Nas and Bill O’Reilly Try to Out-Hyperbolize Each Other

Posted 07/24/08 in Daily Intel: In Other News

We recount the beginnings of what will clearly be the most entertaining feud of summer 2008.

Tags: beefs, bill o'reilly, fox news, moveon.org, nas, protests, stephen colbert

Big Shaq’s Rap Attack

Posted 06/24/08 in Daily Intel: The Sports Section

How much do we love Shaquille O'Neal's impromptu attack on Kobe Bryant? Let us count the ways.

Tags: basketball, beefs, feuds, kobe bryant, rap, shaquille o'neal

Spinning Classmates Face the Wheels of Justice

Posted 05/28/08 in Daily Intel: In Other News

Broker Christopher Carter and hedge-fund manager Stuart Sugarman got into a fight at the gym. Today, they fight in court!

Tags: beefs, business, christopher carter, stuart sugarman

Lou Dobbs to Lloyd Blankfein: Say It to My Face, Pansy-Man

Posted 02/28/08 in Daily Intel: White Men With Money

The other night, Lou Dobbs fired the opening salvo in what might be the best rumble since the legendary Biff-McFly smackdown. Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein had apparently been complaining to CNN honcho Jonathan Klein about what a windbag Dobbs is, and so Dobbs decided he'd offer the little guy a chance to prove exactly what a big man he was. "Perhaps Lloyd would like to come on here and show me the error of my ways and educate me perhaps from his lofty Wall Street perch on how millions of Americans are faring and what their prospects are," Biff Dobbs huffed on air. "Lloyd, you certainly… I would love to have you do it. I would love to have you come on and talk to my face, not to my back, partner. I know it's not the way you do it on Wall Street there, hotshot, but try it here. Come on down. Open invitation." Um. We actually can't even add anything more to this because it is pretty much the best thing ever. Goldman CEO Challenged On-Air by Lou Dobbs [Huffington Post]

Tags: Beefs, fights, lloyd blankfein, lou dobbs

Suing a Supermodel Won't Make You Any Prettier

Posted 09/14/07 in Daily Intel: In Other News

Today in the trials and tribulations of the impossibly hot: Helena Christensen is being sued by her neighbor in the West Village, a no-fun woman named Fran Panasci. The Danish supermodel (and possible sexer of Heath Ledger) built a deck on the back of her Hudson Street home, and it's bugging Panasci — it “blocks all light and air,” says Panasci’s lawyer. The cranky neighbor-lady also claims that she must endure "loud offensive sound and noise which continues throughout the day, night, and early morning hours," blah blah blah. Oooh, what kind of loud and offensive noises? And how about the completely inspiring fact that Helena is 38 and still likes to party like an INXS groupie? We'll have what she's having! Anyhow, Panasci wants $1.7 million for unspecified (are they ever?) damages, a price so high we can only assume it includes compensation for the severe psychological damage (body dysmorphic disorder, insane jealousy, self-loathing) one incurs when living within spitting distance of a supermodel. Model Christensen Decked With $1.7M Suit for Noise [NYDN]

Tags: Beefs, Helena Christensen