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Daniel D'Addario

Daniel D'Addario is a staff writer at The New York Observer. Email him at daddario at observer.com or follow him on Twitter at @DPD_

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Simon Doonan (Getty Images)

To Do Wednesday: Simon and Boosters

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

Celebrity Sightings

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Beyoncé and child.

Beyonce and Jay-Z Check Out Lin–and Their Nets

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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pop music

Rihanna Releases Two Singles With Chris Brown [Listen]

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

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Ben Marcus's 'Flame Alphabet'

To Do Tuesday: Marcus Literatus

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

Comebacks!

What SNL Taught Us About Lindsay Lohan

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

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Jeremy Lin

To Do Monday: In Like Lin

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

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Rachel Dratch (Getty Images)

To Do Sunday: Dratch Entertainment

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

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SUSHISAMBA

To Do Saturday: (Con)Fusion Cuisine

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

tonight in dvr

'Batman Returns'

Tonight in DVR: BBC America Goes to Gotham

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