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Reporters in peril
Hillary Clinton Asks North Korea to Forgive Reporters for Non-Crime
Hillary Clinton has carefully, publicly sought "amnesty" for Laura Ling and Euna Lee, who have been sentenced to 12-years in a North Korean labor camp. Insane, yes, except it's the best shot at getting the Current journalists back home. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ChillbearLatrigue: I'm not a big H. Clinton supporter - big surprise - but this is the mother of all no-win scenarios.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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twitterati
Twittering a Bodily Collapse — and a Rescue
A tech marketer saved his nephew; a tech writer was rescued by an ambulance. The Twitterati saw the whole thing. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by belltolls: Dan Abrams: I saw you on television recently and it looked like you have recently been sleeping on a park... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Pic Of The Day
Electric Avenue
[Electric cars for the use of world leaders and their entourages at the G8 conferernce are lined up for a "family photo" in L'Aquila, Italy; image via Getty]
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By John CookComment by ChillbearLatrigue: Can we please stop the madness. Electric cars are more efficient than their internal combustion counterparts, but you are just... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Week in Review
The Week We Were The Fish Slime and the Dirt Under the Fingernails
Very few famous people died this week! (Though, to be fair, a couple of them still did.) So we passed the time worrying about other things. More » -
Rant
Are We In A Villain Recession?
It's no secret this summer's list of blockbusters has been a lackluster collection of underachievers. But who's to blame for this debacle? We point a stern finger at the weak collection of villains. Just check out our list of indictments. [io9]
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Comment by ThisDudeRufus: I'm sure ROACH is doing it's best to fill the gap. But we may need an enlistment drive. Maybe a... 14 Responses | Other threads
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rumormonger
Are Michael Wolff and Victoria Floethe Done?
Have Michael Wolff and Victoria Floethe broken up? That's what we hear! If true — and please tell us, either way — it's a tragic end to a fairy tale romance that enchanted even the most jaded of observers. More »
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By PareeneComment by Pope John Peeps II: I guess the lesson we can learn from this that a Wolff can Floethe for a while, but always ends... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Wonderings
Would Brüno Be Possible Without Borat?
Finally Brüno comes out today, earning only middling praise from Borat-chuffed critics. And it makes us wonder: What if Brüno had come out first? Would Sacha Baron Cohen exist in the same way he does now? More » -
rumormonger
Is Eric Schmidt Hanging Out with His Ex-Girlfriend Again?
Google's CEO was once thought to be quite serious about Marcy Simon; Eric Schmidt's sometime PR consultant was spotted wearing an engagement ring. Then, a breakup and talk of another woman. But the pair have reportedly reached a new accommodation. More » -
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Crime
Shepard Fairey Never Needs to Go to Boston Again
Shepard "OBEY Obama" Fairey has pleaded guilty to vandalism charges in Boston, and he's getting off easy. Boston, on the other hand... More »
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Comment by Spirit Fingers: Let's face it, he was going to have a hell of a time in the clink with a name like... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Danger
Obama Protecting Cheney
Unlike former Presidents, former Vice Presidents don't get Secret Service protection. (No one's ever gonna take a shot at Quayle.) Except one! A certain mean old man still gets a taxpayer-funded security detail. More »
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By PareeneComment by xhack: That prototype Segway is fueled on pure anger 11 Responses | Other threads
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Vacations
Frolicking in beach sand will sicken you with fecal contamination. Just give up.
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Downsizing
Website Shrinks Self into a Twitter Stream
If failing print publications go online-only, what can struggling websites do, short of closing? Turn into microblogs, naturally. It seems to be working for AdWeak, the advertising world's own Onion. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by belltolls: This could work for many information sites. Tom Petty said it best: the wading is the hardest part. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Really
Come On
Mediaite henchperson Rachel Sklar: "No one is paying me to tweet this out from my personal Twitter. I just happen to like this sponsored post. [LINK]." For fuck's sake.
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Comment by RachelSklar: Oh, for fuck's sake, indeed. Remember when you interviewed me for PR Week, Hamilton? You know, when you worked there?... 5 Responses | Other threads
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Mixed bag
10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
Many weeks, we come across stupid stuff on TV that might fall through the cracks. In Mixed Bag, we collect those odds and ends, for a multimedia compilation of pop culture crap. [Jezebel] -
journalismism
NYT Blog Tries to Unpublish 'One of the Best Kept Secrets in Brooklyn.' Fails.
Yesterday, the New York Times' blog about the Fort Greene neighborhood published a post on a "secret underground climbing gym" in Brooklyn. Today, they took the post down. For a preposterous reason! Now it's getting way more attention. More » -
Jobs
Arianna Huffington's Hypocrisy on 'Un-American' Outsourcing
Back in 2004, Arianna Huffington didn't have a well-funded, fast-growing internet publishing empire. So she could afford to call the hiring of foreign workers a "crime against America." You'll never guess what Huffington is doing today. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Aaron Altman: Predicted response: "But I'm paying them in American dollars, Mr. Tate. I'm doing my bit for king and country!" 3 Responses | Other threads
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Forensics
A Frame-by-Frame Analysis of Obama's Alleged Ass-Peek
ABC News has come up with video purporting to prove that Barack Obama did not lasciviously check out a woman's ass in Rome yesterday. We undertook a Zapruder treatment and determined that he probably did, but had no choice. More »
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By John CookComment by resipsaloquacious: As always, Cook, your work is excellent and thorough. However, I was hoping for additional info re: the identity... 8 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
Bill Keller's Had Enough of Your 'Jokes.' Jerk
In your famous Friday media column: exclusive thoughts from Steven Brill on the future of paid online newspapers, Rebecca Dana gets a new job, newspapers die and thrive, and Bill Keller will never be on the Daily Show again. More »
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Comment by lawyergay: On first sight, that Rebecca Dana headcut looked like a still from Norwegian supergroup A-Ha's "Take On Me" video. more » | Other threads
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open caption
"I'm 50. And Mostly Like to Stretch."
