Timbaland gets his watch stolen, goes on suicide watch

WHAT TIME IS IT

Timbaland just had his watch stolen, but not just any watch, a $2,000,000 watch.  Why own a time piece that costs that much, especially if you’re going to get so upset when you lose it that you’re put on suicide watch?  TMZ has the 911 call from Timbaland’s mother-in-law.  She knows what time it is.

Empire State Building: You’ve got company, bub.

via NYTimes.com

The Empire State Building has been nothing if not patient with developers. It puts up with tourists wrongly photographing the Chrysler building, it didn’t complain one bit when it learned that there was going to be not one, but two new taller guys to share the island with, and hey, if you want to propose to your girlfriend at the top or have your pet gorilla climb up the side, that’s fine too. Do we really need to keep screwing with the Empire State Building’s view of Manhattan? Does the Empire State Building really need a kid brother to hang with?

The City Council approved on Wednesday afternoon the construction of a tower near Pennsylvania Station that will rise to within 34 feet in height of the nearby Empire State Building, inserting a glassy rival virtually next door to what has been the defining element of the city’s skyline.

The owners of the Empire State Building had begun a fierce public relations, advertising and lobbying campaign to stop the building, saying it would damage the skyline and the Empire State Building’s revered status. They even proposed the creation of a three-quarter-mile zone around 34th Street and 5th Avenue inside which no comparable structure could be erected.

Read more on the NY Times

Prince Poppycock – I’m a fan

I am not a man that regularly watches men in makeup and wigs sing opera.. not in prime time anyway.  But this Prince Poppycock fella has got something.  I am more than sure that after a few rounds of brews at O’Sheas I would easily be convinced to sit through a full Vegas show.

The  most interesting thing about Prince Poppycock is his drastic transformation from quiet, unassuming longhair to powdered-wig flamboyant superstar.  It reminds you that we probably all have the ability to pull off a transformation of our own.  Just a quick stop at Aahs and we’re ready to hit the stage.

This is my first season watching America’s Got  Talent.  This show is massive, I really had no idea.  Now that I know how great it is I’m a little upset that I missed the Hasselhoff years.  This show has so much more than American Idol.  It seems like it’s going to take a full year to get through all of these contestants.  Plus their use of sites like YouTube to find new talent is really interesting.  I have a new favorite show (..besides Mad Men)

This was my favorite Prince Poppycock performance:

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