We're having a hard time working up even fake indignation to this list. more ›

Alan Richman, writing in the January issue of GQ, has handed down their year-end list of the best new restaurants of 2010. The list is geographically diverse, and only New York got two entries - and to be fair, one is Manhattan and one is Brooklyn. So, we can't complain about any anti-Chicago bias. Longman and Eagle was their Chicagoland choice - an selection that falls right in line with the new Michelin Guide. Richman's waiter informed him that the restaurant "aspires to become a flophouse" and that it would get even better when the "six crummy rooms" are completed. Mission accomplished. more ›

Steve Albini may be Chicago's most famous angry young man. Well, at least that's the rep he has. The music engineer and studio owner -- and sometimes musician -- has worked with everyone from Nirvana to that little band making a racket in the basement next door, but he's maybe even more famous for his personal brand of straight talk. Albini has been quieter lately, more famous for talking about poker on message boards than anything else, but GQ recently got him to sit down and share some of his opinions and the whole thing is a damn good read. more ›

GQ released their list of five best and five worst broadcast teams in baseball, and it probably comes at little surprise that White Sox broadcaster Hawk Harrelson ushered his pairing with Steve Stone into the #1 spot for worst broadcast booth. In their summary, which lets partner Stone off the hook entirely, Hawk is taken to task for his unabashed homerism as well as his "folksy" Hawkisms. We agree that listening to Harrelson announce our team's games is insufferable. We don't know which phrase of Hawk's we hate more: "He gone!," "Hang wuf 'em" or "Dagnambit!" They all pretty much suck. more ›

• A Chicago Public Schools student has been arrested for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old.
• State legislators approved a plan to place a constitutional amendment that allows for the recall of the governor on next year's ballot.
• GQ has put together their list of D.C.'s most powerful people and Rahmbo comes in at Number One.

Above, you'll find two magazine covers. On the left, this month's Esquire cover featuring model Bar Rafaeli and on the right, this month's GQ cover featuring actor Sacha Baron Cohen as his character Bruno (who ohbytheway has that Bruno movie opening soon). Now, guess which one the managers at the O'Hare Hudson News branches have decided to cover up with black wrapping usually reserved for more provocative magazines such as Hustler. It seems Cohen's/Bruno's pose was a wee bit too much for Hudson News while Rafaeli was apparently easier on the eyes. The Trib dug into the subject a bit and here's what they came up with: more ›

GQ Magazine has named Chicago its 2008 City of the Year, concentrating on four different categories: Film (Batman, check); Literature (Aleksandar Hemon, check); Architecture (Spire, um...); and Politics (Mayor Daley? Seriously). Okay, so maybe we have a few issues with some of the things they picked. Hizzonah is not exactly high on our happy-with list right now. Still, what with Obama's election and the Olympic bid, we guess we understand the focus on our fair city right now. At least it's better than that New York Times story. more ›