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• Arnold Schwarzenegger Makes Unfunny Political Announcement on Jay Leno's Unfunny Show [Not Funny]

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  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has put the "Jay Leno Show" back on the national radar for an oh-so-brief moment by using it to announce his pick for Lt. Governor. Abel Maldano is a longtime...

  
  

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  Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:33am EST
  by Adrian Chen

• Adam Lambert's Crotch is Connected to the "Send Angry Email" Button of Parents Everywhere [Trade Roundup]

  Number of comments: 19
  Adam Lambert's crotch-thrusting, face-humping performance did not sit well with many viewers hoping for a staid and wholesome American Music Awards. Unsurprised enough yet? Well here's another very...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:28pm EST
  by Adrian Chen

• Tweets on Ice: Dispatches from Jail in 140 Characters or Less []

  Number of comments: 15
  We live in a world where people are arrested and honestly think: "I should tweet about this." From celebrities, to hipsters, to rappers and journalists, here is a compilation of the best tweets from...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:10pm EST
  by Adrian Chen

• Someone Needs to Tell CNN's Webmaster that Lou Dobbs Quit [President Dobbs]

  Number of comments: 27
  Whoops. It's been nearly two weeks since Lou Dobbs quit CNN to run for president or Senate or whatever, but he's still on CNN's anchor page doing his trademark "I hate immigrants" face. Maybe someone...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:18pm EST
  by Adrian Chen

• The Mounting Evidence That Avatar Will Suck, Part 1 [Avatar Is Coming]

  Number of comments: 80
  For over a decade, the world has waited for James Cameron's follow up to Titanic. But now that Avatar has at last arrived how are we to prepare ourselves for the fact that it might be godawful?...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:34pm EST
  by Richard Rushfield

• Bill of Wrongs [Pic Of The Day]

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  [Sarah Palin autographed an Iraqi dinar with the image of Saddam Hussein on it for a military sergeant during her book signing in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, today. Image via Getty]

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:05pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Obama: Fundamentals of the Economy Are Still Strong [Gaffes]

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  During the presidential campaign, John McCain stupidly announced that "the fundamentals of the economy are still strong," a statement that Barack Obama hung around his neck like a flaming car tire....

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:31pm EST
  by John Cook

• You'll Miss Paris Hilton Now That She's Gone [The Nice Girls]

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  Seems only yesterday our culture was run by racism-ranting heiresses, rampaging redheads and self-mutilating pop stars. Suddenly, the whole culture is being run by bleacher-sitting T-shirt-wearing...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:54pm EST
  by Richard Rushfield

• Is Tom Ford Trying to Fool the Straights into Seeing His Gay, Gay Movie? [Confirmed Bachelor]

  Number of comments: 41
  Based on the trailers and posters, A Single Man, the first film from former Gucci designer Tom Ford, looks amazing. It also looks like a straight love story. Why is he misleading the audience about...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:37pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Dreamworks Hold on Hollywood Democrats Continues into the Obama Era [Moguls]

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  The White House is set to announce the guest list for its first state dinner, and among the few invitees from Hollywood are Messieurs Spielberg, Katzenberg and Geffen, sealing the DreamWorks trio's...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:22pm EST
  by Richard Rushfield

• Fox News to Go 'Error-Free' In 2010 [Quality Control]

  Number of comments: 62
  The big chiefs at Fox News aren't happy at the string of high-profile lies they got caught telling recently, so they're going to start firing people who get caught in the future, because they hate...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:56pm EST
  by John Cook

• Surf The Internet the Mostly Lower Case Way [Branding]

  Number of comments: 25
  Stop everything, The Internet: AOL is now Aol. Whether superimposed on a fish or a hand or just some swirly crap, this logo makes the bold statement: We can no longer afford capital letters. [Ad Age]

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:40pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day [Clip Job]

  Number of comments: 5
  Today at Gawker.TV, Paula Deen gets hit in the face, an angry girlfriend destroys an X-Box, Larry David is terrible at playing himself, iPhone pranks, and Dr. Oz searches for the most fat and lazy...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:30pm EST
  by Whitney Jefferson

• This Thanksgiving, Remember Meat Is Murder [Vegetarians]

  Number of comments: 39
  How to ruin Thanksgiving for the heartless carnivores in your family this year? You can make them watch this PETA ad. That's mildly annoying. Or have them read this NYT vegan op-ed. That'll do it....

