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Comment by ClatieK: Regarding Cindi Leive being "blindsided" by afro-gate... Didn't Gawker report on that ages ago? Like, August? July even? How could... more » | Other threads

  • oh god

    Ancient literary curmudgeon Norman Mailer is biting less-ancient literary curmudgeon Christopher Hitchens' styles and writing a book about God. Called On God. In it, "he finds fault with the Ten More »
    09/24/07
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    By Emily Gould

    Comment by depardoo: The book should be called "On Rationalization". more » | Other threads

  • low blows

    Christopher Hitchens Gags On New Philip Roth Novel

    Warmongering God-hater Christopher Hitchens takes a look at Philip Roth's Exit Ghost, the final chapter in the life of Roth's fictional altar-ego Nathan Zuckerman. He is unimpressed. Considering Roth's fondness for stories about blowjobs gone wrong, Hitch recalls a scene from The Dying Animal, in which a character, displeased with his partner's fellationary skills... we'll continue this after the jump, eh, for the benefit of the children? More »
    09/17/07
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    By abalk

    Comment by Trackback: Young sexuality is different now than it was a generation ago, and probably a generation before that…it goes... more » | Other threads

  • but the comical british alcoholics ye shall always have with you

    From the September Vanity Fair. We're getting pillows embroidered!
    [Photo: Amy O'Leary]

    08/07/07
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  • family feud

    Christopher Hitchens and his even crazier brother Peter are at odds. Which side to support? "Picking between a man who sticks to mineral water (Peter, oddly enough) and another whose initial drinks order was 'I'll have a triple Scotch on the rocks and a bottle of red wine chaser' is never going to be easy." [Independent]
    06/25/07
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    By abalk

    Comment by waterfall: Hitch does drink his whisky with rocks, water and even coffee. How else would he manage to drink continually through... more » | Other threads

  • everlasting godstoppers

    Atheism Is So Hot Right Now

    The Wall Street Journal reports that Christopher Hitchens' God is Not Great is an unexpected best-seller.
    Today, seven weeks after the book went on sale, there are 296,000 copies in print. Demand has been so strong that booksellers and wholesalers were unable to get copies a short time after it hit stores, creating what the publishing industry calls a "dark week." One experienced publishing veteran suggests that Mr. Hitchens will likely earn more than $1 million on this book.
    Wow, that'll settle more than a few bar tabs. More surprising is where the sales are coming from: The book is doing surprisingly well among southern Godites, who are snapping up copies so that they can better refute Hitch's arguments. Either way, expect to hear more from the godless. More »
    06/22/07
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    By abalk

    Comment by slinkimalinki: @KarenUhOh: islands in the stream? more » | Other threads

  • christopher hitchens

    Contrarian notes: "I don't mind admitting that I, too, have watched Hilton undergoing the sexual act. I phrase it as crudely as that because it was one of the least erotic such sequences I have ever seen. She seemed to know what was expected of her and to manifest some hard-won expertise, but I could almost have believed that she was drugged. At no point did her facial expression match even the simulacrum of lovemaking." Anyone else queasy? [Slate]
    06/12/07
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    By abalk

    Comment by Mean_Ol_Liberal: Ya know, I think if he cut down on the booze, he wouldn't have to write lengthy self-comforting diatribes about... more » | Other threads

  • god-grief

    Kinsley on Hitchens: "!!!!!"

    In tomorrow's Book Review, Slate founder/TIME columnist Michael Kinsley explains to us the magic behind "the Christopher Hitchens phenomenon." Who would have guessed—apparently the secret is logic. More »
    05/12/07
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    By lneyfakh

    Comment by superba: @Pope John Peeps II: I don't see how you could be so sure! more » | Other threads

  • remainders

    Do You Want To Spend Your Mornings With Nancy Grace?

