Jem and the Holograms: The Beginning

Whitney Jefferson · 11/07/09 10:32AM

Who says you're too old to watch cartoons on weekends? On Saturday mornings we'll serve you up a cartoon or two to watch while you're enjoying cereal in pajamas. This first episode of Jem originally aired in 1985.

Scrap That Story

Brian Moylan · 11/06/09 06:29PM

[A member of the clean-up crew blows the newspaper and other debris off the street following the Yankees' victory parade this afternoon. Image via Getty]

Writers Brawl After Nerds Stop Brawling

Ryan Tate · 11/06/09 06:27PM

You'd think tech bloggers would learn from the peacemaking founders of Skype, who just dropped lawsuits holding back the $2.8 billion sale of their former company. Instead the writers are calling one another inaccurate, spineless "toddlers."

Playing Mantis

Brian Moylan · 11/06/09 05:40PM

[A model in an insect-inspired get-up walks the runway today for the Eonfashion Award Colorful Cosmetic Design Contest during Beijing fashion week. Image via Getty]

Cornell Employees' Email Blunder from Hell

Ryan Tate · 11/06/09 05:15PM

A tech consultant at Cornell University somehow CCed the entire campus emails to his mistress, a Cornell staffer and fellow married person. The naughty man is in no position to be "SPANKING that FINE ASS of yours" now!

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cityfile · 11/06/09 04:40PM

• Vong closes tomorrow. Moving in is Wolfgang's Steakhouse. [JGV via Eater]
• Mario Batali says he decided to change up Del Posto because he's planning to get a second Michelin star and a four-star Times review this year. [TONY]
• Rumor has it Scott Conant may take over the Table 8 space. [Eater]
• The Mermaid Inn team open the Mermaid Oyster Bar next week. [GS]
• MePa's Los Dados seems to have morphed into a sports bar. [Eater]
• The food cart hype was bound to lead to something like the lunch shelf. [SE]
• It's a pain when a restaurant screws up a dish, sure. But it's no reason to threaten your waiter with a knife. Unless you want to go to jail, that is. [NYP]

A History of the Theater Gimmicks Meant to Save Hollywood

Richard Rushfield · 11/06/09 04:26PM

You may not have known you wanted it, but now you're going to get it. 3D redux is here with its biggest tentpole to date, Disney's $180 million Christmas Carol, followed shortly after by the release of James Cameron's Avatar.