Is falling Don Draper the new Carrie? We ask because not only are people the world over having fun tagging up the latest Mad Men subway campaign (see here, here and here) but now an enterprising jewelry maker has gone and made a Don Draper pendant à la Carrie Bradshaw's famous necklace. Now you can wear your favorite philandering adman on a 18k plated brass chain—all for a mere $50!
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It's A Mad Mad Mad Men World: More Fantastic Mad Men Ad Mash-Ups
This week, we asked you how you would tag the blank Mad Men posters that have come to dominate the walls of several subway platforms across the city. And after an initial rush of submissions yesterday, we've received even more inspired photoshop mash-ups. From Dancing Dick Whitman to Pepper Sprayed Draper, we've picked some more of our favorites from the dozens and dozens of photos we received.
Your Best Mad Men Ad Mash-Ups
When we asked you how you would tag the blank Mad Men posters currently gracing subway platforms across the city we expected a couple submissions. Instead we got dozens of quick mock-ups from aspiring taggers and ad men around town. Good work everybody! Here are some of our favorites, from Breakdancing Don to Daredevil Draper!
How Would You Tag The Mad Men Subway Poster?
AMC's beloved (if not highly rated) advertising soap opera Mad Men returns March 25. But you probably already knew that, since the cable network has plastered our subway system with almost entirely blank ads for the show—the perfect canvas for aspiring subway ad men to work on, right?
Mad Men 5th Season Premiere Will Be A "Movie"
For being notoriously sparse on details, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has a lot to say about the upcoming season over at The Hollywood Reporter, but unless you consider general themes a spoiler, nothing will ruined for you by reading it. As opposed to the last time we heard from Weiner and he gave a serious detail about how the entire series will end (spoiler here).
Mid-Century Gluttony: The Mad Men Cookbook Is Almost Here
Casseroles, Cocktails and more mid-century concoctions await you!
Mad Men Season 5 Episodes: Now Two Minutes Longer
During the great Mad Men drama of early 2011 we learned that the show would go on, eventually, but with two minutes shaved off in order to save some of the cast, or put more money in Matthew Weiner's pockets, or whatever. Were you actually upset about losing two minutes of face time with Don Draper & Co.? Well then, good news, those minutes are back.
The Few Good Things About The 2011 Emmys
We knew the Emmys would be terrible (even Pat Kiernan says, "They weren’t funny—Jane Lynch wasn’t funny. And the voiceover guy was really not funny.") yet we still watched. Obviously, we suffering from some sort of Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Stockholm Syndrome, but at least there were these moments:
"Bobby Draper" Leaves Mad Men, Insinuates January Jones Is Not A Very Nice Lady
You know how in each new Vacation movie the kids would change? Different actors, different ages! It made no sense. Well, the third actor to portray Bobby Draper on Mad Men has just quit. And hell hath no fury like an 11 year old scorned! Upon his departure, Jared Gilmore advised his replacement via an interview with TV Guide: "Be careful around January [Jones]. She's not as approachable as the others. She's really serious about what she does. [But] everyone else is so nice." Previously, Zach Galifianakis told Jones to "be fucking nice."
Someone Is Recreating Mad Men... With Babies
Someone is up to something! There aren't a lot of details, but a Craigslist ad reads: "We're recreating important episodes of Mad Men using children ages 1-5." Smoking, drinking, affair-having babies. Actually, the poster clarifies, "The actors don't need to be able to talk, as we're dubbing over the dialogue, but they do need to be able to hold a cup (of apple juice, not scotch). Bonus if they have their own suits." Well, this will be adorable... as long as they don't recreate the lawn mower scene.
Did Mad Men Kill Every Other AMC Show Ever?
In March, when new contracts and budgets were being discussed, we asked how many people on Mad Men would have to die in order for the show to go on. Eventually, the show's creator, Matthew Weiner, cut minutes in order to save the cast... and still got $30 million in compensation for signing on for three more years. Since then we've been focused on the important things, like turning Don Draper into a vampire and creating fake situations in which we'd be forced to choose between him and Coach Taylor. Summer! But little did we know there was a new war brewing in AMC land.
Hard Decisions: Don Draper Vs. Coach Taylor
This weekend the Television Critics Association Awards went down, essentially pitting Mad Men up against Friday Night Lights for the Emmys later this year. On Saturday, Jon Hamm took home Individual Achievement in Drama and Mad Men took Outstanding Achievement in Drama, while Program of the Year went to to amazing and amazingly underrated Friday Night Lights (catch up online!).
Banana Republic Brings Mad Men To The Racks, Sans Racks
How did this idea only just make it to major retailers? According to Stylelist, Banana Republic will be introducing a new line next month inspired by Mad Men, and they even got AMC's costume designer, Janie Bryant, to help them create the 65-piece collection. But it seems the retail version of Joan Holloway is missing a little something, no?
Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire Lead In Emmy Nominations
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences this morning announced the nominees for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (here's the official PDF). And while many of the names on the list are familiar, there were some interesting switches. Notably HBO's two new dramas, Boardwalk Empire and Game of Thrones, were both nominated for Best Drama against Mad Men, Dexter, Friday Night Lights and The Good Wife.
