Getting It On, Taboo Style

Florabel Mulvaney · 02/11/10 02:55PM

This week, Taboo explored the topic of "Strange Love". Realdolls, negotiated infidelity, child marriage, and polygamy were on the docket, and things got pretty hot 'n' provocative.

Jimmy Fallon Spoofs Lost With Late

Whitney Jefferson · 02/11/10 02:36PM

Many of us agree that Jimmy Fallon could do without his trainwreck of a monologue every night and stick to his actually-funny sketches. Tomorrow night his new "miniseries" will premiere, and it revolves around a mysterious crash in an elevator.

The Wall Street Lawyer-Turned-Psychotherapist

cityfile · 02/11/10 02:28PM

Harvard grad Will Meyerhofer used to be a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell, the white shoe firm that represents the likes of AIG and Goldman Sachs. After doing his "part in destroying the nation's economy," he had a change of heart, went back to school, and became a psychotherapist. Now sees clients on a sliding scale, ranging from $10/hour for people who couldn't otherwise afford therapy to $200/hour for his former colleagues, who, we imagine, have a lot to get off their chests considering how much work they continue to do for both AIG and Goldman. [Above the Law]

New York Times' Bill Carter at Work on a Late Shift Sequel

Gabriel Snyder · 02/11/10 02:24PM

Bill Carter, the New York Times' TV industry reporter who literally wrote the book on late night, is working on a new book for Viking that will focus on the recent drama between Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno and NBC.

J.D. Salinger —

Gabriel Snyder · 02/11/10 02:09PM

describing a 1951 dinner party with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in a private letter to E. Michael Mitchell, according to the New York Times. The correspondence has been unsealed by the Morgan Library following the novelist's death.

Cornell Braces for Deadhead Hippie Invasion

Doree Shafrir · 02/11/10 02:01PM

Cornell students just received an email from the University Police, warning them about an imminent, and dangerous, threat to their safety: Deadheads. Hey, we'd be nervous too.

Fashion Week Comes to Queens

cityfile · 02/11/10 01:42PM

Fashion Week isn't just taking place in Manhattan. It's Queens Fashion Week, too. Or at least it was until yesterday when the snowstorm hit and organizers decided to push it back to next week instead. Which is actually not such a bad thing since you really can't expect Anna Wintour to be in Bryant Park and at the Holiday Inn in Long Island City at the same time, can you? [NYDN, NYP]

Iceland Ready to Rake in That Sweet Journalism Money

Hamilton Nolan · 02/11/10 01:31PM

In your explosive Thursday media column: Iceland's bad bet, the wienermobile is the future of journalism, more hard times at USA Today, Conde Nast would like to be the new Wonkette, and a scary scene at Fashion Week.

Highlights From Last Week’s Project Runway Live Blog

MisterHippity · 02/11/10 01:25PM

Last week's "Campbells soup dress" challenge had Gawker's commenter live-blogging crew seeing red — and their eyes may never recover. Luckily, their wits survived intact. In preparation for tonight's show, let's see what quippy things they had to say.

MANswers Tries To Make Jury Duty Sexy and Fails

David Matthews · 02/11/10 01:25PM

In the MANswers universe, anything that isn't tangentially connected to babes is a waste of time. So, according to them, jury duty is the biggest waste of time in the world.

Skiing: Where Dreams Become Shattered Femurs

Mike Byhoff · 02/11/10 01:12PM

The Winter Olympics are finally here! A spectacle where once every four years, we watch sports that we have no interest in seeing whatsoever. To commemorate this event, we put together a compilation of skiiers eating it. It's brutal. Enjoy!

Pick a Condom

cityfile · 02/11/10 01:06PM

Remember that city-sponsored competition to design an official NYC condom? The folks at the Department of Health have picked five finalists and now it's up to you—the public—to pick the winner. Unless you have something better to do, of course. [NYT]