Last night’s Law and Order reached new highs, or lows, in the “ripped from the headlines” genre of television drama. It somehow managed to combine the Alycia Lane/Larry Mendte/Rich Eisen story with the Bernie Madoff ponzi scheme. The story featured: 1. Murdered “complete package” (looks, brains, personality) local news anchor who sent photos of her [...]

After a rocky gestation period and much wringing of hands, The Philadelphia Film Festival & Cinefest 2009 is finally upon us, opening tomorrow night with the East Coast premiere of Zooey Deschanel’s latest, (500) Days Of Summer, and followed by more than 100 films from every part of the globe — as well as a [...]

With the Philadelphia Film Festival & Cinefest 2009 upon us, we thought we might try and give one lucky Philebrity reader a serious Thursday night upgrade to kick things all off. If you didn’t see our earlier post with the trailer to (500) Days Of Summer, you’re in for a treat: This rom-com starring Zooey [...]

The City of Philadelphia just launched the website for Philly Spring Cleanup ’09, complete with a list of locations, a Google map, and handy buttons for your blog and all kinds of info. And it’s just in time: The cleanup takes place next Saturday, April 4th, all over this crazy shithole we love so much. [...]

Earlier this week, an electronic roadside sign in Richland Township displayed a harrowing warning. Rather than “Roadwork Ahead” or “Traffic Delays”, the sign read, “ZOMBIES AHEAD.” This could mean one of two things: There’s a zombie horde looming towards Philly with an insatiable hunger for brains (fingers crossed), or some joker figured out how to [...]

Great little spot for CurrentTV on Ray’s Happy Birthday Bar, directed by the always-wonderful Joe Maggiolo.

We’ve been hearing tell of planned responses to Tyler School Of Art‘s Trojan Horse Declaration of War Stunt ever since the horses were delivered to opposing schools last week. Here, then is the Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts and University of Arts‘ response: A very, very classy chariot. Art Institute, the ball is your brokedick [...]

Awesome old spot promoting the Philadelphia Zoo‘s Zoo Key program. Memories!

We double-dog-dare somebody to make a half-hour plus complaint call to Comcast via this thing.

For if it is not the moron on the road who’s actually texting while driving that so, so, so deserves to be pulled over and shaken down for $225, then who is it? City Council passed a proposed ban on cell phone use while driving yesterday, but we’ll have to see if it gets written [...]

Remember when we introduced you to lovable English blue-eyed soul purveyor Jack Penaté? Well, we still love him and listen to his first record constantly. The single from his sophomore effort, “Tonight’s Today,” drops in the UK next Monday, but the tres George Michael/Duran Duran video from it has already dropped. We’re digging it. Get [...]

File this one under Good News for sure: Though the City is currently embroiled in a massive budget crisis, we’ve lost more police than we ever thought we would, we’re hemorrhagging jobs left and right, and on and on, someone still loves you, Philadelphia. His name is Andrew Cohen, and he writes for the Ottawa [...]

Says our submitter Vincent J. Brown: “7th & Market, Approx. 8:50pm 03/24/2009. No serious injuries according to police on scene.” The cruiser door? Not so much. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Yes, Larry. Those are WORDS down there. And guess who else he’s following! And what is up with this cryptic status?

This, just off the Metro‘s Twitter: Sen. Farnese pledges ‘openness and transparency,’ declines to talk with reporter on story on what he’s doing to be open, transparent. We’re guessing this will be fleshed out more in tomorrow’s Metro, but really, the Tweet kinda does it all.

DJ/record nerd soul fanzine bible thingy Wax Poetics recently dropped its 33rd issue, dedicated entirely to Philly music. And it’s definitely something you should have on your coffee table. Sporting dual cover images — one side Gamble & Huff, the other side Teddy Pendergrass — WP33 delves deep into Philly soul/jazz/hip-hop legendry. There’s interviews with [...]

We just got out of a lonnnnnnng lunch, during which we began to learn everything about there is to know about the wily beast that is your Philadelphia Film Festival & Cinefest 2009. And there is much to know. The Fest kicks off on Thursday night with (500) Days Of Summer, starring longstanding Philebricrush Zooey [...]

For those of you who watch Dancing With The Stars, you are already aware that the crazy line-up includes Steve-O, Lil’ Kim, and Holly Madison. These people get to dress up and dance with professionals in hopes of entertaining us. This week, the stars will be dancing to the hit ‘ Maneater’ by Philadelphia natives [...]

Honestly? We could sit here all day and talk about the inspiring genius (and occasional total naff-ness) that is the legendary Primal Scream, from “Velocity Girl” to “Swastika Eyes.” But there’s nothing we couldn’t tell you that the records haven’t already (and last year’s Soft Focus interviews with Bobby Gillespie didn’t reveal, either, for that [...]

Raw fan-generated video from Mozzer’s Sunday appearance at the Academy of Music. Dadjeans be damned, we’re still swooning. Previously: And Now, A Few Things Regarding Our Evening Spent Inside The Cult Of Morrissey Last Night