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Amidst the raucous media frenzy, Lincoln University has repealed its policy that students from the class of 2006 on with a BMI (body mass index) over 30 will be required to take a physical fitness class. The faculty vote, which took place on Friday, voted to merely encourage obese students to take the course, eliminating [...]

He’d also like to let you know that he’s not gonna pay a lot for this muffler.

>>> Is Schooly D trying to pull a Black Landlord? And by that, we mean: Is Jesse B. Weaver, Jr., like the former members of The Goats, taking notice of hip-hop’s gradual integration of live musicians (vis-a-vis The Roots) and their exciting and very necessary impact on the live hip-hop experience which had previously been [...]

Weʼre highly trained performers. Weʼve got memories that will shock and arouse you. We put the human condition on stage and make it dance. We know what weʼre doing. I know what Iʼm doing. Iʼm Chekhov Lizardbrain. Master of ceremonies, man about town. Iʼve got the whole show right here in my hat. Thatʼs why [...]

Before we answer, let us remind you: Philebrity is not a sports blog. We have no idea what we’re talking about. BUT. With MLB scuttlebutt surrounding the notion that, once again, ace pitcher Roy Halladay might could become a Phillie, a scenario emerges wherein the Phils could trade Hamels to get Halladay. Which would be [...]

Like many of you, yes, we saw this amazing loft in the Fishtown/Kensington area featured on Apartment Therapy today. And if we are to extrapolate, we’re going to guess that this place is somewhere on Front Street. Pretty soon, we’re gonna start Google Street Viewing, and by gum, if we are not invited up for [...]

David Headley, the suspect in a terror plot against a Danish newspaper that we talked about last week, also may have helped out with the terrorist attacks in Mumbai last year, says AP. Speaking as someone who also once worked at the Khyber, I can tell you this: Most of us were just content to [...]

Hey remember that guy Pat Burrell, who once sucked up like half the Phillies payroll and did some whole eight year performance art piece about the nature of modern American masculinity? He might be a Met now. (The world: It’s still a vampire.) Phillyburbs says, “Yah, brah, this is a done deal, it’s already happened, [...]

They want to sew buttons onto your eyes and teach you to play a harpsichord that’s covered in blood. Merry Christmas!

From http://www.philapark.org/alertslist.aspx: Holiday Parking Special Ending: 1/1/2010 Free parking at meters after 11:00 a.m. on Saturdays until New Year. We’ve taken far too much abuse from you, Mommy Dearest, to not expect a little $36 “surprise” that accompanies this “gift.”

Meanwhile, the City of Philadelphia “love” Mr. Vick, too: Looks like he could very well walk away with the highly-coveted “Excommunication” Award in the Philebrity Awards poll (scroll to the bottom). Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Look: We know you want to see Allen Iverson — and we damned well know you want to, too — stroll back into the TGI Friday’s on City Avenue like he owns the place, just like back in the good old days. And, you know, we have every belief that it’ll happen eventually. But just [...]

Is there anything as devastatingly sad and bloodboiling-ly infuriating as a racist child? If there is, it’d be pretty hard to come by. So when news broke late Friday about 26 Asian students being attacked at South Philadelphia High School, we feasted on a series of reactions that ranged from disgust to concern to, finally, [...]

· Thousands of votes have already streamed in to the Philebrity Awards Poll, and we’re happy to report that all but a few of the polls are a dead heat. Sure, Jose Garces and Kurt Vile are pretty much destroying everyone else in their respective categories, but elsewhere, healthy competition is the order of the [...]

All of us here at Philebrity were deeply saddened to learn that guitarist Jack Rose passed away today. An amazing talent and true original, Rose has been a cornerstone of Philadelphia’s forward-thinking folk music scene over the last few years, and his records and performances routinely blended the mystic pull of Eastern music with western [...]

FRIDAY: >>> Hey, it’s First Friday, so hit up the many, many worthy openings (lots of good ones this month). If you’re in the Fishtown area, don’t miss the Holiday Art Walk. >>> Fact: The only people who do Christmas better than the Jews — oh, come on, Christians, don’t act like you haven’t been [...]

Goddamnit, Clooney! Two weeks in a row with the lead Film Sweat pick. Up In The Air is the Jason Reitman-directed drama about a man afraid to love, adapted from the Walter Kirn book of the same name. It is either a metaphor for Great Recession-era America, a secret weeper for the modern world, or [...]

Via Weather.com: [On Saturday] Snowfall from Roanoke to Washington to Baltimore to Philadelphia to New York to Boston, especially leaning toward the western suburbs, will be in the 3-to-6-inch range, possibly even an inch or two beyond that. We’re gonna Gilmore Girls the shit out of this weekend. If, of course, the Gods of Snow [...]

At the precise moment when we were all expecting that Allen Iverson‘s return to Philadelphia was merely a cyncial monument to marketing and nostalgia, yesterday at 5PM, all of that changed. It became about one man’s own redemption. If you’ve not yet seen the clip (after the jump), you might want to take a look. [...]