Thursday, July 9, 2009

Flotsam & Jetsam

Which Movie Star Was Caught Getting A Beej From A He?

11:58PM Richard Lawson | Today we have a skittish bride who’s also on TV, a terribly manly movie star who likes to get blowjobs… from men, and an actress who loves her smokes. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Where In The World Is Michael Jackson’s Brain?

9:05PM the cajun boy | Michael Jackson’s brain was not with his body in the golden coffin, Justin Timberlake wants to write a book about golf, Jason Bateman talks addiction, Russell Brand breaks his celibacy vow and Jason Lee fights at Max Fish. More »
People

James Franco: ‘Who Doesn’t F-ing Fall Asleep In Class?!’

7:39PM the cajun boy | Last month James Franco was supposed to deliver UCLA’s commencement address, but he screwed the grads by backing out so he could go to a party—we thought. Now we know the real reason he didn’t deliver the address. More »
People

Agyness Deyn Is, Like, So Very Bored Right Now

5:42PM the cajun boy | Agyness Deyn is, like, such a rebel. She’s a model who is so unmodel-y. She, like, hates fashion! And she, like, lives in East Village and wears Converse sneakers and quirky hats and smoke Parliaments. She’s, like, so unique! More »
Music

The Singer Of Short Stack Weighs In!

5:38PM Jess McGuire | Gorgeous and fiendishly gifted lead singer of Short Stack Shaun Diviney has weighed in on the battle that has divided a nation – Short Stack Fans versus Pensioners. And what a charmer he is! More »
Music

An Open Letter To The Fans Of Short Stack

11:56AM Jess McGuire | Dear Fans of Extremely Talented Australian Band Short Stack, I am writing this open letter to you because I am afraid for my life did something very bad on Tuesday. More »
Print

More NYT Photoshop Fakery Found

5:05AM Hamilton Nolan | Photo District News has found evidence of digital manipulation in three more of the ‘Ruins of the Second Gilded Age’ photos published by the New York Times Magazine last weekend. It’s starting to look like a *real* scandal. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Rupert Murdoch Declares Culture War

3:43AM Hamilton Nolan | In your woebegone Wednesday media column: the WSJ takes on the NYT’s culture section in a total death match, TV networks not upset they lost $US23 in ad money covering MJ, more Hobo New York Times coverage, and newspapers burn. More »
Small Screen

Why Wasn’t Sacha Baron Cohen In Character On Letterman?

3:41AM Richard Lawson | Not that we minded, because the real guy is pretty charming and a great raconteur, but it was just curious because in the past the comedian, currently promoting Brüno, has been so committed to in-character appearances. More »
People

If Man Is Five, Then The Devil Is Six, And Michael Jackson Is Seven

3:21AM John Cook | MSNBC’s Contessa Brewer devoted a segment this morning to divining the numerological mystery that was—is?—Michael Jackson. His first and last names each have seven letters, for instance. And behold, people—”seven is, like, the number of G-d.” More »