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Enter This Sex Scandal Contest and Choke On It

Richard Lawson · 09/23/08 02:03PM

Sex is fun! Sex scandals are even more fun. Movies are also a good time, so one of our lovely advertisers has decided to sponsor a little contest involving just those three things. After the jump you'll find a list of famous sexual liaisons, and all you have to do is name the celebrity that matches up with the once-secret lover. Of the readers who name all five correctly, one, randomly selected, will win a year's subscription to Netflix. Details after the jump! Name the celebrity that matches up with the once-secret lover.... 1. Ashley Dupre 2. Marla Maples 3. Balthazar Getty 4. Rielle Hunter 5. Edward Brooke Email us your answers at contests at gawker dot com. The deadline for submissions is Thursday, September 25th, by 6pm EST. As always, standard contest rules apply. Sponsored by Choke: From the Author of 'FIGHT CLUB'. In Theatres Friday. Watch the trailer here.

Our Sponsors Are 'A Lifestyle' (Plus a Contest!)

Pareene · 04/25/08 04:45PM

For some reason we thought Richard was doing the sponsors post today but then he was all "what the fuck are you talking about, fuck off" (IT'S TRUE THIS IS WHAT HE SAID) so its up to us. On behalf of everyone at Gawker we humbly thank AT&T, Bravo, Chili's, Crown Publishing, Frommers, Fuerabruta, Hancock, Honda Fit, LG Scarlett, Mini, MGM Grand Foxwoods, Randomhouse, Unscrew America, VW for their support. Hey you! Advertise with Gawker! OH! And there's a contest. Details below!

Winner!

Pareene · 04/22/08 05:20PM

Yesterday, CNN introduced new headline t-shirts and we bemoaned their shamelessness. Then we shamelessly held a contest for the best fake ones! Betty Crocker wins (with an assist from Tnuc)! Simple. Effective. Also it may get you arrested. Unfortunately you can't actually buy these hacked shirts, nor can you even hack them anymore. Maybe we'll try to work out something else?

Win an Offensive CNN T-Shirt!

Pareene · 04/21/08 01:43PM

CNN.com introduced a new feature today that allows you to buy t-shirts featuring some of their more outrageous headlines. Of course, even their most outrageous headlines are no match for the ones various bloggers and commenters are creating using their easily-hacked t-shirt store URLs. So let's have a contest! Knock up one that's funny—not purely offensive, please—and whichever one tickles our fancy the most wins a prize. If we're able too! Examples to get you started here and in the comments here. Enter in the comments below with a link and, if you can manage, an image of the shirt. Quick, before they fix it! The prize? We'll buy you the t-shirt you created! (If we can.) Standard contest rules apply.

Grownups, make your own Google Doodle

Jordan Golson · 02/13/08 05:40PM

Google is holding a contest for K-12 students to create a Google Doodle — the themed logos Google occasionally runs on its homepage. The winner's will run on the front page of Google later this year. The theme is "What if ... ?" Precious. Sadly, most of our readers are overage for the contest. (Emotional age doesn't count.) So we'll have our own! Got some Photoshop skill? Make a Google Doodle of your own and send it to us. We'll run the winner on Valleywag's homepage. If you're like me and have no artistic ability whatsoever, suggest your best "What if ... ?" theme in the comments below.

Write your own headline for Yahoo's Microsoft snub

Jordan Golson · 02/12/08 07:00PM

Yesterday, Yahoo's board officially rejected Microsoft's unsolicited — now hostile — takeover bid, and I had a grand time coming up with headline after headline, but sadly we could only run one of them. Here's our chance to be creative! Come up with a great headline and post it in the comments below. If you've never commented before, sign-up instructions are after the jump. Here are some of our favorites.

Remind us who we're sleeping with this week?

Melissa Gira Grant · 02/12/08 06:00PM

"It would be easy to put together a scorecard and a list of Web 2.0 luminaries who haven't graced their pages," suggests sexy Internet daddy-type Dave Winer. "We might find out who's sleeping with the editors of Valleywag." Great idea, Dave! You make a chart, we'll run it at full 720-pixel width. Promise. But only if you specify which editor. One of Winer's commenters claims Blognation owner Tristan Louis got a free pass from the 'Wag. But did Louis pay through the nose for Mary Jane Irwin's sweet, sweet GFE embrace, or is Owen Thomas giving him the reacharound for free? Readers care about those little details.

A Hopeless Task

Nick Denton · 02/11/08 04:10PM

How can journalism schools encourage the entrepreneurial instincts of would-be journalists? The University of Southern California's Online Journalism Review wants to know, and I can think of no answer except this: close. Maybe you'll be more constructive. Questions, after the jump. I'll forward the best of your responses.

Hey, You Like Dudes?

abalk2 · 05/14/07 03:37PM

So we were wondering which way you swing? We don't know why the ad department wants to ask you this—but anyway, if you take this not-at-all invasive survey about your sexual preferences, and enter your e-mail address, you could win a $250 gift certificate from Amazon.com. And, quite possibly, for the gays, a date with Managing Editor Choire Sicha! He's extremely desperate! Standard contest rules apply.

Our Advertisers Love Women's Basketball; Contest

abalk2 · 04/13/07 10:46AM

Thanks to this week's advertisers, who love the sport and everyone who plays it. Care to catch a game with them? Additional information here. There's even more excitement this week: Answer this poll from Bravo's Shear Genius, enter your e-mail address, and you could win a $100 gift certificate from Spafinder! And thanks to our advertisers: American Apparel, Canon, IFC TV, LivePersonalShoppers.com, MSNBC, Mergers & Acquisitions, Nokia, Perfect Stranger, Bravo's Shear Genius, SV Supreme Vodka, Sprint, UWISHUNU.com, VW.