Here's Rex Sorgatz's video of various people reading from the de-Harvardized copy of tortured soul Keith Gessen's All The Sad Young Literary Men. It was shot largely in the Gawker offices! And it involves such noted internet personalities as Andrew Krucoff, Choire Sicha, Julia Allison, Alex Pareene, Rachel Sklar — the d-list goes on and on. You'll either find it entertaining and funny (I did!) or feel like you need a decoder ring. A cheat sheet to the best moments is after the jump, if you want all the surprises spoiled, along with an update on the status of the modified All The Sad Young Literary Men, now an official literary hot potato.

The cheat sheet, via Sorgatz:

Personal faves include Krucoff stumbling across Emily's name, Julia musing about Google hits, Sklar standing in front of Balthazar, and Choire closing the house. But all of you! All of you have made America (and perhaps Russia) a better place!

Also, we are told that the book copy in this video, the FSU Middlebrow Remix of All The Sad Young Literary Men, has passed from Andrew Krucoff, who bought it from us at $890 (proceeds to the homeless), to the blogger 99, who bought it at $275 (discounted by the bundling of a date) from Krucoff (proceeds to a soup kitchen).

We are all witness to something very special! Don't you already feel more literarified and shit??

Madonna’s really creepy brother was on Chelsey Lately lately and oh the creepiness. What a smarmy excrement hole. Well, despite StarkedLAs request that America avoid buying his tell all about sister M it is now in the number two spot. What really comes across listening to him talk about M is that she works hard for her money and he is not treating her right. We would be really outraged if we actually liked Madonna.

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Seems like Christian Bale’s sister Sharon wanted to borrow some money. How much?  just a little 200,000 loan bro. Apparently, mommy “loves me best”  took sis’s side and all hell broke loose. One big hit a multi millionaire does not make. Mommy also insulted Bale’s wife and ranted and raved about turning his back on his real family. OMG. What a loon. Maybe we should give Sharon and Mommy Bale Linda Hogan and Denise Richard’s numbers. Anyhoo Chris asked the pair to leave, they would not go quietly so he gave them a little nudge out the door. Who among us would not react the same? Leave this guy alone, his mommy and sister need a spanking.

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Sources reveal that Brooke Hogan signed a declaration saying Daddy Hulk physically abused Linda Hogan. Sure Mommy and Brooke were upset that Daddy was shagging Brooke’s BFF but now Brooke reveals the declaration was a LIE. Oh Linda, we know you are pissed, who among us would not be? But encouraging your daughter to commit a felony so you can get a little more money? Maybe it’s time to get a job Linda.    

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ElizabethArden.com is holding a special deal on Hilary Duff’s Wrapped with Love fragrance! This second fragrance by Hilary Duff (there’s a third coming!) features scents of honeydew, mandarin, blood orange, white lily, and white chocolate mousse.

Enter the code "HDUFF" at checkout to receive free shipping in the US. Offer expires on August 31st, 2008.

Kohls is also holding a very special deal for Wrapped with Love - with any purchase of 1fl oz or larger (in store, not online), you get a special gift of a With Love necklace!

Image: Elizabeth Arden ; Via hilaryduff.com Tags: hilary duff, wrapped with love, hilary duff perfume, hilary duff fragrance

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Hilary Duff’s music video for "Play With Fire" has made it onto an unfortunate list - Billboard’s 30 Worst Videos Since 2006. The list, which looks at the qaulity of music videos not at the quality of the music, doesn’t give me details on why a video was bad or not.

