John Travolta, Grieving and Deceiving
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John Travolta, Grieving and Deceiving

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Universally Reviled Australian Bumping Obamas From Blair House

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    • Jimmy Wales

      Wikipedia Cofounder's Wiki Bailout Plan

      Jimmy Wales, the scandal-prone cofounder of Wikipedia, thinks Barack Obama's first priority should be creating government websites anyone can edit. Translation: A bailout for makers of wikis. More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by Almostbanned: What a brilliant man! As a footnote, I actually posted a fake celebrity death report for Dash Snow once. I dunno,... more » | Other threads

    • Layoffs

      Google's Unkindest Cut: Tech Support

      In October, before Google's cost-cutting campaign began in earnest, had more than 10,000 contractors, Google founder Sergey Brin said. In a mid-December SEC filing, it reported only 4,300 temporary workers. More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by Weegee's bored: How many tons of Google servers are now being offloaded in Mumbai right now? more » | Other threads

    • VideUhOh

      Oprah Grapples with Gift of Gay

      Watch Oprah's expression as a minister tells her, "Being gay is a gift from God." More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by azilaw: If you want to dismiss what God actually said in the Bible thats one thing. And everyone truly has the 20 Responses | Other threads

    • Lies

      John Travolta, Grieving and Deceiving

      Has anything the celebrity family of Jett Travolta said about the teenager been the unvarnished truth? If so, we missed it. Even the publicity photos of Jett they sent out after his death are Photoshopped. More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by Scout 3.0: It seems kinda fishy that they cremated him so quickly. Kinda like they were trying to get rid of the... 11 Responses | Other threads

    • Lists

      Obama's Shady Friends List

      It's a fun new game and you can play along at home! Just place our president-elect's name in a list of names of shady characters. Then get rich on the teevee! More »
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      By Pareene

      Comment by Pope John Peeps II: Well, I watched Obama on television a couple times. And I once hit a cat with a bottle because he 3 Responses | Other threads

    • Crime

      Guy Ritchie Superfans Pull Jewelry Heist

      Two robbers ripped off Snatch and stole millions in diamonds by disguising themselves as Hasidic Jews. New folk heroes? The next Somali pirates? No, way too derivative, dudes. Recreate Usual Suspects and we'll talk.
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by shostakobitch: real life snatch. the goal we can all share. 1 Responses | Other threads

    • Media Crack

      Your Daily Dose of Media Tidbits


      We're starting a new, daily media column for all the media news items we can't get to individually. It may also feature pithy remarks and totally exclusive scoops. Read it today, and forevermore: More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by Botswana Meat Commission FC: When are we going to get a Daily Hip-Hop Post where Gawker commenters can discuss our favorite late-90s underground MCs? 6 Responses | Other threads

    • Obits

      Richard Seaver, Literary Sex Pioneer

      Richard Seaver, a lifelong publisher and editor, died yesterday at the age of 82. He helped bring Samuel Beckett and lots and lots of kinky sex writing into the world. More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by dell123: Grove Press was great...... 2 Responses | Other threads

    • war is hell

      War Hits Second Life!

      Why doesn't anyone ever write about the real victims of the current war in Gaza? That's right, the losers and freaks of Second Life. More »
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      By Pareene

      Comment by Mount_Prion: Finally, this game will include PvP.... 6 Responses | Other threads

    • Death

      Real Estate Mega-Mogul Commits Suicide

      Chicago real estate mogul Steven Good, head of the "largest real estate auction company in the nation," killed himself with a gun yesterday. He did deals with Trump. His motivation is a mystery: More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by Beautiful Stranger: I wonder if the suicides related to the Madoff scandal triggered this one....just like one suicide in a high school 8 Responses | Other threads

    • Defamer

      Dakota Fanning is the New Black

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    • rudderless brooklyn

      We Know What's Going to Happen On Tonight's Real World Premiere

      Tonight is the premiere of The Real World: Brooklyn. Can you feel the electric tingle in the air? We can't either. So let's try to get some excitement building by making some predictions! More »
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      By Richard

