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Anderson Cooper Publicly Outs Himself Yet Again [Glass Closets] - 03/12/2010 08:02 PM
After taking his boyfriend to a very public Hollywood Oscar party, is Anderson Cooper getting ready to finally come out? Who knows, but based on the very gay joke he made on Live with Regis and Kelly, he already is. More »
Wyclef Jean Paid His Mistress $105,000 Through His Haiti Charity [Employee Relations] - 03/12/2010 07:57 PM
Yele Haiti, the sketchy foundation that Wyclef Jean founded to help the Haitian people—which received millions in the outpouring of generosity following the wake of the earthquake there—paid Jean's mistress and personal assistant $105,000 in 2008. More »
Project Runway: Winning by a Hair [Recaps] - 03/12/2010 07:15 PM
Project Runway is all about vision and delusion. The vision that the sponsors get to dream up a challenge. The delusion it will be interesting. The vision to have the bitchiest judges in the biz. The delusion they are enough. More »
Anna Wintour Has No Time For Crappy Reality Television [Snobby Brits] - 03/12/2010 07:07 PM
Vogue editor Anna Wintour doesn't watch TV, says André Leon Talley, the mag's editor-at-large and the latest addition to America's Next Top Model. More »
Are Republicans Getting Away With Sex Scandals? [Bias] - 03/12/2010 06:55 PM
Is there a political sex scandal double standard? Do Republicans get off easier than Democrats? Steve Benen and Matt Yglesias think so. As does every other partisan in the world! More »
American Idol: The Blind Side [Recaps] - 03/12/2010 05:54 PM
You there, Seacrest! What day is this? Oh I had the most wondrous vision last night. Last night I think I actually cared about this season of American Idol. I felt real feelings. Too bad they were angry feelings. More »
Hot Tub Bribe Machine [Utah] - 03/12/2010 05:46 PM
In 1985, a married 30-year-old man sat in a hot tub with 15-year-old girl who worked for him. They were naked. In 2002, he gave the woman $150,000. Now, the man is the majority leader of the Utah House. More »
White House Party Czar's Terrible Year of Failure [Washington DC] - 03/12/2010 05:25 PM
&emcFormer White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers was forced out because Sally Quinn didn't like her. Also she wore pretty dresses and went to nice parties. And one time she called the President a "brand." More »
Six Delusions of Google's Arrogant Leaders [Cults] - 03/12/2010 04:44 PM
Google's CEO went to Abu Dhabi this week and preached. He sermonized about Google's exceptional virtue — its indifference to profit and supreme trustworthiness. His speech should have been shocking. Except that delusional self-righteousness is now routine at Google. More »
Thank God Almighty, Katherine Heigl Is Free at Last [Trade Roundup] - 03/12/2010 04:37 PM
On this rainy Friday we bring you news of beautiful, sunshiny Hollywood. A film gets a re-release, Grey's Anatomy's brightest star may be supernova'ing, and another young star gets a notch in her belt. Yay showbiz! More »
Sorry, Asia [Politics] - 03/12/2010 04:28 PM
President Obama is delaying his trip to Asia because Congress can't pass Health Care Reform. More »
Which Actress Had a Miscarriage Because She Couldn't Quit Coke? [Blind Items] - 03/12/2010 04:18 PM
Her husband still doesn't know about the drugs! Everyone knows about this actress' drinking problem, especially when she publicly "performs." This male actor is just jonesing for sex with underage girls. Might as well face it, we're addicted to gossip. More »
Jennifer Aniston Enters Her Studio 54 Phase [Open Caption] - 03/12/2010 03:51 PM
[The intruded-upon star in London last night; image via INF] More »
Why You Shouldn't Give an 8-Year-Old An Uzi [Obvious] - 03/12/2010 02:50 PM
A Massachussetts gun club has settled with the parents of Christopher Bizilj, a child who lost control of an Uzi at a gun fair, while aiming at a pumpkin, and shot himself in the head. He died shortly afterwards. More »
