Meeting of the Minds
Pareene · 12/10/09 06:15PMWhy Diddy Is the Perfect New Mascot for AOL
Ryan Tate · 12/10/09 06:12PMMen's Health Loved This Cover So Much They Used It Twice
Brian Moylan · 12/10/09 06:12PMcityfile · 12/10/09 06:04PM
• The Tavern on the Green saga continues: The LeRoy family has hired a marketing firm to sell the restaurant's name, but that may not be legal. [NYT]
• La Goulue closed this summer after losing its lease. Now it has a new location on East 63rd Street, though it's unclear if it'll be allowed to serve booze. [GS]
• The unstoppable Michael Huynh has several new spots planned. [Eater, IC]
• Closings: Harbour on Hudson Street appears to have gone under; Abraço in the East Village is temporarily closed and plans to reopen in a couple of days.
• Noel Ashman says his new lounge, opening "in the near future" somewhere "downtown," is "a mix" between Soho House, Veruka, and Bungalow 8. [GS]
• The Gansevoort Hotel in Miami has gone into foreclosure, but that won't have any impact on its New York sibling or its restaurant/rooftop bar. [MH]
• Rocco DiSpirito is currently staging a "local comeback," apparently. [NYP]
When Seth Met Roberto
cityfile · 12/10/09 05:58PMCraigslist's Dirty Secret
Ryan Tate · 12/10/09 05:54PMTyra Feasts on Tragedy
Daniel Barnum-Swett · 12/10/09 05:51PMWhat We're Watching Tonight
Whitney Jefferson · 12/10/09 05:30PMUnion: 74 Total New York Times Buyouts
Hamilton Nolan · 12/10/09 05:28PMBritish Critics Declare Avatar a Non-Trainwreck
Richard Rushfield · 12/10/09 05:05PMcityfile · 12/10/09 04:44PM
• Nielsen has concluded a deal to sell handful of trade titles like The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard to a consortium of investors that includes Jimmy Finkelstein and Guggenheim Partners. Rupert Murdoch's son Lachlan was once part of the investor group, but ended up dropping out. [AdWeek, NYP, LAT]
• Nielsen also said today that it's shuttering two titles: Editor & Publisher, which dates back to 1884, and book pub Kirkus Reviews. [E&P, NYT]
• AOL and Time Warner are officially separate companies now. [WSJ, AP]
• George Stephanopoulos starts his new job of GMA anchor on Monday. [LAT]
• The controversy over MTV's latest series, Jersey Shore, rages on. [THR]
• Hollywood PR powerhouse PMK/HBH has pretty much imploded. [Wrap]
• The 30 worst women's magazine covers of the aughts. [Buzzfeed]
• The city's laziest magazine editor: Dave Zinczenko of Men's Health. [Gawker]
Old Dogs Learn New Tricks
Daniel Barnum-Swett · 12/10/09 04:30PMA zany piece of the American video heritage: old-timey collegiate canines primp and prep before a big football game in human style: lifting weights, shaving, placing bets, and avoiding physical injury from their uptight Bulldog bookie.
Girlfriend Sobs at the End of Return of the Jedi
Mike Byhoff · 12/10/09 04:28PMThe Flight of the Aviators
Brian Moylan · 12/10/09 04:17PMRachel Uchitel Is Going to Enjoy Her 15 Minutes
cityfile · 12/10/09 04:15PMEmergency at Vanity Fair!
Hamilton Nolan · 12/10/09 04:10PMToday's Freeze Frame Revealed
Whitney Jefferson · 12/10/09 04:00PMGawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Whitney Jefferson · 12/10/09 04:00PMAmerica Has Been Diagnosed
cityfile · 12/10/09 03:45PM
The reason so many Americans are overweight: It's because they spend 56 hours a week on average sitting on their fat asses, that's why. But what you may have assumed in the past was simply laziness is actually a certifiable medical condition. It's called "sitting disease" or "over-sitting," say health experts. Now we just need a kindly pharmaceutical company to develop a drug for it and we'll be all set, won't we? [NYDN]








