Tiny Toon Adventures: Minister Golf

Whitney Jefferson · 11/21/09 10:30AM

Plucky Duck remembers a childhood trip to the miniature golf course. Baby Plucky's catchphrase "Blue ball go down the hole," became popular on playground throughout the 1990's, and is best left without reevaluation.

The Week We Went Rogue

Pareene · 11/20/09 06:30PM

This week, everyone was naked and fighting in public and also there was a book no one read but everyone kept talking about.

Just Shoe It

Brian Moylan · 11/20/09 06:28PM

[Parisian women give their feet a real workout today while competing in a "Race on Heels" where they must run around a 50-meter track in high heels. Image via Getty]

Signing Off

Whitney Jefferson · 11/20/09 05:30PM

This week's Weekly Wrap-up comes in the form of video brought to you by The Resident.

cityfile · 11/20/09 04:45PM

• The Guggenheim is planning to open a restaurant named The Wright inside the museum. [NYT]
• Le Cirque is now morphing into a club on Friday nights. Just don't actually call it a club, though. [GS]
• Former Tailor chef Sam Mason has a new cooking show on Independent Film Channel and reports he may open something new in Brooklyn. [NYT]
• Má Pêche (aka Momofuku Midtown) is serving cocktails. [F&W]
• Is the Department of Health waging a war on pizza? It seems so. [Slice, GS]
• Starbucks is rolling out more of its brand-less coffeehouses. [NYT]
• If you haven't had a chance to get to know Vadim Ponorovsky, the owner of Paradou, please do so. He's a delight, both in print and on the phone. [Gawker]

Horse Backflips Onto His Owner

Whitney Jefferson · 11/20/09 04:30PM

The words "spine-crushing" and "welcome to your new life in a wheelchair" come to mind.

cityfile · 11/20/09 03:50PM

• Oprah got all teary today when she announced she'll end her talk show two years from now. Meanwhile her upstart cable network announced it'll launch in January 2011, eight months before her talk show goes off the air. [EW, THR]
• Oprah isn't the only one planning her goodbyes. Bill Moyers announced today that he's retiring and will wrap up his weekly PBS show in April 2010. [NYT]
• Former NY1 anchor Dominic Carter was found guilty of misdemeanor attempted assault today for roughing up his wife last year. [NYDN]
• Last night's season finale of Project Runway was the highest-rated episode of the season; meanwhile, winner Irina Shabayeva describes what's next for her.
• The new Twilight sequel, New Moon, isn't just causing excitable teens to pass out in droves. It's also on track to break a few box office records. [AFP, AP]
• More on the bloodshed at BusinessWeek the past few days. [FBNY]
• Tina Brown has herself a new right-hand man at The Daily Beast. [NYP]
• Yet another book by reality TV star Lauren Conrad is on the way. [NYDN]
• Phil Falcone's Harbinger has cut his stake in the Times once again. [Reuters]
• The scariest news ever: Lou Dobbs has left open the possibility that he'll make a run for the White House in 2012. And he wasn't kidding. [Reuters]

Oprah Announces the End of Her Show, Gives a Tearful Goodbye

Mike Byhoff · 11/20/09 03:44PM

Oh, Oprah, don't cry! It'll all be alright! Just because it's the end of an era doesn't mean you'll disappear. You'll still have other shows, your magazine, squadillions of dollars, and a whole NETWORK with your face splashed over it.