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Re-Tweet Redesign Helps The Rich Get Richer On Twitter
4:25AM Ryan Tate | Twitter is offering a new way to quote other people’s tweets. The new “re-tweet” feature is both less useful and more confusing than the ad-hoc system that preceded it. But that’s OK, because it bolsters rich celebrities and dot-com millionaires. More »
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Is Twitter Conspiring With Celebrities To Delete Your Mean Tweets?
3:29AM Ryan Tate | Blogger Mickey Kaus likes to send nastygrams to famous people, on Twitter, when the mood strikes him. And yet these messages sometimes disappear from Twitter search, despite the microblogging service’s well-established technical competence. Mere coincidence — ha! — or conspiracy? More »
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Celebrity Gossip Ad Infinitum: The Heidi Klum Birth Timeline
1:33AM Brian Moylan | Heidi Klum had a baby girl on Friday night. Congrats! Well, some gossip outlets shouldn’t be busting open the champagne, because while she was having the kid, they were fighting about whether or not she had it already. More »
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Welcome To Paparazzi University
4:32AM Ryan Tate | Cameraphone-toting fans are apparently ruining the lives of university football stars. Campus jocks can hardly booze it up at parties or enjoy young women spontaneously removing their shirts for them without the moment ending up on Facebook. So awful. More »
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Will The Lady Gaga Penis Conspiracy Get The Full Reveal Tonight?
5:30AM Foster Kamer | Okay, it’s silly. Lady Gaga probably doesn’t have a penis. But maybe she does. And now, there are rumblings that Lady Gaga has something incredible in store for us at tonight’s VMAs. Let’s go over this one more time. More »
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After Sparrow Madden, What Celebrity Baby Names Are Left?
8:02AM Brian Moylan | Nicole Richie just had a baby boy. His name is Sparrow James Midnight Madden. We love that celebrities don’t give their spawn normal people names. More »
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5:24AM Brian Moylan | Remember the prolonged outrage-masked-as-concern over Mary-Kate Olsen’s shrinking body? Well, it’s back, but this time its directed toward her fleshy frame. What’s the poor thing gotta do to keep the tabloids off her back? More »
Fat Or Thin, Mary-Kate Just Can’t Win
5:24AM Brian Moylan | Remember the prolonged outrage-masked-as-concern over Mary-Kate Olsen’s shrinking body? Well, it’s back, but this time its directed toward her fleshy frame. What’s the poor thing gotta do to keep the tabloids off her back? More »
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News Networks Do A Happy Dance For Possible Michael Jackson Trial
4:31AM Brian Moylan | Michael Jackson’s personal doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, is going to be arrested for manslaughter, possibly as early as next week. His personal dermatologist (and possible babydaddy), Dr. Arnold Klein, is also going down. More »
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Hermaphrodite Lady Gaga Has Your Publicity Stunt Right Here
3:43AM Ryan Tate | Lady Gaga has a knack for getting attention. So it’s no surprise that video of the singer revealing a mini-penis at a concert successfully captured the attention of the Googling hordes. Britney Spears would be proud of this NSFW non-slip-up. More »
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