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I Guess It's Too Late To Nominate Bill Clinton?
The cheering for Bill Clinton went on for about five hours at the Democratic National Convention tonight before he could finally start his speech. He pretended to get a little frustrated, but you know the ex-president, who tends to feel persecuted and under-appreciated, just ate it up. Clinton was remarkably well behaved, his foreign policy address not going grotesquely beyond the alloted 10 minutes and, hey, even occasionally touching on foreign policy, in between statements on the American Dream, Hurricane Katrina, unions and corporate cronyism. Clinton laid the Obama praise on thick — he's ready! to be president! also, unique! young and "inexperienced" like Clinton was! — then got into the serious Republican bashing, which is the focus of this clip and really the best part of the convention so far. Sometimes you need Hope and inspiration, but sometimes you just want to see some well-landed punches and nice memories of the resurgent 1990s. Video after the jump, along with bonus footage of the endless Clinton applause. More »
Greatly exaggerated reports
Bloomberg Runs Steve Jobs's Obituary
For whatever reason, the Bloomberg financial newswire decided to update its 17-page Steve Jobs obituary today. It's true that the secretive Apple CEO's battle with pancreatic cancer, and speculation over his health, rattled some investors earlier this year and continues to be the subject of speculation. The Times weighed in on the matter as recently as last month, when columnist Joe Nocera spoke with Jobs. It's also true that news organizations routinely prepare obituaries in advance, even for the healthy. But if you're a jittery investor who sees a freshly-updated Jobs obit cross the Bloomberg wire and then suddenly disappear — as our tipster did late this afternoon — it's hard not to form some ominous theories, particularly if you can't see that the internal Bloomberg slug was "testjobs." The obit, which we've obtained and reprinted after the jump, is a bit macabre to read but should not scare you out of your Apple shares. More interesting are the accompanying notes for Bloomberg reporters! More »
adventures in live blogging
Live Blogging Project Runway: Week 7
Hear ye and welcome to the Project Runway Commenter Live blog — the weekly convention where Gawker delegates use their keyboards to vote for awesomeness! To those of you jonesing for a political fix from the Dem Convention: Biden’s speech probably won't start until after 10 pm, so why not kill time before then by helping us liveblog tonight's Project Runway episode? Before I bang the gavel on tonight's festivities, here are some "random highlights" and "things to watch." More »
Obama Officially Nominated
"Democrats Wednesday officially nominated Barack Obama to be their candidate for president, making him the first African-American to lead a major party ticket." [CNN]
Intelligent Design
In Recent Scifi, Intelligent Design Is Truth
FROM IO9.COM: A new crop of science fiction novels focus on what it would mean if Intelligent Design turned out to be the truth. More »
ABC News Producer Arrested by Stereotype of Small Town Cop
"A cigar-smoking Denver police sergeant, accompanied by a team of five other officers, first put his hands on Eslocker's neck, then twisted the producers arm behind him to put on handcuffs." [ABC]
But sometimes you forget to stop and smell the proses!
He suddenly found himself exasperated by slow moving pedestrians, and, like a true New Yorker, began darting around them instead. 'That was when I realized I was getting in sync with the city.' Ha ha ha this story is the third most-emailed.
He suddenly found himself exasperated by slow moving pedestrians, and, like a true New Yorker, began darting around them instead. 'That was when I realized I was getting in sync with the city.' Ha ha ha this story is the third most-emailed.
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Willl Arnett, Alec Baldwin & Tracy Morgan
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Saw Michael Musto lazily bicycling through Astor Place en route, I assume, to the HQ of the Village Voice. Muttering to himself. Dressed like my grandfather (dirty slacks; thick white gym socks; lumpy sweater)...
Blind Item
Hah. He's 40 (40-year-old blogger! sad!), 5'11", and "went to one of those selective East Coast schools." Always important when looking for anonymous tail in a strange town! Guesses? We honestly don't even want to hazard one. (If Doree's list is representative, Craigslist Denver seems to be crawling with dudes looking to "pleasure" those hot lady Obama voters.) [Craigslist via NYO]
Which Political Blogger Wants A Casual Encounter in Denver?
Hah. He's 40 (40-year-old blogger! sad!), 5'11", and "went to one of those selective East Coast schools." Always important when looking for anonymous tail in a strange town! Guesses? We honestly don't even want to hazard one. (If Doree's list is representative, Craigslist Denver seems to be crawling with dudes looking to "pleasure" those hot lady Obama voters.) [Craigslist via NYO]
"No, it's Diderot. I just realized a few months ago that I'm a huge cliche or something. I was talking to this girl and she said, what, are you going to pull out a pack of Gauloises now? And that was actually exactly what I was doing at the moment. I didn't realize she was making fun of me at the time. I just thought, 'Yeah, they're fucking good cigarettes.' What can I say, I'm misplaced in history."*
Dialoguing With The Influencers
Did you know that Scion, maker of postal-truck-looking autos, has its own record label as a marketing strategy? Just like TAG Body Spray! One member of Scion's target demographic suggests an alternate use for those dollars: "Trying to figure out how to unfuck their hideous looking vehicles." [Animal]
Did you know that Scion, maker of postal-truck-looking autos, has its own record label as a marketing strategy? Just like TAG Body Spray! One member of Scion's target demographic suggests an alternate use for those dollars: "Trying to figure out how to unfuck their hideous looking vehicles." [Animal]
journalismism
Desperate Denver Journos Just Reporting on Each Other
There's no news in Denver. At least, no news that couldn't be reported by watching it on C-Span from the comfort of home. So what to do? Report on what all your fellow journalists are doing! So far, the single greatest example of this is HuffPo's constant reportage from their own "HuffPost Oasis" in Denver. At left, an unretouched screengrab from their front page today. The Oasis is remarkably popular with journalists, considering that we have no idea what goes on there but we don't think it involves free booze. Wait, maybe we do know what's going on there! "'I feel relaxed!' said a particularly refreshed Eric Alterman as he stepped away from a complimentary facial for a minute. 'I'll tell you this—everyone should add facials to their lives.'" Oh, wow. More »
The Facebook Movie
Aaron Sorkin's rep fails to deny Facebook movie
FROM VALLEYWAG.COM: Is "West Wing" writer Aaron Sorkin making "The Facebook Movie," as someone going by his name on Facebook claims? I called Aaron Sorkin's agent, Ari Emanuel — yes, the inspiration for Jeremy Piven's character in "Entourage" — and got his assistant. She said: "I'm not denying anything.