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Marketing
Harry Potter Does Not Get Its Romantic Ideals from Twilight, Thank You Very Much
Supernatural-obsessed youngsters are delicate creatures to cater to. Just ask the producers of Harry Potter and Twilight. The juggernauts often square off in ideological combat, but when it comes to their movies, they mostly stay far away from each other. More » -
Moguls
Sun Valley's Mogul Parade
Barry Diller is cornering guys in the bushes, Harvey Weinstein is "stress eating" and Tom Freston's wife is letting it all hang loose. Here's a gallery of the summer fun you're missing at Allen & Co.'s annual Sun Valley schmoozefest. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Anthony_Underscore: Firefly honcho Tom Freston's yoga-loving wife Kathy seems to have forgotten to pack a bra Tom's wearing it. more » | Other threads
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declarations
Peggy Noonan's Snappy Answers to Stupid Palin Defenses
Peggy Noonan is not sad to see Sarah Palin go. In fact, the Reagan speechwriter and well-respected prose stylist and American public intellectual would like Ms. Palin to continue to go even further, away from politics. More »
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By PareeneComment by HiredGoons: "She makes the party look stupid, a party of the easily manipulated." Pareene, this is the definition of inclusive. 5 Responses | Other threads
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Kari ferrell
Hipster Grifter Catching Mad Charges, In Utah
Just when you were about to give up on life, there's a Hipster Grifter news update! Kari Ferrell had more charges filed against her out in Utah yesterday. Let's learn about them!
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Comment by resipsaloquacious: Why did mike68128 quote the word tramp? 9 Responses | Other threads
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Clips
Joe Jackson Eyes Paris & Blanket's Potential As Performers
On Good Morning America, Joe Jackson said he and his wife should get custody of Michael Jackson's kids, but moments later he presented the best evidence against his involvement in their lives. Clip at left. [Jezebel] -
Erotica
Anderson Cooper's Mom Would Like to Talk to You About Blow Jobs
Would you like to hear Gloria Vanderbilt, 85-year-old mother of CNN silverfox Anderson Cooper, talk about "sucking cock"? Good, because you can! Vanderbilt's naughty book called Obession: An Erotic Tale has an audio version. Here's a sample via Newsweek. More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: If this "sucking cock" is going to give me cheekbones like that at age 85, I think I know what... 10 Responses | Other threads
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outrage
Proud Reputations of L.A, Television, Fox Destroyed by Harlot
Body-displaying sex symbol Jillian Barberie Reynolds still has a job as a, heh, "weather and lifestyle anchor" on Fox TV in L.A., while actual journalists are getting laid off. How long will we allow sexy ladies to defile our televisions? More »
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Comment by sarrible: Oh good, she's having another baby. So that means another round of NutriSystem commercials where she announces, "I'm not like... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Racism friday
Nazi Facebook Alarmingly Popular With Boys in Uniform
Did you know that White Supremacists have their own social networking site? And that 40 of its users claim to be active duty military personnel? Yes, well. Is the rule against fascism enforced as stringently as the one against gays?
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By PareeneComment by goetz: Featuring quizzes like "Which Third Reich leader are you?" 4 Responses | Other threads
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Trade Roundup
Mel Gibson Hoping You'll Pay $12 to Watch Him Have Conversations with a Puppet
Mel Gibson announces his next big movie role, and it's a strange one. The Green Lantern movie narrows its potential leads down to three curious choices, and little beaver Jon Heder has landed a TV show on cable. More » -
Politics
Young Republican Leader Audra Shay Is Crazy, Illiterate, Racist
38-year-old Young Republican leader Audra Shay got in some trouble for lol-ing at racism. She is standing tough, though! So it is time to go back and find all the other crazy in her Facebook feed, for our own lulz.
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By PareeneComment by TheHonJudgeSmails: Pretty sure I believe her original defense: that she was responding to the crazy racists first and non-racist comment... not... 15 Responses | Other threads
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"Next Scratch Behind Her Ears. She Likes That."
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Blind Items
Which Weird Actor Will Compliment You On Your Pants In the Hopes of Getting In Them?
Today we have an actor who's not very good at hitting on women, another actor who is not very good at getting movie work apparently, and a third actor who seems nice but is secretly a cheat. More » -
Gossip Roundup
Britney Spears: Almost a Jew
Britney is converting to Judaism, Gwyneth is brainwashing her GOOP death cult into thinking that a cleansed colon is the way to God, Jeremy Piven preaches the horrors of fish and Katy Perry frolics in a bikini in Turkey. More »
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Comment by Nice Beaver: Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha'olam Borei peri ha-gafen, Y'all! Woot woot! 8 Responses | Other threads
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things we actually like
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
"Wet Sunglasses" is a series of photographs by Sebastian Szwajczak of people wearing glasses in wet conditions. The complete series can be viewed here. [via Ashley Simko]
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Comment by jacobestes: I didn't even notice she was wearing glasses until I read the caption. Gorgeous. more » | Other threads
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