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The Right's Favorite Communist Slander
It's healthy to question the adulation of public figures. But as creepy as certain adherents of the Obama cause can be, they're more than matched by archconservatives who see "fascism" in every kitsch rendering of the Illinois senator in his many pieces of campaign paraphernelia. Latest case in point: Dr. Melissa Clouthier, a chiropractor turned blogger for Right Wing News and her own Information Pollination. Featured is a screen capture of an entry now up at her site in which she compares a poster heralding Obama's Berlin appearance to a Hitler propaganda image. See, both men are shown in profile (danger!), and both can now be associated with Berlin's Siegessäule, or Victory Column: the Fuhrer had it moved to its present spot to mark the capital of his envisioned Greater Germany, and under its famed golden statue is where Obama will make his Teutonic debut (scandal!). More »
what it feels like for a girl
Making It With Makeup: How To Get A Great Night Look
FROM JEZEBEL.COM: So! For Part 2 of our instructional makeup series, we show you how to take your face from a day look to a night look with help from our good-sport model, Street Carnage's Gavin McInnes. Gavin actually welcomed a baby boy into the world this morning (congrats!)
Obama To Sleep With Child
Two of the ad guys at Saatchi who worked on that unauthorized JC Penney pro-teen sex ad are now leaving the agency for unspecified reasons. One of them says he wants to go work on the Obama campaign now. Let's hope so! [Creativity]
Two of the ad guys at Saatchi who worked on that unauthorized JC Penney pro-teen sex ad are now leaving the agency for unspecified reasons. One of them says he wants to go work on the Obama campaign now. Let's hope so! [Creativity]
splitsville
Though they only confirmed their relationship a short time ago, it looks like Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson may already be heading for a break-up! One of our inside New York sources, Guest of a Guest spotted the actress/deejay duo at the Waverly Inn last night, a Gotham hotspot frequented by all of the Big Apple's most in-the-know glitterati. All seemed well enough as they dashed out of a sleek black SUV and past the usual swarm of paparazzi into the restaurant. But then things got ugly! Our source tells us:
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'Mean Girl' Lindsay Ditches Gal Pal Ronson! Is It Over?
Though they only confirmed their relationship a short time ago, it looks like Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson may already be heading for a break-up! One of our inside New York sources, Guest of a Guest spotted the actress/deejay duo at the Waverly Inn last night, a Gotham hotspot frequented by all of the Big Apple's most in-the-know glitterati. All seemed well enough as they dashed out of a sleek black SUV and past the usual swarm of paparazzi into the restaurant. But then things got ugly! Our source tells us:
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ruiners
Choire Sicha: Enemy of Love
Choire Sicha (inadvertently) destroys celebrity relationships! First the former Gawker minion interviews actor (I guess?) Balthazar Getty who gushes about his fabulous wife and kids and then a few months later he's caught cheating with a topless Sienna Miller. Then he spoke with baby-faced Biloxi Blues star Matthew Broderick, who also waxed rhapsodic about his family. And now? Ol' Bueller's sneaking out of some red headed floozy's friend's window. Choire, you must be stopped! Or, at the very least, please don't interview Matt Damon or his barmaid wife. I just love them together.
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Sean Hayes
8th Ave & 55th St
Wearing jeans, shirt, sneaks, baseball cap. he was eating a sandwich while walking. not as skinny as i thought he would be. kinda narrow shoulders too. whispered 'just jack' as he walked by me. luckily he didnt hear. -
Mariah Carey
32 E 10th St
Mariah Carey at Il Cantinori sitting right by the stairs to the bathroom (does she not know its all about the FRONT there???) - she was facing the crowd - so cheezy. Her poor body guard was left to eat at the bar and fetch her drinks. -
Ashley Dupre
7th Ave & 57th St
saw her walking across 57th street and 7th avenue, petite - looks like her picture, not exactly shy very tan, wearing white shorts, off the shoulder tunic displaying some fine back art, a very clangy gold chain... -
John C. Reilly
7th Ave & 57th St
Saw John C. Reilly walking into the Café Europa on 57th and 7th at 9AM. Look exactly the same as in his movies.
