1 A million “Little Pieces”
You’ve seen it out of the corner of your eye on the subway . . . that cute turquoise book cover with the candy sprinkle-covered hand. Oprah’s latest book club selection looks like fluffy chick lit, but is actually James Frey’s rage- and obscenity-fueled rehab memoir. And N.Y.C.’s eating it up.
2 Getting Sirius
Only a handful of days remain till Howard Stern starts up on Sirius satellite radio, so if your nearest and dearest didn’t pick up on the hints and get you one, now’s the time. Wouldn’t want to miss the first time he gets to say the whole F-word, would you?
3 Breast in show
Accolades, award nominations and a victory over 50 Cent as the top-selling album in 2005 proves that despite her longstanding lack of a stylist, Mariah Carey is one savvy pop star. We look forward to the inevitable Grammys cleavage.
4 Hangovers
A pounding headache and creeping nausea are definitely the hottest things going today. Just to make things a little bleaker, a new study announced hangover cures don’t do jack – so ditch the Gatorade, Vitamin Water and whatever other herbal savior you’re counting on and just let yourself wallow in bad TV.
5 Et tu, Claire?
Even the poster girl for ’80s angst has sold out – albeit for a reasonably good cause. In new Got Milk? print ads, the now-motherly Molly Ringwald says the white bev’s new “breakfast club is about sensible eating habits, including starting the day with milk and cereal.” We can still hope there’s sushi for lunch.
6 Kitty cash
SoHo’s Busy Work Shop has been busy indeed, what with their Bape camouflage hoodie attracting such an overwhelming horde of hipsters last week that a raffle was required to determine who actually got one. On Tuesday, it’ll release the Bape Hello Kitty/Baby Milo tee, which our sources predict will be just as big a draw.
7 Sandy antics
What is it about being nearly naked on a beach that brings out the worst in celebs who know they’re being photographed? This past week, a bathing-suited Ricky Martin and Paris Hilton were both snapped blatantly scratching their crotches, while Lindsay Lohan stuffed herself into a bikini so small, her breast popped out the bottom.
8 Saying cheese
Proving that absolutely anything can be turned into a makeup product to be hawked at the Ricky’s checkout counter, New York-based brand Lotta Luv is marketing Cheetos-flavored lip balm. Perhaps it’s the whistle only stoners can hear.
9 Blacking out
In a January GQ interview, “King Kong” star Jack Black brought the lost weekend back into vogue, chronicling an ecstasy-fueled bender during “a little time off” with an unnamed cast mate in New Zealand.
10 Hottest wheels
The new Bugatti Veyron not only hits at least 253 m.p.h., but retracts its spoiler and gets lower to the ground when you go really fast – just like the Batmobile! Status-conscious Hamptonites had best get on the Volkswagen waiting list now – the price may be $1.2 million, but they’ll go fast. Pun intended.
