boston marathongate

Katie Holmes Marathon Mystery Deepens With New Questions About Unidentified Runner #6074

7:15AM Seth | Blogger Harlem 26.2 (whose description, “The chronicles of a Black man running through Harlem in pursuit of rebuilding his business, a sub 3:00 marathon, and a wife – all through the lens of running,” is our current favorite) has been following all the Katie Holmes marathon conspiracy theorizing closely, and adds a fascinating insight to the mix that discounts the official “lone runman” theory: More »

Katie Holmes Still Claiming To Have Run New York City Marathon, But We Still Have Our Doubts

4:38AM Defamer Hollywood | Ever since we called shenanigans on Katie Holmes’ involvement in the New York City Marathon just over two weeks ago, conspiracy theorists have come out of the woodwork at a rate not seen since Ollie Stone introduced a nation to the ravings of Jim Garrison. As other news organizations started to poke around the highly sensitive hot button issue of marathon integrity, they found the story was a tough nut to crack. Even our nation’s most dignified and respected journalistic outlet, US Weekly,

Katie Holmes’s Rep Insists She Won’t Be Running Anywhere With A Number On Her Chest

6:00AM Defamer Hollywood | It seems the mysterious disappearance of an usmagazine.com blog post on Katie Holmes’s participation in the Boston Marathon (again, we refer you to our conspiracist commenters’ take on the matter, including their fascinating yet totally gross “missing toenail” theory) might not have been the result of a squad of Citizens Commission on Human Rights mercenaries having kidnapped the article for a grueling, all-night republishing session. Instead, if Us Weekly arch nemesis OK! magazine is to be believed, it was simply a matter of faulty reporting: “Katie Holmes is not running in the Boston Marathon,” her spokeswoman Ina Treciokas tells OK! exclusively, breaking the heart of long-distance-running Dawson’s Creek fans everywhere. Still, one flack’s denial can’t necessarily prevent the actress from continuing to gaze longingly at her worn Boston Marathon brochure, causing a nearby chaperone to muse out loud about what a terrible tragedy it would be if she were to slip on Suri’s rattle on the stairs–a freak foot-hobbling accident that would forever sideline Holmes’s sudden obsession with traveling at high speeds for long distances over rough urban terrains. OK! Exclusive: Katie Holmes NOT Running Boston Marathon [OK!] More »