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Scandal
Larry Craig Guilty of Cruising for Gay Sex Now and Evermore
Larry Craig, the U.S. senator whose airport-bathroom gay-sex bust introduced the phrase "wide stance" into Beltway argot, has run out of appeals to withdraw his guilty plea for disorderly conduct. More » -
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"I've Got Something In Here I'd Like to Show You."
[Ed Westwick of "Gossip Girl" on that series' set today; image via Splash]
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By Richard
Comment by west ham sandwich: If that tie is actually in style, I'm going to kill myself. 4 Responses | Other threads
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Interviews
Sarah Palin: Media, its Subjects, and Viewers are All Jerks
It appears that Sarah Palin's post-campaign career activities will consist exclusively of bitching about the media. In a new interview she takes on Katie Couric, Tina Fey, Caroline Kennedy, and all you jerks watching at home: More »
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By Hamilton Nolan
Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: I am steadily falling in love with her again. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Crime
Jewelry-Mailing Madoff a Menace to Society, Prosecutors Say
The Feds still want to throw accused Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff in jail for mailing mittens. Oh, and some diamonds and emeralds and other expensive things. More »
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By Owen Thomas
Comment by sassypants: I'm still fairly shocked that no one has tried to off this guy. He fucked over a truckload of... 5 Responses | Other threads
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new things
Mustaches are Back. Again!
Drop your razors, fashionable young men: the New York Times reports that mustaches are back—in style! Somehow this story sounds vaguely... familiar: More »
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By Hamilton Nolan
Comment by Colonel Mustard: A girl in my office is dating a guy who looks like Doc Holliday, rocking the 19th-Century mustache and sideburns. 7 Responses | Other threads
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trendwatch
Can Upper Class Journalists Cover the Fall of the Rich?
Celebrity news hasn't been popping lately. It's vulgar—but more importantly, it's gotten repetitive. The new pastime is mocking the rich. But now, the journalists feel more sympathy with the fallen rich than ever before. More »
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By Hamilton Nolan
Comment by noUpside: This is a stupid premise for a post. 4 Responses | Other threads
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presidents
Barack Obama Tells Us Who's President Now
Sure, the inauguration is twelve days away, but Barack Obama's speech today was his most public declaration that he's in charge and (Lord help us all) knows the way out of the financial apocalypse. More »
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By Gabriel Snyder
Comment by braak: That's...hm. That's a pretty snazzy tie he's got there.... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Recessionomics
Madoff-Robbed Kyra and Kevin Still Flying First Class
Maybe Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick aren't so broke after all? Though they lost money in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme, a tipster tells us they're flying first class to LA right now. More »
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By Richard
Comment by saythatscool: Isn't Kyra from old money anyway? Like Mayflower old money?... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Sexiness
Axe Proven To Help Dumb Men Attract Mates
A landmark actual new scientific study has discovered that, yes, Axe Body Spray can help you get laid. But opening your stupid mouth could render the sickly juvenile aphrodisiac worthless. More »
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By Hamilton Nolan
Comment by Uncle_Billy_Slumming: My AXE smells like month old pee. It does seem to have an effect on the ladies though. 15 Responses | Other threads
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Crime
Annoying Guy from The City Has Prositution Rap
Ha! You know Nevan from The City? (Oh you don't? He's socialite cast member Olivia Palermo's fey cousin.) Well, it seems he has a police record for soliciting a prostitute in Miami. More »
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By Richard
Comment by princeCapsaicin: What's up with Olivia's legs???Did she fall out of a nest? 4 Responses | Other threads
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Stalker deluxe
The Dickensian Aspect
Who sat next to me in celebrity hotspot Cafe Grumpy today? Clark Johnson, a.k.a. heroic city editor Gus Haynes from The Wire! Of course he is a big fan* of Gawker: More »
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By Hamilton Nolan
Comment by Dead Wrestlers Society: Oh shit. That's the guy from Homicide. Now that was a show. Well, at least until Pembleton had a stroke. 10 Responses | Other threads
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Top Chef
Mean British Bully Toby Young Is Overwrought and Underseasoned
Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein. I'm an avid Top Chef fan and am here to discuss with you that show. More »
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Comment by SixThirty: Young sucked. Bring back Bourdain! 14 Responses | Other threads
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Flackery
The Perfect Media Timing of Israel's War
Is it smart for Israel to blow the hell out of Palestinian civilians past all boundaries of good sense? No. But has Israel timed this war brilliantly, from a PR perspective? No doubt. More »
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By Hamilton Nolan
Comment by Kid_Twist: Oh yeah, everything Israel does is based on how it will play in the American media. None of this has... 33 Responses | Other threads
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recaps
The Real World: Brooklyn's Freak Show for 'Straight' Boys
I sat through the whole hour of The Real World: Brooklyn premiere last night. (Plus some of the After Show.) It was surprisingly better than I'd feared it would! And, ugh, surprisingly worse. More »
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By Richard
Comment by somedayarealrainwillcome: Some of you need to get over yourselves. I know you're all educated, worldly, and tolerant (you've always been that... 12 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
We Read Twitter So You Don't Have To
Twitter is supposed to save journalism 140 characters at a time. Media people love it, and we love media people, so let's take a look at what the Twitterati have to say for themselves. More »
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By Owen Thomas
Comment by BookishLookish: Props to the beautiful and intelligent Rachel S. 4 Responses | Other threads
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Marketing
Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
For years, the likes of Hannah Montana and the Jonas Bros. have ruled the kiddie icon market. No more. Soon, heterosexual boys will have their own channel full of crappy Disney tween characters from hell. More »
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By Hamilton Nolan
Comment by Astigmatism: When I was 12 I watched MTV for like 90 minutes every day when I got home from school. 14 Responses | Other threads
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Samantha Ronson You're Facing the Wrong Way
[Actress Kirsten Dunst out in that California place they've got over there; image via WENN] More »
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By Richard
Comment by feistykate: Samantha Ronson you're facing the wrong way 6 Responses | Other threads
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Blind Items
Which TV Show Has an On-Set Drug Dealer for the Cast and Crew?
