For the most important sociological experiment of our time, we must observe our seven guidos not only in environments they are comfortable in, but abroad as well. Still, it as in their native habitat where they truly flourish.
If you're like most people, you're a bit ticked off that the banks that were begging Washington for billions last year are the same ones that are now paying out giant bonuses. (JPMorgan reported today that it set aside a record $26.9 billion to compensate its employees in 2009.) But maybe it's time to stop whining and find something else to complain about?
The set-up for this prank is pretty simple. What makes this different is the reaction of the woman in the newsie hat. She freaks out and then continues to freak out long after it's OK to do so.
NBC has drawn the long knives and dispatched NBC Sports titan and former late-night guru Dick Ebersol—who produced Saturday Night Live during the Joe Piscipo years—to strike back at Conan O'Brien in a New York Times interview.
Unless you manage a hotel, Broadway theater or overpriced electronics store, you probably have no use for the millions of tourists who flock to Times Square every year. That's about to change. Out-of-towners can now solve murders—and reduce NYC's crime rate in the process—after they visit Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum or have dinner at Applebee's:
Jay invited Jimmy Kimmel to the show to take part in his 10 @10 segment. Kimmel did not hold back his distaste for both NBC and Leno, going so far to say "For God's sakes, leave our shows alone!"
A Vice photographer and Britain's Most Deadpan Teen show us how to rummage through high-fashion rubbish to create the ultimate DIY ensemble.
Alexa Ray Joel moving out of her East Village apartment ... Kelly Cutrone walking with her kids in SoHo ... Rachel Weisz leaving her apartment ... James Gandolfini putting gas in his Vespa before getting caught up in a bit of traffic ... Whitney Port walking with a friend in the West Village ... Mandy Moore leaving a TV studio ... Pete Wentz playing with son Bronx in a park and later carrying him home on his back ... Ke$ha arriving at her hotel ... Bradley Cooper walking and eating downtown ... and Mischa Barton returning to her hotel.
The problem with keeping raccoons as pets is that their concept of "house beautiful" involves gnawing holes above your kitchen cabinets.
Because she's the type that will find this funny. If you've got 4 minutes to waste and like rap parodies, watch this. And if you don't watch it now we guarantee you'll get it from your Great Aunt Ethel.
• The Greenwich Village townhouse that belonged to late party planner Robert Isabell is up for sale again. Four months after an unidentified buyer picked up the home for $2.1 million, the 2,813-square-foot building at 16 Minetta Lane is now back on the market with a $3.5 million price tag. Then again, not every townhouse in NYC has a "basement hand-chipped by Tibetan-born sherpas" or a "rainforest atrium." [Curbed, PDE, NYT]
