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Pic Of The Day
Mourning Light
[That's light coming from within Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch early this morning, near Los Olivos, CA; image via Getty] More » -
Simple truths
The Only Time We'll Say This: Gwyneth Paltrow Has a Point
Gwyneth Paltrow, while mostly annoying with her faux Britishness and William Joel-ing, has made at least one good and simple point. Especially as we leave work behind and try to enjoy a holiday weekend. The constant BlackBerrying? Getting really annoying. More » -
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The Village of the Damned Kids Grew Up So Fast, Didn't They?
[Kelly Osbourne and her fiance Luke Worrall leaving a restaurant in London last night; image via Bauer-Griffin] More » -
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Pic Of The Day
The Quarter Mile
[Two visitors stand, looking like something out of a Chris Van Allsburg book, in the new Ledge observation deck, which juts out of the 103rd story of Chicago's Sears Tower. That's 1,353 feet up. Image via Getty] More » -
spectacle
Neverland Crowds Should Beat It
As seen in this photo, taken yesterday, crowds have gathered outside Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, hoping to glimpse his body. Though, word just came down that the public memorial service won't be held at the amusement park of horrors. Getty More » -
ruminations
Will Public Enemies Be Just Another Hollow Michael Mann Movie?
So Public Enemies, writer/director Michael Mann's slick new crime drama, is getting pretty decent reviews, but reading them doesn't exactly make us excited to see the damn thing. Mann is just so uneven—a technical wizard who ignores everything else. More » -
True Romance
Mark Sanford's Argentinian Affair: The Telenovela
As governor Mark Sanford's rhapsodizing about his affair mostly sounded like the back of a dull-ish romance novel, we thought it could use some spicing up. So, video guy Mike Byhoff synced it to steamy telenovela Sin Senos. Enjoy! More » -
special friends
Fox & Friends Doesn't Want Bruno Giving Gay to People
Fox & Friends-apalooza continues. Today the billy goats were chewing their grass and talking about that Bruno movie and the high school controversy. Gretchen was actually cool about it, Doocy was a jerk, and Bri-Bri just thinks he smells bad. More » -
recaps
NYC Prep: Embarrassment of the Riches
There was a moment on NYC Prep last night that was just so brutal, so true-to-life, that I feel I just have to get it out of my system and talk about it right now. Camille and her teeth. More » -
Trade Roundup
Nothing Says Hollywood Like 'Old Lesbians'
Today old people do fun, romantic things. A great TV actor gets a chance to play second-fiddle in a movie. Lesbians go front and center, as do aliens. Also, Grey's Anatomy is everywhere. More » -
Save the adults
Poor Kerry Washington's Sad Search for a $3,000 New York Flop House
Oh dear, whispers Page Six this morning. Kerry Washington—an up-and-coming actress who sure is taking a while to get up-and-over-here—is moving to New York to star in a play. And she can only pay $3,000 a month! More » -
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"Just Be Glad You're Not the Bathroom Assistant."
[Tina Fey having her shoes put on for her on the New York set of "Date Night"; image via INF] More » -
Blind Items
Which Actor Brothers Secretly Hate Each Other?
Just one lone item today, about two actor brothers who are are in a secret, nasty career feud. More » -
Pic Of The Day
Alfalfa from Haifa
[A handout photo of Israeli President Shimon Peres in Kazakhstan today. This was a handout, so someone in the Israeli Press Office has a sense of humor!] More » -
knowing your audience
Women: They All Love Project Runway
Fashion design competition show Project Runway is soon returning to us after a long hiatus, on the Lifetime network for ladies. And, in a new promo, the network makes very certain you know one thing: Good women watch Project Runway. More » -
Green Acres
The Tragic Tale of Susan Orlean's Chicken
Celebrated slice-of-lifer and avid Twitterer Susan Orlean lives in Columbia County with four chickens. Or, rather, she did. On Sunday she set the creatures loose for a little constitutional. Now she's complaining about the cremation costs of one dead chicken. More » -
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Fauna and Merryweather Just Don't Understand Flora These Days
["Gossip Girl" pixie Taylor Momsen outside her New York hotel last night; image via INF] More » -
special friends
Doocy to Vanessa Williams: 'How's That Botox Workin' Out for You?'
Oh what did the cutest lil' morning newscasters get up to today? Well, we have everyone being awkward with celebrated skincare spokeslady, Vanessa L. Williams. She Botoxes! More » -
Trade Roundup
The Triumphant Return of Tionna Smalls
Tionna Smalls is back! Such good news. Also: Law & Order: SVU will keep solving sex crimes, Amy Adams will embarrass herself, and strange casting good make for good television. More » -
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Ferris Bueller to Have No More Days Off, Ever
[Sarah Jessica Parker, James Wilke, and Matthew Broderick welcome their two new kids, born from surrogacy, into the world. They sent this photo around to mitigate the crazed paparazzi bullshit that could have ensued. Image via... the world!] More » -
sad things
Joe Jackson: Plugging Away
Oh, Joe Jackson. Deceased Michael's monster of a father held a press conference today with Al Sharpton in which he managed tolovingly honor his tragically-fated sonpromote his "record company" and just appear all around looney-tunes. More » -
Pic Of The Day
Finding the Sun
[The sun returned to New York this weekend, as you can see in this photo, taken yesterday in Prospect Park; image via jeepeenyc's Flickr] More » -
special friends
Fox & Friends Would Like to Discuss Bears With You
So it's been a weird day. Things changing everywhere! But at least some things are constant: the gurgling sea cucumbers at Fox & Friends will never get it. Today's confusion? The case of the cardboard bear. Everyone was perplexed. More » -
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Actress Smiles and Laughs, Pretending She Speaks Regular Person Language
[Leighton Meester arriving on set to for her first day of "Gossip Girl" season three shooting; image via Bauer-Griffin] More » -
Listicle
Alanis Morissette and Five Other Singers Who Should Act More
Alanis Morissette—angry/thoughtful lady-pop voice of the 90s—sometimes acts. She showed up as God in Dogma and a bisexual on Sex and the City. And now she's appearing on Weeds for seven episodes. And we're pretty happy about it. More » -
Box office report
Angry Robots Push a Weeping Cameron Diaz Way Out of the Way
Pretty much everything was robots this weekend. Lots and lots of people wanted to see the robots. But other people wanted to see snarky people fall in love in Alaska. Others still wanted drunks in Las Vegas. But mostly, robots. More » -
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"I Am Not Dead, Everybody. Do You Hear Me, I Am Not Dead!"
[Harrison Ford shooting the comedy "Morning Glory" in New York yesterday; image via INF] More » -
Blind Items
Which Rock Singer Converted Her Music Festival Port-a-John Into a Cocaine Lair?
Today we have an actor with a too-big head, a riot grrl who turned her Glastonbury portapotty into a coke den, an actress with a secretly miserable marriage, and a nice one about charity and people and stuff. More » -
Pic Of The Day
In the Tank
[White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs gets dunked during a luau (an Indonesian luau perhaps???) held on the South Lawn yesterday for members of Congress and their families; image via Getty] More » -
success stories
Jimmy Frey, Our Former Intern Boy, Makes It Big in Hollywood
Hey, look! Being a Gawker Intern pays off. One of our most famous non-paid workers, James Frey, is shopping a young adult series that just got preemptively optioned by DreamWorks. Estimates say the deal was in the high six figures. More »













