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winners
New York Is, Of Course, The Great American News City
The results of our poll to find America's best city for journalism, story-wise, are in. Chicago surged into second place thanks to a characteristic ballot-stuffing campaign, but in the end, good sense prevailed. Full results below! More »
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Comment by Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): DETROIT is the nation's 4th best city for journalism?? 5 Responses | Other threads
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crime
'You Light Up My Life' Composer Is Criminal Sex Monster, Naturally
The Oscar-winning composer of the sickly sweet "You Light Up My Life" is actually, prosecutors say, a dirty old serial rapist monster. We should have known. More »
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Comment by Dennis Ford: yeah, that song was so awful it was number 1 for only 11 weeks 8 Responses | Other threads
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winners
Limbaugh-Palin-Steele-Pancake Painting Reignites Culture War
Ladies and gentlemen, your winning request, "Rush the Hutt," by wondrous pancake painter to the stars Dan Lacey. You may buy this cultural artifact on Ebay, right now. More »
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Comment by Smitros: Excellent deployment of art history, such as this: [imagecache2.allposters.com] I wonder what other references he is having fun with. 9 Responses | Other threads
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contests
Your Winning Painting: 'Rush the Hut'
Ladies and gentlemen, your selection for pancake artist-to-the-stars Dan Lacey's next painting is "Rush Limbaugh with a chained Princess Leia (Sarah Palin) and Michael Steele as C3P0." He's already started it. More »
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Comment by Mediokra: As a former copy editor and a lifelong Star Wars geek, I feel obligated to inform everyone that Hutt is... 2 Responses | Other threads
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polls
You Demand: Let Wired Live!
In the past 24 hours, more than 8,000 of you voted on which Conde Nast magazine most deserves to live. You care, you really care! Your full results—and what they mean—below: More »
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Comment by Colonel Mustard: Okay, I'm not saying that Wired ISN'T the "most fully developed and cerebral magazine in the bunch", but: 5 Responses | Other threads
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winners
Somali Pirates Make Off With Money, Guns, Lots of Booty
Somali pirates win! The world's most popular bandits had been holding a Ukrainian weapon-trafficking ship for ransom for four months. But they finally got their money, via "the new way to deliver pirate booty": More »
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Comment by blakeley: When are tankers going to arm themselves and start blowing these guys out of the water before they even get... 7 Responses | Other threads
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updates
Recession Winners Win
Last month we predicted ten companies and industries that would actually come out as recession winners (crazy, right?). It's time to check on how our predictions are doing! (Hint: f'in awesome): More »
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Comment by Colander: I may be poor but I would think it'd be kind of expensive to be eating McDonald's all the time.... 7 Responses | Other threads
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tattoos
Be Original
The ten most popular tattoo designs: Stars are number one, followed by angels, "Tribal," flowers, "Celtic," and five more things you've seen before. "I'M AWSOME" holds steady at #67,442. [Mental Floss] -
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Nilla
Shut Up, 'Nilla
Racist ladies and gentlemen, we present to you your new slur for 'white people': "'Nilla." No longer will you be forced to muck by with the outdated "honky" or the bland "whitey." 'Nilla (first suggested by racial innovator Sarcastro) won in a landslide decision over runner-up slur "Altoid," capturing more than 80% of the vote. It's an apt choice. The term's obvious parallels to an already existing racial slur ensure that you will never be safe saying it—in fact, shouting "'Nilla" in a crowded area almost guarantees that you will offend everybody present, one way or another. So it has the best quality of any slur: it should never be said. Seriously, don't say it—or any other slurs—and we'll all get along in peace and harmony. Good job!
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Comment by Hedonista: The term `nilla has been around forever. It is what sexually adventurous and kinky people such as BDSMers, SMers and... more » | Other threads
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winners
Matt Hilliard Is the Hottest Man in Book Publishing
Taking 25% of the vote, Matthew Hilliard beat out nine other fabulous contestant to become Gawker's newest Hottest Man in Book Publishing! He's a Binghamton '06 grad and works in trade sales at Penguin. Update: Ladies, we hear he's single! Now, we've heard from a few sources that some of the gentleman in the contest were a little embarrassed, given that we're objectifying them and all. An addendum: they are also all quite smart. After the jump: Matthew's endearingly self-deprecating acknowledgment of the honor:
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By SheilaComment by Will Entrekin: So between this and the Orange prize, is it all pretty much even now? more » | Other threads
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publicity stunts
Best Promo Ever: Punching Employees In The Face
There's a new list of the top 40 publicity stunts of all time out, and we've found what is—without a doubt—the most worthwhile of them all, from just two weeks ago: a production company called Action Figure produced a techno-scored, super slow-mo, two-minute video of all their employees getting punched in the face. Really. This should be a mandatory stunt for many of America's top corporations. Its power can hardly be described; just watch it, after the jump. More »
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Comment by Clarissima: Corporate america could use some of this,stat. I'd like to live in a world where you can nominate the... more » | Other threads
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Comment by gawksFromaRock: What's with the dog leash to the right of the head...? Is it Master Blaster..? more » | Other threads
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winners
Doris Lessing: The Internet "Has Seduced A Whole Generation With Its Inanities"
Last night Doris Lessing accepted the Nobel Prize for literature with a speech about how, amidst the desperate poverty she has witnessed in Africa, people there are still hungry for books and education. She says that we in the word-glutted West must relearn the value of literature and reading. "We never thought to ask, "How will our lives, our way of thinking, be changed by the internet, which has seduced a whole generation with its inanities so that even quite reasonable people will confess that, once they are hooked, it is hard to cut free, and they may find a whole day has passed in blogging etc?" She continues: "We are a jaded lot, we in our world - our threatened world. We are good for irony and even cynicism. Some words and ideas we hardly use, so worn out have they become. But we may want to restore some words that have lost their potency."
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By Emily GouldComment by SheWalkedWithAZombie: @Sarcastro: "Dear Doris. The civilization ship sailed long ago. You'll be dead soon, so don't worry so much." So... more » | Other threads
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winners
Conde Nast's Portfolio just won Min's "Hottest Launch" of 2007. It beat out National Geographic Little Kids and Highlights High Five. Congratulations!
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By Joshua SteinComment by SecureLocation: MIN is a farking joke, so this is hardly surprising more » | Other threads
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winners
9/11 wasn't so bad, according to newly Nobel-anointed novelist Doris Lessing. "Some Americans will think I'm crazy. Many people died, two prominent buildings fell, but it was neither as terrible nor as extraordinary as they think. They're a very naive people, or they pretend to be," she told Spanish daily El Pais. Also: "I always hated Tony Blair," and "I hate Iran, I hate the Iranian government, it's a cruel and evil government. Look what happened to its president in New York, they called him evil and cruel in Columbia University. Marvelous! They should have said more to him! Nobody criticizes him, because of oil." We want to be like this as an old lady: just walking around talking shit and whapping people with our cane. But between this and the Jessica Seinfeld plagiarism scandal, the HarperCollins publicity department is having kind of a bad week.
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By Emily GouldComment by TimeWarnerRhymeAnaheim: I shouldn't trot out another Pearl Buck joke, should I. Oh Wait -- just did! more » | Other threads
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