Mad Men Returns This Summer... In Reruns
Don Draper & Co. may be on hiatus, with season 5 of the show not airing until next year, but AMC will re-air every single Mad Men episode ever made, from beginning to end, starting July 31st! According to Pop Candy, they will air in three-hour blocks starting at 6 a.m.—right around the time you're pouring whiskey into your first cup of Folgers. Set your DVRs, and if you don't have a television, you can watch every episode on your laptop via Netflix Instant, starting July 27th.
Jon Hamm Talks Mad Men, Twilight
Jon Hamm recently discussed the future of Mad Men and who is to really blame for the delay of the next season. Unsurprisingly, it was the fat cats in Hollywood. He says, "it was the network and the studio. When billionaires fight it tends to take a lot longer than when normal people do." The fifth season will air sometime early next year, and the actor says it will only last two more seasons after that, noting, "I think it should end. Everything should end." Deep.
Christina Hendricks Says Her Breasts Are Real, Duh
It's nice to check in with the Mad Men cast since they're not going to be back on the air until next year. Recently we heard that January Jones (Betty Draper) is sort of a bitch in real life. In other not entirely shocking news, Christina Hendricks (Joan Holloway) has declared that her breasts are real. In a recent interview, she said, "It's so bizarre that people are constantly asking if my breasts are real or fake. They're so obviously real that anyone who's ever seen or touched a breast would know." Today TMZ is celebrating the news with this paparazzi shot of Hendricks showing how she "jammed them into a bathing suit and flaunted them at a resort in Italy yesterday."
What's The Cast Of Mad Men Up To? Sex, Puppets and Rock n' Roll!
Now that the cast of Mad Men have a little bit of time with the show not returning until 2012, how are they wasting away the days? January Jones (who plays Betty Draper) got knocked up! No word on who the father is, but her rep says the 33-year-old is expecting her child this fall and will raise it by herself. Earlier this year Jones said, "I don't like living with other people. I don't mind being alone. I just don't really have a lot of time or energy to put into a relationship when nothing's going to happen." Hopefully she'll find time and energy for her baby!
Mad Men Deal Saves Cast, Kills Minutes
While Mad Men may not be returning this year, we can all finally exhale knowing that we'll be reunited with the chainsmoking gang in March of 2012. Last night the show's creator, Matthew Weiner, struck a deal with AMC and Lionsgate for two more seasons, with the option of a third (which sources say is likely). According to the Wall Street Journal, the agreement has Weiner receiving $30 million in compensation for the three years.
How Many People Have To Die To Make Mad Men Return?
Yesterday we learned that Don Draper & Co. would not be returning to our television screens until 2012—preferably early 2012 before the universe as we know it is annihilated. It would just be nice to go out knowing if Don Draper will ever truly love, ya know. Either way, Mad Men will return... but rumored contract negotiations have creator Matt Weiner getting paid the big bucks to kill off his own characters. Allegedly!
Mad Men Won't Return This Year
One of the only things worth watching on television these days is Mad Men, which delivers a detailed portrayal of a mid-century New York City, along with office politics and domestic drama. Plus lots of sex, smoking and dry martinis. Rumors surrounding the show's return have been making their way to the press in recent weeks, with word that the 5th season has been stalled, and the show possibly canceled, due to some unresolved negotiations.
Author Fran Lebowitz Dismayed At All the Young Tools in NYC
Author Fran Lebowitz is hardly the first to shake her fist at the ongoing suburbanization of NYC, but her critique is unique in that it lays some of the blame at the well-tended feet of our town's more avaricious princesses. "Young girls are always showing me their diamond engagement rings. " Lebowitz tells Bust Magazine [paywall]. " 'Look, Fran!' It’s so old-fashioned. I think that I am too old to feel that people who are kids remind me of my parents. Someone my age is supposed to be angered by kids. You’re supposed to say, 'These crazy kids—what will they think of next?' You’re not supposed to say, 'These kids are so boring. These kids are so regressive.' It’s like the 1950s. The 1950s weren’t just about great suits. That time was really suffocating." But Mad Men tells us life was so glamorous then! [Via The Observer]
Meet Mr. Mad Men
Do you miss Mad Men already? Well, the folks over at The Poke have merged the television show's characters with the Roger Hargreaves-designed "Mr. Men" (remember them?). Who knows why, but it's amazing, and there's even an entire Mr. Sterling Gets Angry story. [via Arts Beat]
Mad Men Office Blueprints Revealed!
Last night Mad Men ended the season with... well, no spoilers here (we highly recommend the Videogum recap, however, if you've already watched the finale). This season Don Draper & Co. moved into their new Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce offices—and now someone has created a floorplan, so you an visualize exactly where Peggy is when Don yells for her, or pinpoint where they store all that whiskey. Totally unnecessary (and we're wondering where Ken Cosgrove's office is), but amazing nonetheless—now someone do this for Don Draper's apartment, please. [via Curbed]
The Reading Habits of Mad Men
Which mad man do you read like? The Battery Park City Library has been Tweeting links to books that have been making cameos on Mad Men, from Frank O'Hara's Meditations in an Emergency to Atlas Shrugged to F. Scott Fitzgerald's Babylon Revisited—and now they've added a photo gallery.
Is This Where Don Draper Lives?
In the season premiere of Mad Men, Don Draper is set up in his new city digs (circa 1964)—which we find out is in the vicinity of Waverly Place and 6th Avenue. True/Slant set itself upon a mission this week to find out the exact address where the ad man lives in season 4, and they're pretty certain it's at 136 Waverly Place. The 16-story apartment building—better known as The Waverly—was built in 1928, and still stands today.
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