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Quote of the Day
Posted: November 21st, 2008, 12:30pm CST by Perez Hilton
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Quote of the Day
Posted: November 14th, 2008, 9:00am CST by Perez Hilton
Tags: Quote of the Day
“I’ve had a lot of guys complain about either things that I say about them in songs or things I say about them in the press. I think it’s kinda fun to call out your ex-boyfriends. Why do this if you’re not going to get the opportunity to always have the last word. It’s so much fun.”
- Joe Jonas' ex-girlfriend, Taylor Swift, tells Blender magazine
[Image via WENN.]
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Katie Holmes: Finding Her Niche
Posted: November 11th, 2008, 11:17pm CST
Tags: Katie Holmes veterans Day
Out by her lonesome, Katie Holmes was spotted returning to her New York City apartment after running around town on Veteran’s Day (November 11).
The “Mad Money” mommy has been busily continuing along with her Broadway schedule, making improvements each and every day to her role in Arthur Miller’s “All My Sons”.
Gawker
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Times Square Kiss Tribute Goes Horribly, Awkwardly Wrong [Happy Veterans Day]
Posted: November 11th, 2008, 4:02pm CST by Sheila
Tags: happy veterans Day
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You know, it would be a totally awesome Veteran's Day segment, says the bleary news producer, if we recreated that famous photo of the nurse kissing the sailor in Times Square. We think our ideas sound great when we're drunk, too. But soon, the painful truth sets in. This morning Fox & Friends decided to trot the actual nurse from the photo, Edith Shain, 90, in front of the cameras to kiss one of their interns wearing a paper sailor's cap. Witness the awkward Fox & Friends-intern-on-nanogenarian embrace after the jump.Shain's been through this before, however. Here she is with some actor-sailors from Broadway's South Pacific, recreating the kiss just a bit less awkwardly:
Some things should just be left in history.
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PROTD [Press Release Of The Day]
Posted: November 11th, 2008, 10:40am CST by Hamilton Nolan
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The following is a three-paragraph press release sent out today entitled "Nielsen and WPP to Swap Assets," which we have stripped of everything but its acronyms: "WPP AGBNielsen WPP. AGBNMR, WPP: SRDS, PERQ/HCI, IBOPE PDM, IBOPE LA IMI.Com, IBOPE WPP IBOPE WPP’s WPP AGBNMR TNS’s CEO AGBNMR AGBNMR SRDS PERC/HCI CEO AGBNielsen TNS IBOPE, PERQ/HCI SRDS. AGB CEO." Short good! [Thanks J.]
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Quote of the Day
Posted: November 9th, 2008, 1:30pm CST by Perez Hilton
Tags: Quote of the Day
"Kate Winslet is always naked, sitting on a toilet, running buck-naked. She's free. I want to be the kind of actress who can really be comfortable with my body like that."
- Halle Berry on Kate Winslet and her naked ways
[Image via WENN.]
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Lauren Conrad: Night Out in LA
Posted: November 5th, 2008, 1:10pm CST
Tags: lauren conrad Election Day
Having recently returned from her Quad tour stop in Atlanta, Lauren Conrad was spotted out and about in Los Angeles, California last night (November 4).
Showing off her Democratic (blue) colors, the “Hills” hottie sported a blue polka dotted sleeveless top teamed with a belted, high-waisted blue skirt with navy blue heels.
Gawker
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What's Left Tonight? [Election Day]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 9:42pm CST by Pareene
Tags: Election Day
Will the Democrats get 60 seats in the Senate? Will Obama win in a landslide and have a MANDATE? Ugh. No, and yes, respectively. Dems are looking good in the Senate but not 60 seats good. Obama will get over 50% of the popular vote, the first time any Democrat's managed that in a generation. That sounds like enough of a mandate to us. What else?Coleman/Franken
The Minnesota Senate race will be down to the wire. Franken is ahead at the moment but it's close. Exit polls look decent for him, but that third-party guy might hurt him.
Michelle Bachmann
The insane Minnesota congresswoman might pull this off—she's ahead at the moment but the write-in Repub challenger might kill her hopes.
