Tag: Saved for Later

NEW YORK (AP) — Lindsay Lohan says this time it’s going to be different.

via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/lindsay-lohan-vows-her-troubled-past-behind-her-030326287.html

The government’s unexpected bid to block the American Airlines-US Airways merger puts the carriers in an awkward position. Some US Airways executives already have moved to the Dallas area, home of the new airline.

via WSJ.com: What’s News US http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323423804579020762369438156.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us

Looking to win more Hollywood followers, Twitter has hired Jennifer Prince, formerly Google’s head of media and entertainment ad sales, to pitch new ways movie and TV marketers can use the social giant’s platform. Prince will lead Twitter’s entertainment sales, based in Santa Monica. Exec officially starts Aug. 19 and reports to Robert Pietsch, director… Read more »

via Variety http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/twitter-lures-top-google-entertainment-ad-sales-exec-exclusive-1200580745/

The right-wing campaign to keep America stupid.

via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/19/opinion/keller-war-on-the-core.html

Rob Reiner spoke to a crowd of fans at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences about the experience of filming The Princess Bride. He told of casting and special effects and how a little bit of Spinal Tap ended up on the set. And the time he was approached by one of John Gotti’s men.

Reiner: Yeah, I walked outside the restaurant, and John Gotti was there with six wiseguys. There was a guy beside the limo who looked like Luca Brasi. He looked at me, and said: “You killed my father…Prepare to die!” I almost went right then! He said, “I love dat movie, da Princess Bride!”

Read the rest, illustrated with appropriate images and gifs from the movie, at Uproxx. Link

via Neatorama http://www.neatorama.com/2013/08/18/10-Perfect-Facts-We-Learned-About-The-Princess-Bride-From-Rob-Reiner/

Michael Bloomberg, whose third and final term as mayor of New York expires at midnight on December 31st, keeps a digital clock running in reverse in his City Hall office, counting down the days, hours, minutes, and seconds left in his term. He remains one of the wealthiest men in . . .

via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/08/26/130826fa_fact_auletta

For more than a decade, we’ve been living through a commodity price boom. From oil to wheat and beef, the general rule has been that if you farmed it, caught it, or took it out of the ground you were probably going to make money selling it. But . . .

via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/talk/financial/2013/08/26/130826ta_talk_surowiecki

Earl Sweatshirt, a nineteen-year-old m.c., is one of the most notable members of the Odd Future hip-hop collective, a loose alliance based in Los Angeles, who began releasing music for free on their Tumblr, in 2009, when they were all teen-agers. Earl, born Thebe Neruda Kgositsile . . . (Subscription required.)

via The New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/musical/2013/08/26/130826crmu_music_frerejones

Sydney Leathers’ rep Gina Rodriguez — a porn actress turned publicist — is not happy with the way Page Six represented her Anthony Weiner-sexting-partner client’s appearance…

via NY Post: Page Six http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/porn_star_does_pr_UdZn5Pje3USypfMNB7J41O?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=

Five years after Caroline Kennedy refused to release financial information during her bid to take over Hillary Clinton’s US Senate seat, newly filed documents…

via NY Post: Page Six http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/kennedy_discloses_finances_SeC5KEM45P0RocO3i3wK9L?utm_medium=rss&utm_content=