Full disclosure, this is kind of old news, but here it is anyway: a group of strippers in L.A. (Shady’s home base) are suing the managers of some local strip clubs for damages. Strippers are generally hired as independent contractors, but with management-enforced rules like having to tip out bartenders and DJ’s, being [...]

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I’m not really one to complain about sexually graphic stuff, as you may have gathered. And this isn’t a complaint, really, but I have to say I was suddenly struck the other day by how explicit some very mainstream magazines have become. Imagine, if you will, the following scenario:
I’m sitting on the couch, enjoying [...]

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In order to accentuate her diminutive body in the upcoming film “The Dutchess,” director Saul Dibb has decided to make Keira Knightley appear to be nothing but hat and hair. Full disclosure: Keira Knightley happens to be one of my pet peeves - other than melodramatically staring off into the distance and having [...]

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You know, I think we all owe Katie Couric a big round of applause for this. She has conducted herself in a manner that not all of us would have been able to. In the face of abject stupidity, she has been professional, and yes - even courteous. Interviewing the Idiot on the Ticket, Sarah [...]

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