03/28/2002
Mark Zuckerberg's Age of Privacy Is Over
Mark Zuckerberg turned strangers' intimate moments into riches. We turned the tables on the Facebook CEO, lurking outside his house, following him out with his girlfriend and pals, and to Chinese language lessons.
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08/28/2000
Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114000 iPad Owners Exposed [Exclusive]
Click here to read Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114000 iPad Owners Exposed. Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. ...
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04/27/2002
Shirley Sherrod Plans To Sue Andrew Breitbart
Wrongfully terminated ex-USDA official Shirley Sherrod will sue the conservative malice-blogger Andrew Breitbart, she said at a conference today, for publishing a misleadingly edited clip of a speech she gave which made her, ...
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01/28/2002
Correspondence We Actually Received: Free Lindsay Edition - Daily ...
Is the most en vogue blog. Each week you get over 30-40 best-dressed moments, intriguing questionnaires, voting, polls, and daily rankings of the most fascinating fashion personalities, irresistible industry gossip. Chic Report gets you ...
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03/29/2002
White Editor Hired at Black Magazine! Crisis?
Oooo, it's a racial-cultural-media controversy of the most delicious sort! Essence magazine has hired a white lady as its new fashion director. Is that bad? Or, perhaps, not bad? We'll tell you what we think below—then, everyone argue!
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03/30/2002
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, Jon Stewart bids farewell to Tony Hayward, Heidi Klum talks about pants-pooping with Regis Philbin, Kristen Schaal's worst job ever, zombie Dick Cheney, and Louis CK tries to act alongside Matthew Broderick on Louie.
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04/29/2002
Mark Zuckerberg Is a Star in India, Too
Facebook's director of engineering got married in India earlier this year, and his boss Mark Zuckerberg joined him for the wedding, sister and girlfriend in tow. Now pictures of the social networkers are circulating around the ...
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10/29/2001
Cyberbullying Expert Bullied Off Good Morning America
Good Morning America was supposed to air a follow-up today to yesterday's report on 11-year-old cyberbullying victim Jessi Slaughter. It got spiked. Why? For one thing, a harassment campaign by 4chan users discouraged GMA's ...
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10/30/2001
Marks & Spencer to Debut R-Pants, Inspired by Robert Pattinson ...
Things Robert Pattinson has inspired: an entire generation of screaming tweens, magazine covers, cardboard cut-outs and entire lines of merchandise at Nordstrom, and, come September, fans of Twilight can...
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02/27/2002
Shocker: Rod Blagojevich's Lawyer Made a Scene In Court Yesterday
Rod Blagojevich probably never imagined that when he hired R. Kelly's former lawyer to close out his corruption trial that it would turn into a circus. Never! But Sam Adam Jr. made a scene, and said he'd go to jail.
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03/30/2002
The Day of the Media Microfeud
In your tendentious Wednesday media column: The Awl vs. the NYO, the Village Voice vs. the Austin Chronicle, Sam Sifton vs. Dan Abrams, dumb people vs. David Remnick, and the NYT vs. the WSJ, magazine-style.
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03/30/2002
Personal Facebook Info Reportedly Leaked, Gawker Invades ...
Gawker's Valleywag has posted numerous paparazzi-style photos of Mark Zuckerberg, after photographer Nick Stern followed him around. The piece is framed as a way of "turning the tables" on him after he "turned strangers' intimate ...
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12/29/2001
The Shirley Sherrod Scandal: Who's Racist Now?
So, today Howard Dean called Fox News 'absolutely racist' for its role in promoting that misleading video of USDA employee Shirley Sherrod. Which means that almost everyone involved in this scandal is a racist, according to someone.
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06/28/2001
Whoopi Goldberg Spends Entire Episode of The View Sedated and ...
Today, Whoopi Goldberg gave us a goldmine when she stumbled onto The View set—still drugged up on sedatives she used on a trans-Atlantic flight earlier this morning! Inside, video of her problems reading the teleprompter and ...