Profnet
Em & Lo Need Some Masturbation Advice
See, this is why I will always stand behind Profnet as my preferred place for reporters to find sources for bizarre stories, no matter what cheaper competition comes along: because of Profnet's unparalleled sophomoric joke opportunities! For example, are you an expert on masturbation and all of its ins-and-outs, ha? Well "Em" of "Em & Lo," sex book authors and your source for "all things love, sex, and star related," wants to talk to you right away! And she'll happily promote your masturbation projects in return: More »
Bias
House Republicans Demand 'Times' Retroactively Print McCain Editorial
House Republicans "fired off" a strongly-worded letter to the editor of the New York Times today, because that mean and biased newspaper asked John McCain to write a second draft of his stupid editorial. It's hilarious for like ten reasons. Look, regardless of the quality of the work the Times op-ed page prints, you do, as a political candidate, have to aspire to a certain level of pretend-seriousness before you can be printed there. Having a junior staffer throw together old talking points and attack-ad rhetoric is just not acceptable. And so now we have House Republicans crowing about a mythical right of "equal access" to the op-ed page of a privately owned newspaper. Ha ha do they want to bring back the fairness doctrine? Anyway let's all climb the New York Times building and burn it to the ground. Or let's make like the GOP wants to do and buy a full-page ad in the revenue-starved paper. That'll teach 'em! [Politico]
nuptials
Today in Gay Weddings: Simon Doonan and Jonathan Adler
It's the stylishest, middle-ageist, gayest wedding of the year! Homewear designer and Top Design judge Jonathan Adler ("see you later decorator!") will be marrying Barney's creative director Simon Doonan. "I always thought we were married, so I don’t feel like celebrating the fact that the government’s allowing me to think I’m married. It’s more like paying a parking ticket," says Doonan, romantically, of the occasion. Oh! Oh! Maybe Tim Gunn and Thom Browne will be next. Sure they aren't dating and Thom may have a penchant for the youngs, but they're both stylish! And, um, middle-aged! [Towleroad] Photo via Times More »
Si Newhouse Is Always Watching
"I had a picture of a fox hunt, and [Conde Nast owner ] Si [Newhouse] had a question about the saddle we used," says Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter. [NYT via UnBeige]
"I had a picture of a fox hunt, and [Conde Nast owner ] Si [Newhouse] had a question about the saddle we used," says Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter. [NYT via UnBeige]
In Brief
On Esquire's Stupid E-Ink Cover
FROM GIZMODO.COM: I love stupid gimmicks, don't get me wrong. But this cover is one of the worst ideas I've heard from a publication in awhile. Said the editor to the NYTimes: “Magazines have basically looked the same for 150 years,” Mr. Granger said. More »
Journalismism
McCain Gives Press Corps Hacks The Ribbing Of A Lifetime
Dude, how much would it suck to be a reporter covering the McCain campaign? I mean they're probably all riding the Straight Talk Express rolling their eyes like "I went to J-school for this? I could be at a school board meeting right now." J-Mac knows he can't win this thing, but he's still hoping to come out of the campaign with enough good will to be able to get at least five or six reporters to join him for his biweekly cribbage games when he moves into The Home. So his campaign is handing out some fakey press passes ribbing the journalists about what a crappy assignment they have being stuck eating Freedom Toast with the red-blooded Americans. Hey, at least they're not covering Obama off in France or wherever he is!: More »
Books
Danielle Steel Can't Stop, Won't Stop
We knew the 61-year-old five-times-divorced romance novelist was prolific, but we didn't realize that she just published her seventh-fifth book! She writes them all on a 1964 Olympia manual typewriter, helps the homeless, and as for critics: "It's very simple. I haven't read them in years. My feelings get very hurt when people say mean things about me. The trouble I find is that they don't just criticize the book — they then get nasty personally." [CNN via Young Manhattanite] More »
