In 2007, while her high school nemesis Lauren Conrad starred on the wildly popular MTV Laguna Beach spinoff The Hills, Kristin Cavallari debuted a new reality show of her own. It was a nine-episode web series called RealityLASIK, which documented Kristin’s experience getting LASIK eye surgery.
Gawker sure wrote a lot about Kristin Cavallari this year, huh? Bet you’d like to know which of those posts you should catch up on before the new year. Here’s a quick roundup of our favorites from 2015:
You know what would be a fun way to spend your Saturday night? Playing hide and seek with a huge group of Dutch people at an IKEA in Amsterdam. IKEA is wicked stressful, and that stress could be alleviated with some childhood revelry among plastic laptops and display couches. IKEA's bosses, however, have to disagree.
Gilmore Girls ended in May, 2007. Like any show that ends, its final episode set off an avalanche of hopeful rumors that we might one day see Lorelai, Rory, and the whole gang minus Dean sipping coffee and talk-talk-talking once again—this time on a screen as big as all Stars Hollow.
Today's New York Times op-ed section features Maureen Dowd's rousing report of trying a pot candy bar in a Denver, Colorado, hotel room. The experience was, shall we say, not a salutary one:
If the grim news about our slow-cooking world has got you down, you might be an environmentalist. Recycling bins, hiking boots, and that reusable grocery bag you got at the farmer's market are other signs that you may have ecological beliefs and concerns. To the industrial propagandists, even your awareness of the…
Hillsboro, Oregon is looking for a new Police Chief. And one thing they want to communicate with their tax-payer funded recruitment video is that the new Police Chief better be someone who knows how to have "fun."
Puns: glaring character flaw, or merry carrying case for guffaws? Pun-scuss (like "discuss" but a pun).
Who do you think Lena Dunham should date? Did you say PSY? We think so, too. Date PSY, Lena! Alas, she is actually dating this guy Jack Antonoff from that band Fun.. "Hipster hookup!" writes Us Weekly, because what are two young white people if not hipsters?
The New York Times guesses that it's only matter of time before the Girls tour is upon us, writing that the stage has been set "for a Sex and the City-style tour by compiling online maps of the actual bars, boutiques, street corners and apartments where the show takes place."
Here's today's fun internet game: who does Google think you are? Google thinks I am a 65+ year old man, possibly because I am always searching things like "what time does The Good Wife start" and "movies with no violence or sadness in them" and "when will I die." (Google also thinks I am interested in "Arts &…
The Bluegrass Fair in Lexington, Kentucky, has introduced a new, somewhat controversial attraction to their annual festivities: a Casey Anthony dunking booth!
The "Abortionplex" — that flight of Onion fancy that some think is real — has a Yelp page that's racked up a slew of satisfied user reviews. Next up: the CGI animated family feature. Get to work, Hollywood! [BoingBoing]
All around the world people have started planking—lying face-down, stiff, and expressionless across cheerleaders, their pet camels, and other weird and dangerous places, then posting pics of their stunts online. It's pretty fun, when nothing terrible and tragic happens.
Health officials in Los Angeles were curious why "hundreds" of people got sick after a fundraising party at the Playboy Mansion last month. It turns out the Playboy Mansion is full of Legionnaire's disease! Which can lead to fatal respiratory failure, septic shock, and acute liver failure. Thought it's not likely!
Gather round, children, and listen to the terrifying tale of New York City Housing Authority employee Anthony Dingle: in his workplace of woe, poor Anthony lived in a constant state of dread, fearing the evil cackle of his shrewish supervisor. Career—or calamity? This, we tell you, is a story of the darkest depths of…
"Experts" have weighed in on the dangers of drinking too much during the holidays, and guess what? It's supposedly really bad for you, and could even increase the risk of cancer. But you can avoid this fate!
Incompetent superflack Ronn [sic] Torossian has a very, very, very exclusive invitation for you, if you have $40.
