME
    Reese Witherspoon speaks candidly in this Sunday's issue of Parade about her divorce with Ryan Phillippe, feeling unsure about marriage with Jake Gyllenhaal and the......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:51:20 EST
    KIM MORGAN: TWILIGHT AND SCREEN'S TROUBLED TEENAGE GIRLS
    I love the drama of teenagers. Even the over the top, bad apple, Ritalin popping insanity of them  -- sometimes especially for this (I can......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:47:44 EST
    GUNS N' ROSES ALBUM DEBUTS ON MYSPACE
    LOS ANGELES — Guns N' Roses is spreading democracy to the world. The protracted wait for "Chinese Democracy" is over, as all 14 tracks of......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 15:59:13 EST
    DOUGLAS MACKINNON: HUCKABEE WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR THE TWISTED CHARACTER IN MY NOVEL
    Huckabee has decided to take Romney to task, not only as a way to settle an old score, but to fire a warning shot across Romney's brow in preparation for the 2012 Republican primary....
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 15:59:02 EST
    ASHLEY VAN BUREN: 4REAL KEEPS IT REAL
    The 4REAL team works hard at matching an artist with a country and community leader in the hopes of spurring a connection between the two parties....
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 14:29:03 EST
    MADONNA AND GUY RITCHIE TO BEGIN DIVORCE FRIDAY
    LONDON — A court schedule says Madonna and Guy Ritchie will be granted the first stage of their divorce in London Friday. London's High Court......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 13:59:24 EST
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  • DAILY MAIL

    GORDON BROWN 'CONSIDERING GENERAL ELECTION ON JUNE 4 IN BID TO CAPITALISE ON RECESSION BOUNCE IN POLLS'
    Gordon Brown could call an election next June in the hope of benefiting from a 'recession bounce", it was reported today....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:44:20 EST
    TEENAGER COMMITS SUICIDE LIVE ONLINE WHILE 1,500 PEOPLE WATCH VIDEO STREAM
    A teenager committed suicide live on the internet while 1,500 people watched, it was claimed today. According to reports, some viewers even encouraged him to kill himself....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:44:12 EST
    MAN DUMPS 84-YEAR-OLD MOTHER SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA AT COUNCIL OFFICES
    A man dumped his 84-year-old mother at council offices after claiming social services had failed to help him care for her....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:29:29 EST
    GIRL'S 16TH BIRTHDAY PARTY ENDS IN CHAOS AFTER 60 'FACEBOOK' YOBS GATECRASH RESTAURANT
    60 hooded yobs gatecrashed a restaurant after a girl advertised her 16th birthday party on Facebook. The private school teen's party, at a community centre in south London, was wrecked by thugs....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:29:25 EST
    DOCTORS WARN SCHOOLGIRL ADDICT TO 'STOP DRINKING RED BULL OR YOU WILL DIE'
    A teenager, who became so hooked on caffeine-laced energy drinks that she collapsed and had to be rushed to hospital, was told to give them up or she could die....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:29:17 EST
    FREEZING WINDS LASH BRITAIN AS COUNTRY BRACES ITSELF FOR AN ARCTIC BLAST
    Freezing winds have begun to lash the coastline as Britain prepares for an Arctic blast this weekend....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 06:44:03 EST
    GUY CELEBRATES WITH HIS SONS AS HE AND MADONNA ARE GRANTED 'QUICKIE' DIVORCE
    Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie's marriage of nearly eight years was over in just a few minutes today....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 06:14:06 EST
    FREEZING WINDS BEGIN LASHING BRITAIN AHEAD OF PREDICTED SNOW STORMS AND HEAVY RAIN
    Freezing winds have begun lashing Britain ahead of predicted snow storms and heavy rain....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 05:59:14 EST
    JAIL FORCED TO SCRAP COMEDY COURSE FOR AL QAEDA TERRORIST
    A stand-up comedy course for a convicted Al Qaeda terrorist and other maximum-security prisoners has been halted by Jack Straw, who branded it 'totally unacceptable'....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 05:59:02 EST
    MARRIAGE OF MADONNA AND GUY IS OFFICIALLY OVER AS COUPLE ARE GRANTED 'QUICKIE' DIVORCE
    Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie's marriage of nearly eight years was over in just a few minutes today....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 05:44:17 EST
    AL QAEDA TERRORIST SENT ON PRISON COMEDY COURSE
    A stand-up comedy course for a convicted Al Qaeda terrorist and other maximum-security prisoners has been halted by Jack Straw, who branded it 'totally unacceptable'....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 05:44:05 EST
    'I'M NOT READY TO MARRY JAKE,' SAYS REESE WITHERSPOON AS SHE SPARKLES ON THE RED CARPET AT FILM PREMIERE
    Reese Witherspoon looked a picture of sophistication as she hit the red carpet at the LA premiere of her new romantic comedy Four Christmases last night....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 05:29:22 EST
    WAS MRS SERGEANT BEHIND JOURNALIST JOHN'S STRICTLY EXIT?
