I figured everybody on that street had at least a million dollars more than I did. So I set about doing what any disheveled 22 year old on Melrose with shaggy clothes and no credit would do. I lit a cigarette and hoped it made me look bohemian. A habit I’ve since given up in…
A Thorough Investigation Into The John Travolta Selfie
As I sit studiously at my desk seeing if I can crush this Coca-Cola can using only my face and left shoulder, I am thinking about the role of the journalist in a largely virtual society built on and governed by convenient myths, and I am thinking very hard about it. It is at this…
Miley Cyrus Considering a Legal Career?
In what is perhaps a misguided attempt to restore respectability after her controversial performance at last weekend’s VMAs, Miley Cyrus is rumored to be considering shifting gears towards a legal career. Celebrity gossip mongers are torn between screaming “WTF?” and admitting this is probably a good strategy for the starlet, given the inevitability of sexual harassment lawsuits resulting from Ms. Cyrus twerking in close proximity to people’s faces without their consent.
Bitter Lawyer Loves Elizabeth Wurtzel – Part 2
[Ed. Note: This is Part 2 of our interview with Elizabeth Wurtzel. Check out our Part 1 interview from yesterday where the Prozac Nation author talks about what inspired her to go to law school, her current job working for David Boies on the Proposition 8 case, and the embarrassment she feels when women “opt…
Nevada Judge Puts OJ in the Can
Disgraced football star Orenthal James Simpson said that he was “stupid and sorry,” but that excuse didn’t wash with Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass, who sentenced Simpson to a minimum of 15 years in prison for charges stemming from a 2007 confrontation in a Las Vegas hotel room. A jury found Simpson guilty…
Five Ways to Say Grace
What’s Thanksgiving without a little grace? Nancy Grace, that is. We thought about telling you what we were thankful for this year, but that just isn’t very bitter. So, instead we decided to share our favorite clips from America’s top cable news lawyer—Nancy Grace. 1. Who is Nancy Grace? This lawyer turned cable news pundit lost…
Nine Bitter Details on Eliot Spitzer
Nine Bitter Details on Eliot Spitzer: We thought we had heard the last of Eliot Spitzer earlier this month when departing U.S. Attorney Michael J. Garcia told The New York Times why he declined to bring charges against the former New York governor in the infamous prostitution case. But then Ashley Dupré, the girl who…
Robert Williams, CEO, Conversive, Inc.
Current title and employer? Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Conversive, Inc. Sounds fancy, but what do you really do? I run a software company. Most of the time, that means I’m the den mother for a bunch of people trying to accomplish a bunch of different tasks at the same time without screwing each other…
Angelina Jolie: Don’t Adopted Babies Count for Anything?
Angelina Jolie’s face may be worth millions of dollars, but as far as the Brits are concerned, she can keep it to herself. At least when it’s oiled up and flaunting ammo on a movie poster. Reports from the UK have confirmed that Britain’s media watchdog, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), has banned two posters…
New York Prefers Blondes
A Manhattan federal judge made it official: Marilyn Monroe was a New Yorker. This effectively ends years of litigation between the golden girl’s estate and the heirs of the photographer who took some of the most memorable shots of the star. The decision “is a major victory for the children of Sam Shaw, the deceased…
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