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We Need a New Word for ‘Hipster’ [Slurs]

Okay . Yes . We said we were going to ban the god damn word “hipster,” but we have lapsed . Mea culpa , and shit. The real problem is that there’s not a pithy replacement word. That’s where you come in. In the same way that we used futuristic internet “crowdsourcing” technology to come up with the white-person slur “Nilla ” (which is, um, in widespread use, now), we are going to allow you, the asshole commentariat, to come up with an official replacement word for “Hipster.” We know you’re all hipsters, so it should be easy. Your new word should meet these criteria, which I’m just spitballing: 1. It must succeed in evoking a widely understood and recognized subculture. The same subculture now referred to as “hipster.” 2. It must be one word. Pithiness is key. The point is to be able to refer to hipsters without having to describe them, which is impossible. 3. “Hipster” is, in essence, a slur. It must have at least an underlying whiff of insult. Okay then! Put your suggestions in the comments. Then we’ll pick the best ones, put out a poll, and before you know one more annoying slang word will have entered the English language. [Pic: LATFH. Book coming soon, don’t forget!]

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We Need a New Word for ‘Hipster’ [Slurs]

Tiger Woods Will Sext With You Now [Tigerbot]

You’ve heard about Tiger Woods ‘ very naughty text messages by now, haven’t you? We went ahead and built a Tiger clone in the office this afternoon. Send a text message to 646-450-9661 and you’ll get a reply from our Tigerbot in minutes. It’s free, of course. It’s also most definitely NSFW, though, so be careful you don’t leave your phone lying around for your significant other and/or co-workers to see.

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Tiger Woods Will Sext With You Now [Tigerbot]

Mean Martha Stewart Book Excerpts: Celebrity Edition [Books]

It’s time for more excerpts from 2010’s most backstabbing tell-all book , The Best of Friends [sarcasm!]: Martha and Me by Mariana Pasternak . Today: Martha’s frenemy mocks Martha’s calculating interactions with Anthony Hopkins, Richard Meier, and Billy Tauzin. Mariana Pasternak does not approve of Martha’s humorous insinuation that she would bone Anthony Hopkins only if she enjoyed the cock of serial killers: Mariana Pasternak does not approve of Martha’s jealous behavior when celebrity architect Richard Meier is trying to finger Mariana under the table! Mariana Pasternak does not approve of Martha’s sly political manipulations, either: [Martha, we must reiterate our insistence that you email us your side of the story at once . This lady is actually making us sympathize with you, which is detrimental to our sworn feud .]

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Mean Martha Stewart Book Excerpts: Celebrity Edition [Books]

Conan O’Brien’s Magic Touch Makes ‘I’m With Coco’ Guy Rich [Fame And Fortune]

First, the rando he followed on Twitter gets mountains of swag . Now, ” I’m with Coco ” is reappropriated for Conan’s ” Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television ” tour, and its designer is “rolling in dough.” Wait, I’m with Coco, too. [ TMZ ]

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Conan O’Brien’s Magic Touch Makes ‘I’m With Coco’ Guy Rich [Fame And Fortune]

The Strange Case of Jihad Jane, Blonde Terrorist from Pennsylvania and MySpace [Homegrown]

Seven Muslims were arrested Tuesday for trying to kill yet another Muhammad-doodling European cartoonist. Among them was Colleen LaRose , a blond-haired green-eyed suburbanite who met her co-conspirators on YouTube and online forums, under the name JihadJane. According to a federal indictment , the 46-year-old LaRose began her jihad in June of 2008 when, under the username JihadJane, she commented on YouTube that she was “desperate to do something somehow to help” Muslims. She began corresponding with like-minded people in South Asia and Europe, two of whom advised Jihad Jane to take advantage of her imperviousness to racial profiling so they could attack a target CNN identifies as Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, who earned a fatwa for depicting Muhammad astride a donkey. Instructed a conspirator: “go to sweden . . . find location of [Vilks, presumably] . . . and kill him . . . this is what i say to u.” Jihadis: They hate the “shift” key, just like us! Later, the same conspirator would note that LaRose “can get access to many places due to ur nationality,” asking her to “marry me or get me inside europe.” Romantic. Jihad Jane went on to raise funds and recruit more co-conspirators for her mission, the indictment says. She infiltrated an artist colony Vilks frequented and, in the fall of 2009, was revved up for the kill. The New York Times describes Jihad Jane’s now-defunct MySpace page. From the cache for myspace.com/BeyondPrincessForever , here it is. Click images to enlarge. Meanwhile, some other white lady named Colleen LaRose is having a really shitty day. Pennsylvania Woman Tied to Plot on Cartoonist [NYT] ‘Jihad Jane’ Indictment Alleges Threat from Within U.S. [LAT] U.S.: Pennsylvania Woman Tried to Recruit Terrorists [CNN] Jihad Jane’s MySpace [cached]

