<![CDATA[Gawker: where are they now]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: where are they now]]> http://gawker.com/tag/wherearetheynow http://gawker.com/tag/wherearetheynow <![CDATA[From J-School Self-Promoter to Flack for Karl Rove]]> Who says there aren't jobs out there for J-school graduates? Thanks to a tipster, we learned today that Columbia J-school alum and fame-seeker Sheena Tahilramani now works (worked?) for evil Republican vizier Karl Rove.

They're Twitter buddies even!

The girl who wrapped herself seductively in newspaper and took other sexy photos for her now-defunct website SimplySheena.com (her new site SheenaTahilramani.com is "coming soon"!), has the fancy title of chief of staff for Karl Rove & Company, which according to a Google search and Nexis' archives involved, most recently in November, serving as his spokeswoman. Plus he's one of the four people she's following on her Twitter page. She also seems to have a chummy relationship with a certain Kyle Rove and Sean Louis Rove, though their relationship to Karl is unclear. Nephews perhaps?

So from journalismy Julia Allison to buddy-buddy mouthpiece for the evil Richelieu of the Bush Empire. Here's lookin' at you, Sheena.

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<![CDATA[Linda Tripp Still in the 'Mouth-Blown' Business]]> Today marks the first time older-lady (and oddly capitalized) website wowOwow has actually contributed something important to the Internet. They tracked down Linda Tripp! You know, the grouchy lady who ratted out Monica Lewinsky's blow-job confessions. She's running a craft store in Virginia. It's called Christmas Sleigh, and features—we assume this is a Freudian slip on behalf of wowOwow's writers—"mouth-blown and hand-painted ornaments." They asked her opinion on Obama, and she responded—bizarrely, of course—via e-mail:

Quoth Tripp,

"That said, I believe President-elect Obama possesses an instantly recognizable purity of soul that, coupled with his brilliance, and, of course, his eloquence, brought quite unimaginable and long-awaited magic to the country, transforming red and blue states, quite literally, into ‘The Color Purple."

That is all one sentence, folks.

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<![CDATA[Ol B-Face Spotted!]]> Ashley Todd, a crazy woman who carved a backwards 'B' on her face for some reason that almost made some sort of sense a few weeks ago, is apparently bumming around Pittsburgh hanging out at the Barnes & Noble. She's presumably stuck in Pittsburgh—perhaps the wrong side of Pittsburgh!—because she's still undergoing that mental health treatment the judge sentenced her to. [Wonkette]

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<![CDATA[Now we can blame the Pets.com sock puppet for two burst bubbles]]> The last time I saw the the Pets.com sock puppet was during an E-Trade Super Bowl commercial. In it, a chimp rides a horse through a postapocalyptic, postbubble Silicon Valley. At the end of the 30-second spot, a wrecking ball crashes through an office building, and the puppet flies out, landing dusty and ragged at the chimp's feet. The chimp picks up the puppet and a tear rolls down his face, as he mourns a tarnished symbol of '90s exuberance. But watching today's financial news, I'm thinking the chimp should have burned the little sucker. Because then BarNone — a subprime lender, of course — wouldn't have been able to purchase the rights to the puppet for $125,000 and keep its wretched curse alive. "Everybody deserves a second chance," my foot.


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<![CDATA[Valleywag emeritus Nick Douglas's new comedy show]]> When we at Valleywag discussed writing up founding editor Nick Douglas's new comedy show, Blank White Cards, associate editor Jackson West chimed in:

I'm avoiding that show with a ten foot pole. I have given Nick's show press in the past, and they inevitably failed miserably. So for his sake, I ain't gonna jinx it.

But why should we worry about all that? Check out Episode One, below. If BWC lasts even one-sixth as long Douglas's last venture, Goggleburn, Episode Two comes out next week.


Axe Mouth Spray from Nick Douglas on Vimeo.

