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Literal Babies Will Be Reporting on 2012 Campaign

Max Read — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:54:49 EDT

Now that the American journalism establishment has been almost completely replaced by the Twitter account @depressionbook, how will the twenty or so Americans who care about politics receive their news about the presidential campaign? The answer: Babies. More »

Study Proves Young People Have No Clue About Their Own Relationships

Max Read — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:35:00 EST

Young people! Are you in an exclusive relationship with your boyfriend or girlfriend or "droog" or whatever? Ha, well, actually, you're probably not: According to a new study, 40 percent of young couples have differing opinions about their exclusivity. More »

Market Research: Young People Neither 'Hate' Anything Nor 'Love' Anything

Max Read — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 02:52:00 EDT

Marketing research firm Civic Science was forced to recalibrate its survey scoring system after finding that "millennials"—children born between the late 1970s and early 2000s—don't feel particularly strongly about anything. Not true! Want to know what millennials hate? More »

Bush Twins: 126 W. 13th St.

Valerie Flame — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 11:08:18 EST

[Submit your own Gawker Stalker sightings to stalker@gawker.com] Feb. 7 @ 8:30pm Barbara Bush, Henry & Jenna, table of dudes and six waiters did a shot to Obama at Gradisca. What was the toast? More »

The Dark Knight is Too Violent for Wussy Brit Youths

ian spiegelman — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:21:31 EDT

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Our American kids love violence, especially when it comes in movie form. And the awesome violence of the PG-13 rated mega-super-ultra-blockbuster The Dark Knight is maybe the best movie violence ever! Loving, American parents appreciate that. But a wicked plot to deprive the little lads and lasses of funny little England of the magic of violence is underway. "The age rating given in Britain to the U.S. blockbuster movie "The Dark Knight" is inaccurate given its violence, a growing number of complaints contend. In addition to 70 complaints delivered to the British Board of Film Classification regarding the newest Batman film, Member of Parliament Keith Vaz criticized the government board for allowing young children to see it." More »

Fourteen Year Old Made to Look Like Old Groupie

Richard Lawson — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:05:00 EDT

"Acting is all about a kind of self-expression. When you take on different roles and become different characters, you have to draw upon your own experiences ... On Gossip Girl, Jenny is just coming into her own. She's the sweet, nice, shy kid. In Paranoid Park, Jennifer is the popular girl... It was such a change for me." - Gossip Girl actress Taylor Momsen, who is 14 years old, in a recent Paper magazine interview. Click through for larger image. More »

For Discussion: The Guilty Pleasures of Misspent Youth

Furious George — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:40:03 EDT

Welcome to the Gawker Locker Room: where maturity goes to die! Here your host and toastmaster Furious George will present a topic of discussion for open commentary, vigorous debate, and potential masturbatory purposes. Our topics will be diverse, random, juvenile, and vitally important. Either Melissa Joan Hart on Clarissa Explains it All, or Jenna Von Oy on Blossom. Oh, excuse me, I didn't see you there! You caught me in mid-thought. But it's a very important thought, and one I'd like you all to grin, bear, blush nervously, and consider aloud. This week the Locker Room wants to know: Who was your most embarrassing childhood crush, real or fictional, and why? More »

Censorship for the Sake of the Children

Jessica — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:20:32 EDT

After a complaint by just one viewer in Britain, Turner Broadcasting is now going through 1,500 Hanna-Barbera cartoons in order to remove scenes that glamorize smoking. That's all it takes! One huffy complaint and you too could have little pieces of history destroyed (paging Mel Gibson!). Apparently, when Fred Flintstone lights up his Marlboro Lights, tens of thousands of impressionable youth are prompted to dress like cavemen and grab some nicotine sticks — and that simply cannot stand. Along with the Flintstones, classic cartoons like Tom and Jerry and Scooby-Doo will be similarly edited for offensive, smokey content. So are they just going to eliminate Shaggy altogether? More »

Ashanti Reaches Out to Every Little Ho

Jessica — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:15:12 EDT

From the latest Publisher's Lunch: More »

Textbook Plagiarism Devastates 2% of Student Population

Jessica — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:35:48 EDT

In the continuing theme of Fake Writer Day, this one's a stretch: certain passages in Daniel J. Boorstein's high school history textbook A History of the United States are identical to those in another textbook, America: Pathways to the Present, which was written by multiple authors. The catch is, the big names on the books' spines aren't necessarily responsible for everything in the text, as textbooks, with their constantly changing editions, are mostly written by a slew of uncredited writers. So while Boorstein and the big names from Pathways likely did not plagiarize, there are writers beneath them who may very well have lifted passages or "internalized" words from other texts. If a hip teen packaging company were involved, it might not be that unlike the case of Kaavya Viswanathan. And if those 1000-page textbooks were used for anything more than a doorstop, this all might matter. More »