Ted Stevens
The Alaska Senator and convicted felon faces a tough fight but, you know, Alaska loves that corrupt asshole. Alaska polls close late.
Proposition 8
Lord knows what's going on with California's gay marriage initiative. Whites want the gay marriage, blacks and latinos are divided. Cautious optimism?
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Your Ballot Initiative Voting Update Post [Election Day]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 8:25pm CST by Pareene
Tags: Election Day
Let's check in on ballot initiatives! Florida's shitty marriage amendment will probably pass. We can't find any other news about any of the rest of them. But we will! Check back in! Update: Colorado's "Definition of Person Initiative," which would've banned abortion and also forms of birth control, has failed. As has South Dakota's abortion ban, which was just play at a Supreme Court case anyway. Massachusetts residents can possess an ounce of weed! Arkansas' "unmarried couples adoption ban" thing looks like it might pass. Medical marijuana passed in Michigan!
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Your Senate Race Post [Election Day]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 7:38pm CST by Pareene
Tags: Election Day
Elizabeth Dole just lost her seat in North Carolina, to Kay Hagan. Democrat Mark Warner won Virginia but that was a gimme. We'll update this with notable results as the night progresses. Stupid Saxby Chambliss is holding on but that will probably go to a run-off. Mitch McConnell won and John Sununu lost. 3+ new Senate seats for Dems thus far. Now: Up four seats! Tom Udall won in New Mexico.
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Exit Polls! Exit Polls! Exit Polls! [Election Day]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 5:21pm CST by Pareene
Tags: Election Day
Sorry, Dianne Feinstein! Exit polls are useless and wrong (actually they're not entirely wrong and useless except that no one knows how to read them, except Marc Ambinder). But they're out, now, and soon they'll be everywhere. Let's get to it: "Senate sources" say the Dems will be stuck at 58 seats. Sad! After the jump, the numbers that people like Drudge have. There are no surprises but the slight Obama leads in MO and IN are probably LIES. (Or, uh, misleading.)
GA 47-51
FL 52-49
IA 58-42
IN 52-48
MI 60-39
MN 56-39
MO52-48
NC 52-48
NH 57-43
NM 56-43
NV 55-45
OH 54-45
PA 57-42
VA 55-45
WV 45-55
WI 58-42National 54-44
Senate numbers we don't believe at all (because the Coleman number is absurd):
Sununu down 18
Coleman down 12
McConnell up 2
Chambliss up 3
Dole down 52-43AND:
THE RESULTS CANNOT BE USED UNTIL AFTER THE POLLS CLOSE IN EACH STATE.
VIRGINIA- POLL CLOSE: 7:00 PM
*22% of the vote is African American and Obama is winning 91% of it.
*Among white voters, 58% are backing McCain, while 41% are supporting Obama. In 2004, Kerry won 32% of the vote here while Bush won 68% of it.
*72% disapprove of the job Bush is doing; only 27% approve.
*More than half of voters think McCain will continue Bush's policies; fewer think he will take the country in a different direction.
*Obama is winning the support of both men and women, but white men and white women are backing McCain.
*Among whites, one in five said race was a factor in their vote today and they backed McCain.
*More blacks (4 in 10) said race was a factor and they voted overwhelmingly for Obama.
*Obama looks to be improving on Kerry's margins in Northern Virginia.
*Most voters say McCain as the candidate on the attack: nearly 7 in 10 say he attacked Obama unfairly; fewer than half say Obama attacked McCain unfairly.INDIANA - POLL CLOSE: 7:00 PM
*The economy is the top issue here (as it is nationally) and Obama appears to be benefitting from that. Among economy voters, Obama 56% to 43%.
*White working class (those without a college degree and earn less than $50K) are backing Obama slightly over McCain by 51% to 48%.
*Men are divided in their support, while Obama has the advantage with women.
*42% of voters are white evangelicals, up from 35% in 2004. McCain is getting 68% of their support. Bush captured 77% of the vote in 2004.
