Blog Profile / Gawker
| URL : | http://gawker.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Pop Culture / Celebrity | |
| Posts on Regator: | 58318 | |
| Posts / Week: | 214.1 | |
| Archived Since: | March 3, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Seamless Made Fun of My Dead Cat and Now It's Merging with GrubHub
Seamless and GrubHub, two nearly identical online food-ordering companies whose business model consists of providing a service that is already available for free, announced Monday that they would be merging into one giant online food-ordering hydra. Show More Summary
After Friday's Village Voice bloodbath, two staff writers have resigned their positions: Tejal Rao,
After Friday's Village Voice bloodbath, two staff writers have resigned their positions: Tejal Rao, a restaurant critic owners just bragged about, and investigative reporter Nick Pinto. Read more...
What a Tree Looks Like After Being Stripped Naked by Nature's Fury
Students at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, say a lightening strike is most likely to blame for completely stripping the bark off an on-campus tree. Read more...
Quacks of All Political Persuations Fight Fluoridation In Portland
In 2013 one can have many legitimate beefs with the medical and scientific establishment, but fluoridated water, like immunization, is not one of them. Still, it appears increasingly likely that a Left-Right coalition of dedicated fear-mongers will defeat a measure in Portland this week to fluoridate its water supply and help keep kids' teeth from falling out. Read more...
Unemployment Stories, Vol. 35: 'I Can't Really Afford to Be Alive'
In most states, the unemployment rate is coming down, ever so slowly. Still, nearly 12 million Americans are officially unemployed, and millions more have dropped out of the labor force entirely. Each week, we bring you true stories of unemployment, straight from the unemployed. This is what's happening out there. Read more...
Foreign "Crazy Ants" Attacking Southern U.S.
Monstrous "crazy ants" from Argentina and Brazil have invaded Texas and the American Southeast, driving out the already awful fire ant and making life even more miserable for those living in the South. Read more...
Thief Snatches Woman's Phone, Gets Run Over by the Bus to Karma City
A Colombian mugger's cunning plan to steal a defenseless woman's cellphone was nearly foolproof — except for the part where he was run over by a bus while fleeing, and ended up looking like a fool. Read more...
Florida Teen Faces Felony Charges Over Same-Sex Relationship
Kaitlyn Hunt, an 18-year-old high school senior from Indian River County, Florida, is facing felony charges for engaging in a sexual relationship with another girl at her school. Read more...
Slumburbia Is Real
For years now, affluent (mostly white) Americans have been moving back into our nation's "inner cities," those once-scary locations populated only by forgotten minorities and a distinct lack of quality condo development. And poor people, in turn, have been decamping for the suburbs, those once-deluxe bastions of white flight. Show More Summary
Death Toll Rises to 17 After Collapse of U.S.-Owned Indonesian Mine
Three more bodies were recovered today bringing the official death toll to 17 for a mine collapse in Papua, Indonesia. The mine, which extracted both gold and copper, is owned by a Phoenix-based company. Read more...
Stephen Colbert Addresses UVA Class of 2013: 'So Self-Obsessed'
In between jabs about the Wahoos snagging the top spot on Playboy's list of top party schools and personal recollections of doing some partying of his own with the girls of Phi Kappa Phi, Stephen Colbert had one pearl of wisdom to impart on the University of Virginia's Class of 2013: Feel free to be self-obsessed. Read more...
Rand Paul Believes Nefarious Make-Believe IRS Memo Must Be Revealed
While being interviewed on CNN on Sunday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul said he believes that the Internal Revenue Service had a written policy that was specifically "targeting people who were opposed to the president." Read more...
Taylor Swift's Award-Winning Reaction to Justin and Selena Kissing
Taylor Swift may have swept the 2013 Billboard Music Awards with eight trophies and eight corresponding expressions of shock, but it was her backstage reaction to the sight of Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez kissing that won the night. Read more...
It's (super) official: Yahoo has bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash.
It's (super) official: Yahoo has bought Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. Well-known boy and Tumblr CEO David Karp signed off his Tumblr post announcing the acquisition, "Fuck yeah." Read more...
Twenty-Eight Tornadoes Break Out Across Five States
A half-mile wide twister touched down near Oklahoma City as a vicious storm system moved through five states Sunday. The storms continue to pummel the Midwest this morning. Read more...
North Korea Fires More Missilies into Sea, Could Be Testing New Rocket
For the third consecutive day, North Korea launched rockets into the sea of its east coast, as part of what the DPRK is describing as a "regular military exercise." Read more...
Star Trek Into Darkness was the number one movie this weekend with a “disappointing” $70.6 million.
Star Trek Into Darkness was the number one movie this weekend with a “disappointing” $70.6 million. Meanwhile, Iron Man 3 has passed the billion dollar mark and is still going strong. Read more...
Watch Miguel Crash-Land Crotch-First Onto Some Poor Girl's Head
During his performance at the Billboard Music Awards, Miguel attempted to jump from the stage to the catwalk as the crowd watched on from what they hoped was a safe distance. One lucky fan, however, got up close and personal with the pop singer when his genitals came crashing into the back of her head, slamming her face into the stage. Show More Summary
Three major scandals, and one about umbrellas, have done litte to affect Obama's approval ratings, w
Three major scandals, and one about umbrellas, have done litte to affect Obama's approval ratings, which have remained roughly the same over the past month. Read more...
Mid-Burglary Butt Dial to 911 Lands Stoner Suspects in Jail
There are lots of embarrassing ways to get busted for a crime. You could flee police only to get attacked by an alligator, or you could accidentally lock your victim in their own gun closet to predictable results. Dumber still? Butt dialing 911 as you're in the midst of a robbery. Read more...