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Sanford's Presser: Instant Classic
Mark Sanford's press conference. Did you watch that performance? Wow. He just... he just kept going. How did it compare to some classic political meltdowns of the past? Favorably! More »
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By PareeneComment by heywhat: I just went to the S.C. governor's official website to see what his wife looks like and the server is... 9 Responses | Other threads
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gawker stalker
Eliot Spitzer: Central Park
June 10 @ 6pm Client no. 9 Spitzer running at the reservoir. Shorter than expected and has gotten chubby. [Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com]
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Comment by SarikaNobdobber: How can you be shorter than expected if your height is a published, verified fact? Also, has most definitely NOT... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Habitual Johns
Newly Unsealed Court Documents Reveal Eliot Spitzer's Hooker-Nailing Proclivities
Ever find yourself laying in bed at night just looking up at the ceiling and wondering, "Gee, I wonder how often Eliot Spitzer paid for sex with whores?" Sure you have! We've all been there. Well finally we have an answer—-A lot! More »
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Comment by Dally: Why wouldn't he have just used cash? Or do high class outfits only take Black Amex or money orders or... 5 Responses | Other threads
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jerks
Spitzer Still a Jerk
The reason Eliot Spitzer was a terrible governor was not because he liked hookers. It was because he was an asshole who was unable to get along with anyone. This hasn't changed. More »
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By PareeneComment by sample032: "The reason Eliot Spitzer was a terrible governor was not because he liked hookers. It was because he was an... 4 Responses | Other threads
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untouchables
Who's Afraid of Steve Rattner?
If there's anyone who'd want to take Steve Rattner—the media-savvy financier-cum-auto-czar who is embroiled in a pay-to-play pension scandal—down a notch, it would be fearless Wall Street bulldog Eliot Spitzer, right? Wrong. More »
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By John CookComment by ae38: I was going to post about how tired it was that people keep referring to Spitzer as a disgraced ex-gov... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Silda Spitzer Goes Out With a Blogger
Eliot Spitzer, the prostitute-hiring ex-governor of New York, has been seen in public with his wife, Silda, for the first time since he confessed to paying for sex with aspiring musician Ashley Dupré. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by DaveCrabtree: I'm sorry, but I just can't forgive Silda for apparently forgiving him. I know stuff like this happens in lots... 6 Responses | Other threads
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reality tv
Eliot Spitzer Spotted on Real Housewives of NYC
Eliot Spitzer was not quite ready for media cameras back in the fall, but Bravo still managed to get him on camera while shooting the Real Housewives of New York City that aired tonight. More » -
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Michael Wolff Offers Odd Meta Analysis of Eliot Spitzer's Public Rehabilitation
Michael Wolff, whose affair with a 28-year-old Vanity Fair intern and subsequent divorce were publicized all over the place, is just thinkin' about Eliot Spitzer, today. More »
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By PareeneComment by HipHopopotamus: In fairness... the editor of Vanity Fair having an affair with an intern isn't really on the same level as... 2 Responses | Other threads
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the gays
Bill O'Reilly May Soon Have to Flee New York Because of All the Gay Marriage
Not to be outdone by Vermont, New York Gov. David Paterson will introduce a bill legalizing same-sex marriage on Thursday. More »
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By John CookComment by bytememehard: At a family gathering recently, Uncle Joe exclaimed, "I have no problem with the gays, as long as they don't... 7 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Eliot Spitzer Will Not Be Your Next Attorney General
Is Eliot Spitzer already planning a political comeback? Or is that total bullshit speculation planted by enemies and lapped up by the thirsty press? Either way—that's crazy talk! More »
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Comment by I.am.the.1: Others achieve the sort of forgiveness, absolution, redemption Spitzer feels he is entitled to that he thinks with enough contrition,... more » | Other threads
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circle of life
Spitzer's Public Rehabilitation Almost Done
Eliot Spitzer really wants to explain the whole financial crisis, and he is pretty sure he's obligated to advise us plebes on what to do, but everyone just wants him to talk about hookers. More »
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By PareeneComment by GuyBitchy: He was brought down with hookers. But don't think for a minute he was brought down because of hookers. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Nobody Cares About Dead Reporters
In your "not really spring" Tuesday column: Obama to meet "bloggers"(??), journalists die while nobody notices, newspapers scrounge for ideas, and Eliot Spitzer's a media darling!: More »
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Comment by Banjo-Sea Kitten: I love Glenn. He's pretty damned no-nonsense for an increasingly nonsense-filled Salon.com. (I'm talking to you, Camille Paglia.) 13 Responses | Other threads
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No, Wait: Spitzer For Treasury Secretary
Tim Geithner's plan for rescuing the financial sector isn't "seize the banks and feed their executives to wolves" so it's stupid and no one likes Geithner. The Nation has a great idea, though: More »
