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Remainders: Pete Coors Loves That Refreshing Rocky Mountain Taste
Jessica · 07/13/06 06:22PM
• Beer king Pete Coors gets a DUI; in an era of corporate corruption, it sure is nice to see an executive who really loves his product. [Denver Post]
• If you're going to have a complex, might as well develop it in your infancy: pictures of Suri Cruise aren't worth half as much as those of Shiloh. [TMZ]
• At 7 PM tonight, a pompous clusterfuck will descend upon Soho House. Worse than usual, we mean. Here's your guide to understanding why the fuck Toby Young's book party is so random. [Eat the Press]
• Leonardo DiCaprio films at old mob haunt in Brooklyn; borough's celebrities-are-here arrogance grows 37%. [NewYorkology]
• A handy guide to the MySpace profiles of all your favorite D-list reality stars. [Jane]
• Speaking of D-List, agent Roger Paul revels in the joys of managing Screech. What's not to when the guy's packing 8-inches of hot geek meat? [NYP]
• The rules of office restroom etiquette: "Dancing in front of the auto-flush to the tune of 'Material Girl' playing in your head wastes water and will summon your boss to the bathroom like a beacon. Don't." [The World According to Tom]
• How not to gracefully accept that you didn't get the job. [PR Differently]
• The Post knows there's only one way to cover the "bartha bartha" explosion on East 62nd Street: by focusing on the hot girl who was tragically injured. A video of her almost getting killed? Even hotter. [NYP]
Jack Bauer Has 368 MySpace Friends
Jessica · 07/13/06 12:22PMNews Corp. has announced a multi-million dollar public service campaign to promote internet safety, as their MySpace property has become the go-to site for media panic over online predators. Their centerpiece PSA is a television spot starring a barely sober Kiefer Sutherland, who really knows how to break it down and keep it real:
We Would've Had Him Take His Own Picture
Jessica · 07/07/06 09:37AMA recent Low Concept item on Slate honored the dirtiest old man on all of MySpace, Rupert Murdoch, by giving him his own MySpace page. According to his profile, Murdoch's looking to meet both "a new step-mum for Lachlan" and "a new Lachlan," and his friends include Katherine McPhee, "JP Stizzern in da hizzy," and the Arctic Monkeys. Actually, we're not so sure this is a mock-up.
Other people being witty: Rupert Murdoch says thanks for the add
Nick Douglas · 07/05/06 11:06PMUnintended consequences of geek fame
Nick Douglas · 06/30/06 09:07PMThe Washington Post and "don't call me the Segway inventor" Dean Kamen want geeks to be famous. Rather than letting creative geniuses get all the glory for their piddly "Oscars" and their "works of timeless art," the Post and Kamen want kids to worship real role models like the Google guys and YouTube founders.
MySpace ads: Theory and practice
Nick Douglas · 06/28/06 08:51PMWired drops the ball on reporting MySpace
Nick Douglas · 06/28/06 01:55PM"Everything we've ever done is about giving people choices," says News Corp. owner Rupert Murdoch, explaining his purchase of MySpace. "Technology is shifting power away from the editors, the publishers, the establishment, the media elite. Now it's the people who are taking control." Oh look, says Wired Magazine, Rupe IS the media elite, how lovely that he's on our side, ha ha, the man's a visionary.
Valleyspeak: FrieNDA, crowdserfing, and lol factor
Nick Douglas · 06/26/06 10:00AMMan sues MySpace because he screwed a 14-year-old
Nick Douglas · 06/23/06 02:21PMMySpace's new age restrictions made simple
Nick Douglas · 06/21/06 06:31PMRemainders: Puffy and Dan Klores End the Affair
Jessica · 06/21/06 06:15PMEr, BREAKING: After 10 years of mutual love and support, Diddy and PR man Dan Klores are getting divorced. Word is that Puff left DK for another woman — Jill Fritzo at PMK. But just in case Diddy gets involved in another shooting, Klores is staying on a $1K/month retainer. Gotta keep the bases covered.
Bad idea roundup: BusinessWeek gets schooled
Nick Douglas · 06/21/06 05:38PMGirl sues MySpace because boys are too hot
Nick Douglas · 06/20/06 09:00AMElvin Chaung, Facebook Extortionist
Jessica · 06/19/06 02:25PMA commenter alerts us to the MySpace profile of the charming playa at right, who happens to be Elvin Chaung, the 20-year-old Hunter College student facing charges of extortion. He only has 17 friends, but that's because he's too busy using Facebook to finagle nude pics out of remarkably unwitting young women. He may not look too clever, but he's a genius when it comes to manipulating online hotties with names like TrixieLuv69 and MizGoddess. Best of all, Elvin's MySpace profile reveals that he's a Buddhist. So if something is not given to him, he shall not take it — but if a bunch of chicks want to hand over naked photos of themselves, he's got zen clearance.
Everybody's stalking: Accidental entrepreneur David Weekly sets a new record for startup failure
Nick Douglas · 06/15/06 09:06PMDon't fuck with MySpace Tom — literally
Nick Douglas · 06/15/06 03:59PMRemainders: Seriously we're writing about the Playboy party
Nick Douglas · 06/14/06 09:25PMHow MySpace can tackle job search and double its traffic
Nick Douglas · 06/12/06 09:14PMBecause of MySpace, only boring people get jobs
Nick Douglas · 06/12/06 03:58PMCorporate recruiters work just like Gawker Media (and just like you before a blind date), the New York Times reveals — by sniffing around the MySpace and Facebook profiles of prospective hires. In a sloppily researched article (no, MySpace is not only two years old), the Times checks out how this phenomenon screws perfectly cool people over. Tien Nguyen (pictured) lost interview chances because he was clever. Other kids are getting turned down for having, well, great enthusiasm for their line of work: