Tag Archives: Gawker

Did JetBlue Flight Attendant Steven Slater Start the Fight That Led to His Exit? [Dubious]

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater became an instant hero following his emergency slide-assisted resignation , prompted by abuse from a passenger aboard the flight. But now three other people tell the Wall Street Journal that Slater “instigated the confrontation.” What gives? More

What Does Your Gay Hookup Site Say About You? [The Gays]

Manhunt, the top gay hookup site, is about to undergo a Facebook-style privacy rollback . But while there are plenty of other places to cruise for sex online, be careful: the gay dating site you use says a lot about you. More

The Biblically Disastrous Weekend the Planet Just Had [Pics]

What happened this weekend? Major flooding killed hundreds in Asia and displaced thousands in Europe, while Russia battled back against peat fires blanketing Moscow in smog. Here, check out some of the breathtaking pictures. More

The Elaborate, Lucrative Cancer Lie of Ashley Kirilow [Grifters]

Meet your new devious cancer-scammer: 23-year-old Toronto resident Ashley Kirilow . She shaved her head, waxed her eyebrows, plucked her eyelashes and allegedly scammed more than $20,000 through her charity, “Change” for the Cure. More

Real Housewives of D.C.: The Goat Rodeo [Recaps]

Well, that happened. Bravo unrolled its fifth entry in their wildly successful reality franchise and it was, well, something of a death knell, methinks. For the series, for DC, for women in general. It was just plumb awful, wasn’t it? More

Famous Gay Couples We Want to See Tie The Knot [Imaginary Weddings]

A California judge ruled yesterday that preventing gays from getting married is unconstitutional . But nothing in Cali matters until a celebrity does it! Here are the brides-and-brides and grooms-and-grooms we’d like to see exercising their new right to wed. More

It’s Time for Lady Gaga to Go Away [Overexposure]

The onslaught of Lady Gaga has been fast and ubiquitous, and her Vanity Fair cover has the publicity machine working overtime. We love you, Gaga, but if you want to keep the love alive, you need to take a break. More

Mark Zuckerberg’s Age of Privacy Is Over [Exclusive]

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. America’s youngest billionaire got the paparazzi treatment. More

Meet Deena Nicole, Jersey Shore’s New Guidette [Reality TV]

Meet Deena Nicole Cortese , a 23-year-old friend of Snooki’s from New Egypt, New Jersey. According to her defunct MySpace profile (don’t worry, we’ve got screenshots) she is “ADDiCTiVE & ExPENiIV3 LiK3 COCAiNE!” She is America’s newest court jester. More

A Neo-Nazi Vigilante Shares His Thoughts on the Arizona Immigration Ruling [Arizona]

Recently we told you about the neo-Nazi who is leading an armed vigilante border patrol in Arizona. He says America’s immigration laws are a joke. So what did he think of yesterday’s SB 1070 ruling in Arizona? We asked him. More