News Briefs: Obama on Letterman; Recyclable Mag Covers; Spike and Bob DeNiro’s New Showtime Series; Tibetian Nannies All the Craze

Written By Sherry J. Bitting
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Last night, President Obama was on Letterman–where he touched on everything from sending additional troops to Afghanistan to health care reform and one lovely heart shaped potato.  [New York Times]

Clutch Mag goes in on magazines that feature the same celebrities on their covers.  Interesting analysis of the industry and our culture’s obsession (and dependence) on celebrities. [Cluchmagonline.com]

Spike Lee and Robert DeNiro have teamed up to produce a new drama series on Showtime about Alphabet City.  The show will be set in the 80s before the area became the new Meatpacking district. Oohh.. I’m ready for this!  [HListed.com]

Latoya Peterson, who never disappoints on Jezebel, wrote a great post on how Tibetan nannies have become the latest craze for NYC working stay-at-home but don’t want to take care of their kids moms.  In the piece, she recalls her personal experience being a nanny’s nanny  and the ethics behind raising someone else’s kids when one has kids of their own.   This one hit close to home.  [Jezebel]

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