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things we actually like
Wonderful Cute Creatures Eating Wonderful Cute Fruit
It's Summer! You doing something tonight? You should be! Anyway: coinciding with all the animal/food coverage we did today, here's a meme-tastic, strangely hypnotic video of a bunch of cute animals snacking on a watermelon, like I'm about to do. More » -
Pretend Journalism
Jennifer Aniston Takeover Of NY Daily News Offices Leaves Sore Bladders And Fake Journalists In Her Wake
Reports coming from inside the building have been trickling in our tipline throughout the day: Jennifer Aniston's shooting her new movie at the New York Daily News offices. So, what's the Daily News' bring-an-movie-star-to-work day like? We have photographic evidence. More » -
Some evil shit
Dick Cheney Now Linked To C.I.A. Concealment, Is Officially The Shadiest Dick Ever
The New York Times has two sources reporting: C.I.A. director Leon E. Panetta's been testifying to Congress that Dick Cheney ordered the C.I.A. to withhold information regarding a secret counter-terrorism project. And just how sketchy is this Dick?
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creature comforts
Raccoon Infiltrates John Varvatos' SoHo Flagship
SoHo's full of all kinds of interesting creatures going shopping on a Saturday afternoon: celebrities, locals, foreign tourists. Competition for their patronage is stiff. But now, John Varvatos can lay claim to the awesome, hot new clientele in town: raccoons! More » -
Revenge Is Sweee!
Pigs Might Be Getting Swine Flu From Humans, Now
German researchers are now telling us that pigs are at risk of contracting and crazily spreading Swine Flu, which they found out after injecting some pigs with it. And now you can kinda be scared of bacon. [Reuters] -
Litigation fail
Bruno's First Big Lawsuit Dropping Assault And Battery Claims
During the release of Borat, Sacha Baron Cohen and Fox faced a bunch of lawsuits, most of them claiming the film's irreversible damage to reputations, none of which were even moderately successful. Now, Bruno's first litigation failures have arrived.
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Announcements
Hello, Weekend Friends!
Creatures of the Caturday, some notes: welcome to the New and Improved Gawker Weekends! Starring me on the masthead and new comment features. If you're having problems with them, try hitting Control-F5 in your browser, or email me with questions. More » -
How We Are Hungry
Ruth Madoff Coupon Clipping At California Pizza Kitchen
Poor Ruth Madoff's been reduced to coupon clipping. Sadly, since Cipriani's no longer running their Buy-Nine-Truffle-Strewn-Lobsters-Get-An-Iced-Tea-Free promotion, Ruthie went elsewhere: California Pizza Kitchen. How'd it go? Terribly. Also, tasty tips for her!
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Ice Cold Promotions
The Day Of Free Slurpee Reckoning Is Upon Us
Whenever someone gives out free things, it can be anything from a positive, organized promotion to lawsuit-inducing mass hysteria. And today will be no exception, because today, my friends, is FREE. SLURPEE. DAY.
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Gossip Roundup
Harry Potter Wizards Dream Of Gossip Girl While Jon Gosselin Dreams Of Ed Hardy's Sparkles
Harry Potter and Gossip Girl finally meet in the middle, Jon Gosselin wants to capitalize on the worst fashion trend in the History of the Universe, Robert Pattinson's good in bed, Jim Carry's a scary grandparent, and celebrity DUI time! More » - Yesterday - July 10, 2009
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Reporters in peril
Hillary Clinton Asks North Korea to Forgive Reporters for Non-Crime
Hillary Clinton has carefully, publicly sought "amnesty" for Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have been sentenced to 12-years in a North Korean labor camp. Insane, yes, except it's the best shot at getting the Current journalists back home. More » -
twitterati
Twittering a Bodily Collapse — and a Rescue
A tech marketer saved his nephew; a tech writer was rescued by an ambulance. The Twitterati saw the whole thing. More » -
Pic Of The Day
Electric Avenue
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Week in Review
The Week We Were The Fish Slime and the Dirt Under the Fingernails
Very few famous people died this week! (Though, to be fair, a couple of them still did.) So we passed the time worrying about other things. More » -
rumormonger
Are Michael Wolff and Victoria Floethe Done?
Have Michael Wolff and Victoria Floethe broken up? That's what we hear! If true — and please tell us, either way — it's a tragic end to a fairy tale romance that enchanted even the most jaded of observers. More » -
Wonderings
Would Brüno Be Possible Without Borat?
