"wer you in zombieland?" "hi man. no. that's jesse eisenberg" Michael Cera takes his weirdo awkward comedy stylings to The New Yorker.
Steubenville-Style Internet Vigilantism Caused All Kinds of Problems
Despite the fact that the Steubenville
Condé Nast Is the Latest Company to Get Sued by Interns
Another day as summer wanes on, another intern lawsuit. Two interns who worked at W Magazine and The New Yorker are suing the publications' parent company, Condé Nast, requesting they be paid back wages, interest and attorneys' fees for the work they performed.
The Star Factory Behind Minami Minegishi, Shamed and Shaven J-Pop Star
Last week Japanese pop star Minami Minegishi, 20, one of the members of the popular girl group AKB48, shaved her head and filmed a tearful apology video to fans (since made private) after she was caught leaving her boyfriend's house on the morning of January 17th. One of the rules of the supergroup, which features 90…
A First Look At The Met's Prada/Schiaparelli Show
Two months before the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute show dedicated to Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada opens, the New Yorker's Judith Thurman has a lengthy story about the show. It appears Thurman didn't get to speak to Prada for the piece, but she did interview the curators. And perhaps best of…
Why Do You Hate Lana Del Rey? I Do Not Know Why I Hate Lana Del Rey
When a new singer hits the scene, we often feel we have to choose sides: For or against? Chances are, for every "OMG I looove her," you'll also hear "Ew, I hate her." Such is the case with Lana Del Rey, times 1000.
Politicians Have Always Loved To Shit On Planned Parenthood
Tomorrow, Mississippi voters will weigh in on Initiative 26, otherwise known as the Personhood Amendment, otherwise known as the Most Ill Thought Out Piece Of Terrible Legislation Of All Time, 2011 Entrant. Colorado, Ohio, and Florida are also trying their hands at a game of Uterine Roulette with severely…
Hollywood Insiders Admit Hollywood Hates Women
"The whole process is desperately sexist. But there it is."
New Yorker Boycotted For Lack of Female Writers
Anne Hays noticed that the two most recent issues of the New Yorker featured almost exclusively essays and reporting by male writers. So she's returned those copies to the magazine, accompanied by a blistering open letter to the editors.
Genius: Kanye's Tweets As New Yorker Cartoons
Honestly, using Kanye's Tweets as captions is such an amazing idea. Just adding "This is gonna be a dope ass day" to any image vastly improves it. Fact.
—Mike Huckabee
The 2008 Republican candidate discussing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in an email message to the New Yorker's Ariel Levy. [New Yorker]
New Yorker State Of Mind
[New York, April 26. Image via Getty]
The Sexy Secretary Takes All Comers, Including Vogue
Call it a policy charm offensive or the fruit of a long-suppressed desire to tell the world how much he resembles Lyle Lovett: Timothy Geithner is talking to Vogue, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic. Let's compare and contrast!
The New Yorker on Jersey Shore: The Anthropology of Condescension
Enjoying Jersey Shore "hinges not on our ability to identify with them but on our ability to distinguish ourselves from them... as though we were anthropologists secretly observing a new tribe through a break in the trees." [The New Yorker]
Hollywood Heavy Nikki Finke: Victim Of Misogyny, And Misogynist…
As a woman with influence in a town that considers itself "ballsy," Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke gets a lot of nasty comments about her anatomy. But she can more than dish them out.
What If "Nuclear Wintour" Edited The New Yorker?
Fashion editor Staci Sturrock frequently felt the sting of Anna Wintour's sharp tongue — her reminiscences have us wondering what Wintour's ice-queen image would be like if she edited a Serious Publication.
Lady GaGa: One Hit Wonder Or Actual Artist?
The New Yorker's Sasha Frere-Jones brings up an interesting point regarding the recording artist known as Lady GaGa: The Question Of Endurance.
Fashion Oblate: Bill Cunningham & The Invention Of Street Style
Before there was the Sartorialist, before there was Garance Doré, before Tommy Ton and the Face Hunter, way back before anyone thought to put the words "street" and "style" together, there was Bill Cunningham.
New Yorker Gives New Perspective On David Foster Wallace
D.T. Max has a heart-wrenching piece about David Foster Wallace in this week's New Yorker, including a description of his unfinished novel and new insight from friends and loved ones about his life and death.
Sarah Jessica Gets Dykes To Go
[New York, February 26. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
Election 2008: Where In The World Was Donna Brazile?
The Olsen Fashion Aesthetic: Twin-Sets No More?
- Rumor has it that the mini moguls' "lifestyle differences" are tearing their fashion collabs asunder. "Ashley really wants to be a respected businesswoman and be taken seriously...MK does too, but she hasn't been willing to give up her lifestyle and act like an adult for their job." Result? MK is being "distanced" from the…
French (Photo Retouchers) Don't Let Famous Women Get Fat
Remember the horror
Obama: Gotta Get That Dirt Off Your Shoulder
Another week, another Friday Crappy Hour in which the lesser-known Crappyist Megan (of Glamocracy) is forced to beg for someone to write it with her so that she can avoid talking to herself online like she does in real life. Luckily, Spencer Ackerman (of the Washington Independent and the newly-launched Attackerman) is …
Death & Cellulite
When it comes to best-selling covers, the weeklies win with fatalities and flesh, reports the New York Post. Aside from special issues, like "Sexiest Man Alive," People magazine's best-selling issue in 2007 dealt with the apparent suicide attempt of Owen Wilson. So far, their best selling issue of 2008 was the memoriam…