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So says a gross simplification of a NYT trend story today (with a priceless lead photo)! At last, science has discovered a use for babies. New mothers couldn't be happier: "Nobody wants to admit they are doing it for... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/3qYLJrdxae0/new-photos-reveal-mark-zuckerberg-wore-nothing-but-gray-hoodies http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403191&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5403191/new-photos-reveal-mark-zuckerberg-wore-nothing-but-gray-hoodiesCollegiate Mark Zuckerberg just wore an endless series of gray hoodies, according to new photos a student sent us from the set of The Social Network. Hey, the young cyborg was starting Facebook, not a fashion house. Johns Hopkins photographer Will Shepherdson, who shoots for the News-Letter student newspaper, sent us the above and below pics from the set of the forthcoming Facebook movie (click to enlarge). In the Aaron Sorkin-written film, co-founder and CEO Zuckerberg, played by Jesse Eisenberg, sports such diverse outfits as a light grey Gap hoodie and the darker, logo-less gray hoodie below, also seen in earlier pictures of the filming. When Eisenberg has his hoodie up and on his... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/OfGtD4mPWMM/ http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403194&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5403194/Carrie Prejean didn't take that call because she's a vicious, hateful idiot who has been propped up by gay men and women her entire pageant career and then totally sold them out for a shot at pathetic, fifteen-minute, fried American fame. And now she has to pay the piper for her devil's bargain and she's typically fucking unwilling to deal with it. She is as stringent and wholesale an example of the Christian Right's despicable doublespeak and hatred that has been poisoning our country for too long as there is in modern American society. She's an avatar, she's a monster. Carrie Prejean is a hateful bigot who will not tolerate being called on her shit. And we should not give her any amount... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/NYEx8JjCq2E/manhattan-media-elite-bravely-stand-up-to-private-school-where-all-their-kids-go http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403153&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5403153/manhattan-media-elite-bravely-stand-up-to-private-school-where-all-their-kids-goYesterday, fancy media types got together at the New York Times building to remember recently deceased columnist William Safire. The small talk, naturally, centered on the expensive schools where fancy media types send their kids. The (enemy) WSJ's Katherine Rosman overheard this exchange: And there was the inevitable shop talk: As Times executive editor Bill Keller slid into a row of seats, an acquaintance asked, "So, are you parent of the year now at Dalton?"-a question that presumably referenced a story that ran on the front page that day about an incident at the student newspaper at the Dalton School. "I'm not sure how they feel about me," he responded and then took his seat. That,... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/BD6g7Geg-FM/cops-get-nasty-drink-off-the-streets http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403129&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5403129/cops-get-nasty-drink-off-the-streetsSome dude in Brooklyn has been arrested for selling weedheads some gross thing that would probably make you puke so much. he allegedly brewed the distilled resins of pot fermented with 180-proof grain alcohol. The concoction was supposed to be mixed with juice or soda. "Liquid marijuana," shit. At $120 for a Pepsi bottle full! In my day we called that "drinking the bong water," and it was free. [Pic of what this probably looked like, via] http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/YYgtPYEmIxc/town-and-country http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403124&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5403124/town-and-country[City mouse Tinsley Mortimer hangs out with small-town boy Levi Johnston last night at the awards show our dirty sibling Fleshbot put on [NSFW, naturally] at The Box. Image via Getty] http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/zp8OorBxsZo/balloon-boys-parents-to-plead-guilty-to-hoaxing-americas-cable-news-personalities http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403115&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5403115/balloon-boys-parents-to-plead-guilty-to-hoaxing-americas-cable-news-personalitiesRichard and Mayumi Heene, the parents of that cute vomiting boy who did not get lost in the air in a balloon, will plead guilty tomorrow to charges that they concocted the story in order to become famous, which happened. According to a statement issued by the couple's attorney, Richard will plead to attempting to influence a public servant—a felony—and Mayumi will plead to a misdemeanor charge of filing a false police report. Prosecutors, the statement said, have agreed to recommend a sentence of probation, meaning no jail time. According to CNN, prosecutors couldn't be reached to confirm the deal. The deal was precipitated, the Heene's attorney said, by prosecutors' threat to... