Tag Archives: Gawker

Gossip Girl: Serena Is Dead, Long Live Serena [Video]

Set your phasers to fun! Last night’s Gossip Girl was so full of intrigue is was like a carnival ride through the tunnel of mysteries. If said tunnel was dimly lit and didn’t make much sense. More

Anti-‘Obamacare’ Congressman Doesn’t Understand How Health Insurance Works [Sigh]

New Maryland Republican Representative Andy Harris won his seat on a platform of resisting the expansion of “government-run or government-mandated insurance.” He also spent Monday demanding to know why he had to wait 28 days for his own government-run insurance. More

Conan O’Brien Is Living in the Past [Video]

Conan O’Brien debuted his new TBS show last night. The only jokes he made were about getting fired by NBC. It was like a first date with a guy who only talks about what a bitch his ex-girlfriend is. Enough! More

Jon Stewart’s Producer Arrested for Punching Heckler [Video]

In late September, Jon Stewart appeared at a Manhattan Barnes & Noble to promote his new book. A 9/11 Truther shouted some “9/11 truth” questions at him. Afterwards, a Daily Show executive producer punched that Truther in the face. More

Handwritten Magazine Insert Offers Oral Sex to Any Woman [Personals]

45-year-old New York bookkeeper John Westwood seeks a woman on whom to perform oral sex, no strings attached. While some turn to Craigslist, Westwood has developed his own approach: leaving explicit cards inside of women’s magazines with his phone number. More

Boardwalk Empire Is Officially a Let Down [Reviews]

Because of its storied history of quality programs, I give every show that airs on HBO a chance. But after nine episodes it’s time to pass judgment on the network’s lavish Prohibition-era drama Boardwalk Empire : It’s just not good. More

Tina Brown Is a Hagfish [Media]

Let us explain. The hagfish is a blind, slimy, deepwater eel-like creature that darts into the orifices of its prey and devours them, alive, from the inside. Which is what Tina Brown is doing to Newsweek . More

A Guide to Celebrity Rehab Centers [Guides]

We always hear about celebrities checking into rehab for their various addictions, expletive-laden tirades, or episodes of “exhaustion.” Lindsay Lohan just checked in yesterday for the eighth time . Where do they disappear to while trying to get clean? Let’s look. More

President Obama Is a Nas and Lil Wayne Fan These Days [Music]

Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner has published an extremely long interview with Barack Obama , during which he was asked about Rolling Stone ‘s “specialty,” popular music. Turns out the president’s rap taste is expanding beyond your grandfather’s plain old Jay-Z. More

Glee: It’s Britney, Let’s Bitch [Video]

All the Gleeks waited patiently by their televisions last night hoping to be wowed by the much-hyped Britney Spears episode of Glee . Yes, it was fun, but something about it just seemed, well, wrong . More