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From the Stars to the Gutter [Party Crash]

Last night Los Angeles was drained of star power because super-agencies WME and CAA had house parties with ridiculous security. Things we discovered: bribing people is harder than you think, security guards are scary and we belong among the dregs. We had high hopes of breaking into CAA partner Bryan Lourd or WME honcho Ari Emanuel ‘s house parties. We drove down leafy roads among mansions worth tens of millions of dollars with various cunning, Mossad-esque plans. We even had a ladder in the trunk. And then we pulled up outside Bryan Lourd’s house to take this innocuous picture of his front door. Lourd represents, or has represented, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Robert De Niro and Tom Cruise among others, so we figured that it was worth being brave to sneak in and surround ourselves with the mega-wattage of true Hollywood. We had visions of laughing with George about our antics. Drinking with Brad. Getting De Niro to say “you talking to me” on voicemails to our mothers. And then two angry, Blackwater-looking security guards in khaki fatigues and windbreakers, a Swiss Guard if you will, sprinted at high speed down the road towards us shouting things, doubtless about the pre-eminence of CAA in Hollywood life and the many achievements of Bryan Lourd. And we shat ourselves and drove away. But not before trying to bribe a valet from Chuck’s Parking who was snoozing in a van nearby. “I can’t get you in,” he said, plainly. So we asked if he could text us updates on whose cars he parked. “No.” Window rolled up. Even CAA’s Oscar party valets take the oath of omerta. And then we found our true position in life at the OK! party. Where we hung out with… Audrina Patridge. Who we were trying to get as Gawker’s LA intern. “It’s Oscar weekend though, you know,” her publicist said, mysteriously, since we don’t think she’s nominated or attending. Kendra Wilkinson also told us she could not gain valuable work experience because she is under exclusive with E! for the Oscars. Other people had bad hair . Rejected by everyone else, we felt a kinship with them that cannot be put into words. [ Top photo via Getty Images; all other photos by Ray LeMoine ]

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Julia Allison’s Birthday Party, Starring Everyone But Julia Allison [Deep Thoughts]

I couldn’t abandon ship without saying goodbye to Julia Allison . Her birthday party was last night! And I know, I know: you’re so over Julia Allison, Why do you keep posting about her? I’m tired of hearing about her! Etc. Well, you bitches wouldn’t have clicked on the post if you didn’t want to read something about her, would you? Here’s what I think of Julia Allison: she’s like fuckin’ Bloody Mary, or Tao Lin. Every time her name pops up on the site, so does she. Emails! Comments! And so on. But people who completely freak out about Julia Allison and are her creepy internet stalkerazzi? I say, everything in moderation . And I don’t view her so much as a thing or this thing or a sociological experiment or whatever. Julia Allison is a business, and the business of Julia Allison is successful, and that business of being Julia Allison is predicated upon being a walking, talking publicity agency, fighting on all fronts, where the only client is Julia Allison. And people who want to be this well-known this badly probably will be—for better or, well, otherwise —but they also inherently accept everything that comes with it. Stalkerazzi and all! That said, I don’t really understand the out-and-out hatred of Julia Allison either. As far as breathing capitalist enterprises go, her business only comes at the cost of her own relationships and your airspace—which you can manipulate to your liking at any moment—and, well, Isn’t there someone better to rage against? Like Kim Jong-Il? At least with him, raging doesn’t necessarily help his cause . And let’s say Julia Allison does something nefarious, like lies about her media freebie disclosures, or cheats on her taxes, or stiffs a cab driver. You actually give a shit? You actually have time to give a shit? Especially if you aren’t paid to do so? Hopefully not. I just found her fascinating. A lot of Gawker readers did too, because they kept clicking until she landed the cover of Wired and was hanging out at Davos and shit. Isn’t that a goddamn gas? This person was so hated, she ended up at Davos. Ha. I guess I just wouldn’t be able to trust Julia Allison, because the everyday details of her personal life and relationships are—pretty much more than anyone I can think of off-hand—inextricably linked to her financial success. That must be tough. Ha. Here’s a gallery of pictures from her birthday party. She’s not in any of them. Obviously if you were there or know who her boyfriend is, I’d love to talk to you . This all makes me feel uncomfortable. I wouldn’t advocate huffing anything, but these might be more interesting on a glue high. You know? That’s her boyfriend on the left. If you know who it is, that’d be a fun story to go out with. She’s keeping him anonymous. Here they are at a party. Party! Here’s Julia Allison acolyte Jordan Reid. I actually bet Jordan’s a decent type! Did you know she was almost on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ? True story . Also, her husband, standing next to her, isn’t really anonymous. I think she just put the smiley face there to impersonate Julia? This entire thing is like reading hieroglyphics and I just don’t get it. Really, truly. I don’t understand much of this. If anything. Anyway, her boyfriend is this guy Kendrick Strauch who used to be in Harlem Shakes , who was a band everyone in New York had heard of, seen, or listened to, but also a band nobody could name a song by. Anyway, they broke up. Julia Allison’s Birthday Party, or Indie Rock Obscurity? Ehhhh….*Makes Scales With Hands* We’re gonna get a little place. Okay, yeah, we’re gonna get a little place and w’re gonna… We gonna…gonna have a cow, and some pigs, and we’re gonna have, maybe-maybe, a chicken. Post-op castration patients are often rehabbed with pictures of their spouses’ friends photo albums to ease them into their new roles in the world. . Dorrian’s, A Portrait . Mixed Media., 2010. Art courtesy the artist. If one of these women were to appear above my bed demanding alimony payments, I’d shit myself. And then consult the closest Dickens novel for advice. When the Mighty Morphin Sephora Rangers combine powers, it’s like Voltron , except nothing cool happens. They just drunkenly tumble to the ground and scrape their knees. Bronimal Collective. The Brosten Celtics. BroYPD: Bro York’s Finest. The Bro Team! Florence + The Brochine. Grizzly Bro. The Bro Steady. LCD Brosystem. The Bro-End Theory. Of Bros and Men. Brosserie. Brontausaurs. Keep it on the down-bro. Etc.

