Back when Oasis not-so-amicably split in 2009, the whole band, minus Noel Gallagher, went to form Beady Eye. Noel on the other hand, after years as Oasis’ main creative force, has formed a solo project of sorts known as Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds. Noel’s HFB, with support from The Hours will be bringing some [...]

Pity the poor print publication market in Philly. (Well, “poor” is a stretch; how about “less profitable?”) If it’s not sagging revenues or circulation numbers or a general sense of relevance sliding away, it’s the damned City, riding their asses because of busted up honor boxes nobody cares about. This is an issue we’ve made [...]

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The court is in recess until 1:45PM, but you can follow by-the-minute updates here. We’ll have more on this when the sentence is announced.

>>>In the early hours of the morning, Joe Paterno released a written statement about his retirement which read, “I am absolutely devastated by the developments in this case. I grieve for the children and their families, and I pray for their comfort and relief.” The statement continues, “This is a tragedy. It is one of [...]

FoxPhilly is reporting that as many as 17 more victims could be coming forward in the Jerry Sandusky case that has rocked Penn State to its core. Meanwhile, in the video above, Joe Paterno spoke with members of the Penn State community last night, who appear to have showed up at his window just before [...]

Oh man. That is just not right.

With over 96% of precincts reporting over at phillyelectionresults.com, it looks like this indeed could be the case. Yeesh. More fun facts from the numbers: · Karen Brown received only about 4,000 votes more in the general election than Milton Street did in the primary. (Whatta town!) · Though activist Cheri Honkala had more name [...]

Oh hey, we’re going to try doing a Daily Poll each morning now, wherein we ask you, the people of Philadelphia, random things about your life here, and on Earth. Got a question you want to see the people answer? Suggest it at: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

Our own Katie Winkler is at TEDxPhilly right now and she sent us over a few snaps of the event. Check out two more after the jump.

Philadelphia expat Tim Heidecker (of Tim & Eric fame) has recorded and released a 9-track album of songs inspired by Herman Cain (including the surefire hit “Cain Mutiny”), entitled Cainthology (Songs In The Key Of Cain). The album is being sold for the Cain-friendly price of $9.99 and all proceeds from the sale of the [...]

That little girl giving you the death stare while she’s hoisted over a fireman’s shoulder can only be thinking one thing: “VOTE FOR THE LADY WITH THE CHERI OTERI GRAVEL VOICE OR I’LL EAT THE FIREMAN LIKE I WAS THE GIRL IN LET THE RIGHT ONE IN!” Also, this website. Also also, this Twitter account. [...]

Occupy Wharton is in full effect. Seeing something around town of note? Cameraphone it to: tips[at]philebrity[dot]com.

The TED conference, and its motto, “ideas worth spreading” has become very popular over the last few years, drawing some of the world’s biggest innovators to talk about … well … innovation. Today , at Temple’s Performing Arts Center (1837 North Broad Street), TEDxPhilly 2011 is taking place. TEDxPhilly is an, “independently organized event, licensed [...]

We’re sorry there was no update yesterday (it’s First Mate Jim’s beat, and he’s a bit under the weather) but we got some interesting tidbits from both Philly and the national movement from the past few days. We hope you haven’t read any news about it the last few days, because you might know all [...]

… we’re also (significantly less) shocked that of all the student reaction interviews we’ve seen on various local news broadcasts, they haven’t been able to find one undergrad yet who doesn’t speak in total upspeak. Sigh. In related news, JoePa is toast.

New single from the forthcoming undun.

As you no doubt know, Obama’s in Delco today (insert your own Chitwood/”Not in my town, scumbag!” joke/photo op here). The fun part about this is that we get the White House Pool reports they send around, which include raw data about the President’s visit, so all the reporters can write the same damned thing [...]

Alongside the entire city of Philadelphia and boxing fans around the world, Philebrity mourns the passing of Joe Frazier. Frazier was widely hailed as one of the greatest boxers the sport has ever known, but he was also a Philadelphia icon, having moved here on his own when he was just 15 years old. Smokin’ [...]