Sunday, September 6, 2009
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Anna Wintour Speaks Out On McKinsey Firings And Federer Fetish
8:15AM Foster Kamer | Intrepid reporter John Kolbin of the New York Observer caught Anna Wintour at the U.S. Open watching her crush Roger Federer’s match against Lleyton Hewitt. He asked Wintour the two don’t-ask-don’t-tell talking points on everyone’s mind: McKinsey and Federer. Results? More »
Music
Jay-Z’s Attempt To Kill Autotune: Fail
6:45AM Foster Kamer | Autotune, the technology giving guys like T-Pain, Akon, and Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak their trademark sounds, was supposedly murdered by Jay-Z. Not so much: the I AM T-PAIN iPhone app enables ordinary folk to sound just like him. More »
People
Is Lindsay Lohan Trying To Get Some Vampire Money?
6:15AM Foster Kamer | Lindsay Lohan’s been chillin’ on the DL lately, when she’s not beefing with bodegas or working on Robert Rodriguez’s new film. So what’s she up to with all that extra time? Envying the vampire capitalism she’s not a part of. More »
Online
Chinese Government Closes In On Anonymous Commenters
5:30AM Foster Kamer | Hey, Commenters! Wouldn’t that suck if you had to comment under your real names? The New York Times reports today that the Chinese government issued a confidential edict last month: commenters on China’s news sites must use their real identities. More »
Small Screen
Tyra Banks’ Flash Mob Should Be Read The Riot Act
3:30AM Foster Kamer | Tyra Banks had some kind of bizarre flash mob in New York a few weeks ago to promote the season of her new show, Tyra Banks: Attempting To Make You Hate Me Even More. And now, there’s video! More »
Online
Page Six Discovers Facebook, Celebrity Hate Groups
12:30AM Foster Kamer | Talk about A-Yo Technology. Page Six recently discovered people on Facebook! Being mean to celebrities! Meaner than them, even. Unfortunately, the people hating celebrities on Facebook aren’t funny. Also, they’ve clearly never read comments on D-Listed. Next: Twitter! [Page Six]
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