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• Will Tom Delay Have Sprayed-On Abs in the Dancing With the Stars Finale? [Cosmetics]

  This, and other burning questions, will terrorize you for nights on end after you read this article on the art of telegenic spray-tan sculpting. In a deeply troubling, highly humorous article in The...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:58am EST
  by Azaria Jagger

• Adam Lambert Fakes a Blow Job Onstage, Kicks a Lady Between the Legs [Precious Moments]

  Number of comments: 19
  America's favorite Is He or Isn't He?, Adam Lambert, likes it both ways, but mostly he likes it with men, in their mouths. Please allow him to show you exactly how, on television at the American...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:18am EST
  by Azaria Jagger

• Nobody Knows What to Do with a Female Teen Killer, Other Than Watch Her Creepy Videos [True Crime]

  Number of comments: 11
  As Alyssa Bustamante's cache of "Jackass stunt" videos resurface on YouTube, Missouri's penal system finds itself at its wits' end trying to accommodate a rare beast: the violent female juvenile...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:17am EST
  by Azaria Jagger

• "New Moon" Single-Handedly Saved the Movie Industry this Weekend [Trade Roundup]

  Number of comments: 9
  Anyone dreading another entertainment news cycle dominated by "Twilight," shut your eyes now: The sexy vampires of "New Moon" came, they saw, they earned $258.8 million worldwide last weekend. There...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:27am EST
  by Adrian Chen

• Jennifer Lopez Falls on Perfect Ass During AMAs [Ouch]

  Number of comments: 61
  Jennifer Lopez just fell during her performance at the American Music Awards, which now gives everyone an excuse to care about this poor-man's Grammys. Ouch. Feel better, J. Lo! Incidentally,...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 10:58pm EST
  by Adrian Chen

• The Senate Health Care Bill and the Politics of Printing [Polidicks]

  Number of comments: 12
  Ugh: So, single- vs. double-sided printing is now a health care issue. Republicans are lugging around copies of the health care bill to protest "big" government (HA)—but they are unsustainably...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:50pm EST
  by Adrian Chen

• Move Along, Folks, Nothing to See Here. Just a Minor Radiation Leak. [No Big Deal]

  Number of comments: 23
  Ho hum. Another day, another radiation leak at the infamous Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. Why are we even bothering to report this? It's so insignificant as far as these things go....

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:45pm EST
  by Adrian Chen

• British Sunday Times Writer Who Thinks New York City Pretty Much Sucks: A Formal Response [Cultural Divides]

  Number of comments: 150
  Oh, hello there, Stephanie Marsh of the Sunday Times. When you write an essay called "New York has lost its edge," and you live here, it's okay. When you're writing from London... The question...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:00pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Vampire Weekend! Twlight: New Moon Sucks Big Money from Wallets Worldwide [Vampires]

  Number of comments: 30
  Behold the power of the sparkly vampire. How much money do you think Robert Pattinson's dead-eyed stare brought into the people who birthed Twlight: New Moon into this world? Well, you're probably...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:30pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Bad News: Newspaper Circulations Going Up! [Print Is Dead]

  Number of comments: 25
  Circulation rates going up! That's great! Print's dying and someone's succeeding! THANK GOD. Except, not. While circulations go up, fewer people are getting newspapers circulated to them. How? For...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:45pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• NYT Editorial Board to Goldman Sachs CEO's Apology: Shove It [Wishful Thinking]

  Number of comments: 29
  Watching the NYT get feisty telling anyone to stick it up their ass (and use words like "absurd"): fun, even if it's Lloyd Blankfein. They end their editorial with the Bureau of the Public Debt's...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:12pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• This is How Your Major Label Pop Records are Made: By Stealing [Pop Culture Aneurysm]

  Number of comments: 91
  So, there's this band, Owl City, and they have songs, and teenagers like them. The song is basically a complete ripoff of the Postal Service, a great act. Given the chance to speak? More music...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 4:00pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: Gawker Weddings Get All Gangsta, Son [Altarcations]

  Awww yeeeah. Did you know people are rapping at weddings? You KNOW what this means. Phyllis Nefler's gonna throw down on some sick rhymes over Robert Woletz-produced beat of the NYT's Weddings &...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 3:00pm EST
  by Phyllis Nefler

• The Return of Pay Per Post: Your Twitter Feed (and Internet) is Just One Long, Subervisive Ad [The End Is Near]