    A firm dislike of the limelight by John Sergeant's wife may have played a part in his decision to quit Strictly Come Dancing....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 05:29:16 EST
    LABOUR FIRES NATIONALISATION 'WARNING SHOT' TO FORCE BANKS TO LEND TO FIRMS AND FAMILIES
    Banks facing fury from ministers over their refusal to boost lending were today warned to act before the 'lid is blown off'....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 05:29:02 EST
    BRITISH MAN DIES IN INDONESIAN HOSPITAL AFTER DOCTORS 'DEMANDED BRIBE BEFORE TREATING HIM'
    A British holidaymaker died in an Indonesian hospital after doctors refused to treat him until they received a hundreds of dollars in bribes, an MP has claimed....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 05:14:14 EST
    TEENAGER COMMITS SUICIDE LIVE ONLINE WHILE 1,500 PEOPLE WATCH
    A teenager committed suicide live on the internet while 1,500 people watched, it was claimed today. According to reports, some viewers even encouraged him to kill himself....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 05:14:02 EST
    BNP MEMBER TARGETED IN FIREBOMB ATTACK SPARKING FEARS OF VIGILANTISM
    A suspected BNP member was the victim of a firebomb attack last night....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 04:59:15 EST
    ONE IN FIVE PROPERTY SALES BECAUSE OWNERS CAN'T AFFORD MORTGAGE AS 130 FAMILIES A DAY HAVE HOMES SEIZED
    One in five homes on the market is being sold because the owner can no longer afford mortgage payments....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 04:59:02 EST
    BRITISH PLAYBOY CONVICTED OF MURDERING MODEL BY HURLING HER 'LIKE A SPEAR' FROM CLIFF TOP
    A British-born playboy and millionaire's chauffeur has been convicted of murdering his model girlfriend by hurling her from the top of a cliff....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 04:44:28 EST
    PICTURED: BNP POLICE OFFICER MEETS CHERIE BLAIR AS UK MOTOCROSS CHAMPION REVEALED TO BE MEMBER
    This is the policeman under investigation for alleged British National Party links - sharing a joke with Cherie Blair....
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 04:44:21 EST
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  • TMZ

    CIVIL WAR ERUPTS IN BEVERLY HILLS
    Filed under: Celebrity Justice A trial starts today in a battle between the classes -- the classes being the rich and the much richer.The battleground is one of the most exclusive areas of Bev Hills, called Beverly Park, which is divided into Northern and Southern parts. The...Permalink...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:14:17 EST
    REMY MA'S XMAS WISH -- FREEDOM
    Filed under: Celebrity Justice Remy Ma wants her lawyers to exercise her get out of jail card ... just in time for the holidays.Remy's mouthpieces have filed for an appeal on her eight-year prison sentence for shooting a woman in the stomach outside of an NYC nightclub earlier...Permalink...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 02:44:19 EST
    VEGAS BIGWIGS ENTER PUNCH BOWL
    Filed under: Hot Vegas, Fights Don't hit a man with glasses -- hit him for a good cause.A pile of Las Vegas club managers and promoters laced up their gloves and smashed each other's faces at the Hard Rock's Joint -- raising almost $20,000 for the cleft charity, Smile Train, and a...Permalink...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 02:14:08 EST
    BRITNEY FANS: WE WERE HIT WITH UGLY SCHTICK!
    Filed under: Britney Spears A bunch of Spears fans are pitching a Brit fit in Hollywood right now -- claiming they were screwed out of attending the popwreck's documentary screening because they weren't hot, blond and slutty enough to make the cut.The group was waiting in line...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 19:43:11 EST
    DUBYA -- THE LONELIEST GUY IN THE WORLD
    Filed under: Break-Ups George Bush was totally snubbed at the G20 summit -- or was he doing the snubbing? Either way, as the Huffington Post points out, not a single world leader made an effort to shake his hand.Bush still has 60 days, 5 hours and 12 minutes until he's out...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:14:07 EST
    NOBODY WANTS TO TOUCH BUSH
    Filed under: Break-Ups George Bush was totally snubbed at the G20 summit -- or was he doing the snubbing? Either way, as the Huffington Post points out, not a single world leader made an effort to shake his hand.Bush still has 60 days, 5 hours and 12 minutes until he's out...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:59:21 EST
    THE ROOTS SURVIVE DOUBLE-DECKER BUS CRASH
    Filed under: Music A double-decker bus carrying The Roots crashed and flipped over in Paris last night -- and after their drummer crawled out of the rubble of cereal, broken glass and bathroom fluid, he immediately blogged about it.Fortunately, no one was seriously...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:59:09 EST
    MCMAHON STILL HAS HEART
    Filed under: Nurse! There's a buzz that Ed McMahon had a heart attack and was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A.Part is true and part isn't. We've learned over the weekend McMahon experienced shortness of breath and was taken to Cedars. Doctors were concerned...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:44:05 EST
    TMZ TV TONITE -- NO HOLDING BACK
    Tonight on TMZ TV -- Meg Ryan straps in for a little bra talk... Bret "The Hitman" Hart isn't puttin' anyone in a chokehold anymore... and 911 loses lots of precious time when "Dancing with the Stars" puts them on hold.Check your local listings....Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:57:22 EST
    PAXTON: THREE TONGUES ARE BETTER THAN ONE
    Filed under: Wacky & Weird"Big Love" star Bill Paxton "highly recommends" making out with three women at work. Louise Newbury, his wife, probably doesn't. See Also "Big Love" Keeps It Real? ...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:56:04 EST
    CHACE CRAWFORD: DE-BANGED!
