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THE NEW RADICALS: RADAR'S FIRST ANNUAL SALUTE TO THE MOST EXCITING ROGUES, RENEGADES AND RULE-BREAKERS OF THE YEAR

—GALA CELEBRATION DECEMBER 4TH AT NEW YORK CITY'S NEW MUSEUM—

New York, NY (December 6, 2007)—Who says America's lost its edge? Radar magazine's December issue identifies the New Radicals—a group of people who, through a combination of raw talent, wit, bravery, and bravado, make wading through this country's pop cultural wasteland tolerable and even worthwhile. On Tuesday, December 4th, the first annual New Radicals (listed below) were each bestowed with a Raddy—a golden replica of Dadaist Marcel Duchamp's iconic 1917 pissoir—at an inaugural reception held at New York City?s much-anticipated New Museum. Guests included Heroes' Zachary Quinto, Former Mayor Ed Koch, Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch, Last Comic Standing?s Amy Schumer and almost 700 other of Radar magazine's friends and fans.

Radar Editor in Chief Maer Roshan says: "Our reputation for bitchery isn't entirely undeserved. Someone has to take on self-important celebrities and hypocritical politicians. But we're not just haters. We're also fans, and we give credit where credit is due. 'The New Radicals' is a special portfolio honoring a group of entertainers, writers, and troublemakers who are shaking up pop culture in all the right ways"

Proceeds from a silent auction, which featured items from Matt Bernson (www.mattbernson.com), the Marriott Marquis, Andrea Going (www.andreagoing.com), Greenhouse Eco-Cleaning (www.greenhouseecocleaning.com), The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW; www.ifaw.org), Craig Brewer and Shalom Auslander, will go to support IFAW's animal conservation efforts.

Radar's partners for this event were Svedka, Calvin Klein MAN, Perrier, IFC, blueseat.com, and Samsung.

Photos from the event can be found on: Wire Image, Getty Images and Patrick McMullan.

2007 New Radicals:
Kathy Griffin (actor, Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List): After years of cracking wise at the industry's expense, her colleagues finally got the funny and awarded her an Emmy. Telling Jesus to "suck it" during her acceptance speech was particularly inspired. "I'm contributing to the dumbing down of America. Congratulations to me, I am not part of the solution, I am part of the problem."

Spankrock (aka Naeem Juwan) (musician, YoYoYoYoYo): Having staked his rep on quirky odes to Lindsay Lohan and Rick Rubin, Juwan decided to challenge himself with a concept album "concentrated only on sex" and based exclusively on 2 Live Crew samples. The result, coming out next year on Downtown Records, is packed thick with enough obscene club-bangers to fuel an entire night of filthy fun. "I think I'm pretty reasonable with the way I say things. The only people I might offend are my aunts or my mom. Other than that...it's not like Lindsay Lohan has even heard my music."

Jesse Eisenberg (actor, The Squid and the Whale): Having played hard-to-like adolescents in films including Roger Dodger, Eisenberg has decided it's more fun than playing cool kids. "It's frustrating to have to think about being appealing. A character that the audience is supposed to like can't really do anything weird or interesting."

Candis Cayne (actor, Dirty Sexy Money): With a half dozen acting credits for playing a drag queen, Cayne nearly gave up on her dreams of stardom after undergoing a sex change. "When I started my transition [in 1996], it was really not cool to be transsexual," she says. That's clearly changing: This fall, the trailblazing performer became the first such actress to appear on prime-time television.

Kristen Schaal (actor, Flight of the Conchords): Schaal has been shaking up open mikes for years with her peculiar sense of humor: "I wanted to create moments where my character seemed to be on the wrong stage," she says, "so I would read random poems as if I were under the impression that it was a different kind of open mike."

