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From Our Jews To Yours, A Very Merry Christmas

We'll see you on the 26th! Offer void where prohibited. In event of the death or hospitalization of Lindsay Lohan, Gawker will immediately return. Christmas has been proven to be hazardous to your relationships and dignity; take with caution. "And when justice is gone, there's always force. And when force is gone, there's always Mom. Hi Mom!"

5:38 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007
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Latest by midtown43: Come on, people. You have to say "Happy Holidays," if only to see Bill O'Falafel fume a little more. So happy holidays! more »

Ratings

The Scoreboard: Friday, Dec. 21

11:15 AM ON TUE DEC 25 2007

Arts and Events

Here Comes Santa Claws...

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: Okay, maybe pets aren't so into the holidays, except when it comes to scraps that fall to the floor or the prospect of a new chew toy. But that doesn't mean that pet owners aren't enthusiastic about projecting the spirit of the season onto Fido and Fluffy. more »

11:02 AM ON TUE DEC 25 2007

News

Giulani's "Perfectly Healthy" Christmas Eve

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani spent his Christmas Eve reading Clement Clarke Moore's A Visit from St. Nicholas to children in Harlem and explaining to reporters that's he's cancer-free. more »

10:18 AM ON TUE DEC 25 2007

News

Did You Forget DVD Gifts in an ATM Vestibule?

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: Reader Stephen wrote us with a holiday-related request: I don't know how else to handle this. I called the police and they told me to keep them, and that if I turned them in to the police they'd just auction them off. more »

News

Happy Holiday Wishes from Gothamist

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: However you are spending Christmas Day, we hope you have a happy and safe holiday. Please take the time to think of others: If you get new clothes, make room in your closet and consider donating your gently worn ones to charities Donate food to City Harvest or the Food Bank. more »

9:11 AM ON TUE DEC 25 2007

Movies

wonderful

FROM BLOGS.INDIEWIRE.COM: "Its A Wonderful Life": Frank Capra, 1946 Currently running at IFC Center. Image courtesy Photofest....

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links for 2007-12-25

FROM THEMODERNAGE.ORG: Macworld | Editors’ Notes | Screen Spanning iMac (tags: mac apple computers) more »

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goldfrapp

Having a Goldfrapp Christmas

FROM BLOGS.INDIEWIRE.COM: This message was first sent to fans last week. Since then, fans have shared it, ripped it, uploaded its video on several sites and have blogged about it (like what I'm doing now). Merry Christmas and enjoy Goldfrapp's X-Mas tune...

9:04 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

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127 Striking Writers With Pilots Pending Write Xmas Letter To Hollywood Bigshots

FROM DEADLINEHOLLYWOODDAILY.COM: Tonight on Christmas eve, the following letter signed by 127 striking writers with pilots pending was emailed to the Hollywood CEOs and almost 200 studio and network TV development executives.

8:34 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

In Brief

Veronika in Velvet Motion

FROM VANITYFAIR.COM: You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one: Light in the firmament: ballet again has a star--a new sort, put there equally by partisans pro and con. more »

Ads

Silly advertisers

FROM BUZZMACHINE.COM: A story in today’s New York Post exposes the silliness, stupidity, the strategic blindness of advertisers, who insist on creating scarcity — and higher prices — where it does not exist (probably because that’s how their agencies get paid):It’s a conundrum for... more »

7:21 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

Holiday

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Folks!

FROM BLOGS.INDIEWIRE.COM: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, Folks!

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"Why We Write" #2: Steven Levitan

FROM DEADLINEHOLLYWOODDAILY.COM: Installment #2 Today’s piece is written by Steven Levitan, creator of Just Shoot Me and co-creator of Back To You. I swear to God this is true.

6:48 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

Miscellaneous

Extra, Extra

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: Today on the Gothamist Newsmap: an explosion at Linden Blvd. and 220th St. in Queens, a homicide on Sedgewick Ave. in the Bronx, and a water main break on Prospect Place in BrooklynSanta may have to bypass coalition troops stationed around the world today, but holiday presents will be appreciated...

6:15 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

News

Park Slope Strollers Line Up for the Gap

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: When ParkSlopeParents.com advertised an open casting call for the new face of Baby Gap, we're sure an emergency meet-up took place at Tea Lounge. Who would make the cut?! more »

4:59 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

In Brief

Star mag's a bit sleazy, but it sells Sunday's Express-News

FROM POYNTER.ORG: San Antonio Express-News Sunday's Express-News almost didn't include a Star magazine, and "that would have been a lump of coal in the Christmas stockings of readers who enjoy the Hollywood fluff, but -- perhaps -- a breath of pure oxygen to those who rightly view the tabloid as superficial and...