    Filed under: TV, Beauty Not since Jennifer Grey has a celeb rendered themselves almost completely unrecognizable with the adjustment of one feature.With one fell swoop of his man-bangs, Chace Crawford morphed from "Gossip Girl" hottie into any other nerdy unidentifiable...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:04:04 EST
    "TWILIGHT" OF THE NOBODIES
    Filed under: Movies, Hot Vegas If you were promised a party with the cast of "Twilight", would you be happy hanging out with anyone but Robert Pattinson?!A flier for a "Twilight" event advertised the movie's "cast" would be at PRIVE in Vegas this past weekend and featured a photo...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:03:53 EST
    CRITICS JUMP THRU HOOPS FOR BRIT'S "CIRCUS"
    Filed under: Britney Spears The people at Britney's record label are treating her new album like the frickin' Shroud of Turin -- putting legitimate music critics through a virtual gauntlet just to get a peek.Even though the album already has been leaked online, we're told the...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:03:44 EST
    AFTER A FEW SHOTS, OBAMA FELT UP FOR GRABS
    Filed under: Barack Obama Everything Barack Obama touches turns to sold -- including a bar-room pool table the president-elect played on last May.John Mawyer, the owner of Schultzie's Billiards in West Virginia, is 86ing the Obama pool table on Ebay. Starting price --...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:03:38 EST
    LARA FLYNN BOYLE
    Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Food Glorious FoodYesterday in Bel Air......Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:03:28 EST
    SHE SCREWED YOU ... YEAH YEAH YEAH!!
    Filed under: Celebrity Justice Tom Hanks is being dragged into the middle of a legal war over The Beatles.Tom's wife, Rita Wilson, just had to have a 1962 vintage Beatles poster priced at $75,000 as a gift for Hanks.According to legal papers filed in L.A. County Superior Court,...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:03:18 EST
    BRET "THE HITMAN" HAD HIS HART RIPPED OUT
    Filed under: Talk Sports Bret "The Hitman" Hart used to say he was "The best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be" -- but yesterday in DC, it was clear someone's come to a sad realization since his days in the WWF.This may be some of the most...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:03:09 EST
    TACO BELL'S GOT BEEF WITH 50 -- NACHO AVERAGE SUIT
    Filed under: Celebrity Justice, 50 Cent Taco Bell knows about as much about rap music as it does about Mexican food.In legal papers filed in Federal court, the Bell's lawyers claim 50's tough-talking $4 million trademark infringement lawsuit from this summer was just a publicity stunt --...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:02:52 EST
    NO ONE WANTS SHIA'S BLOODY SCRAP
    Striking a positive note for good taste, almost nobody wants to buy the truck Shia LaBeouf wrecked.Only two bids have come in on the truck -- and only a hundred bucks over the base price, $7K. Yes, some imbecile could end up paying $7,100 for a...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:02:42 EST
    GARNER SCORES PERMANENT PROTECTION
    Filed under: Celebrity Justice Jennifer Garner just got a permanent restraining order against the man who has allegedly terrorized her.Garner's lawyer, Blair Berk, just appeared in downtown L.A. court and got an order against Steven Burky, prohibiting him from having contact with...Permalink...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:02:28 EST
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  • GAWKER

    MICHAEL JACKSON: SECRET MUSLIM? [GOSSIP ROUNDUP]
    Michael Jackson is a secret Muslim who is actually called Mikaeel, an angel of Allah, after rejecting the name "Mustafa," which means chosen one. In a few days Jackson will appear in London court, where an Arab sheikh is suing. Related? Who knows. The headline? "The Way You Mecca Me Feel." [Sun]...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:14:06 EST
    GUY RITCHIE BUYS PEACE WITH MADONNA [MESSY DIVORCES]
    Barristers in England are calling Guy Ritchie's freshly-minted breakup settlement with superstar wife Madonna a "model divorce." But cynics could just as easily call it a model victory for aggressive flackery: It was Madonna, according to some gossipy press reports, who initiated and most viciously...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 06:59:06 EST
