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more about #jamesfrey more comments → snugbug: Having not read the book in question (though based on the quoted excerpt, I look forward to it), I have a general question for both Stephen & James: ... more » Matt Cherette: Hi Stephen, First of all, congratulations on the publishing of this book and the success of the "pass it along" program. What's the most number of si... more » alanemiles: How are the house readings going and how is that different for you from other settings, particularly the intimacy? more » cmpeterson31: How satisfied are you with the publicity generated by your "lending library"? Would you do that again? more » James Frey: New book is an amazing blend of memoir, true crime, some parts seemingly novelistic. How'd you find the form? more » James Frey: What's up Stephen? You're on a plane, right? more » Conchie Birdie: I could do without the pic of Paris. more » DahlELama: I can't tell if Greenwich just got a little cooler or JT just got incredibly, incredibly lame. more » Thatcornellguy: 22% off the original retail price for JT? What a steal! more » secretagentman: I hate myself for finding Reinhardt attractive. more » SuperBien: No, her name is not Helena -- it's Elisa. She is indeed a nurse but of Puerto Rican descent and is also the ex-girlfriend of Jack Donaghy, Vice Presid... more » lionboy: Because it varies so much, what sized ass is Renee sporting these days? more » Mount_Prion: Michael Bay will have them driving this truck: more » Midge: Hey! I'm from Lorien! That's my story! Way to plagiarize my life, Jimmy. Hi Oprah! more » TedSez: This is fake. I have it on good authority that it was really Number Three. more » -
#bookclub
Of Murder and Memory: Stephen Elliott's The Adderall Diaries
In the latest edition of the Gawker Book Club, we have Stephen Elliott discussing his murder potboiler-cum-memoir The Adderall Diaries with special guest interviewer Gawker special correspondent James Frey. They'll be dropping in comments around 12:30pm. Why not join in? More » -
#gossiproundup
Doug Reinhardt Gets Paris Hilton an Island to Win Back Her Love
Doug and Paris rekindle their tainted love, Sienna Miller falls for the "Slinky Wizard," Renee Zellweger and Bradley Cooper play grab-ass, Justin Timberlake buys a house in Greenwich, Paula Abdul might head to ABC and Russell Brand seeks new love. More » -
#onthebooks
James Frey Finds a Publisher, Mark Sanford Does Not
There are book deals happening today! Bloggers will publish, governors will not, and a peculiar, and speculative, sci-fi series lands a publisher. More » -
#successstories
Jimmy Frey, Our Former Intern Boy, Makes It Big in Hollywood
Hey, look! Being a Gawker Intern pays off. One of our most famous non-paid workers, James Frey, is shopping a young adult series that just got preemptively optioned by DreamWorks. Estimates say the deal was in the high six figures. More » -
#whenmemescollide
Arthur and Anna and Me
Last night, James Frey met Philly fameball Arthur Kade, a character so committed to perfectly attaining the state of "douchebag" (as originally defined) that some suspect he's a performance-art hoax. Frey investigated — and earned his Gawker special correspondent wings. More » -
#whenmemescollide
You Got James Frey in My Arthur Kade
Last night, James Frey went down to Philadelphia to give a reading with Anna David. Curious to meet the phenomenon of online-self-humiliation that is Arthur Kade, they invited him. Kade was, of course, thrilled for the attention. More » -
#books
Holocaust Love Liar Gets His (Fake) Story Told
Herman Rosenblat's touching story about reuniting with a holocaust survivor years after the war ended was a sham. Among the conned: the NY Post, Oprah, publishers. Now alchemized into fiction, the tale's finally going public. More » -
#allegedscandals
In Which We Ask James Frey About His Secret Oprah Tapes
Fiction author and former Gawker intern James Frey knows a scandalous secret about Oprah, allegedly. It's on tape, allegedly! We journalistically went to Frey's book reading last night to hear him tell the whole story:
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#oprahsguilt
Oprah, Taking a Timeout From Plotting Chicken Riots, Apologizes to James Frey
Well here's one story of lust, lies and betrayal that has a happy ending! Oprah, noted American fast food terrorist, has apologized to former Gawker intern James Frey for de-balling him on national television. More » -
#publicitystunts
James Frey Implies He Knows Oprah's Big Secret
He was once a national pariah, a fraud. Then James Frey scored a $1.5 million advance for his first novel, which sold briskly. Now Frey wants another mint, off the paperback, so he's targeting Oprah.
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#books
Lying Holocaust Author To Turn Novelist
Capitalizing on Herman Rosenblat's infamy, a small upstate publisher eagerly trumpeted its "serious discussion" to publish Rosenblat's fake memoir as fiction. Or "to pull a Frey," in industry lingo. More » -
#fakebooks
Oprah Winfrey's Liars Club
What's the one thing nearly every fake memoir scandal seems to have in common? From James Frey to Angel at the Fence, if a story is bullshit, chances are Oprah was there first. More » -
#books
In James Frey's Next Book, Jesus Loves Abortion and Gay Marriage
Having pissed off Oprah, the book industry, and us, former Gawker intern James Frey's working on a book, his own "theoretical third book of the Bible," that will now piss off Christians.


