The New York Post presents: The hottest selling body parts on the plastic surgery market these days, cobbled together into one “Perfect Woman.” She has Taylor Swift’s hair, Halle Berry’s jaw line, Anne Hathaway’s eyes, January Jones’s cheeks, Natalie Portman’s nose, Scarlett Johansson’s lips and is creepy enough to make Cher’s tautest face lift crawl. Read more »
Two weird stories in the NY Post involve cats, New Jersey, NYC, and the law. Just one more and we could have a trend on our hands (which are covered with bites and scratches!). Read more »
Months after blogs were buzzing about exhibitionists at the Standard Hotel, the Post files an “exclusive” report on the nude window displays. Cautioning parents, the tabloid reiterates what a good vantage point the newly opened High Line park makes for watching hotel guests get undressed and having sex. However, the Standard has backed off their encouragement of public affection, deleting a blog post asking “amateur pornographers” to share their “most erotic photos shot at The Standard, New York,” where “floor to ceiling glass windows … offer direct views to your most intimate moments.”
Just days before he attacked a NY Post photographer and ripped his car door to pieces, State Police issued a warning about Senator Kevin Parker’s temper to his boss, Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith. State troopers were concerned when the senator “angrily confronted a security guard” over a gate in place in an Albany parking garage. |NYP|
On Friday night, Brooklyn state Senator Kevin S. Parker was arrested after allegedly assaulting a New York Post photographer, who says, “He ripped the door panel off my car with his legs. He tore out my flash.” Last year, the Senator was accused of choking one of his staff members and in 2005 he was accused of punching a traffic agent in the face. |NYP|
Someone in the US Marshals Service leaked the above video of a pissed of con attacking a federal female prosecutor—he was facing two life sentences for drug dealing. The clip was making its rounds on YouTube, but the Feds requested it be taken down. Thankfully, for the sake of newsworthiness, the Post decided to host it on their site. And while no one expects a judge to get involved in any courtroom melee, is it common protocol to run like a bitch at the sight of any incident? |NYP|
What a victory for graffiti writers. On the cover of today’s New York Post is a story about Naomi Campbell apologizing for being a wacked-out violent bitch and how “city graffiti skyrockets”—the bar has now been set: graffiti is on par with celebrity news. Despite the city’s dedicated anti-graffiti task force of wannabe cops and street scrawl jockers they just can’t stop the bombing. There’s an obligatory quote from potential city swindler Peter Vallone Jr., who must be cowering in shame. Despite his aggressive efforts, the failed pol has been rendered completely impotent with the amount of graffiti related complaints ballooning in Vallone’s own borough:
Queens North had an 84 percent spike, from 904 complaints to 1,662, and arrests went up 11 percent, from 615 to 680. In Queens South, complaints climbed 80 percent, to 864, and arrests were up 17 percent, to 259.
This could be bad news for the city councilman who’s trying to take a stab at being Queen’s borough president in ’09. If he can’t even take care of some paint splatters, who’s going to trust him to run things.
Same photo, same story, but no front cover logo placement love from the Daily News. Ok Richard, what did you do this time?
Have you ever tried to get your name, brand, blog, or pizza place in the press to no avail? If you don’t know the right people, protocols, and tricks of the trade, your chances of getting a mention in the media decreases dramatically. ANIMAL has decided to sacrifice itself and publish some ‘pitch tips’ we got hold of from a major music magazine’s PR department. We hope to help the little guy and provide all the tips you could ever need to pitch some of NYC’s influential journalists and UP your chances of grabbing those 15 minutes. We figure some blog out there can summarize this stuff, but we wanted to provide all the juicy and sordid details in full. After the jump (and in great length) read why you should never ever call media reporter Keith Kelly at 5:30pm, that Page6′s Richard Johnson gravitates towards items like money, sex, and violence, as well as host of other insidery tidbits that will help make you a Howard Rubenstein in no time. Complete with phone numbers, telecopier codes, and most importantly, emails! Only in NY kids, only in NY.
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Shame on Matt Long and his mom. He is the firefighter that was struck by a bus during the transit strike last year on his way to his firehouse on Randall’s Island. He was recently let out of the hospital after 15 surgeries and months of rehabilitation. Mr. Long got a hero’s welcome, a press conference, and a Triumphant headline, you would have thought he was a returning soldier or something. C’mon journos, there are two sides to every story. What a disgrace.
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