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May 23, 2012
Help! Show Biz Careers Can't Be Killed Anymore!
Just when you think they're done, they're back!
Blogs
May 18, 2012
Scientology: Kiwi Reporter Puts Lisa Marie Presley On the Spot; Playboy Blows Tom Cruise
On Sunday, we broke the news that the lyrics to Lisa Marie Presley's song "So Long" -- from her new album Storm and Grace -- contained an even more obvious message that she was leaving Scientology than the one we perceived in the single she released in advance of the album a month ago, "You Ain't Se ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Is Ryan Seacrest The Right Man To Replace Dick Clark?
I was asked that very question by ABC news for this piece examining who can continue Clark's tradition, and here's what I said:
Blogs
March 5, 2012
Rightbloggers Ride Rush Limbaugh's Slut Wagon Into a Ditch
Remember the Clarence Thomas hearings, and how David Brock (then a right- rather than a left-wing operative -- yes that's how long ago it was!) called Anita Hill "a little bit nutty and a little bit slutty"? Remember how decent people were outraged by this appalling breach of decorum? Boy, those we ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
SCIENTOLOGY'S DISGRACE: AN OPEN LETTER TO TOM CRUISE
Dear Tom, It's time for you to start talking publicly about Scientology again. Your religion is in serious trouble. In 2005, you ended a longtime policy of not talking about the church by suddenly bringing it up in interviews. Most memorable, of course, was the way you challenged Matt Lauer, tell ... More >>
Blogs
February 6, 2012
Poll Shows Obama Would Have a Good Chance Against Romney in General Election
As Obama begins to make the case for a second term, a joint poll run by ABC News and the Washington Post has found that the president currently has a solid lead on Mitt Romney in a general election matchup, with 52 percent of Americans saying they would support Obama, over 43 percent for Romn ... More >>
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January 13, 2012
How Scientology Spied on Tom Cruise
Three former Church of Scientology officials tell the Voice that for years -- at least between 1991 and 2005 -- church leader David Miscavige kept a close watch on Tom Cruise with the use of a man named Michael Doven, who served as Cruise's personal assistant. For much of that time, 1991 to 2001, C ... More >>
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September 23, 2011
The Top 25 People Crippling Scientology, No. 4: Tom Cruise
On August 5, we started a countdown that will give credit -- or blame -- to the people who have contributed most to the sad current state of Scientology. From its greatest expansion in the 1980s, the church is a shell of what it once was and is mired in countless controversies around the worl ... More >>
News
June 22, 2011
The Tranny Chaser Chaser
Gay guys who like straight guys who like guys dressed as girls
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May 9, 2011
Osama Bin Laden Death Pictures Hit First Freedom of Information Act Bump
With President Obama deciding that the United States is not the type of country to release photographs of a dead Osama Bin Laden, shot in the head, there are two ways the public will ever see them: 1) a government leak when this all dies down, or 2) an enterprising journalist whose Freedom of ... More >>
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April 29, 2011
Kate and Wills, Together at Last! The Royal Wedding Liveblog
Good morning! It's your royal wedding bloggers, Rosie Gray, Francesca Stabile, and Jen Doll, here in these wee hours munching pretend scones and mainlining coffee so we can tell you exactly what's happening on this glorious day of April 29, 2011, the much-anticipated day of nuptials between P ... More >>
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April 22, 2011
Rachael Ray Guest Stars on 30 Rock, Gets Sexually Harassed by Tracy Jordan
Tracy Morgan/Jordan gets salty with Rachael Ray.Tracy Jordan, the fictional character who is actually not such a stretch for Tracy Morgan, paid a visit to the Rachael Ray Show on last night's episode of 30 Rock. In a case of art imitating life, the storyline revolved around TGS's uncertain fu ... More >>
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March 4, 2011
America's Laughing Baby Experiences 15 Minutes of Fame
Earlier this week, a YouTube video of a baby laughing hysterically as his father ripped what turned out to be a job rejection to shreds began to circulate, to be seen by more than 6 million sets of American eyes. America laughed, America cried, America needed to make this baby a star! And, so, some ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
After Only Three Weeks, Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Is Out of the Top 10--What Happened?
