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Politics

Sarah Palin's SAT Scores Actually Belong to Born-Again Virgin Dawn Eden

Dawn Eden is a former rock journalist better known as the copy editor who got fired from the New York Post for being too conservative, later writing a book about not having sex. How fitting, then, that she somehow re-appears in the midst of the Sarah Palin report card forgery. The report card "is is in fact a forgery made from my SAT scoresheet, which I posted in January 2004," Eden blogs. More »

6:15 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Sheila
3,551 views, 48 comments

Latest by BookishLookish: I know Dawn from her rock 'n' roll years. She is a genuinely nice person, if a bit odd. Cannot more »

[image] Rants

The Continuing Adventures of Ben Lyons, Starfucker

FROM DEFAMER.COM: We (and you) were none too pleased when Ben Lyons joined Ben Mankiewicz as the host for At the Movies earlier this year, particularly when we considered Lyons' track record as something of a half-wit Richard Roeper to Mankiewicz's low-rent Roger Ebert. More »

7:20 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By STV
363 views, 3 comments

[image] Dennis Hopper: Obama's A Poet Warrior In the Classic Sense [image]Addendum: acid-damaged violent PBR enthusiast Dennis Hopper joins Christopher Hitchens in supporting Barack Obama! [Wonkette]

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altarcations

Cougar Bride Apparently Ageless

Rebecca Gomez of Fox Business's Happy Hour, 41, married a 31-year-old gentleman last weekend. Not that we'd know that from reading their NYT wedding announcement—as Portfolio points out, her age isn't listed in the announcement, although his is... (The Times' policy is to list the ages of both bride and groom.) [Portfolio]

5:28 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Sheila
1,867 views, 26 comments

Latest by resipsapasta: the wedding announcement didn't mention the designer of her dress, the names of her 17 bridesmaids, the fact that she more »

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New York Times Planning 20% Cuts In Newsroom

It should not be such a surprise that the New York Times is planning unprecedentedly brutal cuts to its editorial staff for 2009. After all, the newspaper has the most heavily-staffed newsroom in the country, with some 1,200 employees. Advertising revenues have declined at double-digit rates. And—after the recent economic swoon—the business won't be rebounding any time soon. But here's the funny thing about the rumor we're hearing: More »

5:22 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Nick Denton
2,292 views, 18 comments

Latest by The Cooler: I find it interesting that after three weeks of almost non-stop economic meltdown coverage (there's even a mini-site! How cute.) more »

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5:00 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008

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[image] Celeb Divorce

Everything You Thought You Knew About The Grazers' Divorce Settlement May Be Wrong!

FROM DEFAMER.COM: A highly placed Defamer operative tells us TMZ has gotten the details of the Brian and Gigi Grazer divorce (he gets the freedom to personally pinch-test whomever he pleases, they say, she gets $1,000,042 a month)—wrong. More »

4:52 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Seth
3,423 views, 6 comments

GAWKER STALKER

Latest Gawker Stalker Sightings

Submit your Sightings: stalker@gawker.com

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Jeremy Piven

466 Lexington Ave
At the top of escalator about to leave the building. Presumably had just finished a meeting. He was talking to two girls, one hot blond and one hot brunette. [image]

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Just saw Lewis Black walking briskly on his own, looking preoccupied. Fittingly, something seemed to be bothering him. [image]

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Hermaine from Harry Potter, coming out of the addidas store on broadway and houston. Heard shes been looking at ivy leagues. [image]

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7th Ave & 17th St
Saw Seth Meyers (Oh my god, are you serious?) at the Rusty Knot. Way hotter than you'd expect. He ordered a Tecate. That's weekend update.

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Journalismism

Newspapers Invent Concept Of "Links"

Newspapers have always been selfish when it comes to giving credit to anybody else for anything. Good reporters are always conscientious about noting when someone else broke a story, but as a rule of thumb, the more self-important a news outlet is, the less likely they are to credit a competitor (or anyone else) for a scoop. But everything has changed now! Thanks to the internet and how it is beating the shit out of newspapers. Are you ready for a revolution in how you consume your news? Click through for a glimpse of the future of information! More »

4:48 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
1,391 views, 22 comments

Latest by wrongneighborhood: Brian Stelter, latest member of the Times' "this is now true because we make it so" club. Somehow I feel like more »

and now he's dead

Guillaume Depardieu, Son of Gérard, Dead at 37

Guillaume Depardieu, the estranged son of renowned actor Gérard, died today from complications relating to pneumonia at a hospital outside Paris. He was 37. An actor himself, Depardieu received acclaim early in his career for the 1995 film The Apprentices. He costarred with his father in several films, most notably Aime ton père (A Loving Father) in 2002. Though, dark clouds seemed to often occlude his successes. More »

4:43 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Richard
4,166 views, 32 comments

Latest by alorsenfants: I vote to establish a Snark-Free zone here. Merci. more »

retaliation

Petty HuffPoors Snub Gawker!

