So, because Hollywood is desperate and plot-driven content is (supposedly) a thing of the past — it’s only memes now, people, ONLY MEMES — Paramount Pictures is remaking Footloose. Now, we would argue that the original Footloose, which starred Kevin Bacon in the lead role as Ren McCormack, is every bit as much a part [...]

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Extra! Extra! Bleed All About It! colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Gay Marriage And we could not be more honored, to be mentioned in the same breath as Talking Points Memo and NPR. Meanwhile, the heat continues to rise for John Yoo, Harold Jackson [...]

Nice video roundup of Saturday’s Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby. [via Keystone Edge] Previously: Slideshow: Trenton Ave. Arts Fest/Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby, 5/16/09

It’s the long lost DiCicco Casino Flunky poster! Spotted at Second & Brown! Today! But… why? We have no idea. Some things are too beautiful to die, we suppose. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Regarding our earlier posts about Council Relic/scary machine Joan Krajewski‘s bill that would flip all public land in the City to Council, whereupon it could do whatever it wishes, public interest group SCRUB reports the following: Thanks to your support and outcry at the proposed City Council Bill allowing non-recreational, private uses on public parkland, [...]

>>> Tonight brings us to yet another edition of Philebrity Salon at 700 (Second & Fairmount), which is, to our knowledge, the only DJ night in the city dedicated to the playing of jazz records (although we also play other kinds of music like Tropicalia and long-form folk and raga). Tonight, we’re gonna spotlight the [...]

· Field Guide: Bahn Mi (That’s Vietnamese Hoagies, Son) For Me And For You! · Evan Turney: An American Hero · Hot Potato: Lied To Us, About To Feel The Fiery Tongue Of Gordo · Swallow, R.I.P.? All this and more — plus the Phoodie Restaurant Guide and Phoodie Calendar on Phoodie.info, the new food [...]

Not to bring down the mood on such a beautiful day, but it’s only a matter of time (probably only a few weeks) before this temperate sunshine gives way to the lazy summer doldrums. And when that day comes, the perfect salve, as always, will be the music of Bonnie Prince Billy, the long-running project [...]

>>> Fast Company, that quaint relic of the go-go 90s, when people actually made money in an environment where it was not assumed that it’d all be lost in 6 months anyway, hollered at Philly, naming us a “Fast City” for the City’s Mortgage Foreclosure Protection Program, citing it as a model for success. Now, [...]

Can you even believe it’s been five years of these things? Amazing. We’ll have more details soon, but in the meantime, God Help The Girl. PLUS: FOGGY NOTION THIS SATUDAY @ THE BARBARY W/ DFA RECORDING ARTISTS FREE ENERGY!

With only four days until Memorial Day Weekend, it’s looking increasingly unlikely that the stock market will rally to pre-2009 levels in time for the unofficial start of summer, making for another recession holiday. For other recession holidays in recent memory, it has been difficult to cut corners without looking like a cheapskate… Of course [...]

Hard to believe that in literally years of doing the Nugz, we’ve never once given a special shout-out to that special North Philadelphia junkyard where radiators can be accordions, the language of Mushmouth is spoken freely, and The Cos is pretty much the coolest he ever got to be. Pardon us, then, for the tardiness [...]

Bona fide Philebrity/Film Fest guy/gay activist Thom Cardwell posted the above graphic on Facebook today, ostensibly as a piece in Cardwell’s own “Queer The Vote” campaign, and it’s kind of a head-scratcher. Not to put too fine a point on it, why should the gays vote for Dan McCaffery? I mean, the dirty, chest-thumping campaign [...]

Yesterday, Google CEO/Controller Of The Universe Eric Schmidt spoke at the University of Pennsylvania‘s graduation, which is the annual event they have where we all bid adieu to that year’s crop of upper-middle-class Extended Adolescents, and thank them for not actually engaging in city life during the four years that they were here. Congrats, guys! [...]

Last night, Keith Olbermann led off the “World’s Worst” segment of Countdown with a takedown of Harold Jackson, the intrepid wage-earner who so eloquently defended the Inky’s hiring of John Yoo and blamed the resulting controversy on, uh, “bloggers.” He’s ultimately beat out by Bill O’Reilly, of course, but don’t worry, Harold: In our book, [...]

You might have read here last week about a little something called Bill #090380, a truly wrongheaded and unsubtle piece of legislation introduced by City Councilwoman Joan Krajewski that, if passed, would basically let City Council do whatever the hell it wants with any piece of public land the City is responsible for. Now, while [...]

Judge Dugan pretty much cut through all the bullshit on the cover of this morning’s Metro to let you know exactly where he stands.

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Over the last few months, each time this site has cast its eyes upon the District Attorney’s race here in Philly, we’ve almost always wanted to turn our heads the other way… in disgust. Politics is a dirty business in Philadelphia — perhaps less so very recently, but then again, that’s kind of like saying [...]

Oh, pardon us if we quote “Mirage People,” but know this: The Capitol Years, that great Philadelphian pillar of salty rock, would seem to be ramping up for a whole new wave of activity. According to the group’s website, they’ll be playing Philly on June 18 (at Kung Fu Necktie), and then the UK’s Glastonbury [...]