Roman Coppola Gives Charlie Sheen the 8 1/2 treatment
...Amy Winehouse, Lindsay Lohan, Snooki, Johnny Depp, Susan Boyle, John Galliano, Charlie Sheen, Mel Gibson, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Lady Gaga... Virtually everyone who's ever lived. They're all linked here to bring you back to the time before I was dressed as Angelina Jolie, Clint Eastwood ... More >>
Here's the worst-case scenario: Your father is Michael Lohan. Your mother is Joan Crawford. Your brother is Jermaine Jackson.
I'll list some currently alive siblings (or semi-siblings) and I'll highlight my favorite of each bunch by putting them in boldface. You tell me your own personal faves in these same groupings. Break the rules and you're no sister of mine. Toni Braxton....Her sisters Joey Luft.....Lorna Luft, ... More >>
Have baseball fans suddenly been struck with an epidemic of good sense? Tuesday night the ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs 25 years ago in Game 6 of the World Series failed to get a single bid (bidding on eBay closed at 11:37 p.m. EST, the exact anniversary of the error). Of cours ... More >>
When awards shows get nominated for awards, it's a little like a dog sniffing its own butt. And sure enough, the Emmys have nominated the Tonys, the Oscars, and the Golden Globes, all of which will probably end up competing for a Pulitzer! It's all so creepily incestual it's like a cult in ... More >>
Juggal-uh-ohs will never dieYesterday, Charlie Sheen took to Twitter to confirm that the Access Hollywood creature would be hosting one night of this year's 12th annual Gathering of the Juggalos. Soonafter Sheen's four-million followers learned that Sheen is Down with the Clown, Psychopathic Records ... More >>
In May, we reported that Insane Clown Posse's label Psychopathic Records was actively trying to get Charlie Sheen to appear at this year's Gathering of the Juggalos because, well, it would be weird. "I don't know how good it would turn out or not, but I know everybody would want to see what happens, ... More >>
In order to come to a resolution on a new debt ceiling, Congress has been working around the clock. "Around the clock" for Congress means they are just taking a shorter vacation, but still, coming to an agreement on this issue has become paramount in lawmakers' eyes. Obama thinks that if the ... More >>
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Nick NolteCelebs usually love being photographed, except for colonoscopies and mug shots. Well I haven't manage to dig up the former photos--yet--but I have assembled some of the best, most poignant, scary, most desperately in-need-of-a-stylist mug shots of the criminally unglamorous stars. ... More >>
The eggs can be used to amaze and mystify children. You've probably seen the display of ostrich and emu eggs at the green-awninged Roaming Acres Farm at the Greenmarkets. The ostrich eggs are bone-white, strangely shiny, and of unbelievable girth. In fact, an ostrich yolk is the world's la ... More >>
Urlesque is officially closing up shop today. In an appropriate goodbye post, Jason Newman strung together the most popular memes of the last three years into a video backed by "The End of The Road" by Boyz II Men. Can you identify all of the memes in the video? Don't worry, we've got you covered wi ... More >>
I just heard the sound of 10 million gays of a certain age plotzing. But let me explain. Stay All Night--a documentary exploring Judy Garland's legendary performance at Carnegie Hall (the April 23rd, 1961 show)--has just gone into pre-production.
This week in food blogs... Eater listed 10 kiss-of-death restaurant concepts for New York City. Big-box Asian, anyone? Grub Street noticed that Cheetah's Gentlemen's Club now has a Charlie Sheen V.I.P. room. How winning. Diner's Journal got excited that Grant Achatz's new restaurant might open in ... More >>
Order here.How does something so pure and lovely and natural and full of venomous potential (like an escaped cobra) turn into an overplayed marketing opportunity in less than a week? We'll tell you: The Internet. Let something (like an escaped cobra) capture the imaginations of the public, an ... More >>
Rentboy.com's Hookie Awards at Roseland celebrated the male equivalent of the people Charlie Sheen likes to call friend--though these hookers don't tend to lock themselves in the bathroom and call the cops. They chain you to the bedroom and call out for more lube! And it turns out they can ... More >>
Eric LeVine, who was a winner on the Food Network's Chopped, is now cooking at the Montammy Golf Club in Alpine, N.J. [Kinetic News] Shaun Hergatt has announced that he is planning a new restaurant in the next two years that will be a little bit closer to Midtown. [Zagat Buzz] Mario Batali ... More >>
Before we all unfollowed Charlie Sheen on Twitter (we did, didn't we?), we learned that he was looking for an intern. Congrats to Runnin' Scared reader Alec Jacobs for making the cut out of the initial 82,148 applicants! He got this email, subject line TeamSheen #TigerBloodIntern Next Round this ver ... More >>
This week in food blogs... Eater mapped out the 12 New York restaurants with the hottest clientele. Grub Street discovered what comedian Reggie Watts likes to eat. And drink. Hemp milk, anyone? Diner's Journal test-drove the epic new cookbook, Modernist Cuisine. Atlantic Food revealed that cupca ... More >>
Bars around the city are introducing board games, like Trivial Pursuit and Operation, which are popular with the twentysomethings. [NY Post] A new study shows that American teenagers who drink prefer hard liquor to beer. And, surprisingly, few are opting for wine coolers. [Wall Street Journa ... More >>
RuPaul's Drag Race's beauty Manila Luzon just posted this wail of woe on Facebook: "Puh-leeeezzzzz! Why do they show me crying my eyes out cuz I bombed a joke? "Firrrst, you can take a guess why I am crying my eyes out in the interview room. Second, I didn't bomb no jokes. "Thirrrdly, wh ... More >>
