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Shaun White Gets Pumped Up On Pennywise

Posted 1/26/09 1:04 pm EST by in Sports


By Alex Shapiro

Shaun White continued his dominance at the Winter X Games as he became the first to win the superpipe competition in back-to-back years last night. It was the snowboarder's second gold of the weekend after winning slopestyle on Saturday afternoon, making him the most-decorated Winter X Games athlete in history, with nine gold medals.

Technically, he may be an athlete, but Shaun is a legit rock star (the jury's still out on Lil Wayne ... ). He travels the world and has millions of fans and even more millions of dollars. He even looks like a rock star, with the long red hair barely kept under control by a headband.

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Ra Ra Riot Work Out The Kinks At New York Gig, By Kim Stolz

Posted 1/23/09 5:38 pm EST by in live


Ra Ra RiotNew York's Ra Ra Riot opened for Regina Spektor Thursday night at the Bowery. Their latest LP, The Rhumb Line, is worth a few listens, so was looking forward to taking a friend to their live performance. As the concert started, the band immediately put forward the excuse of not having performed in a few months — never a good sign. Maybe that made me expect them not to be good, and sure enough, the band's energy left something to be desired. Each of the six bandmembers seemed excited and enthusiastic, but that energy didn't translate into a cohesive set, which is precisely is what a band at Ra Ra Riot's level needs to do. They have a relatively big fanbase and the blogosphere certainly knows them, but they haven't quite broken through yet. However, after a few more shows, hopefully they will find their rhythm. If The Rhumb Line is any indication of what is to come, the future looks bright.

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Are Those Really Joaquin Phoenix's Rap Songs On MySpace?

Posted 1/23/09 4:03 pm EST by in Joaquin Phoenix


Upon hearing that actor-turned-rapper Joaquin Phoenix now has a MySpace page featuring alleged "demos," I instantly had two (fairly obvious) questions:

1) Is this for real?

2) Are the songs any good?

So, first things first: I am about 85 percent sure that the page is a hoax — even though there are photos of a portly, heavily bearded man rapping in a booth on it. From the (very) little I've heard of Phoenix's "rapping," the voice on the songs just doesn't sound like him. It sounds like some crusty white backpacker kid from Florida (I should know, I grew up there). And upon further examination — lo and behold! — it appears that the songs are the work of a pair of DJs (Heart Collapse and LeStereo), one of whom is most definitely from the Sunshine State, both of whom are white and sort of hairy. Read More...

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Possible Names For Kanye West's Non-Existent Porn Flicks

Posted 1/23/09 2:28 pm EST by in Kanye West



By Gil Kaufman and James Montgomery

We genuinely feel bad that someone hacked into Kanye West's online accounts and posted a totally phony story about him wanting to do bisexual porn. We really do. Because as 'Ye himself wrote (shouted?) in an ALL CAPS missive on his blog, "THAT’S IN POOR TASTE!"

Still, we here in the Newsroom are plenty juvenile (fart-jokes brainstorm at 5 p.m. today!), so when the, uh, "news," broke, our puerile little minds started spinning.

After a morning of sending around totally inappropriate e-mails from our work accounts, we decided to collect the very best that our brains could come up with — that we can print, anyway — and present them to you. So here, for your snickering pleasure, are the best Kanye West bi-curious adult film titles that will never be, some of which are actual Kanye songs:

"Touch This Guy"
"808s and Beefcake"
"(Really) Big Brother"
"Bad Dudes"
"RoboCop"
"Crack Music"

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Lil Wayne Demands Private Jets, Police Escorts For His Shows

Posted 1/23/09 1:00 pm EST by in Lil Wayne


Lil WayneJudging by some of his run-ins with the law while on the road, you'd think Lil Wayne wouldn't need much on his tour bus besides a handful of illicit substances, a keg of syrup and assorted handguns. But according to a purported tour rider (on official-seeming Young Money stationary) from one of his outings posted on The Smoking Gun, Weezy is way more complicated than we would have imagined.

