So Jennifer Aniston spent £40,000 on a haircut. More accurately, Fox paid for it. These celebrity extravagances makes the Hollywood ecosystem run, but with the economy crumbling, they are beginning to ask why. So very, very much of the entertainment industry's money has been spent on appeasing star...

The WSJ editors note Team 44's intent to end DC school vouchers by stealth via legislative language supplied by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, which provides that the voucher program ends unless both Congress and the District of Columbia government re-authorize the program.  Instead of voti...

Holy hell are the Mumbai slums a miserable place. That's the important lesson we learned when we watched the documentary fairy tale Slumdog Millionaire . And now we'd like to fetishize the film's young stars. I mean, what else could explain the unending tumble of horribly sad tales of poverty and gr...

While you sat on the couch bleary-eyed and stunned that you lost your Oscar pool, the rich and famous schmoozed and drank til dawn. To share the experience, we have a gallery for you. Photos from the Vanity Fair party red carpet are via AP. Governors' Ball photos are via Getty. Diablo Cody's life is...

Evening! The celebrities are stumbling down the red carpet into the Kodak Theater for the Academy Awards right now. Keep checking here for updates on all the fashionz. Also, someone please smack Ben Lyons. All images via Getty and AP Miley Cyrus has 'Gone Green', and is thus wearing a dress made ent...

Something called "All Headline News" was ripping off AP news stories with nary a change or credit. So the AP sued them! Yesterday a judge let the AP's copyright suit go forward. One problem: This is, to some extent, what all news organizations do. Even the AP, those tiny local paper-reading-then-rew...

Fashion Week isn't just low-tier celebrities and odd-ball fashion designers. It's also backstage people and ugly old people and stuff. Let's take a moment to honor them, in a photo gallery after the jump. OK, here are some not-so-little people: Caroline Kennedy at an Armani store opening. And, of co...

The severe economic crisis now gripping the United States — and hence the entire world — has been labeled by the Paper of Record as the “financial equivalent of 9/11.â€� In its severity and overall impact, the comparison may hold true. But when it comes to media coverage, a far better ...

Fashion Week is going strong at Bryant Park. Do you wish you were there? No, me neither. But here are some pictures, in case you're curious. Lots of skinny blonde girls, plus Michelle Obama's designer! Irina Pantaeva puts on a Nicole Miller hat. Annoying stylist Rachel Zoe and actress Lake Bell at R...

You ripped me off! AP wants a cut of revenue from their Pic. Artist says Hell No! It's fair use.  If he wins this we will have a field day, I doubt he has the resources to win, sadly.  Wired reports: Shepard Fairey, the street artist who created the highly recognized "Hope" image of Barack Obama, ...