Gawker
-
celeb jurisprudence
Joe Francis Arrested Again, Yay!
There are some things in life that we'll never get tired of. The incarceration of flashcore titsploitation entrepreneur Joe Francis is one of those things. Break out the body shots! More » -
gossip roundup
Phelps Tried To Cover Up Pot Pics
Sometimes you just want to be left alone. Michael Phelps reportedly tried to pay to make pictures of his bong hits go away; John Mayer wants a lower profile than Jennifer Aniston offers. More »
10,430
By Ryan TateComment by seyswho: Regarding the Phelps thing - I get really sad when these people get "caught in the act" doing something that... 3 Responses | Other threads
-
celeb jurisprudence
Evil-Genius Lawyers Can't Get Joe Francis Stink Out Of New Furniture
Update time! Remember the ambitious Milwaukee lawyers who weirdly namechecked slammer-bound clients Wesley Snipes and Joe Francis en route to swanky new Malibu digs? Yeah — that didn't turn out so well. More » -
gossip roundup
Tom Cruise To Seduce America's Women By Being Slightly Less of a Jerk
Tom Cruise is trying to get inside the female mind; Joe Francis slipped into women's underwear and Mike Tyson is, once again, overwhelmed with lady attention. More »
5,626
By Ryan TateComment by dell123: Oprah's expression is so high-school-girl. 3 Responses | Other threads
-
sundance
Most Awful People On Earth Flock To Park City To Toast The Spirit Of Indie Cinema
Worst Publicist in the World™ Jonathan Jaxson sent us this photo of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kim Zolciak, who "spent a weekend of intimacy with [fellow irredeemable sleazebag] Joe Francis while at Sundance." More » -
joe francis
Here's Joe Francis Bashing Lindsay Lohan's Girlfriend, Samantha 'Rosnan'
Got a paper towel handy? You may need to clean your monitor after watching this much buzzed-about clip of Joe Francis on Tyra yesterday, in which the slimy, Girls Gone Wild conspiracy peddler talks about Lindsay Lohan ("She's not gay!") and her girlfriend, "Samantha Rosnan" (close!). "You dated Lindsay?" Tyra begins, as an evasive Francis wonders whether ten margaritas and two successful exhortations of "Show me that firecrotch!" in Cabo can necessarily be defined as "dating." Then, talk turns to Lohan's sapphic inclinations. More » -
gossip roundup
Ivanka Trump Picks A Rabbi
- Shiksa Ivanka Trump and Observer-owning Jewish beau Jared Kushner have the rabbi for her conversion all picked out. It was important to both of them that he hate the Times. [P6]
- OK, so Madonna has reportedly been calling soon-to-be-ex husband Guy Ritchie a gold digger, but she's the one who made him sign a contract to "enrich" his wife and "devote time to our sexual expressiveness." [Sun]
- The View denied that Elizabeth Hasselbeck gets into screaming matches with Joy Behar, as the Chicago Sun-Times reported. But she does get the lion's share of death threats from people outside the show, according to Whoopi Goldberg.
- Under a new court order, a medical team will monitor Britney Spears' career at all times to make sure it does not drive her insane. That's an actual fact. [TMZ]
- Do not speak to the Olsen twins at their book signing, do not photograph the Olsen twins at their book signing and do not ask the Olsen twins to read anything at their book signing. Why are you even at their book signing? [P6]
- Girls Gone Wild scuz Joe Francis claimed Lindsay Lohan isn't really lesbian and trashed the actress' girlfriend Samantha Ronson as a "wretched" manipulator. Because if you're going to manipulate women, you have to do it with class. Joe Francis class. [P6]
- Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie require the services of six nannies. They tried to cut down to four but that was just overwhelming. The dinner table seats 16. [Scoop]
3,055
By Ryan TateComment by JinxyMcDeath: Ivanka Trump is converting to Judaism? Was this known previously? Also, only a New York newspaper would write that she was... 18 Responses | Other threads
-
wesley snipes
Can Wesley Snipes's Evil Genius Lawyers Help You Live the Tax-Evading Hollywood Dream?
