Taco Bell was just the beginning! Yesterday GM pulled their Chevy Volt ads from Skins, MTV's controversial teen sex show. Today Wrigleys gum and H&R Block followed suit, reports... MORE»
Countdown host Keith Olbermann had been negotiating his exit from MSNBC for weeks, reports The New York Times. MSNBC came close to firing him over the political campaign donations in November, and Olbermann was conspicuously absent from an NBC event this... MORE»
As only he could, Keith Olbermann quit his top-rated MSNBC show Countdown last night with quite the... MORE»
-- When it was reported earlier this week that Kim Kardashian was looking for an apartment in New York, The Observer's heart leapt for joy. Not so much because we love the voluptuous vixen--do we ever, though--but because we thought we might have found out where she bought. Yesterday, a deed popped up in city records declaring that KK SOHO 6G LLC had purchased a 2-bedroom condo at Soho Mews. It was too good to be true!... MORE»
Put away your dong shots, A.J. Daulerio--that nonsense is for the regular season. It's Superbowl time, time to summon the energy to talk about television commercials with a fervor inconceivable throughout the rest of the calendar year. And we're off to a good start. Fox has rejected a commercial from anti-Obama tee-shirt company JesusHatesObama.com, reports The Huffington... MORE»
There's a film coming in March about Bill Cunningham, unsung hero of curbside couture, peerless photographer, a fashion eye with endless taste and enthusiasm. He's the editor of On The Street, the page in the New York Times Styles section that cobbles together Cunningham's favorite looks that he found while turning his lens on New York City.... MORE»
The Golden Globes are perhaps the most superficial of high-profile award shows. They are almost transparently so -- the winners are honored, yes, but everyone's in on the charade. The awards go to some people but not others and everyone smiles and claps. The Golden Globes, then, are really just an excuse to play dress up. And the actual ceremony is only part of the fun, what with the preparties, afterparties and after-after parties.... MORE»
A tow-headed Brooklyn band called The Gregory Brothers markets itself by posting humor videos on YouTube, including some that autotune and remix clips from local news shows. They scored a real hit with "Bed Intruder," which has been viewed more than 67 million times (see below). The video uses a clip of a man named Antoine Dodson delivering a warning to a criminal at large who has intruded upon his family's home in... MORE»
Right-leaning news magazine and website Newsmax has brought on Steve Coz, formerly of American Media Inc., as editorial director, reports Keith Kelly. According to company chief Christopher Ruddy, Newsmax revenue has grown 50 percent this year, from $34 million to $51 million, and it's doing so by targeting a demographic advertisers are historically allergic to: senior... MORE»
There was no Ricky Gervais at last night's REBNY annual banquet, but obviously attendees had been watching the Golden Globes, as emerald green was the color of the night for all the lovely ladies of the city's building elite. There was even a gentleman in a green felt suit with matching Jets cufflinks. R-E-B-N-Y. REBNY REBNY REBNY. He was not, as we'd hoped, Woody Johnson.... MORE»
Here's a rare, happy story from the book world to start the weekend off. American Rose author Karen Abbott has left Random House and will return to her first editor, Julia Cheiffetz, who is now at the Harper imprint of... MORE»
If they can fancy-up the Fulton Mall, it was only a matter of time before Canal Street went upscale. The tourist-clogged thoroughfare is getting a new hip Asian bistro from Tom and Anthony Martignetti, according to... MORE»
Along with its fourth-quarter earnings report, tough-to-find securities trading platform SecondMarket provided some handy charts that provide additional insight into the hot new trading space for private stock. For The Observer's view on SecondMarket's buy- vs. sell-sided demand, the kind of companies that are trading on SecondMarket, and the ramp in investor participation, check out Chart Breakdown: SecondMarket's Fourth-Quarter... MORE»
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has resigned from his post as director of communications for Prime Minister David Cameron, reports BBC. Coulson left News of the World when his royal editor was jailed for hacking into cell phones. Coulson took responsibility for the events but maintained that he had not known it was going... MORE»
Meetup.com is announcing something big next week. They're calling it "New Meetup," and more than 1,000 people have RSVP'ed to a secretive event at Irving Plaza. The coming of "New Meetup" means the site you see today could soon be referred to as "Old Meetup." And Meetup is old--about nine years old in fact. Meetup is like the grandfather of the New York tech scene, and that's how cofounder Matt Meeker... MORE»
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