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'tween the sheets

McCain Flirted With Topless Hannah Montana 'Tween!

The biggest news story in the world is, of course, about some little 'tween girl from Disney TeeVee who was forced to pose for naked photographs by an old lesbian photographer for Vanity Fair. This is very shameful, how Conde Nast let its magazine be used for half-nekkid pictures of an entertainer who is a girl child. The little girl only made $100 million dollars for having to be the star of Hannah Montana, which is the story of "Achey Breaky Heart" sensation Billy Ray Cyrus and his secret daughter who wants to be on teevee. The question is, which presidential candidate was more of a lech to the innocent little child, Obama or McCain? More »

6:10 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Ken Layne
4,358 views, 42 comments

Latest by TGY: Somehow, I can't get the retarded lyrics of 'Achey Breaky Heart' out of my head. Oh, who? Miley? Oh, her. Whatevs. more »

trees are gay

Colorful Environmental 'Time' Cover Offends Veterans

Now this is a creative graphic from America's Magazine of Record, Time, which will grace the cover for its upcoming green issue. (Hey, wasn't that Vanity Fair's gimmick-issue to begin with?) Of course it is a play on the famous Iwo Jima photo/statue from World War II, which was a fake to begin with. Naturally, Iwo Jima veterans are very offended that their fake posing photo is being used to promote something as Communist as saving the environment. More »

6:27 PM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Newell
1,922 views, 46 comments

Latest by bjarmson: @Lazy Media: This is a myth and PR to justify the unnecessary slaughter, do your homework. Few of the B-29 landings on Iwo were emergency ones, most were for minor technical gliches. In the months before the battle only a more »

bastards of young

Handsome, Wealthy Man Claims To Be JFK's Love Child

A rich and handsome American man in his 40s “bears a striking resemblance to the 35th president of the United States” and could be the illegitimate child of John F. Kennedy. Vanity Fair was supposedly doing a big feature on the guy, but a very powerful somebody killed the story.

I am JFK’s love child, B.C. man says [The Globe and Mail]

3:19 PM on Mon Feb 11 2008
By KLayne
12,642 views, 39 comments

he must be a fascist

LIBERAL ELITIST WRITER VOTES FOR CLINTON

“Cultural critic” James Wolcott, on his Vanity Fair blog, outlines why he voted for Hillary:

“Perhaps it’s my atheism at work but I found myself increasingly wary of and resistant to the salvational fervor of the Obama campaign, the idealistic zeal divorced from any particular policy or cause and chariot-driven by pure euphoria. I can picture President Hillary in the White House dealing with a recalcitrant Republican faction; I can’t picture President Obama in the same role because his summons to history and call to hope seems to transcend legislative maneuvers and horse-trading; his charisma is on a more ethereal plane, and I don’t look to politics for transcendence and self-certification.”

Why do you hate Love so much, Mr. Wolcott? [James Wolcott via Andrew Sullivan]

3:30 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Newell
1,358 views, 63 comments

Latest by DangerousLiberal: Give Wolcott his due: compared to this empty bullshit, Louis Lapham actually makes some sense. And that is the first time in the English language that "Lapham" and "makes sense" was said in the same sentence without the word "doesn't" more »

non-smoking drink-soaked popinjays

Christopher Hitchens Wins His War ... On Smoking

Mere months ago, Washington’s favorite drunken Englishman put himself through a comical health & beauty regiment, including myriad arduous stop-smoking schemes. His unrepentant conclusion: “I am more than ever sure that it’s enough to be born once, and to take one’s chances, and to grow old disgracefully.” And yet, today we hear the shocking news that Hitchens has indeed given up his greatest literary prop. No, not booze. The other one. More »

12:49 PM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By KLayne
3,252 views, 39 comments

bill and hillary and al and tipper dept.

Clintons Still to Blame For Everything

Bill and Hillary are apparently responsible for the Bush presidency, according to Vanity Fair’s October issue. As we all could’ve probably guessed, Al Gore’s loss in the 2000 election was entirely the fault of the the Clintons, who used all their fundraising acumen and massive charm reserves to get Hillary elected to the Senate instead of helping Bill’s rightful successor, Al, get elected despite his best efforts to fuck the whole thing up. More »

11:48 AM on Mon Oct 1 2007
By Pareene
2,628 views, 29 comments

Latest by zolielo: @OldSchoolSpook: I'm late to the game but that was an awesome comment. more »

dept. of if hell needs a first lady ...

