Wednesday, November 4, 2009
People
A-Rod Sees Himself As Half Man, Half Horse
11:06PM Ravi Somaiya | The Yankees steroid-villain-turned-World-Series-hero has ridiculous self-portraits, Michael Jackson liked to pee into cups in public and Rihanna said her life sucked so much after she got beaten up that she might as well have been Britney! More »
People
The Envelope Please…
1:05PM Richard Rushfield | Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin have been picked to jointly host the Academy Awards telecast.
Online
Ellen Exploits Twitter’s Lists For Fun And Profit
12:37PM Ryan Tate | The “lists” feature Twitter just rolled out has been swiftly repurposed by the celebrity-industrial complex to pump up the accounts of tweeters like Ellen DeGeneres. Lists show celebrities exactly who can send them followers. And thus who to spam. More »
Small Screen
Gossip Girl’s Threesome Plans Push Decency Crusaders Over The Brink
10:20AM Richard Rushfield | Gossip Girl has courted outrage since its earliest episodes, and once again, right on schedule, outrage has shown up. More »
People
7:59AM Brian Moylan | [Hugh Jackman takes a ride on the twisty slide while playing with his kids at a West Village playground yesterday. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
Where The Child Things Are
7:59AM Brian Moylan | [Hugh Jackman takes a ride on the twisty slide while playing with his kids at a West Village playground yesterday. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
Online
MySpace’s Future: Online Slum For Depression Refugees
6:18AM Ryan Tate | It’s hard to imagine much of a future for MySpace. Which is probably why it took a science-fiction author to do so: Bruce Sterling says the flagging social network is an ideal shantytown for the nihilistic unemployed. Compelling! More »
Online
We Can Think Of Several Hundred Million Other Reasons
6:15AM Gabriel Snyder | Auletta: Google feared buying the NYT would “sabotage their identity as a neutral search engine”.
Print
Wall Street Journal Takes On Local News
6:12AM Hamilton Nolan | The Wall Street Journal is planning to hire a dozen new staffers to cover local news in NYC, Media Decoder reports. Let us point out every last implication to this news! More »
People
Lindsay Lohan Is Back On Boys
3:05AM Brian Moylan | Looks like has-bian Lindsay Lohan has made the switch again — this time for a famous man. Also are Jude and Sienna back together? Is Mischa back on the sauce? Is Piven growing man boobs? Questions answered in today’s gossip. More »
People
2:17AM Brian Moylan | [Can gay actor Ian McKellen and straight playboy Jude Law really be checking out the same thing at the Only Make Believe 10th Anniversary after-party at Sardi's last night? Image via Getty]
Law And Older
2:17AM Brian Moylan | [Can gay actor Ian McKellen and straight playboy Jude Law really be checking out the same thing at the Only Make Believe 10th Anniversary after-party at Sardi's last night? Image via Getty] 
