January 24, 2008

Breaking: Major 'Metro' Movement

Three hundred-word stories don't write themselves, and earlier this week PW looked at Metro and how it's changed in the eight years in town: "Over the last two years the Metro quietly reinvented itself as a daily niche publication attempting to reach young Philadelphians through stories about indie bands, the future of the city, pseudo-mayoral candidates with mohawks and the anticasino movement."

Well, yeah. Word trickling out of 30 S. 15th Street is Metro laid off at least two editorial staffers and several business-side staffers today, sadly. The company lost $9 million in its U.S. operations last year.

That other rumor going around, about the Inquirer building being sold to Drexel and the newspapers moving to the South Philly waterfront or the Comcast Center is, I think, BS.

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In A Pinch, Any Funny Clown Will Do

By popular demand, here is the photo in yesterday's Daily News of Conrad Veidt, a film star from the first half of the 20th century. To be fair, that could totally be the Joker. But it looks more like Cesar Romero than Heath Ledger.

But, hey! It's not all that off. Veidt was in Anders als die Andern (Different from the Others), which Wikipedia says is "one of the first sympathetic portrayals of homosexuals in cinema." Neat!

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January 23, 2008

Heath Ledger Healed Sick Children

Hey, did you hear Heath Ledger died yesterday? Yeah, you might've heard something about it. Anyway, CNN has been doing 24/7 non-stop coverage of the actor of 10 Things I Hate About You and a few other movies. And, apparently, Heath Ledger was just a great man who could even walk on water. He personally changed the tires of thousands of Americans.

I-Reporters recall meeting kind, handsome Heath Ledger [CNN.com]

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December 05, 2007

Your News Media At Work

Ha ha, a way-too-awesome reader (who I believe wishes to remain anonymous) cropped us together all the best photos of Jocelyn Kirsch -- the alleged grifter "Bonnie" -- from recent news reports. And these aren't even funny Webshots steals; these were used by actual media outlets!

Enjoy! (Yes, I am way too into this story. Shush.)

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Rittenhouse Grifters Story Continues To Spread

Hey, look at that, the Rittenhouse Grifters story is already all over the news. Basically, here's what the newspaper are running:

That's on Philly.com's front page now, and it links to this Daily News story. I figured I would join the rest of the media outlets in this city and simply use photos of this girl's tits. Hey, she's a hot 22 year old, it's what people actually care about. Lame, but at least I'm honest about it. Bikini photos, too! (We haven't even speculated on who she looks like yet. Somebody said "Erin O'Hearn," but that doesn't count.)

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