      Comment by MisterHippity: Brooklyn is where it's at in reality shows this year. This season of Top Chef is based in Brooklyn too. 5 Responses | Other threads

    • Cultural arbiters

      David Carr Just Doing What Feels Right

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    • Recessionomics

      It's So Awkward Being Rich These Days

      Unconspicuous consumption is the hot new thing. That $300 million megayacht? Tacky, what with the layoffs. Private jet? Forget about it, after Detroit's debacle. Even the celebrity goodie-bag business is endangered. More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by slainte_pants: As long as this results in more Popeye's chicken, I can't see how it can be a bad thing. That was 6 Responses | Other threads

    • journalismism

      Joe The Latest Desperate Attempt at Remaining Relevant

      "Joe the Plumber" is going to war! Some website is paying him to go to Israel and talk about things he knows nothing about, specifically everything. We were so close to being rid of him! More »
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      By Pareene

      Comment by Dagrolord: Am I the only one thinking white guys should require a license to shave their heads? Too many of 5 Responses | Other threads

    • Jezebel

      This Week In Tabloids: Thin Jen Writes Poetry For John; SJP's Moving Out

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    • Television

      New Mad Men Ripoff Lacks Sex Appeal, Cigarettes

      Because every excellent, original TV series must have an inferior ripoff on another network: forget Mad Men, the new advertising-centric drama is Trust Me. On TNT! Your new Don Draper: that guy from Ed. More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by Richard: Are there two more ambiguously gay, inexplicably annoying actors working today? I think not.... 22 Responses | Other threads

    • It's just lunch!

      Obama Has Lunch With Lonely Old Failures

      Barack Obama had to have lunch with a bunch of boring old white guys today. Was it a round-table discussion on the future of the media? No, it was the presidents' lunch. More »
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      Comment by Iceland_Spar: Barack should stay away from Jimmy Carter because Barack just reminds me wayy too much of Carter and we're not... 15 Responses | Other threads

    • open caption

      "Miss... Um... Madonna If You Nasty."

      [A heavily airbrushed Madonna, a fifty year old British woman, in a new campaign for clothier Louis Vuitton (pronounced "Lewis Vootin"); image via Splash]
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      By Richard

      Comment by Kyle Bingley: Not only does society suffer from racism and sexism, it also suffers from ageism. Once you reach a certain age 14 Responses | Other threads

    • Advertising

      Atheist war on ChristmasJesus strikes London. Beware. [NYT]

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    • death of print

      Google Boss to Newspapers: No Bailout

      Everyone wants a sugar daddy to save them. Wall Street has found one in Washington. But the newspaper industry has been batting its eyes in the direction of Mountain View, Calif., home of Google. Ha! More »
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      By Owen Thomas

      Comment by CodePink: Um, this man resembles a mentally challenged adult who likes doing that fast hand moving thing when he gets excited.... 8 Responses | Other threads

    • Fox and Friends

      'Two fingers in, you get yourself some jelly, and just moisturize yourself!'

      Fox & Friends anchor Brian Kilmeade says a man stuck on a ski lift with his ass hanging out should "get a Vaseline sponsorship," so he can "slide two fingers in." Plus: "Stimulus." More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by Private Hangnail: And by stimulus you obviously mean our prostate economy. 5 Responses | Other threads

    • Jezebel

      Teen Vogue Makes Gossip Girl's Patch-Wearing Little J Pretend To Exercise

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    • sad things

      The Ghostly Remains of The Wire's Set


      The masterpiece of television's modern age, The Wire, came to an end last year. Everyone just left the soundstage, trash-strewn and abandoned and forgotten. Someone recently took photos of the ruins. They're sad. More »
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      By Richard

      Comment by Spirit Fingers: Most poignant Wire moments: (Possible spoilers) 1) The Deaths of:a Wallace (Remember that?! He was trying, he really was!)b) D'Angelo (Punk-Ass... 4 Responses | Other threads