It's not that we want to take all the joy out of your life, really it's not! It's just that freedom from Charlie Sheen will be better for all of us, him included. And, really, the world (and Twitter) is chock-full of other people saying funny, even hilarious), informative, not abusive-to-wome ... More >>
The U.K. is negotiating with Libyan rebels to free captured British special forces troops held in eastern Libya, according to CNN. Up to eight men are being detained after "a secret mission to put British diplomats in touch with leading opponents of Moammar Gadhafi ended in humiliation." [CNN] R ... More >>
Today in masochism: there is a comedian named Gil Ozeri who is currently watching every single episode of Two and a Half Men in a row, sans interruptions. The whole thing is streaming online here. Fittingly enough, all of the episodes of Charlie Sheen's famously mediocre sitcom (there are 177 ... More >>
Charlie Sheen dominated the wild and weird this week but the rest of the world proved able keep pace. Lady Gaga birthed some sort of goey monster-baby while blood-covered panda bears danced with leather-bound vampires at the Cradle of Filth show. Suffice it to say we felt the stirrings of a t ... More >>
Natalie Portman, the Oscar-winning, ballet-dancing, pregnant lady has officially spoken out against fashion designer John Galliano for making anti-Semitic remarks. Not long after, Christian Dior officially fired Galliano in response to his Hitler praising comments in a Paris bar, which became ... More >>
via GothamistThe Libyan uprising has "reached the capital's doorstep": anti-government forces have taken a town 30 miles from Tripoli, the capital. Yesterday, the U.N. approved sanctions against Libya and President Obama said that Moammar Qaddafi should step down. [NYT] Mohammed Ghannouchi, the ... More >>
Well kids, Charlie Sheen, the man who brought us so many wonderful cinematic and tabloid memories, appears to have decided to fling himself onto the massed spears of the collective media, in what is being described as a "radio rant," which resulted last evening in the cancellation of his moving, poi ... More >>
There is such a thing as a bad question. Some things just don't need to be said. Or asked. The following 15 inquiries are, at best, inane conversational placeholders demonstrating lack of creativity and inaneness. At worst, they will encourage anger, retaliation, and, possibly, someone to try ... More >>
Charlie Sheen was hospitalized last night after partying with 22-year-old porn star Kacey Jordan (and 4 other women). We all know how he picks up the ladies, so we weren't surprised to hear about his methods of scoring with Jordan. TMZ reports that "Jordan was contacted by a 3rd party on beha ... More >>
First he finds a website, in this case CityVibe, which advertises itself on Google (we didn't click the link) as, "Your one stop source for Las Vegas escorts, escort reviews, Las Vegas massage, exotic dancers, strip clubs, escort services, independent, incall, ..." Presumably, he browses the ... More >>
CLICK HERE for my hilarious and insightful essay summing up the wacky year of 2010, which proved that Barack Obama isn't our country's real leader after all, it's actually a zingy little lady known as Lady Gaga. She's just done so much--and worn so much--that her tweets seem to carry more we ... More >>
1) Mel Gibson. Mel's onslaught of hate was horrific, though it actually did his career credibility some good when it got him bumped from The Hangover II. 2) Carl Paladino. He's still pulling his foot out of his ass over those gay remarks--but not that quickly.
• Not only was Charlie Sheen coked up, drunk, and really scary went he went nutso at the Plaza -- he was also, apparently, on a racist tirade. "RadarOnline.com reported the Two and a Half Men actor repeatedly screamed the N-word and punched the walls." Which means Mel Gibson can finally hav ... More >>
• Charlie Sheen's mystery "hooker" was actually a porn star, "Capri Anderson," who's "adamant she's not a working girl," according to TMZ, and was very upset to be identified as such. Her dad, of course, had no idea what she did for a living. [NYP]
Creepy abandoned smallpox hospital. We're feeling kinda Halloweeny, and, luckily, New York has a whole host of reputedly haunted locales, including the Algonquin (now, creepily, a Marriott), the Dakota, the Empire State Building, and Washington Square Park. But it struck us that each of those ... More >>
Last night, while I was at a very civilized party at the Plaza for Driving Miss Daisy, Charlie Sheen was naked, inebriated, and in a rage in his trashed suite at the same hotel. According to the Post, police were called to the scene and Sheen was sent to a hospital for unknown reasons. Char ... More >>
Two of our nation's prized women -- professional celebrity Kim Kardashian and professional sex partner-cum-professional celebrity Ashley Dupre -- occupy a very similar position in our collective psyche. Not that they're merely sex objects, but they are mostly sex objects. So when a Playboy photog ... More >>
Wednesday is, as our mom always told us, "Hump Day," which means only two more days until the weekend ... Woot. In the meantime, here's what you should know for today: • Speaking of moms, childbirth will probably not kill you. Dealing with your child may. • Sad news in China: A 7.1 mag ... More >>
As we prepare for the eighth anniversary of 9/11, the horrible event is being put to strange uses. In Southern California, playwright Faye Hollins-Moore and composer Kent Horner are set to debut a 9/11 musical, Secrets in the Sand. Plot: a young American soldier debates re-enlisting. On the ... More >>
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