We've heard of (and often tried) a lot of ways to ladder-climb in Hollywood, but "superstar tax-evasion defense attorney" is one we had pretty far down our list, just above "blogger." Still, that's not stopping Robert Bernhoft and Robert Barnes (or simply "the Bobs," as Portfolio refers to them in its November issue) from parlaying their momentum from last spring's Wesley Snipes trial into a kind of Malibu-based, Uncle Sam-swatting empire. "Wait," you ask, "didn't Wesley Snipes get three years in prison for misdemeanor tax evasion?" True, but these pinstriped paragons of justice have their own brazen, slightly lawyerly way of looking at it. More » -
-
news analysis
Where Is Thou Shalt Not Wipe Thyself With Cardboard In The Ten Commandments, Michael Lohan?
So, this was touched on in yesterday's gossip roundup and again today but I don't think we've quite managed to capture the gravity of the situation: Samantha Ronson wipes herself with the cardboard roll when she runs out of toilet paper and Michael Lohan is possessed by Satan or Scientologists. Now, full disclosure, I have long harbored a personal weakness for Samantha Ronson, who has an awkward paparazzi face and blogs in complete sentences because she was born during the Carter Administration and is also the only celebrity I endorse in white jeans. But I was also counterintuitively fond of Michael Lohan, until he used this nasty little piece of information to ahem smear his daughter's DJ girlfriend in the F-list tabloid press. "Have you ever seen her apartment?" he demanded — I guess not rhetorically? — of someone at the paparazzi agency X17. "For God's sake, when she runs out of toilet paper she tells people to use the cardboard roll. (I was told this first hand)."* More »
12,855
By MoeComment by Pithmaster: What the devil does "blogs in complete sentences because she was born during the Carter Administration" mean? 7 Responses | Other threads
-
2,729
By Ryan TateComment by Aaron Altman: O/C PRO-NOUN-SIRS IN TELEPROMPTER SCRIPTS IS NOTHING NEW. THAT HAVING BEEN SAID, NEW-CLEAR IS STILL PRETTY FUNNY. BACK AFTER THIS. 5 Responses | Other threads
-
1,697
By Ryan TateComment by tudobem: Anyone else starting to actually feel sorry for J. Aniston? I mean, first this ridiculous faux-romance with Douchebag Mayer and... 5 Responses | Other threads
-
joe francis
In a Very Special Boardroom, Joe Francis Tells Trump, 'Show Me Your Tits'
Currently enmeshed in a terrible global conspiracy involving 17-year-old girls, U.S. District Judges, a shadowy cabal of vampires (and most likely the Stonemasons), Girls Gone Wild proprietor Joe Francis is on the hunt for a way to restore his good name — and there's no one more willing to help than Donald Trump. Already the crown prince of magnanimity thanks to his selfless (some might say tear-inducing) bail-out of the beleaguered Ed McMahon, Hollyscoop says that the billionaire and the porn purveyor are set to team up: More » -
joe francis
New Joe Francis Conspiracy One For The History Books, Says Joe Francis
Won't someone stand up for a poor, beleaguered pornographer like Joe Francis? These days, his Spitzer-related paydays are too few and far between, and the ex-jailbird spends most of his time battling lawsuits filed on behalf of women who appeared in his Girls Gone Wild videos while underage. Now, Francis is fighting back against what he dubs "southern justice gone awry," filing his own lawsuit in Los Angeles County Court that alleges a massive, breast-baring conspiracy cooked up by teenage girls and U.S. District Judges alike. In fact, according to THR, Esq: More » -
crime
Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis pleads for support on YouTube
Joe Francis, the creepy smutrepreneur who teased us all with promises of Ashley Alexandra Dupré footage, has taken to the Internet to demand his rights under the Constitution. Seems a judge and prosecutors in Panama City, FL abused Francis in all sorts of illegal and unethical ways. The sad thing is that I have to support Francis on this issue. And if you like your porn cheap and freely available, you probably should, too.