If you recall, this is "Play with Fire" by Hilary Duff:

Justin Timberlake - My Love Madonna - Give It 2 Me Britney Spears - Gimme More Jennifer Lopez - Hold It Don’t Drop It Justin Timberlake - Lovestoned Timbaland - Give It To Me Nelly Furtado - In God’s Hands Sean Kingston - Me Love Britney Spears - Break The Ice Beyoncé - Ring The Alarm Rihanna - Umbrella Avril Lavigne - The Best Damn Thing Miley Cyrus - Start All Over Timbaland - Apologize Flo Rida - Low Fall Out Boy - The Take Over, the Breaks Over Vanessa Hudgens - Come Back to Me Hilary Duff - Play With Fire Nelly - Party People Ashley Tisdale - Be Good to Me Alicia Keys - No One Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend [Remix] Jordin Sparks - One Step At Time Timbaland - The Way I Are Paramore - Crushcrushcrush Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love [USA Version] Lil Mama - G-Slide (Tour Bus) Jonas Brothers - When You Look Me in The Eyes Sean Kingston - There’s Nothin’ Corbin Bleu - Push It To The Limit

This list was published in Billboard Magazine.

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The news that Amy Adams was engaged to Darren Legallo wasn't met with much excitement this morning.

But celebrity gossip followers are abuzz with this wedding news: Diddy is set to marry Cassie Ventura!

"He told everyone to keep it extremely quiet because he didn't want it to get out, but you could tell he was excited," a source told Star. "Diddy said they hadn't set a date yet, but he wanted his family to hear the news first."

Cassie Ventura and Diddy are engaged. Congrats to the couple!

The hip-hop mogul met the 21-year old Cassie when he signed her up to his label, Bad Boy Records, in 2006.

About a year ago, Diddy ended his 10-year relationship with Kim Porter, the mother of his twins.

Lindsay Lohan hopped into a photo booth with an unidentified friend (maybe Michael Lohan Jr’s girlfriend?), stripped down to their bikini, and posed all sexy for the camera. The Lifestyles Condom Makeout Booth was located at the DKNY Malibu Beach House and dispenses a strip of condoms along with your candid set of photos. The booth has been traveling around to night hot spots since January.

The second photo set (after the jump) is of Lauren Conrad, Audrina Patridge and Justin Bobby of The Hills.

Images used with permission of LifeStyles Condoms Tags: lindsay lohan, lauren conrad, lifestyles, makeout booth, make-out booth, make out booth, photo booth, lindsay lohan bikini, lindsay lohan pictures

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Lindsay Lohan, J’Adore! The printed Christian Dior shirt is not only a fantastic outfit on Lindsay, but so fitting of her life and of what we respect and love we have for Lindsay these days! Lindsay & Sam were spotted out at the Waverly Inn in New York City on July 23rd in these photos:

Image: used with permission from www.splashnewsonline.com

Photo by Justin Campbell/BuzzFoto.com

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Tags: lindsay lohan, lindsay lohan candids, lindsay lohan photos, lindsay lohan pictures, celebrity, entertainment, celeb

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Mischa Barton is just "one of the girls" at the Berlin Fashion Week! Check out this fab pose of Mischa with Eva Padberg and Kim Cattrall, who you’ll know from Sex and the City, at the Hugo Boss show on July 17th.

Image: used with permission by Newscom

I had the luck to meet Kim Cattrall just last month - you can read about that here.

Tags: mischa barton, kim cattrall, mischa barton photos, mischa barton pictures, berlin, fashion, hugo boss

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The latest Jonas Brothers blog …

Hey everyone! What a day! We started the day with a press conference. We actually have a group of press showing up on specific days while we are on tour.

Today was special because we were able to give a donation from the Jonas Brothers’ Change For the Children Foundation to the UN Nothing But Nets charity that provides protective nets for children in Africa to protect them from possible Malaria. Check out changeforthechildren.org for details of how you can help. After the press conference we went to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and rode in the cars around the speedway. It was so fast but so fun. The concert was electric…

There were almost 19,000 people there. It feels like the show gets better each night. We really can’t wait to see all of you while we are out on tour. Yesterday was big because our ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE COVER came out. You can get it now on stands everywhere.

