Artist Ingo Maurer’s Electric TableIf you haven’t made it up to the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum to check out Ingo Maurer’s majestic installation of nearly 40 years of engrossing, cutting-edge light design, book it uptown — you only have until Sunday!
Will This Week’s Rash of Surprise Pregnancies Cost ‘Juno’ at the Oscars?Unless you’ve somehow heroically managed to avoid PerezHilton.com for the past twelve hours, you probably already know about the just-announced surprise pregnancies of Lily Allen and Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney’s 16-year-old sister.
Oscar Futures: ‘Charlie Wilson’s War’ Stages a ComebackEvery week between now and January 22, Vulture’s Oscar Futures will listen to insider gossip, comb the Oscar blogs, and out-and-out guess when necessary to track who’s up, who’s down, and who’s currently leading the race for a coveted nomination.
Universal Music Slashes Staff, Doug Morris Still EmployedMusic industry analyst Perez Hilton is reporting that Universal Music Group record labels Interscope and Geffen merged their staffs, eliminating the jobs of about 60 people.
‘The Dark Knight’ Trailer: Heath Ledger Is Not Joking AroundHeath Ledger looks like he might exceed even our admittedly high expectations, and after just these two minutes we’re quite ready to declare him the greatest-ever Batman movie villain.
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Morgan Spurlock Probably Did Not Find Osama bin LadenHe made his name upchucking McNuggets out the driver’s side of an automobile — now has documentarian Morgan Spurlock discovered the whereabouts of the mastermind behind the September 11 attacks? Probably not!
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Agenda Sweepstakes: New York by ‘New York’!For this month’s New York by New York event, our friends at UCBT have combined the best and worst aspects of office holiday parties into one hilarious night.