Meet Rudy Giuliani's Latest Wife

Judith Giuliani used to be a poor gal from a small Pennsylvania town, but she clawed her way up and over the corpses of various ex-husbands until she found New York fascist mayor Rudy G. and tore apart his family so she could finally be the first lady of 9/11. That’s the gist of this long Vanity Fair story about the former Judi Ann Stish who left home with nothing more than cheap lipstick case in need of so many, many notches. Also: More »

4:09 PM on Mon Jul 30 2007
By KLayne
11,736 views, 41 comments

Latest by SkiffyPup: @Condislovechild: And thus this Vanity Fair article was born! Seriously - I think Hillary could and would arrange it. And I would not blame her. On Judi's plus sheet for me: I know my fellow citizens don't care more »

butterstick

Crackhead Teen Butterstick Now Living On Streets

If you see a disheveled teen-aged panda around Union Station, stinking of urine and crack fumes, that’s the once-popular Butterstick. Everybody knows babies don’t stay “adorable” for long, but the burn rate is even faster for our animal friends because they live “dog years” or something. And there’s always a new, younger, cuter animal ready to take the title of World’s Most Adorable Critter. More »

1:58 PM on Thu Apr 5 2007
By KLayne
4,185 views, 17 comments

christopher hitchens

Christopher Hitchens:Funny::Wonkette:Fair, Dignified

Ok, we know Chris Hitchens doesn’t always photograph that well, but you’d think his own magazine could’ve found a better author photo. More »

7:36 PM on Wed Dec 6 2006
By Pareene
1,130 views, 18 comments

donald rumsfeld

Military Papers & Neo-Cons Pile On Rumsfeld

The Donald’s at the bottom of a big messy Abu Ghraib-style human rape pyramid today as the Gannett-owned military papers and three infamous White House neoconservatives jumped him 72 hours before the election. More »

4:54 PM on Sat Nov 4 2006
By KLayne
81 views, 12 comments

remainders

Remainders: Welcome To Miami Where The Ass Kissing Is On

  • Katherine Harris pens blog post, incites flurry of pandering to Florida’s Cuban voters. [The Hill Blog]
  • Ousted from Connecticut, Juan Liebermantienez to lead coup in Cuba. [The Satirical Political Report]
  • Vanity Fair releases military tapes from 9/11, titles article as if it were a classic rock box set. [Vanity Fair]
  • The Republican party of Oregon, apparently more racist than in other states. [Oregon Live]
  • Expect one less mysterious “tax” on your phone bill as Congress closes books on Spanish American War. [News.com]
  • Christians pray for stability in Iraq, so they can hurry up and start proselytizing. [The Carpetbagger Report]
  • Relive all the hot Texan backrub action at the G-8 with this new video game — fastest finger wins! [Addicting Games]

6:56 PM on Wed Aug 2 2006
By Pareene
431 views, 2 comments

Latest by ifthethunderdontgetya: ­­Â¡No es Juan, es Jose! http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-5991417,00... (alt 0161) A kiss is just a kiss... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrCjfWQ-XAk more »

personalities

Gossip Roundup: Lots of Snow

  • Reliable Source: Cheney, at Fox News party, says Tony Snow will “do a superb job”… George Clooney, Joey Cheek in town for Sunday’s “Save Darfur” rally. [WP]
  • Rush & Molloy: Rupert Murdoch to Snow: “Congratulations on your promotion - or maybe it’s a demotion.” [NYDN]
  • Page Six: Snow isn’t “the greatest sax player”… Gen. Richard Myers dining at Da Tommaso in New York… Valerie Plame gets star treatment at a Vanity Fair party at the Tribeca Film Festival. [NYP]
  • Inside the Beltway: Washington Life magazine hosts celebrity luncheon today, ahead of Correspondents’ Dinner. [WT]

1:35 PM on Fri Apr 28 2006
By henry
105 views, Comment

personalities

Gossip Roundup: Rice's Banned Reading

  • Names & Faces: Bono says he feels “exploited” by the use of his photo in campaign literature for Italy’s Silvio Berlusconi. [WP]
  • Washington Whispers: Playboy and Penthouse are banned from State Department newsstands at the request of Condoleezza Rice… Josh Bolten recently cut work to watch a few Washington Nationals games… Fidel Castro could die within the next few years, American officials contend… Frank Luntz has a favorable view of Mark Warner… Rep. Nancy Pelosi misses the chocolate she gave up for lent. [USN&WR]
  • Page Six: Site indicates Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) may have kept a “love nest” with his former chief of staff… Jenna once woke Bush up and made him call her then-boyfriend Blake Gottesman after they fought. [NYP]
  • Lloyd Groves’s Lowdown: Gore blames Bush for failures surrounding Katrina and 9/11 in the “green issue” of Vanity Fair. [NYDN]
  • The Scoop: Susan Sarandon wants national elections to be monitored by a third party: “The last one was an embarrassment. Everybody knew there was fraud, but nothing was done about it.” [MSNBC]

