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flackery
The Accomplishments of Famous Publicist Charmaine Blake
Charmaine Blake, famous publicist, is of course best known for issuing a press release about—and during—her date with Cliff Clavin last night. What else has this famous publicist accomplished? We've prepared a Top 10 list. More » -
crossovers
The Still Re-Birth of Julia Allison
Julia Allison no longer has her last proper job, at Time Out New York. Her reality show fizzled; a business partner ditched her. The archetypal protocelebrity was reduced to shilling for an amusement park. Time for a rebirth, via hair. More » -
This guy
Arthur Kade Is Going Overboard
We've always suspected that F-list Philly fameball Arthur Kade was laying on the Zoolander-ness a little thick, for effect. We so wanted him to be real that we've tried to ignore it. But this week, he's just become unbelievable: More » -
when memes collide
You Got James Frey in My Arthur Kade
Last night, James Frey went down to Philadelphia to give a reading with Anna David. Curious to meet the phenomenon of online-self-humiliation that is Arthur Kade, they invited him. Kade was, of course, thrilled for the attention. More »
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Comment by Mount_Prion: So Kade is serious? He's not an Ali G type character? 3 Responses | Other threads
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This guy
Arthur Kade: The Tooth Fairy of Our Time
The more we get the feeling that Arthur Kade, Philly's Zoolanderesque parody of himself, is actually a performance artist exploring the nature of assholery, the more we want to believe that he is real. As real as the "When Harry Met Sally" dialogue he practiced for "an astounding 12 hours." More »
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Comment by Mama Penguino: I actually feel sorry for him because you know his friends are making fun of him behind his back. He... 2 Responses | Other threads
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urban anthropology
The Jakob Lodwick Crack-Up Goes Taxi Driver
Vimeo founder Jakob Lodwick is now sporting a haircut straight out of Taxi Driver. Which wouldn't be disturbing, except that the young millionaire seems to be having a breakdown that would make a fitting sequel for the gritty film. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by SeaBassTian: Travis Bickle may have had his faults but he never showed up half naked to a networking event. Or Tumbled... 3 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
The Comprehensive Guide To The Nu-Fameball Class of 2009
Oy. Vey. In today's New York Post: Sassy-scholar Marisa Meltzer's article covering the "New Wave Of Great Gatsbys" is a pu-pu (poo-poo?) platter of some of New York's most annoying Webtardolite 2.0 Fameball personae. She awarded titles to them. Our turn! Where to begin? More »
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By Foster KamerComment by Baroness: I hate this city. I summoned Brooke Astor on the Ouija board tonight, and she agrees with you. "Torch this fucking... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Celebrity fossils
Scientists Find Missing Link: It's a Fameball
After 47 million years, scientists unearthed a fossil which may be the long-awaited missing link between primates and mankind. They immediately turned the fossil into a huge media whore that we're already sick of. More » -
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shut up, college
Womyn vs. Tucker Max in Battle of Annoyances
Which is more unbearable: Tucker Max, or Ohio State University student group Womyn and Allies Rising in Resistance (WaARiR)? Finally, they've met in a death match so we can find out! More »
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Comment by Nic Fit: I'm sorry, he was "scheduled to speak" at a University? I guess Ron Jeremy was not available? 6 Responses | Other threads
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Kari ferrell
The Hipster Grifter Speaks!
Look, it's your friend the Hipster Grifter, Kari Ferrell, speaking from the heart! Bucky Turco at Animal NY convinced her to come out of hiding and speak to you, the fans. She wants money. More »
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Comment by skahammer: I cannot not love this woman. Sorry. All I can think of is what I'd be doing if I were in... 24 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
Nouriel Roubini Bans Reporters From Party Palace
Party-having economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini is no longer inviting reporters to parties in his vagina-studded loft, we hear! *(A single tear)* More »
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Comment by Uncle_Billy_Slumming: Nouriel is far better looking, intelligent, and global than Krugman and Denton and Henry Kissinger mooshed together. Probably a... 2 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
Priyantha Silva Is Crashing Parties Nonstop!
