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This R&B lady was trying to improve her career by bedding a powerful man backstage at Fashion Week. This actress is going bald, this actress slept with a woman to win a bet, this Oscar nominee has a drinking problem, and this celeb didn't go to the Grammys because she didn't want to be upstaged by Whitney. She at least could have snuck backstage. More »
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The Smoking Gun informs us that 18-year-old Taylor Bernam was found by Corpus Christi police officers in an alleyway, "naked except for a pair of cowboy boots." Once Bernam spotted the officers, she hopped into her getaway Jeep Wrangler, still naked, in a failed effort to elude Johnny Law. No dice, though, as she drove onto a sidewalk, came to a stop, and was soon apprehended and booked on numerous charges. More »
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Herman Cain, listed in the official program as "Former CEO, Godfather's Pizza," took the stage at about 4:30 on Thursday at the Wardley Park Marriott in Washington, D.C. It was day one of the Conservative Political Action Conference, and he was the main attraction. There had been a long line throughout the lobby before his scheduled appearance. It was an earnest crowd. The prevailing concern at the conference (I overheard one college student saying) was with showing people it was cool to be an American. More »
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With a $100 million fortune made from selling miniature ceramic houses, Ed Bazinet is one of New York's richest men. His TriBeCa apartment is worth $28 million, and he was featured Richistan, Robert Frank's 2007 book about the super-wealthy. Two weeks ago, he suffered a manic break and purchased a whopping $20 million worth of expensive kitsch over the course of five days at the New York International Gift Fair. More »
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Wacky hippies in the wacky hippie enclave of Denver are encouraging their fellow moonbeam-gazing residents of Marijuanaville to do something a little strange: walk places. On their feet. What's more: even you, The Average American, can get involved in this quirky newfangled hobby. But how? More »
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TMZ released another photo from inside the singer's Beverly Hills Hilton hotel room, but instead of revealing more more clues as to what happened that fateful afternoon, it only makes Houston's final moments more sad and confusing. Like, what's with the gravy dish? More »
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The new resident Gawker therapist, Anonymous, is a licensed therapist who treats many different patients, but specializes in teens and couples therapy. After many years in the field, Anonymous has lots of stories and insight to share. We'll be publishing some of them here. Today: a dose of relationship reality. More »
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Food simulacra purveyor McDonald's has announced that it will "take actions" to "phase out" the use of gestational crates—tiny little pens for pregnant pigs that don't allow the pregnant pigs to turn around for four months, fucking them up in all sorts of ways—among the company's pork suppliers. "There are alternatives that we think are better for the welfare of sows," a McDonald's executive said in a statement that was probably a real chuckle for pregnant pigs. "I'll say!" said the tortured pigs with a good-natured laugh. More »
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Winter has finally hit, for real this time. It's cold. It's dark. Your New Year's resolutions have undoubtedly failed by now. You'll be spending yet another Valentine's Day alone. Don't despair. Let hate warm you up. Here's an arbitrary list of seven careers full of people you should hate. More »
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Have you been following the Niagara Falls Casino Brawl-For-It-All involving New York State Senator Mark J. Grinsanti? It's a strange one, even for a New York politician. More »
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XOJane.com beauty and health director Cat Marnell is no stranger to controversy. She's made a career out of detailing her questionable behavior with drugs and sex while dishing out foundation tips on the side. The last article she gained internet notoriety for involved her use of Plan B as a contraceptive. More »
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This young man won a contest to design a new sticker for the city of Chicago. Then someone in the department noticed that there may be gang signs hidden in the design. The award was taken away. The young man did not respond well. Judging by his reaction, he is not cut out for the gang life. More »
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Out Magazine just published a profile on Odd Future member and one half of internet sensation The Internet, Syd the Kyd. The 19-year-old producer/artist has been with the collective since it first started gaining attention. She's also firmly stood by group leader Tyler, The Creator when he's been accused of misogyny and homophobia. More »
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Masked men wielding machetes robbed Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer and his wife this past week at their vacation home on the Island of Nevis. About $1,000 was taken in the attempt, and nobody was hurt. An arrest has yet to be made. More »
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It's been a little while since people freaked out about a new drug that all the kids are supposedly doing, but it's time again to cue up the fearmongering articles. This one comes to us from the Daily Mail, which warns us about the hottest new drug in England, methoxetamine. Also know as MXE, it serves as a legal alternative to ketamine. Your kids are most likely doing it in the bathroom right now as you read this. More »