  Number of comments: 3
  Remember the moment you knew MySpace was doomed? It came in the form of obnoxious ads. Which your Twitter stream is about to be. So: are you making that cash, or being cashed in on? Pay Per Post is...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 2:00pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Who is Gawker Media Overlord Nick Denton's New Neighbor? [Awesome Things]

  Number of comments: 82
  I must've inadvertently done a rain dance to the gossip gods yesterday, because here at Gawker Weekend HQ, Christmas is here. Not often do I get too many O RLY?! moments like this. Everyone, meet my...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:30pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart Would Rather Be Alone and Drunk Than With Twlight, Thanks [Gossip Roundup]

  Number of comments: 48
  RobPatz and K-Stew are doing it, a lot, instead of promotions. Jay-Z doesn't want to piss off Beyonce. Christie Brinkley: psycho. Diddy: birthday boy. Marv Albert Vs. 50 Cent? Fight of the year!...

  
  

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  Posted: November 22, 2009, 12:00pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Saturday Night Special [Saturday]

  Number of comments: 219
  We've survived through another wonderful, crazy Saturday. Seriously: crazy kids, crazy rock stars, crazy politicians, and just straight-up crazies. Glad we made it out okay. Here's your SNL open...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 10:15pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• All John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist. [American Psychos]

  Number of comments: 35
  No, seriously. John Mayer songs are great! Have you listened—like, really listened—to "Daughters"? That's a song. But why does John Mayer think it's awesome to give rapey quotes? It's...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 9:15pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Sarah Palin Now Pissing Off Everyone : Fans Boo Her, Martha Stewart Calls Her "Dangerous" [VideUhOh]

  Number of comments: 144
  Evil Twin-spawning Sarah Palin isn't catching any easy breaks lately. Should she? Better ask her fans who, oh wait, are now booing her. And when Martha Stewart calls you out, damn, you know you've...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:15pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons [Consumerism]

  Number of comments: 52
  I will refuse to acknowledge this season's hot trend in toys, electric Chinese hamsters, with anything but the following: 1. These forty words. 2. #WeHateYourKids. 3. Sigh. 4. #RichardGere. That is...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 7:30pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Glenn Beck's Scary Blueprint for World Domination in 2010, Unveiled: "The Plan" [Wtf]

  Number of comments: 83
  Glenn Beck's talking up some scary plan for 2010 lately. It's scary because Glenn Beck is talking. And today, Glenn Beck unveiled his 100-year plot to fundamentally change America—and...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:45pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Which Upper West Side Personality and 1983 Obama Roommate Needs a Memoir-Writing Assistant? [Blind Items]

  Number of comments: 46
  Blind items! They happen. Especially in Craigslist's depths, where inanity prevails in the form of, among other ways you never wanted to consider possible, job listings. So we want to know: which...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 5:30pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• The 99th Percentile Bowl: 2009's Harvard-Yale Game, A Compiled Air-to-Ground Report [Awesome Things]

  Number of comments: 50
  The Harvard-Yale game's a storied tradition for Ivy League grads who enjoy comparing degree sizes/names. For everyone else, it's an opportunity to watch America's Prestigious Ivy Grads try to act...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Who's Tucker Max Blaming For His Movie's Failure Now? [Failures]

  Number of comments: 52
  Oh, Tucker Max: he gave sleazy Encyclopedia Brotanica-eque website AskMen.com an interview. Given the chance to speak freely, he starts his egomanical blame game all over again. This time, blame:...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:30pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Color Me Impressed. [Noonanisms]

  Number of comments: 10
  Can Peggy Noonan drink coffee and type her Thanksgiving sermon simultaneously? Find out!

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 1:15pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• The Long Island Tween Justin Bieber Riot of '09: Pandemonium, Arrests, Terror-Tweeting [Riots]

  Number of comments: 80
  Do you know what a Justin Bieber is? You should: the 15 year-old star was read the riot act as 3,000 fans/parents descended on a Long Island mall, where his appearance had to be canceled. Fights!...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:45pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Michael Lohan and Jon Gosselin Actually Formed a Coalition of the Azzwizzards [Gossip Roundup]

  Number of comments: 32
  Kind of like a Harry Potter book, right? Michael Lohan's now Jon Gosselin's contracts expert. Nothing but squares at the Daily News. Robert Pattinson hates his life. Carrie Prejean: monumentally...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:30am EST
  by Foster Kamer

• The Levi Johnston Playgirl Photos Are Out [Levi's Johnston Watch]

  Number of comments: 111
  Here's your first peek at the Levi Johnston photo spread that just went up on Playgirl.com [NSFW]. There's 20 photos in all and, as we said none show the whole package, so to speak. One more picture...

