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First Pic Of Justin Timberlake As Facebook President

9:12AM Ryan Tate | It’s always been tough to imagine Justin Timberlake fitting into a movie about the geeky origins of Facebook, even if he was slated to play hard-partying advisor and “founding president” Sean Parker. That mental struggle is over. More »
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New York Times, 45 Years Ago: Same Shit

1:46AM Hamilton Nolan | The biggest problems with the New York Times: fluff stories being given prominence, a withering reporting staff, and credulous hacks ready to put lies from politicians on page one. Welcome to 1964. More »
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Nobody Can Tell These Magazines Apart

6:48AM Hamilton Nolan | Harper’s Magazine is a wordy, smart magazine for self-satisfied liberals. Harper’s Bazaar is a glossy fashion magazine. But according to the publisher of Harper’s, it’s a constant battle to make sure people don’t confuse the two. More »

Invasion Of The TomKat Snatchers

6:22AM Seth | Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes attended a cocktail party for the cast of the revival of All My Sons last night at Hermes’s flagship store in New York, shocking fans and jaded paparazzi alike as they emerged from their limousine to reveal that the two had morphed into virtually the same person—a freak evolutionary by product of Cruise having spent every waking moment since May 2005 obsessively observing his wife for signs of resistance or flight. Granted, Holmes still enjoyed one distinguishing feature in her six-inch height differential, but that should even out in no time once the ancient Scientological practice of calf-binding completes its painful, appendage-condensing process. [Photo credit: WENN via Hollyscoop] More »

Is This Your New Spock From ‘Star Trek,’ Or a Melty-Faced Katie Holmes?

8:40AM Kyle Buchanan | Today, Entertainment Weekly released images from its upcoming issue devoted to J.J. Abrams’s reboot of Star Trek, and featured on the cover were the two clearest looks yet at Zachary Quinto as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk (what, were Tyler Perry and Winona Ryder busy?). Heroes star Quinto has seemed like a natural to don Leonard Nimoy’s ears ever since the casting was announced, but we must admit that this cover gave us pause. Is it the amped-up drag queen eyebrows? Or is it that Quinto, with his severe bob and vacant expression, resembles a Marfan’s-afflicted Katie Holmes? Let’s do a side-by-side: More »