Monday: The O.C. With the decade drawing to a close this week, isn't it about time we give the proper respect to Josh Schwartz and The O.C.? The best teen series of the aughts lasted only four seasons (and one of those seasons was unwatchable), but it made a huge mark on popular culture. Could Read More
The Beautiful Life, Mischa Barton's swiftly canceled come-back vehicle, has been revived. On YouTube.
Producer Ashton Kutcher tells Reuters, "What we feel like we're doing is creating, in some ways, an industry first.... A show that couldn't find its legs on television, we believe can find its legs on the Web."
When The Read More
“I’m glad I finally have a reason to be here,” Mischa Barton told The Observer earlier this month. She had just returned to her native city to film The Beautiful Life, a would-be comeback series for the beleagured actress. “New York is where my friends are. I think that even if the show Read More
Mischa Barton appeared from behind the blue door, labeled “M. Barton,” wearing a leather jacket covered in studs, a gray sweatshirt with the hood pulled over her freshly styled hair, leather boots (also covered in studs) and dark makeup around her eyes. This was last week, at Steinway studios in Astoria, Queens, where the actress Read More
If there is a silver lining to be found in the end of the summertime—not counting the ever-increasing likelihood that we’ll all get the swine flu—it’s that we are on the precipice of the fall television season. Thank goodness. In an effort to get you and your DVR prepared, here’s The Observer’s fall TV Read More
You have to give CBS credit: As a network, they consistently avoid taking chances, instead relying on well-worn formulas and solid branding to create successful shows. So it wasn’t very surprising to find that the fall schedule unveiled at their upfront presentation yesterday was decidedly pedestrian. The big moves—How I Met Your Mother shifts Read More
While it’s certainly not on the level of George Clooney going back to ER for the last time—about Mr. Clooney, he’s so comfortable playing Dr. Doug Ross that he can do it in his sleep, which he literally did during his cameo appearance—it looks like Mischa Barton is returning to a television near you. Read More
Actress Blake Lively reportedly refuses to wear anything but a size zero on the set of Gossip Girl, so the costume department is forced to cut the tags from larger-sized garments. [FWD]
Manhattan women's retailer Searle, known for its accessories and ready-to-wear clothing, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. [WWD] Read More
Though Mary-Kate Olsen finds the recession "sad," she's really enjoying the sales. [P6]
Samantha Ronson gets paid a lot more for her DJ'ing gigs now that she comes equipped with Lindsay Lohan. [Gatecrasher]
Scott Sartiano's 1Oak and Butter are remaining recession un-friendly, for now. [Fifth item, Page Six Read More
It's no longer enough just to wear a headband--now everyone wants to lay claim to having started the ubiquitous trend. According to PopCrunch.com, actress Mischa Barton, who has been working on a line of headbands (apparently in lieu of a successful acting career), is peeved that her friend Nicole Richie has announced that Read More
Gilles Bensimon, the longtime international creative director of Elle, is reportedly being wooed by Marie Claire, the new home of his former colleague Nina Garcia. [FWD]
Narciso Rodriguez and Liz Clairborne Inc. have confirmed that they are ending their 18-month partnership. [Vogue UK]
Marco Zanini, the designer who most recently helped Read More
It's only day two, and already the glossip coming out of London Fashion Week is outdoing New York.
After attending New York Fashion Week with her boyfriend, DJ Mark Ronson—the two attended Alexander Wang's show last week—Daisy Lowe has returned back to London a single woman.
The Daily Mail reports that Ms. Lowe, Read More
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen's West Village neighbors are becoming increasingly irritated by the girls' "military presence" on their block. [P6]
Kanye West was arrested yesterday for breaking a photographer's camera at LAX. [TMZ]
At the premiere of their joint venture, Righteous Kill, neither Robert De Niro nor Al Pacino would comment on Read More
A suitcase filled with $15,000 worth of Russell Simmons jewelry was reportedly stolen when one of Mr. Simmons' employees left it in the hallway of a Bleecker Street building for about 30 minutes. [P6]
Heidi Klum says that Project Runway will get a facelift on Lifetime that will include some more catch phrases and Read More
New Line Cinema and Radio City Music Hall are in a spat over whose fault it was that nearly 1,000 ticket holders were turned away at Tuesday's Sex and the City premiere. Meanwhile some are saying that the film's plot is based on the affairs of Ellen Barkin with Jonathan Tisch and Ronald Perelman. [Read More