*35% of voters in IN were looking for a candidate who could bring about change, while almost as many (33%) were looking for someone who shares their values. The change voters are supporting Obama, while the values voters are supporting McCain.GEORGIA - - POLL CLOSE: 7:00 PM
*30% of voters are African American (up from 25% in 2004) and 97% are backing Obama.
*Whites are backing McCain by about the same margin they supported Bush in 2004.
*The top candidate quality was values, closely followed by change. Those who selected values as the most important quality backed McCain, while the change voters supported Obama.NORTH CAROLINA - POLL CLOSE: 7:30 PM
*22% of voters were African American (26% in 2004) and Obama is getting 97% of their vote. As expected, an improvement on Kerry's performance four years ago.
*White voters are backing McCain by 62% to 37%.
*11% of voters in NC are new voters, voting for the first time this year, they too have the economy on their minds and 3 in 4 of them are backing Obama.
*Change and values are nearly tied for the #1 quality. Obama wins the change people, while McCain takes the values people.OHIO - POLL CLOSE: 7:30 PM
*86% are worried about the direction of the economy, including more than half who are very worried. (Obama is getting the support of those worried voters.)
*Hillary Clinton won the primary here, and Obama is getting the support of 82% of Democrats who backed her in that contest. 16% are backing McCain.
*12% of voters in Ohio are black, up from 10% in 2004. 98% of them are backing Obama.
*Both white women and white women are going for McCain.
*More voters see view Obama has a candidate who is in touch with people like them, while more voters see McCain has having the experience to serve effectively as president.
*Still, 4 in 10 Ohio voters think Obama's positions on the issues are too liberal.PENNSYLVANIA - POLL CLOSE: 8:00 PM
*A quarter of voters in PA are white Catholics and they are splitting their votes. Kerry lost these voters to Bush by 48% to 52%.
*Seniors are one-fifth of the electorate and just over half are backing Obama. These voters narrowly backed Kerry by 51% to 48% in 2004.
*Obama is getting about two-thirds of the support of voters age 18-29. Kerry won 60% of them in 2004.
*Most voters in the Keystone state made up their minds long ago, but among those who decided in the last week (just over 1 in 10 voters), they are narrowly backing McCain by 51% to 47%.FLORIDA- POLL CLOSE: 8:00 PM
*13% of voters here were Hispanics (15% in 2004) and they are breaking for Obama by 55% to 45%. This is a reversal from 2004 when Hispanics backed Bush by 56% to 44%.
*Seniors (24% of voters) are backing McCain over Obama by 53% 46%. In 2004 Bush edged out Kerry by 51% to 48%.
*13% of voters are African American in Florida and they and 95% are backing Obama.
*White men and white women are backing McCain.
*McCain wins on experience here, while more voters see Obama as being more in touch with people like them.8:00 MISSOURI
* Young voters (19% of voters) are backing Obama; while seniors (17% of voters) give McCain the edge.
* White evangelical are 38% of the vote in Missouri and they are backing McCain by 67% to 32%. Not as strong a showing as Bush in 2004.I doubt this means much of anything, but today's election among third graders in Hudson, Ohio was a landslide for McCain, approximately 250 to 100. Of course, you'd expect as much in Hudson, which is a fairly Red town.
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Everybody Needs a Drink Right About Now! [Election Day]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 3:35pm CST by Sheila
Tags: Election Day
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MSNBC's lovable Rachel Maddow is a "hobbyist bartender," as she explained to Martha Stewart, who eyed the cocktail Maddow prepared for her a little too eagerly. (We'll be reporting the election returns live from dive bar Milano's later this evening.)
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Anna Wintour Stealthily Votes [Election Day]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 2:57pm CST by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Election Day
Ha. Daily Intel has obtained a photograph of Vogue editor Anna Wintour, the most important woman in fashion, standing in line to vote. This grainy image raises so many questions: Why does she seem to be hiding behind a concrete column? Why have her fellow voters turned their backs on her? And most importantly, is she in the tank? Anna, please write in with answers. This is what democracy looks like. [Daily Intel. Click to enlarge]
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Fox News Finds the Race War They Were Looking For [Election Day]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 1:51pm CST by Pareene
Tags: Election Day
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There are two "Black Panthers" standing outside of one polling location in Philadelphia. One of them has a billy club. It's kind of the most hilarious story ever. Fox is all over it. Below, raw live unedited footage of these two American Heroes, who just arrived from that Life on Mars show. Anyways! Race war, guys, let's all head to Ricky's and take advantage of these post-Haloween bargains on Manson Family costumes.
