Saturday, September 12, 2009

Online

Cops Who Leaked Rihanna Pic: Caught?

11:04AM Ryan Tate | Los Angeles police have been trying to hunt down the cops who gave TMZ that awful picture of a battered Rihanna — and they may have just caught them. More »
People

After Fashion’s Night Out, An Open Letter To Mary-Kate Olsen

8:29AM Chris | I went to Fashion’s Night Out at Bergdorf’s last night to see you bartend, but you were gone. Always wanted to thank you for that magical moment we shared at the Beatrice Inn. So I thought I’d do it here! More »
Print

Steve Jobs And The Journal’s Frightful Ad Placement

5:57AM Ryan Tate | Steve Jobs “appeared thin and spoke with a scratchy voice” on his return from medical leave, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Apparently we had no idea! More »
Online

Facebook’s Wacky Prank On Journalism

5:24AM Ryan Tate | The social network can and will f–k with you, as TechCrunch found out, after Facebook targeted an elaborate hoax at just its reporters. More »
People

Art Capital Group Gives Annie Leibovitz A Lifeline

4:53AM John Cook | Nearly bankrupt photographer Annie Leibovitz has received an extension from the high-class pawnbroker to whom she owes $US24 million—Art Capital Group has dropped their lawsuit against her and refinanced her debt to keep her out of bankruptcy. More »
Print

Anna Wintour’s Daughter Is A Poor Theater Hobo

4:17AM Hamilton Nolan | Bee Shaffer is the daughter of Anna Wintour, Queen of All America. Despite that fact she cannot “find” a job”, allegedly? It’s because she keeps it too real, yall. More »
Big Screen

Clooney Juggernaut To Give Toronto Festival The Vapors

3:49AM Richard Rushfield | In all the shattered, diminished world of people who still care about grown-up, prestigey, high-dramatical filmmaking there is one thing that matters, and that thing is George Clooney. More »
Online

Five Ways YouTube Could Land You In Jail

3:27AM Ryan Tate | Cyrus Yazdani, the Los Angeles tagger made famous through a YouTube video, has cashed in his viral stardom—for a four-year prison sentence. He’s hardly the first delinquent done in by a Web video. More »
Online

Steve Ballmer’s Two Minutes Of iPhone Hate

2:11AM Ryan Tate | Microsoft’s CEO seems determined to live out a career of comical self parody. Steve Ballmer, who suppposedly hurled a chair in an anti-Google tantrum, has acted out his iPhone rage in a Seattle stadium. How Big Brother can you get? More »
Big Screen

Showtime For Toronto, Tyler Perry And Leno

1:56AM Richard Rushfield | Hollywood’s on the road today—beginning the six month slog to Oscar season up in Toronto. But who’d they leave at home to help Tyler Perry carry this weekend’s haul to his Bentley? It’s all in the trades. More »