    TWILIGHT STAR'S LETTERMAN DISASTER: FUNNIEST MOMENTS [CELEBRITY SCIENCE]
    newVideoPlayer("/letterman_kristenstewart_gawker.flv", 480, 360,""); Starlets, you never learn, probably because you're not paying attention, probably because you're always as strung out as Twilight star Kristen Stewart looked last night on the Late Show: You must come on David Letterman's program...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 06:14:18 EST
    U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL COLLAPSES DURING SPEECH [CLIPS]
    newVideoPlayer("/ag_collapse_gawker.flv", 480, 360,""); Alberto Gonzalez's replacement at the Justice Department, Michael Mukasey, stuttered and slurred his words before collapsing during a speech at the conservative Federalist Society Thursday night. The attorney general soon regained consciousnes...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 04:29:44 EST
    PEOPLE'S SHADY ANGELINA JOLIE DEALINGS [SCANDAL]
    As a member of the vaunted Time Inc. magazine empire, People has always stood a cut or two above most celebrity magazines, ethically speaking. But Angelina Jolie is "scary smart," in the words of celeb-mag editor Bonnie Fuller, and the actress seems to have had little trouble corrupting People's so...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:14:22 EST
    POWER GIRLS COMMANDEERING PRIVATE JETS A TREND, IN FANTASY WORLD [THE TREND THAT WASN'T]
    It's the trend that wasn't: certain ladies are part of the new power elite of women who pay for their own travel via private jets. According to Private Air Daily, "[Dating columnist] Julia Allison and fellow Internet glamour girls Mary Rambin and Meghan Asha, stars of Bravo's upcoming reality show I...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 02:44:25 EST
    KEITH OLBERMANN OBNOXIOUS, COURIC AND LETTERMAN AGREE [FEUDS]
    newVideoPlayer("/letterman_couricmcain_gawker.flv", 480, 360,""); Katie Couric is on the Late Show again tonight, to try and convince David Letterman that she didn't purposely steal John McCain for her CBS Evening News that night the Republican presidential nominee infamously flaked on Letterman. O...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 00:59:35 EST
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    Date: 21 Nov 2008 00:59:30 EST
    SARAH PALIN WATCHES TURKEYS DIE, FOR FUN [VIDEUHOH]
    newVideoPlayer("/palin_turkey_gawker.flv", 480, 360,""); Like any other governor/aspiring president, Sarah Palin had to pardon a Turkey right before Thanksgiving. But then, because she's a moosehuntin' MAVERICK snow eskimo, the former Republican vice presidential nominee had to do something fun 'n...
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 00:59:20 EST
    HIPPIE FOLKSINGER INVADES WSJ NEWSROOM [STRANGE BEDFELLOWS]
    Pat Buchanan's defending Hillary Clinton, the Guardian is scooping on U.S. political news, and now this, perhaps the ultimate WTF moment in media this week: Lefty, anti-corporate folksinger Ani DiFranco performed two songs for Wall Street Journal editorial staff today, right before deadline, we hea...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 21:59:53 EST
    SCRATCH 'N' SNIFF THE SEXIEST MEN ALIVE [BOYS SMELL]
    This year's edition of People magazine's hugely popular "Sexiest Man Alive" issue (Hugh Jackman takes top honors) will feature... um... scratch 'n sniff photos of famous dudes, like Gossip Girl actress Chace Crawford, TV show kryptonite Taye Diggs, Law & Order: SVU brute Chris Meloni, and young god...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:59:49 EST
    MEDIA CONSPIRACY! [SMOKING GUN]
    Michael Kinsley argues that Barack Obama, smoker, claims he quit smoking, but probably didn't quit smoking. Kinsley makes the very good point that why the hell does Barack Obama need to quit smoking? We elected him because he's so cool and calm, the last thing we should do is take away his cigarett...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:59:41 EST
    THE ROYAL SCEPTER [NSFW]
    Well, there it is. Prince William's crotchal region. While he's in mid-pee. NSFW, obviously. [GayDailyHot] Update: The site's down, but we got a screen grab. It's blurry, but there's... something there. After the jump....
