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Voicemail from the Lamest Pickup Artist Ever [Audio]

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. Stu seemed “normal, funny, and nice.” So she gave him her phone number. Hilarious horror ensued. More

Rush & Molloy: An Oral History [Appreciations]

George Rush and Joanna Molloy published their final gossip column in the New York Daily News yesterday following a 15-year run. Ben Widdicombe, a Rush & Molloy protégé and former Daily News gossip columnist himself, looks back. More

We Called BP and Gave Them Some Ideas to Fix the Oil Spill [Advice]

The top kill has failed. Now BP is so desperate that they put a hotline on their website where you can call in and offer ideas. We called it and a nice woman answered. We gave her some ideas. Listen! More

Vomit! Nudity! Litter! Marina Abramovic’s Marathon Performance Ends In Chaos [Art]

Marina Abramovic ‘s weeks-long performance art piece ends today . It raised important questions about the nature of art. They will probably never be answered. What’s certain, though, is that an audience member made themselves vomit, and another stripped nude today. More

Real Housewives of New York: Jill Fell Down [Recaps]

Hello, friends. Your Gawker Housewives recapper is feeling a little burnt-out by this unending, shriek-filled season. So he enlisted the help of another Gawker staffer to pose some questions that might make it a little easier to tackle today’s tale. More

Sarah Palin’s Small-Town Demise Has Begun [Drama]

Sarah Palin has traded heavily on her Real America , small-town roots throughout her career. But this is also a great liability. The case of Sarah Palin’s nosy next-door neighbor shows Palin’s downfall at the hands of pissed-off provincials has begun. More

The Gawker Guide to Summer Movies [Guides]

Sure, Iron Man 2 and other big-ticket adventures have already opened, but we here at Gawker are traditionalists. For us, summer begins on Memorial Day. So put on those white shoes (finally!) and let’s look at this season’s popcorn flicks. More

The Pill-Popper’s Guide to the Apocalypse [Drugs]

Oil leaks, terror attacks, earthquakes, volcanic ash: It’s no wonder you’re feeling antsy, can’t sleep, and every time a loud bang goes off your heart starts racing. We asked two psychiatrists which drugs to take best ease the psychic pain. More

The American Idol Finale: Goodbye, Mr. Cowell [Recaps]

No more! There will be no more Idol ever again. Well, not as we know it, anyway. Simon Cowell packed up his boxes last night and, after great fanfare, exited the Thunderdome. Let’s do a post-mortem, shall we? More

Terrorists Now Using Autotune to Attack America [Terror]

Al Qaeda’s latest diabolical plot: an assault on America’s eardrums. The weapon with which it plans to do this: autotune. A pair of hip-hop jihadis—including Alabama-born convert Omar Hammami —released hot new English-language tracks on terrorist websites this week. More