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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 »
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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!
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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!
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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.
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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!
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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 »
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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]
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Anna Nicole Smith's Literary Legacy
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Glaring Omissions: "Look, I Am Stuck In The Life Of Jennifer Aniston"
Glaring Omissions reproduces tips received from readers in the last week that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (it happens!) or by design (it happens more often). More »
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The Gawker Ombudsman: I AM OLD AND THERE IS TOO MUCH YELLING!
I am going to use this column to do something I will never be able to do again—convey my first impressions of intensive Gawker-reading. Until I was asked to consider taking on this job, I had been only a casual reader, mainly clicking on the Stalker map to track the whereabouts of Kelly Ripa (Kelly: I know you love me! Why do you insist on playing these games?). Since that day, I have read more Gawker than is typical of any but the fruitlessly employed and Kurt Eichenwald's lawyer. More »
remainders
Anna Nicole Smith and Kurt Vonnegut were both featured in the same issue of Playboy, but only one of them was naked. [Lard Biscuit]
What if a famous designer had a store opening and nobody came? [Racked]
The Sun has a right-wing agenda and loves Israel, says The Nation. Also, all that stuff about having 150,000 readers is grossly exaggerated. We're shocked. [The Nation]
Cain is moving farther downtown, but not exactly downtown: 17th and 9th, to be exact. Surely the neighbors are thrilled. [DBTH]
Starting in September, Nielsen will record ratings of shows watched in bars, gyms, hotels, and offices. [NYT]
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Remainders: The Anna Nicole-Kurt Connection
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'Playboy' Anna Nicole Smith Celebration Tugs At Our Heartstrings, Weensticks
We took a look at the new issue of Playboy - Lock has it delivered to the office rather than his home - to see how that tribute to the late Anna Nicole Smith turned out. Apart from the creepy, graveside bukkake feelings one experiences when looking at naked pictures of a dead woman which are clearly meant to be masturbated to (or on, depending on your preferences), there's a poignant air to the piece. More »
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Remember how Larry Birkhead was going to get, like, gobs of money for a print exclusive? And how yesterday's announcement that he's the bona fide father would only cement that deal? We hear Larry has yet to put a deal into place, and for once, it's not about the money—it's about him being totally indecisive. "It's not like he keeps asking for more money, he just isn't making any decisions. I understood not wanting to jinx it before the paternity was decided, but he should really make a call now," says a tabloid-type person. And, look, there he is, yapping away on the Today show this morning. Tonight he'll be on Access Hollywood. At this point, there's almost no more information left for an exclusive—he'd better hope Dannielynn photographs well.
Why Larry Birkhead Doesn't Have A Deal Yet
Remember how Larry Birkhead was going to get, like, gobs of money for a print exclusive? And how yesterday's announcement that he's the bona fide father would only cement that deal? We hear Larry has yet to put a deal into place, and for once, it's not about the money—it's about him being totally indecisive. "It's not like he keeps asking for more money, he just isn't making any decisions. I understood not wanting to jinx it before the paternity was decided, but he should really make a call now," says a tabloid-type person. And, look, there he is, yapping away on the Today show this morning. Tonight he'll be on Access Hollywood. At this point, there's almost no more information left for an exclusive—he'd better hope Dannielynn photographs well.
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Gossip Roundup: Class Runs In Anna Nicole Fam
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IT'S BIRKHEAD BY A NOSE
Ladies and gentlemen, Larry Birkhead is the father of Anna Nicole Smith's daughter Dannielynn. We can all sleep more soundly tonight knowing that all is right in the world, and that Larry Birkhead will be getting both $5 million and a baby, for sure. More »
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