Word: gawker
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...recent post on the well-known blog Gawker subjected Facebook’s often controversial roots to further scrutiny, when it reported an upcoming “tell-all” book that suggests the social networking site came about as a result of Mark E. Zuckerberg and other Facebook founders’ desire to get into final clubs and to “get laid...
...Gawker, which focuses on media gossip and pop culture, posted the leak on May 22, reporting that Benjamin A. Mezrich ’91, who also wrote “Bringing Down the House,” has signed a deal for over $1 million to write a memoir about the creators of Facebook...
...Revealed to the world last month by the popular blog Gawker, the latest in a series of Mr. Cruise’s on-camera antics was made for a ceremony at which the actor received his Church of Scientology’s “Freedom Medal of Valor” (coming soon to militaries near you). In it, the star of “Cocktail” and “Losin’ It” lauds his church’s ability to ‘improve conditions,’ makes use of a dizzying array...
...heading to Cambridge to speak at some law school there tonight,” she wrote. One might expect the former editor of the celebrity gossip blog, Gawker.com, to be less reluctant to name names. Coen, who spoke last night at the Harvard Law School, began writing for Gawker in 2004, penning over 6,000 entries in just two years. During her time at the Manhattan-based blog that chronicles celebrity exploits, readership rose to around 8 million people per month, approximately the number of inhabitants of New York City. “When I first took...
Neither Dick nor Lovitz returned calls for comment on this story, but Masada confirmed Lovitz's version of events. As much as the fight itself, the pleased reaction of many to Dick's thumping (gossip site Gawker's headline: "Andy Dick Gets the Beat-Down We've All Craved") reveals what a harsh business comedy really is. Dick, whose public displays of weirdness have included licking other celebrities' faces, is a comic other comics love to hate. "Andy doesn't really care for anybody except Andy," Masada says. "If he has to get a laugh at the expense...