Entertainment Weekly

Will Bon Iver Be The Arcade Fire Of 2012? And Other Pre-Grammy Nomination Show Questions

Tonight's Grammy nomination concert, airing at 10 p.m. on CBS, will not only jam-pack a bunch of performances by the likes of Lady Gaga and Jason Aldean into its 60 minutes, it'll also let us know which artists will be prostrating themselves in front of the globe and thanking their families and God ... More >>

Guys Who Like Fat Chicks

ABC Fires the Last Shot in Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution

​After much fanfare, controversy, and analysis, it's come to this: ABC has pulled Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution from its line-up due to low ratings. Adding insult to injury, the network is replacing the show with Dancing With the Stars recaps. As Huntington, West Virginia could have told us, ... More >>

American Idol Elton John Week: Who Knew? Probably A Lot of People! But Not Thia Megia and Her Horrific Zombie Smile!

Michael Becker / FOXJames Durbin makes the piano catch fire for no reason This week is Elton John week on American Idol, and it's the same week Elton John is hosting and playing musical guest on Saturday Night Live. Why so much Elton John all of a goddamned sudden? Did God hear "Rocket Man" on his ... More >>

Katie Holmes Sues Star Over Drug and Scientology Claims

​Katie Holmes has sued the publishers of Star Magazine for libel, Entertainment Weekly reports. Star printed the story, "Katie Drug Shocker" and refused to retract it after Holmes asked. The story revolved around "Ms. Holmes' controversial use of the Scientology 'e-meter,'" which American Medi ... More >>

Jack Griffin Fired at Time Inc., But Fighting Back; Bill Simmons Loads New Website

Sports Guy Simmons​The warring of rich white men behind the scenes at magazine companies can be as dull as it sounds or, as in the case of Jack Griffin's firing from Time Inc. at the hands of Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, it can be amusing, provided the powerful people are pissy and willing to ... More >>

The Daily Kill Dossier: A Hit List of News Corp's Freshest Poaches

​As it's been noted, News Corp's daily newspaper built just for the iPad -- The Daily -- is on the way. It is Rupert Murdoch's newest child, the Draco Malfoy to his Voldemort. As such, they're hiring or trying to hire every editorial staffer this side of the Bangkok Bugle Tribune, which I just inv ... More >>

Media Moves: Nick Summers in The Koblin Spot at the New York Observer, Dana Rubinstein Out

​The New York Observer's star media reporter John Koblin left his post there a few weeks ago to work with longtime Observer editor-in-chief Peter Kaplan at Fairchild Publications as Womens Wear Daily's Memo Pad reporter. Culture editor Sara Vilkomerson left last week for a job with Entertainme ... More >>

Katy Perry's Real Boobs Coming to The Simpsons

​Elmo couldn't quite grasp the Katy Perry breast situation, so her racy figure skater get-up got her edited out of Sesame Street. You know what they say: for every chesty pop star, there's a children's show that's tired of screwing her. But there on the rebound is another show with yellow char ... More >>

Joaquin Phoenix Goes a Very Long Way to Prove a Very Minor Point in I'm Still Here

Vampire Weekend Cover Model Ann Kirsten Kennis Speaks (Through Her Lawyer)

​Yesterday brought the news that a former "high-fashion model" by the name of Ann Kirsten Kennis was suing Vampire Weekend for using a 1983 photograph of her on the cover of their most recent album, Contra. Kennis, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, sought two million ... More >>

Wolfgang Puck Will Go Smurfing

Inkcaravan.comSpoon to be replaced by Wolfgang Puck five-piece cutlery set.​First, Thomas Keller lent his talents to Ratatouille, and then, Mario Batali gave voice to a rabbit in The Fantastic Mr. Fox. Now, Wolfgang Puck is the latest chef to jump on the animation train:he'll play a little blu ... More >>