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Rapper Too Short has had a moderately successful music career for more than two decades. He has not strayed far from the formula that made him famous: rhyming about sex. Specifically, how to get sex, how to have sex, how much he enjoys having sex, how much sex he has, and so forth. I was going to post up song titles to further reiterate my point, but most of the titles are too graphic, even for Gawker. You can pretty much do a madlibs line involving the words "pimp," "hoe," various body parts, and some familiar and not so familiar euphemisms for sexual acts. You get it. We can move on. More »
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As we approach our fifth consecutive summer of the great vampire trend, we are finally rewarded with the trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Adapted from the Seth Grahame novel of the same name and directed by Timur Bekmambetov (resident strigoi director and occasional James Gandolfini impersonator), the film portrays Abraham Lincoln as an axe-wielding, vampire-cleaving, bearded crusader of light. More »
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As we gather to collectively mourn one of the great voices of a generation, let's not forget this very odd detail from Sudanese poet Kola Boof's account of being kept as a sex slave by Osama Bin Laden, Diary of a Lost Girl: the terrorist mastermind loved Whitney Houston. More »
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Not many people want to go to fashion shows, but even fewer end up getting invited. Thus, the art of sneaking into shows at New York Fashion Week is perennially well-documented, to the point that one suspects bloggers are paid to sneak into fashion shows to give a fashionable air of danger to the whole enterprise. So let's go further, shall we? Let's go backstage. More »
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This week, New York Times feature Room for Debate explored the advantages and disadvantages of "Being Alone Together." Room-for-Debater Thomas Matlack boldly argued, "Man, I Need a Good Cuddle." More »
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There is no activity that you can imagine—legal or illegal, savory or unsavory—that is not occurring on a regular basis behind some closed door somewhere in New York City. Are there regularly occurring, unlicensed, and unregulated full-contact bloody ultimate fighting competitions happening in some underground gym way up in The Bronx, for example? Of course there are. This is a metropolis, after all. More »
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I was watching the Grammys last night because I had nothing better to do, and it dawned on me that, for all of the Grammys' shortcomings (and there are many), I enjoyed watching that telecast FAR more than I've enjoyed watching any Oscars telecast over the past 10 or 20 years. Here's why: More »
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Whitney Houston died on Saturday, and the internet quickly filled with remembrances and tributes. Some of them, despite the short turnaround, were smart and informative and moving: Rich Juzwiak's terrific piece in The Daily, for example. And some of them were so stupid we had to collect them for you. More »
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To many people outside of New York, fashion shows are full of glamorous people, gorgeous models, and mouth-watering clothing. They think of the goodie bags, the celebrities, and that warm fuzzy feeling you must get on the inside knowing you're part of the elite. Sorry to tell you, but it's never really like that. More »
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Metastasized Xbox fan message board Reddit is a little less pervy this morning after it explicitly banned all "suggestive or sexual content featuring minors," aka child porn. Only took six years and a couple public scandals. More »
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Aniston sex partner and literary scion Justin Theroux shows his bush in this week's New York magazine, prompting squeals of dismay (and occasional arousal?) worldwide. More »
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Super dreamy White Collar star Matt Bomer hasn't exactly been solidly in the closet, but it looks like he's finally comfortable talking about his husband and children in public. Welcome to the club, Matt. More »
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The resident Twitter chronologists over at Buzzfeed compiled this "extremely upsetting" list from females who watched Chris Brown's two performances at the Grammys and decided that his sexiness trumped his wretchedness. More »
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Remember Nate Naylor, Scarlett Johansson's boob-obsessed ad exec boyfriend? Two months ago he sucker-punched a romantic rival at a bar, then ran away and hid a bathroom. But the damsel in question wasn't ScarJo; it was one of Nate's exes. More »
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Stephanie Bauer, a YouTube entertainment reporter for Hollyscoop, was responsible for covering Whitney Houston's rare night out on Thursday, when she attended (and sang at) Kelly Price's pre-Grammy party. A day before Houston was found dead at the Beverly Hilton, Bauer ended her report with an unfortunate kicker: More »
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Shrieking tabloid xenophobe and enemy of sluts Andrea Peyser really hates Valentine's Day. Haha, "shocker," right? Haha, "breaking news." Haha. But seriously guys. More »
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This singer has been arguing with her friends and advisers over her controversial dress for the Grammys. This actor slept with his director's wife, and this actress is pulling a Single White Female on a less-famous actress. Next they're going to be fighting over outfits. More »
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