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Levi Johnston Wrote A Piece For The October Vanity Fair, Everybody
3:17AM Pareene | Ugh. What a terrible cover. “JACKIE: HER LONELIEST BATTLE,” really? Was she furious that Audrina sided with Heidi? Did Brad stop calling her? Oh, but wait! Levi Johnston wrote a piece for the issue? Double really? More »
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How OK! Faked Its Jessica Simpson Weight-Loss Cover
4:31AM Ryan Tate | American OK! magazine wanted to drum up sales with this cover about Jessica Simpson’s weight loss. When Us Weekly ran the same basic cover, it was their best-selling cover of 2007 — the same year, incidentally, OK! found Jessica’s “new” body. More »
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Time’s Commemorative Michael Jackson Issue
9:30AM Foster Kamer | Time’s publishing a special edition issue to commiserate the death of Michael Jackson. They lined up an absurd amount of tributes; the last time Time published a “special” edition between issues was right after 9/11. [Chartini/Sklar]
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Time Puts Twitter On Cover, At Vanguard Of American Economy
2:38AM Ryan Tate | What could Time magazine possibly have to say about Twitter that hasn’t been said in a thousand prior magazine and newspaper articles, and on Oprah? That it drives the American economy. In fact, Twitter is the new GM! More »
Ben Lee Covers ‘Woman Is The Nigger Of The World’
4:54PM Jess McGuire | My friend Ang just sent this to me.
The above video was directed by Ben’s fiance Ione Skye.
The back story (from Ben’s blog):
When we made the album, I recorded a cover of John Lennon’s “Woman is the Nigger of the World”, which will be a b-side to one of the singles off the record. I have always loved this song, and it is tied in to the themes of the album. Of course, back when it was released, and still now, many people are unable to get past the use of the ‘N’ word in the title to look at what the song is really saying. In the late 1970’s, the Chairman of the Black Caucas, Congressman Ron Dellums, did much to shed light on this subject by saying:
“If you define ‘nigger’ as someone whose lifestyle is defined by others, whose opportunities are defined by others, whose role in society is defined by others, then good news, you don’t have to be black to be a nigger in this society. Most of the people in America are niggers.”
The song is not just about women, or black people, or any other oppressed group. It’s about all of us, trying to find a way of living our lives in an authentic manner in a world that seems intent on compromising our basic integrity.
And guess what? Yoko Ono is thrilled! More » 