WE are so honored to be on the cover and have an article in Rolling Stones. Hope you like it. Don’t forget the special things that are coming up in the next few weeks:

Oprah with JB (re-airing today), Teen Choice Awards (Don’t forget to vote), Tonight Show, Good Morning Amercia, Regis and Kelly, other TV specials, ITUNES releases 2 more songs on the next 2 Tuesdays (TONIGHT and A LITTLE BIT LONGER)… and of course… AUGUST 12TH - Release of our new CD - A Little Bit Longer!!!!! There is so much happening. You will hear about everything here.

Thanks for checking in JB Kevin, Joe and Nick

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Lindsay Lohan & gal pal Samantha Ronson were spotted out having lunch together in New York on July 23rd:

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And check out the crazy colored Louis Vuitton bag that Lindsay was carrying! From what I can tell it’s a limited edition "Watercolor Speedy".

More candid photos after the jump…

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Tags: lindsay lohan, lindsay lohan candids, lindsay lohan photos, lindsay lohan pictures, celebrity, entertainment, celeb

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Despite Selena Gomez denying that she and Nick Jonas are a couple, a variety of sources are now claiming that Selena wrote and dedicated a song, entitled Head First to Nick!

“They were writing lyrics for the bridge, and she was saying how Nick makes her so mad when he doesn’t call her back,” the source tells E! News about the tune, titled Head First. “The verse was definitely written about Nick Jonas.”

Image Credited to Newscom Source: E!

Tags: nelena, nick-jonas, selena and nick, selena-gomez

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Hayden Panettiere, who just purchased a four million dollar home in the Hollywood Hills, recently showed press her extreme excitement over moving into a place of her own.

Hayden says she’s spent months decorating, and that as soon as her best friend from New York moves in, she’s going to throw a huge housewarming party. Hayden claims, “I bought a house. I spent my summer setting up my new house and buying furniture. It’s a good size. It’s contemporary. It’s a space that doesn’t need a lot of clutter in it, so it’s pretty simple. “My best friend from home, from New York, is actually moving in with me for a year. So it’s not like I’m living in this house, partying by myself.”

And in response to whether or not Hayden plans to throw a bunch of parties in her new abode, she says, “Oh, yeah! I have this big living room and I have this 14ft by 14ft couch. I fill pretty much the whole room with it and it’s kind of the hangout spot. It’s comfy and people can make a mess in the room.”

We’ll see what happens when Hayden is all on her own…will she become a bad girl, or will she remain the same ol’, sweet Hayden, who’s never been caught drinking in public? Stay tuned to find out…

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Tags: hayden panettiere, hayden panettiere house, Hayden Panettiere Pictures, hollywood hills, new-york

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Christina Aguilera was recently spotted leaving the club Hyde in Los Angeles.  There were a few paparazzi there, but it didn’t seem as crazy as we frequently see when Christina is out and about! 

Christina and husband Jordan Bratman shared a little kiss as they zoomed off into the night! Nice to see you Ms. Aguilera!

Christina Aguilera leaves LA club Hyde: YouTube/Hollywoodtv

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Hayden Panettiere recently told press that she’s no longer going to pursue a college degree, even though it’s something she’s always wanted to do. Hayden says her Heroes-based fame “scuppered” her plans to attend college, as she now feels she wouldn’t be able to just go there and learn, and instead, would be the center of attention, which would in turn, lead to academic distraction.

Hayden says, “College is something that I was really passionate about for a long time and I always wanted to go but everything has changed so much. I have to be so careful when I go out now.”

She continues, “Look what happened to Miley Cyrus. Personal pictures of her came out and caused so much trouble for her - but they were personal pictures of her that were either from a really long time ago or just from goofing around. You keep them really private but they end up being all over the place.”

Hayden then goes on to say, “I would want to be a normal person if I went to college because I would want to fit in and go to parties but I can’t all the time I’m in the public eye. I just have to sacrifice my dream of going to college for now.”

