What Happened To This Poor Eagles Fan?

Ryan Tate · 01/12/09 12:00AM

One minute Eagles fan Peter Knox is reveling in a Giants game at the Meadowlands; the next he's on his back at the hospital and blogging "this is shit."

For Free: Most X-Rated Parts Of X-Rated Book

Ryan Tate · 01/11/09 11:14PM

Can you sell a book about celebrity-linked thieves, murderers and rapists when the darkest chapter is missing, but available for free online? Simon & Schuster is about to find out.

Golden Globes: Live Winners

Ryan Tate · 01/11/09 08:08PM

The 66th annual Golden Globe awards are underway in Beverly Hills. We'll update the list of nominations below with winners as they come in; your comments are encouraged in the threads below.

Web Art in 256 Pixels

Owen Thomas · 01/11/09 07:00PM

Sometimes the best art is the tiniest. Google's revamped favicon, a 16-pixel-by-16-pixel representation of the website, may be the best design work yet from a company not known for its visual flair.

Charles M. Blow's Snow Job

Ryan Tate · 01/11/09 06:40PM

With lines like "should we just hope that teens are too broke for this weak coke," Charles M. Blow holds a mirror to society's face, week in and week out. He's dope. [Times]

The Shot That Sparked the YouTube Riots

Owen Thomas · 01/11/09 04:00PM

On New Year's Day, after a fight on a BART train, police pulled Oscar Grant and others off the train at the Fruitvale station near Oakland's airport. Witnesses with cell phones and videocameras captured Johannes Mehserle, a police officer for the BART rail system, in the act of shooting Grant. A local TV station ran one of these clips Sunday. But Grant's death wasn't widely reported until cameraphone footage was posted until Tuesday, sparking protests in downtown Oakland Wednesday night which turned into a riot.

Obama's First Hundred Minutes

Ryan Tate · 01/11/09 03:00PM

"Minutes 65-67: Delete 'private' Scarlett Johansson photos before surrendering Blackberry to Secret Service. Minutes 91-99: Do a little blow." [Indecision]

Couple Who Met Through Gawker Commenting Get Engaged

Richard Lawson · 01/11/09 12:45PM

The winter may be bleak and cold, but at least we have this story to warm our hearts. We've had our first Gawker Commenter engagement! Well, OK, he was a Deadspin commenter. But still!

Tinsley Mortimer Headed for Divorce??

Richard Lawson · 01/11/09 12:15PM

Have über-socialite Tinsley Mortimer and her hilariously-named hedge fund hubby Topper called it quits? Proving it still has reason to exist, the New York Post's Page Six whispers that it might be so. Wicked!

How Long Will McCain Mope?

Ryan Tate · 01/10/09 03:45PM

John McCain looked every bit the seething, uncomfortable vanquished rival in that first, awkward post-election press conference on those enormous chairs. It sounds like he's kind of still that way.