2:10 PM on Mon Apr 3 2006
By henry
120 views, Comment

republicans

Daily Briefing: Pants on Fire

  • House Appropriations Committee votes overwhelmingly to block Dubai ports deal; measure was attached to war spending bill. [WP]
  • For Republican lawmakers, “political considerations” trump loyalty to Bush over port deal and, to a lesser extent, eavesdropping. Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO): “If there was ever a good time for Congress to figure out oversight, it would be in the sixth year of a presidency.” [NYT]
  • Senate compromise would permit eavesdropping on Americans without court warrant; administration would have 45 days to prove individual cases. [NYT]
  • Bush accuses Congress of underfunding Gulf Coast reconstruction: “Congress heard our message about improving the levees, but they shortchanged the process by about $1.5 billion.” [WP, NYT]
  • Senators agree to reject meals and gifts from lobbyists. [WP, NYT]
  • Jack Abramoff to Vanity Fair: “Any important Republican who comes out and says they didn’t know me is almost certainly lying.” [NYT]
  • Senate Republicans try to trim Bush’s spending requests for defense and foreign aid. [W$J]
  • South Dakota expected to start trend of states rethinking abortion rights; nine others are moving to limit the procedure. [W$J]
  • Michael Chertoff looks for the high road as others point fingers of blame — and some directly at him. [NYT]

7:50 AM on Thu Mar 9 2006
By henry
64 views, Comment

abramoff

In the May Issue, Scooter Libby Drunk-Dials His Exes

Vanity Fair’s April piece on our good buddy Jack Abramoff seems to be borrowing a bit from our own coverage of the guy. It’s suspiciously nice, if you get our drift. While about half of the piece is a slightly more sympathetic version of Abramoff’s Wikipedia entry, the other half presents, more or less unfiltered, the funny little schulb we’ve come to love over here. Here’s Jack digging through his old boxes of pictures, feeling simulataneously wistful, self-pitying, and beligerant — just like all of us! More »

3:49 PM on Wed Mar 8 2006
By Pareene
55 views, 1 comment

Latest by Hill Thrill: What's really funny is more people in DC admit to knowing Jeff Gannon than Jack Abramoff. Last year Margolick did the Gannon piece for VF, how come he didn't ask Jack if he knew Jeff? Are there pictures more »

personalities

Gossip Roundup: Switching Teams

• Under the Dome: Media consultant switches parties after suing Republican candidate for unpaid fees. . . Rep. Clay Shaw (R-Fla.) is undergoing surgery today to remove cancerous tumor. [The Hill]
• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Vanity Fair describes Patrick Fitzgerald as obsessed with work. "He has an almost puritanical view of the world: You're either a sinner or you're saved," says a New Jersey attorney. [NYDN]

9:43 AM on Wed Jan 4 2006
By henry
56 views

the situation room

Gossip Roundup: No Partying for Wolf Blitzer

• Under the Dome: Bob Livingston: "I raised hell with [Gov. Blanco] for not declaring martial law. I told her last [Wednesday] night I was going on 'Hannity & Colmes' and criticize her for not doing that, and 20 minutes later, she did.". . . Rolling Stone shadowed Bernie Sanders for upcoming article. . . National Press Club will auction nude painting. . . Albert Eisele retires about 40 years in journalism. [The Hill]
• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown: Bernstein, in latest issue of Vanity Fair, recounts tension with Woodward and Downie over Felt revelation; shows Woodward as more interested in "commerce and hype than journalism.". . . Judi Giuliani is mum on her husband's '08 intentions. [NYDN]
• Inside the Beltway: "VIP party" for CNN's "The Situation Room" canceled due to Katrina. [WT]

8:33 AM on Tue Sep 6 2005
By henry
1,369 views

gawker

Inside the Bubble: Media on Media Violence

• Everyone loves a Jew with a big. . . nose. [Gawker]
• The press in Crawford are way into Atkins: "a lot of them are sitting around there, eating barbecue three times a day, feeling a little resentful that the president has dragged them down there." [CNN]
• And while they eat barbecue, the President plays Marco Polo with Lance: "Trent Duffy confirms that the president, Armstrong and the group did indeed swim in the pool after the bike ride." [Blogs for Bush]
• The only line you need to know from Wired's Jon Stewart interview: "I'm surprised people don't have cables coming out of their asses." [Lost Remote]
• If you haven't yet read Murray Waas bitch-slapping Michael Wolff, you really should: "When you say the media didn't report this, let's look at the track record of Vanity Fair. Vanity Fair is coming into this ballgame pretty late, aren't they? I mean, how long has this story been around, and when did Vanity Fair come to it?" [Media Channel]

4:00 PM on Mon Aug 22 2005
By wonkette
84 views