Friday, July 31, 2009

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How Much For The Boston Globe?

11:47PM Hamilton Nolan | Two brazen Boston bidders have actually put in bids for the teetering Boston Globe! If our quick math is right, the bids should be in the area of… negative $US96 million. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Which Catholic Actress Sins With Sinful Sexy Partying?

11:20PM Hamilton Nolan | Today in human nature unleashed: A Catholic actress who sins on the weekend, a bulimic singer with a knife, and another actress who is not averse to doing coke off various parts of the human anatomy. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

Everyone Hates Katherine Heigl

10:15PM the cajun boy | Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow trash Katherine Heigl, Joe Jackson confirms Michael Jackson’s Norwegian lovechild, Britney mocks K-Fed’s weight gain, Robert Redford dislikes Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Simpson has an expensive new reality show and Sienna Miller needs love. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day II

2:05PM Jess McGuire | It’s Friday and I’m still a cranky panda so I think we deserve two Clips Of The Day to push us through until the weekend. Agreed? Agreed. More »
Radio

Popbitch Reports On Kyle And Jackie O Stunt

12:37PM Jess McGuire | I’m always interested to see how foreign media types whose opinions I actually value report on Australian news stories, so as soon as I saw the words “Australian breakfast radio stoops low” in the list of things this week’s Popbitch newsletter planned on discussing, I was immediately curious. Here’s what they had to say. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam

YouTube Clip Of The Day

11:45AM Jess McGuire | The lovely Cameron sent me this clip, and I think you will enjoy it. More »
Big Screen

What Do You Think About The Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer?

7:13AM Natasha VC | Oh, Wes Anderson! It looked as though you squandered your immense talent with a spate of insufferably quirky, predictable, awkward young man flicks. Could a stop-motion kids’ film bring you out of your self-parodying slump? More »
Online

HuffPo’s Dangerous Quacks, Hacks And Cultists

6:50AM Ryan Tate | Salon has a great post by a doctor about medical quackery at the Huffington Post, where a columnist recently suggested colon cleansing could treat swine flu. This is the downside of HuffPo’s open, unpaid model — and culty recruiter. More »
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Roseanne Barr Channels Reincarnated Soul In Hitler Photo Spread

6:48AM Natasha VC | Roseanne asked to be dressed like Hitler in a photo spread for hipster Jewish mag Heeb. Roseanne believes she’s the reincarnated soul of the genocidal dictator. Heeb asks: is Roseanne “the last celebrity utterly incapable of giving a fuck”? More »
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Nobody Can Tell These Magazines Apart

6:48AM Hamilton Nolan | Harper’s Magazine is a wordy, smart magazine for self-satisfied liberals. Harper’s Bazaar is a glossy fashion magazine. But according to the publisher of Harper’s, it’s a constant battle to make sure people don’t confuse the two. More »