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:17pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Oh, We So Horny [Open Caption]

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  [Tinsley Mortimer better watch out because her man Constantine Maroulis and Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester were giving each other the rock horns backstage at his Broadway show Rock of Ages last...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:56pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• The 2012 Republican Primary Is the Jobs for Journalists Program America Has Been Demanding [Career Advancement]

  Number of comments: 22
  Things are not all death and decay in journalism. Now that Lou Dobbs said he's considering running for president in 2012, covering the GOP primary could be the easiest path to fame and riches left...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:52pm EST
  by John Cook

• What the Hell is Wrong With Gavin Newsom? [Meltdowns]

  Number of comments: 33
  Besides his Patrick Bateman hair, obviously. The San Francisco mayor and obvious prick went into hiding after mysteriously quitting the governor's race, and his silence-breaking TV interview was a...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:38pm EST
  by Pareene

• A Plan to Get All the Money America Needs to Pay Back, With Only Minimal Loss of Life [Recessionomics]

  Number of comments: 14
  The Way We Live Now: Solution-oriented. Problem: We're hundreds of billions of dollars in debt. Solution: Hoard gold, buy life insurance, and kill ourselves. Remember they did like a "bailout" thing...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:38pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Give Us Your Best Thanksgiving Horror Stories [Thanksgiving Of Horrors]

  Number of comments: 320
  Everyone has a disaster tale about Thanksgiving travel, a burnt bird, or drunk uncle Wally who tends to get a little too handsy after one too many hot toddies. Whoever shares their best story with us...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:14pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Carl Kasell Escapes NPR News Gig Alive [Media Crack]

  Number of comments: 22
  In your merciful Monday media column: Carl Kasell gets to sleep in now, more rumored AP layoffs, crazy "old media" types eschew pointless media beef, and Verlyn Klinkenborg defended like a doe, a...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:40pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Tinsley Mortimer Plays Den Mother to a Pack of 13-Year-Olds [Role Models]

  Number of comments: 37
  What did New York's A-list socialite Tinsley Mortimer do with her very glamorous weekend? She hosted Serena Bancroft's birthday party. Who is this Serena Bancroft? She's the towns hottest...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:37pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Maureen Dowd Thinks Obama Should Totally Act Like Sarah Palin [Columnists]

  Number of comments: 69
  Maureen Dowd, this weekend: Obama should try to be "dynamic" like Sarah Palin, instead of all this "dithering" and bowing. Today, Ross Douthat writes a "reality-based" column on more or less the same...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  by Pareene

• Coffee Shops: America's Touchiest Subject [Gentrification]

  Number of comments: 45
  "I'd rather see more coffee shops and restaurants open than bodegas and nail salons," said one dude opening a coffee shop in Crown Heights, currently home to many bodegas and nail salons. There is so...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:53pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Scientologist Bart Simpson Lady Would Like to Sell You Her Son's Bed [Nancy Cartwright]

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  Nancy Cartwright is the voice of Bart Simpson. She is also a famous Scientologist. She is also selling her son's bedroom furniture for $500. Need some shelves? Our tipster notes that Nancy is "just...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:43pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Update: Katie Couric Celebrated Her First CBS Anchor Broadcast with a Dance of Gin [Dancing Queen]

  Number of comments: 20
  We figured out where the photos of Katie Couric shaking her lovely lady humps were taken: at the after-party celebrating her debut as anchor of the CBS Evening News. That was the best possible...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:21pm EST
  by John Cook

• They Call It 'The Final Solution' [Solutions]

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  Profusion of "Keep Calm and Carry On" posters successfully ends the recession.

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:00pm EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Martha Stewart Ends Feud with Rachael Ray in the Worst Way Possible: She Apologizes [Bad Things]

  Number of comments: 35
  newVideoPlayer("/martha_gawker_.flv", 500, 375,""); The Martha Stewart-Rachael Ray feud is amazing on paper: two head-strong domestic divas (one with a rap sheet) going at it in the press. It could...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:45pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Twitter-to-Book Phenomenon Reaches Bottom of the Barrel with Self-Publishing [Self Help Books]

  Number of comments: 10
  Couldn't get a Twitter book deal like Nick Douglas, Twitterature, or business huckster Garyvee? Don't fret! Thanks to TweetBookz you don't even need a deal to see your precious 140-character musings...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Obama's First Thanksgiving Proclamation: Just OK [Holidays]

  Number of comments: 27
  Thanksgiving Proclamations are, for the most part, pretty routine. Namecheck settlers, Washington, Lincoln, God, and our Troops. Encourage people to give thanks. The end. But there are some key...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:48am EST
  by Pareene

• Wikipedia Gridlocked by Wikipedia Nerds [The Internet]

  Number of comments: 33
  Wikipedia was probably pretty cool a few years back when you could just get a wild hair and immediately post up an article on The Artifacts, or whatever. But now it's run by a dead-ender Debbie...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:47am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Obama (Sort of) Comments on the Bow Flap: Controversy 'Leaves Me Speechless' [Surrender]