Tribeca: Your Gruppy Shangri-La

Jessica — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 11:24:15 EDT

The best way to destroy a neighborhood's low-key appeal is to trumpet said appeal in a newspaper, and such is the case with Tribeca and the New York Sun (though, to be fair, it's not as if Tribeca is undiscovered, nor is the Sun really capable of trumpeting much of anything to an effect). Nevertheless, the paper heralds the gold-paved streets below Canal as the latest neighborhood to undergo suburbification: there are real live families down there, complete with Maclarens and Bjorns and and freshly imported nannies. Not content to have merely conquered Brooklyn, child-rearing New Yorkers are moving downtown in droves to escape uptown social climbing, bringing with them exclusive preschools, indoor play areas ripe for networking, and overpriced kiddie cupcakes. If you're single or not yet breeding, you'd best get packing: these people are fertile-wombed Borg, and they won't stop until every last corner of Manhattan offers mother-baby Pilates. More »

Katharine Close Is Smarter Than Us All; Chris Connelly, Not So Much

Jessica — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:27:53 EDT

The guts, the glory, the silent consonants: nothing compares to the bloodthirsty competition of a spelling bee. Last night the Scripps National Spelling Bee had its first primetime, live airing on ABC, and New Jersey's 13-year-old Katharine Close took home the dorkily awesome crown. Her winning word was "ursprache," beating out 14-year-old Finola Hackett, a Canadian girl who blew it all on "weltschmerz." Stupid girl, but that's justice — this is our national spelling bee. Get your own, America Jr. More »

Endless Summer With the 'Teen Vogue' It Girls

Jessica — Thu, 18 May 2006 09:49:59 EDT

A male reader forwards the following: More »

ELLEgirl: For All Your Needs

tplunkett — Thu, 04 May 2006 11:03:24 EDT

Click to enlarge and weep for American youth. More »

New York Power Children: Isabelle McNally

Jessica — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:00:35 EDT

We can't get enough of the kids of Manhattan's quasi-famous residents. They're so attractive and sexy and just legal enough to vamp for the hipster photo sites. Today it's Isabelle McNally, the daughter of Balthazar and Pastis mastermind Keith McNally. It's unconfirmed, but as an aspiring actress (who isn't?), we hear that Isabelle's had trouble at a few prestigious schools because of her nasty habits, but according to her MySpace she's now a proud member of Narcotics Anonymous. Too bad — she looked like she might be kind of fun! And we sure could use a half-naked, troubled bad-girl heiress skanking around Last Night's Party, just to mix things up a bit. More »

Media Freakout: MySpace Also Eats Baby Puppies

Jessica — Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:00:54 EST

Predators in the Bedroom More »

Reading Glossies Can Keep Our Streets Safe

Jessica — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 10:50:42 EST

Breaking news on the always-important beat of pretty people vs. the uglies: More »

Fashion Week Continues to Devour the Young

Jessica — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:33:45 EST

Oh, lamentable runway of death! Fashion's center, stained with grief! At right, Vogue fashion news/features director Sally Singer sacrifices her young son at the altar of Marc by Marc Jacobs. The poor boy doesn't know what hit him; his eyes are cold and dead. Mom's such a bitch, man, picking out his stupid clothes and making him talk to these stupid old people. As soon as he gets to high school, he's dropping out. More »

CosmoGIRL! Makes for a Bleak National Future

Jessica — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:00:11 EST

Just when you thought the political climate couldn't get any worse: More »

The First Rule of Death Cheese Is That There Is No Death Cheese

Jessica — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:35:28 EST

As most of you already know, we are bad people. We lie, cheat, steal and revel in public urination. Our worth as human beings is unquestionably low, and we've always been OK with that. We never have a problem mocking that which secures our place in hell. More »

Fake Writers for Kids!

Jessica — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:00:20 EST

The literary credibility scandal continues: More »

Kate White's Birthday Girl

Jessica — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:47:57 EST

We'd like to wish a belated happy birthday to Cosmo EIC Kate White's secret weapon, her daughter Hayley, who celebrated her 16th birthday yesterday. We understand the Super Sweet 16 party is this weekend — don't know the venue, but we're betting on Lexi Lehman's Crush, the go-to opium den for Manhattan's most privileged minors. More »

The Stupid Nepotism of New Fame

Jessica — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 10:05:48 EST

It's amazing what constitutes "celebrity" these days. The floodgates have opened now more than ever, and it seems that anyone can be a celebrity so long as they're related to a an already-confirmed celebrity. Ali Lohan, the lazy little sister of Lindsay, is a great example, having now made an official appearance at a celebrity charity event. More »

Coming to the Defense of Lexi Lehman

Jessica — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 07:59:40 EST

A thoughtful reader with a very good point emails us to point out the inherent wrong in our coverage of Grubman PR intern and nightclub proprietress for privileged youth, Lexi Lehman: More »

Gawker's Week in Review: Tastes Like Pearlstine's Spirit

Jessica — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 17:30:12 EST

• John Huey is finally initiated as the successor to Norm Pearlstine's editorship at Time Inc. The ceremony involved branding, hazing, and some tasty swag. More »