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The Most Important 32 Seconds Of Coverage You Will See This Convention
This morning distinguished political commentators Ana Marie Cox, Rachel Sklar and Glynnis MacNichol filed a slumber party-themed video dispatch from the Democratic National Convention in Denver. At the risk of crushing you with intellectual heft I had the video department cut it down to its thirty-two most totally totally crucial seconds. I cannot overstate how much you like need to watch this like right now. And because I was forced to cut some of its meatier moments I have distilled the main arguments after the jump.* More »
Fashion Victims
Who in the social set do you think is really getting things wrong right now, fashion-wise? Example: this dress of Ivanka Trump's. Leave a comment! [Photo via Park Avenue Peerage]
videuhoh
Fox & Friends' Drunk-Ass Morning
Fox & Friends is not just a forum for Fox News to bash people who made fun of the network's bedbug infestation or wrote factual news stories; it's also an opportunity for the show's Beckham-loving hosts to get drunk in the morning, piss off Donald Trump, and issue warnings about Paris Hilton tossing dwarfs. Click to watch this montage of inexplicable clips, all taken from today's show. "What you need to knew..to do..to avoid a new VIRUS!" More »
food fight
Google food manager charged with double-dealing
FROM VALLEYWAG.COM: The brouhaha over Google's once-legendary, now troubled free-meals perk has bubbled up more charges of wrongdoing in the search engine's kitchens. An anonymous poster has taken to Craigslist to air charges against Google's former global food manager, John Dickman. More »
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Pundits
Rachel Maddow Still Charming
The Observer checks in with rapidly rising MSNBC star Rachel Maddow, the academic AIDS activist who has improbably ended up with a television show following Keith Olbermann's. She's in Denver, hanging out, getting excited about Joe Biden. Basically everyone still loves her. Our video department put together this compilation of her being, you know, cool. And here are some fun facts about Rachel Maddow from the story! More »
"I think she’s in a dip right now. I can’t explain it.”
Project Runway mensch Tim Gunn does not approve of Katie Holmes' baggy jeans. And now you know that important fact.
Project Runway mensch Tim Gunn does not approve of Katie Holmes' baggy jeans. And now you know that important fact.
How-To
Gorgeous George's Guide To Villainy
Gorgeous George led to Julia Allison. Which is to say, he was "one of the first entertainers to create a faux persona that elicited hisses." The original fameball! George was a pro wrestler in the 1940s, and figured out that being a bad guy could be just as lucrative as being a good guy—and a lot easier. A new biography of GG has just come out, and his crazy life as a body-slamming fop offers plenty of guidance to anyone considering using villainy as a path to fame. Five things to set you out properly on your road to evil destiny: More »
Snark Break
Del Martin, lifelong gay rights activists and one half of one of the first gay couples to wed in California, has passed away at the age of 87. Her new wife (and partner of some fifty years) was by her side. [SFGate]
Del Martin, lifelong gay rights activists and one half of one of the first gay couples to wed in California, has passed away at the age of 87. Her new wife (and partner of some fifty years) was by her side. [SFGate]
Post-memes
Race! Sex! Politics! Six Things Americans Are So "Post-" Already
Remember how Barack Obama gave that inspiring speech in which he pointed out that what William Faulkner wrote back in 1951 — "the past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it isn't even past" — was still totally true today? Obviously he was totally right. The past isn't past; but it is (if you have been watching cable news anyway) most emphatically post-. We are post-feminist, post-political, post-Sex & The City, post-9/11. I am almost tempted to call it the "OMG So Over It Already! Election," except we are venturing into a post-OMG era. On Monday night we watched the "fresh" new MSNBC anchor Rachel Maddow get props from some obsequious guest for coining the term "post-rational" to describe all this madness. That was ridiculous enough to seem "post-"something in itself, so we took the opportunity to put together a post-linear, post-chronological (and, of course, post-rational) post giving you a brief history of our favorite "post-" terms of this campaign (and all time.) More »
cover lies
September Allure: A Peel For Every Skin Type, An Anti-Aging Berry In Every Pot
FROM JEZEBEL.COM: Since this month Allure contains a feature on facial peels, we thought we provide you with our recipe for a psychic peel. It's simple: read Allure every month. If possible, supplement with other women's magazines. More »
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