blind-item-guessing-game

Gossips Nail T.V. Hottie As Manhunting Sex Lurker!

Choire · 09/07/07 08:20AM

In a strange reversal, today Page Six published the answers to a blogger's blind item. And not only does Page Six say that former CNN gay hottie Thomas Roberts is the hot anchor with the nudie sex-seeking Manhunt profile (that's SFW, just shirtless shots), but they describe it as "another embarrassment" for tabloid T.V. show "The Insider" and compare it to "Insider" host Pat O'Brien's sex-partying hard-drinkin' rehab scandal. We are not so scandalized. Near as we can tell, Page Six's Paula Froelich is still a regular correspondent for "The Insider"—(or did they sever ties last Fall? That would make more sense)—despite Page Six's description of it as "a tabloid show known best for its round-the-clock coverage of Anna Nicole Smith's death and featuring carnival-like freaks during sweeps week." But we're loving the new Moral Police outlook for fall over at Page Six! It's so extremely unlikely!

Who's The Hollywood Trio On Drugs?

Doree Shafrir · 09/04/07 05:00PM

Today's Page Six wonders: "WHICH Hollywood trio of friends is in trouble? One is on crack, one's on smack, and the other cheats so much on his wife that he single-handedly is supporting several hookers..." We've narrowed it down to a few possible candidates; your input is, of course, mandatory.

Is 'Radar' In Trouble Already?

Doree Shafrir · 08/31/07 08:40AM

Yesterday the Daily News's resident Aussie-gossie Ben Widdicombe took a break from doing blind items about closeted actors and offered up this little gem: "Which struggling new glossy is so out of money that staffers are having to pay for photos on personal credit cards?" Hmm! The reader who sent this in suggested it was Portfolio, but we're inclined to disbelieve that; for one thing, there's the famous $100 million figure that's been bandied about ad nauseam, and for another, Condé would probably close down first. To be extra fair, we considered all the suspects.

Which Manhattan Media Executive Will Reveal His Office Affair?

Emily Gould · 08/27/07 09:20AM

It's been a while since we've had a guessing game, because lately the only blind items gossip hen Ben Widdicombe's been offering up have been along the lines of "WHICH recently rehabbed cokehead starlet still snorts coke" and that's just boring. But today's is kind of interesting to us because we have no idea who it's about. None. "Which very senior Manhattan media executive looks like he might be about to go public with that office affair everyone has been talking about?" Everyone, eh? Please send us your guesses.

What Prize-Winning Author's Wife Left Him For A Tycoon?

Emily Gould · 07/31/07 09:40AM

Apparently, an email is "making the rounds"—we haven't seen it, which makes us suicidally sad!—about a scandal in our literary community. Per Galleycat, in this email "a prize-winning author notifies some of the grad students in his creative writing program that his lovely wife, also a writer, has left him for one of America's most prominent captains of industry—so those students can 'clarify the issues for any of your fellow grad students who ask,' as 'this sort of thing can get wildly distorted pretty quickly.'" Ron Hogan credits this email as more plausible than the Jonathan Galassi-Bill Clegg rumor, which means it must be, like, realer than real! Do you have any guesses? Send 'em in or leave 'em in the comments and we'll run a poll later.

Doree Shafrir · 07/20/07 11:55AM

"I'm a wire photographer. The socialite has to be someone you can't sell. Any photographer will take a picture of a girl you can sell except Samantha Cole—that's where I draw the line. Berkelhammer doesn't sell and she's super desperate. She'll stand over your shoulder while you write her name to make sure you spell it right."

Which Hollywood Couple Are Double-Bearding?

Doree Shafrir · 07/18/07 10:20AM

Today Page Six ran two blind items, the first of which was so obvious that if you don't get it then, really, we feel sorry for you. But the second one left us scratching our heads! It said: "WHICH too-good-to-be-real Hollywood leading man and his hard-bodied wife deserve Oscars for their portrayal of a perfect marriage? They both have secret lives with members of the same sex." Hmm! Options were proposed and summarily dismissed for various reasons, until finally we came up with a list of suitable candidates. Guesses, in the form of a poll, after the jump; feel free to leave additional options, as always, in the comments.

The Polls Have Closed, And It's 'Probably Rachel Marsden' By A Nose

Emily Gould · 06/20/07 02:30PM

"Someone other than Rachel Marsden, but seriously, come on. Probably Rachel Marsden," with 48.8% of the vote, has edged out "Rachel Marsden" and "Rachel Marsden" (23.8% and 27.4%, respectively) to dominate this morning's poll as to "which cable chat up-and-comer was fired after her efforts to glom onto the network's marquee name and a gay anchor freaked them both out." We find that very telling. Persons interested in learning more about the former Red Eye contributor's career plans should keep a close eye on her website: "stay tuned to this section for appearance updates," her "appearances" section promises.

Was Foxy Lady Fired For Hitting On A Gay?

Emily Gould · 06/20/07 08:40AM

"Which cable chat up-and-comer was fired after her efforts to glom onto the network's marquee name and a gay anchor freaked them both out?" asks Ben Widdicombe today. Oh hmm! We haven't devoted much thought to this before (or have we?) Let's try to puzzle this out, poll-style!

Which TV Designer Finds Love Online?

Emily Gould · 05/24/07 08:50AM

"Which designer and TV personality who advertises for sex online insists on hooking up with all the lights off so his tricks don't find out he's a (minor) celebrity?" asks Ben Widdicombe today. We haven't had a poll in a while! So who's got their designy-fingers on the dimmer switch?

Who's The Poopy-Pants Publicist?

Emily Gould · 02/05/07 08:30AM

Well, we weren't quite buying the Daily News's front-page claim ("N.Y.'s Best Fashion Coverage" — yes, perhaps WWD would beg to differ, maybe) when we first dipped into the paper. And we still weren't convinced after reading their coverage of the weekend's shows (did you know that, this fall, "pink — in every hue, from hot to pale to dusty to a shade of Sweet N' Low — is all you'll want to wear"?) But then we read Chris Rozvar and Jo Piazza's 'The Back Row,' and we were convinced. Because this is the best blind item we've seen in a looong while.