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The iPad Backlash is Here [Hype]

The iPad hasn’t fulfilled the wildest dreams and financial models of every would-be fan, and some are upset. Inevitable. But our sympathies do go those haters who own the Apple tablet and can’t even stay connected to the internet . More

Did a Mississippi School Stage a Fake Prom for a Lesbian and Her Date? [High School Is Hell]

Constance McMillen , Mississippi teen, recently caused an uproar by wanting to bring her girlfriend , a lesbian, to the prom. Well, after much legal ballyhoo, the school district caved and invited her to prom. Turns out, though, it mighta been fake. More

Earthquake Struck At Worst Possible Moment For Aspiring Quarter-Catching Record Holder [Video Uh Oh]

Meet Mike Turber. He claims to hold the world record in quarter-catching , a bar game about catching quarters. Yesterday, he decided to try for a new record. After carefully balancing 70 quarters on his elbow and preparing to catch them… More

Exclusive: ‘Big Ben’ Tells Us About His Penis Tattoo, Challenges Peaches Geldof’s Boyfriend to a Fight [Tell All]

Not only did he return to the internet today, Ben Bluett-Mills — Peaches Geldof pornographer and Reddit commenter of infamy—joined the Gawker commentariat and wrote us two emails. One was about youthful folly. The other was about his penis. More

Scoring Sunday’s Nuptials: April Anxiety [Altarcations]

The NCAA basketball thing continues to happen, but Gawker weddings scribe Phyllis Nefler has assembled her own single-elimination tourney: It’s couple vs. couple as advanced degrees clash with cool employment in our first ever APRIL WEDDING ANXIETY. Who will win!? More

Big Ben, Peaches Geldof’s Pornographer, Returns to the Internet [Easter Miracle]

In a return as epic as the prodigal son’s, Big Ben — Peaches Geldof ‘s kiss-and-telling lover —arose and returned to Reddit on Easter Sunday, with two comments responding to the screed Eli Roth directed at his mother yesterday. More

Jason Lee’s Ex-Wife Blasts Scientology, Travoltas, and Cruises [Cults]

Carmen Llewellyn says Scientology “ruined my life and my career. I ended up addicted to painkillers.” She blames Scientology for Tom Cruise ‘s divorce from “Suppressive Person” Nicole Kidman and says the Travoltas hid their son Jett from the church. More

Eli Roth Tattles on Peaches’ Pornographer Big Ben to His Mother [Telling Mom]

Torture porn provocateur and Peaches boyfriend Eli Roth wrote a letter chastising Meredith Bluett-Mills , “mother of ‘thatcoolguyben’.” He calls Peaches a “bright, intelligent, incredibly creative young writer” and vows to use the “instantaneous connectivity of the internet” against the Bluett-Millses. More

Are the Paparazzi Really Plotting Against Lindsay Lohan? [Conspiracy Theory]

Falling outside a club last week , LiLo said the paparazzi pushed her. After falling again last night, LiLo was denied entry from another club—and says it’s the paparazzi’s fault, for bribing bouncers to humiliate her. Is it true? More

Five Professions That Need Their Own TV Programs [Free Advice]

Tonight is the premiere of CBS’ new drama Miami Medical . If you haven’t figured it out already, it’s about medical people in Miami. Can’t we give the doctors a rest? There are unexplored jobs that are fertile ground for television. More