It turns out there's a reason your iPhone has been stalking you: It might use your private data to hook you up with nearby iPhone owners. And you thought your mom was an awkward matchmaker.
To help New York pass a bill allowing same-sex marriage, we here at Gawker are throwing a fundraiser/party. It's going to be a big, exciting bash, and now the stakes are higher than ever!
In your mordant Thursday media column: Arianna Huffington offers concierge service, layoff rumors at Meredith (confirmed), Tina Brown on snark, the Guardian's digital future, and Greta Van Susteren's embarrassment of the day.
Here's a trailer for Moneyball, based on the non-fiction book by Michael Lewis about the general manager of a struggling MLB team trying to turn it all around. This movie had some trouble in getting made, but now here it is!
Well, it's over: Rep. Anthony Weiner announced his resignation without his pregnant wife, Huma Abedin, at his side. He was interrupted repeatedly by determined hecklers and sped out of the room after his four-minute speech.
Say you're the 85-year-old ringleader of a massive pornographic empire, and like a gullible old slave-to-the-libido that you are, you propose to a 25-year-old and stake your reputation on the upcoming nuptials.
Congratulations to Brian Ross, America's Wrongest Reporter, for winning a coveted Edward R. Murrow Award honoring his coverage of the Toyota unintended acceleration story. The award, oddly, is for "Video Continuing Coverage" rather than "Fostering Global Panic Based on Bullshit Story." Still, a Murrow is a Murrow, right? Let's go to tape.
For last night's premiere of the fourth season of Toddlers & Tiaras, the series' breakout stars—Eden Wood and Makenzie—were set up to go head-to-head in an '80s-themed pageant, with lots of hoopla leading up to the actual event. The girls (ages 6 and 5, respectively) were flown out to L.A. to appear on Entertainment Tonight, and throughout the episode, they were each shown how their lives have changed now that they've been "discovered" and are on their paths to fame. There were both pumped-up in their interview segments — and both were expecting to win the crown — but when it came to the actual competition, neither of them won the grand prize, which at first caused confusion and then, ultimately, lots of tears.
There really are no words to describe this video other than "completely insane." But let's try: here is a ridiculously edited discussion of a sex tape from a recent The View, juxtaposed with Rob Lowe talking about his own sex tape on Oprah, Satan Lady on Dr. Phil with lots of weird props added into and onto the ladies for your, uh, viewing enjoyment? We don't even know. We just don't want to watch this alone.
Crystal Harris has perfect timing—it's too late for Hugh Hefner to cancel her issue of Playboy. Aniston moves in with her boyfriend. Emma Watson dates a co-star. Cee-Lo is tired of being famous. Thursday gossip is moving on.