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01/29/2002
AT&T's iPad Cover Up
AT&T is refusing to say how many iPad 3G customers had their private information compromised in a security breach last month. So much for the company's promise to "shed some more light" on the situation.
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04/29/2002
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, Zac Efron talks about his very-hetero visit to the strip club, Jimmy Fallon breaks video game records, Between Two Ferns with Steve Carell, and the best interview to ever come from having a rapist on the loose.
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10/30/2001
Is 4chan Cleaning Up Its Act?
If you logged onto 4chan's anarchic /b/ message board today, you would have found a changed place. Soft music played. Instead of prodigious amounts of child porn and virulent racism, there was only a little bit. What happened?
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01/30/2002
Idaho Police Dog Back On Duty After Serving Suspension
Sun Valley Idaho's star cop, a 5-year-old German shepherd named Dax, was suspended last month for attacking a small schnauzer. Police Chief Cameron Daggett said that after some time off duty, "Dax will be receiving more training."
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02/27/2002
Sean Salisbury Drops His Lawsuit Against Gawker Media, Me
Hear ye. The lawsuit brought forth by an aggrieved former NFL quarterback and television analyst against a Bully Blogger and Bully Blog Shop, in Denton County, Texas, for the past several months, is no more.
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12/28/2001
Scoring Sunday's Nuptials: Cosmic Energy Binds Them
When a former Knicks dancer weds a SpikeTV producer you know the harmonics of the Universe are correctly tuned. Come, explore the New York Times wedding announcements with resident Gawker wedding expert Phyllis Nefler.
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03/29/2002
Gawker Masterfully Creates Perfect Metaphor for Boring Facebook ...
This is truly genius: To capture just how boring the painfully scrutinized and endlessly debated issue of Facebook privacy is, Gawker sent a photographer to stalk Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and violate his privacy for a ...
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07/28/2000
All the Terrible Things Mel Gibson Has Said on the Record
Mel Gibson allegedly ranted against "wetbacks" on tape. Previous tirades include the N-word and anti-Semitism. Wouldn't it be nice if you could read every terrible thing Gibson has said, all in one place? Look no further.
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02/26/2002
A Pervert Defends the Right to Masturbate in Public
Yesterday's post on the masturbating gentleman of the Brooklyn-bound 4 train provoked debate between people who hate perverts, people who hate people who hate perverts, and a pervert who defended his right to rub one out in public.
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02/27/2002
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, Michael Imperioli finds work as a gynecologist on a teen show, RuPaul turns regular ladies into drag queens, Bill O'Reilly hates his coworkers, and a very pregnant Rachel Dratch hangs with Bethenny Frankel and Andy ...
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10/29/2001
Levi Johnston Is Making a Music Video About His Relationship with ...
America's favorite babydaddy, Levi Johnson, is scheduled to film an R&B music video next month with singer Brittani Senser. He'll play a man driven from his lover by her meddling mother. Who do you think that's supposed to be?
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03/29/2001
Lindsay Lohan's German 'GQ' Interview, Translated For Your Reading ...
Once upon a time, just a few weeks ago, before Lindsay Lohan was a joke of jail-bound proportions, she scored a spot on the cover of the August issue of German GQ. The magazine features a lengthy profile of Lindsay, tracing back to her ...
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12/28/2001
Russia Elects First Black Official
Russia just elected its first black official. Commenter Tristan13 points us to this story, saying: "With all the race baiting going on lately, I found this story quite amusing." Yeah, but you know Andrew Breitbart's getting his smears ...
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02/27/2002
Play 'Hide the Nanny' With Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is in nanny denial. Thought to have six minders for her six children, Angie still complains she and Brad are "like bartenders" and "waiters" to their children. Then what are you paying the help for, lady?
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03/28/2002
Mark Zuckerberg gets the Gawker Stalker treatment - Kashmir Hill ...
Ryan Tate at Gawker decided to sic a paparazzi on the man who brought an end to online privacy, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, over a long weekend. You can check out the photo shoot here. The photos must be a bit old because he still has ...
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04/28/2000
Was Barack Obama In the 1993 Music Video For 'Whoomp (There It Is ...
