The Academy has warned Sacha Baron Cohen not to show up to the Oscars in character as "the Dictator," the title character from his upcoming fantasia on Middle Eastern themes. As Mr. Cohen's films rest somewhat on the tension between his invented characters and shocked but credulous citizens, and as he's run out of citizens Read More
In a year that has seen famous-on-the-Internet acts Lana Del Rey and Karmin get Saturday Night Live bookings, there's a certain cachet to getting an artist on the record before they either blow up or flame out--and before they learn how to talk to a reporter. Rapper Kreayshawn, of the status-anxiety-evoking "Gucci Gucci," comes Read More
Fashion Week and its grind have receded into memory (or so it would seem from our Twitter, on which every Condé staffer we follow has finally stopped totemically retyping their every Starbucks order), and Simon Doonan is free to swan about the society soirées from which he draws his coy observations. Tonight brings the 24th Read More
After Think Progress posted a Pinterest pinboard of fancyish hotels in which Mitt Romney had stayed during his Presidential campaign, Mitt Romney Tweeted out a link to his wife's own pinboard, noting "Ann's way ahead of me on this one." The things Ann Romney likes, and has pinned, strictly disinclude fancy hotels Read More
Sarah Palin has evidently been wigging out over Julianne Moore's portrayal of her in the upcoming Game Change film on HBO. The TV movie shifts the focus of the campaign book from a panorama of the 2008 election to the aftermath of candidate John McCain picking Ms. Palin as his running mate. Ms. Palin published Read More
Brooklyn Nets (née New Jersey Nets) investor Jay-Z and his wife Beyoncé have kept a relatively low public profile since the birth of their daughter Blue Ivy Carter, independently releasing songs and photos and singing at Carnegie Hall. Perhaps it's only a low profile by celebrity-couple standards, but they didn't go to the Grammys!
Last night, though, Mr. Z and Ms. é made an appearance at Madison Square Garden to see the Nets defeat Jeremy Lin's Knicks. Forensic analysis of photos shot at the game indicates that Beyonce wore potential parquet-destroying heels, and that the best and worst part of being a civilian sitting courtside is getting to sit next to a celebrity but having to pretend to text so as to play it cool.
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Last night--the evening of pop singer Rihanna's birthday--she released two remixes of existing album tracks. From her album Talk That Talk came a remix of "Birthday Cake" featuring Chris Brown's vocals; from Mr. Brown's upcoming Fortune came "Turn Up the Music" featuring Rihanna's vocals. The star-crossed, or something, musicians had been hinting through Twitter about Read More
What better setting for a reading of a postapocalyptic sci-fi novel in which children are cleaved from their parents than the New Museum? The place looks like the monolith from the beginning of 2001: A Space Odyssey with a hint of the Death Star, and we’ve certainly never seen a child there. We’re so excited Read More
NBC announced this weekend that Lindsay Lohan is to host the March 3 episode. It'll be a big comeback episode--for Jack White, whose band broke up last year! For, you see, Ms. Lohan, a three-time host, never really left--as skits about her public persona made up a big chunk of the mid-2000s on SNL. Read More
The question of whether Chrysler pitchman Clint Eastwood's "Halftime in America" ad was a backdoor Obama campaign ad may finally be answered, as Clint Eastwood was recently caught on tape by TMZ talking politics. An enterprising paparazzo celebrated Presidents' Day by asking Mr. Eastwood to name his favorite U.S. President, and after rattling Read More
Per Deadline, Donald Sutherland has signed on to a comedy pilot at Fox set in the rollicking world of NPR. While it's purportedly a pilot focused on a father-son relationship, we're sure the setting will have some impact upon the plotlines, especially since Fox's corporate cousins at Fox News have Read More
It’s the Knicks’ last home game against the New Jersey Nets before next season, at which point they become the Brooklyn Baristas (we’re still rooting for a name change!). Do you remember when it seemed as though there would be no basketball this season? Happily for Spike Lee’s sense of equilibrium, the Knicks are rolling Read More
Sure, going out on a winter Sunday is a drag—but who wants to watch 60 Minutes when Rachel Dratch is saluting the writer of Hugo? Tonight’s Writers Guild of America Awards are simultaneously going on at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles (fancy!) and the B.B. King Blues Club in New York City (sure!). Ms. Read More
What mixes better than sushi and Brazilian culture? Everything and everything else, you say? The official restaurant of “you left your Caps Lock on” emails, SUSHISAMBA, is about to put your skepticism to the test with a carnaval celebration. Guests shall feast upon things like “Copacabana crispy red snapper” and “carnaval roll,” which contains Brazil Read More
Look, we don't claim to understand how TV networks get the rights to movies--the Weather Channel's movie series stymied us once and for all--but we will just note that BBC America, your go-to for classy Anglophile, is showing not The Queen, or whatever, but Batman Returns tonight. Perhaps the presence of the butler piqued the Read More
