Archive for August, 2008
Facebook the movie: the cast
This is very inside baseball, but I have to share Paul Carr’s proposed cast for the Facebook movie. For those of you who care, it’s a blast.
My favourites? Ben Affleck and Matt Damon as Googlers Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Lindsay Lohan as Sarah Lacy (that puts the SXSW debacle in a whole new light). John Goodman as Mike Arrington. And Lily Tomlin as Gawker overlord Nick Denton. This is just too much fun.
Spot the difference:
Photo by Wolfram Steinberg/Fred Prouser
Photo by Jeff Vespa/Joi on Flickr. Some rights reserved.
Mark Zuckerberg: Michael Cera
Tyler Winklevoss: Jonah Hill
Peter Thiel: Nathan Lane
Max Levchin: Joshua Malina
Sean Parker: Matthew Lillard
Jonathan Abrams: Ben Stiller
Tom Anderson: Donald Sutherland
Larry Page: Ben Affleck
Sergey Brin: Matt Damon
Jason Calacanis: Joe Pesci
Michael Arrington: John Goodman
Nick Denton: Lily Tomlin
Owen Thomas: Tom Cruise
Sarah Lacy: Lindsay Lohan
Kevin Rose: Dulé Hill
Julia Allison: Katie Holmes
CEO of Hasbro: Allison Janney
Evan Williams: Matthew Perry
Rupert Murdoch: Tom Anderson
‘Danny’: Timothy Busfield
Goodbye, BitTorrent. Hello, Streaming.
Comcast’s decision to cap monthy broadband usage at 250GB is being decried as the end of the Internet as we know it. Maybe so, but it can also be seen as the dawn of the Streaming Era. As the Olympics drew to a close with big numbers - 75.5 million streams (NBCOlympics.com), 40 million (BBC), another 130 million from the European Broadcasting Union, and 100 million Chinese viewers - the networks were already moving…
What Is Labor Day Really About Anyway?
A Kick in the Career: In this week’s installment, humorist and career expert Tom Stern muses about Labor Day. As the celebration of the American worker should we all (no exceptions) have the day off, or should we just go against the grain and go into work. Besides, who needs an end of summer barbecue.
Californicatin’: David Duchovny enters rehab for sex addiction
The 48-year-old actor said he did so voluntarily, in a statement released Thursday by his lawyer, Stanton Stein. He added: “I ask for respect and privacy for my wife and children as we deal with this situation as a family.”
Duchovny’s publicist, Flo Grace, confirmed the report, which first appeared on the Web site People.com. She and Stein both declined further comment.
“All of us at Showtime wish David and his family the best during this very private time,” the network said in a statement.
The second season of “Californication” begins Sept. 28.
Duchovny starred as the conspiracy-minded Fox Mulder on “The X-Files” TV series and in two films. “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” opened in theaters earlier this summer.
He and his wife, actress Tea Leoni, have two children. The couple married in 1997.
Victoria’s Secret To Set Up Gift Suite During New York Fashion Week
Victoria’s Secret will be a big presence at Fashion Week this year, but not on the runway.
The retail lingerie company will set up an invite-only gift suite at this years New York fashion spectacular.
Select celebrities, VIPs, and press will be invited to peruse the suite filled with new offerings from Victoria’s Secret.
Prominently showcased will be Victoria’s Secret new Beauty Holiday 2008 collection and a special sneak peak at plans for the company’s new Lexington Avenue flagship store.
Art and Life Get Blurred for Gossip Girl Fashion Designer Abigail Lorick
On September 4, former Ford model Abigail Lorick will debut her Spring ‘09 collection. Ms. Lorick’s line, Lorick New York, is the real-life fashion line behind Eleanor Waldorf’s fictitious fashion house on Gossip Girl. According to Steven Rojas, a spokesperson for Archetype Showroom (which will be producing Lorick’s New York Fashion Week show), Blake Lively, Taylor Momsen, and Leighton Meester will be in attendance. But it won’t be the first time that they’ll be seeing Ms. Lorick’s latest collection.
Reportedly, a scene for the show was filmed a few weeks ago using Ms. Lorick’s Spring ‘09 designs in Mrs. Waldorf’s fictitious Fashion Week show, an episode that will coincidentally air during New York Fashion Week–one week after Lorick’s real life runway show. (Got that?)
Designer Collections Packed Into an iPhone
STYLE.COM, the online home of Vogue, is introducing an iPhone application this week designed to enable dedicated followers of fashion to watch runway shows during New York Fashion Week next month on their phones, within hours of the last model’s exit from the catwalk. Just imagine all the editors watching the Marc Jacobs show from Monday night, Sept. 8, while sitting at the Badgley Mischka show on Tuesday morning.
Fashion Shoot Party - September 10th @ The Plumm
FASHIONSHOOTPARTY
Weds., September 10th
9:30pm-12am
Come feed your addiction for style and partying all in one night as SCENEPR & Girlybubble.com invites you to take part in a Fashion Week party to remember.
We’ll bring the tempo, you bring the attitude.
And when we say attitude, we mean styled-out, hyperkinetic, frenzified fashion, cause afterall…
…it’s FASHION WEEK!
Models Come Glammed Up, Photographers Come Ready to Shoot!
Models are invited to also take part in the MODEL SHOWDOWN
Visit http://www.scenepr.com/mp for details
Meet & Greet with the GirlyBubble bloggers, Ming, Lan, and Tiffany!
The Plumm
246 W 14th Street
New York, NY
Directions: Between 7th/8th Ave.
Dress Code: It’s FASHION WEEK! Nuff Said!
Admission: FREE. RSVPS
http://scenepr.com/fashionshootparty
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