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Chit Chat
A Silly Conversation From Jezebel Virtual HQ
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Looks aren't everything
"Practical Character Reader" A Lesson In Xenophobia, Racism & Disney Villains
A 1902 book called Vaught's Practical Character Reader, scanned and posted on Sociological Images, demonstrates the false assumption that you can assess a person's character based on his or her physical appearance. More » -
Suckers
Women Play Mostly Supporting Role Within Male-Dominated Vampire "Trend"
Today's New York Times has a "Thursday Styles" section story about a "trend with teeth": Vampires.
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Dirt Bag
Beth & Kate Make Beautiful Music; Michael's Secret Girlfriend
- Kate Moss and Beth Ditto performed an "impromptu duet" at a club last night — singing "Space Oddity" by David Bowie. Guess who thought they did a great job? Simon Cowell. [The Sun]
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Tv bites
Lizzie McGuire Heads To The Upper East Side
Now that Hilary Duff is joining the cast of Gossip Girl, won't the delicate ratio of blondes to brunettes be thrown off? (Additionally: Does stunt casting signal The End?) [EW] More » -
Mag Hag
Katy Perry Is Not An "Orgasm Whisperer"…
…Although the August Cosmo cover might lead you to believe so. Also, Sadie says: "I think the hair is supposed to look like Elizabeth Taylor but instead it looks very Delta Burke circa Designing Women, no?" [JustJared] More » -
Midweek Madness
This Week In Tabloids: Dead Bodies, Beach Bodies, Weddings & Monkeys
It's Wednesday, so this is Midweek Madness, our tabloid roundup. Star was the only rag without Michael Jackson on the covers this week, maybe hoping people prefer "Beach Bodies" to untimely death? Step inside for more weeklies, after the jump. More » -
I die
The Zoe Report: More Goop For Your Inbox
Stylist and reality TV star Rachel Zoe is launching a newsletter called The Zoe Report. More » -
Dirt Bag
Lindsay's Birthday Cash; Angelina Earns More Than Jen
- Lindsay Lohan turns 23 tomorrow, but she's allegedly already been paid $70,000 by the MGM Grand for hosting an all-day "pre-celebration" in Las Vegas last Saturday.
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Snap shots
Photographers Annoyed By President's Stance On Pix Of The Kids
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Badvertising
Gold's Gym Hates Your Legs
Gold's Gym has a "humorous" new ad campaign called "Say No To Cankles." Despite the fact that, as every health and fitness expert knows, spot reduction is a myth. Still, on the gym's microsite, there is text which reads: More » -
Mag Hag
7 Reasons Straight Stuntin Magazine Is Intriguing
Straight Stuntin is a hip-hop/pin-up magazine I stumbled on, and I probably should be completely offended by it, but I'm absolutely fascinated instead. Here's why: More » -
Mag Hag
Bad Vibes: Magazine Latest Victim Of Lousy Economy
Daily Finance is reporting that after 16 years of publication, Vibe magazine is shutting down. Unlike other "urban" music magazines — The Source, XXL — the editor-in-chief, Danyel Smith, is female. More » -
getting heavy
Dance Your Ass Off: Empowering? Embarrassing?
Last night saw the premiere of weight-loss dance contest Dance Your Ass Off, hosted by Hairspray's Marissa Jaret Winokur. The contestants were varied: men, women, black, white, Latino, mothers, fathers, a virgin and a woman who "can't get boyfriends." More » -
Dirt Bag
SJP's Twins, Britney's New Look, Chris Brown's Sorta-Apology
- Here's the first picture of Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick with their new twins, Marion and Tabitha Broderick. Big brother James, are you ready for double trouble? [TMZ]
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Breatheless
Vintage Commercials Show Smoking As A Feminist Act
The 1969 Virginia Slims commercials, embedded after the jump, focus on how women have "won" their rights, at last. This means they can smoke cigarettes "slimmer" than the "fat" cigarettes for men.
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Sex bomb
“Something Once Regarded As Exotic Has Become Commonplace.”
"According to the first academic, peer-reviewed studies of vibrator use, it is nearly as common an appliance in American households as the drip coffee maker or toaster oven." [NY Times, EurekAlert] More » -
Lies
Michael Jackson Autopsy Report A Fake
The autopsy details reported by The Sun and picked up by other newspapers were fabricated, as was the "interview" with Debbie Rowe alleging that the singer was not the father of her two children. All lies. [TMZ, RadarOnline] More » -
Sunday bloody sunday
True Blood: "I'd Die If I Wasn't Already Dead"
Teen vamp angst is actually pretty cute, but where did homegirl get a curling iron? More » -
Mag Hag
Instantius Fiercius!
In stark contrast to her sweet English rose Teen Vogue cover, Emma Watson is rocker-sexy and spread-legged on the cover of Elle UK. Please, Hermione, don't hurt 'em! Additional images after the jump. [ONTD] More » -
Dirt Bag
Michael Jackson Autopsy Details Released; Kendra Marries At Playboy Mansion
- Grace Rwaramba, the former nanny who took care of Michael Jackson's children, says she often pumped the King of Pop's stomach:
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Ciao bella
Rocking The Boat
Giorgia Boscolo is the first woman in nine centuries to be a gondalier in Venice. [Reuters] More »
























