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recaps
Real World Cancun: Please Don't Spit In My Taco
Oh, Mexico. Land of sand and ruins. Place of history and blood. Of vines and mountains. Mexico: where you can get drunk at a laser lightshow nightclub and then spit in your roommate's taco and no one bats an eyelash. More »
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Comment by DahlELama: I still can't get over the pronunciation of Jonna. The only other person I've ever known with that name spelled... 3 Responses | Other threads
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inside baseball
Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script
Yesterday we posted Sony's take on why Moneyball, the Soderbergh/Pitt film based on Michael Lewis' book, died five days before shooting was to start. Now someone close to the project has provided us with a different version of events.
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Comment by Flippyjack: I hope they find financing and make that damn movie. Do you realize? Billy Beane (the Pitt character) is gay.... 7 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Dead Bodies, Beach Bodies, Weddings & Monkeys
It's Wednesday, so this is Midweek Madness, our tabloid roundup. Star was the only rag without Michael Jackson on the covers this week, maybe hoping people prefer "Beach Bodies" to untimely death? Step inside for more weeklies, after the jump. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by Dodgergirl: Justin Ross Lee, "an up and coming Facebook celebrity," sat next to Ashley Olsen on an airplane, took pictures of... 10 Responses | Other threads
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moneyball
Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made
The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on Moneyball says that Steven Soderbergh changed the original script because he didn't want anything in the movie that didn't actually happen. So Billy Beane isn't a sweaty, foul-mouthed, Hooters waitress slayer? [Deadspin]
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Comment by Steve U: Chip Lambert knows exactly what this script needs: more breasts. 2 Responses | Other threads
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flackery
The Best and Worst Press Release of All-Time
Over the course of any single day, Gawker receives numerous press releases, many of them ridiculous and sad. This one may be the most ridiculous and sad we've ever seen. Poor John Ratzenberger.
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Comment by MisterHippity: MEDIA ALERT: John Ratzenberger Is Getting Laid at This Very Moment! John Ratzenberger, from the hit show Cheers, is inserting his... 7 Responses | Other threads
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8 Is Enough
Jon & Kate: The Writing On The Wall
Last night's episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8 was a compilation, looking back on the (now divorcing) couple's decade-long marriage. After viewing past seasons, we made our own compilation of the obvious indicators that their union was in trouble. [Jezebel]
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By TracieComment by femputer: holy shit, I've never seen any of this show either. She was straight-up abusive!! People say, oh, she... 42 Responses | Other threads
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sad things
Joe Jackson: Plugging Away
Oh, Joe Jackson. Deceased Michael's monster of a father held a press conference today with Al Sharpton in which he managed tolovingly honor his tragically-fated sonpromote his "record company" and just appear all around looney-tunes. More »
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Comment by Scout 3.0: And he and his wife want the kids and the MJ estate with all of the merchandising rights. 19 Responses | Other threads
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first impressions
Hung and Nurse Jackie: Shows We'll Warily Watch
So who watched Hung last night? HBO's latest installment in its string of series depicting lives lived on the fringes of America is about a well-endowed gym teacher who becomes a gigolo to earn some extra cash. It was... good? More »
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Comment by Voyou_Charmant: Hung was not so good. I turned it off half way though. 1) Self loathing womanizer with a dry sarcastic wit.... 5 Responses | Other threads
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pyt?
BET Awards: Lil Wayne Performs Inappropriate Song With Underage Girls
Last night's BET Awards were rearranged at the last minute to serve as a celebration of Michael Jackson's life. For the finale, Lil Wayne sang that he wishes he could "fuck every girl in the world" while onstage with pre-teens. [Jezebel]
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By TracieComment by aftercancer: Ewww, how the hell do we get people to stop listening to shit like 'Lil Wayne and that song? 25 Responses | Other threads
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Evil, Pure and Simple
Why Is CAA Doing Market Research On Michael Jackson's Death?