    • Clips

      The Tears of a TSA Agent

      If a TSA agent cries after making you take off your shoes or throw away expensive makeup, will you still be mad at him? ABC's Homeland Security USA sought an answer last night. More »
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      By Richard

      Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: If Obama's smart, he won't do anything about the Department of Homeland Security, other than rename it to something less 19 Responses | Other threads

    • Celebrity science

      Celebrity Vacations of Doom: Bonnie Fuller Explains

      Oh hey, former celebrity magazine editor Bonnie Fuller is still writing some of the internet's columns most inexplicable columns, about celebrity issues. Today she answers the secret question: Why do celebs always die on vacation? More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by contradicto: Um. . . name one other celebrity (and I refuse to even consider Jett Travolta a real celebrity) who has 13 Responses | Other threads

    • what the hell

      Roland Burris Will Very Probably Be a Senator

      So Roland Burris, the crazy new Illinois Senator-in-waiting, will be seated! According to the Associated Press! But not according to Harry Reid. But... maybe? More »
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      By Pareene

      Comment by Almostbanned: This is so awesome. And maybe why Democrats never really seem to try very hard to actually win anymore? Because... 3 Responses | Other threads

    • lapdance

      Chaunce Hayden's Strip Club Movie Revealed!

      If you're waiting anxiously for the Tucker Max movie release, you can look forward to this too: Jersey gossip Chaunce Hayden (pictured) has written a movie about stripper palace Scores. He sent us a summary! More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by katastic you can EAT ME IN HELL, SQUIRREL-KILLERS!!!!!: "Mammary mecca" is my new favorite phrase. I may get it tattooed somewhere.... 7 Responses | Other threads

    • Invitations

      You Should Go To Luke Russert's Inaug-Eve Partay

      Thick-necked celebrity son Luke Russert is having an Inauguration Eve party! For that black guy who won! Would you like to go? Here is the invitation. More »
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      By Richard

      Comment by Beautiful Stranger: Al Franken and Michelle Bachmann should co-host their own inauguration party for me and my fellow Minnesotan ex-patriates. That would make... 7 Responses | Other threads

    • Recessionomics

      Job Hunting Grows Ever More Cutthroat

      As the mobs of newly unemployed people tire of eating squirrel, they determine to do anything necessary to land that next job. Even if it means cheating on the world's easiest "personality test": More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by braak: I shall NEVER tire of eating squirrel. A man who is tired of eating squirrel is tired of LIFE. 20 Responses | Other threads

    • Crime

      Face-Slashing State Senator to be Seated Today

      Cops are leaking details of their investigation into incoming State Senator Hiram Monserrate's little face-slashing incident. More »
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      By Pareene

      Comment by Aaron Altman: This is so fucking sad. Even sadder that this douchebag was a fucking cop.... 4 Responses | Other threads

    • Jezebel

      Brad Pitt In W: The Angie Vs. Jen Controversy Is "Created"

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    • Sonja Kohn

      Financier's Life Becomes Crazy Spy Movie

      Movie idea: the daughter of Jewish refugees flees Europe for Wall Street, strikes it rich, gains billionaire mobster clients, but is then forced into hiding by a deal gone wrong. Bonus: it's a true story. More »
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      By Hamilton Nolan

      Comment by keithsherwood: After finding that a VP of an American hotel chain was gunned down in broad daylight blocks from me in 14 Responses | Other threads

    • Hoaxes

      Oprah Deigns to Acknowledge Herman Rosenblat Hoax

      Infallible God that she is, Oprah never makes a mistake. No, what happens is that people make mistakes near her and then her gravitational pull forces them close to her. Like Herman Rosenblat's lying! More »
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      By Richard

      Comment by Private Hangnail: My problem with the story wasn't the lies or Oprah but rather the choice of food that was lobbed over... 5 Responses | Other threads

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