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Hugsnubbers
Obama's Glad Bono Refused To Hug George Bush
World Savior, Futuristic Superhero, and pioneer in the field of Mononames, Bono, dished last night on a BBC show a nice little anecdote: he dodged a hug from George W. Bush, once, and Obama was there to congratulate him. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by ChillbearLatrigue: Then why was it cool for President Obama to accept Bush's love? Hypocrisy! 5 Responses | Other threads
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Gluttony Today
Frank Bruni Glorifies Kiddie Bulimia, Makes Our Tummy Hurt
In today's Times Magazine, former restaurant critic Frank Bruni vomits up a lot verbiage to describe how he'd purge his meals Roman-style in an effort to eat more, at the age of 1! Whoa, this is one bloated cover story. More »
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Comment by God: He's Catholic, amirite? Now if only he would whip himself with a bunch of birch twigs once in a while.... more » | Other threads
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Gossip Roundup
Jon Gosselin: Never Getting In Minetta Tavern On My Watch, But Can Go To Mars 2012 Any Day
Jon, Kate, and the Cabal of 8 hit the streets of New York and their crew's already beefing with people. Also, Robert Pattinson's a shitty tipper, 50 Cent's a shitty real estate buyer, Mischa Barton's sad and crazy. Happy Sunday!
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By Foster KamerComment by secretagentman: Pattinson is British, worst tippers second only to Germans. It's in his DNA. As for Arquette, what's 'nuts" is... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Accidents
San Francisco MUNI Crashes, Several Injured, World Maybe Ending
Jesus. Two San Francisco MUNI light rail trains collided earlier this afternoon; officials are counting over 44 to 60 injured. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by AldisCaffeina: there are not many "vegan libertarians" on that line. more like packs of loud, annoying, cute asian schoolkids, and... 7 Responses | Other threads
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stanley-watch
NYT's Error-Prone Alessandra Stanley's Splashy Return To (Bad) Form With Cronkite Death
Oh, Alessandra Stanley. As far as newspaper idols go, you're my dreamboat. I loved your shoot-first, fact-check-over-the-dead-body-last approach to writing, but then you stopped doing it. But coming back to old-school-you over Walter Cronkite's appraisal? You're the prodigal-daughter of error. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by homovegetarian: when she isn't making errors, she's just being stupid. i thought i was alone in my bitter dislike, apparently... 5 Responses | Other threads
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too soon?
Don't Rain On Cronkite's Parade, Old Man!
The World's Oldest Man died at age 113 today in what we hope is not a publicity stunt to steal Walter Cronkite's thunder. His secret to longevity? Tons of smoking, boozing and sexing up the ladies. They all say that! More »
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Comment by skahammer: Dude was born before Nabokov, Borges, Hemingway, Beckett, and Faulkner -- all men who led long lives but who nevertheless... 5 Responses | Other threads
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The Worst Is Over
CEO Finally Free Of His Sex-Crazed Swedish Countess Divorcée To The Tune Of $50 Million
There's an old joke about the difference between prostitution and sex being that you're paying someone to go away in the morning. That said, if you're married to Swedish countess Marie Douglas-David, it officially costs $50M to kick her out. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by Trixie from Toronto: Exactly how much sex did she want? How much is too much? Just ... errrr ... curious. 3 Responses | Other threads
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Evolution of God
God and Satan Square Off As Episcopal Church Blesses Gay Unions
Episcopalians may implode on themselves in bloody civil war. As the only religion to step into the 21st Century, the U.S. Episcopal Church has declared Hell Yes to blessing same-sex unions. The global church is a-gonna raise hell. More »
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Comment by htotheomo: Are you sure the Unitarian church hasn't already done this? Or Reform Judaism? 7 Responses | Other threads
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Jailhouse cold-clocked
Fight Club-Inspired 17 Year-Old Starbucks Bomber Suckerpunched In Jail
Cops busted the teenage punk behind a Fight Club-aping Upper East Side Starbucks bombing that was like a bad issue of Adbusters come to life. Well, happy endings: he got what he wanted in prison: punched. Also, Starbucks and booze? More »
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By Foster KamerComment by SarahHeartburn: How cool. Lucky he didn't kill or maim an innocent person. Hey, I get a rash every time I pass... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Everybody's Doing It
The Week In Orgies: Oprah's Sex Cruise & Eyes Wide Shut LIVE
The owner of a British manor house is stunned when recent renters host a masked ball that turns orgiastic, and Oprah's gala cruise for her staff turns into floating bathhouse. Ah, the summer of love... More »
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Comment by skahammer: The only masked sex orgies I get invited to end at nine sharp. What am I doing wrong? 2 Responses | Other threads
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Remembrances
How Did The President, Famous People, New Media React To Cronkite's Death?
Roundups of Cronkite-death reactions are bound to include the President's personal memories, and Dan Abrams trashing personal memories. Also, Shaq's sword, Clooney's sad, Jeff Jarvis is so over this, Sarah Palin's rainbows, and Kelly Bundy has something to say. More »
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By Foster KamerComment by Soup: I think Abrams hit the nail right on the head. It's not about me, you or Abrams, but sadly that's... 12 Responses | Other threads
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VideUhOh
Susan Boyle's Campaign to Win Next Year's Razzie
Eking out a 16th minute, housefrump-turned-household-name Susan Boyle sits with Today to voice soundbits with all the enthusiasm of a funeral director. Once more, with feeling, Suze! And Cowell, send her to Lee Strasberg, stat!
