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Bowie, Beasties — and, Oh, Some Actual Internet People — Win Webby Awards
The Webby Awards insist that acceptance speeches be only five words long. This proved something of a challenge last night for Lifetime Achievement winner David Bowie. "I only have five words — shit, that's five," quipped the Thin White Webmaster. "Four more … there, that's three … two…" and then he was whisked away. The Beastie Boys, who won Artist of the Year, were more accessible, walking the red carpet (which is more than can be said for YouTube founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, Persons of the Year winners), sitting at a central table at Cipriani, and yukking it up onstage when accepting their award. "I'd like to apologize to David Bowie," said Mike D. "I CC'd him on an e-mail that I sent to a lot of people, and he was really mad at me." Third-time host Rob Corddry started the awards on a lowbrow note, asking fellow Soho Grand lodgers if they had used the hotel's peppermint shampoo on their nether regions ("It tickles!") and claiming that he had hit on 19-year-old Jessica Lee Rose, a.k.a. Lonelygirl15. Some speeches were quickly ridiculed. "Yelp is useful, funny, and cool," said a rep for the site. "Except in their five-word speech," amended Corddry.
Posted 06/06/07 in Daily Intel : Party Lines
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‘Arthur and the Invisibles’ With the Corddrys
With the social girls still meandering their way back from St.Tropez, the only party action this week came from Hollywood types. At the premiere for the Weinstein Company's live-action-and- CGI kids' flick Arthur and the Invisibles — which stars Madonna, David Bowie, and Robert De Niro all skipped — we ran into actors and brothers Rob and Nate Corddry, who voiced animated miniature people in the film.
Us: How did you get in the mindset of tiny, made-up people who live in the grass?
—Jada Yuan
Nate: I didn't employ a moment of thinking in the two hours we spent doing these voices.
Rob: Not one second of preparation.
Nate: I thought about where the men's room was and where craft services was.
Rob: "Why did I drink the night before? Now my voice is hoarse. Am I stealing money from these people?"
Us: Well, if you were a miniature person, what would you do?
Rob: I'd be all over the place, just pulling pranks. Crazy pranks! Like throwing hats off people's heads, and tripping their dogs.
Nate: Like a poltergeist! I don't care about being small. I'd like the ability to nap anywhere.
Rob: Isn't that called narcolepsy?Posted 01/12/07 in Daily Intel : Party Lines
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