Prussian Boo Hoo

Richard Lawson · 12/15/08 05:04PM

Why won't ShopRite make Adolf Hitler a birthday cake? [LHL]

Your Sloppy Seconds Are On Fire

McCluskey and Miller · 12/15/08 04:42PM

With your holiday shopping done, cards mailed and plane tickets booked, just refill that valium prescription and you’re ready for family time. Will your trip home be It’s A Wonderful Life or Natural Born Killers?

Shep Smith, Pinko

Hamilton Nolan · 12/15/08 04:41PM

These last few months, Fox News anchor Shep Smith has been acting weird. Liberal weird. Now we're sure something's wrong, because good ol' Shep is talking up Hussein Obama, and talking down god:

Style 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]

Robert Downey Jr. IS 'Shirtless Holmes'!

Kyle Buchanan · 12/15/08 04:06PM

Most Sherlock Holmes costumes distinguish themselves through accessories like a pipe and deerstalker hat, but we'd wager that Robert Downey Jr.'s stripped-down take on the character will be far more popular in WeHo this Halloween.

The Inspiration Behind Blago's Coiffeur

Sheila · 12/15/08 03:47PM

Where did disgraced governor and brush-fanatic Blago get his hair? Astute Simpsons historian and Gawker videoguy Mike B. points out that it was clearly from "ancient Simpsons pre-Kent Brochman anchor Scott Christian."

Guy 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]