05/25/07
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By Emily Gould

Comment by Pope John Peeps II: Speaking of the Rosie/Hasseltits war, I'd just like to bump this comment, by Sloppy Seconds, which is AWESOME. clicky clicky (P.S.... more » | Other threads

  • andrea peyser explains it all

    Kicking Peter Braunstein When He's Down

    Post scold Andrea Peyser basically has two modes: righteous indignation, and vindictive rage peppered with jokes about ass-rape. Today she's in the latter mode! "The sexual tormentor will never be able to walk without fear of reprisals. Of beatings. Of rape. He will go to bed wondering - is that sexual assault, or are you just making friends?" Also, she knows the real reason why Peter lost his case: "Peter Braunstein was convicted for conducting a 13-hour reign of terror on one woman. But really, the man who dressed up like a hero firefighter, then effortlessly carried out his sickening plan, was taken down for daring to mess with all of our heads." If only everyone who did that had to go away for 25 years! We'd miss this column, though. More »
    05/24/07
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    By Emily Gould

    Comment by ellagood: it must be comforting to be the only woman in new york city who stands no chance of every being... more » | Other threads

  • perv foiled

    Braunstein Guilty

    The jury was out for four hours deliberating in the trial of sexcrazyfakeyfireman Peter Braunstein, who will now probably not get to live out his dream of killing Vogue editor Anna Wintour because he will shortly be sentenced to 25 years to life. So long, sado! More »
    05/23/07
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    By Choire

    Comment by AndIAmTellingYou: This was a no-brainer (so to speak)... Well thank God this is over, so we don't have to see his vile... more » | Other threads

  • i know why the caged bird writes crazy hate-filled screeds

    Kenneth Eng Is Behind Bars

    Is Kenneth Eng finally learning the difference between good attention and bad attention? The Village Voice reports that everyone's favorite Asian supremacist (who was so upset that the kid at Virginia Tech pulled off a violent bloodbath before he could), is currently a guest of the city. More »
    05/23/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by phil anderson: "Why I Hate Gawker Commenters" more » | Other threads

  • huey long meets jim jones

    Peter Braunstein Could Have Saved Chocolate City

    Yesterday Dr. William Barr, the prosecution's final witness in the kidnapping and sex abuse trial of lovesexyhatefireman Peter Braunstein, testified as to Braunstein's plans in the wake of his attack and subsequent flight. The South would rise again! (But in the good way!) More »
    05/22/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by NOLAchica: Oh, I'm sure our beloved NOLA could experience worse than Ray Nagin. Braunstein might help us continue to lower... more » | Other threads

  • okay, we get it, you're crazy

    Braunstein: Nailing Bob Marley Should Have Made Anna Wintour A Better Person

    Yesterday's trial proceedings of futuresexcrazyfakefiremanvillain Peter Braunstein brought another frightening peek into his twisted mind. He wanted to kill Vogue editor Anna Wintour! "I'm going to kill Anna Wintour—because I just feel like it," the former WWD reporter scrawled in his journal. Our precious Wintour! But why? More »
    05/15/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by deliriousnyc: "I'm going to kill Anna Wintour-because I just feel like it." Don't we all say that at least once in our... more » | Other threads

  • okay, we get it, you're crazy

    Peter Braunstein's Brain Bigger, Crazier Than Yours

    Is it just us, or does psychosexfakefirefighterfiend Peter Braunstein's brain sort of look like it's smiling? Maybe they scanned it during one of those "Anna Wintour rots in hell" fantasies. More »
    05/11/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by slinkimalinki: a pair of cancerous lungs and an evil clown with puffy jowls. more » | Other threads

  • okay, we get it, you're crazy

    Peter Braunstein Believes In Our Kind Of Afterlife

    So yesterday Peter Braunstein's attorney read a couple excerpts from his client's journals.
    In them, Mr. Braunstein described how he had spoken with God three times, beginning when he was 13. He said he expected to go to heaven, while Anna Wintour, the editor of Vogue magazine, would go to hell.
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    05/10/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by Maestra: I'm so pleased to know that Anna will be in hell. I feel as though her presence will add a... more » | Other threads

