Yahoo's Cuddly Flack Sends Adorable Email

There's some kind of sick good cop/bad cop deal going down at Yahoo. CEO Carol Bartz swears, smacks down reporters and threatens "dropkicks." Her enforcer, meanwhile, has a Pomeranian named Clio and loves David Sedaris and peach cobbler ice cream.

1:01 PM on Wed Jul 8 2009, by Ryan Tate, 3,878 views, 30 comments
http://valleywag.gawker.com/5310190/yahoos-cuddly-flack-sends-adorable-email

NYC Prep: Winter Break My Heart

What is it about Mexico that provokes such drama from reality shows? There's sandy, stupid Real World. The Cabo adventures of the Hills gang. The lonely journey of Danielle from Jersey (mostly made up by me). And now, PC.

11:37 AM on Wed Jul 8 2009, by Richard Lawson, 22,494 views, 79 comments
http://gawker.com/5309984/nyc-prep--winter-break-my-heart

Existential Despair, Heartbreak, and Fireworks: The Emotional Arson Of The New York Times

That's not Frank Oz's hand up Phyllis Nefler's ass; it's a stick called the Weddings and Celebrations section of the Sunday NYT. Today, she realizes the evil, dark magic contained within them. Presenting your July 4th Weekend edition of Altarcations:

3:30 AM on Mon Jul 6 2009, by Phyllis Nefler, 4,287 views, 21 comments
http://gawker.com/5308136/existential-despair-heartbreak-and-fireworks-the-emotional-arson-of-the-new-york-times

Newt Gingrich Could Really Use an 'Edit' Feature on Twitter

For the love of God when will public figures on Twitter learn to proofread their tweets, especially those on record as stating that life in the "ghetto" is a direct result of a failure to master the English language?

11:08 PM on Sun Jul 5 2009, by The Cajun Boy, 7,268 views, 24 comments
http://gawker.com/5308029/newt-gingrich-could-really-use-an-edit-feature-on-twitter

A Context-Free, Comment-Free Review Of Contemporary Art, With Suggestions

Things I Did On My July 4th Vacation: hit up The New Museum's Younger Than Jesus exhibition. It's a contemporary art exhibit showcasing only artists born after 1976. It ends today. Here is what I saw, presented without comment.

4:45 PM on Sun Jul 5 2009, by Foster Kamer, 8,173 views, 60 comments
http://gawker.com/5307881/a-context+free-comment+free-review-of-contemporary-art-with-suggestions

Sony Knew What Soderbergh Was Up to on Moneyball Script

Yesterday we posted Sony's take on why Moneyball, the Soderbergh/Pitt film based on Michael Lewis' book, died five days before shooting was to start. Now someone close to the project has provided us with a different version of events.

2:03 AM on Thu Jul 2 2009, by The Cajun Boy, 30,917 views, 41 comments
http://gawker.com/5305994/sony-knew-what-soderbergh-was-up-to-on-moneyball-script

Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real To Get Made

The Sony Pictures executive who pulled the plug on Moneyball says that Steven Soderbergh changed the original script because he didn't want anything in the movie that didn't actually happen. So Billy Beane isn't a sweaty, foul-mouthed, Hooters...

11:15 AM on Wed Jul 1 2009, by Dashiell Bennett, 19,688 views, 30 comments
http://deadspin.com/5305316/soderberghs-moneyball-script-too-real-to-get-made

Angry Robots Push a Weeping Cameron Diaz Way Out of the Way

Pretty much everything was robots this weekend. Lots and lots of people wanted to see the robots. But other people wanted to see snarky people fall in love in Alaska. Others still wanted drunks in Las Vegas. But mostly, robots.

10:10 AM on Mon Jun 29 2009, by Richard Lawson, 5,272 views, 12 comments
http://gawker.com/5303619/angry-robots-push-a-weeping-cameron-diaz-way-out-of-the-way

How Will the Media Profit from Michael Jackson's Death?

Now that Michael Jackson's passed away and the mad scramble to cover the breaking story has settled down a bit, the media can now turn its focus toward more important matters—How to profit from Jackson's demise.

5:19 AM on Fri Jun 26 2009, by The Cajun Boy, 5,966 views, 28 comments
http://gawker.com/5302813/how-will-the-media-profit-from-michael-jacksons-death