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#lowselfesteem
Alec Baldwin Says All His Movies Suck, Forgets He's Supposed to Be Promoting One
This doesn't bode well for the forthcoming Baldwin-Streep-Martin rom-com. Baldwin the Elder says his film career has been "a complete failure" and he's quitting in 2012. More » -
#angryletter
'Highest Paid Man on Wall Street' Ignites Culture War at Kid's Prep School
Hugh "Skip" McGee III has a rumored $25 million salary at Barclays, and he finds lefties and lesbians just sickening. In an epic letter to the board of his son's school, he implores the "silent majority" to strike back. More » -
#traderoundup
Comcast, NBC Will Combine to Form Unstoppable Voltron of Entertainment
Are you ready to be entertained by a behemoth? General Electric is on the brink of selling NBC Universal to Comcast—a deal that will create one of the nation's largest entertainment companies and make everyone the same everywhere. More » - Yesterday - November 30, 2009
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#racism
Dead Chimp Cartoon Spawns Second Employee Lawsuit Claiming Racism at the New York Post
Earlier this month former editor Sandra Guzman sued the New York Post for being an alleged hellhole of racism and sexism. Today, a recently fired reporter filed a lawsuit claiming he was "banned" from the newsroom for being black. More »
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#cornponeopinions
O'Reilly Pardons Fox Commentator Mike Huckabee For Commuting Suspected Cop Killer's Sentence
The Washington State cop killer should be a slam dunk of rage for Bill O'Reilly: A governor commutes a criminal's sentence, then the guy goes and kills four cops. Except that governor was fellow Fox commentator Mike Huckabee. More » -
#twitterati
Discussing the Blow-Jobby Part of Journalism
Sarah Silverman compared her feelings to quicksand; Rob Thomas compared President Obama to President Bush; and a newspaper staffer likened the story process to oral sex. The Twitterati turned up the contrast. More » -
#printisdead
The Heeb Magazine Deathwatch Starts Now (Updated)
A tipster informs us that Heeb—the favorite rag of Holocaust-mocking hipster Jews everywhere—is going kaput. Details? Email us. Update: Other tipsters paint a picture of a Heeb on the brink. If hasn't died yet, it probably will soon. More » -
#requestforinformation
Get Ready for Blogger Shameless Tuesday (And Help Us, Too)
Starting tomorrow, new FTC regulations require bloggers to disclose when they accept cash or freebies for posts. Appropriately enough, fameball queen Julia Allison is leading this coming wave of embarrassing confessionals, with a disclosure about her insides. More » -
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#picoftheday
Winter Wondering Land
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#franchises
Hollywood Holds Breath as Bourne Series Suddenly Imperiled
When a franchise dies, all of Hollywood sheds a tear. But when a franchise dies prematurely, while it still has years of cash to give, Hollywood goes to battle stations. And tonight, Hollywood stands on the brink. More » -
#oldnews
Tourists Go to the Same Broadway Shows Year After Year
The good news: tourists poured a truckload of cash into Broadway over Thanksgiving weekend. The sad news: the shows that did best were tired gems like Wicked and The Lion King and shows based on movies. Original musicals are doomed. More » -
#rumormonger
Rush Sets Wedding Date!
Congrats to Rush Limbaugh! We hear he's finally set a date get married for a fourth time—appropriately enough, it is the Fourth of July! More »
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#opencaption
Two Wild and Crazy Wheels
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#pullquote
Countess LuAnn de Lesseps —
the Real Housewife of New York answering Daily Intel's question, "If you were to try to teach a lesson from" White House party crashers and Real Housewives of D.C. aspirants Michaele and Tareq Salahi, "what would it be?" -
#socialnetworks
Facebook Still Cleaning Up Its Redesign Mess
Someone in France stumbled across an apparent new version of Facebook with a simplified interface. It looks like the social network is still fixing the information overload introduced by its disastrous redesign. More » -
#polls
Outrage-Off: Breitbart vs. Birthers
Lib bigots are faking climate change and electing a British monkey to the presidency. Only outrageous crypto-conservative statements in the media can save us. Time for your daily outrage-off! Today: Andrew Breitbart vs. Birthers. Vote in the outrage poll below! More » -
#kreepiekats
Kreepie Kats in "I Got Tryptophan Stuck Up My Weiner and It Ain't Leaving Til the Break of Dawn
In honor of our nation's most sacred holiday, Cyber Monday, here is an installment of Jim Behrle's Kreepie Kats that we did not put up last week. -
#seasonsgreetings
The Hidden Subtext of Christmas Specials
You think that the animated holiday specials we all grew up with were just teaching you about Santa and presents and winter wonderlands? You're wrong! They were sending you hidden signals both excellent and devious. Here is the ugly truth. More » -
#thejaylenoexperiment
Is It Time to Cancel Those Leno Obituaries?
It's certainly not a best-case scenario, but in the face of all fears, the end of Jay Leno's ratings free fall doesn't seem bad. At last there are signs the NBC's Jay Leno experiment may have turned a corner. More » -
#clipjob
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, The Sun spoofs Apple commercials, Kelly Cutrone drops the F-Bomb on morning television, a concert-goer finds his seat by way of everyone in the audience, and we choose the best Price Is Right flip-outs of all time. More » -
#greatmagazinedieoff
Giant Magazine Folds (Officially)
Last April, Giant magazine was targeted by (someone posing as?) rival XXL, which sent out letters to Giant advertisers warning them the mag would be going out of business. Denials all around! In May: another rumor denied. Today: Giant folds. More » -
#culturewars
Let's Fight About a Gay-Sex Videogame This Christmas Season
Dragon Age: Origins has taken the terribly awkward genre of videogame dialog and melded it with gay romance and, also gay sex scenes. Who, in these United States, could possibly object to foisting this content on teenaged boys? More » -
#kellonearth
Kelly Kutrone, the best part of The City, debuts her Bravo reality show February 1.
