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Eliot Spitzer's Best Interview Yet: Dispelling the "Socks" Rumor

As previously noted, a huge, awesome interview with The Original LovGuv Eliot Spitzer went up on TED-like website Big Think, and in it, Spitzer gets candid on a number of subjects. Via NYDN, though, the best? The socks-during-sex question. More »

01/30/10

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By Foster Kamer

#pullquote

Eliot Spitzer —

former New York governor, prostitution enthusiast and hopeless romantic responding to the question "What's love?" in an interview with BigThink.com via the New York Post's front page.

01/29/10

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By Gabriel Snyder

#betrayal

'Brutally Honest' Spitzer Book Out in February

01/19/10

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#decadefromhell

The Top 13 People Politicians Should Not Have Had Sex with in the 2000s

They never learn, do they? Not to have sex with people you are not married to, that is. That is what they (elected officials) did not learn, in the 2000s. Who were they trying to have sex with? Literally everyone. More »

12/23/09

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By Pareene

#scandals

What Tiger Woods Can Learn From Eliot Spitzer

Yesterday Eliot Spitzer had an excellent op-ed, about AIG, in the New York Times. Hendrik Hertzberg, at the New Yorker, praised it. No-one mentioned his sex scandal. Here's what he did right, and what Tiger Woods is doing wrong. More »

12/21/09

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By Ravi Somaiya

#awesomethings

11 Questions for the New York Post's New Advice Columnist: Alexandra Ashley Dupre

Other than whoever's idea this was—and they deserve some kind of award—whatever led up to The Hooker Who Brought Down Eliot Spitzer having a byline at the New York Post doesn't matter. This is awesome. More »

12/13/09

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By Foster Kamer

#gossiproundup

Lady Gaga Meets the Queen of England

Angelina's secret second family: seven Muslim children, and a wife. Lady Gaga spawns jokes about old queens, Suri Cruise goes glam like never before, Tiger Woods' wife buys a mansion in Sweden. Tuesday gossip keeps coming back for more. More »

12/08/09

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By Maureen O'Connor

#spitzerfiles

The Spitzer Files: How TV Talking Heads Get Their Cues from Flacks

In our third installment from the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between Eliot Spitzer's flack and reporters at the height of his hooker scandal—we congratulate the reporters who actually try to learn things before they go on TV. More »

11/11/09

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By John Cook

#irony

Eliot Spitzer will deliver a lecture on ethics at Harvard's Center for Ethics this afternoon. $20 anyone who manages to utter Ashley Dupre near an open mic.

11/11/09

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By Maureen O'Connor

#spitzerfiles

The Spitzer Files: Today Offers to Help Spitzer's Flack Land a Job at NBC

For our next installment of the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between flacks and reporters during Eliot Spitzer's downfall—we bring you the tale of the Today producer who offered to help a flack find a job at NBC. More »

11/05/09

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By John Cook

#exclusive

The Spitzer Files: How the New York Times and the Press Serviced Client No. 9

Click here to read The Spitzer Files: How the <em>New York Times</em> and the Press Serviced Client No. 9

The New York Times broke the story of Eliot Spitzer's hooker habit last year, launching a PR shitstorm of epic proportions. But according to e-mail traffic we've obtained, the Times showed Spitzer's flacks extraordinary deference as the scandal unfolded. More »

11/04/09

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By John Cook

#fashions

Ashlee Dupré, Fashion Model?

Out with the whore, in with the new, for Ashlee Dupré, most known for hookering it up with Eliot Spitzer, apparently hit the runway this week at Bahar Shahpar's show yesterday. You go, call girl!

09/16/09

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By Andrew Belonsky

#quoteoftheday

Eliot Spitzer's Student —

responding to a New York Times reporter asking about the hooker-loving former governor's first class at the City College of New York, overheard by a New York Daily News reporter also trying to gather quotes.

09/09/09

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By Gabriel Snyder

#kristindavis

Scary Spitzer Madam Also Wants to Talk About Spitzer Scandal, Again

Just when you thought the New York Post had covered every possible imaginary angle of Spitzer Hooker Scandal, Round Two, you find out that they ignored the provocative take of Kristin Davis, the "Manhattan Madam!" She has things to say! More »

09/08/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#sexwars

Womankind's Imaginary Feud With Ashley Dupre

Uh oh, do you know who in make-believe land is now upset with soul singer Ashley Dupre? All the women of New Jersey and also New York! And also Andrea Peyser! More »

09/04/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#masterplans

Ashley Dupre Prostitutes Herself for Music Career Publicity

The New York Post's plan to resurrect the Eliot Spitzer hooker scandal story is turning out fabulously. Day one was the "Spitzer comeback?" rumor. Day two was the Shocked Response. Now, day three: Ashley Dupre makes her return. Musically, too! More »

09/03/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#howtoguide

The Second Coming of the Spitzer Hooker Scandal

The Eliot Spitzer hooker scandal was—without a doubt—the biggest New York tabloid story of the year last year. Slow news this summer? The New York Post will just bring the Spitzer story back! Based on...what? More »

09/02/09

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By Hamilton Nolan

#comebacks

Eliot Spitzer Still Comedy, Tabloid Gold

Eliot Spitzer may not need Twitter, because he has the NY Post keeping him in the limelight. The paper claims the former luv guv wants to run for office, but sources say it won't happen. Still, anything for that headline.

09/01/09

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By Andrew Belonsky

#twitter

Seven Celebrities Who Should Get on Twitter Right Now

Twitter's all about self-promotion. This we know. MC Hammer knows that, too, and apparently has been quite successful at it, which explains why Gravity Summit invited him to keynote this week's social media conference at Harvard. More »

09/01/09

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By Andrew Belonsky

#reconciliations

Blodget v. Spitzer: Disgraced Rich White Men Sit Down For a Chat

Henry Blodget was a famous Merrill Lynch analyst who got rich by hyping internet stocks in the 1990s until Eliot Spitzer caught him lying. Then Eliot Spitzer got caught choking hookers, and now they're hanging out on the internet together. More »

08/10/09

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By John Cook

#politics