Project Runway: Other People's Baggage

Brian Moylan · 07/30/10 02:20PM

Everyone lugs around tons of baggage wherever they go, but last night on the season premiere of Project Runway, the contestants had to mine each other's for gold. There was vision and delusion—and Heidi's horrible new haircut.

Why I Can Already Tell Who Wins Project Runway

Emily A. Farris · 07/30/10 02:20PM

Last night, we met the contestants on the new season of Project Runway. At first, I was tied between who I wanted to win: Do I love the awkwardly funny, Puerto Rican, Casanova? Or the 50-year-old Peach? Decision inside.

The War on Snark Rages On

Hamilton Nolan · 07/30/10 02:13PM

"I love funny writing, but I'm sick of snark," says Nick Catucci, the new editor of RollingStone.com. Christ, first The New Yorker, then Rolling Stone...soon this virtually meaningless catch-all phrase capable of describing anything will have no friends left! [NYO]

We Gettin' A-Rod Money (And You Can Too)

Hamilton Nolan · 07/30/10 01:20PM

The Way We Live Now: slowing down. Taking it easy. Why get so hung up on "economic growth?" Why not sit back on the yacht, counting our vast fortune obtained through professional sports or financial shenanigans? Doesn't that sound better?

The Call of the Wild: Now Autotuned

Gene Delsener · 07/30/10 12:50PM

Plenty of people listen to the calming sounds of nature, few dare to autotune them. In the alliance of nature and machine, there can only be one Internet Animal Orchestra.

Jersey Shore: The Great Guido Migration

Brian Moylan · 07/30/10 12:26PM

Due to environmental and societal factors, the subjects of the most important sociological experiment of our time—the eight guidos on MTV's Jersey Shore—were forced to leave their native habitat and migrate to Miami. The results were amazing.