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:46:56 EST
    WHAT THE SEXIEST MEN ALIVE SMELL LIKE [BOYS SMELL]
    This year's edition of People magazine's hugely popular "Sexiest Man Alive" issue (Hugh Jackman takes top honors) will feature... um... scratch 'n sniff photos of famous dudes, like Gossip Girl actress Chace Crawford, TV show kryptonite Taye Diggs, Law & Order: SVU brute Chris Meloni, and young god...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:14:51 EST
    NEW YORK TIMES EARNINGS NEWS IS NOTHING BUT BAD NEWS [MEDIA]
    The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a five-year low today, closing down nearly 450 points. And the New York Times Co. had an even worse day. The company's stock dove almost 10%, lower than it's been in decades. And just after the close of the markets came the payoff: the company is cutting its divi...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:14:42 EST
    THE LOST DECADE [THE PANIC OF '08]
    The Dow closed down today, again, at 7,552, the lowest level since 1997. That was a long time ago. We've seen two booms pass by — first dot-com stocks and now the real estate bubble. In 1997, I was still in college, Bill Clinton was still president, no one had heard of Monica Lewinsky, and Rud...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:14:36 EST
    POWER GIRLS COMANDEERING PRIVATE JETS A TREND, IN FANTASY WORLD [THE TREND THAT WASN'T]
    It's the trend that wasn't: certain ladies are part of the new power elite of women who pay for their own travel via private jets. According to Private Air Daily, "[Dating columnist] Julia Allison and fellow Internet glamour girls Mary Rambin and Meghan Asha, stars of Bravo's upcoming reality show I...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:14:22 EST
    THE ROYAL SCEPTER [QUITE]
    Well, there it is. Prince William's manhood. In mid-pee. NSFW, obviously. [GayDailyHot]...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:44:53 EST
    CONDE NAST FOLDS DNR [GREAT MAGAZINE DIE-OFF]
    Conde Nast is folding DNR, the men's fashion trade magazine. It's also shuttering its website, DNRNews.com. The feeble spin is that WWD will pick up the slack by launching "comprehensive, round-the-clock men’s fashion and retail coverage." [#2 of the ">four ways to kill a magazine, for those keeping...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:44:36 EST
    CONRAD BLACK WOULD LIKE TO GET OUT OF JAIL, PLEASE [CRIMINALS]
    Canadian British Lord and newspaper magnate and stupid criminal Conrad Black is currently serving 78 months in federal prison for mail fraud and obstruction of justice. Black was an old friend of William F. Buckley and Henry Kissinger (before they stabbed him in his wrongfully convicted back) so obv...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:30:13 EST
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  • NEW YORK POST

    NO POSITIVE FOR 'TWILIGHT'
    TWELVE-year-old girls have a lot to answer for: Clay Aiken, exclamation-point abuse, "Twilight." What's more worrying, though, is how the bubble-gum lip-glossers seem to rule national taste standards. How else do you explain baby-doll tops, Tobey......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 07:44:29 EST
    THERAPY FOR LINDSAY & SAM
    THE most talked-about twosome in Hollywood are talking with a couples counselor to resolve their escalating problems, an insider told Page Six. Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson "are fighting like cats and dogs," according to our source. "They......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:30:41 EST
    UNCLE'S WISDOM
    NELSON DeMille knows what he writes. His latest best seller, "The Gate House," is about a Mafia boss who has an affair with a society heiress on Long Island's Gold Coast. Asked by Marymount College's literary guru, Lewis Burke Frumkes, how he knew......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:30:35 EST
    IVANKA INSPIRES
    DONALD Trump must be proud. His daughter, Ivanka , has a deal with the Touchstone imprint of Simon & Schuster to write a motivational book. "My father always impressed upon me the idea that America is a meritocracy and that you must work for......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:30:20 EST
    NOT HER CLASS
    ISRAELI foreign minister Tzipi Livni, who could become prime minister after February's general elections, threw a tempter tantrum aboard a recent El Al flight from Tel Aviv to Newark after she was seated in business class instead of first. "She......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:30:15 EST
    BEATLES POSTER COURT CLASH
    THEY can't work it out - and now, Rita Wilson is in a court battle with the seller of an alleged vintage Beatles poster the actress wanted to buy as a gift for husband Tom Hanks. The 1962 poster of the Fab Four had a $75,000 price tag, which Wilson......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:30:09 EST
    OLD TIME'S SAKE
    MADONNA - looking like she was celebrating her bargain-basement divorce from Guy Ritchie - had drinks at the Greenwich Hotel with her first ex-husband, Sean Penn, Wednesday night after attending a Gucci event with mega-manager Guy Oseary. Guy had......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:30:03 EST
    DADDY DEAREST
    WILLIAM Lauder has paternal feelings just like the next guy. The grandson of cosmetics queen Estée Lauder just had to see the toddler he had with Taylor Stein, daughter of late nightclub king Howard Stein. Lauder hadn't seen little Djuna since she......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:29:59 EST
    THANKS, DAD!
