Obama launches his re-election campaign today, MSG was rocking this weekend, and Katie Holmes got her Jackie O on. Plus, the southwest air scare, Borders isn’t taking their bankruptcy lightly, and Charlie Sheen bombs onstage. Plus! Meet the first female NYC taxi driver!
1. President Obama launches his re-election campaign today. The social media savvy Obama camp once again puts Facebook front and center of their campaign. “Are you in?” [TechCrunch] [BarackObama]
2. Two of Qaddafi’s sons are said to offer a plan to push their father out of power. Can you imagine having Qaddafi as your dad?! [NYT]
3. “At the Garden, a Retirement and a Resuscitation.” This weekend, MSG was really happening. Friday night brought out local band, The Strokes, (which I was lucky enough to attend), and Saturday night brought out the very last show from LCD Soundsystem, which lasted well passed midnight. Photo [via] [NYT]
- Video of the ending of LCD: [Thessaly]
- Watch the entire 3hr41min LCD Soundsystem concert on [YouTube]
4. The Kennedys Miniseries brings us back to the ’60s. The mini-series, starring Katie Holmes and Greg Kinnear has created almost as much controversy as the Kennedys themselves. The 8-part series was released by the History Channel in January, and turned down by every other network except for [ReelzChannel]. The first part aired last night to fair reviews. [CBS]
5. Katie Couric is leaving as CBS Evening News anchor, less than five years after becoming the first woman to anchor a network TV evening newscast alone. Couric is expected to launch a syndicated talk show in 2012 [ABCNews]
6. The top 50 women in the world, according to Financial Times. [wwomenglobally]
7. Anna Dello Russo, the Editor at large for VOGUE Japan, lays out her 10 Top NY Met Gala Rules. I love her! [ADR]
8. The Internet never forgets. Is your Google results page getting in the way of your business or personal life? Nick Bilton researches how to delete your embarrassing digital past in a Times piece this weekend that made the Sunday Styles instead of the Technology section. [NYT]
9. The sister of Madonna’s ex manager, Caresse Henry, claims the superstar and Kabbalah were responsible for Caresse’s suicide in 2004. [TheDaily]
10. Colleges and universities have become cheerleaders and enablers of the unpaid internship boom, failing to inform young people of their rights or protect them from the miserly calculus of employers. [NYT]
11. A hole in a Southwest plane this weekend lead to an emergency landing. One passenger live tweeted the frightening episode complete with photos. This is my worst nightmare. [Mashable]
12. Spotted at a Borders store in Chicago: [DailyWhat]
13. How slavery really ended in America. An interesting read. [NYT]
14. Charlie Sheen bombed his live comedy show in Detroit this weekend. The majority of the audience booed and hecked Sheen and his buddy Simon Rex. There’s video: [TMZ]
15. Between April 16th and April 24th, admission to all national parks and monuments is free. A quick guide: [WSJ]
16. Meet Gertrude Hadley Jeannette, NYC’s 1st female cab driver. She’s now 96. [NYDN]
17. In the 50 years since Yuri Gagarin first soared into space, 520 men and women have followed. Meet the astronauts from 35 nations. [FT]
18. Icecream lightbulbs. SWEET. [AnOther]
19. James Franco heads to DC for a benefit, deems social media “over.” “Social media is over. Still up there. Going down. You heard it here first,” said the actor whose Twitter account is currently still active, but private.” [Politico]
20. Twenty Bitchin’ mall scenes from the ’90s. Mullets were in, Cobain was alive, and Cinnabon was the place to be. [Refinery29]
21. The Tea party affair could doom the GOP. The GOP’s most extreme wing, the tea party, is setting the party’s political direction not just in Congress, but on the presidential campaign trail. Love the post and the artwork accompanying it by Matt Mahurin. [Politico]
22. This week’s NY Magazine examines The New York Apartment. Justin Davidson asks: When did we start living on top of each other, and why did we think it was a good idea? Plus, there’s a great slideshow of some famous NYC apartments on film, like one of my personal favs from Party Girl with Parker Posey: [NYM]
23. Daddy Issues. Why we need to start treating fathers like the parenting partners they are. [TheDaily]
24. No doubt the world would be a considerably duller place without artificial food coloring. Thankfully, after extensive research, we can continue coloring our foods without fear. [NYT]
25. Erin Lauder, Estee Lauder’s Senior Vice President and creative director, and it’s founder’s granddaughter, has announced plans to start her own fashion and lifestyle brand with an interesting “dream team” including Anna Wintour (advisor) and Jeff Zucker (consultant). [Racked]
27. Will leave you with this inspirational video of a dog- which was just rescued, 3 weeks after the Tsunami, off the coast of Kensennuma, Japan – catching up with his owner;
Well, that’s all for me today! Oh, and go see “The Book of Mormon” on Broadway. It truly lives up to all of the hype.
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