Monolithic agency CAA is in all kinds of cookie jars, taking percentages of all kinds of famous cookies' salaries. But did you know about their market research firm...that's crowdsourcing answers on Michael Jackson's death the night after it happened?
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By Foster KamerComment by SpyMagician: I don't know what they are researching, but at the end of this process and the powerpoints there will be... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Pop Culture Aneurysm
Bret Easton Ellis Thinks The Hills Is "A Modern Masterpiece"
So: Bret Easton Ellis is on the cover of expensive Amsterdam-based magazine Fantastic Man, drinking a Diet Coke. In it, he calls the soul-sucking experience that is The Hills "the greatest show that I have ever seen in my life."
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By Foster KamerComment by naboo: This is all true. The magazine is also A MONTH old. Slow Sunday? 3 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]
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By TracieComment by save jinger: I'm sorry, does that e-mail say "You cleaning me"? 10 Responses | Other threads
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moments
The Boy with the Yellow Rose Speaks
Harvey Kindlon, the 11-year-old Boy with the Yellow Rose from London, loves singing and acting. He also likes to meet celebrities! We spoke to the poised youngster over the phone to get his side of the crazy Megan Fox story.
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Comment by FormerEnglishMajor: If he was 10 years older, his activities would be less "cute" and more "temporary restraining order". 7 Responses | Other threads
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generations
The Youngs Will Destroy the Hills They Created
And you thought all teens and twentysomethings were shallow wastoids. Turns out they hate The Hills and other muck same as you. At least execs at MTV are hoping that's true, as they've just completely restructured based on that assumption.
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Comment by Conchie Birdie: 16 and pregnant was a little too sad for my taste. I think they need to find a happy medium... 3 Responses | Other threads
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cockroaches
Perez Hilton Growing More Vile By the Second
Today one of the biggest stars in the history of the world died. How did the internet's self-proclaimed "Queen of all Media" respond? By accusing Michael Jackson of faking the whole thing.
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Comment by ellagood: perez is such a pathetic fucking excuse for a human being. boycott him. don't visit that bullshit site. once again i offer:... 19 Responses | Other threads
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deaths
Michael Jackson Dies at 50
Updated The King of Pop Michael Jackson has passed away, according to TMZ, after suffering cardiac arrest at his Los Angeles home. Paramedics arrived on the scene but were unable to revive him. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Fry_Bread_Power: I'm just waiting for the comment thread containing song titles puns to begin... 32 Responses | Other threads
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recaps
Real World Cancun: The Y'alls of Montezuma
Like an ocean breeze mingling with the scent of cheap fajitas, last night the Real World: Cancun swept into our lives. Not with a bang or a whimper, but some strange harmony in between. Yes, I said harmony! More »
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Comment by Freddie DeBoer: Did anybody else feel a sense of vague menace the whole time? I couldn't shake the feeling of impending doom... 1 Responses | Other threads
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missed connections
Megan Fox's Shunned Flower Child Found!
Yesterday we told you Kodak was offering $5000 to anyone who could track down the boy with the rose who was shunned by Megan Fox recently. Well it looks as though one of our readers found him—On Facebook!
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Comment by CaptainFantastic: I'm catching a vibe as to why he was only giving her a yellow "friend" rose. 8 Responses | Other threads
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face in the crowd
Help Make a Young Man's Megan Fox Fantasies Come True
Have you heard the tragic tale of the Boy With the Yellow Rose, the teen who was swatted away by Megan Fox as he tried to hand her a flower? Well now the hunt is on to find the lad. More »
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Comment by bytememehard: I'm not a lip-reader, but is that kid saying "Fuck me"? 5 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Angelina's Twins Are Sick; Real Housewife Sex Tape Secrets
Welcome back to Midweek Madness! It's been a long time since every single magazine had a different main image. Inside? Mostly the same old bullshit. We did learn new details about Angelina's babies, Aniston's date and a Gosselin tell-all book. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by Trulymadlyme: "Jen will never last with someone who doesn't drink. She loves her margarita Sundays." For the second day in... 10 Responses | Other threads
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crime
Danielle Staub's Rap Sheet
The Smoking Gun has tracked down the court files from Real "Cokewhore" of New Jersey Danielle Staub's 1986 federal prosecution for extortion and cocaine possession. She was arrested with six kilos of coke and $16,000 cash in plain view.