The Internets
The Rich And Famous Stole The Web
You're dying to know who the top ten most influential and innovative celebrities on the Internet are, and something horribly misnamed the Econoclast10 is here to tell you. Will Ferrell, unsurprisingly, owns fratboy comedy. Will.i.am with his Obama-deifying "Yes We Can" video social networks like your little goth sister wouldn't believe. And Peter Gabriel may not have had a hit since "Steam" but his website The Filter (Amazon's recommendations turned into a whole service) apparently outranks Tila Tequila's MySpace and Martha Stewart's gargantuan cyberbrand. [PaidContent.org]
Nobody wins
Scarborough Attacks Unnamed, Arm-Waving Host
Hah. Here is friendly Joe Scarborough taking the most thinly-veiled shot EVER at his MSNBC colleague Keith Olbermann. "I know a couple of hosts ran this last night, made a huge deal because a liberal blogger picked it up. I guarantee the hosts that ran this, waving their arms, had no idea whether the Sunni Awakening or the Surge began at the same time." Hah. Way to not name names, Joe! See, it's funny because Keith Olbermann is running for president as an experienced foreign policy pro. Do Joe and Keith not get along? Clip after the jump. More »
Advertising
Bayer: Barbecuing Babies Guilt-Free
Well. Health care giant Bayer is advertising its new burn cream by reaching out to cannibal mothers, apparently. The tagline on these ads out of Egypt reads, "Heals their burn and your guilt, fast." Ha, yes, ummm, we'll just back slowly out of the room now and call the authorities. Even serial fount of outrage Copyranter is left speechless at these. Click through for the other, equally horrific cartoony ad. If you are some sort of monster: More »
consumed
Pinkberry's Racist Scandal!
And you thought selling expensive, weird-tasting frozen yogurt was Pinkberry's biggest sin! The fro-yo chain, owned by Korean-Americans, is selling these Mandarin Juicers by Alessi that other Asians find offensive—they say they're reminiscent of so-called Chinese "coolies" and should be removed from stores. Update! A Pinkberry rep says, "We wanted to let you know that these items are being removed from our store. We started removing them awhile ago... They were part of an eclectic collection and we in no way ever intended to offend anyone by displaying them." [Racked; photo via ext212's Flickr]
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"Looking Forward to Seeing My Flourish & Blotts, Are You?"
["Harry Potter" actor Daniel Radcliffe, who will be naked on Broadway this fall, out celebrating his birthday in London today; image via Bauer-Griffin]
Public relations
Why Does A Flack Want To "Help" A Reporter?
A flack named Peter Shankman (who enjoys getting tased) has built up quite a little reporter-helping service! Through a free website, Helpareporter.com, Shankman takes in queries from reporters in search of sources for random stories, and then sends those queries out to the PR world, who—coincidentally—like to be featured sources. Everybody wins! Except for the other reporter-source website called Profnet, which does the same thing, but charges a big fee to flacks to participate: More »
In Brief
This Week In Tabloids: Matthew McConaughey's Son, Angelina's Fake Baby, Sarah Jessica Parker's Cheating Husband
FROM JEZEBEL.COM: Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we suffer through the mind-numbing non-news in the celebrity tabloids so you don't have to. After a slow summer, the scandals are picking up! More »
Newspapers
The Rage of the Squeezed-Out Print Journos
What's up with recently laid-off, fired, bought out, or increasingly squeezed print journalists—and what are they thinking as the newspaper business continues to nosedive? Columbia Journalism Review's website has invited them to rant. New parting thoughts—or shots—are being added daily. Most recently, 38-year newspaper veteran John Sugg writes, "...For four decades, newspaper owners consistently have sacrificed integrity and watchdog reporting in favor of one grab-the-cash scheme after another." Don't even think of blaming the Internet for all of this: More »
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