4:42 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

Arts and Events

Video of the Day: Christmas Advertising That's Insane!

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: There will never be another advertising campaign, national or local, quite like the Crazy Eddie ads in the 1980s. And even though seeing them gives us a slight heart attack each time (and inspires us), this Christmas ad does seem to capture the frenzied spirit of the holidays. more »

4:09 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

AP

AP Top Entertainment News At 10:22 a.m. EST

Ex-'Lost' Star Reports for Jail Sentence more »

News

Animal Cruelty at the Hands of Significant Others

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: In recent weeks both a man and a woman have been charged with senseless violence against small defenseless animals - the woman for beating her boyfriend's cat to death, the man seriously injuring a girlfriend's dog. more »

3:22 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

AP

AP Top Entertainment News At 10:19 a.m. EST

Ex-'Lost' Star Reports for Jail Sentence more »

AP

AP Top Entertainment News At 10:16 a.m. EST

Ex-'Lost' Star Reports for Jail Sentence more »

AP

Police Probe TV Station Car Crash

CHICAGO (AP) _ A minivan crashed into the glass exterior wall of a downtown television studio, jarring the building and startling the anchor delivering the 10 p.m. news. No one was injured in the Sunday night crash at WLS-TV. more »

3:15 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

AP

AP Top Entertainment News At 10:09 a.m. EST

Ex-'Lost' Star Reports for Jail Sentence more »

AP

AP Top Entertainment News At 10 a.m. EST

Ex-'Lost' Star Reports for Jail Sentence more »

AP

Bam Margera Closer to Opening Theater

WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) _ Bam Margera is a step closer to opening a theater in his hometown. West Chester Borough Council has agreed to withdraw its objection to a liquor license for the MTV star's planned theater after a long list of conditions were met. more »

In Brief

Why not Bil Keane?

FROM RADOSH.NET: Why not Bil Keane?

News

Fresh Direct Workers Vote Down Union

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: Employees at FreshDirect’s Plant Operations warehouse voted overwhelmingly against unionization over the weekend. Given options of joining either the United Food & Commercial Workers, the Teamsters, or no union at all, 80 percent of the employees voted “no union.” more »

2:35 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

AP

AP Top Entertainment News At 9:22 a.m. EST

Ex-'Lost' Star Reports for Jail Sentence more »

In Brief

Merry Christmas...

FROM POLITICO.COM: ...from your friends at Eppley Airfield in Omaha. (Jonathan and I made it out late last night, and I'll be back up at full obsessiveness after the holiday.) more »

In Brief

Quint and Guillermo Talk 'Orphanage' and More

FROM BLOGS.INDIEWIRE.COM: AICN's Quint chats with one of my favorite people in the film business: director Guillermo Del Toro. They primarily talk about the new, Guillermo-presented Spanish release, The Orphanage. A great ghost story, that was a hit at Fantastic Fest this year, it opens in the U.S. at the end of the month.

2:19 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

In Brief

Closing populist

FROM POLITICO.COM: Lots about populism on Politico today, including my piece on Obama's venture into the heart of Henry Wallace country: GREENFIELD, Iowa — Sen. more »

News

Suspect in Carol Simon Killing Arrested

FROM GOTHAMIST.COM: The man who allegedly shot and killed Carol Simon-Hayes last week, as she was walking towards her nine-year-old son and talking to a friend on the phone, has been arrested. Darius Dubarry was arrested at a motel in Augusta, Georgia, where the 27-year-old fled town after Simon-Hayes's death. more »

1:55 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

AP

The Nation's Weather

The remnants of a winter storm system that blasted the Plains and Midwest over the weekend was expected to move eastward Monday, while a new snowstorm was forecast for the Intermountain West. more »

1:53 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007

AP

AP Top Entertainment News At 8:36 a.m. EST

Former 'Lost' Star Reports to Jail more »

AP

Police Probe TV Station Car Crash

CHICAGO (AP) _ A vehicle crashed into a TV station studio, jarring the building and startling a weekend anchor as he delivered the 10 p.m. news. Police were investigating the Sunday night incident at WLS-TV's downtown studio. There were no injuries, they said. more »

1:35 PM ON MON DEC 24 2007