Saturday, July 25, 2009

Flotsam & Jetsam

Colonel Kate Major’s War For Jon Gosselin’s Soul

11:45PM Foster Kamer | Jon Gosselin’s pissed Kate Major’s lying about them being together. Another parent peddles her kids for money when really, she should be a Spider Man villain. Lindsay Lohan gives me Gwyneth’s GOOPy runs. Happy Saturday Evening, let’s do this shit: More »
Online

The New York Times Describes Online ‘Membership’ Plans

6:13AM Ryan Tate | The New York Times has talked about charging again for some of its website; its CEO recently alluded to a “membership model with special offerings.” What does that mean? Meet NYT Gold and NYT Silver. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

New York Times Kidnapping Conundrum

3:46AM Hamilton Nolan | In your finally Friday media column: The NYT looks ethically inconsistent and its management is mush-mouthed, Bruce Wasserstein contemplates buying BusinessWeek, and Fleet Street dies, unnoticed. More »
Big Screen

You’ll Never Guess Orphan’s Surprise Ending, Because It’s Ridiculous

2:33AM Richard Lawson | OMG, you guys. So that movie Orphan comes out stateside today—it’s that Vera Farmiga creepy kid flick where she screams and screams as she realises she already made this movie before—and we know the surprise ending! And it’s hilarious. More »
People

Three People Who Speak Before They Think, Make Our Job Easier

1:56AM Brian Moylan | Hollywood’s irascible uncle Rupert Everett has flew off the handle again, this time saying that Michael Jackson was a “freak” and better off dead. He’s just one of our favourite people who can’t be tamed by a publicist. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

James Cameron Presents New Avatar

12:51AM Richard Lawson | News today about James Cameron, that little fellow with a dream. Also about TV pilots getting a second chance at life. James King becomes Jaime King, too! More »
People

‘I Can’t Get Over It’

12:08AM Hamilton Nolan | Andy Rooney—whose work we do not usually care for—was overcome with grief while delivering the eulogy at Walter Cronkite’s funeral yesterday, and had to excuse himself after less than two minutes. It’s god damn heartbreaking. A generation passes. More »