  
  

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  Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:06am EST
  by Brian Moylan

• The Week We Went Rogue [Week In Review]

  Number of comments: 28
  This week, everyone was naked and fighting in public and also there was a book no one read but everyone kept talking about. A pornography company offered a famous beauty contest loser lots of money...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:30pm EST
  by Pareene

• Just Shoe It [Pic Of The Day]

  Number of comments: 14
  [Parisian women give their feet a real workout today while competing in a "Race on Heels" where they must run around a 50-meter track in high heels. Image via Getty]

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:28pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Kreepie Kats in: "*NO ONE* in Twilight _EVER_ has sex with ~Anyone~! It's like Behrle's Collyer Brothers' Homage/Apartment Every Night Since Last June!" [Kreepie Kats]

  Number of comments: 4
  Jim Berhle's cartoon kitties face a bleak Oprah-less future where the only thing left on TV is European soccer and trailers for sexless vampire movies.

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:15pm EST
  by behrle

• Hidden Forces Baffle the Twitterati [Twitterati]

  Number of comments: 2
  Neel Shah got his scandal-phone returned; Kevin Marks got retweeted by ghosts and Al Yankovic was surrounded by nobodies. The Twitterati were haunted, in a good way. Neel Shah, Page Six gossip and...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:04pm EST
  by Ryan Tate

• CafePress Is No Longer Officially Okay with Praying for Obama's Death [Indecision]

  Number of comments: 51
  CafePress has reversed itself for the second time and discontinued once and for all the sale of "Pray For Obama: Psalm 109:8" merchandise, which is Christian code for "pray for Obama to get killed by...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:09pm EST
  by John Cook

• Milkshakes With Radicals [Culture Wars]

  Number of comments: 4
  Islamic extremists with posh British accents sound so reasonable! Sharia law? Sure, you know best!

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:48pm EST
  by Pareene

• The Fallacy Behind Efforts to Save 'Public Service Journalism' [Print Is Dead]

  Number of comments: 21
  Newspapers are dying, which means there will never be any more investigative journalism and politicians will screw whomever they want. But it's OK, because "innovative" new "partnerships" like the...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:38pm EST
  by John Cook

• Horrible Restaurant Owner's Charm Offensive Includes Screaming at Us [We Get Phone Calls]

  Number of comments: 163
  To make the point that he is not the asshole that his Glengarry Glenn Ross-ish email made him sound like ("you bunch of fucking children"), restaurant owner Vadim Ponorovsky called to scream at us....

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:31pm EST
  by Gabriel Snyder

• The Truth About Zoos: Poop. (And Pee) [Advertising]

  Number of comments: 14
  From Rhett & Link, the guys who brought you the ad that all ads should probably be like, comes this new spot for the Central Florida Zoo. Their relentless honesty requires it to focus totally on...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:21pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• What Is Going on with Tinsley Mortimer's Love Life? [Mortified]

  Number of comments: 19
  The Tinz just wrapped shooting for her reality show and it looks like her showmance, Prince Casimir Wittgenstein-Sayn, has gotten the boot for a new beau. Who's the lucky guy? Former American Idol...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 4:07pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Nikki Finke's Cut-and-Paste Method [How Things Work]

  Number of comments: 16
  Nikki Finke OWNS the Oprah Winfrey story. She broke the news that Winfrey would leave the show three weeks ago. And she got the transcript of Oprah's announcement up on her site bright and early this...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:39pm EST
  by John Cook

• Albany Foodie World Is All About Punching [Albany]

  Number of comments: 7
  Steve Barnes (pictured), the Albany restaurant critic who was assaulted by a professional mixed martial arts fighter last year (probably) because of something he wrote, reports today: Albany...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:35pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Obama Joins Truman, Reagan, and Clinton In "Immediately Failed Presidencies" Club [Polls]

  Number of comments: 41
  It is a good thing the American Constitution calls for instant run-off presidential elections the minute the "winner" dips below 50% approval, or else we would be stuck with the most unpopular...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:31pm EST
  by Pareene

