Buckle up for a family road trip with last night’s winning “Family Ties” StorySlammer, Janet. Find out what happens when the new pick up truck inspires a modern take on the covered wagon. Then ditch the cover and upgrade to a convertible. Tell great grandma to hold on to her scarf. After checking out her [...]

That Most Interesting Man In The World fellow has nothing on ol’ BHL. Imagine our surprise, cutting through the fog of sick over here, upon seeing controversial French intellectual Bernard-Henri Lévy in a new role as one of Dylan Ratigan‘s talking heads on MSNBC. Lévy took Obama to task for not helping the Libyan people [...]

ORIGINAL: Philadelphia, March 15, 2011 – Mayor Michael A. Nutter has released the following statement regarding the election of Sam Katz as chair of the Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority Board: “I congratulate Sam upon his election to chairman of the PICA Board. As I noted when Gov. Corbett appointed him, Sam is a person with [...]

Philly Bike Polo Club Winter 2011 from Fun Zach Films on Vimeo. Quick promo vid from the folks at Philly Bike Polo.

Comcast is presently offering free calls to Japan to all of their Xfinity voice customers. That’s really nice.

In the new Philly music rag Jump, there’s this little gem about Freeway having unannounced business deals in Djibouti. Seriously, what the hell could they be? In December, Freeway performed in Djibouti, a largely Muslim country. “We went out there to do a regular show,” he says. “But me being Muslim, talking to the people [...]

We still have no idea how you’re supposed to get into this thing. We’d heard about this place since we were little kids — and then, since adulthood, never, not once — but some friends went and visited the Cove Haven Pocono Resort this weekend and, yep, it’s still there! Including the 7-foot Champagne Glass [...]

Those bent stainless steel benches at the SEPTA Blue Line 8th Street Station were made right here in Philly by a company called Veyko, who made the benches as part of a federally-funded “Art in Transit” commission. The benches, which were just profiled in the Architect’s Newspaper Blog, are every bit as hi-tech as they [...]

Due to some weird stomach thing, posting on Philebrity will be limited today. Ow.

If you’ve been outside today, you already know: The entire city has just turned into the lamest frat party ever. We know you’re gonna see some shit. Please tell us about it. It will help you to get it off your chest.

FRIDAY: >>> We have amazing news for you: SPRING 2011 OFFICIALLY BEGINS IN JUST NINE DAYS. And with a weather forecast like this for the weekend, it seems safe to declare this weekend the Unofficial Beginning Of Your 2011 Spring Fever. Nice, right? We’re pretty excited, too. One way of expressing your feelings about all [...]

RECOMMENDED: Boasting a screenplay by Paul Laverty — whose film The Wind That Shakes the Barley might just have been the greatest movie ever made about Ireland — comes Even The Rain, another film about the oppression of a nation for centuries at the hands of imperialist forces. This time, though, the struggle is Bolivia, [...]

Along with some other great Second Saturday events this evening, there is an art opening by Avalon Clare at Sweet Jane Vintage. We grabbed a beer and some grub one night this week and chatted it up about art and life.

BOMBsessions: Steve Gunn from BOMB Magazine on Vimeo. For the last handful of years, Philly expat Steve Gunn has been navigating the blended fire-waters of both New Weird American finger-picking guitar and the kind of guitar-amp trance that has made Sonic Boom his own cottage industry. Equally appealing to fans of both Jack Rose and [...]

City Councilwoman Joan Krajewski (pictured), who is essentially the Gollum of 6th District politics and has a voice like a body bag being dragged down a gravel road, has gone out on a political limb and blasted Spencer’s Gifts for selling dopey Irish drunk t-shirts. Krajewski, who’s of Eastern European descent but also claims to [...]

Getting super French for the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts: Between the earthquake manboobs and the “Ho” below, I know there’s an Eiffel Tower joke to be made here somewhere, but let’s not and call it the trifecta anyway. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

This is the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society sign that welcomes you to the Philadelphia Flower Show. I don’t think this was the best way to wrap around their sign. Ooops. I wonder if we can hit a trifecta this morning of tasteless boobie/ho jokes. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

According to a reader who took this screengrab, this is what Gawker looked like at 3:40AM this morning, just as news of the Earthquake in Japan was breaking. But how? Ouch.

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READER: Hello- i truly hope that you’re as disgusted by this as the rest of their readers are and could start a similar boycott. i agree that their entertainment section is slightly noteworthy,yet this is completely reprehensible. http://www.theonion.com/articles/dead-teenager-remembered-for-great-hand-jobs,19356/ PHILEBRITY: You know that’s not real, right? READER: no, well what isnt real? she didnt die, or [...]