1,870
By Jackson WestComment by BaronMagooglymonkey: Karma's a bitch...eh? Digi more » | Other threads
-
porn
Ashley Alexandre Dupré drops suit, Joe Francis to take his cut
Well after the Eliot Spitzer scandal has subsided and bronzed call girl Ashley Dupré no longer makes headlines, she's dropped her case against Girls Gone Wild's entrepreneurial ex-con Joe Francis over the online release of a video characteristic of Francis's oeuvre. We can only hope the young Dupré, pictured here in her high school yearbook, walked away with not just a settlement up front but points on the back end. Sadly, the market cap on her performance can have only been diminished by the wait — I can imagine a band manager-type, buoyed by well-bankrolled rap videos, holding out for mainstream money. More »
1,398
By Jackson WestComment by ThatKid: More like 10 points on her backend, amirite??? more » | Other threads
-
6,275
By Ryan TateComment by the earl grey: Ashley Dupre has been so slow on the uptake in exploiting her gigantic, momentary fame. perhaps she needs a higher... more » | Other threads
-
1,759
By Ryan TateComment by MartyPants: @Tammany_Fall: I swear - SWEAR - that when Jen was dating Vince Vaughn they did the same thing (visited Casa... more » | Other threads
-
ashley alexandra dupre
Drunken 17-Year-Old Exonerates Girls Gone Wild
Oh, excellent, poor Joe Francis and his Girls Gone Wild franchise will now almost definitely not have to pay any damages for releasing a Hooker Gone Wild video featuring former Gov. Eliot Spitzer call girl Ashley Dupre, because he has produced a video of Dupre totally consenting to the whole thing. The video was filmed just outside a shower, logically, and Dupre looks almost definitely drunk. Also, she's only 17. More »
38,733
By Ryan TateComment by Rooo sez BISH PLZ: I must admit confusion. Since when does drunken mumbling constitute consent? more » | Other threads
-
Burn This
Girls Gone Wild Now 'A Lifestyle'
Want to support pig-faced scumbag "Girls Gone Wild" producer Joe Francis, who recently got out of jail and is awaiting his trial on tax evasion charges? Then go buy your copy of Girls Gone Wild Magazine—it's hot off the presses and stinks of ammonia! "The magazine comes packaged with part one of the 'Hooker Gone Wild' DVD series, starring Eliot Spitzer's infamous call-girl, Ashley Dupré, as well as an additional full-length Girls Gone Wild DVD," the press release boasts. More »
2,384
Comment by SkepticOf5W: I am waiting for the edition where they have ex-HR people and wanting to see Ronnnnnnn crown Ms. Stupid C*nt.... more » | Other threads
-
short ends
Caution: Joe Francis Mingling Among Us
· Joe Francis educates Chelsea Handler on the finer differences between prison and jail. Misogynist and woman-hater, however, still essentially mean the same thing. [Chelsea Lately] More » -
dnw
Joe Francis: American Hero
Girls Gone Wild pioneer Joe Francis profiled by enemy-of-Gawker and columnist Joel Stein? Sign us up! For coach ticket to a nation with no magazines or newspapers or late night cable advertisements! Francis, you may recall, was in jail for a couple months for tax evasion and being a scummy sonuvabitch. He and Stein apparently go way back! We learn so much about Francis, like how he is "a different class" than the other people in jail, and how his ADD often leads people to "mistake him for a coke addict" (heaven forfend!), and also he is just like Rosa Parks. This is page two of the five-page story, btw, and we refuse to go any further. [GQ via Radar] -
breakdowns
Why can't Joe Francis get it up for Ashley Dupre?
The video Joe Francis has promised would be on the Girls Gone Wild homepage yesterday evening was finally posted this afternoon, but reveals nothing beyond what's in the stills. The Associated Press has more footage than Francis's customers, who can claim deceptive advertising if their Dupré-motivated signups don't deliver on the naughty bits. There's nothing in the members' area, the site is slow to respond, and support emails remain unanswered. Francis could be playing the tease and building anticipation. Or perhaps he's worried that after an explosive burst of traffic, the site would go down. Which is surprising, because commenter Dweezil tells us Francis's backend is fully scalable.
