'Crash' Producer Follows Intellectual Bankruptcy With Chapter 11 Variety
STV · 12/15/08 05:22PMPrussian Boo Hoo
Richard Lawson · 12/15/08 05:04PMObama's Office Did Nothing Wrong, Obama's Office Finds
Pareene · 12/15/08 05:03PMMadonna to Give Guy Ritchie Massive Divorce Settlement, Headache
Kyle Buchanan · 12/15/08 05:01PMMacMillan Laying Off 4% after Announcing Pay Freeze
Sheila · 12/15/08 04:50PM
A few weeks ago, MacMillan CEO John Sargent sent out a memo to the publisher's employees saying, basically, "no raises for anyone this year—but Merry Christmas!" Now, they're laying people off as we speak. (But Merry Christmas!) It's 4% of the company, including imprints such as Farrar, Strauss & Giroux and the children's division; the the Publishers Weekly says it's 64 people.
Liberal Media Revealed: Time Big Shot Joins Biden!
Hamilton Nolan · 12/15/08 04:49PMIt's Official
Pareene · 12/15/08 04:44PMYour Sloppy Seconds Are On Fire
McCluskey and Miller · 12/15/08 04:42PMShep Smith, Pinko
Hamilton Nolan · 12/15/08 04:41PM"I'm Gonna Fill It Up With All That Surprise Money I Found In My Coat Pocket."
Richard Lawson · 12/15/08 04:27PMJennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr. Face Bomb-Making Charges For 'Delgo'
STV · 12/15/08 04:18PMStyle Hits & Misses, Holiday Shopping with Mike
cityfile · 12/15/08 04:16PM
• Glamour's list of 2008's style dos and don'ts is now online. We'll leave it to you to guess where this outfit worn by Jodi Marsh landed. [Glamour]
• Marc Jacobs chats about his new Stephen Sprouse-inspired collection for Louis Vuitton. [SF]
• Carmen Marc Valvo has decided against staging a runway show at Fashion Week in February. [WSJ]
• Barack Obama has already picked out his tux for the inauguration, but a few designers share their sketches anyway. [WWD]
• Mayor Michael Bloomberg went holiday shopping on Saturday and picked up Diana Taylor a pair of $29.99 fleece gloves at Modell's Sporting Goods. Times are tough, clearly. [NYT]
Even Media-Heiresses Work in Media for Free
Sheila · 12/15/08 04:12PMRobert Downey Jr. IS 'Shirtless Holmes'!
Kyle Buchanan · 12/15/08 04:06PMIf You Don't Buy This Stock, We'll Kill This Dog
Hamilton Nolan · 12/15/08 03:55PMThe Inspiration Behind Blago's Coiffeur
Sheila · 12/15/08 03:47PMGuy Ritchie and Three Other People We Want To Be Who Never Have To Work Again
Richard Lawson · 12/15/08 03:43PM
Have you heard the big crazy news? Guy Ritchie, film director, is getting between $76 and $92 million in divorce settlement monies from his now ex-wife, folk singer Madonna Louise Ciccone. That is so much cheddar that maybe a mouse has died from being so happy while dreaming of it! And the funny thing is, who the F was Guy Ritchie before she came along? Just a dude who made some dude-ish British indie crime caper movies (and is now making Sherlock Holmes wiff Robert Downey Jr) and well, hell, he could retire now forever and never have to pretend he has a viable career ever again. Just like:
Time Warner Cable Spreads the Cheer
cityfile · 12/15/08 03:35PM
Time Warner may seem like a grinch laying off thousands of staffers less than two weeks before Christmas, but the company isn't lacking holiday spirit entirely: Time Warner Cable is giving all employees (as well as customers who request one) a pin-up calendar featuring its cable repairmen in a variety of suggestive poses. Just what you've been waiting for, we're sure. [NYDN]













