Tevas showed up in Richard Chai's collection a few seasons ago, and now Prada has debuted these shiny "toe-sock-shoes" (as The Cut has dubbed them) at their Spring/Summer '13 fashion show. All we need is for platform Crocs to show up in Dior's new collection and all of our upsetting-footwear-as-ready-to-wear-fashion nightmares will have come true. [Pic via TheCut]
Backstreet's back (and starring in an Old Navy commercial), alright! Remember the time Vivian Girls' Cassie Ramone interviewed AJ McLean? We think about that like 5-10 times a day. [TheCut]
Love Rookiemag's ode to style icon Lady Miss Kier of Deee-Lite. She's dee-gorgeous and dee-groovy. 
Though Tom Ford rarely releases images of his new collections to the media before they hit stores, Vogue UK's site was able to post a few images from his private London Fashion Week show last week. Welcome to the Internet, Mr. Ford! [Fashionista]
Poor Amanda Bynes thinks she's moving to New York and launching a fashion line. [
Highsnobette has photos from artist/designer Susan Cianciolo's S/S '13 "Run" collection. Cianciolo also makes an appearance in our Oral History of X-Girl, by the by. 
Just another day for Choupette Lagerfeld, hanging out in the cockpit of Karl's private jet. [Grazia]
In New York, good music is never in short supply but when a thoughtfully curated music-meets-comedy-meets-art-meets-film-meets-literature festival like All Tomorrow's Parties heads to the city for the first time, it's worth taking note. The folks behind ATP, which usually takes place upstate, will bring their sister fest, I'll Be Your Mirror (so called for the B-side from The Velvet Underground's track "All Tomorrow's Parties") to Manhattan's Pier 36 this weekend for three days of music, movies, comedy, book discussions and more. Since there's so much going on at the fest (and we're guessing there will be more than a few ATP first timers who couldn't make the out of town dates before), we've put together a little Beginner's Guide so you don't miss anything.
The Music
The Comedy
The Movies
The Books
The child: Kenneth the Page (Jack McBreyer) on the final season of 30 Rock
The parents: Catherine O'Hara will play Kenneth's mom and "mom's friend," will be played by Bryan Cranston.
The child: Jess Day (Zooey Deschanel) on New Girl
The parents: Rob Reiner and Jamie Lee Curtis will play Joan and Bob, Jess's divorced parents, whom she will attempt to reunite at Thanksgiving. 
The child: Jeff Winger (Joel McHale) on Community
The parent: James Brolin will play William Winger, Jeff's long-estranged dad, on the Thanksgiving episode of the show, titled "Cooperative Escapism in Familial Relations."
The child: Marnie Michaels (Allison Williams) on GIRLS
The parent: Rita Wilson will play Marnie's mom. Here's a shot of them filming a scene together...
The child: Ben Wyatt (Adam Scott) on Parks and Recreation. 
The parent: Breaking Bad's Jonathan Banks will play Ben's father on the sixth episode of this season's Parks and Rec. According to the show's co-creator Mike Schur, he will be a lot like Banks' BB character Mike Ehrmentraut. "To me, at this exactly moment in time, he's everyone I know's favorite actor," Schur told 
The child: Veronica Moore (Jennifer Hudson), who joins the cast of Smash for its second season.
The parent: Tony-award nominee (for Dreamgirls!) Sheryl Lee Ralph will play her mother Cynthia.
The children: Alex and Jane Kerkovich (Elisha Cuthbert and Eliza Coupe) on Happy Endings
The parents: Extremely prolific actor Christopher McDonald (Boardwalk Empire, Cracking Up, Veronica's Closet, Requiem for a Dream) and Airplane's Julie Hagerty will play Alex and Jane Kerkovich's parents on the sixth episode of the season, in which Jane "tries to find Serbian-themed jokes for her tough-to-please dad's birthday party."
The child: Lily (Aubrey Anderson-Emmons)'s classmate on Modern Family.
The child: Sabrina (Shannon Woodward) on Raising Hope
1. For all of you who are as obsessed with the "
2. Bet you didn't know there was a fancy schmancy McDonald's in a New Hyde Park, NY Georgian mansion built in 1795! [via 
3. Amy Poehler was on Jay Leno last night -- just days after she and Will Arnett announced their 
5. Our new favorite meme: Philosophical Honey Boo Boo. [via 
6. NYC's McKittrick Hotel, site of Sleep No More, will now be the home of a 10-week pop-up rooftop garden bar/restaurant, Gallow Green. [via press release]
7. Breakbot's debut album, "By Your Side," is out this week on Ed Banger Records in a limited-edition one-sided chocolate version that's good enough to eat. Unfortunately, only 120 copies are available at Colette in Paris. Pick up a copy for us, please. And, yes, it's available 
"Why have just a regular cat, when you could have a uni-cat?" (
WUT: Stephen Colbert will make a cameo on The Office's Halloween episode this season. He's playing Broccoli Rob, the often-mentioned member of Andy's college a capella group Here Comes Treble. !!!!!!!!!!!!! [
Guitar hero pig. [Thanks Gary]
Morrissey wrote this rant about the Ramones in a 1976 edition of Melody Maker magazine when he was 17. It's 
Pat pat. [
Haha, your mom's restaurant totally fits in parties of 6 or more.[
Time to get ill. [
Oh, you know, just Jon Hamm and Adam Scott hanging out in green unitards, filming what 
Life good. [
Big Edie knows best.(Just kidding, the raccoons living in her walls told her to say this.) [
"Banana/Flip Flop," 2012
"Apocalypse Dream 3 (The Day After)," 2012
"Banana Peel," 2012
"Gone Bananas," 2012
"Blue/Pink Drip Painting," 2012
"Dropcloth 2," 2012
"Green/Yellow Drip Painting," 2012
"Orange Belt," 2012
"Purple Jumble," 2012
"Untitled," 2012
"Untitled," 2012
Animation stills from "Liberate Your Love," 2012. Animation by Matthew Salata, still image from Worldword!,
a cartoon series created by Peter Glantz and Becky Stark, airing on
MTV's LIquid Television this fall. Image courtesy of MTV and Imaginary
Entertainment.