After we ran a new sighting of (we thought) dormant con man/ party crasher Priyantha Silva, the tips poured in! He's still out and impersonating Hollywood people and creeping out women, as usual: More »
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Comment by misslinda: He should join forces with Kari Ferrell, the two of them on the lamb would make a marvelous reality TV... 7 Responses | Other threads
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party crashers
Con Man Priyantha Silva Still Wants You in His Movie
Priyantha Silva is a notorious Manhattan party crasher known for posing as an editor or producer to worm his way into events and "charm" the ladies. Don't look now; he's still hovering right behind you: More »
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Comment by Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate: Nothing says class like crazy eyes. 1 Responses | Other threads
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blowhards
Jason Calacanis Nominates Himself MySpace's Captain Obvious
The most amusing thing about fameballs is when they don't realize their balls have stopped rolling. Such is bulldog entrepreneur Jason Calacanis's lot, as he desperately tries to pose as MySpace's next CEO. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by stanhalen: Guy looks like a classic doofus...If you squint he looks just like Corky from life goes on.. Not that any of... 3 Responses | Other threads
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reality tv
Blago Joining Reality Show, in the Jungle
Rod Blagojevich's months-long media bombing campaign has reached its inevitable climax: The disgraced former Illinois governor plans to join an NBC reality show, alongside J. Lo's ex-husband. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: This shows sounds great. I need some variety after watching nothing but reruns of "Ouch My Balls." 1 Responses | Other threads
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internet famous
Julia Allison Now Mostly Famous for Dancing with a Quarterback
Dating columnist Julia Allison must be figuring that everything she has done is meaningless compared to someone paid to throw a ball around. Her Internet popularity has peaked after her dalliance with a football player. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Disco-Johnson: If he starts dating her, as a Bears fan, I will kill myself. 7 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
Arthur Kade Has 99 Problems
Zoolanderesque Philly fameball Arthur Kade has a problem: "I become so much better than everyone else that I get bored and stop focusing on the basics." That's just the beginning. More »
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Comment by She Laughs: Is it my imagination or is he sporting a bad lisp. 4 Responses | Other threads
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crossovers
Jullia Allison Goes Wide for Bears QB
We don't know what happened after Julia Allison reportedly left a Chicago nightclub with Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. But we do know the fameball was "standing between his thighs, touching them" before she left. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by That 90s Show Star: What's even more annoying than the JA articles are the inevitable "Who is this person, seriously?" comment. If you want... 9 Responses | Other threads
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Crack-ups
The Scary Knife Rites of an Apostate Fameball
Hipster millionaire Jakob Lodwick can't stop seeking web attention. Yet even the dim lights of internet semi-fame drive him up the wall. So he's left to stab in frustration, in the dark. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Lux Alptraum: I fucking hate "lip dubs." They're just lipsynching videos. Calling them "lip dubs" does not make them new, special, or artistic. 3 Responses | Other threads
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facts
Mary Rambin Does Something New
DID YOU KNOW: Mary Rambin ate her very first grapefruit on April 10, 2009? More »
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Comment by TallulahSkankhead: Did she bill it to the Washington Post? 1 Responses | Other threads
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field guide
So You Want to Be a Fameball?
Too often, random people contact us, begging to be covered as fameballs. What they don't realize is that fameballdom is an organic process. This guide will help your effort to become ubiquitous and despicable:
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Comment by TillieHarper: We the Blacks...Niggmata (I Have Holes in My Soul): Can I be honest here? I still don't know who Julia Allison is? What she does? Where she came from? I've just... 6 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
Jim Cramer vs. Dr. Doom in Loco Econo Throwdown!
In the vulva corner: Gloomy, sky-is-falling, party boy economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini. In the bug-eyed corner: Jim Cramer, hollering CNBC stock shill. They're fighting, and we all win! More »
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Comment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: Doesn't anyone else find it funny that NYU has an economics department? Aren't most economics basically just huge nerds who... 2 Responses | Other threads
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books
Wine-Loving Twitter Twerp in Million-Dollar Book Deal
HarperStudio has pushed a seven-figure stake through the hearts of aspiring wordsmiths everywhere by giving a $1 million, 10-book deal to Twitter-abusing videoblogger Gary Vaynerchuk. Does anyone believe in books anymore? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Claire Buoyant: Is there one book in Vaynerchuk, let alone ten? He already has one out. [www.amazon.com] 2 Responses | Other threads
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marketing
Sponsors Flee Perez Hilton's Birthday Party
Woe is Perez Hilton, in many ways. His marketing firm put together such a neat Powerpoint show to get companies to sponsor his birthday party last weekend. How did that go? More »
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Comment by Smitros: That really is a disastrous wardrobe choice. I guess it's a kilt, but there's no tartan. Clan McFail? 5 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
Vulvas of Doom
Uberfameball Julia Allison attended newly-minted recession-era wackofameball economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini's 50th birthday Saturday night, causing both to explode in a blinding flash of self-interest! But not before JA took this "vulva wall" pic. More »
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Comment by heavymetalpizzaparty: hey JOOLZ..i know you're entire fake career is predicated on this, but no one gives a shit about your pussy.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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pranks
Comic Genius Behind Dina Lohan's Fake Tweets Outed
A LiveJournal user says the brilliant mind behind the crazed tweets of celebrity mom Dina Lohan is a 24-year-old Michigan man named Matt Cherette. Cherette, who's confessed, has a career in Hollywood awaiting him. More » -
celebritards
Lohan Mom's Twitter Stupid — or Crazy Smart
Either Lindsay Lohan's entire crazy family is really on Twitter, or the world's best comedy writers have taken to the medium. Here are Dina Lohan's Twitter tales of bad tea, insidious censorship, and "HATERS." More » -
exclusive
Perez Hilton's Birthday Party: The Sponsorship Pitch
Yesterday was Perez Hilton's 31st birthday! His star-studded birthday bash will be March 28th at LA's "iconic" Viper Room. And here's how his marketing firm is trying to sell people sponsorships of this once-in-Perez's-lifetime affair: More »
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photoshop
Kim Kardashian, In Reality
UH OH: Complex magazine put Kim Kardashian on its cover this month, but it forgot to Photoshop one of its images of her (left) until Bucky Turco caught it. Huzzah for real womanhood! [Animal NY]
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Comment by BitterDiva: Alas, not even Photoshop can erase Dead-Eyed Skank. 65 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
Arthur Kade is Too Hot For Angelina Jolie
Our friend Arthur Kade is moving up in the world! Philly's most inane John Fitzgerald Page knockoff is in a movie with Angelina Jolie. Eh, Arthur Kade has fucked hotter chicks: More »
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Comment by Pope John Peeps II: He's actually a pretty piss-poor boxer, which makes that audition tape kind of humorous. I guess "kade-style" means "suck". 11 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
Diablo Cody Posse Craves, Hates Your Attention
Diablo Cody and her Hollywood gal-pals cooperated on today's self-consciously sexy New York Times profile. Odd, then, that they complained people pay too much attention to their looks.
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juicing
'Like, If This Is a Cult, We Should All Be Members'
Despite being total bullshit, the idea that you can "cleanse" your body with days-long juice fasts persists. If a new story is to be believed, Cleanse Mania is affecting rich women and fameballs alike. More »
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Comment by Banjo-Sea Kitten: Hey now. A word to the cleanses. Our bodies need a break now and then. Never in the history of... 35 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
Julia Allison's Business Model: Become Oprah, Somehow
Huffpo-er Jeremy Abelson interviewed famous American Julia Allison about how her "brand" will "make money." Not to get too technical, but it involves having people pay her for...stuff, that she does. More » -
Stalker deluxe
Kardashian BooK Koming, Kries StalKer!
The Kardashians are an entire family of national fameballs—Julia Allison can only dream of achieving their ubiquitous inanity. And America may have a new book from them to look forward to, a tipster says! More »
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Comment by i'm a bottle: Why does Southern California persist in perpetrating stuff like this upon us? Wow, I really despise everything about Southern... 5 Responses | Other threads
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gavin newsom
Hunky San Francisco Mayor Has a Family of Fameballs
Gavin Newsom, the politically ambitious, Google-loving, baby-making, gay-marriage-crusading mayor of San Francisco, is meeting Twitter CEO Ev Williams today! Possibly on the agenda: Can he get tipsy female relatives off it? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by 1Melanie: I think you should do an article on Justine Musk's livejournal. She tucks her five children in at night and goes... 4 Responses | Other threads
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fameballs
You Wish You Were as Suave as Arthur Kade
Who is the real Arthur Kade? Is it the "extremely motivated and passionate" wealthy financial planner-turned-model and aspiring actor? Or is it: the most Zoolanderesque, parody-of-himself blog oversharer of the post-boom era? Dive in: More »
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Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: Isn't every guy from Philly like this, though? 12 Responses | Other threads
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media
The Evolution of Zombie RadarOnline
RadarOnline was once an intelligent site, written by funny people. Really! Now, it seems to have degenerated into all Octomom, all the time. What's happening here? More »
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Comment by Mount_Prion: When does Octomom fight Spiderman with her vag tentacles? 3 Responses | Other threads
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superstars
John Fitzgerald Page Can Put You in the Movies!
Stop everything: John Fitzgerald Page—the Worst Person in the World—is doing stuff! Would you like to be in a movie with Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek? John Fitzgerald Page can make it happen: More » -
oversharing
Do Not Think About Possible Jakob Lodwick Sex Pics
Internet fameball and brand new blogger Jake Lodwick maybe posted a sex picture of himself? Unfortunately we are obligated by fate to bring this to you. Compare and contrast if you want to (don't): More »
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Comment by Mount_Prion: I am so much more hairy than whoever the owner of that butt is that I find it hard to... 3 Responses | Other threads
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butterflies
Fresh-Faced 'Jake Lodwick' Is New on the Blogtard Scene
Once upon a time there was an odd young internet fameball named Jakob Lodwick who decided to quit the internet entirely after it failed to adequately explain China. In unrelated news, 'Jake' Lodwick is blogging! More »
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Comment by SW-2: Jesus Christ, this guy's a walking DSM-IV. I actually feel a bit guilty just sitting here and watching it happen.... 2 Responses | Other threads
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