Saturday, August 29, 2009
Music
DJ AM Found Dead
10:12AM Ryan Tate | Adam “DJ AM” Goldstein, the nightclub disk jockey who not one year ago narrowly escaped death in a jet crash, was found dead in his New York apartment. He was 36. More »
Online
Web 2.0 Proposal Produces Twitter Storm
8:56AM Ryan Tate | The proposer: Adam Hirsch, COO of geek business hub Mashable. The courted: Sharon Feder, Mashable’s Managing Editor. The location: On stage at the Social Good conference at the 92nd St. Y. And the verdict? More »
People
Why Didn’t Annie Sell Her Fancy Houses?
6:58AM Pareene | Annie Leibovitz should probably just file for bankruptcy before her $US24 million loan to Art Capital comes due. But could she have repaid the loan already, if she’d just sold her damn houses? Bloomberg thinks so! More »
Print
Grace Is The Most Likeable Person In The September Issue
4:38AM Brian Moylan | We already told you how the Vogue creative director stole the movie from Anna, but now it appears the editor-in-chief is not only letting her have the win, but promoting her as well…with Vogue!…on the internet! More »
Online
Sergey Brin’s A Saint To His Mother-in-Law
3:40AM Ryan Tate | Say what you will about Google’s propensity for funnelling money to a tight, back-scratching coterie of friends; but co-founder Sergey Brin does right by his mother-in-law, which is more than many husbands can say. Witness his new half-million-dollar donation. More »
Online
Five Augmented-Reality iPhone Apps We’d Actually Buy
2:54AM Ryan Tate | Sometime next month, new iPhone software is supposed to ease the way for “augmented reality” apps, which digitally superimpose data on the world, as seen through the phone’s camera. Very cool idea and, so far, very boring execution. Think, people! More »
Online
Kiwis Chuckle As Reporter Faces Death
2:45AM Hamilton Nolan | Some news site in New Zealand of all places dangles a dude off a balcony by his ankles to promote how “If our team don’t break stories first, there are consequences.” Remind me to never face peril in New Zealand. More »
Print
Berlusconi To Sue Every European Newspaper He Doesn’t Own
1:07AM Pareene | Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi is suing a left-wing newspaper in Italy, along with papers in France and Spain, and he’s looking into a couple in Britain. Why? Because they keep asking him slanderous questions about his ridiculous private life! More »
People
12:35AM Brian Moylan | [Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie go to a foreign country and scoop up some baby gerbils while in France last week. Photo via Bauer-Griffin] More »
“But Brad, I Haven’t Adopted Anything In Months“
12:35AM Brian Moylan | [Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie go to a foreign country and scoop up some baby gerbils while in France last week. Photo via Bauer-Griffin] More » 