  • If Nancy Grace joins "The View" does Elisabeth Hasselbeck lose her slot as designated crazy right-wing ranter? [TVNewser] More »
    • 05/11/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by BlinkyMcChuck: I want Lindsay Lohan on the View, and I think I mean right now. Nancy Grace is basically 3:30... more » | Other threads

  • gawker calendar

    Feast, Rail, Awwww, Reminisce

    Click through for our far-reaching Community calendar. Got events now or in the future? Send them to josh@gawker.com.
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    By Joshua Stein

    Comment by Americana: Err why? more » | Other threads

  • comical british alcoholics

    Christopher Hitchens Tried To Warn Us About The Bush Presidency

    We're getting as tired of talking about Christopher Hitchens as you are of reading about him, but this quote from an interview with Radar is really just too special.
    I don't have any party allegiances. Before I could vote, I wrote in a column that I was for the re-election of George Bush, Sr. That was the first time I ever wrote or said in public who I was for. If George Bush, Sr., had that second term, I think we would be living in a better world in lots of ways. One of which would have been, we never would have elected George Bush, Jr. People forget that. People who always vote Democratic don't realize that if they didn't want this George Bush they should have voted for the last.
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    05/01/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by PocketWizard: @suckonthat: and then there's "risible" and "syllogism." i do like this bit, "if am an ass, donpardo (no ad hominem from... more » | Other threads

  • media bubble

    The Circulation Game

  • 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] More »
    05/01/07
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  • comical british alcoholics

    Christopher Hitchens' Voluble Johnson Falls Silent

    Here's a snippet from an interview with Christopher Hitchens:
    Have you ever prayed in your life?
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    04/30/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by james1: I knew Hitch back when he was a liberal banging out left wing pablum for the Nation magazine. I... more » | Other threads

  • christopher hitchens

    Christopher Hitchens Denounces Beltway Party, Invites Paul Wolfowitz To His House

    Not everyone—actually, it sounds more like not anyone—enjoyed this weekend's White House Correspondent's Association dinner. But Christopher Hitchens was particularly displeased. As David Carr notes, Hitch cut out early, declaring that:
    "The event was disgraceful, so lame and mediocre that it is beyond parody," he said later. "It is impossible to decide which is more offensive: the president fawning over the press or the press fawning over the president. It expresses everything that the public means when they talk about inside-the-Beltway and access journalism."
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    04/23/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by Clevertrousers: You know that Hitch was just pissed because Rich Little didn't even know who he was. more » | Other threads

  • vanity fair

    White House Correspondents After-Party: What's The Hitch?

    More excitement in the battle between Bloomberg and Vanity Fair to see who can host the more fabulous after party for this weekend's White House Correspondents' Association Dinner. Sure, Vanity Fair is offering Christopher Hitchens and all the alcohol he doesn't drink himself, but the Bloomberg bash will feature both pigs in a blanket and, possibly, our mayor-king himself! While the Bloomberg party is famously a snooze—and really, who wants to stand on the pavement smoking while the host gives you dirty looks from inside, a la Tina Brown's—consider this: "Bloomberg is proud to boast that its dozen toilets should better accommodate guests than the two bathrooms Hitchens' house reportedly has for its 100-plus guests." Plus, you know that Hitch is gonna be puking in one of them. Maybe the best choice is no choice at all. —balk More »
    04/18/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by jbk: Does anyone believe Hitch won't be guzzling down the free booze at Bloomberg's if it stays open an hour longer... more » | Other threads

  • christopher hitchens

    Christopher Hitchens To Get Knee-Walking Drunk In Fancier Surroundings

    Exciting times for women longing to have a comical British alcoholic puke down their cleavage while spilling Scotch on their shoes. Christopher Hitchens and his wife, Carol Blue, are bringing back what has historically been one of the most "exclusive" parties following the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner: The Vanity Fair After-Party, the Washington Examiner reports. Hitch, whose favorite moment in life involved seeing Barbra Streisand on fire at a previous event, thinks the current go-to after-party, hosted by Bloomberg, "has become rather mediocre and tacky." (In fact, the Bloomberg party sucks.) And yet. A once much-loved institution that has declined precipitously in the last few years? You'd think he'd feel a little more sympathetic. —balk More »
    04/10/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by nadarine: wait, wait: someone MARRIED him? God, I hope that she has a drinking problem/hobby too, just to get... more » | Other threads