3,597
By Jackson WestComment by OnYourEnemiesList: The delay is due to the a claim by her lawyer that she was 17 when the video was filmed:... more » | Other threads
-
defamer
New York's Star Call Girl Was A Joe Francis Favorite On The 'Girls Gone Wild' Party Bus Long Before SpitzerGate
It's not breaking news that boinking a politician can really boost a call girl's career, but Eliot Spitzer's speed dial favorite Ashley Dupre is sure milking her fifteen minutes for all they're worth (and, apparently, they're worth a lot). Ashley, aka "Kristen," has gone from cokehead hooker to pop star and potential Penthouse pet in under a week, and it was only a matter of time before Girls Gone Wild parolee Joe Francis dug his grubby claws into her newfound fame. After recently offering Dupre $1 million to ride along on one of his pervy bus tours and getting denied, the annoyingly clever Francis dipped into his sticky archives and managed to dig out five-year old footage of none other than Ashley herself. To see how Ashley partied at 17, check out our clip, via TMZ, after the jump. More » -
online video
Girls Gone Wild tests online video's mass appeal with Ashley Dupre
Leave it to skeevy softcore baron Joe Francis to prove, irrefutably the commercial merits of digital video and online distribution. Until the advent of cheap cameras, storage and a timely way to get the footage to the masses with little fear of censorship, Francis's Girls Gone Wild cameramen would never have shot seven hours of a then-unknown Ashley Alexandra Dupré shaking her rump, gettin' nekkid and kissing other teens. The Internet makes everything cheaper: Francis had offered Dupré $1 million to appear in a video, until he discovered she was already in his archives. Which means he's getting her for the price of beer and a bus ticket. More »
27,716
By Jackson WestComment by risimini: Can Valleywag link to some better porn? The video above is too grainy. I'm having a hard time getting off... more » | Other threads
-
ashley alexandra dupre
Hooker's Lesbian Porno Is Her Last Good Video, Says Girls Gone Wild
After offering Eliot Spitzer hooker Ashley Dupre $1 million to pose for a nude video, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis discovered he already had nude video of Dupre, and now says it will be the final word on the ex-prostitute because "I got to her before Spitzer - she looked a lot better at 18." Francis told the Post he filmed Dupre "in girl-on-girl action" after she was thrown out of a Miami Beach hotel during spring break and took refuge on Francis' party bus. Dupre's celebrity is allegedly about to end, according to the Post — sales of her song have dried up and traffic to her MySpace page has slowed. An attorney who represents a different hooker said it might be too late for her to cash in. Really? Somehow it seems unlikely all porn, book and "butt girl" opportunities have passed Dupre by. The Post, for example, appears to have more than a little faith in the call girl's popularity: the tabloid assembled an eight-page Girls Gone Wild Dupre photo gallery, plus a four-page gallery of Dupre clubbing. A representative photo from each is after the jump. More »
41,454
By Ryan TateComment by SybilDisobedience: Gawker writers: I will pay you $50,000* never to write about Joe Francis again. I'm not criticizing your articles -... more » | Other threads
-
In Brief
Friends With Benefits
Girls Gone Wild visionary and Ronn [sic] Torossian client Joe Francis is out of jail and back on Page Six! The nicey-nice item today says Francis has no time for naked underage girls any more, now that he has an important literary magazine to produce. Hey, looks like Joe's hosting of P6 boss Richard Johnson's bachelor party (which was only somewhat marred by a rape allegation against Francis) is still paying dividends. [P6 via Radar] More »