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By PareeneComment by RealTomatoKetchup: "...he probably would be better at this than Geithner is proving to be, so far. But while we'd gain a... 3 Responses | Other threads
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videuhoh
AIG 'Touches' Eliot Spitzer, Kinda Like Ashley Dupré
Prostitute-hiring former New York governor Eliot Spitzer is back in front of the TV cameras, talking about AIG! Good thing, because we need experts on the violation of financial laws. Watch him explain his "contribution." More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by EatMySleep: "I've paid a price for that. I've spent a year with my family..." How can you not LOVE this guy? 3 Responses | Other threads
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Contortions
Ashley Dupre Blowing Everything by Acting Wholesome
What's this, our friend Ashley Dupre, nee Spitzer, has taken up yoga and is hanging with Russell Simmons developing "inner strength?" Pish posh! You need to focus, Ashley. You'll ruin everything. More » -
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Eliot Spitzer Bought A Building Comically Close to the Scene of His Great Shame
Eliot Spitzer bought a building in DC! It's a 13-story office tower whose tenants include a PR firm. It's also a short, lovely walk from the historic Mayflower Hotel! Look, we mapped it out. More »
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By PareeneComment by scroll_lock: Insert "rear entrance" joke here. 2 Responses | Other threads
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sex trade
Spitzer Madam Imagines Britney Spears As Whore
Kristin Davis, whose Wicked Models escort agency counted former governor Eliot Spitzer as a client, thinks Britney Spears could earn $1,000 an hour in the world's oldest profession.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Hydroceph: OK, first, please don't peer at us like that. It's scary. Secondly, Britney as a whore? There's a stretch. Wasn't that... 20 Responses | Other threads
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year in review
The Best (and Worst) Sex Scandals of 2008
Amid 2008's many sex scandals, it was a miracle there was any time left to monitor an epochal presidential election. There were many genuine, dirty affairs — and some duds inevitably got overhyped. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Sproing: Sorry, swap #1 with #2. A governor is not a presidential candidate, and Silda does not have cancer. It's a... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Love Guv
Spitzer Scammed By Madoff Too, Naturally
The foible-filled comeback of Eliot Spitzer continues! It turns out the luv guv—who does know about Wall Street—lost money to hedge fund scammer Bernie Madoff, like everyone else. And it's Slate's fault!: More »
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Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: Put this sanctimonious prick in jail. Why isn't he being prosecuted with the fervor with which he himself prosecuted... 6 Responses | Other threads
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videuhoh
Henry Blodget's Love/Hate Relationship with Eliot Spitzer
United by ignominy, former Wall Street analyst Henry Blodget has forgiven Eliot Spitzer, the prosecutor who cost him his job. And he's getting softer on him by the day.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Bring It On: Why is Blodget suddenly getting so much coverage? He has been writing articles from time to time for Crain's and... 8 Responses | Other threads
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recessionomics
The Changing Face of Disgrace
What do the instant comebacks of Martha Stewart, Henry Blodget, and Eliot Spitzer tell us? There's no longer anything to be ashamed of in failure. And that's cheery news for anyone who's been laid off.
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By Owen ThomasComment by Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: You know, I cannot dislike Stewart. She was castigated publicly in a way that her male counterparts rarely are, and... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Love Guv
Eliot Spitzer Wanders Into Media Party, Thinking It Was Something Else
Slate columnist and randy ex-governor Eliot Spitzer showed up at a Slate party last night at—get ready for this, guys—Happy Ending, a former rub-'n-tug spot. Oh, you! Then he gave this soulful quote:
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Comment by scroll_lock: I will NEVER understand how his beautiful, educated, intelligent wife stayed with this horror instead of taking him for every... 7 Responses | Other threads
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Eliot Spitzer To Write Non-Sexual Column
Eliot Spitzer has a new job! John Koblin reports that starting tomorrow, the scandalized ex-guv is going to be writing a column for Slate called "The Best Policy." It will be about "the financial crisis and fixing financial markets and the economy generally," and will almost certainly be very informative (Spitzer was once a populist hero, remember!) and very boring. Because really, do you think Spitzer's going to run down his hooker stories (which is what everyone actually wants to hear) in Slate? He's saving that for the book. They should have gone after Ashley Dupre as a columnist instead. "THE SEX POLICY." It's a win-win. [NYO]
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Comment by GirlCat: Remember back in the olden days when it would take decades before a shamed public figure tried to rehabilitate his... 6 Responses | Other threads
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art basel
Pretentious Art Scene About To Jump The Formaldehyde Shark
Last year sad old party boy Jay McInerney went to Art Basel Miami Beach, the American version of the fabulous Swiss art fair, and dutifully chronicled the schmoozy, hideous glitz of its high-end billionaire clientele, its so-un-self-aware-it's-almost-hip pretension, its insanely high sales figures. What a horror show it was! A horror show that stands to be repeated this year (December 4th - 7th) except for one tiny problem: ain't but nobody buyin' art in these penurious and precarious times. So what will the champagne and caviar-dribbled festivities look like compared to last year? We'll take some of our favorite McInerney anecdotes from last year and reimagine them for this ruined age after the jump. More »
