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What Does CNBC Know That We Don't Know?

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | August 20, 2008 06:26 PM

Read More: Barack Obama Vice President, Barack Obama Vice Presidential Candidates, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton, Kathleen Sebelius

CNBC's copy of the schedule for next week's Democratic National Convention in Denver ends in either a clue or a slip-up. The DNC schedule, posted...

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Bobby Moynihan Named New SNL Cast Member

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | August 20, 2008 09:42 AM

Read More: Bobby Moynihan, Newest Castmember, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live Castmember, Ucb Theater, Upright Citizens Brigade

SNL has named a new cast member: New York City comedy scene stalwart Bobby Moynihan. E! Online is reporting, and sources from the Upright Citizens...

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Embargoed Bob Woodward Book To Come Out Sept. 8th, So Look For It To Be Totally Scooped On Sept. 7th

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 19, 2008 09:06 AM

Read More: Bob Woodward, Bob Woodward Iraq War Book, Bob Woodward The War Within, The War Within

It was with delight that I saw that Bob Woodward had another book coming out, because it allows me to revive one of my favorite...

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Chris Cillizza Rocks The Veepstakes!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 18, 2008 09:59 AM

Read More: Chris Cillizza, Cillizza VP, The Fix, Veepstakes

I am not sure there is anyone more enthusiastic about this presidential election than Chris Cillizza, WaPo's prolific "The Fix" blogger, politics columnist, prolific TV...

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NYT Backs Up NBC: McCain Was Not In "Cone Of Silence" Before Saddleback

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 18, 2008 12:50 AM

Read More: Capus Letter, Davis Capus Letter, McCain Capus, McCain Letter Capus, Nbc, Rick Davis Steve Capus, Saddleback Church

Last night, John McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis sent a strongly-worded letter to NBC News president Steve Capus, complaining about "unsubstantiated, partisan claims" on the...

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Spotted: Serena And Dan, Foolishly Stopping Near Me And My Camera

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 18, 2008 12:45 AM

Read More: Blake Lively, Dan Humphrey, Gossip Girl, Penn Badgely, Serena And Dan, Serena Van Der Woodsen

Yesterday afternoon I enjoyed what is becoming a frequent New York City moment: Catching a sighting of Gossip Girl paramours Blake Lively and Penn Badgely,...

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O Interns! Our Interns!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 15, 2008 06:37 PM

Read More: Best Summer Ever, Huffpost, Interns, Thank You Rachel For All Your Mentorship

It's a sad day in HuffPoLand — we are saying goodbye to our wonderful interns: Sean Morrow, Scout Opatut, Joe Satran, and Juli Weiner. They...

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Jeff Zucker Says Olympics Prove That Network Television Is Alive And Well: "The Pipes Still Work...When The Pipes Work, There's Nothing Like It"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 15, 2008 10:16 AM

Read More: Cnbc, Jeff Zucker, Nbc

Today CNBC's "Squawk Box" hosted a very special guest: NBC (and thus CNBC) boss man Jeff Zucker, all the way from Beijing. We know he...

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Where Noonan Leads, McCain Follows?

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 14, 2008 02:19 PM

Read More: Mccain, Mccain One Term, Mccain One Term Pledge, McCain Single Term, Peggy Noonan McCain, Rnc

New buzz from "McCainland," as Campbell Brown put it on her show last night: Apparently John McCain is seriously mulling a pledge to serve only one term if elected president.

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PWR 2 The PPL: Obama's Text-Message VP Gambit

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 13, 2008 12:00 PM

Were you wondering about the Veepstakes, and who Barack Obama would finally choose to be his running mate? Well, fear not — because YOU can...

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Daily News Loads Brooke Shields Report With Inaccuracies

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | August 13, 2008 10:43 AM

Read More: Brooke SHields, Del Close Marathon, Ucb, UCB Marathon, Ucb Theater, Upright Citizens Brigade

The New York Daily News had a "spy" at the open-to-the-press, open-to-the-public Del Close Marathon this weekend at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. Gossip columnists...

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The Daily Show And The Colbert Report, Unplugged (And Ready To Share)

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 12, 2008 12:41 PM

Read More: Colbert Report, Daily Show, Del Close, Del Close Marathon, Ed Helms, John Oliver, Rob Riggle, The Office, UCB Marathon, Wyatt Cenac

One of the first sold-out shows at the UCB improv marathon was the "Daily Show/Colbert Report Improv Jam," featuring writers and correspondents from those shows,...

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The Dumb Politics of "Celebrity"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 11, 2008 06:53 PM

Read More: Barack Obama, Campaign Ads, Celebrity, John McCain, Obama Ad, Obama Ads, Obama Celeb, Obama Celeb Ad, Obama Celebrity, Politics News, Video

Sounds like "celebrity" applies to both these men who happen to be running for president, spending millions to reach out to voters who see them every day on TV, in the papers, and staring up from magazine covers. But otherwise, totally anonymous.

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Down With Gmail? Up WithTwitter!

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | August 11, 2008 06:06 PM

Gmail is down which means that there is NO POSSIBLE WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ANYONE EVER — except by indirect message-board posting on a newfangled...

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Gmail Outage: Internet Resorts To 140-Character Complaints As Email Site Goes Down

Huffington Post | Dave Burdick | August 11, 2008 05:25 PM

Read More: Gmail, Gmail 502 Error, Gmail Broken, Gmail Dead, Gmail Down, Gmail Down August 11, Gmail Down August 11 2008, Gmail Down August 11th, Gmail Down Error 502, Gmail Outage, Temporary Error 502

Gmail appears to be functioning on private domains and personal accounts again. For those still feeling the hurt from the Gmail outage, the HTML version...