Today at Flavorpill, we couldn’t believe how different/creepy Kristen Stewart looks when she actually smiles. We hoped that a new biography that says fashion icon Coco Chanel was a Nazi spy isn’t really true. We thoroughly enjoyed Splitsider’s roundup of TV comedy’s most tragic characters, which includes poor Ron Donald from Party Down. We fell in love with Misty Woodford’s dreamy Polaroid pics. We were surprised to hear singer Josh Groban will be making a cameo on The Office as Andy Bernard’s brother. (Less surprising: the news that TLC has decided to cancel Kat Von D’s reality show LA Ink.) We discovered that some of our favorite authors were actually copywriters before they became famous for their work. We celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Nike swoosh by reading about the iconic logo’s origin story. We were amused by the findings of a new poll that says Betty White is America’s most trusted celebrity. We decided that it was worth giving french fly-flavored lip balm a try. And finally, we couldn’t stop laughing out loud over this extremely short escalator. While we usually support laziness, this is taking things a little too far, don’t you think?
1. Poison lead singer and current Celebrity Apprentice contestant Bret Michaels suffered a brain hemorrhage over the weekend, describing the headache that precipitated the injury as “like [getting] hit in the head with a baseball bat over and over again.” [via People]
2. NPR is streaming the New Pornographers‘ first album since 2007, Together; guest spots include St. Vincent and Beirut. [via NPR]
3. Why does Josh Groban get to be in a movie with Ryan Gosling? I want to be in a movie with Ryan Gosling (and Steve Carell and Marisa Tomei and the funny girl from Superbad). [via Variety]
4. The New York City MTA just released its findings in subway traffic for 2009: the Brooklyn-bound J/M/Z line experienced record highs while Financial District stations dropped off significantly. [via New York Times]
5. For those of you who prefer your series finales spoiled, check out the leaked call sheet from the last episode of ABC’s Lost. [via Gawker]
Once upon a pilot season, the diabolical geniuses at FOX pinpointed a rare, under served demographic — grown-up High School Musical fans — and voila! Glee was born. Skeptics be damned, the weekly valentine to musical theater geeks found an audience right away (Josh Groban cameo’ed in the third episode, which must be some sort of record) and just scored a full-season pickup. Is it possible, though, that FOX network execs are even more cunning than we’re giving them credit for? Behind all the choreography, Glee is, at its core, a show about a teacher no 10th grader could resist crushing on. Join us as we explore this important cultural type and most timeless of secret weapons: the cute teacher. Read More »
