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Fox Fights For The Right To Prime Time Smut

The Fox Network: freedom fighters, or the anchor around American pop culture's neck as it plummets down to the inevitable lowest common denominator in all forms of entertainment? Could be both! Fox is refusing to pay a $91,000 indecency fine from the FCC for a 2003 episode of the execrable show "Married By America" that featured guys licking whipped cream off strippers and being spanked [Variety]. On one hand, screw the uptight fascists at the FCC and their enforced moralizing! On the other hand, we know Fox is fighting this just so they don't set any precedents that would hinder their rush towards programming that will culminate in live executions of the poor on TV. So it's hard not to be torn on this issue. Below, what appears to be the only clip on YouTube of "Married By America' (not the stripper one). This was a justifiably unpopular show. More »

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Kristian Laliberte Is The New U.N. Ambassador From Doucheland

From the e-desk of noted socialolgay Kristian Laliberte comes a missive with an opening that gave us pause:
Dear Friends,
Some of you are already helping with this amazing event, but I wanted to invite those who are not the chance to buy tickets. I am the Vice-Chair for the Junior Committee, and tickets at the Junior level are $250.00.
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Chris Noth: Champion Of New York's Gritty Authenticity

"What makes me really sick is how New York now looks like a bad imitation of Sex and the City. Meatpacking is a good example of just how fucked up it is. You can't have a city that's interesting where the only people living in it are rich," Chris Noth told New York mag, echoing his earlier anti-Meatpacking sentiments—you know, the ones we recently used to justify breaking our ban on stalker sightings of the hounddog-eyed 'star.' He's repetitive, yes, but the thing is, he just gets righter! We hereby officially lift the ban. But when you send your sightings, make sure not to identify Noth by his Sex and the City moniker, 'cause he totally hates that: "When people call me 'Mr. Big,' I can't help feeling a kind of contempt."

Big Regrets from Former Mr. Big
[NYMag]