The Modern Age

According to various sources, including NME.com, pop singer Lily Allen has confirmed she has suffered a miscarriage.
Allen’s rep released the following statement: “We can confirm that Lily Allen has suffered a miscarriage. She and her partner Ed Simons will be making no further comment and we ask that their privacy be respected during this difficult [...]

In order to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, The Moldy Peaches will be making an appearance on The View on January 21st–surely due to the fact that the Peaches are featured all over the soundtrack of hit movie, Juno. That is SO crazy!
UPDATE: To see video of the Peaches on The View, check out [...]

As you may have realized, I have gigantic crush on newly BAFTA nominated Scottish actor James McAvoy. Since becoming infatuated with him, I’ve started to rent and go see a good number of movies in which he’s starred in.
And since a good majority of other girls I have talked to about James McAvoy also seem [...]

I’m kinda gonna cry. After 12 years of being on Broadway, the hit musical RENT will CLOSE. The last performance perform at the Nederlander Theater in NYC will be on June 1. RENT will be the seventh-longest running show in Broadway history. [UPDATE: The run of RENT has been extended until September 7, 2008]
As [...]

Ah, it feels so so good to be writing about the one, the only, David Ryan Adams once again. There has been a significant lull in Ryan news since the last time I saw him on Halloween 2007 at Hammerstein Ballroom, but it appears as though Ry Ry has been hard at work fine-tuning his [...]

Venus Zine: Crafting a Business with Jenny Hart
Getting some ink: How to score good press

Holy sheboigies! I just got an alarming text from Sarah:

Brad Renfro, star of films like The Client and Apt Pupil has died according to TMZ.com. The cause of death has not yet been determined.
Renfro recently finished filming on The Informers, a movie starring Winona Ryder and Billy Bob Thornton.
Woah.
UPDATE: The Los Angeles Times reports [...]

Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port have been dumped as interns by Teen Vogue
Lauren Conrad has reportedly been dumped from her internship with Teen Vogue, along with Hills pal Whitney Port.
(tags: teenvogue publishing gossip)

Has Gawker Jumped the Snark? - New York Times
There are certainly signs that Gawker is in the midst of a particularly intense period [...]

Michael Rankin of Diner: ‘I Think That Guy’s McLovin — You Should Card Him’ - Grub Street - New York Magazine
Christopher Mintz-Plasse, the actor who played McLovin in Superbad, was at Diner on Friday night.
(tags: brooklyn restaurant)

Behold!!!! The Cream-Cake Machine of Chinatown - Grub Street - New York Magazine
he thumb-size cream cakes cost $2 for [...]

…when it comes to drinking, that is… Check out this preview clip from the Golden Globes Dateline special where Atonement star James McAvoy (and my favorite Scottish actor of the moment) reveals how his inability to drink large quantities of alcohol prevented him from becoming the “rocker” child he longed to be in his youth:

Sadly, [...]