649
Comment by famousauthor: "Literary magazine" has such a broad definition. more » | Other threads
-
5wpr
Joe Francis Entrusts His Reputation To Professionals
Softcore porn king and "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis was set free today after spending the past year in a Nevada jail. He pleaded no contest to charges of filming naked underage girls, and was let off with time served . Who is he turning to to rehabilitate his shattered image during this critical period? None other than woman-cursing flack Ronn [sic] Torossian's 5WPR, home to more than a few disgruntled ex-staffers. Francis worked with 5W before, and I guess the whole "women as stupid cunts" angle does fit in with his normal M.O. Rock on! [TMZ] UPDATE: And here is Ronn's perfectly tone deaf quote to the media about Francis: More »
1,680
Comment by famousauthor: Ronn can hook him up with his other client, Sunday-morning creep Pastor John Hagee, and all will be forgiven in... more » | Other threads
-
4,554
By Ryan TateComment by richardmarxhatesmyhair: Wow. How will Jennifer Aniston survive the futuring dumping by someone named "Butterscotch Stallion?" more » | Other threads
-
corrections
Flack Ronn Torrosian Says He Placed 'Times' Piece On Joe Francis
We've been asked to clarify an earlier post about jailed wild-girl exploiter Joe Francis, who managed not to make himself look good in the New York Times Styles section this weekend in spite of being given every opportunity to do so. We'd suggested that publicist Mike Sitrick was responsible for the good placement—but 5W Public Relations flack Ronn Torrosian begs to differ: "please call gawker let them know you rep him not mike that got him the piece in NY times. Fix it and let him know," reads an email from Ronn's assistant Katrina, forwarded to us (on purpose? Maybe!) by Ronn. More » -
image makeunders
Joe Francis Is "Just A Regular Joe" In Jail
Score one for power publicist Mike Sitrick: he's managed to get new client Joe"Girls Gone Wild" Francis profiled not entirely unsympathetically in the Sunday Style section. Joe's still stuck in jail, in spite of having a ton of money and also a ton of friends like Quincy Jones and Greta Van Susteren who don't think he belongs there. He's being held in Reno for tax evasion, but he also faces other charges in Florida that are more along the lines of what you'd expect if you're familiar with his history of being rapey, reporter-assaulty, and Richard Johnson-friendy. But in spite of being given a bully pulpit to drum up sympathy, Joe can't seem to make his cause seem just. More »
3,988
By Emily GouldComment by Sasquatch: @OnionRings: I read that LA Times article about him for the first time today. I knew this guy was a douchebag, but... more » | Other threads
-
public relations
Joe Francis Hires Slick Mike Sitrick
Last we saw, reporter-assaulter and Page Six pal "Girls Gone Wild" porn king Joe Francis was retooling his image, thanks to the work of PR professional Ronn Torossian. (Ronn made him an insane website in an effort to rebrand Francis from rapist to nice guy. It is not working.) But what's this? Publicist Mike Sitrick—who represents poor emasculated alleged Radar owner Ron Burkle and has aided and abetted Paris Hilton—is now putting out press releases in the case of humanity versus Joe Francis. Oh boy. Probably by the time Sitrick's done, Francis will be voicing animated characters in Disney movies. More »
2,128
By ChoireComment by Hamilton Nolan: If you want to see funny, see how his Wiki entry changes daily. I wonder if he has little... more » | Other threads
-
catfights
'Radar' v. Richard Johnson: It Is So On!
