STEALING LIGHT

This Is Chicago On Speed

GAWKER.TV’S MATT CHERETTE IS LIKE A SHARK IN PERPETUAL SEARCH OF FEED.

Only in his case, the web is his boundless sea and his quarry is video. And you can count on him to often come up with something fresh and/or tasty.

MORSELS

Whack Wednesday! Casey Gets Off, Charlie’s Roasting & Prince Albert’s Wife’s In A Jam

By Miz J

THE WEEK FEELS LONG AND IT’S ONLY WEDNESDAY. LET’S RECAP THE WILD AND CRAZY SO FAR:

AGAINST TYPE

Jennifer Aniston Flouts ‘Sweetheart’ Rep In Horrible Bosses

By Karen Malmquist

FINALLY, A WATCHABLE Jennifer Aniston movie. After years of seeing America’s Sweetheart being typecast as the lovable romantic comedy leading lady, she’s found a role that will give her the credit she’s always deserved: playing the bad guy.

CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’

Aging Is Overrated, Says Death-Defying Doctor

By Elizabeth C.

THIS SHIT CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH: A British Scientist is predicting aging will be cured through the use of “preventative geriatrics” such as gene and stem cell therapies.

“I’d say we have a 50/50 chance of bringing aging under what I’d call a decisive level of medical control within the next 25 years or so,” de Grey, chief scientific officer of the California-based ISENS (Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence) Foundation, told Reuters in an interview. “And what I mean by decisive is the same sort of medical control that we have over most infectious diseases today.”

WORLDS COLLIDING

Credit: AP/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick

A Pointed Display Of Disparity

PRINCE WILLIAM PRACTICES POISE UNDER PRESSURE as he (awkwardly?) engages a punk fan during a tour of the la Maison Dauphine youth shelter in Quebec Sunday.

TASTY

Photo Credit: NimaTaradjiPhotography.com

Savoring The Street Life Of The Taste Of Chicago

By Elizabeth C.

AND THAT’S A WRAP.

Or more likely a beef sandwich. But it could have been a hot dog with all the fixins. Or corn cob on a stick. Or deepdish pizza. Whatever the woman above’s eating, it was sure to be tasty.

THE CITY THAT WORKS WAS THE BACKDROP FOR THE 31st annual TASTE OF CHICAGO, touted as the “nation’s premier outdoor food festival showcasing the diversity of Chicago’s dining community.”

PRISONER OF LOVE

Is Monaco’s New Princess A Runaway Bride Wannabe?

A FRENCH NEWSPAPER IS REPORTING THAT THE NEW WIFE OF MONACO’S PRINCE ALBERT TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY THREE TIMES TO DITCH THE WEDDING.

DIRTY LAUNDRY

Cruel & Unusual: Illinois Inmates Forced To Wear Dirty Drawers

THE ILLINOIS PRISON SYSTEM IS LITERALLY GETTING TOO BIG FOR ITS BRITCHES: the state’s prisoners are being forced to wear dirty drawers because of budget woes.

A STAR IS BORN

How Karen Made A Movie, Got Nominated And Flashed A Movie Star

By Karen Malmquist

KAATYYY PEERRRRYY!!!!”

That’s some guy Alex calling to me during last weekend’s CampusMovieFest in Hollywood.

I was there — not posing as Katy — but as a contestant in the fest’s International Grand Finale for Deeper, Harder Love, a short film I wrote, codirected and starred in about the first porno to win an Oscar.

SPARKLY AFFAIRS

A Party In Their Panties: A Real Housewives Of New York Recap

By Karen Malmquist

THIS WEEK ON THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK, the ladies show their love for each other and their vajajays by treating themselves to “vajazzling,” the twat-bejeweling trend. Apparently it makes them feel pretty.