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By John CookComment by resipsaloquacious: Wow... a woman pulls herself up by her bootstraps to evade prison, get clean, raise a family and become a... 14 Responses | Other threads
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shockers
The Transformers Sequel Is Loud, Obnoxious, and Loud
As it lurches toward us, metal gears clanking and whirring like Larry King at a mixer, early reviews of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen come trickling in. The word? Basically it's loud and garish and, worst of all, not fun.
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Comment by sweetpickles: The cartoon movie from '86 was a lot edgier and engaging as a story than the live action Transformers from... 6 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
So Much for the Kinder, Gentler Perez Hilton
So here's how Perez Hilton's weekend ended: The gossip blogger ended up punched in the face and bleeding outside a Toronto club around 3 a.m., after calling singer Will.I.Am a "gay... fag." So much for a new, nicer Hilton. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by lakk: I am completely unsympathetic to Perez Hilton. I'm just surprised this didn't happen sooner. 7 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]
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By TracieComment by EKane: I watched that episode of 16 and Pregnant earlier but I missed that clip. I felt really bad for the... 9 Responses | Other threads
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hills 3:16
The Passion Of The Hills: What's Next For Lauren And Speidi
While Lauren Conrad tries to leverage her Hills fame into a "writing" career, Heidi and Spencer have already found their next costar: God. [Jezebel]
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By Anna N.Comment by I stole you prozac: Constructive criticism: Try posting about Hills related individuals less often. I love this site, but inwardly groan when I... 9 Responses | Other threads
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explanations
Danny DeVito Addresses His Proclivity for Public Drunkenness
Danny DeVito was a guest on Letterman's show last night and Letterman took the opportunity to ask DeVito about his most recent episode of public drunkenness. More » -
publishing
The Facebook Status Update That Could End Up a Movie
Sure, people have made books out of tweet collections and websites about emails and fatty foods, but has anyone parlayed a lone Facebook update into old-media glory? This might actually happen, insanely enough.
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By Ryan TateComment by Blue Plate Special: Hear that sound? That's dozens of unemployed screenwriters shooting themselves in the head. 5 Responses | Other threads
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midweek madness
This Week In Tabloids: Britney's Getting Married; Kate's Smacking The Kids
Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we learn that Britney's engaged; Kate's a distracted mom and The Hills makes you bulimic. [Jezebel]
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By DodaiComment by Penny: Fuck you, Pratt. I am so tired of people trivializing EDs. And no recently recovered bulimic would pose... 36 Responses | Other threads
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recaps
Real Housewives of New Jersey: You Wouldn't Like Teresa When She's Angry
Things disappear so quickly these days. They just fleet past, like car lights out on the Turnpike. I'm speaking, of course, of the premature end of Real Housewives of New Jersey, a show that we'd only just gotten to know. More »
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Comment by billiejeanismylover: i really, really hope that danielle wasn't showing her daughters nude pix. i'm trying think of why else they would... 12 Responses | Other threads
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the speidi chronicles
Twitter Users Hate Heidi And Spencer
Heidi and Spencer were on Larry King Live last night, talking about their experiences on I'm a Celebrity…, and disliking Al Roker. But viewers' Tweets posted on the screen were far more entertaining than anything the Pratts had to say. [Jezebel]
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By TracieComment by Sputnik_Sweetheart: "What does Speidi think about the situation in Iran?" is definitely my favorite. I'm trying to imagine what the... 9 Responses | Other threads
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reality bites
Janice Dickinson Hasn't Taken A Dump In 7 Days
I related so much to Janice on last night's I'm a Celebrity… Being in a weird place, with a weird hole-in-the-floor latrine and no access to coffee, she's been constipated for a week — and can't stop talking about it. [Jezebel]
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By TracieComment by morninggloria: I once went for a full two weeks without pooping while on a camping trip across the Dakotas. I just... 18 Responses | Other threads
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feuds
David Letterman Apologizes to Sarah Palin Again
Reports have surfaced that David Letterman offered yet another apology to Sarah Palin at this afternoon's taping of his show set to air later tonight. He couldn't have made a bigger mistake. More »
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Comment by jodark: I think it's cool for him to applogize. What would you want him to do if he made the same... 16 Responses | Other threads
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mary, mary why ya buggin'?
