President Barack Obama‘s first periodic physical exam—in which the Chief White House Physician examines him at Bethesda Medical Center to serve up “a candid assessment of the President’s ability to carry out his duties”—is complete. The results? More »
Every weekend, the New York Times’ Weddings & Celebrations arise like media manna from the heavens for vicarious brides-to-be and nostalgic has-beens. And every weekend, Gawker Weddings Expert Phyllis Nefler scores them. I now pronounce you blog and Altarcations. More »
If you wrote a piece for the Huffington Post entitled Do You Really Need an Editor at a Publishing House?, you’d make a strong case, right? The answer, as evidenced by Knopf editor Carole Baron, is a resounding absolutely. More »
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Since this is my last weekend on the site until I return, begging for a job as James Del’s assistant, I’ve invited some friends to jam with me. Joe Coscarelli is a young writer with Things To Say. Joe? More »
I couldn’t abandon ship without saying goodbye to Julia Allison. Her birthday party was last night! And I know, I know: you’re so over Julia Allison, Why do you keep posting about her? I’m tired of hearing about her! Etc. More »
Bloggers are now noting CNN’s Rick Sanchez, while covering the Chilean earthquake and oncoming tsunami in Hawaii, acted in a manner befitting “an ejaculation that should have been swallowed.” If you have video of this, shout. Update! We’ve got video. More »
If you live in New York, you know Central Park is – despite smog-spewing cars blazing through it, kids who shit everywhere, dogs who shit everywhere, tourists who’re everywhere, and facepalm-worthy Beatles tributes at Strawberry Fields – pretty magical. But! More »
Housewives. They just never stop, do they? They just keep going and going and going and they will continue to do so until we are all, every one of us, dead in their acrid wake. I mean, until next week. More »
David Paterson press conference time! Watch it here. He is going to stop campaigning, but keep being governor. Update: It went by so quickly! Some quotes from the governor are attached. More »
Last month, Variety panned a thriller called Iron Cross. But the review has been disappeared from Variety‘s web site, which probably has something to do with the $400,000 Iron Cross‘ producers paid to Variety for an awards campaign. More »