"Emasculated? We'll See!" was the headline of the Page Six item this morning that basically told New York magazine's Vanessa Grigoriadis to watch what she said about that venerable gossip institution, because the males of Page Six would totally rape her... except maybe not because she's so darn hairy and ugly. Charming. Not to mention completely out of proportion! Grigoriadis's claim—that the column was "emasculated" after former Sixer Jared Paul Stern was accused of trying to blackmail supermarket magnate and (whatever, alleged) Radar investor Ron Burkle, wasn't even that controversial. And Richard Johnson's move to cover his ass by whipping out his dick, as it were, seems to have completely backfired. More »
5,596
By Emily GouldComment by KarenUhOh: Mainly it was the tired shrug of nothing profound or witty to say. more » | Other threads
-
defamer
Incarcerated titty-flash magnate Joe Francis's daring experiment in interactive jurisprudence, You Be The Judge, has been proven a huge success: the women in the video he recently posted to his website have dropped their lawsuit and apologized to the world's foremost documentarian of Spring Break culture. Said Francis to Gatecrasher, "I'm very pleased with the events today. It's a sign of things to come... I'm sure that there will be another [similar lawsuit] that will follow it." And when it does, You Be The Judge will be there to clear his good name with more damning footage of opportunistic co-eds screaming, "I'll give you all the consent you want if you give me one of the Girls Gone Wild shot glasses! Wooo!" [Gatecrasher] -
defamer
Website Feature Gives Users Satisfaction Of Telling Joe Francis He Belongs In Jail
Having found his vanity website was inciting insufficient outrage, Joe Francis has again switched gears, moving away from Phil Spector side-by-sides to a new offensive aimed squarely at the girls suing the incarcerated Girls Gone Wild CEO for marketing their ill-considered, titty-flashing exploits. In new section "You Be The Judge," visitors are invited to watch video of the plaintiffs telling a camera operator that they are of age, before gleefully relinquishing all rights to footage captured in the nearby Suspicious Goings On tour bus. More » -
defamer
Joe Francis Upset At Obvious Miscarriage Of Misogynist-Related Justice
Incarcerated Girls Gone Wild titty-flash magnate Joe Francis isn't afraid to get topical in spreading the word about MeetJoeFrancis.com, the handsomely designed internet presence he launched last week to keep the public up-to-date on his hopes, dreams, and fears while he continues his ongoing battle with a judicial system hell-bent on keeping him off the drunken-coed-clogged beaches of South Florida and Mexico. More » -
gossip roundup
'Sex And The City' Movie To Include Baby Joy
- Ohmygod you guys!! SATC movie SPOILER! It seems that Charlotte's hungry womb finally gets filled (unless it's a dream sequence!). [Us Weekly] More »
5,401
By Emily GouldComment by SylviaPlathWasFramed: Dear Joe Francis, I will not be interested in your blog until you start writing about what it is like to... more » | Other threads
-
defamer
Jailbound Joe Francis Keeping Busy With Web-Based Image-Rehaul Campaign
Disgraced flashcore mogul Joe Francis, currently occupying a cell at the Washoe County Detention Center outside Reno as he awaits trial on tax evasion, appears to have taken full advantage of the facility's popular Inmate Web Development program and fashioned an impressive internet presence for himself. Starting today, Meet Joe Francis lends the visionary behind the Girls Gone Wild drunken co-ed tittie-baring empire a platform for everything from a 10-page legal defense to a personal biography in which he nostalgically recalls first jobs, first cars, and first prom dates rendered drunk enough to capture topless with a Polaroid. News of the launch came through the following e-mail, in which Francis urges his outrage-deficient friends and colleagues to help reverse a travesty of justice foisted upon an honorable man guilty of nothing more than loving a good time: More » -
gossip roundup
Alli Sims, You've Been Served!
- Alli Sims, Britney Spears' cousin-assistant, got served with papers by Kevin Federline's lawyer for the upcoming custody craziness. How could he want to take Brit-Brit's babies away? She is doing such a good job. [Us] More »
-
gossip roundup
Larry and Laurie David Curb Their Marital Enthusiasm
- HuffPo planet-lover Laurie David apparently could not take any more of Larry David's wacky antics. (Tardy! We divorced him last season.) [Page 6] More »
6,656
By Emily GouldComment by slinkimalinki: for each one kills the thing she loves by each let this be heard the brave man does it with a sword the... more » | Other threads
joe francis
New York, 11:37 PM
Fri Jul 10
48 posts in the last 24 hours
Tip Your Editors:
tips@gawker.com
Tipline: 646-214-8138
Editor-in-Chief:
Gabriel Snyder | Email
Contributing Editors:
Valleywag:
Ryan Tate | Email
Media:
Hamilton Nolan | Email
Politics:
Alex Pareene | Email
Investigations:
John Cook | Email
Entertainment:
Richard Lawson | Email
Weekends:
Foster Kamer | Email
Video Editor:
Richard Blakeley | Email
Original material is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution.
