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RoboCop, coming to Detroit thanks to what website?

You Must Remember This: Detroit Gets a Robotic Protector!

By Daniel D'Addario | February 16, 2011 | 6:52 pm

Which tech start-up helped fund a statue of RoboCop as civic art in Detroit? Which newsweekly magazine is putting arts coverage Firth and foremost? Which Lindsay Lohan "friend" says he put her forward for a Late Show... MORE»

Rodarte Fall 2011 Collection

Gatecrashing Rodarte at the Gagosian Gallery

By Daisy Prince | February 16, 2011 | 5:57 pm

Rodarte, created by the Mulleavy sisters Laura and Kate, is one of the most exclusive shows during fashion week. The company is a tightly run ship and they strictly ration the invitations. Even the location of the event is cloaked in secrecy and the address is only sent out to editors and photographers at the very last minute.  This year their Fall 2011 show took place at the ultra-trendy Gagosian... MORE»

Dress from Rodarte's Fall 2011 collection

The Observer Gatecrashes Rodarte

By Daisy Prince | February 16, 2011 | 5:48 pm

Rodarte, created by the Mulleavy sisters Laura and Kate, is one of the most exclusive shows during fashion week. The company is a tightly run ship and they strictly ration the invitations. Even the location of the event is cloaked in secrecy and the address is only sent out to editors and photographers at the very last minute.  This year their Fall 2011 show took place at the ultra-trendy Gagosian Gallery in... MORE»

Rain.

VMan Gives Partygoers $5,000 in One-Dollar Bills and the Presence of Kanye West

By Nate Freeman | February 16, 2011 | 5:39 pm

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Clear as night.

Nice Piece of Glass... But Where's the Sculpture?!

By Matt Chaban | February 16, 2011 | 3:43 pm

What is a... MORE»

TV

Lisa Hsia Gets Promotion at Bravo

By Daniel D'Addario | February 16, 2011 | 3:26 pm

More news out of Bravo today, as Lisa Hsia has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Bravo Digital Media. Bravo's release detailed Hsia's responsibilities--overseeing Bravo's flagship site and their recap mecca, Television Without Pity, as well as working on various multiplatform initiatives.... MORE»

Dratch and Fey, before taking up the pen.

'SNL' Ladies Follow Fey's Lead to Bookstores

By Daniel D'Addario | February 16, 2011 | 2:01 pm

All that's missing is a Maya Rudolph novel! The women of Saturday Night Live's early-2000s renaissance are following in Tina Fey's footsteps by writing books.... MORE»

Approved! Faith Salie, Bravo host.

'Approval Matrix' Show Aims for Brilliant

By Daniel D'Addario | February 16, 2011 | 1:17 pm

Faith Salie sounded exhilarated when we spoke to her around eight last night. The TV special she hosted, a television adaptation of New York magazine's highbrow/lowbrow "Approval Matrix" feature, had just finished taping: "It's hot off the presses--today's news." The thirty-minute special, titled The Approval Matrix as well, is to air tonight at 11p.m., following Top Chef. Salie, a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning and NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!... MORE»

And the number-one reason why Lohan won't be appearing on 'Letterman' is...?

Lohan Out! Lindsay Not Set to Appear on 'Letterman' After All

By Daniel D'Addario | February 16, 2011 | 11:28 am

We were excited when we received yesterday's press release, announcing that Lindsay would be appearing on The Late Show with David Letterman to deliver a Top Ten list. Would she wear "That Dress"? Today's press release, though, is a bit disappointing. Says a spokesperson for Letterman's production company, Worldwide... MORE»

Watch out, Charlie!

Morning Links: You Can't Stay Mad When You're Dead

By Kat Stoeffel | February 16, 2011 | 9:20 am

Comeback! Lindsay Lohan will read the Top Ten for David Letterman tomorrow night. Letterman will only break from making fun of her long enough to flirt with her. [NYT] Scandal! Karl Lagerfeld flew his muses out to Paris to photograph them wearing the line he designed for the Italian label Hogan. Blake Lively was not invited. [Page... MORE»

Julia Restoin Roitfeld

Good Looks, Glamour and Galas — Fall 2011 Fashion Week Parties

By Daisy Prince, Nate Freeman and Michael H. Miller | February 15, 2011 | 8:39 pm

Last Wednesday, Cipriani Wall Street welcomed into its enormous marbled confines tuxedo-clad celebrities, AIDS activists and fashion cognoscenti for the amfAR Gala, the organization’s Fashion Week kickoff.... MORE»

It's dark in there: Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo.

Movie Review: "Vanishing on 7th Street" Fails to Thrill

By Rex Reed | February 15, 2011 | 8:35 pm

Vanishing on 7th Street is the latest cryptic pseudo-sci-fi hologram by shockmeister Brad Anderson (The Machinist), a director more interested in effects than the reasons for them. It begins in a movie multiplex where a lonely projectionist (John Leguizamo) is rolling spools of film through a lens darkly when the cinema goes totally black. Roaming through the seats, he discovers that the audience has vanished, leaving their coats and popcorn in the empty seats.... MORE»

We're watching you, Paul Levesque.

Movie Review: More Than a Cute Indie Film, "The Chaperone" Shows Unexpected Range

By Rex Reed | February 15, 2011 | 8:29 pm

In the bank robbery business, a "wheel man" is a skilled driver of getaway cars whose services are in great demand. An uneven but surprisingly pleasing and often entertaining low-budget indie-prod called The Chaperone is about an accidental wheel man named Ray Bradstone who lost his freedom, family and self-respect in a heist that landed him seven years in prison. Now he's out and determined to make amends, pay his debt to society and start fresh.... MORE»

Internal Memo: James Franco

By Christian Lorentzen | February 15, 2011 | 8:27 pm

Who am "I"? And why do "I" have to be one person? Is it just because the letter "I" looks like the number "1"? Too many people are devoted to their own singularity. "I" am not a monad. Or should "I" say, "I" are not a monad. Or should "I" say, "I" are "we" are "James Franco." The principle components of "James Franco"... MORE»

Movie Review: "Unknown" is Better Left That Way

By Rex Reed | February 15, 2011 | 8:26 pm

A fine actor who has played everyone from Oscar Wilde to Alfred Kinsey with great acclaim, Liam Neeson seems to have embarked on a new career of making one cheesy bomb after another. Maybe he's bored. Maybe he just wants to soak up the money and throw in the bath mat. Maybe he needs to give up the notion of being a movie star and return to the stage. Maybe he needs a new agent. Whatever the reason, he's giving everyone a punch on the jaw with movies like The Next Three Days, The A-Team, Clash of the Titans, After Life and Taken.... MORE»