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You Say Potato

Gawker "decries":http://gawker.com/news/withdrawal-overdose/which-east-village-institution-is-the-next-bank-branch-268123.php the loss of East Village institutions to a wave of corporate bank openings. But how ...
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Lost in Translation

Just checked out the New York Times "latest story on gays in the military.":http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/08/us/politics/08gays.html?_r=1&oref=slogin In it, Hillary Clinton complains about the army's decision ...
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PAC-Men

The "End the Occupation event":http://www.endtheoccupation.org/ that concludes today Washington D.C. brought together anti-war activists, pro-Palestinian militants, "Neturei Karta":http://www.nkusa.org/ and oth...
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Laugh All The Way To The Bank

Tired of spending all your money on boozing and shmoozing? I know I am. So sink a couple bucks into something that's really worth your time and check out _Heeb_ favorites "Michael Showalter":http://www.heebmaga...
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It’s Not Such a Good Thing

Turns out "Martha Stewart":http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.76d5d3769e1fc1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=c479cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005b09a00aRCRD&xsc=rm+goo+Brand+martha$stewart is a big fa...
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Getting Hostel

Out of all the movies requiring a sequel, Eli Roth's "_Hostel_":http://www.hostelfilm.com/ is not at the top of my list. Nevertheless, today marks the release of the torture-porn's "second installment.":http://...
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Storytelling

Heeb's critically acclaimed Storytelling series presents Jewish stories from an ever-changing crew of performers across the country. We now give you Heeb _Storytelling in its online incarnation. Check back here...
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Paternity Suit

Canadian author Rebecca Eckler is suing Universal Studios for copyright infringement on the basis of the "striking similarities between Judd Apatow's comedy and her memoir":http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/...
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Hung Like A Roth

In a "_New York Magazine_ interview":http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/06/eli_roth_has_his_dirk_diggler.html#more (link is *COMPLETELY NOT SAFE FOR WORK*), photographer Tim Palen spills the beans about ...
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Hostel Takeover

Eli Roth explains his penchant for fabricated blood and guts by recounting his sensationally unconventional bar mitzvah party in which a magician pretended to saw the young Roth in half—a grotesque symbolic act...
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Bless You

Here's the latest in superfluous gadgetry: With the press of a button, the "Say-a-Blessing electronic keychain":http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/for-the-tribe/say+a+blessing-makes-a-better-jew-out-of-you-266189.php/ ...
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Waa Waa Wii Waa

You can take a break from mourning the break-up of the Davids to celebrate this breaking development: "Isla Fisher is carrying Sacha Baron Cohen's spawn.":http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20041347,00.htm...