MTV: Kristen Stewart is moving from one literary adaptation to another — albeit to something a bit more scholarly than “Twilight.” After the actress finishes promoting “Eclipse” next month, she’s set to begin filming the long-anticipated movie version of Jack Kerouac’s classic novel “On the Road,” which helped define the Beatnik generation and is still talked about in many an English class.The book’s pedigree aside, the film also has some well-respected people attached — producer Francis Ford Coppola and director Walter Salles (“The Motorcycle Diaries”), just to name a few. Though “On the Road” is considered one of the great […]
BLACK THOUGHTS: ?uestlove Vs. City Paper Readers
[artwork by MITCH] ?UESTLOVE: some of you people are turning that sabina link i sent earlier into something super ugly. my timeline and fund raising efforts obviously state that i am out for justice in her senseless murder. BUT. i cannot look into this boy’s eyes http://twitpic.com/1xageo and be all dismissive like “this fucking monster” as im sure most of us (specially those of us who knew sabina and were regulars at PYT) will react. and i understand the passion behind it. make no mistake, i understand the passion behind it. this is NOT me being irresponsible nor an apologist […]
TRUE COLORS: Republicans Feel Sorry For BP
WASHINGTON POST: At a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing Thursday, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) apologized to BP CEO Tony Hayward for the $20 billion “shakedown” the oil company received from President Obama. “I’m ashamed of what happened in the White House yesterday,” Barton said. “I apologize. I do not want to live in a country where any time a citizen or corporation does anything wrong,” they are subjected to such political pressure. MORE WHITE HOUSE: “What is shameful is that Joe Barton seems to have more concern for big corporations that caused this disaster than the fishermen, small business […]
KARMA: From The Dept. Of You Reap What You Sow
DAN GROSS: We hear the longtime girlfriend/business partner of a local hipster blogger, whose relevance continues to decline, has finally come to her senses and left him. MORE PHAWKER: Ouch, babe. BRIAN MCMANUS: Through my iChats with Sweeney I’ve come to realize that dude really believes with all his fey heart that to write a story about someone means you’re endorsing their beliefs, or in bed with them somehow. Check our archives for his musings while on staff here and you’ll see it’s true. If he wasn’t writing about his friends, he was shooting fish in a barrel. Or, worse […]
PAPERBOY: Slow-Jamming The Alt-Weeklies
BY DAVE ALLEN Like time, news waits for no man. Keeping up with the funny papers has always been an all-day job, even in the pre-Internets era. These days, however, it’s a two-man job. That’s right, these days you need someone to do your reading for you, or risk falling hopelessly behind and, as a result, increasing your chances of dying lonely and somewhat bitter. That’s why every week PAPERBOY does your alt-weekly reading for you. We pore over those time-consuming cover stories and give you the takeaway, suss out the cover art, warn you off the ink-wasters and steer […]
Wouldbe Osama Hunter Was Closer Than You’d Think
PREVIOUSLY: An American construction worker has been detained in the mountains of Pakistan after authorities there found him carrying a sword, pistol and night-vision goggles on a solo mission to hunt down and kill Osama bin Laden. MORE UNNAMED FORMER U.S. INTELLIGENCE OFFICER: The guy was looking in the right place, according to my most recent data point. Every once in a while there are reports that crop up — I saw one two weeks ago — that he was hiding in this little Iranian village. I doubt he is. But it’s not as crazy as people think that he […]
REAL ESTATE: Eulogy Owners Looking To Buy Khyber
[Illustrations by ALEX FINE] DAN GROSS: No deal has been reached, but we hear “Real World: Los Angeles” cast mate Glen Naessens and his brother Mike, who owns Eulogy (136 Chestnut), are trying to buy the Khyber (56 S. 2nd), which is mere feet away. Rumors of the Old City rock club being for sale have swirled for about a year, but nothing has come to fruition. Khyber co-owner Stephen Simons declined to comment yesterday. Simons owns the building and co-owns the bar with Dave Frank. The pair also operate the Royal Tavern, Cantina Los Caballitos and Cantina Dos Segundos. […]
BREAKING: Sabina Rose’s Killer Surrenders To Police
6ABC: Police say the 18-year-old man in custody for the murder of Sabina Rose O’Donnell simply wanted to steal her bike, and she was brutally killed in the confrontation that followed. Philadelphia Police Captain James Clark said during a news conference Wednesday morning that Donte Johnson [pictured, above], 18, of the 900 block of N. 11th Street in Philadelphia, has been taken into custody and is awaiting charges in the June 2nd murder of Sabina Rose O’Donnell. Source tell Action News that Johnson has confessed to the crime. Police have charged him with murder, rape and related offenses. MORE INQUIRER: […]
BIG BLACK: Invisible Hand Of The Free Market Man
TIME: It is also an issue that requires bravery — bravery of the sort Obama demonstrated when he pressed on with health care, even after Scott Brown’s victory. As he put it last night, “Time and again, the path forward [to energy innovation] has been blocked — not only by oil-industry lobbyists but also by a lack of political courage and candor.” Still, Obama himself didn’t show much of either. He never mentioned the phrases climate change or global warming. While he praised the House of Representatives for passing an “energy and climate bill” last year, he made no mention […]
SCRAPPLE TV NEWS: With A.P. Ticker
A.P. reports on dope in Delaware and everywhere, the on-camera meltdown of a NC senator, the death of his buddy Jimmy Dean, World Cup fever, and Pete Rose’s corked bat.
Perez Hilton Running Scared Over Miley Beaver Shot
SALON: Perez Hilton has built a thriving career out of offensive behavior: He’s called countless female celebrities bitches, hos, whores and sluts, and covered their faces in jizz using Microsoft Paint. But these things merely violate good taste — not federal child porn law that carries a mandatory sentence of 15 years. The same cannot be said for his latest shocker: tweeting a link to an alleged upskirt photo of a pantyless 17-year-old Miley Cyrus. The facts as we know them: On Sunday, Hilton’s Twitter account sent out the following message: “If you are easily offended, do NOT click here […]