  Number of comments: 41
  Barack Obama has responded, via an anonymous aide, to charges that by bowing to the Communist emperor of Japan he was actually surrendering and apologizing for World War II, which is technically...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:32am EST
  by John Cook

• Andrea Peyser, Lesbian Racist [Sexy Time]

  Number of comments: 55
  Whether you think tabloid sex columnist Andrea Peyser is sexxxy or supersexxxy, you must marvel at her hat trick in today's column: Perpetrating the most pedestrian racist stereotypes against black...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:51am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Whoops, Pentagon's Realistic Afghan Price Tag Leaks [War]

  Number of comments: 18
  The Pentagon is mad at the White House because the White House insists on giving an accurate prediction of the cost of troop escalation in Afghanistan. See, the White House budget office calculated...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:34am EST
  by Pareene

• Katie Couric's Forbidden Dance of Gin [Dancing Queen]

  Number of comments: 144
  When CBS News anchor Katie Couric isn't asking Sarah Palin gotcha questions, she's doin' Da Butt, or the Lambada, or whatever white ladies do when the Black Eyed Peas are on the sound system. More...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:29am EST
  by John Cook

• The Reign of the Douche [LOLsuits]

  Number of comments: 8
  A year ago, interrupty superflack Ronn [sic] Torossian filed America's Greatest Lawsuit when he sued rival flack Drew Kerr for $20 million(!) for setting up a...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:24am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Natalie Portmanhandled [Open Caption]

  Number of comments: 6
  [Natalie Portman cops an inappropriate feel on co-star Tobey Maguire last night at the New York premiere of their new movie Brothers. Image via Getty]

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 10:21am EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Which Actor Is Seducing Straight Men? [Blind Items]

  Number of comments: 56
  Celebrity does have it's charm, but this gay actor is said to lure straight costars into bed. Compared to that, a drunk actor, a busted-haired singer, and a celeb wannabe are just rubes. Let's follow...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:48am EST
  by Brian Moylan

• Hot Foot Hottie Had Dirty Doorman Fetish [Tabloids]

  Number of comments: 9
  Sexxxy wealthy foot model Christina Ambers marrying a doorman at her fancy building: A heartwarming story of love overcoming class barriers. Finding out Ambers previously dated another doorman: What...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:30am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Dominic Carter Guilty, Still Screwed [Crime]

  Number of comments: 7
  Cursed NY1 political anchor Dominic Carter was found guilty of assaulting his wife on Friday, after a judge called his wife's last-minute "an unidentified man did it" reversal "preposterous." Carter...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:03am EST
  by Hamilton Nolan

• Catastrophe, Disaster, Calamity and a Kayak. [Front Pages]

  Number of comments: 2
  The world is falling apart! Water is full of feces, debt is collossal, sex offenders are running rife, six-packs abs are a sham and no-one updates Wikipedia any more. A look at today's front pages...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 8:40am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

• The Most Elaborate Booty Call Ever [Men Are Bastards]

  Number of comments: 62
  Men in England have a new plan for getting laid. They go to India, marry women, tell them they'll bring them back soon (but that they should have lots of sex first) then fly home, abandon them and...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 7:13am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

• Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger: Landing That Plane in the Hudson Led to 'Rock Star Sex' [Heroes]

  Number of comments: 26
  The clean-cut hero and his wife revealed a smuttier side in an interview with Matt Lauer to be aired on Thursday. Wash your mouth out Sully! And give that mustache a rinse too. Who knows where it's...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:34am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

• The Philadelphia Inquirer still runs op-eds ... [Evil]

  Number of comments: 4
  The Philadelphia Inquirer still runs op-eds by John Yoo, legal mastermind behind torture, illegal detention.

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 6:15am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

• Things Got Awkward After Kid Rock and Scott Stapp Made a Sex Tape [Gossip Roundup]

  Number of comments: 29
  Scott Stapp denies that a tour bus video of him and Kid Rock is a sex tape, Jon Gosselin relinquishes primary custody, Suri Cruise has the worst time of her life at The Lion King. Welcome to Monday...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:50am EST
  by Azaria Jagger

• Publisher Would Like You to Buy Sarah Palin's Actual Book, Not the Parody [Sarah Palin]

  Number of comments: 26
  There are two books out — Going Rogue, 'written' by Palin. And Going Rouge, a parody. Many, including, CNN, USA Today and Fox News, keep getting confused and picking the wrong one. Now Palin's...

  
  

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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:45am EST
  by Ravi Somaiya

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

  Number of comments: 1
  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: 71
  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: 16
  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: 28
  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: 174
  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: 92
  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: 158
  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: 84
  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]

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  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