• Gothic Girl [Open Caption]

  Number of comments: 22
  [Taylor Momsen predictably wore black (but an unpredictably long skirt) at the The Cinema Society screening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon in New York last night. Image via Getty]

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:23pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Everything You Need to Know in Order to Watch James Franco on General Hospital [Hospital Visit]

  Number of comments: 84
  Quick, get to a TV! General Hospital starts at 3pm and you don't want to miss a minute of Hollywood A-lister James Franco's historic role on the show. Here's a little bit of context so you won't be...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:43pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Peanut Butter and Jelly Is the Body and Blood of Union-Busting Jesus [Recessionomics]

  Number of comments: 17
  The Way We Live Now: Same as ever. Hard times have been around for years now! But nobody was paying attention. The Christians were fighting unions and the yuppies were building dream homes and...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:43pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• New York City Just Gives Up on Subway Service [Rants]

  Number of comments: 69
  Did you hear the great news? The MTA will not raise fares! Or cut service! Wonderful! Except none of the headlines say "for just one year." Or "not counting the existing fare increase and de facto...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  by Pareene

• Four Ways Listicles Make Us Immortal, According to Umberto Eco [Journalismism]

  Number of comments: 30
  Italian novelist Umberto Eco, the go-to intellectual for journalists worldwide, has deconstructed the human obsession with all things listy. The bottom line for editors: Your listicles help readers...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:48pm EST
  by Ryan Tate

• Project Runway : Fashion Weak [Recaps]

  Number of comments: 49
  Project Runway is all about vision and delusion. The vision to ask three designers to compete for a prize. The delusion their entries will look different. The vision to return January 14th, the...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:39pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• German Newspaper Feud Gets Penis-y [Media Crack]

  Number of comments: 5
  In your ferocious Friday media column: Newspaper wars in Germany are of another breed, another high school paper censored for dumb reasons, more on the BusinessWeek layoffs, and George...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:32pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Oprah to Fans: I'm Quitting My Show Because My Bones Told Me To [Resignations]

  Number of comments: 72
  Here's a clip from Oprah Winfrey's on-air announcement that she's putting the Oprah Winfrey Show out to pasture: "Why walk away, and make next season the last? Here is the real reason: [T]wenty-five...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:53pm EST
  by John Cook

• Microsoft Let NSA Spooks 'Enhance' Windows 7 [Conspiracies]

  Number of comments: 18
  A National Security Agency director just bragged to a Senate subcommittee about his agency's close "cooperation" with Microsoft to, err, "enhance" how Windows 7 guards a user's privacy. Doesn't that...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:47pm EST
  by Ryan Tate

• Regretsy Book to Be Not Quite as Good as Regretsy.com [Book Deals]

  Number of comments: 19
  The heretofore anonymous founder of Regretsy, the blog that appropriately mocks your dumb arts-and-crafts projects, has been outed. Because she got a book deal! New blog-to-book trend: Saying right...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:28pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Twitter Transforms Chuck Todd and Howard Kurtz into Idiots [You Don't Say]

  Number of comments: 7
  It's Obvious Day on Twitter: NBCer Chuck Todd wonders why Barack Obama can't secure the political support of the man he defeated in the 2008 election, and the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz predicts...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:19pm EST
  by John Cook

• Rehabilitation Complete [Crime]

  Number of comments: 8
  Breaking: The Hipster Grifter is free. Oh boy.

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:58am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock : Green Week Is a Stupid Idea [30 Rocks]

  Number of comments: 34
  The jokes at NBC's expense weren't very insidery this week, but as usual 30 Rock spent half the episode dissing their home network. Here's what happens when you make Tina & Co. play along with your...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:41am EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Feeling Better About Fare Increases [Propaganda]

  Number of comments: 28
  The MTA is cheering up New Yorkers by printing the word "optimism" on millions of Metrocards. *NOTE: "Optimism" should not be interpreted as applying to the state of the New York City transportation...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:32am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• South Brooklyn's Supreme Court Justice [Sonia Sotomayor]

  Number of comments: 4
  Stalked: Sonia Sotomayor at Po on Smith Street. Someone spot her at Bar Great Harry!