Heidi Fires Spencer: 'We Are No Longer Speidi' [Gossip Roundup] - 03/12/2010 02:17 PM
An "intuitive psychic" healer named Aiden is her new manager. James Brown's body goes missing from its crypt. Socialite shocked to discover racism, anti-semitism, homophobia make you unpopular. Corey Haim died of a too-big heart. Friday gossip is so alone. More »
Fiery Tribeca Party Den Brings Heat on Smut Peddler [Ouch] - 03/12/2010 01:18 PM
A sex toy dealer invites you to play with fire, slides and a stripper pole in his loft… for $15. A Burning Man version of Mike's Apartment, Dmitri's Apartment has attracted "partygoers clad in spikes and rubber." And the cops. More »
Mississippi Prom Canceled Over Lesbian Fear [Medieval] - 03/12/2010 11:49 AM
A school in the south freaked out when an 18-year-old student wanted to bring her girlfriend to senior prom. They canceled the event altogether "due to the distractions to the educational process caused by recent events." More »
Fawning Political Interviews Have Ruined American Politics [Softball] - 03/12/2010 11:30 AM
Howell Raines hit out at Fox News for ruining political debate. But it's not just Fox. By softballing and coddling interviewees, all of television news has helped politicians get away with appalling lies, distortions and… being Sarah Palin. More »
Sex and the City 2 Sneak Peek: All the Jihadtinis You Can Drink [Caption This] - 03/12/2010 10:56 AM
Ooh, new stills from the SATC sequel, set now in Morocco because Carrie Bradshaw is too sexy for Dubai and because, unlike designer labels, foreign locales are interchangeable. We have enhanced these images with exclusive leaked text from the script. More »
Gavin Newsom Too Busy with Family to Run for Governor, But Not for Lt. Governor [Politics] - 03/12/2010 08:16 AM
Bet he wishes he used a different excuse to pull out of the governor race, now. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will announce today that he's running for lieutenant governor, an election he'll be a frontrunner in. [SFGate via Lucky] More »
Is Johnny Weir Too Gay for 'Stars on Ice'? [Discrimination] - 03/12/2010 07:46 AM
That would be impressive. GLAAD says the Lady Gaga-loving Olympian was excluded from the money-raking figure skating tour because he is "not family friendly." More »
The Taste of an Illegal Sushi Bar [Forbidden] - 03/12/2010 07:04 AM
What does whale taste like? Moose, apparently. More »
Blog Wunderkind Has an Adventure with the Word 'Nigga' [David Karp] - 03/12/2010 06:17 AM
Tumblr founder and skinny white wunderkind David Karp posed a question to his followers today: "Can I use the word 'nigga' if I'm quoting a song?" More »
Cocktail Samurai to Bestow 'Controversial Method of Shaking Drinks' for $675 a Pop [Not Stirred] - 03/12/2010 04:34 AM
"Japanese barteder and cocktail-shaking philosopher" Kazuo Uyeda is coming down from the isolated monastery where he toils to perfect a "controversial method of shaking drinks": the "Hard Shake," the Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique of booze. More »
Lady Gaga's New Music Video Tackles Penis Rumor, Lesbian Prison Babes [Video] - 03/12/2010 03:36 AM
Lady Gaga's Telephone music video, which premieres tonight, shows the Lady of Gah tackling her penis rumor with burly prison lesbians who rip her clothes off and mutter, "I told you she didn't have a dick." More »
Live Blogging Project Runway, Week 8 [Project Runway] - 03/12/2010 03:00 AM
A bunch of nobodies with no taste will be making catty comments about other people's gowns. No, it's not the Academy Awards red carpet, it's Project Runway. Please join us to make some catty comments of our own! More »
Twitterati at Breaking Point, Just in Time for SXSW [Twitterati] - 03/12/2010 01:44 AM
