Joe Biden Asked to Leave Correspondents Dinner After Awful Tiger Woods Joke
Last year, the Radio & Television Correspondents Dinner featured the comedian John Hodgman. This year it featured the comedian Joe Biden, probably best known for his role as the Vice President of America. He bombed. MORE >>
Exclusive: The Book Proposal for Larry Flynt's History of Presidential Sex
A tipster sent us the proposal for One Nation Under Sex, Larry Flynt's forthcoming history of White House coitus. And it's not bad! Did you know that "George Washington was a famous swordsman in more ways than one"? MORE >>
How Bitter Infighting May Break Up One of Tech's Most Lucrative Conferences
High revenues and relatively low costs have made TechCrunch 50 the envy of its rivals, competing tech conferences like Demo and the Wall Street Journal's D. If only its founders could stop fighting like rabid dogs. MORE >>
What Type of Nerd Are You?
All the nerds are in one place this week at SXSW, but, let's face it, we all have a little bit of nerd in us. These days geekdom is large and diverse enough for everyone. Where do you fit in? MORE >>
American Idol: We May Have Just Finally Killed Keith Richards
Well, America. There it was. Your Top 12 Idols. What you prayed and voted for, what you made happen. I hope you were happy. Because, thanks a frigging lot, that was some bullshit. MORE >>
Martha Stewart: Road-Raging Guinea Pig Eater
Martha Stewart's (former) friend Mariana Pasternak has just released her backstabby tell-all book The Best of Friends: Martha and Me. We have culled some of its bitchy allegations for your reading pleasure! Today: Martha drives dangerously, is insane about animals. MORE >>
Does Michael Lewis Snatch His Ideas From College Kids?
The hot book of the moment, Michael Lewis's Big Short, was influenced by a Harvard undergraduate's thesis. But few people know the bestselling author has followed the footsteps of someone else's college thesis before, with Moneyball. MORE >>
The Gay Terrorist Who Could Have Stopped 9/11
An Iraqi airline employee worked closely with the 9/11 hijackers. Neocons used him to justify the war in Iraq—not realizing that the CIA had attempted to recruit him as a turncoat, perhaps because they knew he was gay. MORE >>
Do Cornell's Gorges Make Kids Commit Suicide?
Cornell recent experienced its sixth student suicide in as many months. The two most recent deaths occurred when students threw themselves into the gorges that cut through its campus in Ithaca, NY. Can we blame the scenery for the deaths? MORE >>
The Justin Bieber Guide for Old People
Today, 16 year-old pop singer Justin Bieber announced his first world tour. This merited an 81-word write up in the Times. Meanwhile, 12 year-old girls are literally weeping with anticipation. What the hell is going on? Come, elderly reader. Learn. MORE >>
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