• seventeen

    Judging The Shoes of the New 'Toos

    The newly installed editor of Seventeen magazine, Ann Shoket, was [at Ben Widdicombe's birthday party], flanked by her publicist. "Ben is the most charming, most dashing .... "
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  • Soon, the Daily News will be all Widdicombe, all the time. Anyone know what ever happened to that Grove guy? More »
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    By Doree Shafrir

    Comment by angelina: ugh. i could do pat in my sleep. I mean not "do" but ugh. whatever. patsy - grab kc -... more » | Other threads

  • media

    Media Bubble: Everyone We Know

    • Sports writers vs. sports bloggers: Whose sublimated homosexual desire for strong, sweaty men will prove dominant in the long run? [92nd St Y] More »
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    Comment by AcilletaM: writes like an ape that has just discovered a bone will suffice as a murder weapon That is just beautiful! That... more » | Other threads

  • mario batali

    What Has Two Thumbs and a Boatload of New STD's?

    Seems like every paper in town is trying to ruin our morning: We're fairly inured to disgust at this point, but there still is a list of things that we'd prefer not to read about over our cornflakes. Very high on that list are: rumors about Courtney Love's sex life; anything with the byline "Michael Wolff"; and rumors about Mario Batali's sex life. Today Ben Widdicombe goes two-for-three in one item: More »
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    By abalk2

    Comment by Steverino: The guy is a damn good chef. He could be fucking the rodents in the alley behind Del Posto and... more » | Other threads

  • star jones

    Remainders: Star Jones Calls It a Day

    • Jesus lives and saves us all: Star Jones is reportedly announcing her departure from The View, preferring instead to continue her rapid shrinking in the privacy of her own home. If we're lucky, her on-air farewell will be the exact opposite of Katie Couric's: hilarious and laced with blood. [Access Hollywood] More »
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    Comment by DaveJ: Which part of Katie Couric's farewell wasn't hilarious? more » | Other threads

  • australia

    Do You Come From a Land Down Under?

    The very small type in our Filofax — yes, we're that old-fashioned — tells us that today is Australia Day. More »
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  • gay

    Tonight: Musto and Widdicombe Get It On at the Gay Center

    Among our many problems in life, two of the biggest are these: We are not very good interviewers, and we are not very good gays. Tonight, it seems, we shall have a chance to work on both problems — and, even better, with drinks! More »
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  • jossip

    David Hauslaib Abandons His Jossip Hobby

    In nerdy blog news, David Hauslaib, the well-coiffed young thing behind gossip blog Jossip and gay spin-off Queerty, is stepping down after two years of nursing Jossip to maturity. He'll stick around in a management capacity (how very Denton!), but no more daily blogging. His replacement, Corynne Steindler, comes from the sketchy, non-descript environs of Star and Lloyd Grove's desk at the Daily News, though we've no idea what, specifically, any of that means. Not that it matters — as we've found, professional qualifications tend to hinder one's blogging ability. More »
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    By Jessica

    Comment by brianvan: The last I heard, the gyms weren't explicitly barring hetero guys at the door. But word on the street is... more » | Other threads

  • ben widdicombe

    Colgategate: Ungated?

    A particularly intrepid reader decided to look at more of Colgate Alito's writing than just his jokey bio, and she presents a solid case that the boy is in fact our man. Take, for example, bits like: More »
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    Comment by Juvenal: Alito's UVA Facebook is mysteriously empty. Perhaps he learned from young Russert. more » | Other threads

  • ben widdicombe

    Colgategate: Another Burger Drops

    Wonky sis considerately provided a link to a Google-cached version of young Alito's bio at the Colgate Forum, and we suspect we've discovered another clue that the collegian in question might not actually be the son of the Supreme Court nominee. Young Alito opens his bio thus: More »
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    Comment by Boi From Troy: And he rejected my FaceBook request. Bastard! more » | Other threads

  • ben widdicombe

    Colgategate: Does Gatecrasher Confuse His College Boys?

    Gatecrashing Daily Newser Ben Widdicombe this morning provided some perhaps calming insight into SCOTUS nominee Samuel Alito by quoting the charmingly amusing musings of his son, Phil, on the website of the Colgate college newspaper. Writes Widdicombe: More »
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    Comment by mark duffy: This is Gawker Media at its best. Brav-fucking-O. more » | Other threads

  • ben widdicombe

    Ben Widdicombe Not a Ski Bunny

    We're not posting this picture of Gawker Hottie and Daily News gossip-flower Ben Widdicombe to embarrass him. Rather, we want to point out what a fantastic example is being set by the Gatecrasher. Those nostrils couldn't get any cleaner if we picked 'em ourselves. More »
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  • gossip

    Gossip Columnists: The Next Generation

    Today marks the beginning of, perhaps, a new era: the NY Daily News has set up Rush and Molloy's bitchy Australian gossip-boy Ben Widdicombe with his own weekend column. And just a few weeks ago, the NY Post launched their own weekend gossip column, hostessed by the even-younger-than-Ben Elisa Lipsky-Karasz. More »
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  • chichappens

    Sam Shahid

    Chic Happens is updating again. (Ben Widdicombe: "leave me alone, I was on vacation.") Fashion ad guru Sam Shahid is being sued by his former 23-year-old straight intern Mladen Djankovich for defamation, sexual harassment and false imprisonment. From the complaint: "Shahid tried to kiss Plaintiff. Plaintiff pushed away. Shahid became frustrated and irritated, saying 'What are you fucking worried for, you know you're gorgeous. I would die for you!'" Also: Shahid, apparently not one for subtlety, "stood directly behind Plaintiff and placed his crotch on the back of Plaintiff's head and moved back and forth in a sexual manner. He caressed the back of Plaintiff's neck and head with his crotch and then put his hands down both the front and back of the inside of Plaintiff's shirt, touching his bare skin." More »
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  • chic happens

    Raelian fashion

    Ben "Chic Happens" Widdicombe interviews Rael, leader of his very own namesake cult, and examines his fashion sensibilities. In an article that really needs no commentary, Widdicombe writes, "And where a lesser lama would have gone for robes—the classic 'dentist at a Star Wars convention' look, which derails so many fledgling religions—this holiness paired the top with trousers, the boldest move since the Dalai Lama thought, Hmmm . . . saffron." Says Rael, "I think I will one day go to a seminar where I will wear a pink skirt...I think I will; it will be cute. Just to change, to make people think how to be different." More »
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  • natalie chanin

    Gawker Exclusive: Project Alabama

    "Yick. Are those Via Spigas? Did you get those at Strawberry?" The 20-something PR lackey didn't actually say it, but his narrowed eyes, suspicious look at The List tacked to his clipboard, disapproving look at me, then back at The List, said it for him. The headset affixed to his cranium appeared to be held in place by a strategic combination of industrial-strength hair gel and the big head he'd developed during the past five days wielding Door Power at various 7th on Sixth affairs. More »
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  • chic happens

    Yet another scene from the Gawker launch party: Ben Widdicombe

    Chic Happens co-author, Ben Widdicombe, stating that he was officially boycotting Fashion Week, and that what with them updating regularly now, I'd have to find a new schtick.
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  • chic happens

    Chic Happens

    Missed first time round: a profile of the Aussie guys behind Chic Happens, the fashion industry gossip site. These were... More »
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