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A catch and a half (Time One New York)

Your Future Lawyer Boyfriend Is Into Yoga, But Not the Kind His Mom Likes

Look at this: Time Out New York finally put faces on those Craigslist personals section, in its new “Single Men Willing to Be Photographed” slide show. We know you’ve had a tough time finding men recently, but we really think you’ll like this Williamsburg lawyer, Aaron. He is a very busy man, what with his bike training (it is what he does “all the time,” which makes us wonder when he does his lawyer work), so make sure you have your own “similar hobby/career/problem.” Because as they say, “similarities attract.”

Also, he seems to have some judgmental attitudes toward his mother’s yoga practice, but that is definitely something you two can work through, right? Read More

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Namaste (IFC)

Portlandia-licious: Everyone’s Favorite Hipster-Mocking Show Gently Teases Third Season (Video)

After HBO’s Girls, there really is only one show that perfectly encapsulates the adorka-suicidable tweeness of today’s 20-somethings, and that is Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein’s sketch series Portlandia. The IFC show takes on a broader range of crunchy subcultures to parody than Ms. Dunham’s, and its gently-mocking, “You’ve got to love them even though they are ridiculous and also ‘they’ are ‘you,’ so lighten up” tone is way less controversial than the abrasive, uncomfortable humor behind Girls.* Read More

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Gwyneth Paltrow at the Bent on Learning gala. (Patrick McMullan)

Gwyneth Paltrow Gets Press-Shy at Bent On Learning Gala

Early Wednesday evening found The Observer at in a dusty backroom of Urban Zen, Donna Karan‘s newest venue, in the West Village, awaiting the arrival of celebrities, especially the ever-elusive and chronically overexposed (somehow, she’s both at once!) Gwyneth Paltrow at Bent on Learning’s gala.

The event celebrated Russell Simmons and Ms. Paltrow for their support Read More