Kanye West

Youth Inaugural Ball...Like a Prom With Booze...Really Pricey Booze - Posted January 21, 2009
First off, the Youth Ball was at the Washington Hilton Hotel where Ronald Reagan was shot. Why did you need to know that? Because it's weird and that's why you read blogs at work. There were two ballrooms. One room had Aretha Franklin, Rosario Dawson, Kanye West, Kid Rock, Fall Out... [FishBowlLA]

Wil Wheaton is Beating Britney Spears - Posted January 8, 2009
The finalists for the Best Celebrity Blogger for the Web Blog Awards are Kat Dennings, John Mayer, Britney Spears, Alyssa Milano, Kanye West, Brea Grant, Margaret Cho, Mark Cuban, Gilbert Areanas and Wil Wheaton. And according to our sources - Wil Wheaton (pictured above with GalleyCat editor Ron Hogan at BEA last... [FishBowlLA]

Our Final List Round-Up of 2008! - Posted December 31, 2008
More lists! Maybe itemizing things makes the terrible year media we just suffered easier to bear. Also it's a fun way to fill the time between now and opening the champagne. Anyway, here's the final installment: Rex Sorgatz has put together a very smart list of this year's most... [FishBowlNY]

That Kanye Video - Posted September 12, 2008
We thought we'd feel less dirty if we watched that Kanye West video on the LAT's website than on TMZ. We were wrong. With all due respect to Andrew Blankstein, we feel like showing the video, rather than linking to it or just alluding to it, undermines the whole point of... [FishBowlLA]

Kanye West Graduates From Design Fan to Architecture Critic - Posted January 16, 2008
We'd seen our cohorts at Curbed LA wearing those slatted shades and all, but turns out they're even more hardcore Kanye West fans than we thought. Only someone who diligently reads West's blog would have uncovered West's first legit architecture review. In his post, West gives mad love to the Neil Denari-designed... [UnBeige]

Grammy Noms Announced. No One Surprised. - Posted December 6, 2007
After ridiculous speculation (no duh Amy Winehouse would get nominated), the list of Grammy contenders was released this morning. Leading the pack: Kanye West and, of course, Ms. Winehouse. According to the AP: Best album nominees included the Foo Fighters, West and Herbie Hancock. Other best new artist nominees were Feist, Paramour, Taylor Swift... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 11.15.07 - Posted November 15, 2007
Good morning Washington. Most of you don't count religious services as a regular activity. An ABC release announces, "On Tuesday, November 20, ABC News' Charles Gibson will conduct an exclusive, wide-ranging interview with President George Bush and First Lady Laura Bush at Camp David, the private presidential retreat. The interview, just days... [FishBowlDC]

Kanye West Does Care About Designer People - Posted November 14, 2007
The news that Kanye West is flipping his Beverly Hills manse, which includes "plans to build two-story contemporary by world renowned architect" sent us clicking over to Your Mama at the ex-cellent Realestalker blog for the scoop. Turns out the architect is not named, but we did learn something else---the real... [UnBeige]

Vultures Swarm All the Way to eBay After Murakami Gala - Posted November 2, 2007
Among the classier guests who attended the Takashi Murakami gala opening at LA's MOCA last Sunday were Christina Ricci, Pharrell Williams, Cindy Crawford, Courtney Love (if you can believe it) and special guests Kanye West and Marc Jacobs (who are apparently big fans of each others' work). But on the seamier... [UnBeige]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted October 30, 2007
Best Subhead of the Day: This Patrick Goldstein story bears the subhead, A recently published history of screenwriting reveals that Hollywood's contempt for writers goes back decades. We can't think of a use for this book -- unless a writer wants to climb up a stack of them and then kick... [FishBowlLA]

Emmy Coverage: The Best Of The Blogs - Posted September 16, 2007
Joan Rivers, of all people, feigns boredom: Joan Rivers hunkers down with a VH1 camera crew and some blogging software in what we imagine is the first of an ongoing effort to eliminate her presence from the Red Carpet (and possibly the planet) forever. In a video explanation on EmmysWithJoan.com, she pretends... [FishBowlLA]

Inside Kanye West's New Crib - Posted January 24, 2007
Via Denzeen, a rendering of rapper Kanye West's nearly-completed New York apartment, designed by minimalist architect Claudio Silvestrin. More here. RELATED: Kanye's Simple Silvestrin Shanty [UnBeige]... [FishBowlNY]