High Time for Wall Street Vultures “If you’re in the market for financial services garbage collection, there’s plenty to do right now.”
Pentagon Study: No Need to Fear the Gays A draft of a report reveals that seven out of ten soldiers wouldn’t mind the end of “don’t ask, don’t tell.”
the industry
Nov. 10, 2010
Industry: Channing Tatum in 21 Jump Remake? Plus: Cameron Crowe continues casting for his first film since 2005.
better than farmville
Nov. 10, 2010
Commodities: The Next Big Thing? Woohoo! Possible soybean bubble!
Labor Dispute Temporarily Shuts Down The Biggest Loser Nope, it wasn’t because of the borderline inhumane conditions faced by the contestants.
are you there google? it’s me margaret
Nov. 10, 2010
Google Plans to Give All of Its Employees a 10 Percent Raise As the threat from Facebook increases, 23,000 workers get salary increases.
early and often
Nov. 10, 2010
Republicans Still Plotting to Oust Michael Steele The RNC chair is facing a shadow campaign engineered by Haley Barbour’s nephew.
tweets don’t twit themselves
Nov. 9, 2010
89-Year-Old Ben Bradlee Spits Wisdom for the Youth The former Washington ‘Post’ editor stands up for journalism with the rallying cry, “These kids think tweets twit themselves!”
Andy Warhol Canvas Of Coke Bottle Sells For Over $35.36 Million The piece was sold at a Sotheby’s auction, ten million dollars higher than the expected price
cable news news
Nov. 9, 2010
The Real Keith Olbermann Returns His self-regard is still intact, and he spends an hour making references to his suspension.
the industry
Nov. 9, 2010
George W. Bush Speaks With Matt Lauer [Updated] Partying like it’s 2003 is a strange experience.
public speaking
Nov. 9, 2010
David Simon Realizes That Joe Biden Is a Tough Act to Follow The creator of ‘The Wire’ is forced to go immediately after the vice-president at a conference, and speaks to an empty room.
subpoena envy
Nov. 8, 2010
New House Oversight Chairman Wants ‘Seven Hearings a Week Times 40 Weeks’ White House staff, meet Republican congressman Darrell Issa. He likes subpoenas.
Conan ’s First Monologue“People ask me why I named the show ‘Conan.’ I did it so I’d be harder to replace.”
white men with money
Nov. 8, 2010
Lehman Lawyers Ask For Another $90 Million More legal trouble for ex-CEO Dick Fuld and friends?
the industry
Nov. 8, 2010
Hayden Panettiere and Nikki Reed Do Easton Ellis Plus: There’s going to be a movie named ‘Cowboy Ninja Viking.’
New Michael Jackson Song Goes Live In “Breaking News,” he sings about himself in the third person.
Lady Gaga: Big in Europe! She dominates the MTV Europe awards, as Justin Bieber defeats Kanye and Eminem.
cable news news
Nov. 8, 2010
Keith Olbermann Will Be Back on Tuesday Sometimes “suspended indefinitely” doesn’t mean fired.
the future is coming
Nov. 8, 2010
AT&T and the Food Network Call A Truce This time, 2.7 million Americans were forced to go three days without Rachael Ray.
early and often
Nov. 7, 2010
Obama Admits That He Gets ‘Discouraged’ Sometimes He admits to ‘60 Minutes’ that fixing the economy is hard!
disconnected dots
Nov. 7, 2010
Great Moments in American Counterterrorism How about that time we sent a drug dealer to Pakistan, and instead of helping us he plotted a massive terrorist attack in India?
gays in the military
Nov. 7, 2010
no horsing around
Nov. 7, 2010
the industry
Nov. 5, 2010
Industry Roundup: Ice Cube, Dirty Harry Wannabe? Plus: Martin Sheen and Sally Field in the new ‘Spider-Man’ movie.
spider-manpocalypse
Nov. 5, 2010
the future is coming
Nov. 5, 2010
Choose Your Own Music-Video Adventure The executive responsible for “Who Let the Dogs Out?” finds a new way to drive Americans nuts.
best friends?
Nov. 5, 2010
Guess Who Conan Doesn’t Want As Guest? (Hint: It’s the same guy who cost him his old job.)
managed expectations
Nov. 5, 2010
Ben Bernanke Makes the Stock Market Happy, a Day Late When he announced $600 billion in new Fed spending on Wednesday, the markets didn’t blink. Why did they soar on Thursday?
the future is coming
Nov. 4, 2010
Dell Releases Plan to Throw Away 25,000 BlackBerrys It wants employees to use its own, new brand of smartphone.
early and often
Nov. 4, 2010
the industry
Nov. 4, 2010
Industry Roundup: Miley, P.I. Plus: Joan Allen will team up with Dustin Hoffman on HBO.
the industry
Nov. 4, 2010
MGM Files for Bankruptcy Corporate raider Carl Icahn and the home of Bond reached an agreement, breaking the stalemate.
A Real Gun On The Set of Law & Order But nothing happened, and Skeet Ulrich is okay.
the after party
Nov. 4, 2010
Hey, Look, Republican Recriminations! They blame South Carolina senator Jim DeMint for their failure to take the Senate.
managed expectations
Nov. 3, 2010
Inflation, Here We Come? Ben Bernanke promises to spend $600 billion so America doesn’t turn Japanese.
Fiddler on the Roof Composer Jerry Bock Dies at 81Sunrise, sunset. For the second time in two weeks.
early and often
Nov. 3, 2010
Democrats Win in Swing States Michael Bennet keeps his Senate seat in Colorado. The glass is now 10 percent full.
the industry
Nov. 3, 2010
early and often
Nov. 3, 2010
early and often
Nov. 3, 2010
Harry Reid Keeps His Job The Senate majority leader keeps his job, and it looks like Democrats will keep their majority.
early and often
Nov. 2, 2010
the industry
Nov. 2, 2010
Industry: DiCaprio is The Devil in the White City Plus: Alan Ball sells “a dark comedy with a twist.”
Rhimes Announces Premiere Date For Off The Map ’Off the Map’ will replace the canceled ‘The Whole Truth’ and will launch on January 12.
early and often
Nov. 2, 2010
Negative Campaigns: A Bailout for Local TV? Not if you include all the regular people who are avoiding the airwaves.
going public
Nov. 2, 2010
ink-stained wretches
Nov. 1, 2010
Leo Wolinsky Out As Editor of Daily Variety He was on the job for less than a year. Hollywood is fickle.
Bill Maher: ‘If It Was a Real Joint … I Would Have Smoked It’ He tells Wolf Blitzer that Zach Galifanakis was toking “cloves or something.”
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