Posts Tagged New York Times

All the Actresses at the Golden Globes Were So Fat, Weren’t They?

Posted on January 18, 2010

This is what a keen male eye has posited in a post for T Magazine (the New York Times‘ snooty luxury fashion pub.) Well, to be fair, she says “curvy”, not the f-word. But still… really? Let’s consult some photos!
Update: Andy Port is a woman! That is totally my dumb mistake.
Port says:

Maybe it’s just me, [...]

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Everybody Just Cool Out, NBC Isn’t Canceling Leno (But They May Be Screwing Conan)

Posted on January 7, 2010

The rumors of Jay Leno’s cancellation are greatly exaggerated, NBC said in a statement today. Everything’s fine, his talk show gets the ratings they’d expected, etc. Though, doesn’t their need to issue a statement imply the opposite? Or not: breathless update below!
As The Daily Beast points out, the tone of the memo wasn’t exactly sunny [...]

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"Fuck Them": Times Critic On Hollywood, Women, & Why Romantic Comedies Suck

Posted on December 14, 2009

“I usually maintain a fairly even temper about Hollywood because I couldn’t do my job otherwise,” Manohla Dargis told me today. But the formidable NY Times film critic has fighting words for Hollywood and how it treats women.
Dargis’ “fuck them” – the first of several – refers specifically to a fact she highlighted in her [...]

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Sandra Bullock Adaptation Of Michael Lewis’ Blind Side Looks Heartwarmingly Awful

Posted on August 24, 2009

The trailer’s up for Michael Lewis’ first book to be made into a movie, The Blind Side. After the embarassing Moneyball breakdown, it must be relieving for Lewis to finally have something hit the screen. Too bad it looks terrible.
Now: The Blind Side is a book that’s primarily about the evolution of football strategy and [...]

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‘It’s Kind of an American Apparel Ad Come to Life’

Posted on August 13, 2009

Remember “aerobics,” that early 80s sartorial nightmare ushered in by Jane Fonda, Olivia Newton-John and Richard Simmons? Well, it’s making a comeback in LA’s Silver Lake neighborhood, where local hipsters are now sweating it out in spandex, leotards and leg-warmers.
Former Village Voice columnist Tricia Romano has a piece in Thursday’s New York Times profiling the [...]

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