    SOME New Yorkers were disappointed Michael Bloomberg opted out of running for president, but the mayor's daughter, Georgina, 25, isn't one of them. "Was it something I wanted? Absolutely not," she tells Page Six Magazine in Sunday's Post. "I don't......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:29:55 EST
    TOO WHOLESOME
    GLENN Close just isn't slutty enough for some roles. Al Pacino, who chewed up the scenery as Cuban coke kingpin Tony Mon tana in "Scarface," originally wanted Glenn Close to play his sex-bomb gal pal Elvira, Ken Tucker reveals in his new book......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:29:50 EST
    'EXTRA' RESCUE
    IT doesn't take TV host Damien Fahey long to bounce back. A mere week after the cancellation of MTV's "TRL," Fahey's been snatched up by "Extra." "The show called and asked if he would start this weekend as one of their new special correspondents,"......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:29:43 EST
    HIS BEST SPEECH
    THE bride will be on the right at this ceremony. Fox News contributor and Bill O'Reilly favorite Margaret Hoover - great-granddaughter of President Herbert Hoover - is engaged to marry John P. Avlon, a former Rudy Giuliani speechwriter and frequent......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:29:40 EST
    TAXI CRASH IDLES '30 ROCK'
    SHOOTING on NBC's "30 Rock" was canceled Wednesday night after an out-of-control taxi smashed onto the Long Island City set, nearly killing a 9-year-old. It's believed "30 Rock" star Tina Fey - playing the victim of a kiddie mugger - was on set when......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:29:33 EST
    WATCH THE STARS
    OLGA and Valentin Rei, the mischievous brother- and-sister duo behind socialiterank.com, are back. The Reis changed the face of New York society with their gossipy Web site - ushering in faux-socials such as Olivia Palermo, Tinsley Mortimer and......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:29:29 EST
    SEX-TRAFFICKING VITAL ISSUE TO BOLD ACTRESS
    EMMA Thompson is heading today to see Hizzoner the future and for ever Mayor of the City of New York, Michael R. Bloomberg. "To get his help in holding an art installation here," she told me. "But not simply for art's sake. We need a venue to bring......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:29:24 EST
    SHOT OF FUN TO THE HEAD
    IMAGINE the most ridiculous rejects from "American Idol" combined with the best parts of a Christopher Guest movie. Then you'll begin to approximate the visual masterpiece that is "Holy Headshot! A Celebration of America's Undiscovered Talent,"......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 02:29:09 EST
    NO POSITIVE
    TWELVE-year-old girls have a lot to answer for: Clay Aiken, exclamation-point abuse, "Twilight." What's more worrying, though, is how the bubble-gum lip-glossers seem to rule national taste standards. How else do you explain baby-doll tops, Tobey......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 01:59:37 EST
    IT'S A HELLUVA 'TOWN'
    IT may be 64 years old, but 1944's "On the Town," now enjoying a brief revival at Encores!, still bursts with the freshness and vitality of youth. It's not many shows that receive a standing ovation before a single actor walks on the stage, but......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 01:59:32 EST
    DON'T MESS WITH EXCESS
    YOU may have heard of genius rock like the Columbia University combo Vampire Weekend or more established Weezer, whose frontman, Rivers Cuomo, completed his studies at Harvard a couple of years ago. Add Oklahoma City's Hinder to the dean's list . ......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 01:59:27 EST
    CONSTRICTIVE CRITICISM
    THE cranky cobras of the venerable New York Drama Critics' Circle met on Mon day, and their mood was black. They're not a cheery lot even in the best of circumstances, but this week there was a lot to be gloomy about. They knew, of course......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 01:59:21 EST
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  • E! ONLINE

    ASHLEE BIRTHS A FALL OUT BABY BOY
    The pop star has finally popped. Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and her rocker hubby Pete Wentz welcomed son Bronx Mowgli Wentz, their first child together, Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 03:14:29 EST
    NEW LOST VIDEO: SAWYER & JULIET ARE HOLDING HANDS?!
    Say whaaaa? We leave Sawyer and Juliet alone on Lost Island for one minute (OK, three years, but who's counting?), and now they are holding hands? Crazytown! New......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 02:14:50 EST
    HARRY POTTER'S NOT OPENING, AND THEY'RE NOT OVER IT
    The fan petitions are still growing. The movie is still not coming out. Friday was supposed to be the day Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opened. Instead, over the summer, Warner......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 02:14:38 EST
    STEVE MARTIN AND A SEX DOLL ON 30 ROCK
    The guest shots just keep coming on 30 Rock. In the last few weeks, Oprah Winfrey played it cool and Jennifer Aniston played it crazy on the Tina Fey-Alec......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 01:44:47 EST
    EMINEM'S TOUGH OUTER SHELL HIDES SWEET INTERIOR
    Believe it or not, Eminem has finally become a portrait in good taste. The rapper has been unwrapped and immortalized in candy M&M's by artist Enrique Ramos, who transformed......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 00:59:50 EST
    LOST VIDEO: SAWYER & JULIET ARE HOLDING HANDS?!
    Say whaaaa? We leave Sawyer and Juliet alone on Lost Island for one minute (OK, three years, but who's counting?), and now they are holding hands?......
    Date: 21 Nov 2008 00:59:42 EST
    AFTERNOON FIX: JONAS BROTHERS 3-D POSTER FALLS FLAT
    • The Jonas Brothers in 3-D is coming, and it's going to look something like a Louis Vuitton ad. But People threw Kevin a bone, picking him out of the three for their "Sexiest Man......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 22:44:23 EST
    BARBARA SNAPS BACK AT ROSIE'S RANT, ROSIE LISTENS
    Leave it to Rosie O'Donnell to get Barbara Walters' panties all up in a bunch—and for O'Donnell to respond with a video blog! In the latest war of words between these......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 22:44:09 EST
    SEVEN SURVIVORS REMAIN ON GABON
    The jury had two members, and only eight castaways remained heading into tonight's episode of Survivor: Gabon, which, despite a kinda pathetic start has really been heating up over the last......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 22:14:08 EST
    CHARLIZE, LILO, MARY-KATE, DENIRO IN DUBAI
    Is Dubai the new Vegas? It certainly seems like it from the looks of the A-listers who are in town for Atlantis, the Palm's grand opening. Charlize Theron and Robert DeNiro were......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 20:45:07 EST
    JOHN MAYER MEETS JENNIFER ANISTON'S DAD?
