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journalismism
Anchorman Sequel, Real Life Version
Wisconsin is home of the media crazy. A TV anchorwoman in La Crosse traced those harassing emails she was getting—they're coming from inside her co-anchor's house! More »
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Comment by smartster: I am from Wisconsin, I am. This is such a good example of the well known Midwestern passive aggressiveness. People... 14 Responses | Other threads
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scandals
Get Off Beau Breedlove's Jock
Cinematically-named and pornily-inclined 18-year-old Beau Breedlove, who had a fling with the mayor of Portland, is back in the news, thank god! He would like a reporter to stop stalking him, please: More »
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Comment by im10ashus: Wow! Breedlove. What a great porn name. Puts my porn name, Boots Inair, to shame. 18 Responses | Other threads
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stalkers
Randi Zuckerberg's Excellent New York Adventure
Had an awesome week? Whatever. It was not as totally awesome as the week of Twittering Facebook chanteuse Randi Zuckerberg (of the Mark Zuckerberg Zuckerbergs). Except for the part where Julia Allison stalked her! More » -
servicey
Don't Borrow Money From Crazy People
"I'm 2 miles away coming to your house...are you home?" "You need to call me...This isn't fair to me. Do you have no soul?" Text messages from a psycho ex, or your auto loan company? More »
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By PareeneComment by stanhalen: Listen, I lived in Arizona briefly in the 80's and it is a big, fucked up Police state with Laws... 4 Responses | Other threads
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media
O'Reilly Producer Indistinguishable From Psycho Stalker
Bill O'Reilly's standard method of public discourse is to have people ambushed by cameramen and producers vetted for their shouting ability. Try to find one single difference between O'Reilly's guys and a psychopathic stalker:
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Comment by naugahydeinplainsight: Looked to me like the Fox "producer" never paid his bus fare. How does Bill feel about fare-beaters and scofflaws? 4 Responses | Other threads
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oh dear
Miley Cyrus Stalker Filmed By Daily News, Sent On His Merry Way
Miley Cyrus, the chestnutty star of Hannah Montana, is in New York today! A legion of fans has shown up to meet her, including Mark McLeod, a creepy Georgian who talks to her through pictures. More » -
american idol
Trembling Paula Abdul Runs From Letterman
David Letterman, who was harassed by a stalker through the early 1990s, was partly serious when he told American Idol judge Paula Abdul she should sue Idol producers and Fox for toying with her and a longtime stalker, who ultimately committed suicide near Abdul's home. More » -
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Fox Toyed With Suicidal Abdul Stalker
Maybe it sounded like Paula Abdul was "chiding" Fox on her satellite radio show Monday, as the AP headline has it, but the charge was quite serious: That the network purposely gave Paula Godspeed a slot on American Idol to irritate singer/judge Abdul. In other words, Fox put Godspeed on the show, repeatedly, not because they were ignorant of her history as a mentally imbalanced stalker, but precisely because they knew this history. Godspeed's 18 years of letter to Abdul and her stint on the show were capped, infamously, with an apparent suicide near Abdul's home. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Streeter: If this is found true...then Fox should be held criminally for the death of this girl. Purposely is one of the... 6 Responses | Other threads
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john cusack
She Even Saw Grace Is Gone. Emily Leatherman, the unhinged admirer of John Cusack who used to toss "long letters of interest over [his] fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside," was moments away from accepting a plea when an outburst led the judge to rescind the offer. She'll now stand trial for her Dobler-tracking crimes. [CNN] -
defamer
David Caruso Apparently Just Moody Because of His Fugitive Austrian Stalker
Scratch an egomaniac and you're sure to find a sensitive soul just a sincere hug or two away from a healthy, humanitarian lifestyle. At least that's our read on ginger terror David Caruso, whose tyranny on the set of CSI: Miami can only come from a place of haunted concern for something larger than himself — say, perhaps, upholding the dramatic tradition of sunglasses-removal, or, if we are to believe the civilian investigation to which we were tipped this morning, the whereabouts of a fugitive stalking suspect he (and reportedly the FBI) might prefer to see located sooner than later. More » -
explanations
Find Where Facebook Ranks Your Friends
This morning we posted the "Nefarious O Value" theory of the mystery Facebook Stalker feature. Now, a second tech-savvy tipster writes in with step-by-step instructions for how to find Facebook's unexplained "O" ranking for every single one of your friends on the site. In other words—from what we can gather, at least—there's a file on your computer that tells you exactly how the site's algorithms rank each and every person in your social circle. The instructions are after the jump. Please write in and let us know what your results are. The code may soon be cracked! More »
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Comment by LoveHandles: @sample032: Now.... when you say underage, are we talking about under 21 or under 18? more » | Other threads
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mysteries
The "Nefarious O Value" Facebook Stalker Theory
