What We're Watching Tonight
Whitney Jefferson · 12/11/09 05:30PMMaury Outdoes Himself With Paternity Guests Ptorsha and Ronnie the Black Albino
Mike Byhoff · 12/11/09 05:06PMJersey Shore Gets a Fist Bump in the Ratings
Brian Moylan · 12/11/09 05:01PMFresh Prince and the Revolution
Brian Moylan · 12/11/09 05:00PMYour Tips Are Always Welcome
cityfile · 12/11/09 05:00PMcityfile · 12/11/09 04:56PM
• Olana on lower Madison Avenue is the latest restaurant to go bust. [Crain's]
• The UES fixture Gino's is still open, it may not be for much longer. [NYT]
• Café Habana's lawyer fired back today at the four ex-employees suing the restaurant. But now two other former servers are voicing similar complaints.
• Your dreams have been answered: The new Chelsea club Amnesia, which opened its doors last night, is "a little bit of Jersey Shore in Manhattan." [GS]
• Rao's is impossible to get into. It's also overrated, just as you suspected.
• Gordon Ramsay's restaurant empire almost went under this year. Now he says he plans to focus more on TV than food in the future. [Bloomberg]
• The State Liquor Authority is dealing with another bribery case. [NYP]
• How much goes Kim Kardashian get to appear at a club? $40K. [Eater]
Facebookarazzi: Stalking Celebrities Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
Ryan Tate · 12/11/09 04:54PMWhatever You Do, Don't Take the Al-Qaeda No. 3 Gig
John Cook · 12/11/09 04:51PMcityfile · 12/11/09 04:42PM
See, Art Directors Talk Like This...
Hamilton Nolan · 12/11/09 04:33PMTrading Spouses with the Devil
Daniel Barnum-Swett · 12/11/09 04:30PMHow Reality TV Took the Shame Out of Pornography
Brian Moylan · 12/11/09 04:26PM'Mr. Speaker, the Distinguished Gentleman from Dublin Is a Fecking Gobshite'
John Cook · 12/11/09 04:17PMThe Avatar Debate: It Will Suck
Richard Rushfield · 12/11/09 04:15PMTiger Says Goodbye
cityfile · 12/11/09 04:11PM
The Tiger Woods saga kicked off two full weeks ago. But it wasn't until about 20 minutes ago that he actually admitted—via a posting on his website—that he's been unfaithful to his wife. Woods also says he's taking a hiatus from golf: "After much soul searching, I have decided to take an indefinite break from professional golf. I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father, and person." Here's hoping he has cell phone reception at sea!
Today's Freeze Frame Revealed
Whitney Jefferson · 12/11/09 04:00PMGawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Whitney Jefferson · 12/11/09 04:00PMFamished America Dreams of Purchasing Biscuit
Hamilton Nolan · 12/11/09 03:53PMcityfile · 12/11/09 03:22PM
• The New York Times is gearing up to cut another two dozen positions at the newspaper, but that's fewer than NYT execs were anticipating. [NYP]
• Cancellations: MTV has pulled the plug on Alexa Chung's daytime show; and HBO's Flight of the Conchords is finished after two seasons. [THR, Variety]
• Diane Sawyer and Chris Cuomo bid goodbye to GMA this morning. [ABC]
• NBC Universal chief Jeff Zucker, who will remain in charge of NBC after Comcast takes control, has been signed up to a new three-year contract. [THR]
• Ex-Daily News editor Debby Krenek is Newsday's new editor-in-chief. [E&P]
• Stodgy Harvard Business Review is getting a sexy makeover! [NYT]
• Grim stat du jour: 367 magazines were shuttered in 2009. [Crain's]
• More on Dave Zinczenko, the laziest magazine editor alive. [Gawker, DF]