Hah! You write three little items about how blog mistress Arianna Huffington is a terror to work for and suddenly you're off the blogroll at the Huffington Post. Seriously! We've had a place on that long list since day one, but today... nothing. And after all we've done for you, Arianna! Need we remind you of that party Nick threw for you when you launched your goofy blog? (The funny thing here is that we've made fun of the content, business plan, other contributors, comments, and tone of the HuffPo for years with impunity, but now it is apparently personal?) Anyway in retaliation we're going to retroactively unpublish all the times Balk mentioned Rachel Sklar's rack. [HuffPo]

4:28 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Pareene
1,234 views, 41 comments

Latest by belltolls: So has Sklar's account here been marked "ability to comment is not enabled"? more »

Scams

Lying An Important Part Of News History

Lies! Today, they spread everywhere instantly thanks to the internet, that wondrous web of computers full of lies. That's how a fake rumor about Steve Jobs having a heart attack can momentarily cost Apple billions of dollars in market cap. But don't blame the internet—blame the inherently wicked hearts of mankind. Because people have been running these same types of media scams to manipulate financial markets for at least 144 years: More »

4:22 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
635 views, 15 comments

Latest by MoroccoMole: Didn't Kurt Andersen's novel Turn of the Century deal at least partially with people driving down the stock price at more »

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The Suspense Was Killin' Her When She Spotted the Milliner

[Lindsay Lohan shopping in Soho today; image via Bauer-Griffin] More »
Magazines

Is People Neglecting Angelina Jolie For Sarah Palin?

Is People magazine totally in the tank (like Pareene) for John McCain and his non-English-speaking VP lady? We hear that some staff members of the nation's leading smiling-coverperson mag are grumbling that People is giving too much positive press to the Republican candidates—for example, this feature where they ask readers to submit questions for the Palin family, without once mentioning they engage in moose-killing and other scandalous activities! Or this, with a headline quote that will make you exclaim "Har." Besides, doesn't People know that only Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Aniston are qualified to appear on celebrity magazine covers? Science has proven it!: More »

3:28 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
1,939 views, 17 comments

Latest by alorsenfants: Aren't they simply catering to their readership? Folks, they actually buy People in Wasilla -- unless they read it more »

Bias

Shock: Andrea Mitchell In Bed With Greenspan!

NBC political correspondent Andrea Mitchell is one of the network's news stars, so it's only natural that we've been seeing a lot of her lately. Even when the topic turns to the government's and the candidates' responses to the current financial crisis. But you will not see her, supposedly, when the discussion turns to "past economic decisions" that led up to the crisis. Because Mitchell is married to Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve Chairman who many say is basically responsible for the housing bubble. And that is their conflict of interest compromise: Mitchell will report as usual until the reasons we got to this point are discussed, at which point she'll quietly disappear from your television without explanation. Unethical! Or, you know, the standard way of doing business in political journalism. More »

3:23 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Pareene
1,166 views, 22 comments

Latest by maxfield1: Do you think that she calls him "peen-span" in the privacy of their boudoir? more »

Listicle

5 Celebrities Who Really Hate the Paparazzi

Actor Tobey Maguire has had another confrontation with the ever-dogged paparazzi, this incident ending in bloodshed. Apparently, his friend punched some photographer and was hauled off to jail. This is the second such outburst for the Spider-Man star, but he's not the only one to lash out at the wicked, prying photogs and their gaggle of flashing lights and inane questions. After the jump take a took at five other celebrities who have stood up and barked "No!" at the insidious rabble. More »

3:13 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Richard
4,321 views, 18 comments

Latest by BxGrlJ-Lyn: It varies from story to story who should be smacked more: the pap, the celeb or the magazines paying for more »

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How Older, White Critics Have Missed the Boat on 'Rachel Getting Married'

FROM DEFAMER.COM: Most of the attention paid to Jonathan Demme's new film Rachel Getting Married has centered on the Oscar-buzzed lead performance from Anne Hathaway, but many critics are consumed with something the movie treats as a non-event: More »

