<![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, different strokes for different folks]]> http://tags.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gawker.com.png <![CDATA[Gawker: defamer, different strokes for different folks]]> http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/differentstrokesfordifferentfolks http://gawker.com/tag/defamer/differentstrokesfordifferentfolks <![CDATA[Scientology a Prime Suspect in Gossip Columnist's Isaac Hayes Postmortem]]> After getting through a remarkably quiet week without a single controversy or racketeering lawsuit, the Church of Scientology was dealt another bruising body blow with Isaac Hayes's death over the weekend. As much as the Church is expected to miss the singer/songwriter's hot buttered soul and totemic cultural presence, Hayes's "friend" and generally unreliable Fox source Roger Friedman notes in today's touching eulogy how the Church wrung every last cent from subpar live performances after his 2006 stroke.

And seeing as such allegations clearly wouldn't be insidious enough to defend his late pal's honor, Friedman stops a gold chain link short of blaming the Church outright for Hayes's death:

There are a lot of questions still to be raised about Isaac Hayes’ death. Why, for example, was a stroke survivor on a treadmill by himself? What was his condition? What kind of treatment had he had since the stroke? Members of Scientology are required to sign a form promising they will never seek psychiatric or mental assistance. But stroke rehabilitation involves the help of neurologists and often psychiatrists, not to mention psychotropic drugs — exactly the kind Scientology proselytizes against.

Ugh! Such ugliness — on the night of Celebrity Center's 39th anniversary gala and everything! And just when the Tomfather was getting ready to go legit, too. These guys can't win for losing.

]]> http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5035779&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Gary Coleman Tied Knot, Popped Cherry, Then Promptly Devoured His Prey]]> A (lucky!) redhead named Shannon Price agreed to marry and deflower Diff'rent Strokes star-turned-punchline Gary Coleman in what really we're hoping is an elaborate stunt to convince Vh1 execs to shoot a pilot episode for Strange Love 2: Short And Sweet. Taking a cue from the destructive relationship between Flavor Flav and Brigitte Nielsen, it seems that domestic abuse is just one of the many fun activities going on at Casa Coleman since married life began! The NY Post reports that Price told Inside Edition that:

"[Gary] lets his anger conquer him sometimes. He throws things around, and sometimes he throws it in my direction.'"

Fun! We hope Shannon gets her chance every now and then to throw "things" back at Gary, like maybe those Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout Willis bobblehead dolls. If that fails, she can always forego physical abuse and instead walk down the primrose path of mental cruelty, perhaps by suggesting that MC Hammer's infomercials were kinda hotter than Gary's for CashCall. We can only assume Gary's been following the advice from his own commercials' tagline: "Pay your bills on time and everyone will love you." Even a 22 year-old flame-haired masochist.

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