Congratumalations, Los Angeles Times! Just like some NYC tabloids, after weeks of all but ignoring the John Edwards scandal — and explicitly doing so — you’ve finally made your first public comment on the matter. And then you blogged about it. You’re so on top of Web 2.0, and doing your jobs, it’s making us dizzy.CONTINUED »

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It’s easy to forget about a serious scandal — like hospitals employing the homeless to pretend to be patients so they could rip off Medicare — when Shep Smith uses the C-word on air.

But it’s not like he’s the only guy who’s ever said naughty words during a live broadcast.CONTINUED »

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It looks like David Paterson's going to top the Alliance Defense Fund!

A New York state judge indicated yesterday that she will rule in the Governor's favor after the ADF, an anti-gay group based in Arizona, filed a suit saying he acted unjustly in ordering New York to recognize out-of-state gay marriages:

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Britney Spears recorded a promo spot for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards, the program that she opened last year with lip syncing, haphazard choreography, and back fat. Her participation with MTV so far inevitably leads to more speculation that she might return to the VMAS on Aug. 11. Then again, crazier things can happen: Quentin Tarantino did cast Spears as a lesbian murderess in his upcoming remake of Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!.

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When Jossip broke the news yesterday that publisher Source Interlink had fired editor Carolyn Hinsey from its Soap Opera Weekly and Soap Opera Digest magazines, we had it on good authority that Hinsey was not the most well-liked person in the daytime business. But we had no idea her wrath, sense of entitlement, and questionable journalism had affected so many people that they would take the item — brilliantly commenting under soap opera-esque names — and vent their years of frustration with the “tyrant.” Two hundred comments later, we selected the best of the rants:CONTINUED »

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Post tags: Carolyn Hinsey, Leslie Sloane Zelnik, Soap Opera Digest, Soap Opera Weekly, Stephanie Sloane

A naked Lindsay Lohan and an adulterous Eliot Spitzer helped New York magazine actually increase newsstand sales. [Folio]

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Both of New York’s finest newspapers, the Daily News and the Post, hit today with items regarding a former senator named John Edwards and a racy love child scandal the mainstream media doesn’t want you to know anything about. Except the News and the Post, um, are the MSM, so this gets confusing! They’re both basically saying the same thing — which is to say they’re reiterating what the Raleigh News & Observer already told you: the Dems want this matter cleared up before the convention, yo. But it’s a moment of significance, because two newspapers the city actually reads are saying this!CONTINUED »

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Post tags: John Edwards, Mainstream Media, New York Daily News, New York Post, Scandal

Web magazine of ridiculous rhetorical questions Slate is live-blogging the Olympics! Or rather, they’re live-Twittering it, because that’s cooler. This is in case you find yourself unable to find any of NBC’s 3,600 hours of Olympics coverage or NBCOlympics.com. So what fun tidbits are stuffed inside Slate’s Twitter feed of sport?CONTINUED »

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While Chace Crawford deals with industry backlash for switching agencies and trying to get more money out of his breakout role in the ratings disaster show Gossip Girl, two of his co-stars are dealing with SCANDALS OF THEIR OWN: skipping out on charity events they RSVP’d for but didn’t show up to.CONTINUED »

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Presidential candidate Paris Hilton, who has tried, and failed, to attach herself to nightclubs before, is said to be eying her own venue in Las Vegas. If suspicious reports are to be believed, the only reason she isn’t sharing more about her plans is because the venue isn’t trademarked yet. Actually, we just checked with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and Shitty Overpriced Nightclub That Will Close Within a Year(tm) is still available.

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