Cut Out Our Hearts with Your Valentine's Day Horror Stories #valentinesdayofhor #valentinesday

This Goldman House: Bonus Season Means It's Time to Add a New Floor to Your Townhouse #goldmanproject #goldmansachs

The Lonely Faces of Five Minutes on Chat Roulette #gallery #chatroulette

The Stripper Party Pics the Google Elite Didn't Want You to See #geeksgonewild #orkutbuyukkokten

How to Destroy a Perfectly Good Fake Trend Story #trendwatch #journalismism

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#picoftheday

Snowedinfreude

[Go ahead laugh at this man falling over in Sheep's Meadow in Central Park during a 1993 snow storm. It won't be so funny tomorrow when you try to trudge your way to work through the snow. Image via Getty]

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#valentinesdayofhorrors

Cut Out Our Hearts with Your Valentine's Day Horror Stories

Yeah, Valentine's Day sucks, but this year we're not hating on it. Instead, we're going to ask you to tell us all your terrible tales of lovesickness that revolve around February 14th. For the best (worst?) there is a prize! More »

06:34 PM

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By Brian Moylan

#tiplist

What's in #tips Today?

In #tips: someone's missing George W. Bush, Dustin Lance Black, and Andrew Breitbart wants to scare you. Meanwhile at always-on open forum #crosstalk, princesslala wonders if "FAIL" should follow "douche" and "hipster" into the Gawker Retired Word Home. Discuss. More »

06:15 PM

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#wereadyou

Comments of the Day: Snow? Balls.

As fair New York battens down the hatches for the blizzardiest blizzard that ever blizzarded, let's honor a couple of comments so when Dennis Quaid finds our frozen corpses, he'll at least know we kept commenting until the bitter end. More »

05:29 PM

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By Richard Lawson

#americantradgedy

Click here to read <em>How to Make It in America</em>'s Fictional New York Will Ruin Real New York, Again

How to Make It in America's Fictional New York Will Ruin Real New York, Again

HBO's newest attempt to regain relevance debuts on Sunday (but is on YouTube now!), and if it takes off it is going to ruin Manhattan just like Carrie Bradshaw did in the 2000s. Get ready for the Ben Sapstein invasion. More »

05:26 PM

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By Brian Moylan

#americasbestgovernor

You'll Have David Paterson's Job When You Pry It from His Cold, Dead Hands

Governor Paterson went on TV to talk about the snow, but then he began talking about other things, and he finally said that the only way he's leaving office before his term is up is "in a box." More »

05:13 PM

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By Pareene

#healthwatch

Watch Your Health or Die Alone and Afraid and Hated by Michelle Obama

Beer bones! Soda cancer! Money fear! Broken hearts! Happy marriage! Michelle O-fitness! It's time for your Gawker health watch, where we watch health—for YOU! More »

04:59 PM

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By Hamilton Nolan

#hazing

Everybody Hates Chuck Todd

Barack Obama held a press conference today. While the availability may have assuaged concerns about the press' unprecedented lack of access to Obama, it did nothing to allay concerns that he calls on that jerk Chuck Todd too much. More »

04:27 PM

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By John Cook

#lookoutbelow

Ski Jumpers: Our Saddest Olympians

Being an Olympian is awfully glamorous, isn't it? The fame, the fans, the adoring high-spirited support of an entire nation. Plus all those endorsement deals. Just look how rich these fuckers are. Though, sigh, look how poor ski jumpers are. More »

04:26 PM

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By Richard Lawson

#books

The First Tiger Woods Scandalography Is in the Works

People writer Steve Helling will write an oh-so-unauthorized biography of Tiger Woods. Publisher Perseus Books tells Publishers Weekly it will be "the first" post-scandal book on the sexaholic golfer. But surely not the last. Title ideas, anyone? (Via GalleyCat)

04:20 PM

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By Ryan Tate

#clipjob

Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day

Today at Gawker.TV, Bill Murray dines with Anthony Bourdain, How I Met Your Mother's harem of hotties, Jon Stewart may have ripped off another comedian last night, the best commercials from the 1980s, and Mayor Bloomberg prepares us for the worst. More »

04:00 PM

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#recessionomics

American Optimagicians Will Triumph

The Way We Live Now: Optimagically. We choose to believe that good times are ahead despite plain evidence to the contrary. As long as someone somewhere can bail someone else out, it's luxury condos and Bergdorf Goodman for us. More »

