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Novaload
11/13/09

In reply to Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race
They shouldn't get to keep any money from this--it should go to pay back all the resources used to extricate them from their own stupidity, and then the rest should be divided amongst all of us who had to listen to all the BS about them and by them while waiting for the weather report or some other far more important bit of news. They should also have to go do some anonymous community service while meditating on their unsuitability as "reporters." #eunalee
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Maxichamp
11/13/09

@Novaload: No kidding. For months, they denied crossing the border. When they were freed, they used euphemisms like "touched the border". You can't be a little bit pregnant. You broke the law. Live with it. #eunalee
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OldSpinDoc
11/13/09

@Novaload: And what were the people these lovely ladies were 'reporting" on going to do when the story ran?
I'm sure Harriet Tubman would have loved to read media accounts of her railroad while she was still shuttling people through it... #eunalee
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Novaload
11/13/09

@OldSpinDoc: Indeed. The local 'contacts' were reportedly begging them not to go further toward the border; and their translator and others said the Korean equivalent of Sod it! and vanished--all concerned for their safety after the Clueless Chicks 15 minutes were over. The Clueless Chicks were not, of course, concerned about them. #eunalee
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Maxichamp
11/13/09

In reply to Euna Lee Wins Imprisoned Reporters' Book Deal Race
It was strange during their imprisonment how they would flash her picture on the news and it's always that weird myspace-y picture. I mean, couldn't the family provide a more normal picture? #eunalee
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Betty Draper
11/13/09

@Maxichamp: I thought the exact same thing. #eunalee
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The Real JR
11/13/09

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because you are not as interesting as your circumstances, no matter what Oprah says.

PREACH!!! PREACH IT!!

I think this simple truth is at the very core of why Gawker exists: Because some people take themselves way too seriously (ie: famous for doing nothing) which make them ripe for the snarking.

Dudes, doesn't the Lings realize that there's a HUGE fascination regarding what the hell is going on behind borders in North Korea. (Hell, wasn't that why they were there to begin with?) Why do I care about the beauty of Ling Sisterhood(tm) when i could get a firsthand account of Dear Leader battshittery with bonus Clinton on Air Fuck One action? #eunalee
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rudi_freude
11/13/09

@The Real JR: Maybe because The Sisterhood of the Traveling Lings sounds like it has box-office potential. #eunalee
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Magister
11/13/09

@rudi_freude:
While a variation on the "Ya-Ya Sisterhood" (The Ling-Ling Sisterhood) could be mistaken for a film about Dick Nixon's relationship to a couple of pandas.
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Niko Bellic
11/13/09

@The Real JR: there's a HUGE fascination regarding what the hell is going on behind borders in North Korea

Wait, what? Did they capture Carrie Prejean now? #eunalee
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rudi_freude
11/13/09

@Niko Bellic: Niko. Niko, Niko. You're being inappropriate. #eunalee
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skt.smth
11/13/09

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Korea 1
China 0 #eunalee
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Banjo-Sea Kitten
09/12/09

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I barely know what the O.C. is. I barely know who Mischa Barton is. I have had extreme dental pain (pre and post-surgery) and it is a hell like no other, so since I know no other gossip about her, I'm inclined to believe her story.

That being said, I watched "The View" clip yesterday and I found Ms. Barton the height of irritating. Her voice could not be any throatier and affected. The sideways hairdo looked like half a curtain on a window and the wall of words coming out of her mouth without a breath made me frantic. Just the type of person I never want to encounter at a party.

I hope she has other, redeeming qualities.
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jackvinyl
09/13/09

@Banjo-Sea Kitten: i have encountered her, at a party, a weekend-long travel house-party, and she was exactly the same as what you witnessed. Dreadful, gross; that's what.
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secretagentman
09/12/09

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Aniston and those pasty Twilight kids have the best publicists in the business, hands down. It's like her publicist knows no one gives an eff about her, but the only people who don't know that are the tabloids.
I thought Russel Simmons liked the peen?
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ampersandparade
09/12/09

@secretagentman: This is absolutely true. I come across a lot of people who care about celebrity gossip, and I have never in my life talked to a single one who was concerned about Jennifer Aniston's love life. Ever. Who would? Her exposure at the moment is eerily reminiscent of the Jennifer Lopez/Ben Affleck zeitgeist from the first part of this decade, where it took Gigli to convince people that J.Lo was not Jackie Onassis. In ten years we will laugh about all of this, unless we have all killed ourselves.
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Phyllis Nefler
09/12/09

@ampersandparade: Disagree, I pretty much only buy US Weeklys when they have sad single Jen on the cover. MAY SHE ALWAYS BE ALONE.
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Foster Kamer
09/13/09

@Phyllis Nefler: YOU ARE AWFUL BUT ALSO: TRUE.
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Scullery_Maid
09/12/09

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Good god, that is IT. I'm starting a woman-operated movie studio wherein we shall employ good-looking male actors- as opposed to men like this Gerard dude, who look like they've wandered into 7-11 at noon for their breakfast of Marlboros and Mountain Dew.
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CumaeanSibyl
09/12/09

@Scullery_Maid: If he just shaved, he'd look better already.