  • crime porn

    Picking The Peter Braunstein Photos That Best Meet Your Needs

    Yesterday at Peter Braunstein's trial for kidnapping and sexual assault, jurors were treated to a series of readings from his personal journals. Braunstein's personal manifesto provided a chilling journey into the mind of a blah blah blah—the important thing is that both of the tabs have evidentiary photos! More »
    05/09/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by Trackback: “Another thought about the ongoing hysterical reaction in N.Y.C. that speaks to why I committed the crime(s) in the first... more » | Other threads

  • media reporters

    Keach Hagey Gets Clipped From 'Voice'

    Sad news about a new friend: Village Voice Press Clips columnist Keach Hagey is no longer in that, or any, position at the paper. It seems that her trial period has expired, and Editor Tony Ortega has decided that the inexperienced young ones that his equally inexperienced predecessor put into positions for which they were unprepared (call it empathy) are going to have to enjoy the opportunity to learn their craft elsewhere. (Peter Braunstein would not approve.) We're sort of sorry to see Keach go—since we've stopped grading her a few weeks ago, we haven't had to read Press Clips at all. Good thing she's got the band to fall back on.
    05/04/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by Trackback: "No, you see. Here's the problem. You don't know the history of seatbelts. I do." "Aren't there examples, and... more » | Other threads

  • what not to do

    Career Advice From Psycho Peter Braunstein

    Fresh news from the trial of former WWD writer Peter Braunstein, who's up on charges of kidnapping and sexual assault. Yesterday, prosecutors argued that Braunstein's demeanor at the time of the attack indicated that he knew exactly what he was doing: Five days prior to the incident he rented a storage facility in which to keep his "souvenirs" of the assault, and hours after he left the victim's apartment he showed up at a part-time job to collect some money he was owed. Jose Ramirez, a rental agent at the storage unit, noted that he was "friendly" and "talkative." In fact, he was something of a counselor:
    Mr. Ramirez said he asked Mr. Braunstein about getting a book published. Mr. Braunstein told him that nonfiction sold better than fiction, and that The Village Voice (where Mr. Braunstein got his start) was a good place to nurture his writing career, Mr. Ramirez said.
    Well, not bad advice actually! Of course this was before the Tony Ortega editorship era; we understand they're a lot less forgiving over at the Voice now. —balk More »
    05/03/07
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    By abalk2

    Comment by SylviaPlathWasFramed: If there is a just God, Braunstein will share a cell with Joe Francis. more » | Other threads

  • tabloid menace

    Mags Made Peter Braunstein Crazy, Says Shrink

    Peter Braunstein—former W writer, fake fireman and sex attack perpetrator—is really crazy, it turns out!
    Mr. Braunstein's lawyer, Robert Gottlieb, has said he would show color images of his client's brain, called positron emission tomography, or PET, scans, that he said show that Mr. Braunstein had undiagnosed and, until his arrest, untreated paranoid schizophrenia that drove him to behave as he did.
    Oh, science! Didn't his former employer, W, really make him do it? Yes, of course, says one mental health professional hired by the defense! More »
    04/30/07
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    By Doree Shafrir

    Comment by Seeräuber Jenny: He left a Manolo Blahnik shoe - the ultimate symbol of the fashion industry that had cast him out a... more » | Other threads

  • peter braunstein

    Peter Braunstein's Deepest Wounds Self-Inflicted

    Oh, poor Peter Braunstein! The W staff-stalker and fake firefighter's lawyer says Braunstein has a blood clot in his brain and was been found bleeding from the ears. Not only that, he has a fractured skull. But no one knows how he got it! Could another inmate have bashed his head in? After all, he was moved to a high-security area of the prison after inmates threatened to slit his throat. But word is that Braunstein actually broke his skull himself, by hitting his head repeatedly against the sink in his cell. (Sounds like someone had a bad case of the Mondays!) All will undoubtedly be revealed at the trial—jury selection begins next week. BTW, please get down there and on that jury so you can tell us all about it! More »
    04/03/07
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    By Doree Shafrir

    Comment by Edward Lionheart: Oh God, please keep him alive. Most sociopathic stalkers are so boring and he is so colorful. I wish this... more » | Other threads