Why Is Mary J. Blige Working With Chris Brown?
A Mary J. Blige song, "Stronger," featuring Chris Brown has leaked. It's interesting for several reasons: Blige was in a very public abusive relationship of her own. Secondly, evidence suggests that the track was recorded after the Brown/Rihanna incident. [Jezebel]
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By TracieComment by Jackiewsu: Why shouldn't she work with him? Sean Penn works, Sean Connery works, and so does Josh Brolin. ... 47 Responses | Other threads
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money for nothing
The Delicate Economics of Being Paid to Show Up
What we feared would happen last year has come to fruition. Celebrities are having a hard time commanding high appearance fees. A-listers still do all right, but everyone else? We're talking in the four-figure range. Depresso-rama!
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Comment by Spirit Fingers: It must be frightening to be out in the world with no known marketable skills, other than how "cool" the... 15 Responses | Other threads
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punching bags
Everyone's Just Gonna Rip on Heidi & Spencer Today
After Al Roker showed the reality baubles how it's done in his neck of the woods earlier, the gurgling pair were taken to task by the Furies at The View. Whoopi said they were gonna end up on the street. More »
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Comment by Fry_Bread_Power: When didn't Mother Theresa pose for Playboy? She clearly didn't see the '12 Saints for 12 Months'. the 'Naughty Nuns',... 2 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]
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By TracieComment by rednrowdy: see lydia, even though you didn't grow up in new york and you're a country girl from connecticut, your last... 6 Responses | Other threads
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health
Porn Industry HIV Scare Causes Non-Fun Facts to Come Out
After a female porn actress tested positive for HIV this week, health officials in LA disclosed a bunch of other previously unreported HIV cases in porn, and now people are getting vaguely freaked out.
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Comment by Mikey-B: Watching porn with condoms is about as annoying as having sex with condoms. 20 Responses | Other threads
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bizarre feuds
Literary Editor Has a Bone to Pick with the Gyllenhaals
Canatara Christopher—who runs the small book imprint that published a book of poems by Stephen Gyllenhaal, dad of Jake and Maggie—no longer seems to worship her famous friend. She sent an email around, revealing family secrets.
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Comment by Nice Beaver: She forgot "Stephen drives a silver car," and "Stephen sometimes, but not always(!), drinks tap water from a coffee mug... 7 Responses | Other threads
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internal memos
William Morris Agency Salary Figures Leak
An executive of hotshot talent agency William Morris made the mistake of faxing a memo containing the salaries of many of the firm's highest-paid employees, and now it's all up on the internet. Here's how much they make (a lot):
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Comment by fuzzywhat: Haha, I love it when this shit happens. The other day, someone printed their salary offer letter to MY printer... 4 Responses | Other threads
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girl talk
Megan Fox's 50 Best (& Worst) Bon Mots
The new Entertainment Weekly features a cover interview with Megan Fox. The loose-lipped star has demonstrated a knack for being quotable in the past. Here, we collect some of her more memorable remarks over the course of her short career. [Jezebel]
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By TracieComment by eri401: I like her. Maybe I am the only one on Jezebel who does? 30 Responses | Other threads
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