It's really weird, because he was smoking hot in Dracula 2000 (shut up, it was fun), and then he put on about a hundred pounds of muscle and ended up looking like a boozy ex-rugby player. And it's not like I don't like muscular men, either. It's just not working on him.
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PaisleyPajamas
09/12/09

@CumaeanSibyl: I'm a long-time fan and what I've seen of him lately is so...disappointing. I really hoped he could be a Scottish Steve McQueen, but his recent films just reflect choices based on a paycheck. He's seriously starting to slide down the Russell Crowe slope.

He has his own prodco; if he selects and makes a winner of his own he could recover from this--Mel Gibson did, for a time.
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Scullery_Maid
09/12/09

@CumaeanSibyl: I'm just peeved at the inequality. I mean, there are some incredibly gorgeous, eat-'em-with-a-spoon actresses. And the most popular actors? It's like, well, I may take this cut or that cut, but I don't really want the whole side of beef. Know what I mean?
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pmarble
09/12/09

In reply to A Shot At Punitive Damages With Tila Tequila Season Ends Abruptly
Dear Ms. Barton: It is hard to be committed against your will. Like, really, really hard. Look at how long it took Britney to get committed, and she was rocking the crazy for months. You are a liar.
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pony_express
09/12/09

@pmarble: Trust me, it isn't as hard as you'd think if she was already under some sort of psychiatric care.
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Shelwood
09/12/09

@pony_express: not hard in those circumstances, but, still: she had a toothache, took some tylenol 3 and had to be committed? try again, Mischa. Just repeat what the voices said.
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pmarble
09/12/09

@pony_express: I've had a family member in these circumstances. It was very, very hard.
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pony_express
09/12/09

@pmarble: I've was in a similar situation, 15 years ago, and it was very easy to get 51/50'd. Mind you, I will admit I was high at the time and unwittingly signed whatever paper they were shoving in front of me.
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Jsmoke
09/12/09

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Shawne Merriman is a despicable human being even if he didn't choke that broad. He'll be arrested for something or another in the near future. Then he will be picked up by the Eagles.
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Cynical Media Bitch
09/12/09

@Jsmoke: You say Eagles, I say Raiders, baby!
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Shelwood
09/12/09

@Cynical Media Bitch: Just call it The Current Island of Misfit Toys, as I do, and you can stop keeping track.
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Martiniman
09/12/09

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No one can accuse Charlie Sheen of being part of "Two and a Half Mensa"
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Cynical Media Bitch
09/12/09

@Martiniman: He's about halfway to Mensa, I reckon.
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RonMwangaguhunga
09/12/09

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Historians of the future will trace the decline of Western Civilization to the moment we all started actually giving a fuck about Tila Tequila.
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MisterHippity
09/12/09

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"Anna Wintour totally got stalked by fans on Fashion's Night Out. She's bona fide! Apparently, she kept her cool when someone screamed at her about fur ..."

One of the stalkers was Gawker's own Brian Moylan! He reported on it here: [gawker.com]
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Foster Kamer
09/12/09

@MisterHippity: Bah. That link should've made it in the first time. Drafts! They happen. Going in, now.
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son of spam
09/12/09

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Fashion's Night Off
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Foster Kamer
09/12/09

@son of spam: Exactly.
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PaisleyPajamas
09/12/09

@son of spam: Why does she always look like she's sucking her nose in. Angelina does this, as well. I do not understand this. It has replaced over-emphasized pouting for red carpet photos and it's just weird.
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misslinda
09/12/09

@PaisleyPajamas: She looks very proud of herself. Good for you, Jen, you're standing next to a man!
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CumaeanSibyl
09/12/09

@son of spam: Gerard: Get some sun, and lay off the steroids, you're bloating.

Jen: you look like the Runaway Bride in reverse.
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DennyCrane
09/12/09

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"Yoga." Right.
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Drunken Economist
09/03/09

In reply to Formerly Imprisoned, Laura Ling and Euna Lee Now Free to Tell Their Tale (Mostly)
Just a few things to say about this:

Laura Ling looks like she swallowed something bitter. Japanese plums?

The VICE crew went to the PRNK one year before, *with* permission and NK handlers, and were almost jailed for taking movies there. Google 'The Vice Guide to North Korea' and watch.

Oh, and even with permission and being guys they were scared shitless.

It's not like Current & Vice don't talk. The girls knew *exactly* what they were up against.

Where were the Chinese soldiers? On their side of no man's land. The 'girls' were still on Korean soil.

What point of view? The Current clubkids were trying to one up the Vice clubkids, using the PRNK as a prop.

Every time I see one of these clubkids go to a REALLY BAD SPOT in the world and then go 'Ima scared' into the camera I just roll my eyes.
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