Yesterday we posted five theories about the mysterious Facebook Stalker feature—the one some people think is an undercover way to identify those ex-lovers who are still pining for you, although that is totally unconfirmed and probably false. But we have to admit, none of those theories involved any weird computer language or technical terms. But an astute reader has sent us a theory that, based on the fact that I can't really understand its technical talk, sounds very insightful. We'll call it the "Nefarious O Value" theory. The full email is after the jump. More »
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Comment by iplaudius: @HyphyForLifey: LOL. I hope you’re kidding, because I was trying to make a joke! more » | Other threads
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mysteries
Incompetent Facebook Leaves Open Back Door To Stalker Feature
Aha—Facebook has issued a statement on the mysterious stalker feature that we spent all day covering: "Facebook tries to surface the people we think are most important to users to make it easier and faster for them to navigate the site and find what they are looking for...The search drop down is not a list of those that have searched for the user. It is also not a list of people whose profile the user has viewed the most or who have viewed the user's profile the most. To avoid any confusion, this will no longer appear." See, you were too stupid to handle it! But wait: as our commenters figured out in about one minute flat, typing a period (".") in the search box brings up the same five-person list. And are they really your "most important users?" Random. We urge continued experimentation.
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Comment by themediatrix: @workandgirl: Or I need to stop stalking Javier Bardeem on Facebook, LOL! more » | Other threads
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mysteries
Gawker Kills Facebook Stalker Feature?
And it's gone! It appears that the mysterious Facebook stalker feature—that allowed you to call up the names of five people who (we think) were searching for you most, just by pressing the down arrow in the search field—has been disabled. Our post on the feature went up shortly after 1:00; by 4:30 (or possibly earlier, based on our comments), it was no longer working. They're quick! We have an email in to Facebook to find out exactly what happened. How could they take it down without even explaining what it was? They mystery is eating us up inside. We will find the truth. [UPDATE: As noted in the comments, it looks like simply typing a period (".") in the search box will still bring up the same list of five people. Hope is not lost!]
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Comment by LeGagneur: Does anyone know how to navigate to this page: [www.facebook.com] Please? more » | Other threads
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mysteries
Who's Stalking You On Facebook?
A tipster notes that if you go to your Facebook page, click on the search box, and then hit the down arrow, up pops a list of the five people who search for your name most often. It seems to work! Although maybe it's just five random people. And maybe you all know this already? In any case, it's something to talk about with nerds. UPDATE: Well, this post has generated quite a bit of disagreement! Below, five thoughtful theories attempting to solve this pressing mystery:
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Comment by IrisDeevoy: No, this is not true but there is a website that does tell you whos been searching for you, http://people411sear... more » | Other threads
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stalkers
Uma Thurman's Stalker
The Kill Bill actress' most avid fan—a former mental patient who wrote that Thurman's two children were an illusion—has been found guilty of stalking and aggravated harassment.
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By Nick DentonComment by Bell County: I gotta say, Uma's playing this hard-to-get game pretty close to the vest. more » | Other threads
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when you care enough
Uma Thurman's 'Happy Stalked Actress Day' Card: A Defamer Recreation
After reading the vivid description of a greeting card plucked from the "Friendship - Stalked Actress" section of his local Hallmark store and presented by noted creep Jack Jordan to Uma Thurman on the steps of her My Super Ex-Girlfriend trailer, all we wanted was to catch a glimpse of the heavily-doodled correspondence. Sadly, none seemed to exist. No matter: We simply asked the talented team over at Defamer's Evidence-Recreation Dept. to whip us up this stunning facsimile, based upon Thurman's detailed testimony. We think you'll find it a satisfactory approximation of the original, down to the last ACME razor blade and "tee-hee." More » -
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Uma Thurman's Stalker Wooed Her With Doodled Harbingers Of Stick-Figure Doom
It's safe to say that every celebrity, even Artie Lange, has their fair share of fans with crushes on them. But when the celebrity in question happens to be the Amazonian Tarantino muse Uma Thurman, this group of lovey-dovey fans will naturally include at least a few nutcases. Enter Jack Jordan, the soft-spoken schizo whose stalking enterprise we filled you in on earlier this week. But today, on the third day of his trial in New York, the actress finally took the stand herself to deliver her testimony. As the NY Times reports, Thurman began by describing a card Jordan had delivered to her trailer while she was filming My Super Ex-Girlfriend:On the front was a dreamy pastel store-bought image of a small blonde girl, a spray of pink flowers and a dove...On the back was a crude pen and ink drawing of a male stick figure walking off the edge of an Acme razor blade into an open grave.
