1. It’s allegedly full steam ahead for the MTV drug-intervention reality series that DJ AM worked on before his death. [via THR]
2. Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart are suing Gawker for more than $1 million and demanding that they pull down the couple’s sexy tape. [via The Daily Beast]
3. Stanley Tucci, Cher, and Christina Aguilera will star in Burlesque, a big screen musical to be directed by Steve Antin. [via Variety]
4. Michelle Phillips says that daughter Mackenzie is lying about the incestuous affair with her father. [via Showbiz 411]
5. Lily Allen has quit her battle against illegal downloaders… and the music industry. [via NME]
The topic of file sharing has sparked a heated internet debate between two seemingly disparate music forces. On one side of the battle, we have Nick Mason (Pink Floyd), Ed O’Brien (Radiohead), Dave Rowntree (Blur), and Billy Bragg supporting illegal downloading. Opposite of this pirating posse is Lily Allen, Patrick Wolf, Matt Bellamy (Muse), and Bjorn Ulvaeus (ABBA), who are calling for the end of file sharing. Which side are you on? Each artist’s arguments after the jump. Read More »
With his second album, Jack Peñate shrugs off London-centric singer/songwriter tropes in favor of elaborate, moody pop.
While Peñate’s 2007 debut saw him lumped in with fellow city dwellers Kate Nash and Lily Allen, his partnership with Bloc Party producer Paul Epworth for the appropriately named Everything Is New channels everything from Afrobeat to the Cure. Casting aside self-knowingness, Peñate has shifted to a more evocative mode, equally evidenced by the stunning video for “Tonight’s Today.”
1. Anna Wintour will attend the New York City premiere of The September Issue; she skipped a Sundance screening of the Vogue doc earlier this year. [via NYDN]
2. Lily Allen wears glasses like those favored by her ex, White Cube gallery owner Jay Jopling, for a dinner date with Damien Hirst. [via Daily Mail]
3. Why is David Mamet’s new play Race clouded in so much secrecy that even potential backers aren’t allowed to see the script? [via NYP]
4. A sneak peek at Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI building in Rome; this long-delayed art museum will open to the public in 2010. [via Metropolis]
5. Sony Pictures will pay $60M for a film being crafted out of Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” rehearsals and release it on Halloween. [via THR]
In the old days, settling a famous people feud was simple: the opposing parties could either breakdance, stage a walk-off, or have their clay avatars fight each other on MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch. Now, though? All bets are off as these poor, innocent celebrities are forced to wage public, guerrilla war through the media. Here are some of our favorite recent squabbles. Read More »
Sure, we’ve been talking about her for a while, but this week was a special one for our number-one Scandinavian sweetheart: at long last, Ida Maria’sdebut record has arrived (it’s been out abroad for ages!). On the power-popping album, Maria makes good on the promise of her demos, ingeniously revamping summer party anthems like “Queen of the World,”“Better When You’re Naked,” and the unassailable “Oh My God.” And live she’s even more inspired: Whether rolling around the stage, slopping blood all over her strings, or just howling like a madwoman, Maria imparts her tales of sex and insecurity with unhinged emotion. In the wake of her long-coming ascendancy, we rang Maria up in her native Norway to talk sexual liberation, synestisia, and sore throats. Read More »
Today at Flavorpill, we decided it might be time to swear off pork (farewell sweet Bistro burger — we hardly knew ye…) for good. We prayed that a “cannonball of comedy” called Wet Dreams that’s inspired by Michael Phelps is not in our cinematic future. We wondered if a world with Craig’s List really needs a Free Napkin. We enjoyed this ad. We were scared of Alexis Rockman’s Montauk monster. We had no idea that Drew Barrymore has a reality show on VH1 — maybe that’s why their premiere ratings sucked. We laughed at Anthony Bourdain for dissing Sandra Lee’s Kwanzaa cake and then abruptly vomited when we watched the clip from her show. We heard a collective geek gasp as word leaked that Natalie Portman is in talks to play Thor’s love interest in the upcoming film adaptation — more on that in the years to come. We read yet another reason why Alan Moore doesn’t think The Watchmen movie stood a chance. We poured over the TV death chart. We were amused by the Trent Reznor vs. Chris Cornell smackdown via Twitter. And finally, we were happy for Lily Allen. Sure she’s bratty, but no one deserves to be hounded by the paps.
