Famous Kids Go to College Too

Richard Lawson · 04/18/09 06:30PM

This is my favorite Stalker sighting in recent memory. It's about Steve Buscemi on a college tour with his son. What a regular, mundane kinda thing for a movie star to be doing!

Needs More Crack: WTAN Signing Off

T.A.N. · 04/18/09 06:00PM

When I was growing up the kids use to say I'm Audi 5000, y'know, like the car? Do they still make those? What model are they on? Well anyswayze, that's me now: Audi 5000.

The Williamsburg Hipster Grifter Scavenger Hunt

T.A.N. · 04/18/09 03:30PM

Yesterday I went to Williamsburg in search of The Hipster Grifter. We may have spotted her! Also, we randomly ran into people from the previous pictures and coverage. During the work day! She's amazing!

Today's Celebrity News Reminds Us Why Paul Newman Was a Drunk

Richard Lawson · 04/18/09 11:00AM

Today I'm mad at everything. Paul Newman's a drunk, Jennifer Garner's old, Andy Roddick's married, Emmy Rossum is a complete idiot, and Sarah Palin apparently had people "managing" her snow machine accident of a campaign.

Survivalist Chicken Coops Sprouting Up Across America

John Cook · 04/18/09 10:00AM

A confluence of localvore do-gooderism and desperate poverty is transforming America's suburbs into a Third World hellscape, because otherwise-normal people are raising chickens in their backyards.

Kari Ferrell Is Memetastic

Hamilton Nolan · 04/18/09 09:00AM

Hipster Grifter Kari Ferrell's old roommate says "She just texted me two days ago to talk about the Utah Jazz." And other fun facts! Oh and she already has a celebrity impersonator:

Tips, Please

cityfile · 04/17/09 07:00PM

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Kanye's New Ads, North Korea's Fashion Boom

cityfile · 04/17/09 06:12PM

• Kanye West's girlfriend, Amber Rose, shows some skin (and crack) in the the new ad campaign for his Louis Vuitton line of sneakers. [NYM]
• Those empty storefronts in the far West Village? Some people seem to think it's all Marc Jacobs and Ralph Lauren's fault. [Villager]
• Speaking of Marc, the new Jacobs by Marc Jacobs collection features the work of artists with disabilities and benefits the arts. [Teen Vogue]
• Filene's Basement is now for sale, if you're interested. [Crain's]
• 7 For All Mankind opens its third NYC outpost tomorrow. [Denimology]
• The fashion business may be suffering here, but that's the case in North Korea: Retail outlets in Pyongyang have never been busier, or at least that's what the country's official news agency is reporting today. [Reuters]

Spring Is Here!

Gabriel Snyder · 04/17/09 05:19PM

[The Coachella music and try-not-to-die-of-heat-stroke-in-the-middle-of-the-desert festival started today. Back in New York City, the weather is damn near perfect. Pic via Getty]