03:44 PM

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By Hamilton Nolan

#goldmanproject

This Goldman House: Bonus Season Means It's Time to Add a New Floor to Your Townhouse

It's bonus season, so we're trying to keep up with how Goldman Sachs employees are spending their taxpayer-financed windfalls. Today's entries: A $6 million penthouse condo, and adding a new floor to the upper-east-side historical landmark in which you live. More »

03:23 PM

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By John Cook

#socialnetworks

Google Invented a New Facebook-Type Thing

Google Buzz is like Facebook, except built in to Google's GMail and automatically hooked up to your best email and chat buddies. You can share links, videos, photos and opinions. What could possibly go wrong? (Pic via)

03:17 PM

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By Ryan Tate

#backtalk

Fat Like Him: Self-Help Writer's Ex Speaks Out

After we mentioned Lori Gottlieb's 2005 essay "Fat Like Him" in our review of Marry Him, the "fat guy" in question approached us to tell his side of the story — and his experience dating a now-famous advocate of "settling." [Jezebel]

03:00 PM

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#jokes

Robert Gibbs Will Receive a Sternly Worded Facebook Message from Sarah Palin

That Robert Gibbs is quite the card. He wrote notes on his hand, just like Sarah Palin did! And then the whole White House press corps laughed because of liberal bias. (And Obama showed up for a surprise press conference!)

02:43 PM

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#mediacrack

Maybe Journalists Should Smoke More Crack?

In your brainstorming Tuesday media column: better journalism through crack, a Bob Schieffer vacation, Hugh Hefner gets sued, a star-studded media kid bar mitzvah, and newspapers discover a rich new source of advertising. More »

02:38 PM

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By Hamilton Nolan

#latenightwars

After five months, Jay Leno leaves prime time tonight, returning his "magic" to late night.

02:34 PM

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#gallery

The Lonely Faces of Five Minutes on Chat Roulette

So have you checked out this Chat Roulette thing? It's like Omegle, sudden instant e-chats with a stranger, only this time there's video and audio (which can both be turned off for anonymous browsing). Click, get a person, repeat. More »

02:17 PM

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By Richard Lawson

#infoporn

Map of a Divided Facebook

Did you know "God" is the most popular Facebook fan page in every southern U.S. state? The West Coast elites, meanwhile, like Michael Jackson, Barack Obama and Starbucks. Above: a map of Pete Warden's social network census, via ReadWriteWeb.

02:07 PM

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#shorething

Click here to read The <em>Jersey Shore</em> Guidos to Tape Season Two in South Beach

The Jersey Shore Guidos to Tape Season Two in South Beach

Movieline has the great scoop that round two for the greatest sociological experiment of our time will take place in South Beach, Miami. MTV has already rented a house and is installing the duck phone right now! More »

01:56 PM

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By Brian Moylan

#geeksgonewild

The Stripper Party Pics the Google Elite Didn't Want You to See

Google engineer and San Francisco partyboy Orkut Büyükkökten's wild housewarming may have been packed with internet billionaires like Sergey Brin last Saturday, but online pictures were reportedly forbidden. And yet here are snapshots of strippers and nude sculpture. More »

01:55 PM

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By Ryan Tate

#sadthings

New York City Manages to Ruin Tomorrow's Snow Day for All the Little Children

Due to the ominous forecast for tomorrow, New York City has already ordered a preemptive snow day for public schools. Great way to rob these children of one of the greatest feelings that they'll ever have, Bloomberg. More »

01:31 PM

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#lossssst

Click here to read <i>Lost</i> Tease: What Kate Didn't Do?

Lost Tease: What Kate Didn't Do?

Tonight's episode is called "What Kate Does," an obvious recall of the season two episode "What Kate Did," wherein we found out who Kate killed. Though, a curious video from last summer's ComicCon suggests that history may have changed... More »

01:11 PM

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By Richard Lawson

#trendwatch

How to Destroy a Perfectly Good Fake Trend Story

We all know that New York Times fake trend stories are annoying because they are 1) fake, and 2) trend stories. But do not neglect their third worst quality: many are terribly written. Allow us to show you. More »

01:06 PM

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By Hamilton Nolan

#cranks

Click here to read Hooray, <i>The New Republic</i> Has Decided Someone Is an Antisemite

Hooray, The New Republic Has Decided Someone Is an Antisemite

Uh oh! Former New Republic editor Andrew Sullivan posted a quote about The New Republic on his blog, without context. Time for a 4,300-word essay on how he hates the Jews! More »