Click here to read Was Barack Obama In the 1993 Music Video For 'Whoomp (. Finally, a Barack Obama conspiracy theory for the rest of us! Everyone from Tea Partiers to hip hop message boards think Obama was an extra in the music video ...
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09/29/2001
KFC Should Sue for Copyright Infringement
Mila Kunis was not eating fried chicken today at Cafe Habana while filming Gawker's favorite movie, Friends with Benefits starring Justin Timberlake, down the street from our office. Image via Bauer-Griffin]
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12/29/2001
An Account of Being Arrested for 'Trespassing' NYU's Bookstore
Gawker once called the novelist Tao Lin "maybe perhaps the single most irritating person we've ever had to deal with." Times change. Here is Tao Lin's account of being arrested for trespassing at the NYU bookstore last week.
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01/30/2002
Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day
Today at Gawker.TV, John Stamos drops by Entourage to play some ping pong, Kim Kardashian tells her sister Kourtney she's "like a single mom," Mad Men is back, and The Soup tears apart last week's news coverage about Lindsay Lohan.
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02/25/2001
Steve Jobs Offers World 'Freedom From Porn'
I didn't plan to pick a fight with Steve Jobs last night. It just sort of happened: An iPad advertisement ticked me off; I sent the Apple CEO an angry email; he told me about "freedom from porn."
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07/30/2001
Lohan's Last Stand: Lindsay's Surrender and Imprisonment, Minute ...
Lindsay Lohan surrendered herself to a 90-day jail sentence today. Gawker intern Molly Fitzpatrick served as virtual court reporter, watching livestreaming video of Lindsay's arrival and court appearance and culling the highlights for ...
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07/28/2001
4chan Hackers Attack Gawker Again
Anarchic internet hangout 4chan sent a little more hate Gawker's way today, launching a denial of service attack against our website, spamming our email accounts and even trying to bother one staffer's spouse.
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09/27/2001
American Apparel Confidential: A Million-Dollar Penalty for ...
Last week we brought you internal documents and employee testimony about American Apparel's hiring practices and work environment. AA CEO Dov Charney wasn't happy with our reporting! And for AA employees, leaking to us carries a $1 ...
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09/29/2000
American Apparel's 'New Standard:' No Uglies Allowed [Exclusive]
Click here to read American Apparel's 'New Standard:' No Uglies Allowed. Yesterday, we told you about American Apparel's practice of making hires and promotions based largely on "full body" employee photos. ...
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04/27/2002
Zuckerberg Hates Privacy, So Gawker Invades His | Robin Meade Blog
Because Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg isn't a huge fan of others' privacy , Gawker is testing how he feels about his own. A photographer followed him around Silicon Valley for a week to give him the “paparazzi treatment,” snapping photos ...
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10/29/2001
Military Nerds Put Our Nation at Risk By Befriending Hot Girls on ...
Nerds never change. If they get a friend request from a hot girl on a social-networking site, they'll always accept. Even if they happen to be military or intelligence personnel. One security expert proved this with an experiment.
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02/27/2002
Today's Gawker.TV Trivia
Gawker.TV Trivia, a daily question & answer game that tests your knowledge of television—past and present. Do you think that you've got it? Check out the answer to today's question, inside.
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06/27/2001
4Chan's Sad War To Silence Gawker
The denizens of internet troll hive 4chan.org launched an attack on Gawker Media's servers at noon Eastern today, apparently unhappy we wrote about how they coordinated the harassment of an 11-year-old girl. We survived the onslaught, ...
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02/27/2002
Meet a Gawker.TV Intern: Michelle Cacciatore
This new feature will introduce you to our fantastic team of bright and eager interns. Today we have an interview with Michelle Cacciatore.
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08/28/2001
Gawker on Facebook, Twitter, and Email
Do you ever find yourself on Twitter or Facebook and think to yourself, "I wish I was on Gawker"? Don't click away, because you can find us on Facebook and Twitter. And we'll appear in your inbox, too.
