British press are in no mood to forgive Kerry Katona.
Once a rising star now a vilified horror show.
If one pays enough attention to how British and American press handle their stars one will come away with the feeling that both camps are in the business of annihilating their...
The hurdles of celebrity: a treatise on shame.
Let’s be honest. The number one fear in the world, it seems, is not death. It’s speaking in public. This doesn’t address the truth. People don’t fear speaking in public. They fear the consequences of speaking in public. Being...
The rise of the celebrity bitch.
Some female celebrities flaunt their inner bitch. Some try to hide it. We don't know which camp the next breakout starlet will belong to, but one thing is certain: she will be a bitch. Fortunately, those who make their...
Dating in the recession, has left a hole in my stomach.
My mother calls me a dinner whore. I call myself a serial first dater. Either way, it feeds me. Or at least, it used too. I once fed myself by going on first dates for 2 months straight in...
At the Golden Globes Award pre party at Chateau Marmont.
The scene opens: On a crystal-clear Los Angeles night, a vagabond stands clutching a glass of Dom Pérignon on the penthouse terrace at the Château Marmont. Laughter wafts through the air, hanging over the sparkling city below. The vagabond...
Thomas Friedman can’t even predict his birthday.
When the only predictable thing about Thomas Friedman is that he can't predict.
Those who caught Thomas Friedman's January 12th op-ed in which he predicts continued and steady economic gains for China's foreseeable future will no doubt be convinced that the...
Kyle Fisher is still trying to figure out his new room mate’s work schedule.
Adventures and mysteries in suburban Boston.
Out of Boston comes the compelling case of Kyle Fisher's new roommate- Tom Alford. Although Tom has been living with Kyle for over 3 months Kyle has yet to work out what Tom does...
TAB the band: A Band Worth Rooting For .
One recent morning, I found myself in Midtown with a bowl of tomato basil, surrounded by TAB the band, whose drink of choice was a Mimosa. Fancy are we? One member even had the audacity to return a glass...
The downtown set hit Collective Hardware.
In the depths of the Bowery, between the shuttered down shops and chipped doorways to walk-ups, lies Collective Hardware, otherwise known as 169 Bowery.
Anticipation and fervor started to pump into the art space on Thursday evening as the gallery prepped...
ICP dresses up for ‘Dress Codes.’
Entering the midtown Manhattan-based International Centre of Photography (ICP) on Thursday was an immediate sensory overload. Music pounded from all four corners of the museum, sweeps of shadows where slinky couples hide and chat clashed with the bright lights...
‘Ladylike,’ Swedish babes sing as sweet as they look.
Louise Tomassino, Miranda Hortlund, Isabelle Filling and Valerie Wigardt are the four Swedish “Euro-Class” babes who make up Swedish pop band “Ladylike”. Based in Stockholm (soon relocating to New York City – of course) these sultry & sexy Scandinavians...
Underground world of lawless fighting.
You probably don't know about this, but deep in the city there is an underground bastion that has been gaining ground and with ferocious tenacity. It's called 'lawless fighting.' What is it? Part savagery, part bravery, part malice, part...
200 000 people likely dead in Haiti. Tears for sale.
Putting the world into perspective.
The first thing we thought when the news broke about the massive earthquake measuring 7.0 on the richter scale was why is it always the most unfortunate people of the world who always keep having...
Mephedrone- Your new legal high has finally arrived.
Making sure you are perpetually off your face in America.
Out of Britain today comes the intriguing tale of a 'fun' new drug that we already know you are going to be running into back alleys and ritzy disco ball...
Tonie Swain: Teenage Pop Star you’re finally going to adore.
To be up front we here at Scallywag and Vagabond usually have an aversion to two things - teenagers and teenage pop stars. Yet upon meeting Tonie Swain who happens to be both a teenager and a rising teenage...