You can take a girl out of a short-sleeved turtleneck, but... well, never mind, no you can't. As we documented 
Most "let's give someone else a chance on the swing set" nominee: Modern Family. For the second year in a row, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Ty Burell, Ed O'Neill and Eric Stonestreet take up four of the six slots for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. Which, fine, ok, they're all super funny on that show. But if Jack McBrayer, who was nominated in 2009, doesn't win for Kenneth next year (which will be 30 Rock's final season), then we give up. We are, however, excited that Max Greenfield has been nominated for his excellent portrayal of the loveable/terrible Schmidt on The New Girl and that Bill Hader has been nominated for SNL.
Person we most want to see accept an Emmy in character: Bill Hader as Stefon, the party monster. While completely unlikely, how awesome would it be if he showed up in character and doled out some hot after-party recommendations during his acceptance speech? 
Category that embarrasses us the most: Outstanding Host For a Reality or Reality-Competition Program. 
Person we most hope wins for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: Louis CK, Louie. We've 
Best "comeback" nomination: Mayim Bialik, Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series) as Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory. Whoa!
Nominee we did a little dance in our heads for the most: Joanne Froggatt, who was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series on Downton Abbey. Mistah Banks! 
Hottest Broadway actor with great eyebrows to be nominated for an Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series
for his role on Nurse Jackie: Bobby Cannavale.
Most head-scratching nominations sweep: American Horror Story, which has been roundly panned by critics. Then again, this show is so weird that its inclusion in the Outstanding TV Miniseries or Movie category is kind of refreshing. (We're also excited that our enduring Woman Crush, Connie Britton, has been nominated for an Outstanding Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for her single-season role on AHS.) 
Most
AARP-Approved Nomination: "Outstanding Variety Special (Betty White's 90th
Birthday, Mel Brooks and Dick Cavett Together Again, Tony Bennett:
Duets II etc.)"
Best "Hahahaaa, a-holes!" nomination(s): Controversial, much-scrutinized HBO comedy Girls and its creator Lena Dunham get the last laugh with a bunch of nods. The show is nominated for Best Comedy Series and Dunham is nominated for three Emmys including Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series and Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. 
Valentino revealed that he designed Anne Hathaway's wedding dress for her upcoming nuptials to Adam Shulman. [via 
And, speaking of Valentino and Anne Hathaway, we love the actress's Valentino gown she wore to the opening of the NYC Ballet Gala. The designer also created costumes for members of the ballet company. [via 
And, and, what do you think of SJP's gown and cape. We don't normally go for capes but in this case, we actually really like it (though we could pass on her makeup and hair). [via 
Mitt Romney shenanigans and foolhardy comments created a perfect opportunity for this GIF to make the rounds again. [
We'll never complain about the size of New York apartments again.
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1. Forbes ranks the country's hippest hipster neighborhoods. And (shocker) Williamsburg is not number one! Silver Lake, L.A. takes the top spot, the Mission in San Francisco is number two and Williamsburg is number three. Check out the full list 
2. We were bummed in July when subMercer -- the cool little nightclub in the basement of the Mercer Hotel -- closed abruptly. It was one of the few NYC spots were you could hear great music from talented DJs that usually don't get to spin in the more commercial mega-clubs. On Sunday, September 23, starting around 9 p.m., most of the DJs that kept the place jumping will be re-uniting for one night down at Santos Party House (96 Lafayette Street). Check out the flyer for the complete list.
3. Not so much party-rocking: LMFAO's Redfoo and Sky Blu are taking a break from the band, "to focus on their own personal and professional interests." [via 
4. This Damsels in Distress 
5. The New York City Transit authority is selling off items from its lost and found, like violins, saxophones, jewelry, electronics and... these Tabitha Simmons sneakers. To peruse the super-weird array of items, click 
6. This guy, first in line at the Apple flagship store on Fifth Ave. for the iPhone 5, got in line last Thursday! [via 
7. Look at those gams! Martha Stewart wore some sparkly capri pants to last night's New York City Ballet Fall Gala. [via 
8. Ahh! It's Eva Longoria's butt! [via