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- Yesterday - November 13, 2009
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#facebook
Scam-Brokering CEO Dissed His 'Bullshit' Ethics Class
Mark Pincus recently cut off the scamsters who supply his company with revenue. But before he bowed to controversy, the Facebook games merchant was more cavalier about corporate morality, even griping about his "bullshit" Harvard ethics class and idiot classmates. More » -
#twittering
Hollywood Invents Celebrity Twittering for Dollars
When show business spots a corner of public consciousness not colonized by product placement and paid endorsements, its experts spring to work to take care of that. More » -
#twitterati
Republican's Abortion Joke Positively Uproarious
A Bush-Cheney operative let loose a zinger about orgies and abortion; Kurt Andersen finally watched The Wire; and Neel Shah was discovered something unusual in Oprah's hold music. The Twitterati found some low-hanging fruit. More » -
#weekinreview
The Week We Declared Victory Over the Moon
Levi Johnston, Carrie Prejean, Sarah Palin, and the Hipster Grifter: it was a cavalcade of terrible stars, this week! More » -
#defamermovieguide
2012 to Destroy the World While Mr. Fox Tries to Save It.
Buyer beware this weekend at the box office. There's a little something targeted for everybody out there, but every film comes with some major red flags. More » -
#pullquote
Jack Welch —
the former G.E. chief executive expressing relief that he and his wife Suzy will, like Maria Bartiromo, no longer write a column for BusinessWeek now that it's owned by Bloomberg, to the New York Post. -
#picoftheday
Plaster of Paris
[A wax statue of Paris Hilton is one of the attractions at the newly-opened Louis Toussaud's Waxworks in Thailand, the fifth international branch of the company (not to be confused with the more popular Madame Tussaud's). Image via Getty] -
#kidstoday
Adorable PC Battle at Horace Mann
Breaking Horace Mann news: "Former Student Body Presidents' performances in last Tuesday's assembly caused heated discussions regarding sexism, men's bigotry, and the boundaries of comedic relief among students and faculty in classrooms, advisories, and club meetings this past week." More » -
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#kreepekats
Kreepie Kats Klassik: "Without Lou Dobbs Around, Where Will I Get My Casual Racism and Xenophobia? Oh, Right. My Dad! Love you, Man!"
This week, Jim Behrle's Kartoon Kats solve Afghanistan and NBC. Also: blue alien bazongas in 3D! -
#mixedbag
10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Chris Brown sits down for his first interview since his last interview, Oprah interviews the Connecticut woman attacked by a chimp, and Carrie Prejean calls for women to "stick together." [Jezebel] -
#maghag
Spot The Plus-Size Model In Glamour
How's that "body image revolution" going for Glamour? Baby steps, but moving forward. [Jezebel] -
#exclusive
Levi Johnston Turns Down Sarah Palin's Thanksgiving Dinner Invitation
Sarah Palin may have invited her daughter's babydaddy to Thanksgiving dinner, but the future Playgirl centerfold will not be passing the yams with the Palins. He turned down her offer, saying she's "full of it."
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#thewaywelivenow
Google Search Box Suggestions Allow Us to Peer into the Internet's Dark, Disturbing Id
There are things you don't tell your husband. There are things you don't tell your therapist. But virtually everything can go into Google's search box — for Google to re-broadcast to the world, via its "suggestion" feature. More » -
#opencaption
Help! He Needs Someone. Help!
[Paul McCartney coaxes a stuffed animal into his limo and kidnaps it in London today. He will not return the bear to its parents until control of the Beatles catalog is given back to him. Image via INF] -
#thingsweactuallylike
Great Moments In Drugs: June 12, 1970
Here, an new animated short video celebrating the day that Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter while blind-tripping on acid. Truly one of the greatest American drug accomplishments of the 20th century. Learn your history, kids. [James Blagden] -
#advertisement
It's Getting Cold Out. This Survey Will Keep You Warm
Your mom called and said you need a new set of sheets, blankies and pillows. Make her happy for once. Take this survey, email the last question to surveys@gawker.com, and you could win a $150 Macy's gift card. [Rules] -
#health
Cancer: All your fault.
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#freeverse
Real Housewives of Orange County: Italian Sonnets
Last night Vicki and three generation of Gunvalson women journeyed to Italy to experience the beauty of Rome. There is only one way we can express the aesthetic impact of their journey: poetry. More » -
#showbizageddon
Lions Gate Declares Its War on Big Screen Entertainment Will Never End
After the recent tepid results of the sixth installment in the Saw series we held was some mad hope that this particular wave of yuckiness might be at an end and the era of self-dismemberment filmmaking might be behind us. More » -
#journalismism
David Pogue Gets Modest Title of 'Visionary'
David Pogue does not call himself a journalist; that much he made clear during the controversy over his positive New York Times pieces on Apple's buggy operating system and obfuscating CEO. So what is he, then? A "Visionary." (Updated) More » -
#newspapers
Blogger behind "Kenneth in the (212)," is a NYT News Service union-busting/layoff victim, "strangely unbitter."
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#money
Sarah Palin: Mean John McCain Made Me Pay My Own Legal Bills (Also, You Betcha, Etc)
Today in "what on earth is Sarah Palin talking about": is John McCain responsible for all those legal debts she accrued that forced her to stop governing Alaska and instead write a steamy political romance-thriller? More » -
#thefuture
Everything Bad About the Web Was Once Said About Television
This 1945 pamphlet on the "Future of Television" is awesome. But who would have thought we'd be having the same tired discussion 65 years later? The table of contents is a template for every contemporary new media debate: More » -
#recaps
Project Runway: Someone's in the Kitchen with Designers
Project Runway is all about vision and delusion. The vision to send a chic New Yorker to rural locations. The delusion to put him in an apron. The vision to have a suspenseful finale. The delusion that we care. More » -
#moonnews
Water! Moon! There Is Water on the Moon!
Bombing the moon worked! NASA found water! Now we must blow it up entirely to see if there is life. More » -
#traderoundup
AMC: It's Not TV, It's Rich People's TV
It has been noted that all political careers end in failure. So too must all show biz careers end in bombs. A shame AMC can't just quit while they're ahead, but then, that wouldn't be show biz. More » -
#love
'Want Some Coffee and Want It Up the Ass?' A Paul Janka Story
Paul Janka! He's still stalking women and all their various "holes." A friendly tipster has been kind enough to share with us her recent encounter with America's skeeziest, most overaggressive pickup "artist." Get waxed, baby. This is gonna hurt. More » -
#30rocks
The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock
This season, 30 Rock, the only show we watch on NBC, has been taking constant swipes at the network with insider jokes. We are here to decode them for you. Last night, they predict the downfall of the peacock!
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#journalismism
Detroit: Murder Murder Murder, Kill Kill Kill
Rugged personality-possessing newspaperman Charlie LeDuff can typically be found roaming Detroit in search of frozen hobo bodies and colorful raccoon hunters. Today, he has a more serious topic: Enough violence to make you...well, never want to go to Detroit. More » -
#opencaption
The Mothership Comes for Marc
[Alien princess Daphne Guinness asked to be taken to our leader and they took her to Marc Jacobs, queen of the fashion gays, at the launch party for NARS 15X15 in New York last night. Image via Getty] -
#blinditems
Which Actor Likes to Get It on in the Men's Room?
Is it worse if a married star brings men or ladies into the rest room for a little nookie? Maybe an S&M loving actor or a famous lady with reconstructed ears (yes, ears!) can advise. Probably not. More »