Finally Brüno comes out today, earning only middling praise from Borat-chuffed critics. And it makes us wonder: What if Brüno had come out first? Would Sacha Baron Cohen exist in the same way he does now? More » -
rumormonger
Is Eric Schmidt Hanging Out with His Ex-Girlfriend Again?
Google's CEO was once thought to be quite serious about Marcy Simon; Eric Schmidt's sometime PR consultant was spotted wearing an engagement ring. Then, a breakup and talk of another woman. But the pair have reportedly reached a new accommodation. More » -
Crime
Shepard Fairey Never Needs to Go to Boston Again
Shepard "OBEY Obama" Fairey has pleaded guilty to vandalism charges in Boston, and he's getting off easy. Boston, on the other hand... More » -
Danger
Obama Protecting Cheney
Unlike former Presidents, former Vice Presidents don't get Secret Service protection. (No one's ever gonna take a shot at Quayle.) Except one! A certain mean old man still gets a taxpayer-funded security detail. More » -
Vacations
Frolicking in beach sand will sicken you with fecal contamination. Just give up.
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Downsizing
Website Shrinks Self into a Twitter Stream
If failing print publications go online-only, what can struggling websites do, short of closing? Turn into microblogs, naturally. It seems to be working for AdWeak, the advertising world's own Onion. More » -
Mixed bag
10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
Many weeks, we come across stupid stuff on TV that might fall through the cracks. In Mixed Bag, we collect those odds and ends, for a multimedia compilation of pop culture crap. [Jezebel] -
journalismism
NYT Blog Tries to Unpublish 'One of the Best Kept Secrets in Brooklyn.' Fails.
Yesterday, the New York Times' blog about the Fort Greene neighborhood published a post on a "secret underground climbing gym" in Brooklyn. Today, they took the post down. For a preposterous reason! Now it's getting way more attention. More » -
Forensics
A Frame-by-Frame Analysis of Obama's Alleged Ass-Peek
ABC News has come up with video purporting to prove that Barack Obama did not lasciviously check out a woman's ass in Rome yesterday. We undertook a Zapruder treatment and determined that he probably did, but had no choice. More » -
open caption
"I'm 50. And Mostly Like to Stretch."
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Marketing
Harry Potter Does Not Get Its Romantic Ideals from Twilight, Thank You Very Much
Supernatural-obsessed youngsters are delicate creatures to cater to. Just ask the producers of Harry Potter and Twilight. The juggernauts often square off in ideological combat, but when it comes to their movies, they mostly stay far away from each other. More » -
Moguls
Sun Valley's Mogul Parade
Barry Diller is cornering guys in the bushes, Harvey Weinstein is "stress eating" and Tom Freston's wife is letting it all hang loose. Here's a gallery of the summer fun you're missing at Allen & Co.'s annual Sun Valley schmoozefest. More » -
declarations
Peggy Noonan's Snappy Answers to Stupid Palin Defenses
Peggy Noonan is not sad to see Sarah Palin go. In fact, the Reagan speechwriter and well-respected prose stylist and American public intellectual would like Ms. Palin to continue to go even further, away from politics. More » -
Kari ferrell
Hipster Grifter Catching Mad Charges, In Utah
Just when you were about to give up on life, there's a Hipster Grifter news update! Kari Ferrell had more charges filed against her out in Utah yesterday. Let's learn about them!
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Clips
Joe Jackson Eyes Paris & Blanket's Potential As Performers
On Good Morning America, Joe Jackson said he and his wife should get custody of Michael Jackson's kids, but moments later he presented the best evidence against his involvement in their lives. Clip at left. [Jezebel] -
Erotica
Anderson Cooper's Mom Would Like to Talk to You About Blow Jobs
Would you like to hear Gloria Vanderbilt, 85-year-old mother of CNN silverfox Anderson Cooper, talk about "sucking cock"? Good, because you can! Vanderbilt's naughty book called Obession: An Erotic Tale has an audio version. Here's a sample via Newsweek. More » -
outrage
Proud Reputations of L.A, Television, Fox Destroyed by Harlot
Body-displaying sex symbol Jillian Barberie Reynolds still has a job as a, heh, "weather and lifestyle anchor" on Fox TV in L.A., while actual journalists are getting laid off. How long will we allow sexy ladies to defile our televisions? More »

