Here are some of the requirements for keeping Team Wayne fueled up and ready to go:

-- Fifty percent of his appearance fee has to be paid, in cash, on the day of the show. No personal checks! Read More...

Kanye West's Louis Vuitton Sneakers Inspired By 'Dune'

Posted 1/23/09 12:35 pm EST by in Fashion, Kanye West


By Steven Roberts

You know, most interns have to do the grunt work: grab coffee, refill the copier and go on runs. Usually, they don't complain, because in the end, it's all about the experience, right? Well leave it to Kanye West to outshine interns everywhere.

Late last year, West announced that he wanted to be an intern at Louis Vuitton. While many are skeptical about that, he's already collaborated with the French luxury brand to release his own line of five sneakers.

(Check out Kanye in his new kicks, after the jump!)
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Dude Flubs Chance -- Er, Chace -- Crawford's Name In Homeless PSA

Posted 1/23/09 12:04 pm EST by in Gossip Girl


There's no way we're going to slight Chace Crawford from "Gossip Girl" for doing his part to help homeless people. It's fantastic that he took the time out to tape a PSA for the "Teens for Jeans" campaign and we commend him.

But we are going to slight the dude in the PSA outtakes that leaked online recently for not taking the time to familiarize himself with the perfectly coifed Crawford's name. In it, an unidentified gentleman refers to Chace as "Chance."

The actor was cool about it, telling the guy, "It's all right ... it's all right. The 'c' messes everyone up. Just throw that 'n' in there."

And while that flub was apparently unintentional, we are puzzled by the line that appears in the actual PSA: "One in three homeless people in America are homeless." Read More...

Barack Obama Action Figure Is Here To Save The Day

Posted 1/23/09 11:27 am EST by in Barack-Obama


By Nick Neofitidis

Growing up, I used to have my fleet of Transformers piled high on shelves and in toy chests all over my room. My little brother had GI Joes, about 3 million of them. My youngest brother rocked something called a "Pokémon," ugly looking little critters.

Children of this generation however, get bragging rights hands down. No cars turning to robots, no super-human military person. The kids of '09 get ... President Barack Obama? Yup that's right! The commander in chief (or his admirers) has yet again found a way to win our hearts and occupy our free time with what is the most badass action figure EVER! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you: the president of the United States of America.


Barack Obama action figure

Based on the photos on Gizmodo.com, this is no ordinary action figure. This is the most detailed, most amazing, most awe-inspiring toy I have ever seen. Read More...

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Kenya Trip Changes Tim Kash's Perspective Forever

Posted 1/22/09 7:43 pm EST by in Uncategorized


It's literally taken two whole days for me to start feeling back to normal after the mammoth trip back from Kenya, Africa.

As we arrived back in New York, the ice-cold wind hit us like a bus — a dramatic change from Kenya's 104-degree heat.

But it was good to be home.

Thinking back to the last ">five days that we spent in Africa, renovating the Omindo School in Lihanda, Kenya, and building a fully functioning computer lab complete with Internet (a first for the kids of the region) — Kenya really is a world apart from life here in New York.


Tim Kash

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Katy Perry Retracts Her Celibacy Vow: 'I'd Rather Die'

Posted 1/22/09 7:07 pm EST by in Katy Perry


Katy PerryMaybe at this point, we should assume everything Katy Perry says about her personal life is one big joke. And maybe we should assume that if she says one thing, the next day she just might backtrack and say that she meant something else.

Basically, we need to take every word uttered by Perry with one giant grain of salt. Why? Well, in today's edition of "I didn't mean what I said," Perry insists that yesterday's celibacy vow was taken out of context and was meant to be a joke.

Here's the quote: "I've actually taken a vow of celibacy this year," the Grammy nominee told TV Guide. "No kissing anyone. Just my cat: Kitty Purry."
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