Celebrity Kink

While Jay Leno’s gift of Krispy Kremes (and his accompanying public declaration that “without them I’m not funny. I’m a dead man without them.”) to the writers striking outside NBC’s headquarters this morning probably seemed a warm expression of solidarity at the time, the bar for talk-show host generosity was quickly set a little bit […]

With the writers’ strike finally upon us, a nation of panicky couch potatoes nervously scanning their TV Guides in search of whatever available, non-scripted programming might prevent them from succumbing to an organ-seizing bout of TV withdrawal, we bring you a small measure of hope: According to the NY Times, Rosie O’Donnell is in talks […]

· Music round-up: Shout Out Louds at the Henry Fonda; The Pity Party at the Viper Room; Brand New with Thrice and mewithoutYou at the Wiltern.
· Largo unleashes an all-star lineup on a semi-suspecting, comedy-craving public, gathering Paul F. Tompkins, Janeane Garofalo, Dana Gould, and Louis CK on its hallowed Fairfax Avenue stage. (Probably not […]

Today’s most popular headlines are ‘Talkshow With Spike Feresten’ Writer First Casualty of Labor War (3,510 views today), Jon Stewart Reportedly Offering Two-Week Strike Fund To His Picketing Staffers (3,491) and The Strike: Day One (2,796).

Hollywood Chantwatch, Serenading Les Moonves Edition: The chanting-related issues at Paramount we noted earlier, it seems, might be a more widespread problem than we’d previously believed, as lackluster efforts have been reported elsewhere: “Picketers in front of CBS Television City weren’t chanting this morning, much to the chagrin of one of the organizers. ‘Getting a […]