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:28am EST
  by Pareene

• Jude Law Will Hurl Oranges at Any Girl Watching Him Do Yoga [Violence]

  Number of comments: 47
  Marble-eyed Englishman Jude Law made the mistake of moving into a condo right next door to an NYU dorm. What are you, Jude Law—dumb? Heh. He deals with female fans by throwing produce at them....

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:57am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Tina Fey — [Pullquote]

  Number of comments: 9
  speaking at the Ad Council gala at the Waldorf Astoria on Wednesday, according to the New York Post's Page Six.

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:56am EST
  by Gabriel Snyder

• The Grooms Wore Matching Tuxedos [Open Caption]

  Number of comments: 29
  [Jimmy Fallon and Joseph Gordon-Levitt look like a tiny gay wedding cake topper with their pose at the American Museum of Natural History's Museum Gala last night. Image via Getty]

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:40am EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Goldman Tells Employees Not to Have Christmas Parties in Their Homes [Holidaze]

  Number of comments: 25
  Goldman Sachs employees received a voicemail announcement instructing them not to organize private Christmas parties for the firm's employees even at their own homes, a person familiar with the...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:38am EST
  by John Carney

• BusinessWeek Layoffs Make Fools of Optimists [Media]

  Number of comments: 1
  The long-expected BusinessWeek layoffs came down yesterday, with 130 staffers let go—a full third of its employees. Is it fair to call that a "surprise?" When Bloomberg bought BW last month,...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:29am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Good Morning, Obama Wants to Rape You [Rape]

  Number of comments: 62
  Maybe it is too early on a Friday for this, but, you know, there is not really a "good time" to post a 2-minute montage of conservative media figures—mostly Rush—repeatedly saying "rape."...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:11am EST
  by Pareene

• What Actress Is Leaving Her Celeb Husband Because He's Addicted to World of Warcraft? [Blind Items]

  Number of comments: 56
  Loving a nerd is one thing, but who could stand a guy constantly plugged into an online universe? Is it worse than a wife who gets frisky in a hot tub or a singer pimped out by a rap star? 1. "This...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:59am EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Hot Foot Hottie and Poor Hubby Need More Money Cause Board's Crummy [Class War]

  Number of comments: 44
  A hot sexxxy foot model's hot feet got too hot for her fancy Upper East Side neighbors, once she married a hot doorman in her building, alleges the hottest new tabloid class war story to hit hot...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:52am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• AP Layoffs: Final Thoughts [Updates]

  Number of comments: 5
  We've updated (hopefully for the last time) our AP Layoffs List with the final flood of tips that came in late yesterday and this morning. A few final thoughts on the list, for those AP people still...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:15am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• The Post and News Do a Good Foot Job [Front Pages]

  Number of comments: 5
  Having covered breast healthcare issues all week, the papers move south to other ladyparts today. But forget all that, buy the tabloids, and read about a foot model cast out into the street (almost)...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:17am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

• South Korean Celebrity Suicide Spree Continues [Sad]

  Number of comments: 24
  Model Daul Kim, 20, who had worked for Chanel among others, was found hanged yesterday. She may have died by suicide. If so, she is the ninth Korean celebrity to take her own life in just over a...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:50am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

• New York Restaurant Owners Turn Evil [Hells Kitchen]

  Number of comments: 165
  Times are tough, and people are sat at home chewing bellybutton fluff instead of eating out or ordering in. What are restaurant owners doing? Some are not paying staff, and others are sending abusive...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:09am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

• The Chinese Had Obama's Name Wrong the Whole Time [Lost In Translation]

  Number of comments: 8
  The President has left China. But try as he might, he couldn't get the Chinese to translate his name correctly the whole time he was there. Please call him President Aobama from now on. From Evan...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 6:44am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

• Gang Kill Lonely Obese People, Sell Their Fat For Cosmetics [Fat Killers]

  Number of comments: 46
  In a story that can only be described as made-up-but-not, police have busted a gang in Peru who targeted fat people on "lonely roads," killed them, extracted their fat and sold it, possibly to make...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:49am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

• Amy Winehouse's Boobs Are Leaking [Gossip Roundup]

  Number of comments: 12
  Mitch Winehouse offers charming new details about his daughter's breasts; Adam Lambert fires back at Out magazine's editor; Miley Cyrus literally dresses like a whore. Friday's gossip is losing its...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:23am EST
  by Azaria Jagger

• Michael Jackson Pulls a Jesus, Makes His Face Appear in an Ultrasound [I Want To Believe]

