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more about #howthingswork more comments → heywhat: Didn't Tiger's mistress also have a fling with Derek? His taste in women are just as questionable as Tiger's. I'll give Jeter this, at least he has th... more » SpicyMeatball: I'm a huge Yanks fan and I like Jeter a great deal, but she may as well have been giving him a handy while she asked the questions. more » jbwan: burning questions: 1) where is that interview taking place? 2)what made Gretchen's dress vomit all over her sleeve? 3)why is there a marble pedest... more » BxgrlJeri: I am one of the world's biggest Yankee fans and a fan of Derek Jeter but he never says anything of substance and his life is not "lived perfectly" but... more » PaisleyPajamas: We need new heroes. First, we need new standards for our heroes, then we need new heroes. more » AzureTexan: If Jeter is a baseball player, why is Carlson lobbing softballs? more » manchops: Derek Jeter defines that gross guy at the bar who looks at every woman in terms of what she'd look like under him. Sorry, not sure the word "perfect" ... more » resipsaloquacious: By "lives his life so perfectly", is she referring to his laser like focus in making sure all of Hollywood has the 'gift that keeps on giving'? more » jasonelias: Ha, that interview looks like an infomercial. more » unclevanya: Took this one off the stove too soon. The real scoop will be how Blondie & Friends handle coverage when Jeter has a DUI/vehicular manslaughter, or is ... more » NotReadyForPrimeTime: Give these people their own show. Except that the storylines should revolve around their various grifting scams. Any monies earned from the show sho... more » StonedAndDethroned: [Disclosure: Neal Boulton once commissioned a blowjob from me and reciprocated by screaming "I'M NOT GAY!" before I even had a chance to swallow so I ... more » manchops: As I've always said, NEVER trust a male "bisexual." Seriously. more » Spirit Fingers: Thought that was Jake Gyllenhaal with an ill advised pompadour for half a tic. And Tiger will surely subdue you with his mastodonic forearm and then e... more » BookishLookish: Oh, please. Why did he keep it a secret for such a long time if he was on such moral high ground? Like Neal Boulton wouldn't sell his ass to the highe... more » -
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How Fox News Landed That Derek Jeter Interview
Gretchen Carlson interviewed Derek Jeter on Fox News yesterday. What a get! She mentioned that Jeter is "the last pure athlete" and that he lives his life "so perfectly," but not that she's married to his agent. -
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God Damn Neal Boulton Somehow Co-Opts Tiger Woods Publicity
Who is the big winner in this Salacious Tiger Woods Sex Scandal? Self-promoting pansexual former gay magazine editor Neal Boulton. More » -
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New York Times Seeks Sexy Stories of Boning Your Secret Lover
Have you ever boned a secret luvah on your marital bed? Or had your spouse do that to you? And did you subsequently join a dating site that specializes in affairs? The NYT wants to talk to you! More » -
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A Bravo Contract Delivered White House Gatecrashers to the Today Show
NBC News didn't pay the Salahis for their exclusive Today appearance this morning. They didn't have to: According to rival bookers trying to land the Salahis, they already have a contract with Bravo preventing them from talking to anyone else.
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Nikki Finke's Cut-and-Paste Method
Nikki Finke OWNS the Oprah Winfrey story. She broke the news that Winfrey would leave the show three weeks ago. And she got the transcript of Oprah's announcement up on her site bright and early this morning. By stealing it. More » -
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Investors Punish Online Scam Trafficker with $15 Million
Just as the public was learning that a huge chunk of Zynga's social gaming revenue came from scammy "quizzes" and "special offers," Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capitalists rewarded the company with $15 million. Hey, that's just how VC's roll. More » -
#shutuptwitter
Barack Obama Has Better Things to Do Than Tweet
You would have been delusional to think that the president didn't use a ghostwriter to update his Twitter account, @BarackObama. Still, it's now been confirmed that he didn't write any of his 418 tweets. Geeks are scandalized. More » -
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The Spitzer Files: How TV Talking Heads Get Their Cues from Flacks
In our third installment from the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between Eliot Spitzer's flack and reporters at the height of his hooker scandal—we congratulate the reporters who actually try to learn things before they go on TV. More » -
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David Plouffe Is a Two-Faced Machiavelli Who Broke Our Hearts
David Plouffe ran Barack Obama's campaign as a steady and extended fuck-you to the hyperventilating Drudge junkies at Politico, and we loved him for it. Now he's admitted he was leaking to them the whole time. More » -
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The Spitzer Files: Today Offers to Help Spitzer's Flack Land a Job at NBC
For our next installment of the Spitzer Files—our collection of e-mails between flacks and reporters during Eliot Spitzer's downfall—we bring you the tale of the Today producer who offered to help a flack find a job at NBC.
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This 16-Year-Old Has 120,000 Twitter Followers, Brighter Future Than You
Dear redundant old-media bigwigs: Meet your eventual replacement, a 16-year-old with gigs as a professional journalist for TechCrunch, a marketing evangelist for Qik and as CEO of his own startup. Also, he's been officially endorsed by Twitter. More » -
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The Spitzer Files: How the New York Times and the Press Serviced Client No. 9
The New York Times broke the story of Eliot Spitzer's hooker habit last year, launching a PR shitstorm of epic proportions. But according to e-mail traffic we've obtained, the Times showed Spitzer's flacks extraordinary deference as the scandal unfolded. More » -
#valleywag
Google CEO Has Money for 'Dear Friend' of His Sometime Girlfriend
We heard Eric Schmidt was done with girlfriend Kate Bohner around the time he was seen again with his ex Marcy Simon. But a tipster showed us how Schmidt has been funneling some cash in Bohner's general direction. More » -
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Auschwitz, Remembered on Facebook
Memory's an ever-changing thing. And it comes in many forms, as exhibited by a new Facebook page started as a memorial for infamous concentration camp Auschwitz, which says they'll deal with deniers swiftly. Sorry, Ahmadinejad, no poke for you. [AP] -
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Military Proves Old Adage: Mo' Money, Mo' Soldiers
War and profit have long been pals. Governments and corporations make scads of dough on invasions, attacks, contracts and such. So why shouldn't some of that profit help recruit a record amount of new, financially strapped soldiers, right? More » -
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Animals Afflicted by Religious Sacrifice
Murderous scientists have proven that animals slaughtered for Jewish and Muslim religious sacrifices feel the pain, but stunning the animal first terminates the torture. So, animal rights activists, it's time for a whole new type of holy war. [New Scientist] -
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This Pill Makes Hollywood Men Go Soft
Need to scientifically explain Zac Efron's popularity? Blame birth control. Researchers found that women on the pill are more attracted to "wimpy" men, which explains the decline of the masculine leading man. Damn you, pill! Damn you! [Daily Mail] -
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BET, Stop Rewarding Michael Vick's Behavior
Michael Vick signed an eight episode deal with BET, which will air a biographical show about the the football player who enjoys making dogs fight. But it's not a reality show. It's an autobiographical attempt to revamp Vick's image. [MSNBC] -
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Natasha Richardson's Legacy: Fleeting Health Care Muse
Natasha Richardson's death was indeed tragic, sudden and, yes, a media sensation. Who ever heard of someone hitting their head and then falling dead? Wild. And, proving that celebrities control all trends, sparked a new craze: traumatic hypochondria! More » -
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Celebunepotistic Art Mag Had Some Flaw, Somehow
Tar magazine was an experiment to answer the timeless question: If you put some celebrities' kids together with a bunch of random art world names, will you make a super successful magazine? No, you won't. Live and learn. More »