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/2iaDkYvIKBY/community-college-admission-now-aspirational http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403084&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5403084/community-college-admission-now-aspirationalThanks to the recession-era glut of job-seekers, Starbucks barista jobs now require a postgraduate degree. But you shouldn't worry about that, because you can no longer even get into community college. In much the same way that "emergency fallback" jobs have now become aspirational, emergency fallback schools are now out of reach for you, the average jerk. The New York Times reports that whereas NYC's six f'n humongous two-year colleges have always accepted everyone, at all times in the past, now they've had to put early deadlines on enrollment and turn thousands of applicants away. "I've never seen anything like this," says Laguardia CC president Gail O. Mellow. "We used to pretty much be... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/mC9dJAYKGoA/which-comedian-will-divorce-his-wife-if-she-wont-have-a-threeway http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403095&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5403095/which-comedian-will-divorce-his-wife-if-she-wont-have-a-threewayA menage is a long way to go to keep your man. How about putting up with your husband's gay rumors, or your bandmates' pornographic proclivities? There's love and marriage, but these are some fucked up horses and carriages. 1. "This famous celebrity husband (mostly known for comedy) with a non-famous wife has convinced his spouse that every couple in Hollywood has threesomes. His wife was incredibly reluctant and refused for years, but he's threatened divorced and told her that bringing in another partner into their marriage just comes with the territory when you marry someone famous. Our source says the wife seems really insecure about the marriage and worried that she is going to lose... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/_Hpc908uKjM/arkansas-anchorwoman-killer-facing-death http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403058&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5403058/arkansas-anchorwoman-killer-facing-deathAn Arkansas man has been convicted of killing Anne Pressly, the 26 year-old Arkansas TV anchorwoman with a small role in the movie W who was attacked and stabbed in her home last year. The motive was not grand. When the attack first happened in October of 2008, there was speculation that Pressly's role as an Ann Coulter-like figure in W might have had something to do with it. Turns out, no: In various confessions made to the police, Mr. Vance said he went to Ms. Pressly's neighborhood looking to steal laptop computers. After entering her home through a Dutch door she left open for her dogs, Mr. Johnson said, Mr. Vance found the computer he sought - and Ms. Pressly. Curtis Vance, the 29... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/g3LGaWVYgfY/ http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402981&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402981/the-return-of-the-recession-story/gallery/First a recession starts and there are a lot of personal recession features. Then everyone gets bored and there are no personal recession stories. Now, they're back! Along with some war, a sad President and more on Fort Hood. The Wall Street Journal has made the quirky recession tale its own so far this week. It's been one great look at how the death of, you know, everything, has affected people after another. The Times weighs in with a fairly straight, but well-reported piece, on the impact an unemployed father can have on a family. The Fort Hood story rumbles on, with a new angle - on whether a different police officer actually shot him down. Pretty well everyone runs with the story that... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/ZU2uE-4M-tY/country-music-proves-its-hip-its-cool-it-watches-mtv http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402970&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402970/country-music-proves-its-hip-its-cool-it-watches-mtvIn some of the mildest, most cowboy-hatted humor I've seen in a long time, some country music people I've never heard of mocked Kanye for interrupting Taylor Swift at the VMAs... about a decade ago. The worst thing is that hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood did different versions of the same joke twice, like an old drunk man who is convinced that it's only because people didn't hear clearly that they didn't laugh. Next year I believe they're planning a series of jokes about Milli Vanilli, followed by a medley on the similarities between Ice Ice Baby and Under Pressure. Here's the video, via the Daily Beast. http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/PcKtoJblMQo/chicken-wings-dont-kill-people-people-kill-people http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402963&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402963/chicken-wings-dont-kill-people-people-kill-peoplePolice in Fort Greene say two shootings and a stabbing earlier this week were the result of a cheap wings deal. Put down the buffalo sauce, and step away from the bucket. Captain Anthony Tasso told the New York Times' blog The Local that "all incidents, although not directly related, were the result of a promotion for all high school kids from several schools throughout the borough to meet at Buffalo Wild Wings for a 40-cent wing promotion." No one died, this time. But be thankful they didn't throw in those little sticks of celery and dipping sauce. http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/puc0Bl1YrpM/every-time-you-wear-bamboo-clothing-a-dolphin-dies http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402950&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402950/every-time-you-wear-bamboo-clothing-a-dolphin-diesSupposedly eco-friendly cloth made from bamboo is in fact evil and made with toxic chemicals and you might as well wear panda-hide while driving a Humvee and shooting rockets at pretty little birdies. The Wall Street Journal finds out that, though everyone makes nice and pretends that bamboo is good for the planet as well as being soft and nice and healthy, it is basically the same as rayon. The Federal Trade Commission is close to settling cases it brought against manufacturers: The companies had used language such as "natural," "biodegradable," and "antimicrobial." But bamboo fabric isn't natural, the FTC said, since it's a textile developed by chemists. The agency also said the... