Village Voice Media's Last Ditch Effort to Save Itself Will Probably Fail
Hamilton Nolan · 09/24/12 09:20AM
Village Voice Media, owner of the Voice and a dozen other alt-weeklies across the country, has decided to try a nifty trick: it's cleaving itself in two. Executives from the company are "buying out" all of the papers, putting them into what is technically a new, standalone company. And VVM's main profit center, hooker ad site Backpage.com, is going to be left in its own separate company, controlled by VVM bosses Jim Larkin and Michael Lacey. This is a weird gambit.
Let Them Eat Emergency Rooms: Mitt Romney Says ERs Will Provide Care for the Uninsured
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/24/12 09:15AMCease and Desist Letter from Kanye West Confirms Existence of Sex Tape
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/24/12 08:23AMThis Squirrel Is Basically Everyone's Reaction to Monday Morning
Neetzan Zimmerman · 09/24/12 07:50AMA nutty squirrel accidentally traps itself inside some German dude's kitchen and, after bugging out for a minute, decides to get the hell out of there by any means necessary.
Gwyneth Paltrow Feels Real Human Emotion
Louis Peitzman · 09/23/12 10:55PMLouis Peitzman · 09/23/12 09:18PM
"Mandy Patinkin, Holla," Is the New Angelina Jolie's Leg
Rich Juzwiak · 09/23/12 09:05PMWhile accepting her (well-deserved) Emmy for Best Actress in a Drama, Claire Danes addressed her Homeland costar this way: "Mandy Patinkin, holla." It feels real memey, but maybe that's just because this year's Emmys are duller than the Oscars, during which a person's leg stole the show. That's where we are. How to succeed on television tonight: "Holla." Brilliant. No one will care about this at all in five seconds!
Ann Romney's Horse Is Classier Than You, Dems
Louis Peitzman · 09/23/12 08:16PMTan Mom: 'I Was Black'
Louis Peitzman · 09/23/12 07:29PMLouis Peitzman · 09/23/12 07:01PM
Republicans Are Having the Best Week Ever, According to Top Republican
Louis Peitzman · 09/23/12 06:37PMJake Gyllenhaal and Jennifer Lawrence Are Tied at the Box Office, Clint Eastwood Rambles Along in Third Place
Taylor Berman · 09/23/12 03:52PM
In another slow box office weekend, Gyllenhaal's End of Watch and Lawrence's House at the End of the Street each brought in $13 million, which means we'll have to wait another full day for the official results of what Box Office Mojo calls "one of the tightest races ever for first place at the box office." How exciting for everyone.
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong Headed to Rehab After His Onstage Freak Out
Taylor Berman · 09/23/12 02:28PMCNN Found Libyan Ambassador's Journal and Used It as a Source, Prompting the State Department to Call Them 'Disgusting'
Taylor Berman · 09/23/12 01:48PM
Last Wednesday, Anderson Cooper used parts of deceased Libyan Ambassador Christopher Stevens' diary as a tip for a story on "Anderson Cooper 360." During an interview with John McCain, Cooper said "a source familiar with Ambassador Stevens' thinking told us that in the months before his death he talked about being worried about the never-ending security threats that he was facing in Benghazi and specifically about the rise in Islamic extremism and growing al Qaeda presence." That source, apparently, was Stevens' journal, which CNN discovered amongst the rubble in the U.S. Consulate three days after the attack that killed Stevens.
Taylor Berman · 09/23/12 12:40PM
Rick Perry Was a Terrible Candidate Because He Had a Sleep Disorder, Says New Book
Taylor Berman · 09/23/12 11:18AM
Remember Rick Perry's presidential campaign? Me neither. But at one time the Texas Governor was the GOP frontrunner. Then, through a combination of gaffe-laden debates and behind-the-scenes disorganization, his campaign imploded. James Carville went so far as to call it "the worst presidential campaign/candidate in American history." In an except from his new book, Texas Tribune reporter Jay Root, who spent months following the Perry campaign, gives an explanation for Perry's cringe-worthy debate performances and general campaign mismanagement: he was just very sleepy.