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#bafflingcrusades
GOP Literally Digging Through ACORN's Trash for Anything Bad-Seeming
What is our nation's very serious opposition party up to, these days? Oh, just staging mock trials in Congress using "evidence" they found in ACORN's trash! More » -
#advertising
Fruit-Laden Railcar Engenders Concern For Indigents
Ever wanted to see an entire NYC subway train full of green apples? No? Well you never wanted to be trapped in a subway car with a knife-wielding murderer either, but it happens. Oh and feed the hungry, etc. [Adfreak] -
#sigh
Supreme Court Gives White House Another Chance to Block Torture Pics
Barack Obama said he wanted torture photos released, but then he changed his mind. The ACLU won its suit to have them released, but now the Supreme Court is sending that victory back to the Second Circuit to be reconsidered. More » -
#journalismism
Left-Wing Blogs Now Get to Die of Boredom Waiting for the President to Say Something
Congratulations, leftist internet! Today marks the first time that Talking Points Memo, Josh Marshall's little political blog that could, handles the in-town White House pool report. They grow up so fast. More » -
#recessiomomics
Making It Rain With Trickle-Down Economics
The Way We Live Now: Hitchhiking out of Dubai. Our only possessions: Bargains from Black Friday. That's it. No splurges, no handouts, no bonuses. But no crime! Which is nice. More » -
#fuzzymath
The Equation for When to Quit Watching a TV Show
Even the best television shows run out of creative juice if they stay on the air long enough. But, when is the right time to give up hope a show will improve and abandon it forever? Finally, a handy calculation! More »
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#thetribe
On Details, "Hot Jewish Girls," And Sloppy, Knee-Jerk Misogyny
Reading Details' "The Rise of the Hot Jewish Girl" should probably offend me as a woman and a Jew, but it's as a journalist that I'm most offended. Still, could Details be more misogynistic than Maxim? There's strong evidence. [Jezebel] -
#sellingmovies
Hollywood's Feel Bad Movie Season Is Upon Us
Each winter, with the coming of awards season, the colors of America's multi-plexes turn from bright pastels to dismal browns and grays as Hollywood strains for gravitas with their takes on the most depressing topics of the day. More » -
#journalismism
When Georgia O'Keeffe Loved the New York Times
The Way It Was: An interesting look at the friendship between New York Times reporter Edith Evans Asbury and artist Georgia O'Keeffe—friendship eventually destroyed by reporting on O'Keeffe's private life. This is why hardcore reporters have no friends. [NYT] -
#crime
YouTube Beatings Migrate Down to Middle School
Time was, vicious YouTube beatings didn't start until high school. But police just arrested two San Francisco-area middle-school girls, 12 and 14, after finding video of them beating a classmate they lured to an open field. They face felony charges. -
#mediacrack
'Twitter' Is Word of Sexless Year
In your maverick Monday media column: A word is preposterously declared to be The Top, Jim Lehrer takes it slow and steady, the Mike Penner vs. Christine Daniels question, and you are invited to a Hooker Pub. More » -
#coverlies
December Allure: For The Martian On Your Holiday Shopping List
If you've got a green-skinned friend with limited understanding of earthling manners, a copy of December's Allure may be just the gift for her. [Jezebel] -
#daddyissues
What Is Lachlan Murdoch Building in There?
Is Lachlan Murdoch gearing up for an Oedipal struggle with the media-titan father who cut him out of the family business and exiled him to Australia? And if not, then why on earth is he buying the Hollywood Reporter? More » -
#thanksgivingofhorrors
Thanksgiving Horror Stories: The Results Are In
Thanks to all of our lovely, scarred, dysfunctional, boozy, bad-cooking readers, we were more full of Thanksgiving Horror Stories than a Macy's parade balloon is full of helium. We selected the best (or is it worst?) and crowned a winner. More »
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#buses
Palin Not Actually Taking Tacky Bus on Tacky Book Tour
Amazing investigative reporting by the great Joe McGinniss: Sarah Palin says she is conducting her book tour from a bus, but she is actually just hopping on a rented Gulfstream to get from suburban shithole mall to suburban shithole mall. More » -
#globalwarming
Climate Email Scandal: Scientists Engaged in a Conspiracy of Science
Climate change is real and man-made. Period, end of story. But recently, some emails have leaked that conclusively prove that climate scientists... are really pissed off that a well-funded industry exists that subverts and denies their work. More »
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#danger
"Bagel-related injuries are exceeded only by chicken, potato, apple and onion injuries." Knowledge is power.
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#disasters
The Sad, Premature Death of the TechCrunch Tablet
Last month, Popular Mechanics named TechCrunch's CrunchPad 'Product of the Year." The unreleased tablet computer was, of course, promptly beset by delays, infighting and a legal dispute. Now it's been aborted by its parent. More » -
#flackery
Media Relations Guru Jim Sinkinson Hates Free Speech (Updated)
We feel it is important for PR professionals to be aware—for the record—that the owner of the PR-centric media guide Bulldog Reporter is an odious free speech-hater and enemy of journalism. [Update: Letter from Sinkinson added below]. More »