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/ATMAEut722M/who-really-shot-the-fort-hood-shooter http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402946&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402946/who-really-shot-the-fort-hood-shooterThe official story is that Sergeant Kimberly Munley took down Nidal Malik Hasan all by herself. But a witness tells the Times that this Oprah-friendly narrative is not true — that she was possibly shot without firing her gun. The storyline led to much media frothing about Munley — who no one disputes was brave and took part in efforts to stop the shootings. The New York Times today however cites an unnamed eyewitness who: ...said Major Hasan wheeled on Sergeant Munley as she rounded the corner of a building and shot her, putting her on the ground. Then Major Hasan turned his back on her and started putting another magazine into his semiautomatic pistol. It was at that moment... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/22VlXZ3j3qU/be-still-one-thousand-teenage-hearts-are-rob-pattinson-and-zac-efron-in-love http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402922&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402922/be-still-one-thousand-teenage-hearts-are-rob-pattinson-and-zac-efron-in-lovePattinson says Zefron takes his breath away; Mike Tyson goes to jail for beating up a pap; Carrie Prejean's ex says she's lying about the sex tape, then sells some pictures to TMZ. Welcome to Thursday's gossip! This has sexy potential. Robert Pattinson describes the glorious moment he first came face-to-face with the man of his dreams, Zac Efron: "He was a really cool guy. That was one of the first times I'd ever been star-struck, but just because his face is so specific, it's kind of surreal." Since I was only able to locate one picture of them together in the history of wire images [fig.1, below], I'm pretty sure they didn't actually bang, but, sigh, let's pretend. [ShowBizSpy] Former... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/POLe8fcfJGM/olivier-zahm-is-not-a-sleaze-hes-an-artist http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402920&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402920/olivier-zahm-is-not-a-sleaze-hes-an-artistThe mysterious Purple magazine founding Frenchman will be bring his unique blend of naked ladies, naked ladies, naked ladies, famous people and black-and-white pictures to a gallery in December, reports Blackbook. It's not tits - it's ART. Zahm, who by the way appears to wear prescription sunglasses indoors, will be occupying the Half Gallery on Forsyth Street from the 1st into next year. There are no details on the gallery's website except this picture, which promises more of the same moody posturing/shots of genitals to be found on his website [NSFW, although arty NSFW like Francois Truffaut might whack off to]. http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/1Y_YRVjm7fs/9+year+old-outshines-claque-of-entertainment-journos-at-fantastic-mr-fox-premiere http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402909&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402909/9+year+old-outshines-claque-of-entertainment-journos-at-fantastic-mr-fox-premiereGrace McManus is a reporter for Scholastic, and she asked Meryl Streep "the most sophisticated question that anyone in this entire press line has asked," about the difference between voicing and playing characters. Wait, that was my question, too! [P6] http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/qUZUC8e6Y3o/what-will-lou-dobbs-do-next http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402886&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402886/what-will-lou-dobbs-do-nextIn his announcement that last night's broadcast would be his last for CNN, Lou Dobbs reassured viewers that he is "considering a number of options and directions" next. Which one will he choose? Let's set the odds. Fox Business Network Pro: Fox has been wooing Dobbs for months; TV chair Roger Ailes reportedly wined and dined him in September. Between the additions of mustachioed libertarian John Stossel and ebullient racist cowboy Don Imus, FBN's on a hiring spree. Dobbs would be a perfect fit; one mere lifetime ago, he was a well-respected business reporter, after all. The fact that he went off the rails into right-wing demagoguery will only sweeten this deal. Con: Dobbs' intense... