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Retired Post hack Steve Dunleavy clarifies: "I was a wanker, mate, but never a poofter." [Forbes]
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Steve Dunleavy: Screw Columbia
The Post gives newly retired hack Steve Dunleavy a fawning editorial, a news story, a video, and a photo gallery of his going-away party today—as you can see, Dunleavy and Rupert Murdoch still appear to be in better shape than Post editor Col Allan. The paper also gives Dunleavy space for one last column, in which he predictably praises Murdoch, but also pisses on Columbia J-school in the most convoluted way possible: More » -
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Skinny Madonna Denies Eating
- Madonna and Alex Rodriguez had a big secret dinner at Dos Caminos Third Avenue in New York. They arrived half an hour apart, sat in the back at a quiet, "alcove-like" table and left by separate exits. Then they denied the Mexican food rendezvous to the press, since Rodriguez's soon-to-be-ex-wife has the crazy idea Madonna sneaks around with A-Rod . But Us Weekly and Page Six each has a source who saw the dinner, so it's basically confirmed.
- The other big rumor about Madonna is that she isn't eating anything at all, ever, with anyone and that her skeleton is terrifying the innocent people of Gotham. [Sun]
- It wouldn't have been a proper farewell to Steve Dunleavy if Geraldo hadn't spilled a martini on Cindy Adams' handbag at some point in the evening. [Post, bottom item]
- Instead of taking meetings with book publishers he want to advance her $6 million, Tina Fey is personally calling celebrities to beg them to do 30 Rock cameos. Salma Hayek is the latest and she's signed on for two episodes. It's not clear if she forced Fey to do her Palin impression as part of the negotiations, but she totally should have. [P6]
- Natalie Portman sold her $6.5 million West Village condo because she is "valuing her privacy more and more."
- Jennifer Aniston complained to the press that the press falsely accused her of using her relationships to get more press. This got her more press, although not as much as a celebrity relationship would. Still: Excellent flackery. [Hollyscoop]
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Steve Dunleavy Survives His Own Wake
Mean old sexy hack and legendary Post guy Steve Dunleavy had his retirement party last night. Or as it was apparently called, his "wake." But uh, long life and good health, Steve! The Observer showed up (and was banished to the outside) to chronicle Rupert Murdoch's send-off to his favorite attack dog: More » -
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Steve Dunleavy Clarifies Slashing Dad's Car
The Times gave retiring Post columnist Steve Dunleavy a sendoff on the front of the business section this morning. The story included this great quote from Pete Hamill, the hard-drinking journalist's competitor at the Daily News: "I always thought he was writing his columns like he was double-parked. He was a tabloid guy in every fiber of his body." Dunleavy also set the record straight about that time he knifed his own father's car in service of a scoop. Luckily, the awesome story is still mostly true: More » -
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Steve Dunleavy Doesn't Zip His Fly For Anybody
The Steve "Sex on a stick" Dunleavy reminiscences keep pouring in! And the rabid, drunken Post hack grows into an ever more sympathetic figure as his retirement party draws closer. Today, three more wistful remembrances of Steve; though all involve drinking, only the last one involves him walking around with his dick out: More » -
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Steve Dunleavy Was "Sex On A Stick"
As the October 1 retirement party for quintessential rabid right-wing New York Post hack Steve Dunleavy approaches, everyone who knew him is scrambling to write their remembrances of his alcohol-inspired behavior. It's funny how the passage of time can turn a man's reputation from "inappropriate, mean, and downright dangerous alcoholic" to "beloved irascible colleague," but there you go. How about some more Dunleavy stories? Yes, he had a "reputation as a pants man extraordinaire"! More » -
One Last Drink
Goodbye, Steve Dunleavy
The time has finally come for Steve Dunleavy—the problem-drinking right wing New York Post columnist who's been called "[Rupert] Murdoch's fiercest, most loyal and longest-running attack dog"—to officially hang it up. The Post is throwing him a retirement party October 1 (click to enlarge the official invite!), putting a -30- on a career that really wound down months ago due to health problems. They don't make 'em like him any more! Is what you say about guys like this. Let's take a fond(ish) look back at the life of "The Prince of Darkness," an angry tabloid legend: More » -
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Steve Dunleavy On Board With The Scientologists
The New York Post's perpetual oxidation machine Steve Dunleavy takes a surprising turn today, endorsing the New York Rescue Workers Detoxification Project. The project, offered free to 9/11 responders, is controversial because of its connection to Scientology, but Steve assures us that it is completely secular. More »
