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Scrawled, Childish 'Contract' Perfectly Captures Jon Gosselin and Kate Major's Fairy Tale Romance

Hamilton Nolan — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:11:42 EST

Kate Major quit her job at Star after falling in "love" with Octodad Jon Gosselin and living happily ever after for a month or so. But she didn't do it on a whim; she had the world's most comical "contract!"

As you can see, the power couple made up a professional My First Contract™, in which Jon agrees to "employ Kate Major as a personal assistant handling some but not all future contracts," and pay her "a percentage," of something. In return, Kate says she will "run any media inquiries past Jon Gosselin," and "not make any negative or disparaging remarks." Just your average run-of-the-mill pre-fucking mutual consent agreement.

Since Jon immediately started/ never stopped fucking other people, and Kate immediately ran off to give teary interviews on national television, I guess they came out even. Are contracts written in crayon legally enforceable?
[Radaronline. Pic via]

Keith Olbermann Savors His Fleeting Moment Of Revenge Against Page Six

Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:57:56 EDT

Keith Olbermann and Rupert Murdoch's media empire keep adding to their illustrious history of mutual hatred. Last month, the Murdoch-owned Post's Page Six accused the broadcaster of valuing ketchup more than the memory of the newly dead Tim Russert. Earlier this week, Page Six ran a particularly provocative item accusing Olbermann of being, uh, too nice to the departed Tony Snow. And last night, Olbermann had his revenge for that; he was forced to call Page Six "sick, sick people" and big liars for all their lying lies. Click to watch his righteous thunder. We report and you decide, ha ha!

Major Ad Conglomerate Makes Bad Ads For Robert Mugabe

Hamilton Nolan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:29:36 EDT

Zimbabwean dictator and overall monster Robert Mugabe is one of the world's top bad guys. But if you're running an ad agency in Zimbabwe, hey, work is work. So a firm called Imago—owned by Young & Rubicam, the US ad giant—made a bunch of ads for Mugabe's "re-election" campaign. Now Y&R is falling over itself to cut its ties with Imago, possibly because Mugabe's wickedness has been front-page news in the US for the last week. The fun part: the ads sucked big time! Especially the one that looks like a wicked political acid trip. And we have the evidence:

Among Mugabe’s new campaign ads is a television commercial showing the face of former UK prime minister Tony Blair morphing into the faces of US President George Bush, new UK leader Gordon Brown and, finally, MDC Morgan Tsvangirai, under the heading “The Losers Club” (sic).

A print ad says that “Tsvangirai’s faction has a reputation for violence”, another ad uses lyrics from Tupac’s album Strictly for My Niggaz, and still another, attributed to [Imago head] Sharon Mugabe, asks: “What do the British and Americans want from Zimbabwe? Our minerals.”

Ha, amateur. And here is the fabulous "Losers Club" spot:

[NYDN/ Times UK]

Workout Star Called "Negative Icon"

Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:05:55 EDT

Jackie Warner, the personal trainer star of Bravo's reality show Workout and popular fantasy girlfriend of straight women, is facing a fan backlash for acting rude on the show. They're calling for a boycott! Apparently she fired a guy named Peeler (rudely), and now she's being branded as a "negative icon to the gay community." Harsh! Shouldn't that type of forceful condemnation be reserved for, you know, Perez Hilton? [LA Rag Mag]

We Are All Complicit In 'Moment Of Truth'

Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:03:19 EDT

So, anybody catch last night's episode of Fox's show, "You're A Dirty Whore, Aren't You?" Okay, I see here the formal title is "Moment of Truth." Last night, a blonde, curly-haired hostess/ model from New York hit the trifecta by insulting her mother, insulting her friend, and proving herself to be a dirty, bad girl. Whoa, Fox was just as outraged as you were! Why is it so hard to find clean-living people for these reality shows? In perfect form, the guest proved that both her current and former boyfriend are smug assholes (simply by allowing them to show their faces), and then proceeded to confidently continue to sell her honor past the point of no return. And how much money did she walk away with in exchange? The highlight clip is below. This show makes my soul feel weird.

Investigative Team Digs Up Motivation For Being TV Jerk

Hamilton Nolan — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:11:25 EST

The New York Post this morning puts a total of four reporters on the trail of Lauren Cleri, the bad woman who ruined her husband's life on national television this week by revealing her cheating heart on the Fox show "Moment of Truth." She wasn't that hard to track down, but you need some support in touch and go reporting situations like this. The stunning headline: WIFE: I DID IT FOR THE TV MONEY [NYP]. She's still telling the truth, at least. Cleri said she was surprised at the attention the couple's meltdown in front of 8 million viewers got, because she didn't think they were "going to stand out." Well then. It's hard for her too, you know; a message on her MySpace page (below) trumpets the depth of her despair.

Lauren Conrad Tells Heidi Montag: "You're A Bad Person"

Emily Gould — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:45:27 EST

It was bound to happen eventually and, last night, it did: 'The Hills' heroine L. C. faced off with her archnemesis Heidi at a party. Heidi made friendly overtures but Lauren wouldn't talk to her unless she apologized. But Heidi maintained that she hasn't done anything wrong! (She did. Sex tape, something something). There was a lot of meaningful blinking and music that told you how to feel. Then Lauren said two profound and true things: "Having your boyfriend do your dirty work for you doesn't make you innocent" and "You're a bad person." She may not be smart, but she is a good judge of character.