As the Summer Season brings the return of good TV, this Sunday, August 16th, marks the long-awaited premiere of Season 3 of Mad Men. People around the country are planning theme parties, complete with 60s attire, appetizers, and cocktails. In New York alone,...

MySpace Music has long been the place on the Web for established and emerging artists. For many musicians, MySpace has become their primary Web site, as it offers a free platform for publishing music and connecting with fans.

There are more than five million artists with MySpace music pages,...

The music industry in general has been slow in playing catch up to the tools of new media. While record labels and publishers are still fighting to maintain ownership of their properties, there's a whole new world of new media elite who are working to find tools to empower...

Last night Seth Myers hosted the 13th Annual Webby Awards at the Wall Street Cipriani, a location that symbolized one more example of how new media is replacing the bankers as the industry du jour. "If you love the Oscars, but wish there were fewer celebrities and more...

Ever since the mid-1980s, the Pet Shop Boys have seen the world as a London dance floor. They're nearly as celebrated for their smart, chilly dance pop ("West End Girls," "Opportunities (Let's Make Lots of Money)") and their arch cover versions ("Always on my Mind," "Where the Streets Have No...

We grew to know and love Fern Mallis, the mastermind behind New York Fashion Week, after she regularly guest starred on Project Runway, advising the top finalists toward their very first (and usually last) fashion week show. But after Project Runway was caught in programming limbo, as the Weinsteins...

Celebrities get tons of gift bags. And while they don't need 10 iPods or another gym membership, one New York event is doing something good with all that extra swag. The third annual Gift Bags for Good Auction, presented by Fiji Water, takes place tomorrow night to benefit the Clothes...

The graduating class of Duke University this year had the privilege of Oprah giving their commencement speech. Her advice to the class of 2009: seriously, being rich is really cool because you can own a ton of mansions and fly around on a private jet.

Well at least...

Manhattan, L.A., Sydney, Bali ... Hoboken? Yup. The W Hotel luxury empire, with 29 properties around the globe, opened its first New Jersey outpost last week, right across the Hudson from the more glittering borough, a place that already boasts six of Starwood Hotels' luxurious W properties.

Take that,...

Who would have thought the feel good movie of the year stars fifty-year old heavy metal has beens? Don't take my word for it. I watched Anvil! The Story of Anvil! with a veteran music industry exec who proclaimed "this is genius!" after the first five minutes. And I've watched...

They've got a whistle famous the world over. Peter, Bjorn and John broke onto the music scene with their third album Writer's Block in 2006. Led by their hit "Young Folks," the pop Swedish trio became a staple in the indie scene. The band, which has now been together...

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Last week Pop Beauty and Fashion Indie hosted a grand finale to Fashion Week at New York's hot new nightclub Citrine. Pop Beauty founder Sara Strand is a Swedish-born singer who learned all about makeup while...

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Christian Siriano is the future of fashion. There, we said it. Leave it to the 23-year-old designer to create his Fall '09 collection, inspired by a country he's never even visited. He reminds us what is...

"I'm breathless at being backstage with more stars than I can remember," Tim Gunn said at the start of the Heart Truth's Red Dress Collection 2009, which opened New York fashion week Friday morning. The show is not your typical fashion show, with...

Try this short exercise. Off the top of your head, name 10 female directors. Now name 10 lead roles on television for women who don't play the wife or the girlfriend. How about 10 female rolls on TV for women who are "average size"? How'd you do?

There's no doubt...

Millions turned up to Washington to witness history. HBO exclusively broadcast the inaugural concert at the Lincoln Memorial with acts like U2 and Mary J. Blige. And record numbers tuned in on inauguration day to CNN for exclusive coverage like, "Obama wipes his nose" on the parade viewing stand. And...

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"Obama Day should be every day!" Wyclef Jean declared in the VIP room before taking the stage at last night's Green Inaugural Ball at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium. "I've been his biggest supporter from the start!"

The Grammy winner lived...

A young Palestinian-American woman living in Ramallah, six miles north of Jerusalem and about 70 miles north of Gaza, shares her fears and perspective on the Israeli attacks. Most disturbing is her viewpoint that this is not a war of exchanging rockets across political borders, but a war of ideology...

Hello Hollywood! It's recession time, and even you're not immune. But you've known that for awhile. Even before the writer's could come to the bargaining table last year, whispers of a SAG strike were on the horizon. Last year's strike is still taking its toll on you, and actors today,...

After watching The Wrestler this weekend, I turned to revisit the cult classic The Pope of Greenwich Village, because I couldn't remember what Mickey Rourke looked like. When that film came out in 1984, he was set to be the king of the 80s. He was tough and natural, sporting...