Covering Barack: The New Yorker Depicts Terrorist Fist-Jabbing Couple in Oval Office - Posted July 13, 2008
Ironic or just nuts? The cover of this week's New Yorker is sure to make some waves when it hits newsstands and mailboxes. It depicts the Obama's in the Oval Office revealing their "true" selves: Michelle is a revolutionary feminist(?) sporting an afro, Obama is a Osama-worshiping Muslim who... [FishBowlNY]

Obama Smear Emailer Tries to do Maureen Dowd's Job For Her - Posted July 8, 2008
So by this point it's no secret how we feel about Maureen Dowd and her gender-twisting habits, but even though we are quick to point out her shortcomings we were also quick to realize that the Obama smear email making the rounds right now that purports to be a June 29... [FishBowlNY]

Lunch: Football, Fashionistas & Laila Ali - Posted June 11, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE It was a tasty tossed summer salad of movers, shakers — and football players at Michael's today. Now that the power set has to cram in five days of plotting into a truncated work week — Why miss out on a Friday afternoon in the Hamptons if you don't... [FishBowlNY]

Jim Rainey Upbraids Political Reporters, Invents A Word - Posted June 3, 2008
LAT reporter James Rainey coins the term "discordulum," an invented region of the brain of any presidential campaign reporter which is devoted to recognizing conflict. "From this hyper-developed brain center come stories about the certain demise of some politicians (John McCain), the inevitable success of others (Hillary Rodham Clinton) and the extreme... [FishBowlLA]

HuffPo: Stars Align for Democratic Candidates - Posted April 21, 2008
In case you're a Philly transplant with a mail-in ballot and only three working brain cells, HuffPo helps you decide whom to vote for with this handy-dandy guide to which stars are endorsing which candidates. Obama is supported by Jennifer Aniston, Sam Jackson and Chris Rock. Clinton has Natalie Portman. And a lot... [FishBowlLA]

Larry Sinclair's Wild Ride with Obama--MSM Cover-up? - Posted February 22, 2008
Larry Sinclair claimed to have performed oral sex on Barack Obama in the back of a limo, and later in a hotel room while smoking crack cocaine. Oddly, the New York Times has ignored this important story. He's now suing Obama, David Axlerod, the DNC, and FBLA. (Okay, we made that up.... [FishBowlLA]

FBLA Goes to the Party: Weisberg Book Party - Posted February 21, 2008
Slate's Jacob Weisberg read from his new book The Bush Tragedy at a Domino-sponored shindig in Brentwood. 300 guests stormed Arianna Huffington's mansion house. (Or home, as the invitations read.) Adrian Grenier, sporting a beard that would have been a bushy tragedy on anyone else, Tracey Ullman, who does a wicked... [FishBowlLA]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted February 20, 2008
Politics-As-High-School: We've been loving the Top of the Ticket political blog for all the tasty morsels of minutiae it serves up. This Don Frederick post is especially fun: Replace the words "Clinton," "Obama" and "Podesta" with "Rosie," "Kim" and "Hugo," and you've pretty much got the plot of Bye Bye... [FishBowlLA]

Lunch At Michael's: Paging George Clooney! Fern Mallis is Saving You a Seat at Fashion Week! - Posted January 23, 2008
— DIANE CLEHANE What recession? The dining room at 55th & Fifth was buzzing with the usual assemblage of bold face names, social swans and television types that tucked into their Cobb salads with gusto while digesting some of the week's harrowing headlines. Hollywood figured heavily into many of today's conversation with... [FishBowlNY]

LAT In 90 Seconds - Posted January 11, 2008
Johnny Grant Memorialized: Fittingly, a memorial was held over Johnny Grant's star on the Walk of Fame. Big Day For Bob and Harvey: Weinstein Co. signed an interim deal with the Writers Guild of America, which will allow the companies projects to go ahead and get a few more writers back... [FishBowlLA]

Morning Reading List, 01.08.08 - Posted January 8, 2008
Happy New Hampshire Primary Day Washington! On this day in 1790, President George Washington delivered our first State of the Union. In 1992, Bush 41 puked on Japanese Prime Minister Miyazawa Kiichi, and, in 2006, Tom DeLay resigned as House Majority Leader. Happy 41st R Kelly! (Hat tip: MicCheckRadio) Quickly navigate Morning Reading... [FishBowlDC]