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McCain Supporters Scared, Report McCain Supporters [Election Day]
Posted: November 4th, 2008, 1:37pm CST by Pareene
Tags: Election Day
The Times wants to know how you're feeling, today. Are you hopeful? Or scared? Type a word, and say who you support in the election, and the word will fly by on the screen, magically. What we learned: McCain supporters are scared, patriotic, worried, determined, tired, depressed, upset, anxious, terrified, and, yes, hopeful. Obama supporters, in calm, soothing blue, are hopeful, happy, ready, tired, relieved, and, of course, nervous and anxious. Everyone in America needs a damn nap. [NYT]
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Quote of the Day
Posted: November 2nd, 2008, 2:52pm CST by Perez Hilton
Tags: Quote of the Day
"If someone starts talking to me negatively about something they've never actually studied that actual text of, I don't really admire them very much because it shows they don't have much integrity, so I just kind of ignore them. I'm not going to listen to gossip and hearsay about something that's affected my life so tremendously in such a tremendously positive way. It's a new religion. Historically every new religion has been [dismissed]. People were hanged, fed to the lions for their beliefs so this is just a modern day evolution of what happens when something new comes into our culture. It is not fully understood yet. I've seen drug addicts completely rehabilitated, I've seen the illiterate become literate, I've seen people that were so depressed and hopeless completely rehabilitate their goals in life, become happier, find partners. It's beautiful."
- Former TV actress Jenna Elfman, on Scientology, to reporters in Sydney this past week
[Image via WENN.]
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Damn I’m Hot: Reese Witherspoon
Posted: November 1st, 2008, 10:50am CDT by Celebrity Pictures Blog
Tags: Cutie of the Day
Reese Witherspoon is not only one of the hottest hollywood celebrities, she is also a fashion icon.
She’s pretty much dating Jake Gyllenhaal, so guys back off. What I’ve always liked about Reese was her kind smile and she just really does seem like a southern belle. Not a lot of that going around since there’s so many hoes around.
But she def. gets the title for HOTTIE OF THE WEEK!
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Quote of the Day
Posted: October 26th, 2008, 1:00pm CDT by Perez Hilton
Tags: Quote of the Day
"We just let things get completely out of hand," he said of his own party's rule in the past eight years. Spending, the conduct of the war in Iraq for years, growth in the size of government, larger than any time since the Great Society, laying a $10 trillion debt on future generations of America, owing $500 billion to China, obviously, failure to both enforce and modernize the [financial] regulatory agencies that were designed for the 1930s and certainly not for the 21st century, failure to address the issue of climate change seriously."
- John McCain on George W. Bush's presidency, in a new interview with The Washington Times
[Image via WENN.]
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Quote Of The Day
Posted: October 19th, 2008, 12:45pm CDT by Perez Hilton
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"I go to church and people ask me if they can be on Entourage, what’s gonna happen. I go to church to worship, I don’t go to church to talk about it. The stuff that I did with my entourage back in the day is stuff that I’m not proud of and I’m asking forgiveness for; I don’t want things brought up in church, but, if you go to church in Beverly Hills, those kind of things happen. I get scripts, resumes, books - people tried to come up to me with a children’s book before and I wouldn’t take it. They got upset with me. This is church."
- Mark Wahlberg, on praising Jesus
[Image via WENN.]
Gawker
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Great For The Thrifty Klansman [Pic Of The Day]
Posted: October 17th, 2008, 10:03am CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Pic of the Day
The Times shows us "What You Get for...$1.2 Million": a house on six acres in Massachusetts with four bedrooms, four bathrooms, and "KKK" posted above the back door. Click to enlarge.