Four weeks ago, Kanye West stood on a Bowery Ballroom stage and, in a far ranging and now thoroughly documented speech, cited "perfect scores across the board" for his album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, and made an ill-advised prediction: "To be slated to do 600,000 in the first week--and I ... More >>
Blogs
December 8, 2010
The 10 Biggest Music Stories of 2010
Ah M.I.A., it just wasn't your year, was it? Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.In 2010, Vampire Weekend and Arcade Fire both had #1 records. LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, MGMT, the National, M.I.A, and Sufjan Stevens all had albums debut in the top ten. Kanye West joined Twitter. Drake started a riot in New ... More >>
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November 24, 2010
Live: Kanye West At Bowery Ballroom, Ranting, Seething, And Enthralling
Ah M.I.A., it just wasn't your year, was it? Photo by Rebecca Smeyne.In 2010, Vampire Weekend and Arcade Fire both had #1 records. LCD Soundsystem, Spoon, MGMT, the National, M.I.A, and Sufjan Stevens all had albums debut in the top ten. Kanye West joined Twitter. Drake started a riot in New ... More >>
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November 12, 2010
Kanye West Cancels On The Today Show: "I Accept Ya'll Future Apology In Advance"
And can you blame him? The performance, set to take place on November 26th, was meant to follow this awful interview that Matt Lauer recently conducted with the rapper ("I want you to just look at his face..."), also on The Today Show. But if Kanye West has proved anything in 2010, it's that he do ... More >>
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November 12, 2010
Week In Review: We Also Accept Your Future Apology In Advance
Everybody just stop yelling, OK? Photo by Daniel Snyder.In the week we talked about Odd Future, kidnapping and murder, and why we sometimes like the things that repel us, we also saw the group live--alongside every other music critic in the city. They struck a weird balance to the other big r ... More >>
Blogs
November 11, 2010
If the Today Show and America's Talk Show Hosts Have Their Way, Kanye West Will Spend the Rest of His Life Apologizing To People
Kanye West has come in for some scorn for launching into yet another Twitter rant a couple nights ago ("Everything sounds like noise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EVERYTHING SOUNDS LIKE NOISE!!!!!!! I don't trust anyone!"), pushing back against a then as-yet unaired interview with the Today Show's Matt ... More >>
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November 9, 2010
Bruce's "Baker to the Stars" Bakery Migrating From Long Island to Manhattan
The ex-Wai Café spot on Sixth Avenue and 17th Street will soon be inhabited by Bruce's, a Long Island bakery that bills itself as "Baker to the Stars." Jeremiah Moss noticed the storefront signage, which advises passersby that the "GRAND OPENING" will come "soon."
Blogs
October 22, 2010
George W. Bush vs. YouTube and Oprah
Two weeks after releasing a promotional video on Youtube for his upcoming autobiography, Decision Points, George W. Bush has spoken out against the esteemed website. According to WBEZ radio, the former president explained to the crowd of representatives from the Commercial Financial Association t ... More >>
Blogs
October 11, 2010
How Carl Paladino Went From Gay-Basher to Gay-Sympathizer in Less Than 24 Hours
Remember that time New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino said those ugly things about The Gay Population of the World? WNYC reporter Azi Paybarah first reported yesterday Paladino saying that he didn't "want [kids] brainwashed into thinking homosexuality is an equal valid...option." ... More >>
Blogs
June 7, 2010
Tomorrow's Today to Feature Ass-Kicking Obama, Regular Old Matt Lauer
The Today show has released a clip from an interview between Barack Obama and Matt Lauer that will air in full tomorrow, the 50th day of the oil leak in the Gulf. In it, the POTUS and the journalist sit down for some frank discussion of the Gulf, and Obama is plenty teed. (Video after the jum ... More >>
Columns
May 18, 2010
'Sex and the City 2' Gay Dish!
At newest Chelsea gay bar, baseball and beer. Plus: Broadway and bears
Blogs
March 31, 2010
Obama: Ain't No Party Like A Birther Tea Party 'Cause A Birther Tea Party Don't Stop
Also, it won't ever be of concern to President Barack Obama, because Barack Obama is an intelligent, rational person, who won't dignify stupid, irrational people. Which he basically implied to America when he sat down for a Today Show interview with Matt Lauer yesterday.