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Comment by CodePink: If I were given a croissant, an egg, and a strip of bacon without utensils, I really don't know why... 11 Responses | Other threads
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Eliot Spitzer To Lecture Everyone Again
New York magazine broke news of a new gig for Silda Wall Spitzer, wife of the disgraced, whoring former governor: The former corporate attorney will try and "recruit new investors" (good luck with that) for a hedge fund run by some of her husband's old friends. It's a living, and is already helping her look less victim-y and dependent. Less wisely, Silda's husband is thinking about writing a book. Not one that grapples with the hooker thing and maybe clears the air, allowing him to walk past construction sites without getting snickered at, mind you, but one returning him to the holier-than-thou position that once made him so reviled: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Helman: Spitzer's "knowledge" about Wall Street is monumentally overstated. He shot fish in a barrel: big deal, ... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Diane Sawyer Tries Not to Scoff at Everything Ashley Dupre Says
So the, uh, long-awaited interview with Eliot Spitzer's call girl has finally arrived! If this had come out six months ago, you all would have been hanging on her every word; now it's more of a novelty, like meeting Tonya Harding. But there are highlights, and we've collected them in this handy clip! Click to see some ill-advised hooker empathy, the real difference between an "escort" and a "prostitute," and lots of Diane Sawyer's famous "Bitch, what?" face. -
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Ashley Dupre, Your MySpace Friends Will Lead You To Ruin
After we went to all the trouble of offering Spitzer hooker Ashley Dupre seven—seven!—different career choices yesterday, what does she do? She goes and tells Diane Sawyer, "I want to go after my music and do what I love. And not lose track of who I am on the way. I'm trying to pursue my music. I'm still living for it. I'm not gonna give up my dream. I'm not going to change. I'm not going to let this change who I am. And what I love." All of those short declarative sentences do not change the fact that your song "All We Want" is just the sort of generic R&B bullshit blathering that has already largely destroyed our nation's airwaves. We say this as a friend! Regrettably, Ashley is listening to her other friends: her MySpace friends. Like Whitney Houston, and "Fin" from Williamsburg:
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Comment by GirlyWhirl: I LOVE that James thanks her for being a "fist friend". I bet. 7 Responses | Other threads
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Seven Careers For Ashley Dupre
Let's do the math here: Ashley Alexandra Dupre, America's most famous hooker, hits the news in March when her fortuitous association with Eliot Spitzer becomes public. Except for some vague second-hand insinuations that she wants a record contract, she doesn't make any real career moves until now, when she decides to do her first interviews with the press. We're pretty sure that she's been getting advice—but are her advisers looking out for her interests as much as we, the gossip bloggers, are? Doubtful. We've put together a complete guide to career options for Ashley—or any woman who finds herself famous after a sex scandal—after the jump. Simply select one and go, Ashley: More »
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Comment by Helman: How about this? Change your last name, finish school, and become an architct. 24 Responses | Other threads
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Spitzer Hooker Apologizes To Wife
Ashley Dupre appears to be at the forefront of a media blitz: In addition to sitting down with Diane Sawyer for a 20/20 segment set to air Friday, the call girl who brought down former Gov. Eliot Spitzer granted an interview to People magazine, which in turn has been excerpted in today's Post. Dizzy yet? Here's the money quote: "If she could say anything to Silda Wall Spitzer, it would be, 'I'm sorry for your pain.'" Other highlights:
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By Ryan TateComment by EddieTheDane: Why the animosity for Dupre? She was a party girl/aspiring chanteuse/hooker who woke up one day on the cover of... 33 Responses | Other threads
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eliot spitzer
The Eliot Spitzer Senate Theory
Eliot Spitzer, you fool. You could have been a contender! When Spitzer resigned as governor of New York in March, rather than standing and fighting like the stubborn-to-the-point-of-idiocy man that he is, he was ceding his political future to the vagaries of luck. And his luck is not good, obviously, or he would still be sneaking into hotel rooms with Ashley Alexandra Dupre. But what if he had hung on, boldly stood up for his imaginary right to patronize hookers, and stayed in office? He'd be headed to the US Senate in January. More » -
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Not To Be Outdone, Eliot Spitzer Dips Toe In Public Waters
Every morning when he wakes up and stares out of the window of his ritzy New York apartment, Eliot Spitzer sighs and tells himself, not today. The former governor is still atoning for wearing socks during his affair with prostitute Ashley Dupre, but he has so much to say about what's happening in our country right now. Since we broke the news that Dupre's interview with Diane Sawyer would air this Friday, Spitzer evidently decided to poke his head out of his apartment. In his sermon from hell in this morning's Washington Post, he provides a naughty prescription for restoring America: More »
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Comment by lolwtfomfg: Her thighs aren't really that great. I say minus 1 diamond. 13 Responses | Other threads
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ABC Lands First Interview With Spitzer Hooker?