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Angry McCain [Quote Of The Day]
Posted: October 16th, 2008, 4:58pm CDT by Nick Denton
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The best description of John McCain's simmering demeanour during last night's debate with Barack Obama, from a Republican contact of New York magazine's John Heilemann: "He’s Bob Dole morphed into Howard Beale from Network... I don’t see how he gets on a commercial airline and passes security.”
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Snakes On A Plane [Pic Of The Day]
Posted: October 16th, 2008, 4:06pm CDT by Richard
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[From Getty Images, these are full-size cutouts of presidential candidate John McCain and his running mate, Marge Gunderson. The curtain separates the press from the real people on McCain's Straight Talk Air Express campaign plane.]
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Quote of the Day
Posted: October 13th, 2008, 9:30am CDT by Perez Hilton
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Quote Of The Day
Posted: October 12th, 2008, 6:57pm CDT by Perez Hilton
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"Whoever wins this election, Bush's impact has changed the world. This man has left us with three wars — in Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terror — and the legacy of the pre-emptive strike. These are legacies that will haunt his successor for years. It's good for people, before the election, to think about who they elected eight years ago and about where we are as a country right now."
- Oliver Stone, while out promoting his new George W. Bush biography, W.
[Image via WENN.]
Gawker
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And Today We Drown [Pic Of The Day]
Posted: September 29th, 2008, 2:57pm CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: Pic of the Day
Gawker photographer Nikola Tamindzic had an imaged ready for this day. For higher definition, visit Home of the Vain.
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Banksy (Rats) NYC [Pic Of The Day]
Posted: September 29th, 2008, 1:30pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Pic of the Day
Semi-anonymous street art legend Banksy reportedly collaborated with a sign-painting company on this mural, which went up last weekend in Soho, NYC. He likes us—he really likes us! At least the rats among us. [via Gothamist]
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As Long As You Don't Mythologize Him [Pic Of The Day Pt. 2]
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 10:59am CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: Pic of the Day Pt.
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Yup, It Really Is "The Greatest Depression." LOL! [Pic Of The Day]
Posted: September 23rd, 2008, 10:50am CDT by Moe
Tags: Pic of the Day
With apologies to Daily Intel. A demonstrator behind Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Fed Chief Ben Bernanke at this morning's Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee floats the theory that Wall Street killed capitalism for the Lulz. [Getty | Chip Somodevilla]
Elitist street art on Bowery in Manhattan. Click to enlarge. [Thanks PerezHilton.com
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Quote Of The Day
Posted: September 19th, 2008, 10:45am CDT by Perez Hilton
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"Despite what other people might write, it was my decision, ultimately. I actually put some of my solo songs on this Pussycat Dolls album. Everything is all about timing. I believe it will come out next year, and it will be able to coexist wonderfully with the Dolls album. It’s completely separate from what you’ve heard with “Baby Love” and “Whatever U Like,” and I’m still working on it—that’s what happens when you’re a perfectionist. But I’m excited because you do only get one chance to put out your first solo album, and it will only come out when I feel like it’s ready."
- Nicole Scherzinger tells HX Magazine, about her long-delayed solo album
[Image via WENN.]
Gawker
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The Way to a Woman's Vote is Through Her Ovaries [Pic Of The Day]
Posted: September 19th, 2008, 10:20am CDT by Sheila
Tags: Pic of the Day
There have been many studies about how men and women decide how to vote, and what influences them. Well! It's actually quite simple. I normally hate kids, but when I saw this photo—taken in Farmington Hills, Michigan—I suddenly wanted to have Obama's post-racial children. I can't even think right now! I just want to cast a million votes and populate the earth with beautiful mixed-race kiddies, because they are our future. This photo is like crack for ladies.
TMZ.com
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Blair's Bitch Project -- The Bloody Truth
Posted: September 19th, 2008, 9:40am CDT by TMZ Staff
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Filed under: Wacky & Weird
Selma Blair's bitch boy/co-star Mikey Day (the dude from "Wild N' Out") knows what leads here at the ol' TMZ -- and last night the dude was on a mission to create scandal ... cause if the "Hellboy" starlet faceplants, starts bleeding, and announces...
