Archive for January 23rd, 2007

And The Results Are In!

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

We, of all people, should have known that you can’t get thrown off the Internet just for being an asshole. Welcome home, Cheesesteak The Impaler. Let us never doubt your appeal again.
Previously: Should We Ban Cheesesteak The Impaler?

Press Release Of The Week: Nutter Cries Foul At Rocky Oscar Snub

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: [REDACTED]
January 23, 2007 [...]

Michael Klein Lets It Slip That He Doesn’t Believe In The Down-Low

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Buried in an item about the new, uh, shot-in-Philly Lou Gosset movie…
Expect a slew of stars such as Vivica A. Fox, Loretta Devine, Lou Gossett, Mya and Billy Baldwin to pass through in the next couple of months.
They’ll be featured in the 20th Century Fox movie Cover, which is a week or so from setting [...]

Breaking: Johnny Doc Is NOT Running For Mayor

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Repeat: NOT running for Mayor.
PHILADELPHIA, PA — John J. Dougherty, business manager of the powerful International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union 98 and a presumed Democratic candidate for mayor of Philadelphia in 2007, today announced that he is exiting the 2007 mayor’s race, citing family health problems as the primary reason for his [...]

Philebrity Asks: Should We Ban Cheesesteak The Impaler?

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

It was with much trepidation a couple of months ago that we finally launched comments on all Philebrity posts, and so far, so good. But there’s one guy on there ‚Äî Cheesesteak The Impaler ‚Äî who, frankly, well, we just fucking hate him in his face. Cheesesteak is a commenter of the anonymous-yet-ubiquitous variety, not [...]

Forbes Gets Wise To The Ways Of The Rock

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Want to be a “champ” in the business ring? Feeling like, as an entepreneur you’re “gonna fly now?” Um, okay. Then check out Forbes’ tips on how to drop your businesss like it’s Rock(y):
1. Be An Early Riser. [...]
2. Light It Up. [...]
3. Sell The Story, Not The Person. [...]
4. Plan For Succession. [...]
5. Know [...]

Noontime Nuggetz: So Himmlisch W?ºrzig!

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Amos Lee, Spank Rock, The Roots & Dryw Scully To Represent Philly At Coachella

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

In case you missed it, the 2007 Coachella Valley Music Festival announced its lineup yesterday, and the prestigious fest has no less than three Philly acts gracing its bill. Which, let’s be fair, is kinda just passable, considering. (No Espers/Man Man/Dr. Dog? Then respectfully, sir, your modern-day Isle Of Wight is no kind of Isle [...]

Rumblings: On Golden Blog

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

>>> Got some new kids on the block today, people: Facedelphia is a much-needed addition to the street-style blog category that Philly hasn’t quite nailed yet. (Spare us the obvious reasons, that we’re all fat and ugly, because that’s your Philadelphia, old man; The New Philly is like a Thai sex tour, baby!) Anyway, Le [...]

And Now, A Word From Mark, Who’s Out At Sundance!

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

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Our pal Mark Schoneveld ‚Äî of The Poverty Jet Set, Fishtown, and the soon-to-be video.philebrity.com ‚Äî has been out at the Sundance Film Festival for the last week. He’s been videoblogging about it over at the PJS; in this episode, he dishes on meeting none other than Kevin Bacon, as well as the [...]

Bob Brady Announces That He’ll Be Announcing A Very Special Announcement

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

Oh man, this whole let’s-get-a-new-mayor thing just got waaaaaay crazier: Bob Brady is the guy who pretty much runs the Democratic party in Philly. It also just so happens that Bob is muy simpatico with the unions in town that, in previous years, tell everybody in the neighborhoods who to vote for and, whoosh, it [...]