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CNN’s Rick Sanchez: Exponentially More Assy Than Usual, Not a Fan of Metric System [Reporters]

Bloggers are now noting CNN’s Rick Sanchez , while covering the Chilean earthquake and oncoming tsunami in Hawaii, acted in a manner befitting “an ejaculation that should have been swallowed .” If you have video of this, shout . Update! We’ve got video. Rick Sanchez, to a scientist: “Nine meters in English is what?” Ha. In Portuguese, now! Also, via Dan “Slim Shady” Abrams’ Mediaite, Drew Grant grabs video . Highlights: 1:37 : Rick Sanchez trying to explain to his viewers, who are apparently too stupid to understand the most basic law of “every reaction” physics: “The yang of that yin..” 1:46 : Rich Sanchez screaming at this poor weather nerd: “I’m not asking you to do 27 to 27, I’m asking you if there’s a drop, will there be an increase?!?” Also, more Rick “No Shit, Sherlock” Sanchez here: 2:20 : ” But what we can say is—tell me if I’m wrong—there is a tsunami there, and it was just detected, that it caused a 27-foot drop. ” Maybe if he lived life like fellow anchor Jeffrey Toobin— Toobinstyle —he wouldn’t be so anal. Or at least, anal like this. If you know what I mean. I’m talking about Jeffrey Toobin being an ass man . An ass sex man. But for now, Rick Sanchez is just an asshole.

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How Awkward Is the Olympic Village?

Watching the brave dudes of ice dancing last night (jovial Agosto! dashing Moir!) and then considering the rowdy antics of snowboarders , we got to wondering: What is it like when two very different athletes meet in the Olympic Village? Because, you know, in our fantasy imaginings of how the Village goes down, American teammates are constantly saying hello to each other, the way that two Chinatown buses passing each other going opposite ways on the highway always seem to honk and wave. Same recognizes same, especially in such a faraway and isolated a country as Canada. So while little Scott Lago is getting his bronze polished by some adoring young lady, what does does he say when this young fellow walks by: That’s US ice dancer Evan Bates , a cheery-looking lad who might have a lot in common with Lago, who knows! But when you consider just their respective sports, which probably all come weighted with different social currency in the strange biodome of the Olympics, does a baggy panted snow flipper have much to say to a be-chaps’d ice glider? Probably they just ignore each other mostly — after all, they’ve important events to focus on — but imagining these two disparate winter people thrown together and making awkward small talk is, well, kinda funny. Holy fucking update: From Evan Bates’ Twitter : Duuuuude! How stoned *were* they?

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