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03/29/2002
'Tarantula Invasion' Has Northern Britain On Edge
A pair of Chilean Rose tarantulas were found separately in backyards in northern Britain recently, and people are getting nervous. So what's the big deal about a couple of furry spiders? They spit hairs into people's eyes and blind ...
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01/29/2002
The Real Housewife Foreclosure Auction: Own a Piece of Teresa ...
Click here to read The Real Housewife Foreclosure Auction: Own a Piece of Teresa Giudice. The poor orange hair monster from Bravo's Real Housewives of New Jersey is bankrupt. She's selling her mansion, and now basically everything she ...
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12/30/1999
The Plot to Send Justin Bieber to North Korea [Pranks]
Click here to read The Plot to Send Justin Bieber to North Korea. Justin Bieber's fans are having a vote contest to see what countries he should tour. In second place and gaining momentum: North Korea. Obviously, this is the work of ...
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01/30/2002
Why Condé Nast Should Buy Gawker | Media and Tech
Condé Nast is a house built on smoke and mirrors - that is, to say, on brand advertising. So it is astonishing to hear its CEO, Chuck Townsend, essentially.
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10/28/2001
Finally, 'The Official Alvin Greene Rap'
Here's incredible South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene's YouTube song, (allegedly) written, produced and edited by the candidate [Updated below]. It's got LeBron James highlights, lyrics about not showing porn to ...
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06/28/2001
There Will Now Be a War Over the Big Business of Designer Diapers
Incredibly vain parents are actually buying Huggies horrible denim diapers, so much so the brand regained the market share they recently lost to Pampers. This can only mean one thing: diaper war.
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04/29/2001
Barney Frank Does Not Appreciate Kathy Griffin Calling Scott ...
Kathy Griffin called Scott Brown's daughters "prostitutes." This was not a funny joke, and now Kathy Griffin has been called out by Barney Frank even though he's gay and Kathy Griffin is the world's most fearless crusader for gay ...
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07/28/2001
How to Get an Internship at Mayor Bloomberg's Office
Every ambitious young person in New York wishes to secure a position as an intern in the court of the city's benevolent philosopher-king, Michael of Bloomberg. But how can one get a City Hall internship? Simply follow our foolproof ...
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09/29/2001
Dov Charney Talks About Gawker, American Apparel, and Why Larry ...
Last week, I wrote a post defending American Apparel against its many haters in the media, especially Gawker (sorry, Hamilton...
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04/28/2002
Personal Facebook Info Reportedly Leaked, Gawker Invades ...
Gawker's Valleywag has posted numerous paparazzi-style photos of Mark Zuckerberg, after photographer Nick Stern followed him around. The piece is framed as a way of “turning the tables” on him after he “turned … Read more on WebProNews ...
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08/28/2000
American Apparel Has a 'Full Body Head to Toe' Employment Policy ...
Click here to read American Apparel Has a 'Full Body Head to Toe' Employment. Supersexual fashion brand American Apparel was accused last year of having a policy of firing employees that management deemed too ugly. ...
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05/30/2001
What Steve Jobs Said During His Wall Street Journal iPad Demo
We know that Apple's CEO is no fan of Flash, the Web animation software. But it sounds like Steve Jobs really unleashed on the Adobe system to try and convince the Wall Street Journal to ditch it for...
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04/29/2002
Imprisoned Wikileaker Bradley Manning Is Prime Suspect In ...
Imprisoned Wikileaker Bradley Manning Is Prime Suspect In Afghanistan Leak Gawker (blog) Bradley Manning allegedly leaked that "Collateral Murder" attack helicopter video to Wikileaks. Now, investigators say he's the "main suspect" in ...
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02/27/2001
Whoopi Goldberg Hated Her iPhone 4 So Much That She Destroyed It ...
Click here to read Whoopi Goldberg Hated Her iPhone 4 So Much That She Destroyed It. Today, Whoopi Goldberg revealed that her frustration with the new iPhone caused her to "murder" it. After experiencing reception problems during a ...
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04/28/2002
OUTviewONLINE: CULTURE: Zuckerberg Hates Privacy, So Gawker ...