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celebrities
Is George Clooney The Nemesis Of The Tabloid Economy?
George Clooney has jokes. His latest celebrity-based antics: a swarm of paparazzi descended upon his house in Italy after a (false) rumor spread that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were going to be getting married there. Clooney, who was away working, heard about this, and ordered 15 large wedding tables to be set up on the house's lawn. The paps went crazy [Hollyscoop]! Clooney laughed. He's a funny guy. But there's more to this than just a friendly joke. Because George Clooney, one of the biggest celebrities in the world, doesn't just want to make himself chuckle; he wants to undermine the entire celebrity economy that gives him his lofty position in the first place.
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defamer
John Cusack Rebuffs Fan's Attempts To Touch His Light, Heat
"Misunderstood" John Cusack fan Emily Leatherman was arrested Sunday outside the actor's home for violating the restraining order Cusack obtained in 2006 that stipulated she stay at least 500 feet away from him. Leatherman, who at the time explained that her actions were less about stalking Cusack and more about seeking his help to convince the police they should investigate her claim that she was drugged and raped in 2001, had taken a cab to Cusack's but couldn't pay the fare — a rom-com set-up if we ever saw one! But instead of covering the charge and then having Leatherman pay him back over a lengthy period of time (during which their improbable encounter would surely blossom into love and a satisfying marriage held in a taxi), the actor flagged down cops who had responded to the situation and told them the following: bitch crazy! More » -
stalkers
Being A Paparazzi Is A Lot Of Work
Comedian Orny Adams got an assignment from ET to go out stalking the paparazzi in LA. Well, it's not as much stalking as it is a "bring Orny Adams, documentarian, to work" day for the paps. But if you ever wanted an inside look at the daily grind of tracking Britney Spears (which pays well enough to afford a Lamborghini, apparently), this is a good one. Not that it will inspire you to join the ranks of the stalkers. The full clip, after the jump. More »
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Comment by Hyman Decent: Being A Paparazzi Is A Lot Of Work Christ, you'd think that someone who writes for a media blog would know... more » | Other threads
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defamer
Craigslist Stalking Victim Asks Rachel Bilson To Shit Or Get Off The Pot
While we usually delight in using this space to bring people together, Defamer Connections is occasionally called upon to step in and lend a hand in prying a stalker and their celebrity prey apart. Never, though, have we encountered an instance like the following—a curious reversal of the traditional male/female, celeb/stalker dynamics, in which a local gymgoer has turned to the Craigslist Bureau of Ships in the Night to address heightening concerns over the hungry eyes of Rachel "Formerly of The O.C., Tomorrow, Who Knows?" Bilson. The posting: More » -
defamer
Conan O'Brien Enjoys A Friendly Cocktail WIth His Stalker-Priest
The Celebslam blog has photos of a cocktail party meeting between Conan O'Brien and his "stalker priest" taking place last year, in which the Conan-obsessed cleric bent space and time to share a martini with the object of his schizophrenia-enhanced affection. Given that the two men once enjoyed an apparently congenial face-to-face meeting, the Padre's later correspondence about his failure to receive VIP treatment from a Late Night usher when he sought to reconnect with his new best friend seems somewhat less unreasonable—though, in fairness, we must admit that the angle of the photo prevents us from determining if O'Brien's eyes reveal any discomfort about being pitched an idea that the Masturbating Bear character would be much funnier if he wore a priest's collar. More » -
the king of comedy
The creepy Conan-stalking priest was a frequent poster to NBC's Late Night message boards, natch. One old gem from "Padre 009": "I'm a LIAR OK??? Imagine that— a priest who LIES AND LIES AND LIES. Doesn't that thrill all of you, really and strengthen your grip on sanity?? It should....?" [Bostonist]
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By PareeneComment by Queen of the Passive Aggressives: George Clooney is really jealous right now. more » | Other threads
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defamer
Conan O'Brien Mistaken For Oversized Altar Boy, Stalked By Boston Priest