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Comment by Lazy Susan: This featured comment thing is a hoot. There's like this storm of feathers going on in the background -... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Clips
On The Mark: Bill Maher Compares Mark Sanford's, Mark Foley's Love Letters
On last night's Real Time With Bill Maher, Maher decided to compare and contrast the mash notes sent by Gov. Mark Sanford to his mistress with texts sent by former Congressman Mark Foley to male Congressional pages. Clip at left. [Jezebel]
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By hortenseComment by DutchessOfDork: I have an amazing crush on Bill Maher. I need help. 8 Responses | Other threads
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"No, what I said was, 'I want you to THROW your hotdog down my HALLWAY.'"
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Deathmerchants 'R' Us
"Hey, Little Jim, Tiny Sally: Get Your Brains Blown Out In Iraq"
Fresh after this week's sobering slideshow of our troops in the Middle East, Matchbox toys comes out with an oddball ad campaign to spark kids' war fantasies of returning home draped in the American flag. More »
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Comment by Foster Kamer: Little Kailee looks so are-we-there-yet bored, like she'd rather be on the ground attaching electrodes to someone or something. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Flackery
Meghan McCain Won't Share Ticket With 'Dumbass' Joe The Plumber
Setting an example for children of royalty, everywhere, Megan McCain wants people to know that the help should stick to being the help after explaining what depths Joe The Plumber should intellectually excavate next. Hint: It's near his plumber's crack.
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By Foster KamerComment by pony_express: The Megan Fox of politics. 2 Responses | Other threads
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Gossip Roundup
Tom Cruise Defies The Gravity Of Katie Holmes And Their Destiny Child
Where Tom Cruise and Beyonce meet in the middle. Where Jennifer Anniston terrifies West Villagers with her half-speed biological clock. Where Jon Gosselin's girlfriend terrifies virginal high school boys. Where Andy's Dick's Little One speaks. Your Saturday Late-Edition Gossip Roundup: More »
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By Foster KamerComment by Trixie from Toronto: Lucas Dick is also somewhat attractive. I cannot believe someone actually had sex with Andy Dick and then, shockingly, produced... 4 Responses | Other threads
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Disasters
Pepsi on Jackson's Hairfire: Whatevs and 'Refresh Everything'
If they only had a heart. Upon seeing this week's spine-tingling video of Michael Jackson's '84 Pepsi ad accident, Pepsi and vid director Bob Giraldi don't give a shit. The international moment of dead pop star respect is officially finito.
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Books
Deleting is Publishing, And Amazon Never Removed 1984 From Your Kindle
Is Amazon.com just trying to be creepy? It's already headed by a "chuckling maniac" being sued over defective Kindles and swindling newspapers on the e-book reader. Now his company is quietly deleting people's Kindle books. It's Orwellian. Literally. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Kurt Roithinger: http://bit.ly/vy863 search for the comment by amazon kindle customer service. what happened here was this: 1. publisher put up a book that... 17 Responses | Other threads
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sad things
Do These Men Deserve to Be the Highest Paid Comedians?
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Week in Review
The Week We Continued Worrying and Didn't Learn to Love Megan Fox
This week, junior mogul Jared Kushner found love, no one found work, and a teleprompter and a local artist died. More » -
Creative underclass
Meet Perez Hilton's Ghost
Meet Barbara Lavandeira, or, as she's known online, PerezHilton.com. She's actually pretty normal, when not pretending to be her brother. More » -
Potter-mania
The Homosexual Undertones of the Half-Blood Prince
A major challenge in Harry Potter 6 is that the teenage wizard had the ability to get a boner. So how did the kid-friendly franchise deal with the prickly issue of teenage sexuality? Splendidly! But perhaps in an unintended direction.
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Real Estate Porn
Twitter Co-Founder Moving Out of Minimalist 'Poet's Cottage'
Biz Stone is selling his two-bedroom home in the Berkeley Hills. The Twitter co-founder didn't say why "it's time to move;" maybe to live closer to Twitter HQ in San Francisco, or maybe he's just outgrown this artist's hovel. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Pope John Peeps II: This reminds me of the time when John Ashberry sold his tri-plex in downtown Seattle and left his high paying... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Pic Of The Day
"It's Not the Cantina, But It's a Start."
[Boba Fett! Playing an accordion! On 10th Ave and 20th Street! Whee. Image via Holly Northrop's Flickr]
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Comment by Mr. Bar: I wonder if he knows any Tigres Del Norte songs. 4 Responses | Other threads
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War
The Pictures From Afghanistan You Never See
There's a war on. You probably knew that, in the sense that you read somewhere about a major offensive in Afghanistan. But if you're like us, you haven't seen many photos. It looks like Vietnam over there. More »
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By John CookComment by lawyergay: Is this some kind of snarky joke that I don't understand because I'm too old or because I have read... 8 Responses | Other threads
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Advertisement
"Plankton My Ass."
Got dayum you kids are sassy. But the drippiest, funkiest, sassiest zing of the week comes from momof3wildkids with this gem of an exchange on Shark! Shark! Shark!: More » -
Valleywag
Slouching Toward a Coddled and Toothless Blogosphere
Remember when blogs were going to be fiercely independent firebrands who, purified of old media insidery stench, would pull no punches against traditional power structures? So much for that. Today's laptop media is shaping up to be nothing but lapdogs. More » -
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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Freedom ain't free
Jon's Kate-Free Upper West Side Sex Pavilion
Jon Gosselin has finally settled on a place in New York! After considering a Trump building, the divorcing reality star has opted for The Alexandria, on 72nd between Broadway and West End. Two bedroom place = twice the ladies!
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Comment by lawyergay: Sweet Christ that's one ugly piece of bricks, mortar, drywall, and Gosselin-semen-encrusted plate glass. When did buildings get so godawful in... 17 Responses | Other threads
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Exclusive
Perez Hilton: In My Defense, I Don't Actually Write That Crap
It's an open secret that Perez Hilton can't be bothered to blog all day long anymore. But for some reason he's never copped to using ghost writers. Until now.
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