Alex Blagg is not going to improvise like some sort of monkey; Lily Allen is not going to stand for your "fat whore" condolences; and Nick Bilton is not particularly enjoying this week's pressure cooker. The Twitterati defied reality. More »
Before the Jump [Pic Of The Day] - 03/12/2010 01:14 AM
[This isn't a jumper. It's one of 31 life-size fiberglass statues installed by British artist Antony Gormley around NYC yesterday. Image via Getty] More »
Worst Commercial of the Week [Commercials] - 03/12/2010 12:56 AM
This is an awful commercial for Calvin Klein's new brand of "X" underwear. More »
Andrew Breitbart, Elitist [Too Easy] - 03/12/2010 12:23 AM
"They're an elitist pestilence," Andrew Breitbart says of liberal Hollywood celebrities in this Wired profile of the conservative internet publisher. And then, after saying that, Andrew went to a Manhattan nightclub to drink Cristal with rich people. More »
Will Slate Let Mickey Kaus Blog During His Gag Senate Run? [Fool's Errands] - 03/11/2010 11:51 PM
Slate blogger and pathological counterintuitionist Mickey Kaus is actually serious about challenging Barbara Boxer in the California Democratic primary. The deadline to file nomination papers is tomorrow, and he's been gathering signatures. Will Slate let him write as a candidate? More »
Comment of the Day: Your Kids Are Doomed [We Read You] - 03/11/2010 11:41 PM
Today we looked at our screwed up public school system and it sparked a lively debate among you commenters. What's to be done? One commenter in particular unpacked the problem nicely. Nothing was solved exactly, but nothing ever is. More »
Was Apple Employee Choked By Law & Order Star? [Crime] - 03/11/2010 11:30 PM
An Apple Store staffer said she was choked by Richard Belzer. The Law & Order star, meanwhile, says he just touched the employee's shoulders to get her attention. Plus she's a crazy person who kept him waiting. More »
"Release the Bionic Mickey Rourke..." [Open Caption] - 03/11/2010 11:16 PM
[The actor, who apparently broke his arm during an arm-wrestling match, in New York; image via INF] More »
Tried in Boston, Tried in New York [Team Coco] - 03/11/2010 11:04 PM
Here are the dates for Conan O'Brien's live tour. It's pretty much sold out already. More »
Variety Thinks 'No One Takes [Its] Reviews Seriously,' Which Is Probably Why It Fired Its Critics [Rubes] - 03/11/2010 10:44 PM
According to director Joshua Newton's lawsuit against Variety for breach of contract—he's mad that Variety trashed his movie after selling him on a $400,000 Oscar campaign—the paper doesn't think its own reviews matter. More »
New Twilight Trailer So Good It Blows One Dude's Shirt Off [Trailer Park] - 03/11/2010 10:21 PM
Zomgoggles, here is the just-released trailer for the new Twilight movie, Total Eclipse of the Heart. There is: replacement vampire witch Bryce Dallas Howard (a big movie star!), everyone loving Bella, and shirtlessness. Always with the shirtlessness. Sparkly news day! More »
How Jersey Shore Ruined One Girl's Life [Shore Thing] - 03/11/2010 10:06 PM
Angelina "Trash Bags" left Jersey Shore after three episodes. Even that short stint in the house has ruined her life, though: Three of her former cast mates have threatened her life and DJ Paulie D blew her off. Tragedy! More »
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day [Clipjob] - 03/11/2010 10:00 PM
Today at Gawker.TV, Jerry Seinfeld essentially admits that people don't understand The Marriage Ref, sports mascots behaving very badly, Whoopi Golberg gives her impression of Heidi Montag, and Bradley Cooper dishes about the penis on his neck. More »
Did Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Break Electronic Privacy Laws? [Hackers] - 03/11/2010 09:44 PM
Mark Zuckerberg's hacking of email accounts and user profiles in 2004 could be felonies under Federal and state law, according to privacy lawyers who spoke with Business Insider. More »


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