Because Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg isn't a huge fan of others' privacy, Gawker is testing how he feels about his own. A photographer followed him around Silicon Valley for a week to give him the "paparazzi treatment," snapping photos of ...
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07/28/2000
Wine Snobs Upset Over New Vending Machines [Wine]
Click here to read Wine Snobs Upset Over New Vending Machines. ["The process is cumbersome and assumes the worst in Pennsylvania's wine consumers — that we are a bunch of conniving underage drunks," says Wine School of Philadelphia ...
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07/30/2000
How Apple Tricks You [Badvertising]
Click here to read How Apple Tricks You. Steve Jobs has already been busted for exaggerating the resolution of a new iPhone screen the Apple CEO unveiled yesterday. It's only the latest in a series of misleading videos, pictures and ...
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07/30/2001
When Donkeys Fly: An Ad Campaign Gone Awry [Badvertising]
Click here to read When Donkeys Fly: An Ad Campaign Gone Awry. Say you're an entrepreneur trying to sell parasailing trips at the beach, but advertisements aren't working. What do you do? Attach a screaming donkey to a parachute and let ...
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08/29/2001
This Clip Encapsulates Everything That Is Wrong With America [Lord ...
Click here to read This Clip Encapsulates Everything That Is Wrong With America. What happens when you take Larry King, Chris Jacobs (of The Insider, NOT of Extra), Michael Lohan, and his attorney, Lisa Bloom (Gloria Allred's daughter), ...
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10/30/2000
Dutch Player Literally Drop-Kicks Spaniard in World Cup Final ...
Click here to read Dutch Player Literally Drop-Kicks Spaniard in World Cup Final. One criticism of soccer is the faking of injuries by players (like this, or this), but this was real. In what should have been a red card (was yellow, ...
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05/30/2000
Mullets Are Officially Illegal in Iran [Fashion Police]
Click here to read Mullets Are Officially Illegal in Iran. In a move of government oppression we can sort of get behind, Iran's culture ministry has banned a number of men's haircuts including the mullet and other "decadent Western cuts ...
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08/29/2001
BP Photoshops Another Official Image Terribly
If you wish to remain anonymous, create your own username by signing up for a Gawker account here. Email: Please enter a valid email address. Please enter a valid email address. Get Gizmodo's daily newsletter? logging in ...
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09/29/2001
South Park Hater Decides to Give Islamist War a Try [Terror]
Click here to read South Park Hater Decides to. Zachary Chesser, a 20 year-old kid from the DC suburbs, was arrested yesterday while allegedly on his way to travel to join an Islamist insurgency in Somalia. No surprise. ...
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06/27/2001
Sarah Palin Invents New Word: 'Refudiate' [Language]
Click here to read Sarah Palin Invents New Word: 'Refudiate'. If there's one thing that's wrong with the English language, it's that there just aren't enough words. Luckily for all of us, former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin ...
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03/28/2000
Google CEO: Secrets Are for Filthy People
Eric Schmidt suggests you alter your scandalous behavior before you complain about his company invading your privacy. That's what the Google CEO told Maria Bartiromo during CNBC's big Google special last night, an extraordinary ...
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04/27/2002
Emma Watson's Boyfriend Licks Her Face in Music Video [Video]
Click here to read Emma Watson's Boyfriend Licks Her Face in Music Video. The actress sometimes known as Hermione Granger met boyfriend George Craig shooting an ad for Burberry. Now she plays the love interest in his band's new music ...
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10/29/2001
Everything You Need to Know to be Ready for Season 4 of Mad Men ...
Click here to read Everything You Need to Know to be Ready for Season 4 of. The season four premiere of Mad Men is just a few days away and the whole world is giddy in anticipation. Need a refresher? We have just the video for you. ...
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07/28/2000
Gay Best Friends Are This Season's Hottest Teen Accessory [Outrage]
Click here to read Gay Best Friends Are This Season's Hottest Teen Accessory. This month, important sociological journal Teen Vogue has an in-depth and thought-provoking study of a fascinating phenomenon: Sometimes heterosexual females ...
