Saturday, July 24, 2010

Music

Levi Johnston Is Making A Music Video About His Relationship With The Palins

8:28AM Brian Moylan | America’s favourite babydaddy, Levi Johnson, is scheduled to film an R&B music video next month with singer Brittani Senser. He’ll play a man driven from his lover by her meddling mother. Who do you think that’s supposed to be? More »
Online

Military Nerds Put Us At Risk By Befriending Hot Girls On Facebook

8:22AM Adrian Chen | Nerds never change. If they get a friend request from a hot girl on a social networking site, they’ll always accept. Even if they happen to be military or intelligence personnel. One security expert proved this with an experiment. More »
People

Is Michael Lohan Selling Nude Photos Of His Former Fiancée Kate Major?

8:11AM Maureen OConnor | A source tells us that Michael Lohan – who’s been accused of domestic assault by three ex-girlfriends – is attempting to sell nude photos of Kate Major, his ex-fiancee who accused Lohan earlier this week of attacking her and threatening her life. More »
People

Noted Philosopher Contemplates The Great Mysteries Of Life

6:28AM Richard Lawson | [Mad Men sayer of lines January Jones walking in the South-of-Houston section of New York; image via Bauer-Griffin]
People

Marc Jacobs And His Boyfriend Have Officially Split

6:16AM Brian Moylan | Lorenzo Martone just confirmed via Twitter a rumour we’ve been hearing for weeks: he and Marc Jacobs are no longer a couple. Guess that ends the speculation about whether they’re married or not. But, why, boys? Why? More »
Online

Cyberbullying Expert Bullied Off Good Morning America

5:22AM Adrian Chen | Good Morning America was supposed to air a follow-up today to yesterday’s report on 11-year-old cyberbullying victim Jessi Slaughter. It got spiked. Why? For one thing, a harassment campaign by 4chan users discouraged GMA‘s cyberbullying expert from going back on. More »
Music

Elton John Presents Animal Farm: The Musical!

4:58AM Richard Lawson | Yes indeed. The singer-songwriter and his writing partner Lee Hall (Billy Elliot) are teaming up to create a musical based on George Orwell’s classic novel. It’s a dark allegory about Stalin! One hopes, naturally, that puppets will be involved. [NYT]
People

The Wild And Wacky World Of Comic-Con Is Just Getting Started

4:46AM Brian Moylan | Between the crazies in costumes, celebrities hawking sci-fi projects and journalists covering both, someone will surely capture every awkward interaction at San Diego’s Comic-Con, which kicked off yesterday. More »
Big Screen

Machete: The Bloodier The Trailer, The Better The Movie?

4:03AM Richard Lawson | Here’s an ultra-gory NSFW red band trailer for Robert Rodriguez’s grindhouse feature Machete, based on a fake trailer from those other Grindhouse movies. We’ve seen footage of this movie a few times before, but none quite so Rodriguezianly (hah) bloody. More »