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• photo gallery

  Mr. Blackwell's Worst Dressed: The Past 20 Years

  Sad news that catty style assessor Mr. Blackwell passed away this weekend. Though, maybe not so sad for the decades' worth of celebrities that he slammed as his Worst Dressed picks of the year. If you're curious about who Mr. B selected as his top (bottom?) choice each year since 1960, you can find a list here. We've also compiled a photo gallery of the most recent 20, after the jump. More »

  11:52 AM on Mon Oct 20 2008
  By Richard
  20,165 views, 53 comments

  Most discussed BankerHardcore: The real question is... what is he wearing to the funeral? more »

• parenthood

  Larry Birkhead Buys Anna Nicole's Old Lingerie... For Their Daughter?

  Larry Birkhead, ex-boyfriend of the late Anna Nicole Smith and father of their daughter Dannielynn, is ensuring that the girl grows up with a link to her mother—in the form of sexy underwear. "[Birkhead] spent nearly $3,000 at a celebrity auction Saturday scooping up lingerie once worn in a Playboy shoot by the late playmate. Birkhead said he is trying to make sure his 1-year-old daughter, Dannielynn, has something to remember her mother by. 'I have a lot of history I have to put together that she doesn't really know about,' Birkhead told The Associated Press. 'Playboy was such a big part of Anna's career.'" More »

  12:30 PM on Sun Jun 22 2008
  By ian spiegelman
  1,539 views, 28 comments

  Latest by Mr-Busy: Wait... and we picked him over Howard K. Stern? You know that Virgie is looking better all the time... more »

• obituaries

  Never Too Young For An Obit

  Trendwatch: The AP's decision to draw up an advance obituary for 26 year old Britney Spears is being replicated for many other young, at-risk stars. The AP got caught without pre-written death stories for Anna Nicole Smith and the recently deceased Brad Renfro, but now the wire service is preparing canned obits for a bunch of 20-somethings. But why bother? After the jump, New York Sun obit guru Stephen Miller says that the AP should just calm down: More »

  2:34 PM on Tue Jan 22 2008
  By Hamilton Nolan
  2,564 views, 16 comments

  Latest by procrastinator, esq.: Yeah, this post is seriously creepy after this afternoon. Makes me want to crawl in bed and get in a more »

• great moments

  Rita Cosby's Book Party Tonight: Awkward!

  Do you know what's awesome? When you're about to have a big party but right before it, you find out you're being slapped with a $60-million libel lawsuit by Howard K. Stern, with more suits to follow from other subjects of your book. What is almost as awesome: that tonight's party at Pacha for Rita Cosby's book (hosted by weird high-roller quarterly 21 magazine!) about Anna Nicole Smith is a benefit for D.A.R.E. Show up for the children, people! Added bonus: We hear that Virgie Arthur, Anna Nicole's sainted mother, may be on hand!

  10:10 AM on Wed Oct 3 2007
  By Choire
  1,899 views, 29 comments

  Latest by AugustPeridot: It must have been a slap on Rita Cosby's ugly face to get the papers served to her, must have more »

• tabloid media

  Howard K. Stern: I Am Not A Gay Druggie Kidnapping Ransomer!

  Howard K. Stern, paramour and lawyer to fallen angel-temptress Anna Nicole Smith, is suing the holy heck out of Rita Cosby and her publisher, Hachette Book Group. Cosby's book, "Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death," which has pretty much only been read by tabloid mag staffers in need of innuendo for items, claims that Howard K. Stern and Anna Nicole babydaddy Larry Birkhead had an affair, for one thing. Birkhead's attorney—his client certainly has more case for grievance, because oh my God, Howard K. Stern, eww—says he'll file his own libel suit soon enough. Nifty! The legacy of Anna Nicole lives on!

  ANNA'S EX SUES OVER GAY CLAIM [AP]

  9:20 AM on Wed Oct 3 2007
  By Choire
  1,449 views, 7 comments

  Latest by AugustPeridot: Good Luck Howard on your case against the three Hocus Pocus biatches, the gruesome threesome losers, Rita Cosby, Debra Opri more »

• the mother she will never know

  Anna Nicole Smith Is Parenting From Beyond The Grave

  
  Oh my God, this clip from "Entertainment Tonight" is the saddest thing you'll ever see: Larry Birkhead is still exploiting that baby.
  

  12:20 PM on Thu Sep 13 2007
  By abalk
  4,293 views, 25 comments

• toe tappers

  Gossips Nail T.V. Hottie As Manhunting Sex Lurker!

  In a strange reversal, today Page Six published the answers to a blogger's blind item. And not only does Page Six say that former CNN gay hottie Thomas Roberts is the hot anchor with the nudie sex-seeking Manhunt profile (that's SFW, just shirtless shots), but they describe it as "another embarrassment" for tabloid T.V. show "The Insider" and compare it to "Insider" host Pat O'Brien's sex-partying hard-drinkin' rehab scandal. We are not so scandalized. Near as we can tell, Page Six's Paula Froelich is still a regular correspondent for "The Insider"—(or did they sever ties last Fall? That would make more sense)—despite Page Six's description of it as "a tabloid show known best for its round-the-clock coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's death and featuring carnival-like freaks during sweeps week." But we're loving the new Moral Police outlook for fall over at Page Six! It's so extremely unlikely!

  9:20 AM on Fri Sep 7 2007
  By Choire
  5,573 views, 23 comments

  Latest by Tom Foolery: I think I'm in love. more »

• non-denial denials

  Larry Birkhead And Howard K. Stern Really Might Be Gay Lovers

  So today, nearly all of the celeb mags are breathlessly reporting the nastiest coupling we've come across: Anna Nicole Smith's baby-daddy Larry Birkhead and her attorney and semi-husband Howard K. Stern were, according to that strumpet Rita Cosby's new book, totally doing it! And struck a backroom deal, and there's a sex tape, and oh my God, gross. More »

  4:20 PM on Wed Sep 5 2007
  By Doree Shafrir
  19,941 views, 119 comments

  Latest by Lysergic Asset: Oh, shit, I really hope you guys aren't going viral again! I needed something like a three-week break after more »

• media bubble

  The Circulation Game

• Newspaper circulation falls pretty much everywhere. Here on the home front, though, both the Post and the News saw increases. Other (slight) success stories: USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. [WSJ]
  
• Those numbers would be better if the Audit Bureau of Circulation included website visits. [E&P]
  
• Conrad Black trial gets even more contentious. [NYT]
  
• Christopher Hitchens charms ASME panelists; calls women "humorless bitches" and refers to Anna Nicole Smith as "that fat slut who died." [WWD]