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<![CDATA[Where are Facebook's missing cofounders? We found them on LinkedIn]]> McCollum.jpgSaverin.jpgWe know what Facebook cofounders Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes are up to. Zuck lets COO Sheryl Sandberg run most of the company now while he plays industry visionary; Moskovitz is hiding from Valleywag's fearsome scrutiny; and Hughes is busy spamming your inbox with updates from Obama campaign director David Plouffe — sorry, revolutionizing politics on the Web. But where have unacknowledged cofounders Andrew McCollum and Eduardo Saverin gone? Their Facebook profiles aren't open to the public, but rival social network LinkedIn isn't nearly so skittish. Here are their profiles, with our notes:

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<![CDATA[Chris Crocker Is Back! And Disappointing.]]> The effeminate young man who requested that the country lay off of Britney a bit has posted a video, the first one he's put on YouTube since his tearful plea of September 7. (He did post some others but immediately removed them, but this one's stayed up for a full day now.) In the video, Chris Crocker (still not his real name!) announces his return, shows us how scared he is, doesn't mention the reality show he supposedly landed two weeks after his rant, and sounds just like the passport-losing party-going indie filmmaker Arin Cromley. Also, fingerquotes! Which is why you should totally click through and watch.

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<![CDATA[Today In Gawker Alums]]> On his Tumblr today, Alex Balk muses on Nick Denton's morality, suggests that his vision of hell involves doing his current job with Radar, and makes one (1) tit joke. Guest-blogging at kottke.org, Choire Sicha continues mining Times metro sections of days past for ironies and gimlet-eyed commentary on the sorry state of 2008 New York. Doree Shafrir has a photo of Emily Gould's dog. Emily Gould has re-launched her blog. Jesse Oxfeld IMd us earlier to remind us that he has "a very small and entirely static presence" on the Internet. Jessica Coen's website has itself been fairly static since the start of the year. [Previously]

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<![CDATA[What is Brooke Geahan Up To Now?]]> When we last checked in with downtown doyenne Brooke Geahan, the founder of the defunct Accompanied Library was still pouting about her Library being booted from its home at the National Arts Club. The Accompanied Library, despite reports that hiphop mogul Damon Dash was throwing his weight behind it, was presumed dead. But then there was Art Basel and Brooke Geahan, like a phoenix, rose again! This time though, she looked somehow aged—and was auctioning off a Botox session with Dr. Timothy Colbert.

Geahan has rebranded the Accompanied Library as the Accompanied Literary Society. This possibly makes sense as the Library part of the Library does not maintain books or catalogue anything. All mention of the Accompanied Library has been banished and the website is gone.

During Art Basel, she hosted a dinner at the Raleigh for a book called The Worth of Art (2), an Assouline-published monograph of the commercial excesses of the art world. The party was sponsored by Swarovski! Ha!

But that wasn't her only recent event. During a recent fundraiser with Paul Haggis, the Accompanied Literary Society auctioned off lunch with drunken boxer and writer Jonathan Ames for $5,000 (less a 15% "administrative fee") and other exciting prizes such as WIGS and BOTOX!
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<![CDATA[ Back when House and Garden published his...]]> Back when House and Garden published his winey online ramblings, semi-simian author Jay McInerney could justify his barfy hedonism by claiming it was for a greater literary good. But the magazine folded and the blog has been mute since Halloween. McInerney has been, presumably, casting about the cosmos for something to make his life worth living. [N.B.: There isn't anything! Give up, donkey!] Despite our opinion to the contrary, Mcinerney has found a raison d'etre. McInerney is helping his friend Audra Allen establish a sanctuary in East Hampton for a colony of monkey artists. "I find it interesting from the point of view of rescuing and rehabilitating chimps," he said. "And as a naturally curious person, it's intriguing to encounter these close relatives." Closer than you think, Jay!

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<![CDATA[Rodney King Shot In Face; A TMZ Nation Mourns]]> Former taxi driver Rodney King, who had a 1992 riot named after him when the Los Angeles Police Department officers who were videotaped beating him on the street were acquitted, was shot in the face late last night. TMZ's commenters mourned the only way they know how.