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Audrina Patridge: Moving Day
Posted: September 19th, 2008, 12:25am CDT
Tags: Audrina Patridge moving Day hills
Looking lovely in a white spaghetti-strapped tank top, dark jeans and silver flats, Audrina Patridge was spotted hopping into her Mercedes SLK as she left her house to run a few errands on Thursday (September 18).
And according to a source on the scene, the MTV reality babe may no longer be a resident in the house she shares with her “Hills” co-stars Lauren Conrad and Lauren Bosworth - as movers were active outside of the residence throughout the day, hauling loads of Miss Patridge’s stuff into their moving truck.
Gawker
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Chinatown Stock Exchange [Photoshop Of The Day]
Posted: September 18th, 2008, 4:40pm CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: photoshop of the Day
One of Wall Street's most storied investment banks, Morgan Stanley, is in discussions to sell half the securities firm to the Chinese state. Here's a forward-looking image of America's financial center. Original photo of the New York Stock Exchange by David Galbraith, Photoshop by Steven Dressler.
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Spit Parties: The Trend Piece That Will Destroy The World [Judgement Day]
Posted: September 13th, 2008, 3:45pm CDT by Dashiell Bennett
Tags: Judgement Day
Guess what you're doing about six-to-10 weeks from now? Going to a "spit party!" Thanks to some dynamite PR and one very fancy guest list, plucky young tech firm 23andMe has made DNA testing parties the hottest new trend around. And they're bringing it to the masses—via media moguls at Fashion Week parties, that is. Don't worry, it will eventually trickle down to the rest of us. We say plucky, of course, because the firm was co-founded by the wife of Google oligarch Sergey Brin, and has received "token funding" from Harvey Weinstein and Wendi Murdoch, wife of Rupert, and is having its coming out party this week in the New Yorker and the Times. It's the Little Startup That Could!But why would those folks want to convince yuppies with disposable income to spit into a tube and mail the spit to a research lab, where their complete genetic profile will be uploaded to the web to be shared with friends, loved ones, and curious sex partners? Isn't it obvious...?
Google exists for one purpose: to catalog all the information in the known universe, because information is power. Rupert Murdoch exists for one purpose: to disseminate all that information and make a fortune off it. But Rupert Murdoch can't live forever ... unless! Hear us out: 23andMe compiles a record of the most ideal chromosomes from the world's most remarkable genetic freaks (Usian Bolt's speed, Gary Kasparov's logical reasoning, Michael Phelps' giant flippers), melds them with Murdoch's base double-helix blueprint, and then installs the self-aware Rupert virus on a Google server farm. You know how this story ends:
Or maybe Harvey Weinstein just wants his pee to smell like asparagus. It could go either way.
When in Doubt, Spit It Out [NYT]
Ptooey! [NewYorker]
Related: Lots more on 23andMe @ Valleywag
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The Skyscraper That Vanished [Pic Of The Day]
Posted: September 3rd, 2008, 9:50am CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: Pic of the Day
David Dunlap of the New York Times captured 7 World Trade Center on a sunny day last week. A blue sky and neighboring buildings are reflected against the mirrored surface, and create the impression one the building is transparent.
Celebrity-Gossip.net
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Lauren Conrad and Lo Bosworth: Fitness Fanatics
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 12:32pm CDT
Tags: lauren conrad Bosworth Labor Day
When you consider that they pretty much get paid to be on camera and look good, it’s no wonder Lauren Conrad and Lauren “Lo” Bosworth pay such close attention to their physiques.
The “Hills” co-stars were spotted spending their Labor Day holiday getting physical with a jogging outing, along with a friend and their dog in West Hollywood, California.
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Damn He’s Cute: Daniel Radcliffe
Posted: September 2nd, 2008, 10:07am CDT by Celebrity Gossip Blog
Tags: Cutie of the Day
What a total hottie!
You might recognize Daniel Radcliffe from the blockbuster HITS Harry Potter. Or you might recogzize Mr. Radcliffe from the racy sexy Eqous play where he shows his..unmentionables! Here he is posing for Details Magzine’s October issue.
