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britney spears
Moby the Only One Who Prefers 'Fat Britney'
Teabagging musician Moby has announced that he wants to marry Britney Spears. It's a revelation that comes a year too late in our opinion. (Can you imagine the bald wedding photos and horrible double-header jokes on Leno?) "She's like this Tennessee Williams tragic figure," he tells The Sun. "The fatter she gets, the weirder she gets, the more I love her. I found her moderately appealing in the late 90s, but now I would marry her in a heartbeat." More »
slate
Slate's obsession with constantly upending the conventional wisdom now has it blatantly debunking itself. [Slate]
Online Mag Needs Intervention For Controversial Opinion Addiction
Slate's obsession with constantly upending the conventional wisdom now has it blatantly debunking itself. [Slate]
rupert murdoch
'The Sun' Doesn't Shine For Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch, the man in whose soft pillow hands the world's largest media empire rests, is none too pleased with one of his minions, the British tabloid The Sun. According to The Guardian's Owen Gibson, the crinkle-faced mogul is "'dismayed' at the volume of the paper's showbiz coverage and the acres of space regularly given over to reality TV stars." Today for instance, headlines read: "Eddie: I'm Not Weddie", "Ronson a Brit Dodgy" and "Jordan Wins Boobie Prize." But, according to Rebekah Wade, Sun EIC, Rupert does enjoy Pop Idol (UK's version of American Idol, see they don't have American Idol here because well, obviously). Also, like my boss, Rupert Murdoch calls his underlings at 1:30am to criticize/advise/criticize! Quotes after jump. More »
seems like old times
Everyone Cannibalizes
Finally, an entire website devoted to our favorite cheap "this thing looks like that thing" posts! "The Times they aren't a changing" seems to have been at it for a month now, but it wasn't until today that its enterprising (Post-employed) proprietor brought it to our attention. The lesson, learned time and time again, is that things were so much awesomer back in the day. 2007's Putting on Weight for Football Glory vs 1910's A game for fat boys? We know which one would make it to the top of our most emailed list. In the interests of fairness, though, we should note that no one is immune to this curse of repetition. Much like n+1, we've dug through the lengthy archives and found a number of ancient Gawker blabberings that read suspiciously familiar. More »
media
Media Bubble: Name and Shame
maer roshan
Radar gets funded
Ex-HBO honcho Michael Fuchs has agreed to back Maer Roshan's new mag, Radar, after American Media, which owns The Sun and the National Enquirer, backed out. We're guessing this means Radar will be "Spy meets Vanity Fair meets Harper'sRadar catches Fuchs [Keith Kelly - Post]