Completing a rite of passage that all late-night talk show hosts must eventually endure as their careers progress—something about the combination of a darkened room, the midnight hour, and a flickering TV screen seem to create unhealthy comedian/schizophrenic attachments—Conan O'Brien has earned the stalky affections of a Catholic priest from Boston, who was arrested in NY last Friday after sending unhinged letters on parish letterhead, threatening O'Brien's parents, and trying to crash a taping of his favorite show: More » -
crap letters from a priest
The saddest part of the on-going WGA strike just might be that it'll prevent Catholic priest David Ajemian from successfully stalking Conan O'Brien. The priest, 46, was arrested last week after sending O'Brien weird letters, harassing his parents and finally showing up at Late Night's studio. "I want a public confession before I ever consider giving you absolution—or a spot on your couch," Ajemain wrote in one of his stalky letters. The Boston Globe points out that Ajemain went to Harvard, just like Conan, so maybe they totally know each other because how big could Harvard be? The Church has placed Ajemain "on leave." We are not sure what being "on leave" from being a Priest involves but maybe now he's allowed to take "spots" on people's couches. [Boston.com, TSG]
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By PareeneComment by TheBigDoggy: The priest's defense is that he was hired by Andy Richter to exorcise the devil from Conan O'Brien. more » | Other threads
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defamer
Celebrity Stalker Dessarae Bradford Back With A Deeply Unsettling Vengeance
If you, like us, have at times found yourself wondering what ever happened to Dessarae Bradford, author of I Fucked Alec Baldwin In His Ass (a Quality Paperback Bookclub Selection of the Month™!), guerrilla ambusher of Tonight Show appearances, and, with the recent publication of Colin Farrell: A Dark Twisted Puppy, quickly becoming one of the most prolific celebrity-stalking fruitcake authoresses in recent history—well, then, this is your lucky day. A press release has landed in our inbox from Dessarae herself, updating us to the various exciting projects in development at her production company, based out of an air conditioning exhaust vent behind the 99¢ Only store at Wilshire and Fairfax. A mere taste: More » -
defamer
Overly Enthused Fan Ordered To Keep Her Deadly Mercedes Away From The Bullocks
We suppose the delicate balance of trust forged between celebrities and their adoring, chemically imbalanced stalkers was breached at the precise moment when Sandra Bullock's current obsessor, Marcia Diana Valentine, attempted to run over her husband Jesse James "three or four times" with her silver Mercedes in the couple's driveway. (Topic for discussion: Is the stalking class getting wealthier?) Bullock made sure to show up to a court date in the O.C. in person today—see her walking into and out of the hearing here!—where a judge granted her a restraining order: More » -
defamer
Jeff Goldblum's Screenwriting Stalker Just Wanted To Get Her Details Right
Not since John Cusack found himself the recipient of a series of care packages containing love letters, screwdrivers, and rocks tossed over the fence of his property by a heartsick, homeless admirer, have we been so struck by a celebrity stalker's pertinacity: Meet Linda Ransom, an unfortunately surnamed aspiring screenwriter with third-act problems so insurmountable, she's been tormenting Jeff Goldblum for eight years: More » -
san francisco
Newsom's new nemesis: the purple latex glove
In other Gavin Newsomiana, the San Francisco mayor canned his press secretary, Peter Ragone, no doubt largely due to Ragone using pseudonymous sock puppets to praise the mayor on various websites. Far more bizarre is the restraining order filed by the SF city attorney versus one Han Shin, a "new age author" with a disturbing fixation on Newsom, purple latex gloves, and tawdry concordances between the two. Money quotes after the jump. More »
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By Chris MohneyComment by eastcoastcommenter: I am patiently waiting for a chance to make a "Jack Davis / Jack Daniels Sodomy" joke in regards to... more » | Other threads
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alec baldwin
Gossip Roundup: Hilary Duff Actually Believes She's Worth Stalking
• Hilary Duff and Joel Madden are seeking a restraining order against a 19-year-old Russian man who, they believe, came to the states "for the sole purpose of meeting and becoming romantically involved with Ms. Duff." Christ, Lizzie, don't flatter yourself. [TMZ] More »
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By JessicaComment by drewheyman: natalie maines is also dumb as a damn post, so i believe we can trust her opinion on this matter.... more » | Other threads