    Sounds like things are getting serious between Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer. According to Star magazine, Jen introduced Mayer to her dad, John Aniston, last night during dinner......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 20:44:54 EST
    SEE YA LATER, TOP CHEF: JILL SNYDER
    Former Top Chef wannabe Jill Snyder likes to joke that she's going to buy an ostrich farm. "I'm going to sell ostrich eggs," she cracks. The 28-year-old chef......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 20:29:26 EST
    SOURCES: DAISIES, ELI STONE AND DIRTY SEXY CANCELED
    ABC has canceled Pushing Daisies, executive producer Bryan Fuller confirms to me exclusively. According to our inside sources, Eli Stone and Dirty Sexy Money also have been canceled.......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 20:14:22 EST
    SEAN STEWART BUTTONS UP CLUB SUIT
    Sean Stewart won't be getting clubbed in court for brawling outside a Hollywood hotspot. A Los Angeles judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against the rock 'n' roll scion and......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 19:49:53 EST
    SOURCES: DAISIES, STONE AND DIRTY SEXY CANCELED
    Inside sources confirm to me exclusively that ABC has canceled Pushing Daisies. The series will "very likely" end its run on the Alphabet after episode 13. I'm told all of......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 19:47:01 EST
    BARBARA WALTERS SNAPS BACK AT ROSIE O'DONNELL'S RANT
    Leave it to Rosie O'Donnell to get Barbara Walters' panties all up in a bunch. In the latest war of words between these two, Walters remarked on The View Thursday: "There are......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:59:58 EST
    CONDENSED SOUP: BAD BREATH AND DIRTY GIRLS
    The claws are out on Rock of Love Charm School—where charm is pretty much the last thing the show is about—as the gals take a Breathalyzer test, which involves the job of blowing,......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:47:27 EST
    TWILIGHT'S NIGHT "IS GOING TO BE HUGE"
    Twilight's going to keep a lot of people up all night. Across the country, more than 1,100 midnight Friday screenings were reported sold out. In Los Angeles, pairs of tickets were......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:47:10 EST
    TACO BELL TO 50 CENT: YOU'RE A GANGSTA WANNABE
    Taco Bell is using fightin' words in its latest beef with 50 Cent, calling him out as "a self-described former drug dealer and hustler" and otherwise faux......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:02:56 EST
    TWILIGHT IS TOTALLY IN STYLE
    Phil Collins' daughter, Lily, is one lucky 18-year-old. The young Collins, who is a reporter for Nickelodeon, got the chance to get up close and personal with the cast of......
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:02:56 EST
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  • NY MAG / DAILY INTEL

    NEEL KASHKARI IS ONE OF ‘PEOPLE’’S SEXIEST MEN ALIVE
    "Kashkari is featured in a photo spread titled 'Sexy A-Z,' under — of course — 'B is for Bailout Guru.' He keeps eclectic company in the feature, sharing pages with celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey and Alaska's First Dude, Todd Palin, as well as tennis player Rafael Nadal." [Deal Journal/WSJ...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:29:58 EST
    ‘DOW DOOBIE DOO DOWN DOWN.’
    The Dow dropped 445 points today, to 7552.29. Shares in Citibank lost 26 percent, despite a hot cash injection from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal. Oil dropped to $50 a barrel. And JPMorgan Chase dropped 19 percent. But these dry facts don't really tell you what the day was like for market-watchers...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:29:45 EST
    ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER FEW HUNDRED EDITORIAL WORKERS WITH UNHAPPY THANKSGIVINGS
    Now, even lighter!In today’s media-layoff news, Time‘s expats become men without a country, the AP may or may not ax 400 staffers, and all of our mother’s favorite magazines are slowly dying. Here's the latest death toll: • London-basedTime Europe has laid off more than half...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:15:13 EST
    ‘TIMES’ CUTS DIVIDEND, BATTENS DOWN HATCHES
    More rumblings at the Gray Lady, which announced a 74 percent dividend cut today. As Joe Hagan reported in the magazine recently, such a cut could be a trigger for the company to begin unraveling. More than 50 Sulzberger family members will now have to collectively make do on $6.8 million annually,...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 18:15:04 EST
    HAL STEINBRENNER TRIUMPHS OVER BROTHER HANK!
    Prince Hal wins! The cool and calculating younger son seizes control of the Yankees from his blustering brother Hank! Well, on Major League Baseball’s flow chart, anyway. MLB announced today that a vote of the owners of the other 29 franchises approved the Yankees’ request to transfer...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:30:29 EST
    FOX WARLOCK ROGER AILES TO REMAIN IN POWER FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS
    Fox News' founding chairman and CEO Roger Ailes just renewed his contract with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for another five years. His salary was not released, but he currently makes $5 million a year before bonuses, and last year he pulled in a total of roughly $20 million. Presumably, Murdoch is h...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 17:14:17 EST
    DID BILL CLINTON GIVE GOVERNOR PATERSON A PUBLIC BACK RUB?