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/cc_qRjWh30w/carrie-prejean-attempts-to-storm-off-larry-king-is-foiled-by-the-siren-call-of-rolling-cameras http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402823&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402823/carrie-prejean-attempts-to-storm-off-larry-king-is-foiled-by-the-siren-call-of-rolling-camerasLou Dobbs wasn't the only right-wing populist to attempt a dramatic CNN exit last night. Unfortunately, he's the only one who succeeded, because former Miss California and Christianist poster girl Carrie Prejean can't even throw a proper on-set hissy fit. Larry King, the reigning champion of softball interviews, was apparently not soft enough for Ms. Prejean. King broaches the subject of the lawsuit Carrie settled with Miss California USA. (You know, the mediation where they screened her sex tape in front of her mom?) Then, Carrie complains that King is "being inappropriate," and after a full minute of wrangling, she removes her microphone and announces she is leaving—only to end up... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/_Wrc2DA96gI/the-bedbugs-they-grow-stronger http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402822&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402822/the-bedbugs-they-grow-strongerThe Ohio Department of Agriculture is asking the Feds for permission to use propoxur—an industrial strength insecticide—in killing bedbugs. Says one health board member: "We are rapidly becoming overwhelmed." Help? [AP] http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/nUK4wKNpGBY/i-love-the-1890s http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402806&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402806/i-love-the-1890sSo it appears that fashion went directly from the 1990s to the 1890s in a single season. (We were in the 1990s last, right? I can never tell!) According to this Times fashion piece, Victorian style is hot hot hot: Not only are men scooping up old-timey hunting and fishing wear—even bowlers!—but women are doing everything short of dusting off their whale bone corsets to get into the 19th century mode. Ye Olde Times: This flamboyance is part of a curious new movement called Tweed Rides, informal gatherings of spiffily dressed ladies and gents cycling leisurely through town and disdaining finish lines. Tweed Rides began in London earlier this year and have spread this fall to... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/mEz4BATEPYY/team-jon-stewart-wins-again http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402792&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402792/team-jon-stewart-wins-againSean Hannity just apologized for running footage on his program yesterday that inflated the size of a crowd at some awful protest. And he gave props to Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" for calling him out on it. But... ...that last line sort of creeped me out: "Mr. Stewart, you were right, we apologize—but by the way, I want to thank you, and all your writers, for watching." It creeped me out because Hannity wasn't just talking to Stewart and the "TDS" writing team, here: He was also sending a winking, smartass shout-out to everyone who tuned in tonight solely for the satisfaction of seeing him eat crow. Team Jon Stewart. I am a member of Team Jon Stewart, and you probably are... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/PycKagYycec/stripper+mobile-proves-every-las-vegas-stereotype-correct http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402744&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402744/stripper+mobile-proves-every-las-vegas-stereotype-correctJust read an article about a truck that drives around Las Vegas with a stripper dancing in it, and boy are my preconceived notions about that place tired (from being completely confirmed.) Whatever happens in Vegas, is ridiculous in Vegas. The article (which is incomprehensibly only the second most-read article on the Las Vegas Sun's website) focuses on the "safety" and "decency" concerns raised by locals re: the mobile sin platform, which was devised as an advertisement for Deja Vu Showgirls and is described thusly: It's akin to a small U-Haul truck but with Plexiglas surrounding the brightly lit cargo area instead of walls. In the middle is a gleaming stripper pole. Swinging around the... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/fifEyZSNt8g/live-blogging-top-chef-week-11 http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402609&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402609/live-blogging-top-chef-week-11Happy Veterans Day! Thank a veteran today? No? Do it now! Call any veterans you know and say thank you, OK? There's time before the live blog starts. And, no, veterans of Restaurant Wars do not count. That start time, as always, will be 10 Eastern, when our favorite show gets under way on Bravo, and the live-blogging gets under way in the comments section below this post. All commenters are welcome to chip in on tonight's quip-fest—which should be a lucky one, because this is Episode 11, and today's date is 11/11, and 11 is a lucky number in Vegas. Or so Wikipedia tells me. Hey, you know what else Wikipedia tells me? That tonight's guest judge, Nigella Lawson, "has been called the... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/JndkKSL3IBM/rapist-killer-and-other-crazies-stalk-twitterati http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402708&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402708/rapist-killer-and-other-crazies-stalk-twitteratiLev Grossman lost his whole novel when he changed flights; Rob Pegoraro carefully unfriended a touchy Facebook user; and a UK journalist discovered there are Twitter accounts worse than "rapist killer." The Twitterati battled a crazy world. Novelist and journalist Lev Grossman really needs a computer backup strategy. Sounds like a consultation with massive computer nerd Susan Orlean is in order. Just when CNN's Larry King thinks he understands The Twitter it... does... THIS! Oy. If you weren't such a psycho about making friends on Facebook, the Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro might still be your friend on Facebook. The definition of Bridezilla: When someone like the Daily Post's Debbie... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/_jdgsvzUkoc/layoffs-at-newsweek http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402692&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402692/layoffs-at-newsweekNewsweek laid off "about a dozen" editorial staffers Wednesday. The weekly posted a 48 percent drop in revenue in the third quarter, resulting in a $4.3 million loss. Memo from editor Jon Meacham after the jump. Meacham sent this memo to his staff around 6 p.m. on Wednesday announcing the elimination of "about a dozen" positions at the magazine due to "market conditions." Meacham admirably admits that he has "no spin to offer" about the magazine's dire condition, but then goes ahead and offers some spin anyhow: "The different direction we undertook earlier this year continues to appear promising in terms of building and retaining an engaged audience." Can't blame him, really. Tough times. ... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/PpCiiOHpoGQ/the-huffington-post-unveils-its-new-local-strategy-unpaid-bloggers http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402649&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402649/the-huffington-post-unveils-its-new-local-strategy-unpaid-bloggersLast week, the Huffington Post unveiled the editor of its new LA-local site, one Billy Silverman who came with an illustrious resume having previously served as producer Brian Grazer's cultural attaché. Today, Silverman revealed the site's new strategy. A note received by LA Observed reveals that in its local effort, the Huff Po is pretty much sticking with what they know: getting people to blog for free on the promise of fame, exposure and influence. The email reads: I am pleased to announce that the Huffington Post is coming to Los Angeles. We'll be launching a local edition of our news and opinion site in early December, and are hoping you would like to be part of it. A key element... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/qOoOVtvlpkw/frosted-fakes-theyre-grrrreat http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402647&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402647/frosted-fakes-theyre-grrrreat[Panda sculptures at the Beijing zoo are covered in snow after Chinese scientists claimed to artificially induce the second snowstorm in the country's capital this year. Image via Getty] http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/04_qxya2UGk/lou-dobbs-to-become-emigrant-refugee-from-cnn http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402635&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402635/lou-dobbs-to-become-emigrant-refugee-from-cnnLou Dobbs will announce tonight that he's leaving CNN, sources tell the New York Times. The professional xenophobe's contract isn't up until 2011, but Dobbs reportedly met with Fox News chief Roger Ailes last month. Update: It's official. Video below. Dobbs would fit much more snugly into the right-wing stable of shouting heads over at Fox than he did at CNN, where he made an awkward lie of the cable network's attempt to position itself as a non-partisan straight-news alternative to MSNBC on the left and Fox News on the right. But Dobbs hasn't exactly been a ratings dynamo: He was recently losing not only to Shep Smith at Fox but Chris Matthews at MSNBC and even Jane Velez Mitchell at... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/zJRAvawS9po/is-missing-san-francisco-mayor-secretly-sobbing-with-life-coach http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402632&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402632/is-missing-san-francisco-mayor-secretly-sobbing-with-life-coachHow does the young mayor of a new-age left coast city cope with a major political setback? By disappearing for days on end with his all-important "life coach," as failed gubernatorial candidate Gavin Newsom is rumored to have done. The San Francisco mayor/golden child hasn't been seen in public since Oct. 30, and his staff had no idea if he went to Hawaii as reported because he didn't tell them anything. Now the local Board of Supervisors is debating whether Newsom might be hunkered down with a city-funded svengali, according to Brock Keeling at SFist: It is rumored that the San Francisco Mayor spent little time with anyone else other than his life coach during the last few days of his... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/4lnSCshIYOA/moonie-times-collapsing http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402610&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402610/moonie-times-collapsingTalking Points Memo is reporting on the ongoing implosion of a right-wing newspaper. All because the cult leader owners are having a family feud! The Reverend Sun Myung Moon, leader of the Unification Church and King of Peace, owns the Washington Times, along with the UPI wire service, the New Yorker Hotel, a gun manufacturer, a large segment of the American sushi industry, and a couple members of congress. Moon has always treasured the attention of American politicians, and he spent a lot of the '80s sucking up to Republicans. The Times was kinda like his New York Post, only if Rupert Murdoch literally thought he was Jesus. But now, Moon is very old. And so he is handing over various... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/UhCBDTjZAw4/yes-we-watched-melrose-place-last-night-and-it-was-worse-than-usual http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402603&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402603/yes-we-watched-melrose-place-last-night-and-it-was-worse-than-usualWe have no more bad things to say about this show (please, try it yourself in comments). We're probably done giving this show the full recap treatment. If next week's return of Heather Locklear isn't utterly trashtastic, we're through. http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/IiMecpASt9A/dollhouse-cancelled-begins-journey-to-nerd-martrydom http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402585&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402585/dollhouse-cancelled-begins-journey-to-nerd-martrydomIn the eyes of the fanboy international, geek auteur Joss Whedon will always be too good for television. And lucky for him, Fox didn't ruin those creds by calling the nerds' bluff and keeping his show on the air. Fox announced today that is snuffing out the brief candle of Dollhouse, Whedon's latest series starring Eliza Dushku as a secret agent whose memory is deleted after each of her missions. The launch of a new Whedon show is treated in nerddom with the pomp and ceremony of a royal wedding and the build-up to Dollhouse's launch seemed a year long extravaganza of set visits, plot leaks and junketeering. But when Dollhouse finally reached the airwaves, it met very mixed reviews and... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/ozfh0xZGVAQ/ http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402588&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402588/the-unrelenting-push-for-the-2010-blockbuster-is-aready-beginning/gallery/We may not have anything left of our environment or economy by 2010, but at least we'll have something to keep us interested in the cinema. And the marketing machine is already starting. Check out the coming attractions! So far the only things that are really releasing trailers are the big budget comedies and action pictures. We threw in the trailer for A Single Man even though it opens this year and it's an indie movie because we wanted everyone to think we watch more than popcorn flicks. We also watch The Hills and lots of porn. But we'll put A Single Man on our Netflix queue, but we're not promising we watch it before sending it back so that we can get The Sisterhood of the Traveling... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/ovb24jQRF_M/frank-beddor-- http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402590&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402590/frank-beddor--screenwriter, revealing the pitch he used to convince Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner and Alien, to direct the board-game movie Monopoly, to the Los Angeles Times. Read the rest and weep, Silver Lake. http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/p16-7GquFXc/googles-kid+friendly-balls http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402561&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402561/googles-kid+friendly-ballsIf Google shows your child its balls, the internet is safe to use. Pro tip! http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/Iap2JuE59Zo/never-say-advertising-is-not-a-talent http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402569&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402569/never-say-advertising-is-not-a-talentThe amazing process of creating the marketing phrase "Strawberry Flavored Juice Drink Blend." http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/_XKXAKYPVfk/ http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402539&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402539/When I see these guys, with their Mediterranean visages and spectacular physiques, I imagine them as the descendants of ancient Roman soldiers, lost and confused in a modern world. Lacking the old measures and symbols of valor and achievement, they are constantly embroidering themselves with the simulacra of battle scars and aristocratic finery: eyebrow shaping, complicated hairstyles, scorched-earth depilation, glittery T-shirts, pimped-out V8 chariots, and other bright accoutrements. As with their ancestors, the drama of their lives again and again returns to ostentatious displays and violent contests of wealth and power and sex. It is the drama of the arena, the curia, and the opera... http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/ynFiOZ7bxIM/sean-hannity-promises-to-respond-to-comedy-show-that-fact+checked-him http://gawker.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5402537&view=rss&microfeed=true http://gawker.com/5402537/sean-hannity-promises-to-respond-to-comedy-show-that-fact+checked-himWe all saw the Daily Show fact-checking Fox clip, right? Where Hannity reused 9/12 rally footage and pretended it was from last week? Guess what: Hannity is going to "respond" tonight, on his show! So we'd better all watch! Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis According to Dylan Stableford: "A rep for Fox says that Hannity will address the issue on his show tonight." Seriously, what will he say? The video evidence is obvious, and Hannity is heard babbling about how it is "Thursday" over footage from a Saturday in September, thus making some sort of "we didn't intend to deceive we just used rally file footage" argument a nonstarter. But, you know, this...