Now, I think that’s totally ridiculous. Tons of famous people go to college, and just because you’ve become a celebrity over time, doesn’t mean you have to quash your dreams due to your newfound popularity…and then blame it on us for liking you! As if that’s not what your ultimate goal was in Hollywood in the first place, to be famous. Come on, now, Hayden.

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Tags: hayden panettiere, Hayden Panettiere Pictures, Heroes, Hollywood

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John McCain made a pair of not-bad ads mocking the schoolgirlish moments of pundits talking about Barack Obama. Sure, it was hypocritical since McCain's no stranger to favorable press — he famously joked that reporters constituted his "base." Also politically dangerous for the same reason. But if he gets away with tweaking the Fourth Estate it's because he offers the kind of access other pols don't. This is why Jonathan Chait and Jacob Weisberg may not vote for him but still kind of admire the guy. Obama, however, is the anointed presidential hopeful (if he doesn't say so himself), and he clearly has more to lose if the media's infatuation with him ends. Gabriel Sherman of the New Republic has a good piece explaining how the bloom's already gone off the rose. Obama's press liaison Robert Gibbs is a dick, and his other handlers are prickly and micromanagerial.

Key evidence: The Times' Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee wrote a story about how the candidate had failed to bridge the race gap. This precipitated a gentle question to Nagourney from the Obama campaign, which he answered. He then awoke the next morning to find himself attacked in an eight-point press release issued by Obama's team and leaked to Talking Points Memo and Marc Ambinder. "I've never had an experience like this with this campaign or others," Nagourney tells Sherman. "I thought they crossed the line. If you have a problem with a story I write, call me first. I'm a big boy. I can handle it. But they never called. They attacked me like I'm a political opponent."

So I guess Nagourney's less of a fan. True, McCain went out of his way to antagonize Elisabeth Bumiller of the Times for probing his red-meat conservative credentials (didn't Kerry offer him the VP slot?). But again, this wasn't schema-altering. Who didn't already know McCain could go from Mogwai to Gremlin when his status as a Maverick was either questioned or affirmed by the wrong inquiring mind? With his wafer-thin lead in the polls (don't email me, Gibbs!), Obama can scarcely afford to keep a reputation like this:

[A]s Obama ascended from underdog to front-runner to presumptive nominee, the flame seems to have dwindled. Reporters who cover Obama these days grouse that Obama's flacks shroud the campaign in secrecy and provide little to no access. "They're more disciplined than the Bush people," a reporter on the Obama trail gripes. "There was this idea of being transparent, but they're not. They're total tightwads with information."

[TNR]

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So weird orange rutabaga Blayne, from the new season of Project Runway, likes to nance around the design room saying "girlicious," among other annoying things. He seems to be reeeeally pushing it as a catchphrase (though, he didn't coin it). This has incurred the wrath of last season's fitfully gay catchphrase machine Christian Siriano, who more organically wove "fierce," "tranny," "hot mess," and various combinations of the three into the fabric of the New York fashionista vernacular. Though, you know, "fierce" was there way before little mister monkey man Siriano came chimping along. As were the other two. I guess he just used them more effectively than people before him, or something. What fucking ever, he doesn't like Blayne's lame "forced" word and he's not afraid to say so. Watch a video, from Popwrap, of Christian doing just that after the jump. Oh, and that new collection of his? Already sold out. How rude, tranny. You got it, girlicious. Cowatranny! Or, um, Eat my hot mess. Ew. Wait. Um, one more. Life is like a box of trannies. Does that work?

Error-prone Times TV critic Alessandra Stanley made a mistake everyone!

Because of an editing error, the TV Watch Column on Wednesday, comparing coverage of Senator Barack Obama’s trip overseas with coverage of Senator John McCain, gave an incorrect title in some copies for a Frankie Valli song used in a video by the McCain campaign to mock reporters’ coverage of Mr. Obama’s trip. The song is “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You” — not “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.”