Is everybody ready for some sweet prostitute interviewing? A tipster tells us "100% reliably" that Ashley Alexandra Dupre, the famous Eliot Spitzer hooker, sat down for her first-ever prime time interview yesterday. Our source says that Diane Sawyer filmed the interview for ABC at a midtown studio, in secret, and that the network is planning to air it next Friday. The network hasn't announced it yet, so you heard it here first, assuming it happens. The other, less solid part of this rumor involves how Ashley got paid for her time:
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Comment by Unfun: Let me guess. The segment is going to include photos of her less-than-idyllic childhood (maybe a picture from her... 13 Responses | Other threads
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crime
Spitzer Gets Off, Prosecutorially Speaking
No federal charges will be filed against former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer slept with a prostitute, a million years ago last March, after a little more than a year on the job. He was in danger of federal charges because he paid for his ladyfriend, Ms. Ashley Dupre, to travel across state lines, a violation of the ridiculous and archaic Mann Act, and also because he might've done some weird illegal stuff with the money he used to pay the prostitution ring. The US Attorney for New York has a funny statement: More »
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By PareeneComment by TheHonJudgeSmails: This motherfucking sanctimonious prick sent countless people to jail for far lesser offenses, and he gets off. There is no justice. 13 Responses | Other threads
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Eliot Spitzer Doesn't Want To Talk 2 U
It is so funny, the way people pick up their kids' text message habits and apply them to email. [NYT]
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By MoeComment by The Real JR: This is this guy I do some minor work for. I KID YOU NOT, THIS IS WHAT HE SENDS ME... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Who Still Laughs At Eliot Spitzer
For the most part, it would seem, Eliot Spitzer lives a remarkably palatable life, given that he was humiliated and forced to resign as New York governor just six months ago in a prostitution scandal. Spitzer's marriage is intact; he has plenty of well-paying work to do at his father's real estate firm; and he is able to run through Central Park and walk around the city because " he hasn’t gotten a lot of negative stuff out in public," an old friend told the Times. Spitzer has even received well-wishes from former vice president Al Gore, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and the widow of Robert F. Kennedy. But still: People laugh at him. The Times investigated exactly who: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by AAAnonymous: After finding out he basically predicted the financial crisis in February of this year, I can't hate him: "When history tells... 1 Responses | Other threads
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"Is This the Line For the James Taylor Tickets?"
[Former New York Governor and prostitute frequenter Eliot Spitzer in New York City last night; image via INF] More » -
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Spitzer Emerges From Cave, Sees Shadow of Former Self
Time Out New York actually scored an interview with Eliot Spitzer, the disgraced former Governor of New York. Remember him? Slept with a hooker? Yeah. Then he disappeared forever and ever, except as a punchline. But he's apparently happy to answer the TONY questionnaire for their "New York 40" issue, because none of the questions are about hookers. (They tried to ask him some vague questions about, you know, not being the governor anymore, but he declined to answer them.) The portrait of post-gubernatorial Eliot Spitzer is a kind of sad one. More »
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By PareeneComment by TheologicalSong: really? you know, I'm not usually the "link" type, kinda Luddite and text driven, but it seems demanded here. and... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Ashley Dupre's First Days As A Hooker
Natalie McLennan is the self-proclaimed high-end hooker whose statements in a 2005 New York magazine cover story helped get her convicted on prostitution-related charges last year. Now that she's done her time, McLennan is free to tell all in a new book. And, what do you know, just like her onetime pimp Jason Itzler, McLennan just happens to have unearthed from her memory some sexy new stories to tell about Ashley Dupre, famed hooker to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer and a former working girl alongside McLennan. The tales were excerpted in the Post Sunday, alongside a racy picture (left). They involve cocaine and the rapper Nas: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by collegecallgirl: Somewhere out there, a doorman is reading the Sunday Post and wiping away a tear. I just wanted to read... 13 Responses | Other threads
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By Ryan TateComment by Workinggal: Re: Katie Holmes - does anyone else have this crazy idea that maybe she's wearing Tom's jeans as a good... 2 Responses | Other threads
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D-List Sex Scandal In Albany
"The writer said he wished he could... 'be modeling my cool penguin boxers' and 'find you a permanent parking space.'" [Times]
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By Ryan TateComment by as_per_usual: the only interesting thing about this is that penguin does boxer shorts. google here i come!! more » | Other threads
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