  • remainders

    Remainders: Humpingly Ironic

  • Alanis Morissette covers "My Humps" and makes us fall in love with her all over again, for real. [BWE] More »
    • 04/02/07
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    By Doree Shafrir

    Comment by Swordfish: @ambitious heckler: Thanks, honey, from the over-40 and so over MTV crowd. more » | Other threads

  • peter braunstein

    Peter Braunstein Even More Batshit Crazy Than Previously Assumed

    As insane as Peter Braunstein's Halloween escapades were last year, it did seem strange that he had effectively gone from zero to 60 on the gross-out scale in a matter of moments. Yeah, he'd been creepy and weird before, we knew that, but not so weird that anyone thought he might, you know, dress up like a fireman so he could chloroform and sexually abuse his former co-worker on Halloween. Ugh. More »
    11/10/06
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    By Doree Shafrir

    Comment by Otto-Reimer: Upside: Braunstein finally gets that movie deal he dreamed of Downside: It is hard to write a screenplay while taking it... more » | Other threads

  • peter braunstein

    Breaking: Peter Braunstein Deranged, Fat

    In a delightful fit of nostalgia, the Daily News skips over to Rikers for an exclusive interview with former Voice/WWD scribe and fake firefighter/rapist Peter Braunstein. Yet in terms of quotables from the interview, the Daily News comes up incredibly short: Braunstein remembers the incident as a "blur" and he readily admits, "I'm the raving lunatic." And, in case you're wondering how Braunstein's doing otherwise (remarkably, we weren't), he's looking way too "pudgy" to pull off those heels and fur coat that he stole from his victim. More »
    10/09/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Rory: Mr. B. Be aware that there are femmes (violent and otherwise) that'd LOVE to feed you "buckwheats." Ya effin' a**hole. Why I oughta.... more » | Other threads

  • jeffrey epstein

    Remainders: Jeffrey Epstein Loves His Vibrators

    • God bless the boys at the Smoking Gun: they've got the "remarkably sleazy," 22-page affadavit filed against Jeffrey Epstein, Manhattan financier and Palm Beach underage massage aficionado. Don't miss page 12 and the Tale of the Egg-Shaped Penis. [TSG] More »
    07/26/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by TheJerseyDevil: Three thoughts upon reading the Epstein affidavit: 1. Eww. 2. These girls were doing this shit for a mere $200?... more » | Other threads

  • peter braunstein

    Peter Braunstein Legitimately a Sick Fuck

    In today's most excruciatingly obvious news, a scan of former WWD staffer Peter Braunstein's brain has revealed that — surprise! — he's mental. Images reveal that Braunstein has frontal lobe deficiencies consistent with schizophrenia, which should help his legal team bolster his insanity defense. So sayeth the expert: More »
    06/02/06
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    By Jessica
  • peter braunstein

    Peter Braunstein Uses His Left Hand

    We know you've been wondering the same thing as us: What's former Women's Wear Daily staffer and suspected faux-firefighter sex perv Peter Braunstein been up to? Since stabbing himself in the neck upon being apprehended in Tennessee in December, we've heard surprisingly little about his case, other than that he's currently sulking around Bellevue. The Post, however, has an update — that is, if you believe their source, a former patient at Bellevue named William Allman who spent 18 days at the mental hospital with Braunstein. According to Allman, Braunstein hordes food, cries about being picked on, likes to harasses a semi-conscious old Chinese man, and conceals his masturbation with a newspaper. More »
    04/24/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by lasertronic: this guy is gross. but they don't make the crazy house sound half bad. more » | Other threads

  • village voice

    'Village Voice' Is Proud of Its History

    On the Voice homepage right now: More »
    04/07/06
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  • peter braunstein

    CSI: Braunstein

    "We're looking for a rapist...who masquerades as a fireman." More »
    03/07/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Miu: I think that he may soil himself, and not in a good way. more » | Other threads

  • peter braunstein

    Peter Braunstein Was Bad and It's All Your Fault

    Today's Daily News update on accused sex offender and former Women's Wear Daily staffer Peter Braunstein is a bona fide treasure trove of Crazy. As he puts it, he dressed as a fireman to obtain entry into a former co-worker's apartment for 13 hours of molestation not because he's psycho, but because New York had turned its back on him. You hear that? It's our fault, New York. We're all to blame, from the sleeping MTA worker to Alex Kuczynski. More »
    01/24/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by EvilMinion: The guy was walking around with lavender Gucci fur and it took months to catch him?? PETA has a... more » | Other threads

