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- 90% of US bills carry traces of cocaine. We’re licking our Benjamins, as we speak. [CNN]
- Real Housewifes eviction? Are you thinking what we’re thinking? Spin off! [EOnline]
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- Fashion magazines getting thinner. Nervous friends watch as they push salad around on their plate. [WSJ]
- Vendy award finalists announced! [MidtownLunch]
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- Rupert Murdoch’s UK newspapers are so desparate for good news that they paid more than $1.5 million in hush money to cover up the fact that they ILLEGALLY hacked into cell phones in pursuit of stories. They should have just contacted Stanley for tips! [The Guardian]
- Speaking of hackers, socialite Ali Wise hacked into our friend Nina Freudenberger’s voicemails. The reason for this? No one knows, but we are on the story… [NYDN]
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- Vice Magazine managed to hire a “hipster grifter.” Kari Ferrell was a petit, adorable 22 year old from Utah who just so happened to be on the Salt Lake City Police Department’s Most Wanted List. Lesson of the day: Google everyone you hire. [Observer]
- Woody Allen is still angry with American Apparel for using his image without permission and ruining his reputation and now AA wants to get their hands on scandalous pictures of Allen’s
daughterwife to prove his reputation wasn’t so squeaky clean to begin with. [ANIMAL]
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- Uh-oh. It looks like there might be trouble in paradise for Billy and Katie Lee Joel. The socialite is rumored to be cheating on her husband with a young fashion designer. You can try to deny it Katie, but pictures don’t lie. [Gothamist]
- Head to one of these street cars for a meal on wheels that will leave your New York City hot dog in its’ dirty water. Here are a few top vendors across the Big Apple serving up cupcakes, pulled pork sandwiches, and flounder on the go. [NYP]
- Tara “hotmess” Reid gets a job bringing her refined acting skills to the big screen for the 7th American Pie movie, Book of Love. Hmm…This has “straight to DVD” written all over it. [Star Pulse]
- Two weeks of renovations turned into three months and now Bar Martignetti is closed forever?! The word is out on another restaurant taking over our favorite neighborhood spot. [DBTH]
- This A-lister and newly wed shares “The Skinny” on weight loss rumors, being healthy, “working up a sweat in the name of cardio”, and why she thinks the media should put a sock in it when it comes to body image. [Huffington Post]
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- New York shoppers lost their marbles over last week’s Topshop opening. However, not everyone is thrilled about the chaos or the “stripper gear” that the British retailer has brought to the city. [Racked]
- Beatrice Inn might only be closing for a brief period, but here are a few things to ponder in case the downtown den were to close its’ doors forever. [Gawker]
- Leighton Meester wants everyone to know how multi-talented she is by releasing her new single on the internet. We think she shoukd stick to what she knows as Blair on Gossip Girl. [Daily Intelligencer]
- A faulty gene in your boyfriend’s little swimmers might lead to the very first contraceptive pill for men. [Marie Claire]
- Anderson Cooper’s mom, Gloria Vanderbilt’s novel comes out this summer. Titled “Obsession: An Erotic Tale,” Anderson is totally cool with the “smut novel” [P6]
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- Michelle Obama hugged the Queen. The Brits go Bananas! The whole stir going on across the pond is hilarious. Can you imagine?! Hugging someone back!? [Intel]
- Scenes from the front lines of the “Topshopocalypse” near us in Soho. You can follow the whole day at this liveblog [Racked]
- The great Zucker-Weinstein Project Runway War has ended, with the show moving to Lifetime, and airing this summer! [Cityfile]
- Jay-Z forced to wait to get a table at Babbo. 20 minutes no less. Then he didn’t even get sat in the dining room, but right in front near the window. Guess Mario Batali really doesn’t care who you are, even if you’re his own business partner. [NY Post]
- Even in these hard times, there is no reason not to look forward to a spring and summer of new hot place, like Cabin Down Below, the new celeb den. [NYPress]
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- TopShop opens this Thursday in NYC, can you buhlieve it?! And, they have been giving-out gift cards to promote it-some as much as $500. Why, we ask, do they need ANY more promotion!? Check out the locations of the giveaways. [Sharon and Cristina]
- Countess Luann got dumped by the Count. Apparently, by an email saying he was serious with an Ethiopian woman in Geneva. Ouch. [NY Post]
- Kelly Cutrone has just signed a book deal! “It’s everything your mother never told you because she didn’t know-It’s kind of a pop culture forth wave of feminism book.” [Observer]
- Harvard has turned the Marquee Nightclub’s business model into a case study. Naturally, they invited Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss to speak to the future capitalists of America. [DBTH]
- Who’s in Graydon Carter’s new Monkey Bar’s Mural? There’s Fred Astaire, Henry Luce, Herb Ross, Conde Nast, and Dorothy Parker to name a few. [Gawker]
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- Will growing pot help grow our economy Mr. President? The answer is no. In other news, online audiences, albeith politically concerned ones, are major stoners [Slate]
- Scarlett Johansson, the actress that “hates” America’s obsession with dieting has lost a heck of a lot of weight. It must be for a new role right? [Jezebel]
- Antidepressants are polluting our nations rivers. We’re not sure which is worse, the fact that this is actually in the news, or that we are not particularly surprised by it. [Huffington Post]
- Feast your eyes on the Topshop Facade. Seriously though, this place hasn’t opened yet? Weren’t we talking about it last year at this time? [Curbed]
- NYC unemployment rate reached 8.1% last month. That’s the biggest jump in any month on record. Ever. We are now equal to the rest of the country. We can deal with below or above, but being just “Average” compared to the whole doesn’t seem fitting for New York. [City Room]
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- Finally, Barack Obama makes a comeback to Twitterville. We know he’s busy, like being the president, but he really should try harder to keep up on his tweets. [Huffington Post]
- Authorities caught on to a woman living in Germany’s Tegel Airport. She’s been sleeping and wandering the terminals since December marking the longest lay over in history. [Zimbio]
- Okay New Yorkers, take advantage of your two buck subway fare while it lasts. As of May 31st, MTA announced they’re hiking the fares costing you 50 cents more to catch a ride [City Room]
- Finally! The trailer for Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are has arrived. We can’t wait to see Max on the big screen [Defamer]
- It looks like joining those “We want the old Facebook back!” groups actually worked. They announced on their official blog that they are making even more adjustments to the site based on user feedback. [Observer]
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- Blake Lively childhood crush on David Letterman escalated last night when she jokingly suggests they have a threesome. Watch the “electricity” between the two yourself. [Gawker]
- Is our president becoming overexposed? He’s already been on Leno, 60 Minutes, and after last night’s press conference (which many critics feel was BORING), some are wondering if his marathon charm offensive is going to wear thin. [Intel]
- A violent sex ad on Craigslist led to murder of WABC newsman George Weber by his 16 year old partner during a drugged-up date with the older man. [Daily News]
- The writer over at Metromix finally scores an in at Greenhouse (after waiting in line for an hour!) where he finds out how clubs in NYC work. [Metromix]
- The Hermès sample sale madness begins at the Metropolitan Pavilion on 18th street. How do the “serious discounts” add up? Check out the live blog for prices [Racked]
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