What We're Watching Tonight
Whitney Jefferson · 11/19/09 05:04PMIt's the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fine
Foster Kamer · 11/19/09 04:54PMNaked Old Rich People Sue Each Other
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 04:52PMHow Many G's Are in Backstage?
Brian Moylan · 11/19/09 04:51PMLittle Boy Plays With Vibrator in IKEA Commercial
Whitney Jefferson · 11/19/09 04:30PMFeaturing a boy playing with a silver bullet among his other toys in a commercial is a risky advertising move to say the least.
CafePress Is Officially Cool with Selling T-Shirts Urging People to Pray for Obama's Death
John Cook · 11/19/09 04:30PMAP: Layoff Goals Accomplished
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 04:20PMWhy Is Sandra Bullock Still a Star?
Richard Rushfield · 11/19/09 04:13PMNew Yorker Cartoons Now on XBox, For Some Reason
Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/09 04:00PMFreeze Frame - Revealed
Whitney Jefferson · 11/19/09 04:00PMThe New Limelight Shopping Mall Makes Former Club Kids Weep
Brian Moylan · 11/19/09 03:57PM
Retail developer Jack Menashe masterminded the whole transformation. A look at the Limelight Marketplace website and this Real Deal article feature the pictures of the new space, which intends to be stores, restaurants, specialty food shops, and little carts all selling crazy fun things for tourists to haul back to wherever they came from. Sadly 75% of the 60 store spaces are already leased.
The Greatest Slam Dunk Fails Caught on Video
Yoni Lotan · 11/19/09 03:45PMGrowing up, most kids have two goals in life; becoming president and completing a slam dunk. Apparently both are extremely hard to do.
cityfile · 11/19/09 03:42PM
• It's official: Oprah says she plans to call it quits in September 2011. [ABC]
• Layoffs: The BusinessWeek cuts continue (and include a handful of the mag's more notable names); meanwhile the AP body count now stands at 90.
• Sarah Palin sold 300,000 copies of her book the first day, alas. [TDB]
• Condé Nast and Adobe are teaming up to bring Wired to electronic reading devices. Digital versions of Vogue, VF, and the NYer will follow. [WSJ]
• Vogue's design director is exiting the magazine after a four-year run. [WWD]
• In other Anna news, her de facto stepdaughter, Alexis Bryan Morgan, is leaving the Condé Nast family to take Nina Garcia's old job at Elle. [NYM]
• Cable mogul John Malone isn't happy about the idea of Comcast and NBC teaming up. Meanwhile NBC chief Jeff Zucker is staying mum about the deal.
• Another rumored Playboy bidder is denying interest in an acquisition. [NYT]
• Does Bonnie Fuller's new website stand a chance? [NYP]








