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Richard Branson and Madonna Kids Become Refugees; Aniston Lives In A Hovel [Gossip Roundup]

Gaunt Jewish mysticist Madonna is bringing her Guy-less brood back to New York where she looks to ruin the marriage of Brooklyn Cyclone's mascot Sandy the Seagull. [ES] Guess who played a refugee in yesterday's Refugee Run? Why, unhinged entrepreneur Richard Branson, obviously! He even visited a "mock refugee camp," where presumably courses like "How to Imitate a Gazan" and "Yo' Mama Snaps for IDPs" were offered. [NYP] Sad houseplant Jennifer Aniston's "house" is under "construction" and has been for "two years." [Star] Non-actress Renee Zellweger wore a red dress and did that annoying thing with her mouth, part smile/part grimace/part glower, before an appearance on the David Letterman Show. [Sun] Breasts Jessica Alba admitted the obvious and was photographed attending acting lessons. Congrats, Jessica A., the first step to solving a problem is realizing you have one! [Wenn] Page Six Magazine folded like one of those origami fortune-tellers—that is, in quarters—so I am guest-blogging this weekend to make some dough.

Published: 2009-02-01 Provider: Gawker Keywords: Gossip Roundup

Ninja vs. Reggae Star In Unfair Sword Fight [Our Fair City]

What happens to a dancehall reggae artist retired? Does he dry up, like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore, and then run? No. He moves to East New York and is attacked by a ninja-like swordsman. Major Mackerel—remember him, from back in the day? 'Dutty Bungle?' 'Pretty Looks Done?' Well if you really liked dancehall you probably would. But in an interesting insight into what musical artists do after their time in the spotlight is over, Major Mackerel's now living a quiet life in Brooklyn

Published: 2009-10-05 Provider: Gawker Keywords: Our fair city

Brooklyn's Dumpster Swimming Pools Going National [Dumpster Diving]

The internet's been buzzing over a Brooklyn company's plan to convert discarded dumpsters into swimming pools, and now that they've successfully conned doltish hipsters into swimming inside of dumpsters, the owners want to expand their evil empire into suburbia. The company's name is Macro-Sea and it's run by a man named David Belt. Belt and his partners "borrowed" the idea, lining old dumpsters with plastic, filling them with water and adding water-filtration systems, from a Georgia man who'd m

Published: 2009-07-20 Provider: Gawker Keywords: dumpster diving