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09/28/2001
Lindsay Lohan Might Be Making $10K for Tweeting [Hustling]
Click here to read Lindsay Lohan Might Be Making $10K for Tweeting. Lindsay Lohan really likes Twitter. And people seem to like her Tweets! So she has capitalized on her talents and, for a change, hasn't screwed it up. ...
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04/29/2002
The Trouble at Twitter Inc. (Ryan Tate/Gawker)
Ryan Tate / Gawker:The Trouble at Twitter Inc. — Running Twitter Inc. sounds like any entrepreneur's dream: Cash flows freely. The.
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09/28/2001
Ambient Music Replaces Drugs
Kids these days continue to disappoint us all. In my day, we had fake drugs like salvia, that really worked. Now, kids are trying to get "high" with "i-Dosers"—digital sounds, on computers. Oklahomans are worried.
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06/28/2001
A $20 Million Bid to Buy Perez Hilton [Exclusive]
Gawker has learned that Avid Life Media, the owner of sites including HotorNot.com and Ashley Madison, has partnered with two prominent gossip bloggers to put in a $20 million bid to acquire PerezHilton.com. More »
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09/27/2001
The Onion Video Satire That Fooled Conspiracy Theorists [Sigh]
Click here to read The Onion Video Satire That Fooled Conspiracy Theorists. This is a video made by The Onion in 2007, showing a congressman—played by an actor—read out a largely classified bill about a zombie invasion. ...
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04/27/2002
'David After Dentist's Family Made $150000 Off Their Viral Video ...
Click here to read 'David After Dentist's Family Made $150000 Off Their Viral Video. Sometimes, drugging children pays off. David Devore—whose laughing gas YouTube video went viral—earned his family $150000 from his fleeting internet ...
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09/29/2001
JWOWW's Belly Button Is Outie in Maxim Photo Spread [Photoshop Of ...
Click here to read JWOWW's Belly Button Is Outie in Maxim
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01/30/2001
White House For Sale, Says Real Estate Website [Oops]
Click here to read White House For Sale, Says Real Estate Website. According to real estate website Redfin, a luxury property hit the DC market this weekend: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, "for sale by owner" for $10000000. ...
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09/29/2001
Arianna Huffington Is Moving to New York [Moguls]
Click here to read Arianna Huffington Is Moving to New York. Web empress Arianna Huffington is moving from Los Angeles to New York, multiple sources tell us, which means the globetrotting boss will finally be living in the same city as ...
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09/28/2001
StickyDrama's Owner Recorded a Live-Streamed Rape and Blogged ...
31-year-old Christopher Stone runs two of the worst websites on the Internet: the teen gossip site StickyDrama and its sister amateur porn site, Sticky-n00dz. One day he recorded a sexual assault live and blogged about it, ...
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01/29/2001
10 Party Songs We Never Ever Want to Hear Again [Listicle]
Click here to read 10 Party Songs We Never Ever Want to Hear Again. It's summer! Everyone is having barbecues, weddings, and other soundtrack-mandatory gatherings. When you reach into your iTunes library to cue up a ...
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09/27/2001
The Dumbest Things Said About the Internet and Caught On Tape ...
Click here to read The Dumbest Things Said About the Internet and Caught On Tape. The meteoric expansion of the internet has, at times, gone so fast that people don't have time to think about what they say. Here are some of the dumbest ...
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08/29/2001
Mark Zuckerberg On Privacy, Private Jets, Hating Interviews and ...
Click here to read Mark Zuckerberg On Privacy, Private Jets, Hating Interviews and <. Tonight on ABC's World News, Diane Sawyer aired her exclusive interview with famously camera-shy (how ironic!) Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, ...
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03/29/2001
Justin Bieber Surpasses Lady Gaga as YouTube's Most Watched ...
Click here to read Justin Bieber Surpasses Lady Gaga as YouTube's Most Watched. With 246.5 million views, Justin Bieber's "Baby" just surpassed Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" as the most watched YouTube video of all time. ...
