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Today’s Hipster Grifter News: Cellmate, Porn

A letter from the Hipster Grifter’s cellmate in her Utah jail . Would that be too much , in terms of “Wringing every last ounce from this mystifyingly popular story?” What about a Kari Ferrell pornography job offer ? EH?

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Today’s Hipster Grifter News: Cellmate, Porn

Bernie Madoff, Prison Brawler

Incarcerated real estate bellwether Bernie Madoff reportedly got into a fist-throwing prison brawl ! Which could more accurately be characterized as “two elderly men poking each other angrily while discussing financial strategies.” Assuming it actually happened. Gang war! This is a New York Post exclusive from a prison snitch source —and that combo last wowed the world with the story about how Madoff has cancer , which turned out to be false

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Bernie Madoff, Prison Brawler

Did David Letterman Try to Warn His Blackmailer?

The night before Joe Halderman was busted in a sting operation for trying to extort David Letterman out of $2 million, the Late Show aired a parody of a Geico ad that seems, in retrospect, rather prescient. The skit comes to us by way of Kansas City Star TV critic Aaron Barnhart , who credits one of his readers for picking up on it.

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Did David Letterman Try to Warn His Blackmailer?

Glee: Walking on Pseudoephedrine

The war of the sexes got hopped up on speed last night. It was like watching the Billie Jean King/Bobby Riggs tennis match on fast forward, but with musical breaks

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Glee: Walking on Pseudoephedrine

Nightlight

CULTURE BUZZ : The Harvard Lampoon will release a parody novel of Twilight about a young high school student named Belle Goose who moves to Switchblade, Oregon, and meets Edwart Mullen, a “super-hot computer nerd with zero interest in girls.” If anything, it'll be a book that you can finally relate to.

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Nightlight

Colton "Colt" Harris-Moore

CULTURE BUZZ : The Barefoot Burglar is BuzzFeed's new favorite outlaw. He's an 18-year-old fugitive who's been eluding police in Washington State for over a year, and his new crime of choice is stealing and crashing small planes. He's 6'5”, lives mostly in the woods, has a growing Facebook fan club, and will be played by John Krasinski in a movie written by John Krakauer

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Colton "Colt" Harris-Moore

Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting

Joe Halderman , who is accused of attempting to extort $2 million out of David Letterman , ate lunch with a veteran Nashville homicide detective just days before he left a note demanding $2 million in Letterman’s car.

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Gawker Exclusive: Letterman Blackmailer Lunched With Cop Days Before Sting

Stephanie Birkitt: Banned From Late Show Set

Stephanie Birkitt, the woman at the center of the David Letterman sex and blackmail scandal, has been banned from New York City’s Ed Sullivan Theater. The 34-year-old former aide, who appeared on the Late Show numerous times in comedy bits, was later offered a job by Dave as his personal attorney.

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Stephanie Birkitt: Banned From Late Show Set

Did Letterman’s Blackmailer Get the Idea From One of His CBS News Stories?

One of the last 48 Hours stories that CBS Newsman and accused David Letterman blackmailer Joe Halderman worked on—airing just one month before he allegedly launched his plot to extort the late-night host—involved a ransom scheme. Weird, huh?

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Did Letterman’s Blackmailer Get the Idea From One of His CBS News Stories?

Real Houswives of Atlanta Ex-Fiance Killed in Club Fight

Maybe it’s true, maybe not, but it certainly seems like the amount of tragedy tied to reality television productions is getting disproportionately larger each year. The ex-fiance of Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kandi Burruss was killed last night . Ashley (A.J.) Jewell was at the strip club he was the co-owner of in Atlanta—the Body Tap Club—when he got into a fight outside in the parking lot with Body Tap employee Fredrick Richardson

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Real Houswives of Atlanta Ex-Fiance Killed in Club Fight