  Number of comments: 17
  The King of Pop, in his infinite grace and wisdom, has returned to mortal realm by making his face appear in an ultrasound of fetus inside a British lady's uterus. Dawn Kelley is pregnant with a...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 3:24am EST
  by Azaria Jagger

• Confessed Teen Killer's Social Networking Hobbies: 'Killing People' [True Crime]

  Number of comments: 82
  Alyssa Bustamante's MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube profiles are eerie in that "teen who engages in self-injurious behavior and bullshits about being tough" way. Except, when she lists "killing...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 1:04am EST
  by Azaria Jagger

• Al Gore Makes Surprisingly Non-Wooden Appearance on "30 Rock" [30 Rock]

  Number of comments: 29
  "30 Rock" often uses serious, "real-world" issues as fodder for their very silly plots. Tonight it was global-warming, and Al Gore stopped by to change all the light-bulbs! In this episode...

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:27am EST
  by Adrian Chen

• The Vice Do's and Don'ts to Creating a Successful Publishing Empire [Do's And Dont's]

  Number of comments: 1
  Perhaps you've seen this chart from the Awl, which shows via colorful line graphs exactly how screwed the magazine industry is. (Very screwed.) However, one magazine seems to be weathering the storm...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:51pm EST
  by Adrian Chen

• Why Google's New OS Is For Losers [Twitterati]

  Number of comments: 3
  A Twitter engineer said Google's new "Chrome" OS is something you resign yourself to; a CNET writer said it's something you are infected with; and Mediaite might hang out awkwardly on Tumblr with it....

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:57pm EST
  by Ryan Tate

• Fox News Just Can't Stop Responding to Jon Stewart's Comedy Program [Not Productive]

  Number of comments: 79
  Didn't Fox News' parents ever explain the best thing to do when someone makes fun of them is just ignore it? Tonight, Bill O'Reilly's guest couldn't let Jon Stewart jest and jape at his expense...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:18pm EST
  by Adrian Chen

• Live Blogging Project Runway , The Final Episode [Project Runway]

  Number of comments: 818
  Welcome to the last live blog of Season Six. To help us survive the final hour, I propose this fun diversion. Let's vote on who looks better in an apron: Tim Gunn or Erica of Glad bag fame. To view...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:00pm EST
  by MisterHippity

• New York Subway Riders: Kinda Grope-y [Stop It]

  Number of comments: 38
  Ew, guys, seriously: Stop groping women on the subway. Complaints of sexual abuse in New York subways are up four percent this year, to 587. According to City Room, NYPD Chief James P. Hall told...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:51pm EST
  by Adrian Chen

• Yahoo's Lesbian 'Don Juan' Backhands Lindsay Lohan [Valleyspawn]

  Number of comments: 19
  Courtenay Semel, the sapphic spawn of former Yahoo CEO Terry Semel, is quoted in the lesbian magazine Curve dissing former lady friend Lindsay Lohan. Then she complains that the media twists her...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:46pm EST
  by Ryan Tate

• Oprah Makes It Official: To Leave Syndicated Show in September [Turning Points]

  Number of comments: 42
  And thus an era ends. As rumored she would, Oprah Winfrey announced today that she will give up her syndicated show to focus on building her cable network. Oprah ends a 25 year run that puts hers up...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:17pm EST
  by Richard Rushfield

• Twitter's New Prompt: A Linguist Weighs In [Valleyspeak]

  Number of comments: 13
  Twitter today announced it will prompt users to post by asking "What's happening?" rather than the old "What are you doing?" We asked a prominent linguist if this means anything. Turns out it does:...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:55pm EST
  by Ryan Tate

• Head of State [Pic Of The Day]

  Number of comments: 198
  [There's nothing to hide the flaws in an extreme closeup of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton taken during a press conference at the U.S. embassy in Kabul today. Image via Getty]

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:30pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Although Junior Mints Have [Duh]

  Number of comments: 8
  Since the last terrifying report 15 years ago, movie theater popcorn has not become healthy.

