martha-stewart
God Hates Martha Stewart's Cutesy Drug Show
Pareene · 02/23/09 12:05PMMartha Stewart Goes to Pot
cityfile · 02/20/09 11:18AMLudacris Sets Martha Stewart's Rapper Relations Back 20 Years
STV · 02/19/09 01:05PMMartha's Recession-Busting Tips Include Laying Off 10% of Your Housekeeping Workforce
Seth Abramovitch · 02/17/09 03:31PMEndorsement Deals Gone Bad: Martha Stewart Edition
cityfile · 02/05/09 11:37AMIt looks like Martha Stewart won't be using a Turbochef oven when she settles into her Greenwich kitchen this evening to bake her usual batch of 17 apple pies. On Tuesday, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia slapped Turbochef with a lawsuit for allegedly reneging on a deal to hand over $3 million in Turbochef stock and $5 million in cash in exchange for Martha promoting the line of stoves on both her and Emeril Lagasse's TV programs. (Martha bought out Emeril last year.) MSLO's lawyers claim Martha followed through on her end—and it appears she once had a cozy relationship with the Turbochef folks—but the relationshop later soured and now Martha is asking for $15 million in damages. Let's all hope that MSLO prevails, so the company can finally invest in some much-needed office decorations. The full lawsuit is after the jump.
Martha Stewart Impugns Our Integrity!
Hamilton Nolan · 02/03/09 11:09AMEditor of Martha Stewart Living Laid Off?
Hamilton Nolan · 01/30/09 03:39PMMartha's Coping Technique, Kanye's 'Shoekeeper'
cityfile · 01/30/09 06:34AM
• Martha Stewart is so distraught over the death of her chow chow and her break-up with Charles Simonyi that she's been adopting cats left and right (and throwing them parties, too). Or at least that's what the National Enquirer says. [NE]
• Brooke Shields says the Lipstick Jungle stage manager who stole props from the set swiped cash from her wallet, too. [NYDN]
• Amy Winehouse's house in London was robbed yesterday. [People, The Sun]
• Kimora Lee Simmons and Russell Simmons have finalized their divorce. Good thing, too, since she's pregnant with Djimon Hounsou's baby. [Us]
• Kanye West employs a resident "shoekeeper" to keep track of his 450 pairs of shoes, which is what you'd do, too, if you were Kanye West. [The Sun]
Martha Stewart's Favorite Florist is a Wacko White Rapper!
Hamilton Nolan · 01/29/09 05:35PMEating & Drinking: Thursday Edition
cityfile · 01/29/09 04:28PM• Ago partners Robert De Niro, Richard Born and Ira Drukier have tapped Andrew Carmellini as chef; Ken Friedman is the design consultant. [NYT]
• Is Justin Timberlake opening a Southern Hospitality in Chelsea? [GS]
• Peasant in Nolita finally has menus in English. [Eater]
• Martha Stewart went to Momofuku Milk Bar on her show today. [EMD]
• Scores may be gone, but you can still pick up bottles of the former strip club's private-label blanc de blancs. Perhaps you wanted a keepsake? [GS]
• Many places are extending their Restaurant Week menus. Here's a list. [W&D]
Today On Martha: Puppy Yoga
Seth Abramovitch · 01/27/09 09:11PMMartha Stewart Can't Stop Talking About Our Post on Her Crazy Offices!
Hamilton Nolan · 01/27/09 12:02PMMartha Stewart Surprisingly Anal About New Offices
Hamilton Nolan · 01/26/09 01:13PMMartha Sells, Kristol Departs, Ad Pages Fall
cityfile · 01/26/09 12:05PM• Martha Stewart has sold a third of her shares in her eponymous media company. But she's still as anal as ever around the office. [NYP, Gawker]
• Bill Kristol's New York Times column has come to an end. [NYT]
• Fashion and beauty magazines will see a 22 percent decline in advertising pages during the first three months of the year. [WWD]
• Doubledown Media, the publisher of Trader, is reportedly up for sale. [NYP]
• Conde Nast is reorganizing its web division. [MW]
• Moody's has downgraded New York Times Co. debt to junk status. [NYP]
• A long Q&A between Lesley Stahl and Rachel Maddow. [Wow]
• Sundance ended yesterday without a big sale. [NYT]
• Once again, Paul Blart: Mall Cop was No. 1 at the box office. [THR]
Eating & Drinking: Friday Edition
cityfile · 01/23/09 02:43PM• Ties are no longer required at the '21' Club. [Eater]
• The team behind Mansion is filing for bankruptcy; promoter Joey Morrissey will be taking over the space and renaming it M2. [P6]
• Kurve has five days to pay $52,253 in back rent or it faces eviction. [Eater]
• Martha Stewart says East 10th Street is the new Restaurant Row. [NYP]
• Payard pastry chef Chris Wise is moving to Philippe. [GS]
• Experts say 12,000-18,000 restaurants in the U.S. will close this year. [WSJ]
Ms. Martha Goes to Washington
cityfile · 01/22/09 01:18PMWhat was Martha Stewart's favorite part about attending the inauguration in DC? No, not watching Obama's swearing-in or attending the galas, silly. Martha says she was most excited about the train trip that she took to get there, since she got a really good deal on first class Acela tickets and ran into Dan Rather, too! [MarthaStewart.com]
Martha's Former Pal Talks, The Piven Drama Continues
cityfile · 01/08/09 06:29AM
• One of Martha Stewart's former "prison pals" says she recently approached the domestic diva for help with her medical bills and all she got in return was an autographed photo. So now she's making money the old-fashioned way: She's spilling details on Martha's time behind bars to the National Enquirer. [NE]
• Speed the Plow's backers say they've had Jeremy Piven tested for mercury poisoning by a second doctor, and may sue him if the results come back negative. [NYP]
• Nevan Donahue, Olivia Palermo's annoying cousin and a regular on The City, was busted for trying to pick up a prostitute in Palm Beach in 2007, and has a warrant out for his arrest. [P6]
The Changing Face of Disgrace
Owen Thomas · 12/16/08 03:53PMWho's Out to Get Martha Stewart?
cityfile · 12/11/08 10:32AMYou can only trust about 18 percent of the things you read in the National Enquirer. (We haven't done the math or anything; we're just throwing out a random number.) So we'll take the news today that one of Martha Stewart's family members is planning to write an "explosive" tell-all about the domestic diva with a grain of salt. But there's no harm in fantasizing, is there? The Enquirer claims the book will include details about Martha's "boozing, eating and crying binges" and the "special lady friend" she met in prison. And it will also reveal dirt on Martha's long list of enemies, including Rachael Ray and Donald Trump.