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<![CDATA[Jessica Joffe Undoes Your Buttons On ShopVogue.TV]]>
"What is [former Observer staffer and Banana Republic model] Jessica Joffe up to these days?" someone asked me recently and I was like, "Dunno, being Ryan Adams' girlfriend and being mistaken for Kirsten Dunst, mostly?" How wrong I was! She is actually hosting these genius online videos for Vogue where she teaches people about how to have personal style. Her accent! Those little flicks of the eyebrow! I am a lesbian now and I'm moving to England and Germany!

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<![CDATA[Natasha Lyonne: still alive! [The Superficial]]]> Natasha Lyonne: still alive! [The Superficial]

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<![CDATA[Susan Powter—you remember the annoying...]]> powterSusan Powter—you remember the annoying motivational speaker with the harsh blonde crewcut, whose catchphrase was "Stop the insanity!"—is now a radical slightly goth tattooed lesbian moon-worshipping videoblogger who likes to film herself eating white nectarines in the middle of the night! She looks like Nina Hagen + Ani DiFranco. Also she has a cooking show called "Taste My Broth." Yes. TASTE MY BROTH. Best transformation ever! [Susan Powter]

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<![CDATA["I am fine thank you, and enjoying my house...]]> "I am fine thank you, and enjoying my house in Palm Beach," says convicted fraudster Conrad Black, who remains "optimistic" about his chances on appeal. Uh, don't get too comfortable, Connie. [AP]

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<![CDATA["Fucking kids. I don't know if you've got...]]> "Fucking kids. I don't know if you've got any... But you're going to be misfortunate some day." Henry Hill, whose life story was chronicled in the book Wiseguy and the film Goodfellas, discusses parenting, fine arts, and the underreporting of casualty figures in South Central. Oh, yeah, and getting your wang sliced. Good stuff. [VV]

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<![CDATA[ Hey! Whatever happened to Jocelyn Wildenstein?...]]> Hey! Whatever happened to Jocelyn Wildenstein? Why haven't we heard a peep about her in years?

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<![CDATA[Wondering whatever happened to former Conde...]]> Wondering whatever happened to former Conde Nast wunderkind James Truman? He's busy skinnydipping with his girlfriend, Elle contributor Leanne Shapton. [WWD]

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<![CDATA[Corey Haim Has Seen Better Days]]> Remember the mid-'80s? Some of us do! And some of us were just at the right age to have a massive crush on Corey Haim. Remember how cute he was in Lucas? And The Lost Boys? And of course, his crowning achievement of the '80s, his star vehicle (sorry) License to Drive, with the other Corey, Corey Feldman, who was a much better actor but like one-sixteenth as hot. (Also! Everyone always forgets that Heather Graham played the hot chick in that movie! Weird!) Anyway, it always pains us to hear that our favorite child stars aren't doing as well as their once-bright futures portended. Today, we received a sighting that seemed to indicate that might be the case.

Not sure if anyone cares, but i saw Corey Haim standing outside the Trump hotel (Columbus Circle) yesterday at around 1pm (in the rain). He had a shirt that said LUCAS in huge letters (under a 1992 black motorcycle jacket) , which is why I noticed him...lookin' rough!!! busted skin, weird frosty hair, and methy skin. I think he was desperately searching the faces of passersby in hopes of recognition, which was pretty sad...I guess should have asked him for an autograph just to make him feel better..or tossed him some pcp...
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<![CDATA[Candace Bushnell Judges Dog Show]]> From the mailbag:

Candace Bushnell judged a dog show in my town, Washington, CT, last weekend. She looked very old, sort of like a mummy with a wig. The show was raising money for cancer, so it was nice of her, but:
  • she was talking about a stringed bass at one point and pronouncing it like the fish
  • when one dog was brought up, she said, "Oh, just like that dog on Sex and the City... you know which one I mean, the Sex and the City dog." This was not the only time she mentioned Sex and the City.
Her much younger husband wore a pink popped lacoste with high, high seersucker pants and seemed gay. The show was held at a pavilion next to the elementary school, and had "quirky" judging categories like sex appeal, etc.
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