Craig Brewer (director, Hustle & Flow and the upcoming Maggie Lynn): After every studio in town declined to produce Hustle, the tale of a rapping pimp suffering through a midlife crisis, the film seduced Sundance. Even more provocative was Brewer's follow-up, the heartwarming story of a wild-eyed nymphomaniac who gets chained to a radiator for her own damn good. Brewer describes himself as the cinematic equivalent of a bat: "neither bird nor beast. I've got people back home going, 'You're such a sellout making all these big Hollywood movies.' God, if they really knew...it's a struggle just to get these films going."

Shalom Auslander (author, Foreskin's Lament): Raised in an Orthodox community by devout, if abusive, parents, Auslander concluded early on that "God hates me and he's an asshole." His first collection of stories, Beware of God, was published in 2005. He was inspired to write Foreskin's Lament after his first reaction to his wife's pregnancy was to worry about how the Lord was going to mutilate the kid, which got him to wondering, "How did I become this?"

World of Wonder (Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato; producers, The Eyes of Tammy Faye): Along with their cohorts at their Warholian factory, World of Wonder, the twosome bear responsibility for a slew of stupid-smart projects from documentaries (including Inside Deep Throat) and features (Party Monster) to reality shows (What Perez Sez) and an inventive Web site—that manage to be at once provocative, populist, and very gay.

The Bloggeratti (Eskay of nahright.com/news; Jam Donaldson of hotghettomess.com; Angel Laws of concreteloop.com; Rod McCullom of rod20.com): After a blitzkrieg of posts stoked national outrage over the Jena Six case, writers like Angel, Jam, Eskay, and Rod can no longer be ignored. With fresh perspectives on diverse aspects of black culture (Angel and Eskay focus on entertainment, Rod chimes in on gay issues, and Jam has crafted what can only be described as a ghetto-fabulous version of Vice's "Don'ts" page, recently adapted by BET into the popular show We Got to Do Better), the four are the most welcome correction to American opinionating since Don Imus got canned.

About Radar:
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BELLA VITA

PRESS RELEASE

LOCAL FEMALE ARTISTS TO DEBUT AT GALLERY

San Diego, CA—July 29, 2005—BELLA VITA: Celebrating the Art of Women features female artists who live and work in San Diego. The show is a collaborative of different art mediums brought together in one place. Brittany Elliott of Bella Furniture Design will show her custom, handcrafted wood furniture pieces. Mandy Meng, local singer/songwriter, will perform her blend of acoustic folk originals, and Gretel and Andrea Going of Going for Style will provide stained glass mosaic artwork for the walls. The show will be held at Mixed Media Art Gallery & Studio located at 4576 Federal Blvd, just east of Downtown. Opening night is Friday July 29th from 7-10 pm. All art aficionados are welcome and the public is invited to attend.

The show will run for approximately two weeks, anyone not attending opening night will have to contact the gallery for a viewing appointment at 619-527-2508. Furniture, artwork and CDs will be for sale. Brittany is the coordinator of this event; bringing together the females of different mediums and has dedicated a lot of time and effort to bring this show to fruition. She states: "I wanted my first show to represent the female touch in art. I wanted to do things a bit differently than the traditional showing."

Additional information about Bella Furniture Design may be obtained by contacting owner and designer Brittany Elliott by phone at 858-349-7174, by email at info@bellafurnituredesign.com or visit the website at www.bellafurnituredesign.com. Additional information about Mandy Meng may be obtained by visiting the website at www.tunage.com/mandy/ or www.cdbaby.com/mandymeng. Additional information about Going for Style may be obtained by visiting the website at www.goingforstyle.

BELLA VITA

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BELLA VITA at the Mixed Media Art Gallery & Studio, 4567 Federal Blvd., Emerald Hills, 858.349.7174. On Friday, July 29, at 7pm, furniture by Brittany Elliot of Bella Furniture Design, music by Mandy Meng and stained glass mosaic by Gretel and Andrea Going.

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"BELLA VITA: Celebrating the Art of Women," an exhibit of female artists who live and work in San Diego, opens with reception on Friday, July 29, 7pm at Mixed Media Art Gallery (4576 Federal Boulevard). 619.527.2508. Show closes on Friday, August 12.
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