Blogs
December 21, 2009
2009, The Year of the Snuggie: A Handy Timeline From "The WTF Blanket" to Weezer's Wuggies
The people behind the Snuggie know they are bugging the crap out of you, and it's working out pretty well for them. The cultural impact of the sleeved blanket, largely due to those unbelievably campy commercials by Allstar Marketing Group, might've exceeded that of any other "As seen on TV" produc ... More >>
Blogs
June 26, 2009
Rightwing Site Uses the Voice, Dirty Jokes to Beg for Money
Our Rightbloggers columns frequently get "thanks for the link" messages from its victims, and we are only too happy to have obliged. Mockery's like manure -- it's no good unless you spread it around. But today we learn that World Net Daily, the Obama "birther" site known affectionately around the ... More >>
Music
May 13, 2009
Summer Guide: Amadou & Mariam's A Global Affair
Damon Albarn lends this "blind couple from Mali" a dash of Britpop
Blogs
March 13, 2009
MTA "Doomsday" Approaches, On or Near March 25
Here's news to put you in a TGIF mood: March 25 is doomsday. MTA doomsday, that is. They say that if the state government can't get it together to fill their enormous budget gap soon, the MTA's own budget vote will certainly pass a "doomsday" plan including big fare hikes, layoffs, and even shitti ... More >>
Blogs
February 2, 2009
As Economy Sinks, Obama Invites Us to "House Meetings"
Lots of economic news today: talking to Matt Lauer, with whom he had previously joked about the Super Bowl and Jessica Simpson' "weight battle," President Obama says that more banks are likely to fail. But, as we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Obama's permanent-campaign arm is calling for "e ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2008
Matt Lauer's Roast: Tom Cruise, Katie Couric, and 3 Hours of Dick Jokes
Lots of economic news today: talking to Matt Lauer, with whom he had previously joked about the Super Bowl and Jessica Simpson' "weight battle," President Obama says that more banks are likely to fail. But, as we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Obama's permanent-campaign arm is calling for "e ... More >>
Specials
January 1, 2008
Letters
Lots of economic news today: talking to Matt Lauer, with whom he had previously joked about the Super Bowl and Jessica Simpson' "weight battle," President Obama says that more banks are likely to fail. But, as we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Obama's permanent-campaign arm is calling for "e ... More >>
Blogs
June 20, 2007
Warning: Check for the Union Label
Lots of economic news today: talking to Matt Lauer, with whom he had previously joked about the Super Bowl and Jessica Simpson' "weight battle," President Obama says that more banks are likely to fail. But, as we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Obama's permanent-campaign arm is calling for "e ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2006
Live: Phil Collins, A Great Man
Lots of economic news today: talking to Matt Lauer, with whom he had previously joked about the Super Bowl and Jessica Simpson' "weight battle," President Obama says that more banks are likely to fail. But, as we have nothing to fear but fear itself, Obama's permanent-campaign arm is calling for "e ... More >>
Music
April 25, 2006
Demo'ing Down
Former teen heroine matures by offering crisis counseling to 10-year-olds
Screens
February 7, 2006
Remote Patrol
Former teen heroine matures by offering crisis counseling to 10-year-olds
Screens
February 22, 2005
Pay You, Pay Me
The Matt Lauer of the blogoshphere quits his day job, relying on micropatrons to bring home bacon
News
October 26, 2004
Bush Slime Never Sleeps
Kerry's like a pig! No explosives went anywhere!
News
September 14, 2004
Kitty Galore
Kerry's like a pig! No explosives went anywhere!
News
August 10, 2004
Egotistical Bastards
Dead mag helps VH1 talk about race, from Ice Cube to Elvis to Costello
News
January 1, 2002
Midnight Confession
How CNN Captured John Walker
News
May 16, 2000
‘Town Hall’ TV
Hillary’s Performance: All Smiles, No Substance
News
March 9, 1999
I Believe That Children Are The Future.
Hillary’s Performance: All Smiles, No Substance

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