One of my first jobs out of school was playing a rotating succession of floozies—some dumb, some angry, all crazy—on MTV’s first-ever nonmusical program, Remote Control. The parts were tiny, but Remote Control, the cultish late ’80s game show in which three college kids confined to EZ-Chairs answered trivia questions about television and pop culture, was a big deal. Often presented in mini-sketch format, the questions were posed by comics, who’d pop out in different characters when their “channel” was selected.

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In a move sure to appeal to wacky and inexplicably wealthy uptowners and other people who might be characters in the irritatingly offbeat world that corduroy-clad director Wes Anderson has created, Bergdorf Goodman will feature sets from the director's forthcoming film The Fantastic Mr. Fox in its windows beginning tomorrow night. In a perfect world, the farmers of the outer boroughs would take up the role of the farmers in the story and go after Fox and his obnoxious family. Here's hoping.

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Daniel Radcliffe’s role in Equus looks to have unleashed his inner nudist because he’ll now be unsheathing his magic wand as Harry Potter too.

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At a moment when DVD sales continue to decline and new releases can often be downloaded (legally or otherwise) days after their theatrical release, Matt Grady has taken a bit of a gamble. The 39-year-old founder of Factory 25, a new independent film and music label based out of Brooklyn, is betting that you’ll still shell out some money for a DVD—or even a vinyl record—so long as what you’re getting is more than just a disc in a plastic case. Read the full story here.

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Otto Penzler’s new The Vampire Archives is a 900-page tome overflowing with stories of blood-sucking horror. The collection of tales is expansive, ranging from pre-Dracula 19th century legends to vampire stories told by modern masters. With teen-friendly vampires popping up everywhere these days, this collection of seriously terrifying stories, including contributions from Stephen King, Edgar Allen Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, comes along just in time.  New York Press caught up with Mr. Penzler to ask him a few questions about the walking dead.

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Porn icon Robin Byrd has cast her vote for Senator Chuck Schumer. The star of the classic adult-film Debbie Does Dallas and host of the famous The Robin Byrd Show recently donated $500 at an event for the sitting New York Senator.

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Dan Aykroyd is really pushing for this whole Ghostbusters 3 thing.

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Chelsea Handler was on the Jay Leno show last night, for anyone who was interested in watching the color beige interview the color off-white.

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Directors at the Ali Forney Center had reason to thank Bea Arthur for being a friend today after receiving a $300,000 gift from the estate of the late actress (and Golden Girl).

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Some of you might best know Adam Shankman as the director of Hairspray—that one where John Travolta does drag in a fat suit—but I prefer to think of him fondly as the judge most likely to burst into tears on So You Think You Can Dance. Where he registers on your pop culture radar is really neither here nor there. What's important is Shankman announced today his decision to put down the tissues and get back into the director's chair; he's been picked to take musical Rock of Ages from Broadway to the big screen.

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