Looks like her new dedication to caring enough to get things mostly right most of the time is paying off! (Oh, and the "forthcoming" correction was probably this one, which ran one day after that Stanley item. Hah.) [NYT]

The Washington Redskins Kill The Injuns Yee-Ha football team has somehow flexed its legal muscles and made it impossible for bloggers who care about racist football franchises to embed news videos of the team. How? I don't know, maybe with repeating rifles and relentless Westward expansion and blankets infected with smallpox! [WP via TBL]

This is what happens when publicity-shy authors let someone talk them into doing something on the Internet. Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami's agent or publisher was probably going on and on about how it was important to have an "online presence" or whatever, resulting in Time magazine collecting questions for him from readers—via their website. Slog has pointed out some of the more intelligent questions, such as "ur gay right?" After the jump, the rest of the proof that user-generated content is utter crap:

"How would you own funeral be like?"

"When it is cool and drizzling rain, when time seems to congeal into something viscous, and you are feeling a little melancholy, perhaps remembering a day in your youth when the weather was similar, is there a certain record you might want to listen to?"

"Do you have any plans of launching a worldwide book signing?"

Ask Novelist Haruki Murakami [Time]

In a not-so-interesting turn of events, Pamela Anderson is saying that she’s not dating her ex Tommy Lee.

She does say that they are living together. This is all contrary to his reports of them working on it for the 801st time. Maybe one hand doesn’t know what the other is doing here? She says that she hopes to one day get back together with him:

She says. “We’re great friends. We just live together. And we’re ex-husband and wife.” And although there is no romance between the pair, she hasn’t given up hope of one day reuniting with him: “It’s kinda silly. I don’t know where that’s gonna go. The dream would be that all of us could really be together, but we’re better friends.”

That’s gotta be a weird situation when the other ex brings a third party home

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We know how difficult the following question may be for fans of High School Musical, but no one said life would be easy.

With the third and final installment of this Disney franchise due in theaters in October, we need to know:

Which actress do you prefer, Vanessa Hudgens or Ashley Tisdale? Weigh in with your thoughts on each now!

Choose a side: Team Vanessa or Team Ashley?

Following a spat at a Carmen Electra-hosted barbecue over the weekend, both Shanna Moakler and Kim Kardashian have issued statements.

Impressively - or disgracefully, depending on how you look at it - Moakler makes Kardashian look mature and grounded. First, a brief summary on the dispute:

Kim served as a model for Travis Barker's Famous Stars and Straps clothing line and was recently spotted out in a shirt from it. As a result of this gig - and, according to Moakler, a series of emails she was forwarded - Shanna thinks Kardashian was making a move on her married man. Got it?

Shanna Moakler is feuding with Kim Kardashian, but it's not over this dress!

This convoluted controversy set the stage for the aformentioned party, which saw Moakler throw a drink on Kardashian. As she relayed to The Dirty, Shanna was appalled that Kim was present, telling Reggie Bush that his girlfriend was a "whore" and adding:

"I seriously don’t understand, can someone explain to me why these men defend these girls who literally have a different tongue in them every night?! If your woman wants to f*ck married men and ruin families, you better expect a pissed of ex-wife is going to come out! It floors me when they’re so shocked and awed by this!"

Moakler also said Kardashian was fat and compared her to a donkey.

Did Kim take the bait and escalate the war of words? Follow this article's jump and find out...

In a thoughtful reply to Moakler, Kardashian wrote to TMZ:

I was a model for Famous Stars and Straps clothing line owned by Travis Barker. I ONLY had a professional relationship with Travis, in which he hired me to represent his brand for one season, which was a year and a half ago...

Secondly, it was immature of me to wear a Famous Stars and Straps t-shirt out the other day...

I have nothing against the parties involved and don't know why they feel the way they do. But what I do know is that there are so many more important, positive things to focus on right now, and that's what I will continue to do: look forward, not behind.

We might still mock your large behind and general lack of talent, Kim, but we gotta admit: we're impressed with how you handled this situation.