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Cord Jefferson · 07/10/13 01:12PM

South African President Jacob Zuma said today that 94-year-old Nelson Mandela is responding to treatment but still in critical condition. Mandela has been hospitalized for weeks as he battles a lung infection.

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 07/04/13 02:10PM

The doctors of Nelson Mandela report that he has entered a "permanent vegetative state" as his family has resolved a conflict over the final resting place of his three children who predeceased him. He wishes to be buried in the same plot.

Max Rivlin-Nadler · 06/29/13 09:30AM

President Obama met privately with the family of Nelson Mandela today, spending a half-hour with the kin of the ailing former South African leader. The president did not meet with Mandela himself, who remains in critical condition with a chronic lung infection.

Nelson Mandela Back In Hospital with Lung Infection

Maggie Lange · 03/28/13 08:02AM

Nelson Mandela was readmitted to the hospital just before midnight local time due to a recurring lung infection. The former South African President spent over two weeks in the hospital this past December, undergoing treatment for a lung infection and gallstones.

Paris Hilton Arrested for Pot at World Cup

Adrian Chen · 07/03/10 09:36AM


Paris Hilton was arrested for possession in South Africa, but released! Ashley Dupre is becoming a real estate agent. Lady Gaga spotted wearing something normal. Carrie Prejean got straight married. Saturday's gossip roundup is a breath of fresh air.

Why Can't Harvard Cops Stop Harassing Black People?

Moe · 08/27/08 10:56AM

A mere days after winning, in a shocking upset, that prestigious US News award, Harvard University finds itself the center of a terrible controversy! Are the Harvard Campus Police racist? President Drew Gilpin Faust (!) sent out an email to students announcing the creation of a commission to review "complaints that officers have unfairly stopped black students, professors, and other university community members because of their race." Now, I know what you are thinking. Sure, Boston is a hugely white town in which cops are probably a little less savvy about the "racial profiling" than most, but what kind of professor gets mistaken for a sundry hoodlum?? Come on in, I will show you!

No Escape To Italy For Anne Hathaway Ex

Ryan Tate · 06/26/08 07:41AM
  • Anne Hathaway's Italian ex-boyfriend, accused con-man Rafaello Follieri, originally had planned a big spontaneous "vacation" to Italy for his "birthday" Wednesday, but of course he's in jail now, so no "dining patio, huge cellar of expensive wines, pricey pastas and locally caught seafood" for him. [Post]

Sean Avery Raiding The Wrong Closets At Vogue

ryan · 06/23/08 07:31AM
  • Hockey star and Vogue intern Sean Avery showed up to a
    concert "dressed head to toe in black with a black newsboy cap... he
    looked like he was straight out of a 1998 J.Lo video." [P6]

Nelson Mandela Is BFF With The Spice Girls

Nick Douglas · 02/19/08 01:37AM

Which apparently is not breaking news! But since at least two of us on the Gawker late shift didn't know, I'm just making sure we're all on the same page. I mean, when I read this lede — "The Spice Girls would love to perform for former South African President Nelson Mandela, but said on Monday they had not yet been formally asked to be part of his planned 90th birthday celebrations in June" — I nearly blogged that line without comment, you know? It turns out Mandela, who met the group in 1997, invited them to perform last year at his 89th birthday party, but Baby Spice was too pregnant. But so far, no new invite. Clearly Mandela has learned that the band really can't make a comeback, so he went big and invited Chumbawumba. After the jump, two men go through the exact same thought process in Dutch, though they pronounce "Chumbawumba" as "Pinochet."