I Went To Michael Bolton's House In Connecticut For A Cocktail Party

Our host, in his element​Look, when you get an email with that offer, you say yes. It's just a fact. And thus do I find myself on a bus yesterday evening with 20-odd publicists, journalists (OK!, In Style, Vibe, Entertainment Weekly, etc.), and TV/radio people, a merciful lack of ironical "LOL ... More >>

TRIP OUT

Animal Collective's new film is as psychedelic as you'd expect

Lady Gaga Approximately

You can't be a fabulous pop star like her, no matter what she tells you

Health Department Proposes Rule Requiring Restaurants to Display Letter Grades After Sanitary Inspections

​Taking a cue perhaps from Entertainment Weekly, the Board of Health has proposed a letter-grading system for restaurant sanitary inspections. The system would require restaurants to post their A,B, or C grades where customers can see them, making them more readily accessible than they are on ... More >>

The Decade In Music According to Kanye West

​Well, not really, but the above is a surprisingly touching and randomly detailed picture of a specific moment in time for Kanye West. That moment? The making of The College Dropout, his 2004 debut and Entertainment Weekly's pick for best album of the decade--that's the honor he's responding t ... More >>

Outrage du Jour: Larry David Pees on Jesus

​On the Curb Your Enthusiasm episode aired on Sunday, Larry David took a leak, some of it got on a painting of Jesus, a Catholic saw the painting later and thought the painting had miraculously wept, etc. Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch readers find this (at present) the "cringe-iest"moment in ... More >>

Swine Flu Unrelated to Actual Pigs; Meat Will Still Kill You

The United Nations' food agency sent animal health experts to Mexico to determine if swine flu is really linked to pigs. So far, there is no evidence that humans contracted this strain of flu from our porcine friends. [Reuters] Food Network has launched Food2, a new website aimed at a young, hipper ... More >>

Food Network Announces New Shows; Restaurant Girl Hires Legal Muscle

Food Network has announced eight new shows, all "inspired" (read: ripped off) from other networks. Extreme Cuisine With Jeff Corwin has Corwin eating strange and exotic foods a la Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern; and What Would Brian Boitano Make? is taken directly from South Park. [Entertainment ... More >>

Oscar Night Rightbloggers Mad at Milk, Indians

We're still congratulating ourselves on beating Nate Silver and other geniuses with our Oscar predictions. But, as you might imagine, rightbloggers had a worse night -- not just in predicting, but in reaction to Sean Penn's win for Milk. "As I emphasized in my article from earlier this week," harrum ... More >>

New York Film Festival 2008

KNOCKED UP

Brooklyn-based photographer gets personal instead of superficial

Looking Back at Sonic Youth and Roxy Music

No dirt in these new bios, just work

Hugs and Kisses #18: The Final Episode in Everett True's Desktop Trilogy

Tight and Neat

I always dreamed of living in a place like this. I sucked it up and paid the broker's fee.

Pass the Percodan: Bruce Wagner Dissects Hollywood Cynicism

Love Letters Extra

Moderate Rock

Enough with the news anchors running the debates—it's time to give Oprah a turn

Desperadoes

Going mad inside the debate bubble

NY Mirror

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The Small Paybacks

No, you shouldn't call Prince's new album a comeback, but musicology will do just fine

Drink Diet Coke! Drive an SUV! Watch an Indie Movie!

The Commitments

A Squawk to Remember

NY Mirror

God Goes Goth

50,000 Tears Under the Sea

Dildo Delights

Letters

Secret Santa

What Editors and Writers Wish For in 2003

Taking the Lead, Again

Feature Writers Rely on Old Tricks

Rave On!

Homeboys on the Range

Listings

The Year of Living Pseudonymously

Of Mugger, Masher, Donna Johnson and . . . Calendar Boy

Hiring Squad

Blood Rites

Comfort and Joy

Season's Greetings From Ted, Drew, and That Kid With His Tongue Stuck to the Pole

Winter of Their Youth