Madonna's Gay Brother Has His Revenge [Feuds]

Simon & Schuster is printing 350,000 copies of a book by Madonna's brother Christopher Ciccone, to be rushed onto store shelves next month before the singer's lawyers can sue to block publication. The book is said by the Post's sources to be "brutal" and "extremely graphic and devastating," which normally would sound like publisher hype, except in this case the tabloid seems to be in a catfight with Simon & Schuster over a spoiled exclusive so that seems doubtful. Once Madonna's rock of stability, Ciccone was estranged from the pop star around the time Madonna met husband Guy Richie, who doesn't like gays. Or maybe Ciccone just hates his sister so much that he wants people to think Richie hates gays, so Madonna's gay fans will jump ship (Richie has denied being homophobic). Whatever. The important thing is that the public will finally learn some intimate details about the private side of Madonna, poster child for discretion and underexposure. [Post]

Artists Escape New York Via Internet [Art]

NEA chairman Dana Gioia: "You can now live in Santa Fe and e-mail your New York agent every day." [AP, Times]

Live-In Wench Sought For Massage, Stiffness Reduction [Urban Anthropology]

You know a Craigslist ad is running spectacularly afoul of social decency when the fourth paragraph contains a vehement explanation of why it does not violate fair housing laws. But the disclaimer in this ad is surely not necessary, since no Craigslist reader, no matter how heartless, would begrudge a "sweet... perfectionist" 20-29-year-old female who "takes direction well" the chance to live in a "FREE $2000 APARTMENT." All you have to do is put in 14-hours of work per week and please your landlord/boss, a "rich, single, heterosexual guy" with "more $ than time." Duties include cooking, cleaning, laundry, back-walking and various other uncomfortable forms of touching. Click the thumbnail for an image of the full ad. [Craigslist]

Lloyd Dobler Wants To Give You A "Pop Quiz" [Election]

Oh hey, look, it's John Cusack, campaigning against John McCain in a MoveOn.org ad! Cusack's War, Inc., which was a sort of Dr. Strangelove-meets-the-Iraq War, got weak reviews, but points to the actor for including a very, very difficult POP QUIZ in this commercial. Spoiler: The correct answer to every question is the same: "I have no idea, but Lloyd Dobler is DREAMY." Ad/quiz after the jump.

[MoveOn]

Bestiality Porn Posted By A Top Federal Judge [Wtf]

"Alex Kozinski, chief judge of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, acknowledged in an interview with the Times that he had posted the materials, which included a photo of naked women on all fours painted to look like cows and a video of a half-dressed man cavorting with a sexually aroused farm animal." [LA Times]

Katie Couric Has Something To Say About "Hillary Clinton" [Sexism]

Fun game: take this Katie Couric comment on sexism toward Hillary Clinton and replace the Senator's name with the anchor's. Ha ha iron our shirts, Katie! Stop hosting the "news" and get back to humoring the wacky weather guy in the morning! Also it's all tremendously sad. Video below.

Updates [MSLO]

Now added: Earlier foreshadowing about the dark fate that awaited just-dumped Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia CEO Susan Lyne.

Kate Moss Left Party Because It Was Lame, Not Because It Was Coke-Free [Gossip]

We told you earlier about Kate Moss's hissyfit at MILK studios during an Agent Provocateur party—according to Page Six, she left because they wouldn't let her bring three friends into the bathroom, citing a "strict one-person-at-a-time policy." (So basically they suggested she was a cokehead!) But Ray LeMoine, a blogger was at the affair (which happened in early May) says this is bullshit: "the bathrooms at MILK were big multi-stall affairs, and plenty of sniffing was audible from the men's pisser. There wasn't an attendant or anything." Also?

MILK also has a basement party room where Moss' old hook-up Jamie Burke's band Bloody Social (who were also at the party) practice, so I'm sure the coke party could have moved down there. Also, I'm sure MILK owner Madzac Rassi knows Kate Moss and would've accomadated her. Most likely, Kate left the party beacuse it wasn't that great.

[Photo: Medicine Agency]

The Handy Bilderberg/Obama Conspiracy Theory Widget [Conspiracy Theories]

So. The bad Countrywide-related guy who just 'resigned' from the Obama campaign? He was at the Bilderberg conference, that fun meeting of the secret shadow government. And he's connected to sooo many other organizations that plot the global food crisis and control the churches, like the Brookings Institute and the University of Minnesota. We learned so much from this informative widget, courtesy Animal. We've embedded it after the jump.

Commenter Meet Up [There Will Be Blood]

Don't forget! Tonight, starting at 7. The Scratcher bar, at 5th and Bowery.

Devil In a Hued Dress [Open Caption]

["Real Housewife" of New York City Alex McCord at a charity for water event in New York last night; image via WENN]

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