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08/28/2001
Meet the Courageous 18-Year-Old with a Brand New Bionic Hand [Science]
Click here to read Meet the Courageous 18-Year-Old with a Brand New. Michael Waldron was born with a congenital malformation that left him without four fingers on his right hand. Struggling to fit in—and function—his entire life, ...
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08/29/2000
Whoomp, There He Isn't: Tag Team Deny Alleged Barack Obama Music ...
Click here to read Whoomp, There He Isn't: Tag Team Deny Alleged. Was Barack Obama in the music video for Tag Team's 1993 single "Whoomp (There it is)"? No! Here's proof: We spoke to Tag Team themselves. They told us the mysterious ...
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08/30/2001
America's Most Disgusting Kid Meal: The 2300-Calorie Mac & Cheese ...
Click here to read America's Most Disgusting Kid Meal: The 2300-Calorie Mac &. Is your child hungry? Like, really hungry? The most caloric kids meal in America is reportedly Friendly's Mac & Cheese Quesadilla. With the drink and dessert ...
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08/28/2001
Anna Wintour's Big War Against a Little Restaurant [Feuds]
Click here to read Anna Wintour's Big War Against a Little Restaurant. Anna Wintour has been campaigning against the Jamaican restaurant Miss Lily's, which is hoping to open near her Village townhouse. The Vogue editor claims that ...
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01/28/2002
Bill Keller: Apple Tablet 'Impending' [Print Is Dead]
Bill Keller may have casually mentioned that Apple's not-officially-happening-but-clearly-happening tablet computer is imminent and that the New York Times are working to bring content to it....
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08/30/2001
The First Real iPad Magazine [Things We Actually Like]
Click here to read The First Real iPad Magazine. Instead of porting print content to the iPad, as many old-school publishers are doing, the guys behind Flipboard decided to make something truly native to tablet computers. ...
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08/28/2000
It Pays to be a Hottie in Politics, Says Science [Hotties]
Click here to read It Pays to be a Hottie in Politics, Says Science. Ladies and dudes alike are going crazy over sexy not-gay politician Aaron Schock. And we've covered the Republican congressman extensively due to his hotness, ...
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08/30/2001
White House Embarrasses Itself over Andrew Breitbart's Race ...
Click here to read White House Embarrasses Itself over Andrew Breitbart's Race-Baiting. On Tuesday, Shirley Sherrod, a black USDA employee, resigned, under pressure from the White House, after conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart ...
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07/30/2001
BP's Photoshopped 'Command Center' Picture [Photoshop]
Click here to read BP's Photoshopped 'Command Center' Picture. For the last four days, the topmost photograph in this graphic has been on BP's official website with the caption "HIVE at Houston Command Center July 16, 2010. ...
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01/30/2000
Voicemail from the Lamest Pickup Artist Ever [Audio]
Click here to read Voicemail from the Lamest Pickup Artist Ever. Nicole lives in Manhattan. She met Stu at Soho House, a members-only meatpacking district club catering to overgrown frat boys, strivers, and i-bankers. ...
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07/29/2001
Gawker Currently Under Successful Attack by 4chan
After yesterday's 4chan attack on Gawker didn't prove to do too much damage (following a memo sent out to the company regarding it), It looks like the scorecard for Round 2 of the Gawker Media vs.... Continue reading "Gawker Currently ...
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01/28/2001
American Apparel's Complete Guide to Grooming [Exclusive]
Click here to read American Apparel's Complete Guide to Grooming. Last week, we learned that sextastic clothing line American Apparel hires and fires employees based on photos, and we shared internal documents detailing their No Uglies ...
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01/30/2002
JOHN STAMOS @ Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day ...
Today at Gawker.TV, John Stamos drops by Entourage to play some ping pong, Kim Kardashian tells her sister Kourtney she's "like a single mom," Mad ...
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12/30/2001
'World's First Bionic Cat' Has Prosthetic Paws [Science]
Click here to read 'World's First Bionic Cat' Has Prosthetic Paws. With metal peg legs fused to his bones, Oscar is the "world's first bionic cat." Whereas canine double-amputees are happy to drag themselves around on wheels, ...
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