Ozy Media Accused of Impersonating Google Exec, Inflating Web, Video Traffic, Says NY Times: ‘A Potemkin Village’

at her lavish Westchester County wedding to fellow equestrian Nayel Nassar on Saturday, the 25-year-old Stanford grad may have some competition in striking style.On Thursday, Mimi Gardner Gates — a 79-year-old respected art historian who’s also the stepmother of billionaire Bill Gates — arrived in New York for the weekend’s celebrations wearing an unusual-looking cheery cap.

Gallery: When Cupid comes calling! These stars fell in love at first sight. . . (BANG Showbiz)She told the New York Post newspaper's Page Six column: "[I’m looking for] someone who’s really kind and funny and makes me laugh.

Victoria Beckham stepped out in style in New York on Wednesday after sporting a noticeably fuller pout during an appearance on Good Morning America the day before.  The fashion designer, 47, showed off her figure in an orange off-the-shoulder midi dress as she left her hotel and headed out into the Big Apple for a TV interview on Live with Kelly and Ryan.

Smash Mouth‘s Steve Harwell has announced that he’s retiring due to ongoing health issues that he’s been battling for several years.According to the Los Angeles Times, the frontman has decided to step away from music following a concert that took place on Saturday (October 9) in Upstate New York, where he was slurring his words and making threatening comments toward the crowd (“I’ll fucking kill your whole family, I swear to God,” he told one fan). In footage from the event, he also appeared to

Steve Harwell is stepping down as the lead singer of Smash Mouth after 27 years.

Smash Mouth‘s Steve Harwell is leaving the band.

last performance at the Big Sip stage, he suffered numerous symptoms directly linked with his current medical situation,” the rep said. “As of today, Steve will be retiring from Smash Mouth to focus on his physical and mental health.”On Oct.

Smash Mouth lead singer Steve Harwell went beyond potty mouth during a recent show.  The band performed a concert in upstate New York on Saturday. In a video of the event, Harwell, 54, can be seen slurring his words, threatening the audience and seemingly giving a Nazi salute to the crowd.  TikTok user @doesthisfeelgood caught the wild show during the Big Sip beer fest in Bethel, NY, and the footage has since been making the rounds online.

Ben Affleck and Matt Damon celebrate the premiere of their new film, the long-time collaborators are looking back at their lasting friendship.Affleck and Damon walked the red carpet at the New York premiere of at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center on Saturday, and spoke with ET about how their friendship has evolved over the quarter-century since their first big project, .For Affleck, the years have seemingly flown by, because for them, they've never really stopped spending time

Matthew McConaughey has been on the fence about a possible run for governor of Texas for months now, and he discusses his feelings about entering politics in the latest edition of the New York Times podcast “Sway”.

New York Times wrote that Rao changed the video call to a voice conversation, and sent a new address for Google executive Alex Piper, and then altered his voice to impersonate Piper in order to vouch for Ozy’s strong YouTube presence.Robinson said that numerous people who have reached out to him to say they believed the digitally altered voice actually belonged to Watson himself.

NEW YORK -- The CEO of Ozy Media on Monday called the company's announcement last week that it was shutting down “premature” and that after meeting with advertisers and other partners that it would continue to operate.“We have something special here,” Carlos Watson told CNBC on Monday morning.The board of directors of Ozy emailed a statement Friday saying the company was ceasing operations less than a week after a New York Times column raised questions about the media organization’s claims of

less than a week since The New York Times piece, the digital media company that raised a reported $83 million since 2012 is being abandoned by employees, senior executives and investors, including respected TV journalist and producer Katty Kay, investors Laurene Powell Jobs, Ron Conway and Marc Lasry, who resigned this week as chairman of the board just weeks after joining.Ozy billed itself as a modern media venture that was “ahead of the curve.” This week it has faced a daily onslaught of

Embattled digital media company Ozy Media said it will shut down, just days after a New York Times column exposed a range of dubious and even potentially criminal behavior by its executives.

Late Show disguised as Rudy Giuliani.The actor dialled in remotely to appear as the former mayor of New York.“I never get drunk! Never, ever, ever!,” quipped Lithgow as a dig at Giulini’s recent, slurred public speeches.  “I only drink to provide an excuse for the way I act!”The actor also brought on a glass of red wine as a prop, which he referred to in the skit as his “chief of staff.” You can watch the segment in full below.Reference was also made during the skit to Giuliani’s recent venture