Saturday, September 5, 2009
People
6:49PM Jess McGuire | It’s not often I find myself “working” on a weekend, but when I discovered that Michael Jackson was actually alive thanks to information left on a totally credible website, I knew that it was my duty to inform my readers of this amazing news without delay. More »
STOP PRESS: Michael Jackson Is Alive And Hiding In Australia!
6:49PM Jess McGuire | It’s not often I find myself “working” on a weekend, but when I discovered that Michael Jackson was actually alive thanks to information left on a totally credible website, I knew that it was my duty to inform my readers of this amazing news without delay. More » 
Online
More Online Talent Departs The LA Times
8:00AM Ryan Tate | The Los Angeles Times is losing its online managing editor to CNN.com, editor Russ Stanton confirmed in a staff email, reprinted below. The departure marks the further dismantling of a team that relaunched the site starting about five years ago. More »
Big Screen
Facebook Movie Cast Not Quite Geeky Enough
5:18AM Ryan Tate | Scriptshadow, which obtained the first leaked script for Facebook movie The Social Network, now claims to have casting choices, including Justin Timberlake as Napster’s Sean Parker. News In Film created this handy graphic. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
The Ghost Of New York Nightlife Past
5:06AM Brian Moylan | Klaus Nomi at Danceteria, breakdancers at The Roxy, grooving at Paradise Garage! In this 1983 episode of the British television show The Tube the hosts go exploring Manhattan’s club scene. Welcome back to dirty New York.
Big Screen
Hollywood’s Summer Ends With A Bang And A Whimper
4:19AM Richard Rushfield | Its the last weekend of summer — a time for Hollywood to scratch their heads in amazement that they fell for it again. More »
Big Screen
After Cera, Who Is America’s Next Hoodie Hearthtrob?
2:48AM Richard Rushfield | With the fall of Michael Cera, the hipsters who run the world have gone into overdrive searching for the sexiest Man/Boy Alive. The landscape is littered with contenders but no clear frontrunner has yet emerged. More »
Online
Today’s The Day For Tech Companies To Issue Hushed Apologies
1:47AM Ryan Tate | The best time to say “sorry” to your customers is when no one else will hear you say it. That seems to be the thinking at Google, Amazon and AT&T, which are all ready to grovel to you, today. More »
People
Dov Charney Is Sad To Fire You
12:48AM Hamilton Nolan | Earlier this summer, American Apparel got in a wee bit of trouble with the Immigration Service because one third of the company’s LA factory workers were illegal. Now those workers are fired. Dov Charney wrote them a sad letter goodbye. More » Advertisement
Swine Flu Imperils Times Trend Piece Topic
Is the Times getting cute with us? Months after warning us of the teen hug epidemic they are now asking if teen hugs spread swine flu. More »
People
12:40AM Brian Moylan | [Eva Mendes get's the A-OK from a randy cop while attending, ironically enough, a screening for Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans at the Venice Film Festival yesterday. Image via Getty]
The Fashion Police Take Their Job Very Seriously
12:40AM Brian Moylan | [Eva Mendes get's the A-OK from a randy cop while attending, ironically enough, a screening for Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans at the Venice Film Festival yesterday. Image via Getty] 