  • lindsay lohan

    Gawker's Week in Review: Lohan Moves From Punchline to Tragedy

    • Lindsay Lohan admits to Vanity Fair that she's used drugs and struggled with bulimia. When we blow rails and boot our brunch, we usually go to Graydon Carter for confessional, too. More »
    01/06/06
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    By Jessica
  • peter braunstein

    Peter Braunstein Pleads 'Not Guilty,' World Explodes in Laughter

    We can't give any legal analysis on this other than our usual what-the-fuck, but: Peter Braunstein has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges. His legal team has indicated that they may be looking to work the "he's a crazy, mental bastard" defense, but they have yet to file a notice of intent. More »
    01/05/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by apollonia666: Oh, come on. Surely you've seen enough episodes of "Law and Order" to know that acknowledging that you're a... more » | Other threads

  • lindsay lohan

    How Bonnie Fuller Saved Lindsay Lohan's Life

    We hate to dwell on Lindsay Lohan (OK, we only kinda hate to dwell), but the media reaction to her Vanity Fair profile is just too precious to overlook. Determined to nail a piece of the action for themselves, Star magazine reminds us of their role in Lohan's eating disorder: More »
    01/05/06
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    By Jessica

    Comment by sailor: "I feel a little dirty...while hoping for a fatal overdose SOON?" how blase of you. more » | Other threads

  • alex kuczynski

    Kitchen Sink Link-Dump #2: Alex K's Money Factory, etc.

    The Observer's Choire Sicha holds his breath and climbs to the top of NYT's Critical Shopper columnist Alex Kuczynski's $25,000 Pyramid. I bet it smells real nice up there. [Daily Transom] More »
    12/30/05
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    By krucoff2

    Comment by bmill525: Dare I ask what prompted one to search - in quotes no less - "Jew Rapist" in the first place?... more » | Other threads

  • peter braunstein

    Make Your Own Peter Braunstein Papercraft

    Because you're not doing any real work this week (we're certainly not — can you tell??), we're happy to present you all with the pattern to make your own Peter Braunstein doll. All you need is a Dixie cup, some paper, tape and scissors, all of which should be easy to find around your office. Simply click the image below to enlarge: More »
    12/28/05
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    By Jessica

    Comment by Paunch: oops... I meant "wrong" not "wring" more » | Other threads

  • peter braunstein

    Mother of Braunstein!

    The Daily News has an exclusive interview with Angele Braunstein, mother of alleged pervy firefighter Peter Braunstein. 71-year-old Angele visited her son in Bellevue yesterday and then spoke with the News, prompting them to run "He's Still My Boy" and "He Broke His Mom's Heart" headlines. You have to feel sorry for her, really: like a good mother, she has unflinchingly loved her son in the face of crisis (while only slightly selling him out to the press when appropriate). More »
    12/28/05
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    By Jessica

    Comment by sailor: nah, that was ben stiller's mom who probably wouldn't be flattered by the comparison. more » | Other threads

  • ricky martin

    Remainders: Ricky Martin's Super-Hetero Vacation

    • Bikini-clad Ricky Martin and his friend aren't gay. They just fuck like they are. [Dlisted] More »
    12/27/05
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    By Jessica

    Comment by People Paula: ...which is blogspeak for, "Please don't sue us for printing the obvious." more » | Other threads

  • peter braunstein

    Peter Braunstein Indicted, Arraigned in Manhattan

    Just in time for Christmukkah (a phrase which, seeing as the first night of the Festival of Lights falls on Christmas, we can say with an ounce of legitimacy), sexual assault suspect Peter Braunstein has received a nicely-wrapped package of merry comeupance. Yesterday in Manhattan Supreme Court, the former Women's Wear Daily reporter was indicted on charges of arson, kidnapping, burglary, robbery and sexual abuse, and today brings Braunstein's arraignment. Fans of Law & Order will understand what this all means. More »
    12/23/05
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    By Jessica