Can’t wait to read the interview.
Celebrity-Gossip.net
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Hilary Duff Loves the Labor Day Sales
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 11:41pm CDT
Tags: Hilary Duff Labor Day Shopping
Loving every moment of her time out scouring the racks during the Labor Day sales, Hilary Duff made a solo shopping trip near her home in Los Angeles on Monday (September 1).
Carrying around her Valentino Maison Studded handbag, the “Stay Cool” sweetheart first stopped off at Urban Outfitters before heading to a gift shop in Beverly Hills - leaving both stores with shopping bags.
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Heidi Klum: Sexy While Shopping
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 3:07pm CDT
Tags: Heidi Klum target Labor Day
Wearing a sexy little mini dress, Heidi Klum was out and about on Sunday afternoon (August 31) taking care of some much-needed errands.
The 35-year-old German supermodel first picked up the family’s groceries at Whole Foods Market in Beverly Hills. Afterwards, Heidi headed on over to Target to scoop up a few toys for her kiddies.
Gawker
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Sarah Palin's Eldest Daughter Is With Child [Labor (heh) Day]
Posted: September 1st, 2008, 2:31pm CDT by Moe
Tags: Labor heh Day
Far from us to "belabor" something like this, but 17-year-old Bristol Palin is pregnant. Which officially rules out, as a 19-year-old Gawker source did yesterday, the insane internet rumors that Sarah Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her daughter's premarital sex-caused one. Here is our favorite Alaskan blog on the issue, or take a walk on the "high road" over at Jezebel.
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In Denver When You're Dead [Pic Of The Day]
Posted: August 28th, 2008, 11:41am CDT by Nick Denton
Tags: Pic of the Day
There are supposed to be 15,000 journalists covering the Democratic Convention in Denver, a good proportion at newspapers. But the time-pressed and laptop-lugging reporters have largely abandoned their own medium, print: the New York Observer's John Koblin snapped this neglected pile of newspapers yesterday afternoon at the stand of Sam Zell's beleaguered Tribune Company.
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Error-Filled Press Release Arrives From The Future [Pitch Of The Day]
Posted: August 25th, 2008, 4:14pm CDT by Hamilton Nolan
Tags: pitch of the Day
Media relations is a delicate cat-and-mouse game full of silver-tongued gurus with their fingers on the pulse of the news cycle. It's not something to be left to—for example—bumbling fools. Unless, of course, you hire a firm called MEGA Marketing & Media, which sent out the following actual pitch we just received from an actual reporter at a major news outlet. The persuasive hook, designed to lure the journalist in: "I figured with such a political week, such the the democratic convention just ended, and the republican starting this week." Uh, what?Hey [Reporter]
How are you?
I was hoping to see if these items may fit the bill for something with [news outlet]. I figured with such a political week, such the the democratic convention just ended, and the republican starting this week. An item such as these may be more celeb driven, but hopefully used. Please let me know!
There is a great picture with Christina Milian holding up the voting pin, and Stephanie Pratt with the Clipboard registering to vote at the Declare Yourself Booth!
Photos: [These will never be run, at this rate]
Stephanie Pratt Registered to vote at the Declare Yourself Booth. Noting that she is a Libertarian and is excited to vote for the 1st time!
- Christina Milian Noting while sitting on the DECLARE YOURSELF Convertible Vintage Cougar that she is BIG OBAMA supporter and very excited that Joe Biden is his running mate.
[Pic via Ze Frank]
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The New Republic Mulls Over Some Deep Thoughts On Joe Biden [Screenshot Of The Day]
Posted: August 23rd, 2008, 3:44pm CDT by Richard
Tags: Screenshot of the Day
Yeah, I don't know what to make of this either.
X17 Online
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Golden Girl Is Back From Beijing!
Posted: August 22nd, 2008, 4:28pm CDT by Elisabeth
Tags: another Day At the office
Tennis star Venus Williams is back from the Beijing Games, after her and little sis Serena beat Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual for the doubles gold medal.
Tennis, anyone?
