Sena Cech: The last rock star model.
If you had asked Sena Cech when she first started modeling at the age of 16 (some 10 years ago) who Kate Moss was she would have looked at you with a blank stare. Yet ironically it's this same...
Ivana Trump has a mental breakdown at the airport
Redefining the meaning of 'bitch.'
It seems Ivana Trump got to piss a lot of people this weekend. Reports D Listed:
The Orlando Sentinel reports that Ivana Trump, who was seated in first class, went off at some children for running...
Jon Gosselin comes home to a mutilated home
When ex girl friends (and ex wives) just don't work out...
Life has suddenly gotten very crappy for Jon Gosselin, which proves be very careful what you wish for:
The facts courtesy of D listed who are overwhelmingly fond of this man...
Pandemonium on Delta flight 253
Fear and loathing of Nigerians.
If we could advise most Nigerian nationals this is probably not the best time to be flying into America and if you're not sure why, perhaps this story below will help you if you...
Ryan Air passengers forced to suck ice cubes!
A brave new world of flying has arrived...
It seems the airwaves are really getting jammed these days. Out of the UK comes the tragicomedy story of how to negotiate one's sanity and well being in the hands of others...
Will Anna Wintour and Hamish Bowles ever forgive fashion bloggers?
When it's not very fashionable to be out smarted by a blogger.
With the rise of new media it's been well understood for a while that the way old media conducted business is no longer the way any business conducts...
William Powhida in A Tale of Three Covers
William Powhida, How the New Museum Committed Suicide with Banality, cover art, Brooklyn Rail, November 2009
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December 26, 2009. The Brooklyn Rail, founded in 1998, is a scrappy, independent cultural/political broadsheet that...
The etiquette of walking- a primer for the uninitiated.
What a lovely day it is. No humidity. Not a cloud
in the sky. A nice cool fifteen-degree breeze. Let’s not fret over this.
No problem ma’am, I’ll just walk around you. It’s so courteous of...
When it’s time to return the adopted child.
When the sweet lovable child you thought you were getting turns out to be otherwise...
Here's a sweet story as we approach Christmas day. It involves a lovable cute couple from Illinois, Chicago who thought when they adopted a eleven...
What killed Brittany Murphy? Let the witch hunt begin…
What makes a young starlet die?
Since Sunday when actress Brittany Murphy was found deceased all sorts of speculation as to what actually led to her untimely death has been the rampant news. With initial explanations ranging from cocaine abuse,...
Conversations with a dope user.
Conversations with a dope user: The author's account and conversations with heroin users, hooked and desperate as they struggled with addiction. Somewhere in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC.
I've been sitting in the hollow annals of a nondescript living room waiting for...
Paul Sevigny’s new Coke Den- Beatrice 2- is set to reopen.
Just in time for the Holiday binging that we now you all like to partake in is the announcement that uber dj and club owner and anointed heart throb of the bobo's (bohemian bourgeoisie just in case you...
The Allure of The Greasy Spoon: Who’s To Blame for Obesity?
As the pressure of Hollywood to be thin has crossed over onto the general population, and the issue of obesity becoming a major concern, diets are no longer fads or temporary solutions to people's weight concern, it has become...
Observations on the G train.
The G train is akin to a slinky rattlesnake making its way through a Western shoot out with a myriad of characters languishing on the saloon floor while licking at the collective backsides of Prada make believe outfits and...
Brittany Murphy’s Death sets the paparazzi off.
A minute must have passed before TMZ were next to Brittany Murphy's death bed analyzing 'exactly' what had led to her death and what her death meant for America and by implication whether her recent lapse in work professionalism...
