Dudes, I'm just too tired to fight the establishment any longer. So I'm just moving straight into acceptance mode. Another 80's movie is getting a sequel. Sigh.
Hollywood has decided that we need to get a follow-up of the 1988 cult classic Heathers and despite all the denials, Wynona Ryder insists that the project is happening. "Whatever you hear, there is a sequel in the works. I swear to God. But for some reason the writer Dan Waters and director Michael Lehman don't want to ...
Condé Nast, the huge magazine publisher, acquired their former competition, Fairchild Publishing earlier this year. Now, I'm not sure how intelligent it is for a magazine publisher to be buying anything right now, but Fairchild is the parent company responsible for established magazines such as Women's Wear Daily, W and Footwear News (?). When Fairchild was purchased, Condé Nast appointed Richard "Mad Dog" Beckham, former top advertising dude at CN to the post of CEO.
Even prior to CN purchasing Fairchild, both companies resided under one roof at the Fairchild Building in New York City. When so many titles were located at the Fairchild, they had a huge, uber-fancy cafeteria built to offer fine dining for the employees. Now, Condé Nast has left Beckman behind and moved almost all of their publications (Golf Digest, Bride's, Modern Bride, Elegant Bride to name a few) to various locations around New York City. Beckham may be hearing echoes in the halls but at least he'll get first pick of donuts at the cafeteria. How pissed off do you think he is?
It all may be a moot issue since I sincerely believe magazines may be a thing of the past sooner rather than later. Even Vogue, Vanity Fair (which I subscribe to and it's now so thin that it looks more like an informational brochure) and Glamour -- the money makers -- aren't making enough to float the anchors better known as The New Yorker and Allure. As a matter of fact, CN pulls in over two billion dollars a year in revenue but may post a loss this year (which it hasn't done since the early nineties).
Anyway, what do you think the prognosis is for magazines and newspapers? Three years? Five? Eternity? />Condé Nast, the huge magazine publisher, acquired their former competition, Fairchild Publishing earlier this year. Now, I'm not sure how intelligent it is for a magazine publisher to be buying anything right now, but Fairchild is the parent company responsible for established magazines such as Women's Wear Daily, W and Footwear News (?). When Fairchild was purchased, Condé Nast appointed Richard "Mad Dog" Beckham, former top advertising dude at CN to the post of CEO.
Even prior to CN pu...
"Kanye West is the person pissing me off right now. I was at Stella McCartney's Paris fashion show with the vice president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Paul McCartney and Kanye West. The entire time Kanye is going, 'They need more fur in this show'. He just wouldn't shut up about how he loved fur. I mean, he's saying this to me, the PETA guy and Paul McCartney! I was just so grossed out by him. I'm like, 'You're an idiot!' There are so many people who I think are a waste of skin...
"I don't really mean everything I say, because I'm not totally that airhead." That was Paris Hilton's unintentionally ironic answer to E!'s question, "You said on the show that you don't want to get married. Is that true?"
Yes, the moment we've all been waiting for: Season two of Paris Hilton's My New BFF! It premieres tomorrow night on MTV and this installment will feature guest appearances by Kathy Griffin and Lil' Kim as well as stripper pole challenges.
Paris also cooed that ...
I just mentioned how licking your monitor can be hazardous to your health, but I am relieved to report that licking a pomegranate replica of Daniel Craig is totally okay.
Del Monte is releasing these 007 pops in blueberry, cranberry and pomegranate and, as usually happens with cool stuff, they are not available in the US. But if you live in England, I'd love to see a picture of you licking Craig's head.
The product is a result of Del Monte's UK Coolest Guy contest. Daniel beat out Tom J...
I criticized Vanity Fair, my former favorite magazine, for being so light these days. The articles have become atrociously boring, but I'm willing to forgive and forget all of it because Johnny Depp is on the cover of July's issue. The people over at VF have redeemed themselves!
Though they don't have the entire article on their website and that's probably a good strategy if Conde Nast wants to sell magazines -- they did send out this press release:
NEW YORK, N.Y.--Johnny Depp shows Vanit...
Maybe Janice Dickinson isn't a big cokehead drunk, after all. Sure, she staggered down streets swinging accessories at the paparazzi, and yes, she somersaulted down a flight of stairs and verbally abused models, but it could be that she just needed a sandwich.
Janice talked about how to be a successful contestant -- she was on the UK version in 2007 and is appearing tonight on the US version -- on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here. "They think this is a game show. It isn't. It's ardu...
When an artist records a song titled "Free Me" and it's directed towards her record label, it may be time to part ways.
Joss Stone is the latest in a long line of artists who is trying to get away from the EMI label. Rolling Stones, Radiohead and Supergrass have all exited since the company was purchased by an investment firm in 2007. The moral: Bankers become bankers because they aren't artistic. Bankers shouldn't be in the music business. Duh.
Stone has offered to give up a...
While Kate Gosselin was at a North Carolina resort with her nanny and eight kids, the brother of the chick Jon (allegedly!) slept with, figured out a new way to make some cash.
Jason Hummel, the guy who was all too willing to tell the media the tale of how he overheard his sister having sex with Jon Gosselin, wants to sell the bed, also known as "scene of the crime," on Ebay. After the media frenzy, Jason's sister Deanna moved out, leaving her queen-sized bed behind. He's curious to ...
Why, Hollywood? Why are you doing this? Are you really all out of ideas?
The movie Girls Just Want To Have Fun was released in 1985 -- the year I entered high school. All these shows and movies from that era that are being remade force me to relive ninth through 12th grade. And unless that means I get to weigh 111 pounds and have sex on the high school baseball diamond again, I'm not interested.
The only glimmer of hope that this project might not happen, is that it is still in the formative stages. That is, ...
Some crazy lady has come forthclaiming that Keanu Reeves fathered her four children during an on-again, off-again affair that was conducted during her teen and her married years. And when I say "her four adult children" you should realize that I mean "her four children in their early twenties."
Karen Sala, a 46 year-old Canadian acting as her own lawyer (more proof that she's nuts), has filed a request with the court that Keanu Reeves provide a DNA sample because she believes that he is ...