Harpo Building Designated As Mistreatment-Free Zone

from WWD.com Memo Pad: Oprah Talks…  Published: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 OPRAH TALKS: Oprah Winfrey rarely sits down for interviews, but now is as good a time as any. According to several reports (including a lengthy one on May 26 in The New York Times), her...

Yves St. Laurent Is Gone

from the Washington Post He Put a Swagger In Women’s Steps Yves Saint Laurent Threaded His Designs With an Empowering Aesthetic By Robin Givhan Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, June 2, 2008; C01 Often, when a fashion designer dies and his life’s work...

Friggin’ Rodents

from the Los Angeles Times Venice officials take on city’s pigeons Luigi Costantini / Associated Press RULING THE ROOST: Pigeons swarm around a bird-feed vendor in St. Mark’s Square in 2007. Venetian officials, who have banned bird-feed vendors and anyone...

Loogie Lovin’ Black Lips

from the Village Voice THE BLACK LIPS Maxwell’s 1039 Washington St. Hoboken, NJ 07030 Unknown Phone: 201-653-1703 Rock/Pop/Etc., Music The singer of this Atlanta band is known for hocking wads of spit into the air only to land them on his tongue seconds later....

Bo Diddley Gone

from E! News Online Bo Diddley’s Dead Today 9:45 AM PDT by EOL STAFF Thank the heavens we knew Diddley. Bo Diddley, the rock ‘n’ roll architect whose trademark shuffling rhythm powered everyone from Buddy Holly to the Rolling Stones to Jack White,...