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 5:45pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• It's the 2009 National Book Awards and These People Feel Fine [Gawker Party Crash]

  Number of comments: 55
  2009's National Book Awards went down last night. In delightful twists of irony, they were a) sponsored by Google, b) held on Wall Street, and c) James Franco was there. So were Party Crash Photog Mo...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:54pm EST
  by Foster Kamer

• Naked Old Rich People Sue Each Other [Scandals]

  Number of comments: 3
  This Palm Beach wealthy socialite scandal/ lawsuit is a totally impenetrable thicket of rich-person backbiting, except for the key fact that it involves naked photos of a 57 year-old woman, and the...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:52pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• How Many G's Are in Backstage? [Open Caption]

  Number of comments: 10
  [Model Ana Beatriz Barros concentrates really hard on spelling her texts correctly while being made up for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York today. Image via Getty]

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:51pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• CafePress Is Officially Cool with Selling T-Shirts Urging People to Pray for Obama's Death [Bible Study]

  Number of comments: 110
  Yesterday, we reported that CafePress had halted sales of T-shirts bearing the slogan, "Pray For Obama: Psalm 109:8," which in Bible-talk means pray that "his days be few; let another take his...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  by John Cook

• AP: Layoff Goals Accomplished [Statements]

  AP spokesman Paul Colford just sent over this statement on the company's layoffs: The 90 news department staffers being notified this week, along with earlier reductions in other departments, a...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:20pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Why is Sandra Bullock Still a Star? [Explainer]

  Number of comments: 193
  She's made more bombs than the Krupp Arms Works and yet Hollywood keeps giving her the keys to its kingdom. This weekend, Sandra Bullock is back again in The Blind Side. When she burst into public...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:13pm EST
  by Richard Rushfield

• New Yorker Cartoons Now on XBox, For Some Reason [The Future]

  Number of comments: 12
  A tipster points out that fancy Xbox Live "Gold" subscribers are offered an amazing selection of animated New Yorker cartoons. Animated! What better target audience that Xbox Live addicts? Click to...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:00pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• The New Limelight Shopping Mall Makes All the Former Club Kids Weep [Sad Things]

  Number of comments: 25
  In case you didn't hear, developers are turning '80s and '90s Chelsea superclub Limelight into a shopping mall during the worst economic downturn in recent history. There will be brownies and a...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:57pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Santa Gives Up on America, and Vice Versa [Recessionomics]

  Number of comments: 12
  The Way We Live Now: Ho-ho-ho-ping for a holiday miracle. Cause Santa is totally unreachable and all our Christmas money's going towards tuition and the luxury gourmet superdeluxe business we...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:16pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Fox News Apologizes — Again — for Being Fake [Mea Culpa]

  Number of comments: 28
  Fox News has apologized, for the second time in as many weeks, for boosting crowd sizes at wingnut events with fake footage. Somewhere, Roger Ailes is quietly and deliberately strangling a kitten....

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:15pm EST
  by John Cook

• Why Won't Rudy Run for Governor? [Updated: Because He's Running For Senate] [Demurrals]

  Number of comments: 35
  According to the New York Times' Danny Hakim, Rudolph Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York next year, despite publicly flirting with the idea for months. Is a shoe somewhere about...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:59pm EST
  by John Cook

• Rumors: Staff Shuffles at New York Post, Sports Illustrated [Media Crack]

  Number of comments: 6
  In your foreboding Thursday media column: Rumors of veterans departing their jobs far and wide, Anthony Kennedy's story weakens, newspapers and magazines lose huge money, and Jon Fine's media gig...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:06pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Glee : Don't Stand So Close to Us [Recaps]

  Number of comments: 44
  It's a testament to the power of this show that it manages to be great even with an hour that is inundated with slow, sappy songs. We weren't into the inspirational music, but Glee is still our...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:05pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Sen. Dick Lugar's Wife Arrested for Drunk Driving [Life Skills]

  Number of comments: 36
  Charlene Lugar, the wife of staid Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, was charged with DWI in McLean, Va., last night after driving into a parked car. Now we know who does all the partying (or...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:42pm EST
  by John Cook

• Jean-Claude, Artist and Wife of Christo [And Now She's Dead]

  Number of comments: 1
  Jeanne-Claude, the wife of wrap-happy artist Christo and his artistic collaborator for more than 50 years, died from a brain aneurysm last night at the age of 74. Her favorite project, she said: "the...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:09pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• The Vampires Are Coming! Lock Up Your Checkbooks [Trade Roundup]

  Number of comments: 14
  In a few months, after New Moon leaves the theaters, we will celebrate the milestone of being halfway through our national Twilight journey, with only two more films to go. But first we have to get...

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:57pm EST
  by Richard Rushfield