Yesterday it was reported that Justin Bieber was being investigated for battery after a neighbor claimed Bieber made physical contact with him during an argument that took place on the singer's property. (The neighbor's wife told KTLA that her husband went to Justin Bieber's home to complain because the 19-year-old…
Public editor Margaret Sullivan has a few questions about the editorial freedom with which the average New York Times columnist operates:
The Journal of the American Chemical Society sent out a press release today that, in addition to being wildly speculative, is also ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING OH GOD.
Yoko Ono, in an interview with the Daily Mail, said for the millionth time that no, she didn't break up the Beatles. She also said John Lennon would "love" Facebook, Twitter and Lady Gaga. Oh, Yoko.
The future job of America's Sweetheart—yes, Katie Couric, that's right—has been speculated upon quite a bit by media nerds and social outcasts lately. The latest rumor: a possible daytime TV show. We handicap Katie's likely options, below.
According to The Huffington Post, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough "have begun trying to figure out whether they could be an independent presidential ticket in 2012." Here's how they could win.
Today, Thandie Newton visited The View to promote Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls. After Joy Behar noted that Newton was cast after Mariah Carey—subject of rampant pregnancy speculation—dropped out, Newton explained why: "[Carey] is pregnant." Oops? Video inside.
Meg Whitman's "Latina household employee" is having a Gloria Allred-sponsored press conference today. What "explosive" allegations will she make about the eBay billionaire turned politician? Racism? Beat-downs? Slavery? Orgies? Something about her terrible sons? I can't wait!
Yesterday a blogger accused House Minority Leader John Boehner of having an affair with a lobbyist. Today, Page Six reports the Times is working on a Boehner affair exposé. Will this turn into a speculative free-for-all a la David Paterson?
"Washington insiders" tell The Telegraph that White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel will resign later this year over "frustrations" with the Obama inner circle. Or maybe he'll resign because he's tired of anonymously-sourced articles speculating about his job safety.
CNN anchor John Roberts says that Al and Tipper Gore's marriage first began to unravel during the stress of the 2000 presidential election and subsequent recount. Mark Halperin suggests that it may have been their son's 2007 drug arrest. Well?
Longtime anchor Campbell Brown has left CNN, due to no one watching her. But who will replace her? Disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, perhaps? "Nope. Nope," says Spitzer. But that's a double negative! So definitely Spitzer. [Washington Examiner]
Many have speculated about Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan's sexuality based partly on her love of softball. Condi Rice, subject of similar rumors, apparently decided there wasn't enough lesbian sports innuendo this week: She's written a paean to women's basketball.
The Times is reporting that journalists are being prevented from speaking with the family of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Specifically, Times journalists. What is Obama hiding from the press? Come, join us in rampant speculation!
Why would someone try to blow up New York? We're so nice! Blowhard congressman Peter King says there are a "hundred possibilities" as to why—even South Park! We run down a few likely motivations.
If the befreckled freeway accident is, in fact, in such serious debt, we wonder what she possibly could have spent all the money on. Let's speculate, shall we?
Word came this morning that two networks, A&E and Discovery, are fighting over quitting governor Palin's proposed reality series about her native homeland, the Alaska. Which she would host. If this thing actually goes to air, what'll it be like?
MTV has a poll up with some rather horrible suggestions for where they should film the ill-fated second season of the most important sociological experiment of our time. Sorry, but these just won't do. We have some better ideas.
Amid all of the carnage at Conde Nast this month, rumors were floating that Si Newhouse was sheltering his three most precious magazines: the New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Well; the part about Vanity Fair, at least, was wrong.
The rapidly evolving conventional wisdom about the hazy future of New York magazine continues to evolve rapidly! Perhaps Bruce Wasserstein's family would be less likely to sell off the mag if they had, say, an extra $188 million?
