The New York Post has been getting angry phone calls all day because of Sean Delonas' dead monkey cartoon. Especially the people of Page Six, where the cartoon ran. It's not their fault, angry people!

Fashion Week isn't just low-tier celebrities and odd-ball fashion designers. It's also backstage people and ugly old people and stuff. Let's take a moment to honor them, in a photo gallery after the jump.

Last week we totally harshed on NBC's 30 Rock for writing McDonald's McFlurry into its script in such a sellout-y way. But it was all natural, no ad money, just for fun, allegedly!

· E! reports that Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens will be among the performers to help nurture this year's Oscar renaissance, hopefully teaming for a Best Picture reenactment of Slumdog Millionaire's romantic latrine-escape sequence.

The death of Mickey Rourke's chihuahua, Loki, continues to reverberate today, as the actor has finally announced his replacement Oscar date (and hinted that he may be pulling out of Iron Man 2).

• Payard Patsserie was shut down by the Dept. of Health today. [Eater, NYT]
• Susur Lee's Shang only earns one star from Bruni in today's Times: "The magic that Mr. Lee reputedly made in Toronto hasn't followed him here." [NYT]
• Is chef Damon Wise saying goodbye to Tom Colicchio's Craft empire? [NYO]
• More mixed reviews for L'Artusi in the West Village. [Bloomberg, TONY]
• Is Anita Lo's Annisa up for sale? [Eater]
• Drew Nieporent is joining Danny Meyer at Citi Field. [Crain's]
• Is foie gras torture? Not so much, says Sarah DiGregorio of the Voice. [VV]
• Be on the lookout for new Heinz ketchup labels! [NYT]
• What's on the menu for dessert tonight? Breakfast, naturally. [NYT]

We hear Jennifer Siebel, the actress wife of San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, is pregnant — and furious with the friends who let word slip. But we bet her pro-gay marriage husband is thrilled.

Conchords hits season high. Eastbound and Down strikes out. [THR]

Despite seeing the threat coming, the Weinstein Company never bothered to dodge a new lawsuit from the surviving half of Sam & Dave — the allegedly uncredited sources for last year's bomb Soul Men.

Click through for a few more familiar faces from the past few days of Fashion Week.

New York City is planning to spend $45 million to "retrain" hapless laid off investment bankers, so they have some useful skill. But retrain them to do what? We have some ideas!

Drunk warmongering Trotskyite Slate columnist Christopher Hitchens was apparently beaten by some Syrian nationalists while drinking in Lebanon. Don't worry, he's ok!

We'd like to present the mad skillz of hip-hop supergroup Back of the Class:

Mayor Bloomberg announced today that the city plans to invest $45 million to "retrain investment bankers, traders and others who have lost jobs on Wall Street." What will they retrain these people to do, exactly? Here are a few ideas. [NYT]

Even when facing tragedy, the 30 Rock star brings the funny. That recent fire at his apartment? He put a statement out: The blaze started in his fish tank. Full of water.

Why did it take Beau Breedlove so long? The former intern whose teenage relationship with Portland Mayor Sam Adams turned into a national scandal has posed nude for Unzipped, a gay porn rag.

Today on The View, Ebert usurper Ben Lyons took his place next to Elisabeth Hasselbeck in what could only have felt more like a Defamer-targeted Last Supper if Joaquin Phoenix had crashed it, rapping.

Well, have a gander at that. An Obama roll. How did they do it? All the information you need is right there in the Japanese text. [JP.msn.com via Buzzfeed]

The very last piece of Shea Stadium was torn down this morning in Flushing. The time of death was 11:21am. Video of her final moments after the jump.

Henry Matyjewicz was arrested for being the infamous Poster Boy. But is he really? He's still discussing it vaguely, at great length! Interesting interview, but no mas till after your trial, dude. Cops read. [NYPress]