Rupert Murdoch's News Corp owns Fox News and the New York Post'sPage Six, so there's often a bit of corporate synergy in the targets those two outlets decide to attack. Like NBC, for example. MSNBC competes directly with Fox News and NBC with the Fox network, so it's only good business to undermine them at every turn. But it's become an all-out a war, lately, waged both in print and on television. Let's go back to the beginning! More »
No, The New York Daily News' Aussie gossip maven Ben Widdicombe isn't dead. But the celebrity-party-booze beat is dead to him. After a recent vacation in his native land of 'roos and convicts, Widdicombe has decided to start enjoying life again. His farewell Gatecrasher column will run tomorrow, but he was good enough to share his feelings with us in advance.
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A special treat for you this morning, just because you deserve it: not one, but two standout Hud Morgan moments from last night's episode of Tabloid Wars. First, Lloyd Grove's former gossip slave goes to lunch with Lizzie Grubman and — oh yes! — Jonathan fucking Cheban. So good to see his face again! As this was filmed last summer, we're watching footage of Cheban during those happy times before the fall from greatness, before Lizzie Grubman sent him packing for douchey. Now, the poor thing doesn't even get his last name on air. But dry your eyes and enjoy the irony as Hud complains about a venue being "saturated with, like, a cheesy banker crowd" and "fratastic douchebags." More »
It was hard to pick a favorite moment from last night's episode of Daily News docu-series Tabloid Wars — so much Greg Gittrich, so much Hud Morgan — but ultimately Hud Morgan won our attention. A disturbing amount of screen time was devoted to to Lloyd Grove's former wingman, who even let the camera crews film him "waking up" in his apartment (no doubt a maneuver so that Hud might show the world his chicken chest). But of all the witticisms to spew forth from Hud's mouth, we ultimately felt that his serious reporting assignment was most worth highlighting. Sent to Hackensack (which he had hoped was some sort of "bobo paradise") for a colon cancer screening, Morgan is visibly moved after interviewing a man who has lost multiple family members to the disease. We've not seen someone fake sincerity like this since Queens lost power. More »
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