3:09 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Kyle Buchanan
6,337 views, 30 comments

20 Talent Lgl The unspiked files

Trying Out For America's Got Talent

In the latest installment of Gawker's Unspiked Files, Dan Crane auditions for NBC's hit talent contest. (The article follows after the jump.) The Unspiked Files are a repository of pieces commissioned by newspapers and magazines that never made it to the page. Earlier articles on actor Alec Baldwin and a Scientology-related suicide are listed here. If you have an article that deserves to see the light of day, email unspiked@gawker.com.
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3:04 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Dan Crane
1,150 views, 14 comments

Latest by BxGrlJ-Lyn: Do you have your guitar with you? Oh no SHIT I forgot it! I'll run out and buy one up the more »

Magazines

The 'Toos Mourns the Loss of Her 'Baby,' CosmoGirl

Women have been wondering since they entered the workforce if they can really, truly "have it all": a great career and a (rich) husband and a killer wardrobe, house in the Hamptons, and a baby. And guess what: they can. Atoosa Rubenstein is the former EIC of CosmoGirl and Seventeen, and now a teen-girl empower-er who has "opted out" of the rat race. And guess what: "I'm still pretty young—young enough to ENJOY the fruits of my labor." Also, she is sad that CosmoGirl just folded because she started it and was, she will remind you, the "the youngest Editor in Chief in the 100 year history of Hearst Magazines." More »

2:48 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Sheila
2,918 views, 35 comments

Latest by veganrampage2: what a horror show of a person. sheila, spare us. more »

USA

Bingo Gossip: The Last Successful Newspaper

Here's a bright ray of sunshine piercing through the dark skies of the newspaper industry: Bingo Gossip. It's thriving! Could Missy Mouser, the 26-year-old founder of this free bimonthly tabloid chronicling the lighter side of the Texas bingo world hold the answers for what ails the publishing business? YES, if the predilections of elderly Texas bingo fans are any indication!: More »

2:10 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Hamilton Nolan
1,286 views, 24 comments

Latest by prairiefire: miss missy mouser from texas? really? she shouldn't have any problems branding herself when she gets here. more »

Ready to Bare [image] Actress (and fauxmosexual?) Lindsay Lohan is launching a fashion line today. The collection is "pretty eclectic from gold zippers to leather detailing, to buttery soft cashmere." She's at some store tonight at 6pm if you want to meet her, I guess, and buy crazy clothes.

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sex wars

Plastic Surgery Is Not Only OK, It's On Our To-Do List

Sharon Obsourne said on Chelsea Lately that she's tired of celebrities that lie about their plastic surgery, from face-lifts to filler injections to Botox to straight-up implants. The professional reality-show subject ingeniously likened Nicole Kidman's unresponsive forehead to a "fucking flatscreen TV." But there's much more openness now about cosmetic enhancement than ever been before. More »

1:53 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Sheila
6,113 views, 116 comments

Latest by jrhys: And I know Im not adressing the Larger Issues of Right and Wrong, but I'm not going to cast the more »

Endorsements

Hitch Joins All-Star Roster of Anti-McCain "Smart" Republicans

Noted Bush-supporting former Trotskyite Christopher Hitchens has endorsed Democrat Barack Obama for president! In Slate today, the beloved British alcoholic raves about how Obama isn't a sad old man, like McCain, or an offensive joke, like Sarah Palin. Hitch, like a Nader voter, declares that there are no substantial differences between the candidates, but McCain's temperament is too unstable, and Obama's is much more reassuring. This is basically the argument of a number of noted conservative intellectuals who have, in recent weeks, either endorsed Obama, resigned themselves to an Obama presidency, or simply unendorsed McCain. As the intellectual conservatives abandoned Bush, now they find themselves abandoning the GOP. More »

1:46 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Pareene
7,458 views, 68 comments

Latest by Tattertotter: Speaking of ex-Trotskyites (and how often does one get to drop that line?), I was taking the Picadilly line from more »

[image] meltdowns

The Cyprus 20 and the art of the single-take video

FROM VALLEYWAG.COM: The deep mystery of the Camp Cyprus 20: What were they thinking? The most common theory floating around is that the 20 or so Internet-employed twentysomethings who filmed themselves cavorting by the Mediterranean, even as the markets imploded and Silicon Valley shuddered, were simply drunk. More »

1:40 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
By Owen Thomas
4,825 views, 11 comments

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