February 22, 2012 – GQ profiled manic pixie rap waif Kreayshawn for its March issue, and the result is a mesmerizing feat of shit. Smoking shit, talking shit, and literally shitting. Reporter Lauren Bans opens the profile with Kreayshawn shit-talking fellow musical hate object Lana Del Rey: [Gawker]
The Terrifying Body Worlds Mummy Heads of 19C Italy
February 21, 2012 – A group of forensic anthropologists have completed a meticulous analysis of a set of real human anatomy displays from 19C Italy. Using CT scans and other chemical analysis, the group determined that, some 200 years ago, anatomist Giovan Battista Rini "petrified" the corpses with a mercury and other... [Gawker]
Mysterious Death by Poisoning Haunts The Amazing Race
February 21, 2012 – Strange murmurs from the world of reality television: Two "freelance facilitating producers" were apparently poisoned "after a failed shakedown attempt" in central Africa, Fox News reports. [Gawker]
Did the Romneys Strap Two Pets to the Exteriors of Cars?
February 21, 2012 – A complete list of all the living animals the Romneys may have strapped to the exteriors of cars: 1. Seamus, the Irish setter driven to diarrhea while in a crate strapped to the top of Mitt Romney's car. 2. This fish, which apparently "cheated death more" while riding in a water bottle that "didn't... [Gawker]
Chloe Sevigny, Beyonce, and Jay-Z Walk Into a Bar…
February 21, 2012 – But the bar with Madison Square Garden, and they were just another bunch of awkward celebrity seat mates at an NBA game. NYDN notes that Beyonce's nails are blue, "presumably in a nod to her baby daughter back home." Look, here they are from a slightly different angle and in the general vicinity... [Gawker]
Newspaper Survives ‘Comment Flash Mob’
February 21, 2012 – At 3:15PM, Berlin time, The Wall Street Journal suffered an unprecedented attack, The Wall Street Journal reports. A shadowy organization called "Anonymous Kollektiv" had orchestrated a "comment flash mob." The chilling result: [Gawker]
Where Does This Sloth End and Bret Michaels Begin?
February 21, 2012 – It's an infinite loop of hair. [Holy Cuteness, Orlando Sentinel, image via Busch Gardens] [Gawker]
Politician: Girl Scouts Sell Cookies, Sex, Abortion, and Communism
February 21, 2012 – This just in: Indiana state Rep. Bob Morris has "gone viral" for a sending a ranting letter to fellow Republican lawmakers warning that the Girl Scouts of America is "making their daughters more receptive to the pro-abortion agenda." He wrote it in an attempt to stop a resolution celebrating the... [Gawker]
Accused Murderer Says Barry White’s Voice and Olivia Newton-John’s Body Made Him Do It
February 21, 2012 – As the murder trial of Decatur, Georgia's Hemy Neuman wraps up, we discover that Neuman admits he shot Russell Sneiderman outside the man's 2-year-old son's preschool. [Gawker]
NYT Writer to Blogger: ‘What Do You Want to Do With Your Life?’
February 21, 2012 – Today in passive-aggressive media spats: New York Times reporter Charles Duhigg swears he doesn't mind that Forbes blogger Kashmir Hill block-quoted liberally from an article he wrote, it's just that Kashmir is wasting her life and selling her body for money. The hullaballoo began when another... [Gawker]
‘High-End Weapons a New Form of Bling’ in India
February 21, 2012 – What's up today in India? "India, the land of Mohandas Gandhi, known for its Hindu belief in the sanctity of life, is anything but gun-shy. Rising incomes have made high-end weapons a new form of bling, and rising crime and memories of Mumbai's 2008 terrorist attack have left Indians eager to be... [Gawker]
Facebook Profiles Found to Predict Job Performance
February 21, 2012 – Three research universities combined their forces to prove that a person's Facebook page is, more often than not, an accurate predictor of future job performance. [Gawker]
Park Slope Food Co-Op Falls into Chaos: Should They Have a Position on Israel?
February 21, 2012 – "After three years of heated debate," The Wall Street Journal reports, "the Park Slope Food Co-op is at last ready for a vote." The vote is about whether they should vote about whether they should boycott products made in Israel, to protest what boycotters consider "an apartheid system against... [Gawker]
What Is Mary Romney Dressed Up as in This Picture?
February 21, 2012 – As the Romney clan scrambles to clean up its social media presence, Buzzfeed reporter and Mormon whisperer McKay Coppins highlights the "Mormon mommy blog" of Mary Romney, daughter-in-law of Mitt and wife of Craig. [Gawker]
Cops Question Strauss-Kahn About Sex Party Prostitution Ring
February 21, 2012 – French police hauled possibly rape-y French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn in for questioning today. At issue: DSK's alleged participation in an international prostitution ring that involved "organizing sex parties" in Paris, Brussels, and Washington. [Gawker]
Finnish President’s Husband Caught Staring at Princess’ Boobs
February 20, 2012 – Scandinavian* Scandal: Pentti Arajarvi, the husband of Finland's president, has been caught ogling the Danish princess' tits at a royal dinner in Copenhagen. [Gawker]
Sarah Palin No Longer Afraid of Asians: Linsanity Cured Her
February 16, 2012 – Outside her New York hotel today, a smiling Sarah Palin proved that she has finally conquered her possibly crippling fear of Asians. Jeremy Lin for leader of the free world. [Images via Pacific Coast News] [Gawker]
Literary Cad Also Lied About Having Sex With His Students in GQ
February 16, 2012 – Turns out Sam Kashner, the Vanity Fair contributing editor currently embroiled in a literary cheating scandal, has been accused of erotic deceit before. [Gawker]
Could This Gay Male Twin Fuck Story Possibly Be Real?
February 16, 2012 – Slate advice column Dear Prudence (which really is the prudest internet advice column) fielded a titillating question of dubious veracity today, from a gay man in a committed sexual relationship with his twin brother. [Gawker]
Love, Lies, and Liz Taylor: A Literary Cheating Scandal at Vogue and Vanity Fair
February 15, 2012 – Three years ago, Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger were a middle-aged married couple co-writing Furious Love, a book about Liz Taylor and Richard Burton's scandalous extramarital affair on the set of Cleopatra. Turns out Kashner, a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, is a method writer: [Gawker]
