So, what is Cloverfield? Probably if you've watched the ads, you've thought of Godzilla, and although it certainly has a lot in common with that series, it also has elements of The Blair Witch Project. It's a monster movie, but told in a hyper-realistic way, from the point of view of the people on the streets who are running between the toes of the monster. Critics (well, the cut-rate ones, anyway) will often compare films......

Dear Philadelphia: I think you’re stalking me. What’s more, I kind of like it. Two weeks ago, while Mamaist was visiting, I took her up to New York for a day. Not to make her sound too small-town Texan (she’s not – she’s traveled plenty, just not in the Northeast, and besides, El Paso isn’t a small town by any means), but it was her first time visiting the Big Apple, so she had......

LAist was comped front row seats by the Dodgers due to Malingering being struck by a foul ball last week, and she came back with some great photos, and earlier made fun of 4th of July on Venice Beach. But the biggest stories of the week was that the Mayor's Hot Tamale was revealed, and that a Kwik-E-Mart was erected in Burbank. Phillyist was busy doing the Fourth of July up right, exercising their......

Spring appears to have, er, sprung, at least temporarily, in most of the Ist-A-Verse, so naturally, we're all feeling pretty good. (Yes, we know that spring doesn't officially start till later this month. Just let us enjoy our weather!) And that makes us that much more eager to share all of the nifty things we're up to... Over at Sampaist, spring has more than sprung: it's sweltering! But, as everyone knows, museums are an ideal......

...Because that about sums it up for us. Austinist: Funny. We don't remember Texas on that list of places Dean was going to win primaries in. SFist: Based on the video alone? We'd vote for her. Bostonist: We kinda wish we'd had this idea at Penn. Seattlest: Is that even safe? Chicagoist: Yeah... Oprah is a much better name. Shanghaiist: Mmmm... Tobacco-flavored sushi. Yum. Houstonist: We love missed connections that aren't. Torontoist: The Canadians are......

Who says that artists can’t make a living? Not the folks at the Global Creative Economy Convergence Summit, who kicked off three days of art talk, business talk, food, drinks, fun and damn good cake yesterday at the Park Hyatt Philadelphia. Yesterday’s highlight – besides that excellent cake at lunch – was a presentation given by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, the artists behind the 2005 Gates project in New York’s Central Park. Granted, they’re a......

Seattlest saw a house party get senselessly attacked with a shotgun and end in seven dead. A local senator is debated and their version of the big dig is investigated. To truly get to the bottom of it they interview the writer Jonathan Raban. Bostonist has its first birthday party and investigates how to attach more gambling dollars to the Red Sox. Benjamin Franklin is celebrated and Johnny Damon is not. Image by Ethan Bagley......

Whether it's true or not, Phillyist has named today an official slow news day. Many of our -ist brethren seem to agree. SFist: Anybody else surprised Katie Holmes hasn't popped that baby out yet? Austinist: One of the occupational hazards of being a performance poet is, apparently, getting fired from Apple Computers. LAist: Only in California... Seattlest: Umm... Is that a urinal? Gothamist: Exactly how a coyote was able to travel from Westchester County to......