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colin farrell
Dessarae Bradford Addresses Your Stalking Questions At CourtTV.com
Visitors to CourtTV.com at 2 p.m. PST will be able to chat with Dessarae Bradford, noted self-published memoirist of the beloved coming-of-age tale, I Fucked Alec Baldwin In His Ass, and, more recently, for playing herself as a recurring character in Colin Farrell's living nightmares. You still have well over an hour to prepare your questions for the most media-friendly celebrity stalker of all time, and, as no topic is off-limits, we'd encourage boldness and creativity in your stalker-chat queries. (Some examples: "What did fucking Alec Baldwin in his ass feel like?" "When two or more voices in your head give you conflicting orders, which do you follow?" "Are you as bewildered as we are over Jay Leno's enduring popularity?") Feel free to leave your own in the comments section, and we'll do our best to make sure Dessarae gets them. More » -
celeb jurisprudence
Dessarae Bradford Stays On Lunatic Message At Press Conference
It's been a big week for celebrity-stalking, lunatic sex-worker Dessarae Bradford, who's reached new levels of notoriety since bumrushing Colin Farrell in the midst of a Tonight Show interview. Bradford explained in a statement that the accosting was necessary in order to properly serve her latest lawsuit, and promised even more clarification at a press conference to be held yesterday at noon. NY Daily News JV gossip Lloyd Grove offers a report from the scene: More » -
colin farrell
Dessarae Bradford Wants World To Know She's The Stalking Victim Here
Dessarae Bradford, the woman who ambushed Colin Farrell on Thursday night's taping of The Tonight Show, has released a statement regarding the incident, and promises further deranged ramblings at a press conference downtown at noon today. As it turns out, Bradford insists she isn't a crazy stalker at all—she simply wanted to ensure Farrell was duly prepped for the court papers her "private pi guy / process server doug" would be delivering a few hours later. (Her insane suit, dismissed once already, claims that Farrell harrassed her with dirty phone calls and text messages, and, worst of all, failed to show up for a sex date, a blatant breach of make-believe contract for which he owes her $4,750.) From a statement released to the media and on her website: More » -
colin farrell
Colin Farrell Victim Of Crazy-Lady Ambush On 'Tonight Show'
The canned, corny tedium of The Tonight Show was interrupted last night when a female audience member walked on stage and approached Colin Farrell, who was there to promote Miami Vice. While the confrontation never made it to air, a witness recalled, "She said something to Colin Farrell that no one heard, then he took her by the elbow, led her off stage, asked the cameramen to turn off their cameras and asked for security." Access Hollywood.com is now reporting that the woman in question is Dessarae Bradford, author of the classic of the celebrity-stalking-fruitcake canon, My S/M Romp With Alec Baldwin, and singer of "Colin Farrell is My Bitch (I Fucked Alec Baldwin in His Ass)," streaming as we speak on her MySpace page. More » -
celeb jurisprudence
Alleged John Cusack Stalker Insists She's Just Misunderstood Penpal
Celebrity/stalker disagreements are almost always precarious matters—usually he-said/ she-screamed-incoherently affairs, with the truth lying somewhere in the gray area in between. In the case of John Cusack's alleged obsessor, Jennifer Leatherman, the actor filed and won a restraining order against the homeless 31-year-old, claiming she threw "long letters of interest over my fence in bags with rocks and screwdrivers inside." In an interview with the AP, however, Leatherman denied having catapulted the care packages into Cusack's yard, and resents the implication: More » -
pamela anderson
Pamela Anderson's Stalker Needs An Agent
With its high density of seemingly sexually available actresses, the sleepy upscale beach town of Malibu has lately become a hotbed for stalkers. Recently, Jennifer Aniston obtained a restraining order for an unwanted love interest with bad timing, and now The Smoking Gun has Pamela Anderson's filing to prevent a British homeless man's future offers for creative collaboration: More » -
jennifer aniston
Jennifer Aniston Has The World's Prettiest Stalker
Unfortunately, this is just one of those serendipitous computer-generated photo/story mismatches, not a gripping account of how the world's prettiest and least-threatening stalker wandered into Jennifer Aniston's home. More »
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