Today we have a too-helpful TV exec, a lecherous media mogul, a druggie TV show, and a secretly gay anti-gay-marriage pastor. More » -
Recessionomics
Pay $100 an Hour for an Ex-Stripper to 'Hypnotize' You
Sad struggling businessmen can no longer afford to spend thousands on strippers at Scores. Instead, they're spending hundreds to have an ex-stripper from Scores hypnotize them. For business success! Really now: More »
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By Hamilton Nolan
Comment by Werrick: Why would anyone want to date a stripper? I'd rather lick a beer soaked ashtray. 18 Responses | Other threads
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Gossip Roundup
Jeremy Piven May Have To Repay Producers After New Exam
Producers may be able to use the SECRET results of a second doctor's exam against "mercury" poisoned Jeremy Piven. Also, Oprah is maybe having a SECRET party. More » -
Books
Lying Holocaust Author To Turn Novelist
Capitalizing on Herman Rosenblat's infamy, a small upstate publisher eagerly trumpeted its "serious discussion" to publish Rosenblat's fake memoir as fiction. Or "to pull a Frey," in industry lingo. More »
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By Ryan Tate
Comment by EddieTheDane: ...and then Gawker can bring him on as an intern for one day, and we can all laugh about how 6 Responses | Other threads
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Fashion
Michelle Obama Must Save The Fashion Industry
Good luck, Michelle Obama. It's not enough to be reminiscent of Jackie Kennedy; now you have to sell clothes like her, except in a huge recession.
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By Ryan Tate
Comment by Private Hangnail: I'm more interested in the crop of forthcoming Michelle Obama transsexuals soon to be entertaining New York's tourists with their... 7 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
Rachel Maddow Show More And More Like Daily Show
We were wondering about those odd title frames flashing in between an segments of an interview with Barack Obama on the Rachel Maddow Show (like "Obama♥GOP"). Left in by someone in production? More »
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By Ryan Tate
Comment by iplaudius: Maybe she’s having a giggle about rug. No, I did not just call President Clinton a rug-muncher. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Jobs
Chris Matthews Not Running For Senate
Chris Matthews told his Hardball staff he won't run for a Pennsylvania senate seat in 2010, which means he'll probably remain at MSNBC. But will he be a sad poor, anchorwise? More »
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By Ryan Tate
Comment by Private Hangnail: Sometimes I have the urge to just reach out into the television to tousle Chris Matthews' hair, that glorious Irish... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Creative underclass
Anna Wintour, Cause Célèbre
Media elites call Anna Wintour's Vogue editorship stale, but after 20 years some in the creative underclass have grown attached. Or maybe, like Wintour, they've learned celebrities sell clothing.
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By Ryan Tate
Comment by Dickdogfood: Am I the only person who looks at that photo and tries to see what books are on the shelves? 3 Responses | Other threads
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rumormonger
Celeb-Mag Contagion Hits Star
Anyone know about the purported layoffs at Star? A tipster tells us the second-tier celebrity magazine is firing a "bunch of people." More »
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By Ryan Tate
Comment by Weegee's bored: I had a doc appointment this morning. While waiting I went through an entire issue of Star. Never in the course... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Top Chef
Live Blogging Top Chef, Week 7
Welcome back, fellow Top Chef live-bloggers! In the three weeks since we last gathered, a holiday season has come and gone, and a shiny new year has dawned. More »
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By MisterHippity
Comment by Dot: I just had to tend to my new, little puppy. I called her "Scallop" instead of "Stella". Really. 22 Responses | Other threads
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Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan
Jimmy Wales, the scandal-prone cofounder of Wikipedia, thinks Barack Obama's first priority should be creating government websites anyone can edit. Translation: A bailout for makers of wikis. More »
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By Owen Thomas
Comment by thekohser: If you're not put to sleep by it, Jimbo was part of a 2-hour testimony to a Senate subcommittee, regarding... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Layoffs
Google's Unkindest Cut: Tech Support
In October, before Google's cost-cutting campaign began in earnest, the company had more than 10,000 contractors, founder Sergey Brin said. In a mid-December SEC filing, it reported only 4,300 temporary workers. More »
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Comment by TedEx: what company needs 24 people at 1 location to fix a computer?! more » | Other threads
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