Little Girl Dreams Can Come True

Jessica — Thu, 01 Dec 2005 18:00:31 EST

Too young and not quite jaded enough to handle the velvet ropes at Marquee and Bungalow 8? Even better, are you under 18 or prefer to stalk those under 18? If so, Crush might be the perfect nightclub for you. More »

We Believe the Children Are Our Future

Jessica — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 10:07:10 EST

More than any other single skill, the ability to read — and read well — allows a child to succeed in school, learn about the world, function in society, and someday have good job options. More »

Team Party Crash: Teen Factory for Elton John AIDS Foundation

Jessica — Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:50:23 EST

Smells like teen spirit. More »

The Secrets to Good Journalism, Courtesy of K-Mart

Jessica — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 12:56:36 EST

You may laugh, but we don't recall ever meeting a journalist who didn't carry a mini glitter gel pen. And trust us: If Matthew Cooper hadn't known how to use his confetti flowers, he'd be no better off than Judy Miller. More »

Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams Have Baby Girl

Jessica — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 10:22:42 EST

After two years of pregnancy, actress Michelle Williams has finally spit out actor Heath Ledger's baby girl, named Matilda (not a great name, but better than Inspektor Hazel and cute enough, we suppose, in an ugly hipster baby sort of way). The baby was born in Brooklyn, but the couple is otherwise incredibly private, so that's about all we've got for you on the matter. But? You can finally — finally! — stop spotting the previously ginormous version of Ms. Williams waddling around Brooklyn. And that, dear friends, is the miracle of life. More »

Baby Broker-Watching

Jessica — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:51:47 EDT

NB to you crunchy activists: Don't get cute. You might think dressing your little one up in this onesie while you hit the open houses might result in some savings, as if tugging on the heartstrings of some middle-aged realtor is going to help you score a 2BR for under seven figures. But it ain't gonna happen. Motivated brokers want nothing more than to violently sacrifice babies like yours to the CorcoDevil. More »

Today's AP, Not Just for Old People Anymore

Jesse — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 11:30:04 EDT

Actually, we didn't know the Associated Press was just for old people — we've been prematurely curmudgeonly since at least our early teens, so we're maybe not the best example — but apparently it is. How else to explain the need for a new, additional AP service geared toward young readers? More »

Baby Binn: It's a Girl!

Jessica — Wed, 31 Aug 2005 11:59:02 EDT

Congratulations to Niche Media publisher Jason Binn, whose wife Haley gave birth yesterday to Gotham's littlest subscriber, Penny Olivia Binn, who looked positively chic at just under 7 lbs. More »

Today on Today: Your Kids Upset Katie Couric

Jessica — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:06:36 EDT

Just moments ago, Matt Lauer and Katie Couric were discussing the disturbing number of young people they see smoking. "Don't you just want to go up and talk to them and warn them?" says Couric. "Sometimes when they cuss, I go up and say something to them. Because they say these words...and it's really upsetting!" More »

Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams to Wed Seconds Before Baby Pops Out

Jessica — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:40:12 EDT

Big news from the world of ambivalent celebrities: Actors Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams — often spotted out and about in Brooklyn being alternately "cute" or "greasy" — are reportedly engaged. At the LA premiere of The Brothers Grimm, the two made their first official appearance since Williams had grown visibly with-spawn; Williams was also seen sporting a large diamond ring on her engagement finger. (Does this mean we'll stop hearing about Ledger cavorting about town with cute women who aren't Michelle? Oh, we hope so.) More »

We're Thinking Option B, 'It's a Tragedy'

Jesse — Fri, 05 Aug 2005 11:08:58 EDT

It's been a bad summer to be a kid in the New York area, as the Times points out today. So far: More »

The Sexy Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Jessica — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:17:00 EDT

Jude Law's recent confession to having an affair with his nanny didn't just destroy the confidence of his fianceé Sienna Miller; it also shattered the faith of nanny-employing mothers everywhere. What if the nanny is so hot, it's simply inevitable that your husband will throw her against the foyer wall and do her like she's never been done before? More »

Domestic Crisis: When Nanny Has a LiveJournal

Jessica — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 11:32:43 EDT

By popular demand, we're doing our best to focus for more than 2 minutes and direct our attention to this weekend's Modern Love column in the Times. We wanted desperately to take the side of the nanny, who was fired after her employers had enough of reading about her not-unusual exploits on her blog — but that would've been too easy, to simply side with the little guy, maligned by rich, nanny-employing overlords. Instead, Helaine Olen's essay about reading her nanny's website had us thinking a few things: More »

Mountain Buggy Stroller Slowly Usurps Bugaboo Hotness

Jessica — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:03:45 EDT

When paramedics dug through the rubble of the collapsed building on the Upper West Side last Thursday, they found 7-month-old Abby Lurensky. Lurensky was initially "unresponsive," but quickly determined to be in good health because of her stroller, which folded around her and protected her from the debris: More »