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#magazines
Smart Guy Wins Award
The Atlantic's James Bennet is Ad Age's "Editor of the Year." A good pick—The Atlantic is as robust and thoughtful online as it is in print. Although "You (Unpaid)" would have been the zeitgeisty choice. [Ad Age. Pic: Flickr] -
#mediacrack
Vice Blows Entire Paycheck on Drugs
In your retro Thursday media column: Vice is having a Halloween party, laid-off journalists get an award, 'Netflix for magazines' is doomed to fail, and the Wall Street Journal is finally as prestigious as USA Today. More » -
#theellies
Fancy Magazine Awards Open to Riff-Raff
Even as the magazine industry has crumbled in the Great Magazine Die-Off, publishers have always been able to assure themselves: "At least we're the only ones who can win National Magazine Awards." ¡No mas! Now, even we're eligible. More » -
#awards
Shocking Upset in Hollywood's Most Despised Boss Awards
If Hollywood were a high school then it would pretty much be exactly like Hollywood, right down to the Most Popular awards, named today by the Hollywood Temp Diaries blog, with the annoucement of their coveted 2009 Brown List. More » -
#accidents
Newt Gingrich Briefly Honors Porn Industry
Whoops! Newt Gingrich accidentally named a porn producer "Entrepreneur of the Year." For like a day. Then he rescinded it, the bastard. Why does he hate capitalism? More » -
#advertising
Only Real Ads for Fake Awards
That ridic WWF 9/11 spec ad that raised such a ruckus last week actually won an award from the One Club, don't forget. So now the One Club is banning all "fake ads" from their awards show. Wise. [Agency Spy] -
#emmys
Really? Fucking Family Guy?!
So the Emmy nominations were announced this morning and mostly they were surprise-less. Nothing for the well-deserving Big Love actors, another nod for Tony goddamned Shaloub, and Family Guy in Best Comedy. Wait, what?? Family Guy? How did this happen?
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#conflictsofinterest
Silicon Alley's Bitter Awards Scramble
For a startup founder itching to cash out, the recession can be tough: The economy fades hopes for an acquisition or plum funding round. Perhaps this explains some of the testiness around this year's awards from Silicon Alley Insider. More » -
#valleywag
The Webby Awards Remain the Best Scam Going
For a dozen years, the Webby Awards have tried to make the Web glamorous. But what they've really done is distill the hucksterism of the Internet into its purest form. More » -
#awards
Perverse Journalism Prize Loves You, Your Worst Enemy
The Si Newhouse School's journalism awards are next month, and the mood at the ceremony could quickly get uncomfortable. Starting with Arianna Huffington getting a Lifetime Achivement award that last went to her bitter nemesis. More » -
#overreactions
Kanye West Overjoyed at Meaningless Award
Complex.com named Kanye West the Best-Dressed Rapper ever. And, I mean...he just, it's like..WOW, what can you say? Let him catch his breath...okay he's ready to thank you, all of you! More » -
#selfreferential
What Do You Know? We Won an Award
You may have started the day thinking you were reading any old gossip rag, but the people have clicked and Gawker is your best group blog of the 2009 Weblog Awards. More » -
#strugglingwriters
Anxious, Critically-Panned Manhattanite Wins PEN/Faulker Award
No more excuses, blocked novelists: A shrink convinced nervous London lawyer Joseph O'Neill to follow his novel-writing dream. Ten years on, he took the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. More » -
#beautifulawards
3 Ways the Academy Needs To Fix the Foreign-Film Oscar
Shocked that Departures beat out presumed favorites Waltz With Bashir and The Class for the foreign-film category? It's just the latest example of the bizarre rules that govern that Oscar niche. Can it be fixed? More » -
#apologies
Apologetic Nate Silver Throws Statistics Under The Oscars Bus
Penélope Cruz's Oscar victory may have been a great moment for Spain, but it was a terrible tragedy for America because it has forced statistician Nate Silver to break up with his greatest love: numbers. More » -
#shortends
Drunkenness, Nakedness Sadly Not In Hugh Jackman's Oscar Rehearsal
· After his shameless tease earlier today, Hugh Jackman appears in a new rehearsal video pledging class, dignity and pride in his Oscar-hosting duties. Color us crushed. [via The Hot Blog] More » -
#defameranalysis
How Accurate Is The Leaked Oscar-Winner List?
As expected, the Academy steadfastly denies the legitimacy of that list of "leaked Oscar winners" currently making the rounds. But after rigorous analysis in Defamer's Oscarology Labs, we've authenticated much more than you'd think. More » -
#oscars
Major Oscar Surprise Leaked by Show's Host
Of all the possible Oscars surprises, the one most obvious—that Hugh Jackman will perform the show completely naked, his mind fizzily distracted by multiple Champagne cocktails on an empty stomach—never even occurred to us. More »