12:49 PM

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By Pareene

#recaps

Kell on Earth: For Whom the Kell Tolls

Click here to read <em>Kell on Earth</em>: For Whom the Kell Tolls

We were so busy buying bread and toilet paper for the impending snowstorm that we missed Kell on Earth last night. Luckily fictional freelancer Betsey Morgenstern was there during the filming, so she filled us on what happened. More »

12:17 PM

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By Brian Moylan

#gaysofwar

Openly Gay Man Still Serving in the Military, World Does Not End

Last we heard of Arabic-speaking National Guardsman Dan Choi, he had been discharged from the army for coming out on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show. But now it appears the lieutenant has been called back to duty and rejoined his unit. More »

12:03 PM

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#scarythings

Getting laser eye surgery to become a better "street marksman," and other real gangster news.

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#pullquote

Diane von Furstenberg —

the designer on the sleeping arrangements with her husband, the happy-footed, presumed-gay media mogul Barry Diller, in the upcoming issue of Page Six Magazine.

11:39 AM

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By Gabriel Snyder

#colors

Science: Yellow Is Nice

A new study finds that depressed people generally choose a shade of grey to represent their mood, while healthy people mostly choose yellow. This proves that Harold Ford is healthy! Nice try, John Cook! [Science Daily. Click to enlarge]

11:37 AM

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By Hamilton Nolan

#recaps

RuPaul's Drag Race: Miss Tyra If You Nasty

Click here to read <i>RuPaul's Drag Race</i>: Miss Tyra If You Nasty

Girrrrrrrrrl. Episode two of RuPaul's beautiful gift from the thin slip of heaven that still remains has come and gone, and we still don't know just what the hell we're watching. But it's OK. We'll watch it anyway. More »

11:33 AM

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#colormenauseated

Harold Ford, Yellow-Dog Democrat

Harold Ford may or may not remember where he lives, but he certainly knows when he's home—because his eyes are assaulted by a garish array of yellow and turquoise walls. No wonder he's trying to sell it. More »

11:25 AM

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By John Cook

#feuds

J.D. Salinger Hated Chris Hitchens, Others (Allegedly)

Greek shipping heir and bizarre social critic Taki Theodoracopulos claims to have a big secret stash of vibrant correspondence from J.D. Salinger. Taki gives the following thumbnail account of Salinger's myriad hated enemies: More »

11:11 AM

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By Hamilton Nolan

#goinggaga

Lady Gaga Now Shares a Penis with George Washington

Beloved hermaphrodite and pop art whosiwhatsit Lady Gaga finally gets the perfect tribute from artist Craig Gleason [NSFW] who is making dollar bills in her likeness. Yes, the medium is definitely the message, even if may be kind of illegal.

10:47 AM

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By Brian Moylan

#politics

Guy Pretty Copacetic about Being Railroaded by Right Wing

Yosi Sergant is the art publicist who was forced to resign his NEA job after a remark on a conference call about engaging artists with public service became a hysterical right wing talking point. Yosi finally speaks, here. (Not bitter!)

10:40 AM

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By Hamilton Nolan

#albany

Lady-Slasher's Last Day in New York Senate?

Today, the New York State Senate may (or may not) expel violent lady-slasher Hiram Monserrate. There are extra sergeants-at-arms and state troopers posted inside and outside the chambers, just in case. (They should hide bottles and glassware!) More »

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#wtf

The Perils of Technology, Vol. 187

Murdering someone and then using her phone to send text messages to her family saying she is tied up in a basement somewhere in an attempt to throw investigators off track: something that we sincerely hope does not become a trend. [NYP]

10:13 AM

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By Hamilton Nolan

#blinditems

Which Singer Can't Stop Reading Blog Posts about Himself?

He's probably reading this right now. Hi! A director and his star are probably too busy doing each other to click here, and a celeb couple can't be bothered to interrupt their fighting. That's fine. We'll read about them instead. More »

09:46 AM

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#criminals

Prosecutors: Bernie Kerik Was a Republican

Disgraced former NYPD commissioner Bernie Kerik is about to be sentenced. Prosecutors are asking for a stiff penalty, since he "became a wealthy man by shamelessly exploiting the most horrific civilian tragedy in this nation's history." So...Giuliani's next? [NYT]

09:44 AM

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#opencaption