    Financially messed-up hip-hop mogul Damon Dash couldn't sit still during a John Galliano speech and told tablemates he was "bugging out." Mickey Rourke "had the nerve" to go to the fancy screening for Milk, the new movie about slain gay politician Harvey Milk, even though he recently called a report...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:24:29 EST
    DAMON DASH: ‘I GO TO BOARD MEETINGS HIGH’
    So last night we were at jeweler Waris Ahluwalia's Belvedere "Uptown Meets Downtown" party at a penthouse in the Plaza, and we ran into hip-hop panda Damon Dash. He's been having some financial troubles lately, but he was in high spirits! In fact, we chitchatted about his business woes, and he said...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:24:21 EST
    MADONNA AND GUY RITCHIE REACH DIVORCE SETTLEMENT
    Seriously?Circumventing what many predicted would be a drawn-out, acrimonious, and highly public divorce process, Madonna and Guy Ritchie have reportedly reached an amicable settlement. According to the Times of London, the couple's children, Rocco and David, will split their time between London and...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:24:09 EST
    WOLF BOY: AMERICA’S NEW (HAIRY) FACE OF HOPE
    There's a lot of terrible economic news today. All of the leading leading indicators are down: The Labor Department has reported that jobless claims are at a sixteen-year high. The Dow, which dipped below 8,000 yesterday, lost 200 points at the open. Building has stagnated. And here in New York, May...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:23:54 EST
    THE RETURN OF ALWALEED BIN TALAL
    Citigroup's largest shareholder has been quiet during the bank's recent struggles. In fact, we've barely heard a peep from him since Chuck Prince was deposed as CEO. But wouldn't you know who knocked on the door this morning and raised his stake in the bank to 5 percent, at the bargain-basement pric...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:23:43 EST
    AS OBAMA FILLS HIS CABINET, OPINIONS COME DOWN ON HIS PICKS
    While one conspicuous pick remains unresolved, the rest of Obama's Cabinet is quickly falling into place. Though vetting is ongoing, it's being reported that Obama has tapped Arizona governor Janet Napolitano for secretary of Homeland Security, former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle to head up th...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:23:34 EST
    LOWER EAST SIDE PERHAPS NOT BEST PLACE TO FIND RICH OLDER ‘COMPANION’
    Posted on Stanton Street near Norfolk on the Lower East Side: "I offer to be a Companion for older people … I am a mature, well-educated very kind woman. I would love to be a companion for you. I can read, entertain, walk and play board games. If you provide a car I can bring you to meetings,...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:23:23 EST
    HILLARY CLINTON IS THAT FRIEND
    You know that friend of yours, the one who has the big mouth? She's the one who's reliable and smart and gives good advice, but then you turn your back and suddenly she's telling everybody things that you told her in confidence? It's kind of hard to blame her, because she always "forgets" that you a...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:23:09 EST
    THE ‘TIMES’ MUST KEEP A TEEN TRANSLATOR ON RETAINER
    This passage about teenage Internet usage was just so Times-y it made us LOL. "The study describes two early Facebook messages, or 'wall posts,' by teenagers who eventually started dating. First, the girl posted a message saying, 'hey ... hm. wut to say? iono lol/well I left you a comment ... u sud...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:22:56 EST
    IVANKA TRUMP WANTS TO MOTIVATE YOU
    Another first-time author scores! First Joe the Plumber inked a deal to write about his thoughts and feelings, and now Ivanka Trump has signed on to write a "motivational title for women of her generation" for Touchtone, according to Publishers Weekly, which "will be based on Trump's personal experi...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:22:48 EST
    ‘VOTE FOR MARBURY’ CAMPAIGNS THE LATEST INDIGNITY FOR STEPH
    Stephon Marbury isn’t suiting up for the Knicks these days, but there’s a chance he’ll end up playing on another team this season (besides, of course, the Mavericks). Marbury is, hilariously, on the ballot for the Eastern Conference All-Star team, and we count no fewer than five on...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:22:36 EST
    WHAT WOULD YOU PUT ON SEVENTEEN STORIES IN TIMES SQUARE?
    Drugstore chain Walgreens has erected a 17,000-square-foot, seventeen-story electronic billboard on 42nd Street over its latest New York location at 1 Times Square. The billboard (which, according to Variety, the company likes to call "a spectacular") has three sides and will generate an estimated 1...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:22:27 EST
    JUDGE HEARING SUIT TO UNDO BOERUM HILL JAIL REOPENING
    Today, a judge hears a case to block the newly reopened Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, which the Bloomberg administration actually wants to spend $440 million on to double it in size. It's better for inmates' families than having to schlep all the way out to Rikers, t...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:22:18 EST
    HOW TO BECOME A ‘MANCESSORY’
    The current economy means laid-off bankers may have to turn to the oldest profession. (The second-oldest profession?) Bankers Ball offers easy steps to becoming what the French call giguere: "Lose 10 pounds for every 5 years you have been a banker. Lose 15 if you were in M&A … Do not focus on...
    Date: 20 Nov 2008 16:22:11 EST