Very Disturbing: From NY Times: Porter J. Goss, the new intelligence chief, has told Central Intelligence Agency employees that their job is to “support the administration and its policies in our work,” a copy of an internal memorandum shows.

Fabio made an appearance today at Conde Nast and wowed the staff with his buffness, his manly locks and his friendly charm. He patiently took a seat while staffers one by one asked for an autograph. No wonder every housewife in America wants to do him. He even posed with a Wrassler for our upcoming […]

[From NY Daily News] Tom Hanks for president?: Looks like “Fahrenheit 9/11” director and proud lefty Michael Moore is hatching a scheme to draft Tom Hanks for the White House in 2008. “We need to find our Arnold,” Moore told Lowdown at Sunday’s “Hotel Rwanda” premiere, adding that the box-office star is the Democratic Schwarzenegger.

Movable Hype The Knitting Factory Tuesday, November 16 Our friends at Gothamist have put together a fabulous evening of music, with up-and-coming indie acts: The Fresh The Sons of Sound Snowden Asobi Seksu Best of all there are $2 drink specials from Triple 8 Vodka! Show starts at 8PM. Tickets are $10 in advance (you […]

[from CNN] The rap artist O.D.B., whose utterly unique rhymes, wild lifestyle and incessant legal troubles made him one of the most vivid characters in hip-hop, collapsed and died inside a recording studio Saturday. He was 35. O.D.B. had complained of chest pains before collapsing at the Manhattan studio, and was dead by the time […]