Bierut Sounding Absolutely Scrumptuous on WNYC Today - Posted July 5, 2007
The man who seems to have no shortage of fabulous ties (one seen here with our blog-mama Laurel Touby), Michael Bierut appeared today on "The Leonard Lopate Show" with guest host Julie Burstein. His segment named "Graphic Design Can Cause Seizures" explained the pervasiveness and importance of graphic design, as Burnstein... [UnBeige]

Inside The Time 100 Party - Posted May 9, 2007
America Ferrera and John Mayer It's arguably the most exclusive magazine party of the year. (Graydon Carter's Vanity's Fair Oscar party perhaps being the other.) John Edwards mingled with John Mayer. Sir Richard Branson (just back from dogsledding in Alaska) commandeered the corner of the bar like a Virgin spaceship, and allowed... [FishBowlNY]

Morning Reading List, 04.13.07 - Posted April 13, 2007
Good morning Washington. You think NBC should not have dropped Imus. From a tipster: "check out sudarsan r's front page first person piece in today's washpost. it's incredible." From a tipster: "Re: to drop Imus or to not drop Imus. All the handwringing of late overlooks an important point: Imus isn't funny. Why doesn't... [FishBowlDC]

Frequent Guest Ana Marie Cox Drops Imus - Posted April 12, 2007
Refreshingly honest on Imus appeal The former Wonkette-turned-Time blogger had become part of Imus' rotating cast of media characters, and loved the ego-stroking attention. No longer, she says. Here's why: I had been invited inside the circle, and to be perfectly honest, I was thrilled to be there. As the invites kept coming,... [FishBowlNY]

MSNBC Drops Imus: The Heat Was Mounting All Day - Posted April 11, 2007
By all accounts, the heat on Imus was mounting from Secaucus to Rock Center all day prior to his ousting. TVNewser says that NBC execs had been in meetings all afternoon and that the decision to cut Imus came down to internal pressure from staffers — not Obama, not Al, not... [FishBowlNY]

Obama Brings Bling | Ed Bradley's Posthumous Peabody | Us Weekly, Star Snub Brangelina | Larry King Wants 10 More Years - Posted April 5, 2007
Obama: Raises $23 million for primary, puts heat on Hillary. [ABCNews.com] Ed Bradley: Wins posthumous Peabody Award. [AP] NBC: Renews 30 Rock. [Variety] Us Weekly, Star: Turn on Brangelina over People pics. [Page Six] Larry King: Wants to stay on air another ... 10 years. [NYT]... [FishBowlNY]

Another Green Issue - Posted March 21, 2007
It's now clear that having a "green" issue is the trendiest thing in magazine publishing — that is, other than the ubiquitous Obama cover. The latest: Fortune, which slapped another green biz favorite, Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, on its cover. (Oddly, the issue includes a decidedly "un-green" Lexus ad featuring a... [FishBowlNY]

This Week In Pool Reports - Posted February 16, 2007
In this week's episode, the First Dogs frolicked in the snow, Obama wins the little discussed playgroud primary and President Bush loves teasing the poolers. "The pool enjoyed a brief respite from the icy weather when we walked through the White House to the motorcade past a small fragment of spring: dozens... [FishBowlDC]

Obama | Judy Miller | Graydon Carter | David Letterman | Ann Moore: Time Inc. Needs More Failures | New York Mag To Move Downtown? | Wallpaper Eyes Details Editor - Posted January 31, 2007
Obama: Putting "deep freeze" on Fox News reporters? [Washington Post's Sleuth] Judy Miller: Testifies at Libby trial. [WSJ] Graydon Carter: Film untouched by buyers at Sundance. [Page Six] New York Mag: To move downtown? [WWD] Wallpaper: Eying Details editor Dan Peres to fill top spot. [WWD] Fashion Mags: Spring previews.... [FishBowlNY]

CNN Should've Seen Osama-Obama Flub Coming - Posted January 2, 2007
Considering their lighthearted report on people who confuse "Osama" with "Obama" aired less than a month ago ... EARLIER: Barack Obama: 'I Inhaled — That Was The Point'... [FishBowlNY]