‘Expert’ is a relative term. the first person to ever perform brain surgery was called an expert. we can all agree (fortunately) that such an experience level would not be given the same label today. so I’m leery of those who so freely dub themselves social media “experts.” It’s a title I myself have not been sure how to respond to, except to say, “Well, I get paid to tweet.”
Country singer LeAnn Rimes has been plagued for months by rumors that she has an eating disorder, but her personal trainer tells RumorFix in an exclusive interview that that’s pure nonsense. Michael Jackson, a Tier III trainer at Equinox, says contrary to popular belief on gossip blogs, LeAnn is completely healthy and in the best shape of her life.
Domingo Jr. said that he and his older brother, José, had both been longtime Scientologists, and that their father had never questioned it. (Domingo père has no known associations with the organization and has been a life-long Catholic.)
"He's never been involved in this," Domingo Jr. said about his father to the Voice. "He's always respected our opinion… He respects people and reserves his judgment in this aspect. He's a wise man."
My column in the print edition of TIME this week is about this week’s travails of News Corp. and Rupert Murdoch, and how his empire has been rattled by the very forces with which he built it: tabloid gossip, political access and the sharp-elbowed pursuit of both. It includes a disclosure statement so long I decided to make it the lede of the article:
Seated with the grown-ups … blogger Bryan Grey-Yambao (third from left) joins Vogue supremo Anna Wintour (third from right) in the front row.
The front row has traditionally been reserved for fashion’s elite but now there’s a shaking up of the pecking order as they face competition for the best seats from bloggers.
Raising My Rainbow is written by the mother of a slightly effeminate, possibly gay, totally fabulous son. She’s chronicling their journey on Queerty right here. Read up on RMR‘s cast of characters.
Over the weekend, the world learned of troubled chanteuse Amy Winehouse’s death—and a portion thereof took to Twitter to mediate a confusing set of feelings. Many Twitter users scolded one another for caring quite so much about Winehouse’s death in light of the recent tragic attack in Norway.
by Adam Hochberg Published July 21, 2011 6:19 am Updated July 21, 2011 11:23 am
Pack Pride is a pretty typical sports fan website. Targeted toward supporters of North Carolina State University in Raleigh, the site offers a regular diet of team news, game breakdowns, and gossip.
Of course I did a blog on paywalls…
I did go ahead and order the Sunday NYT which gives me kind of full access to its site. fifteen bucks a month aint bad.
But Variety and number of other 'real' publications want money from me and I aint got it.
FORTUNE — the Huffington Post, which built its business largely by aggregating and summarizing news stories reported and written by others, on Monday suspended a young technology writer for aggregating and summarizing a story written by someone else. Also on Monday, HuffPo unveiled its new HuffPost Celebrity and HuffPost Culture pages.