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How Julia Allison Lured Jack McCain Into Her Web
Ryan Tate · 12/23/10 10:36AMWhy CBS Bought Mommy's Twitter
Ryan Tate · 12/15/10 05:10PM
CBS picked up mommy blogger Kelly Oxford's sitcom in at least the third Twitter-to-TV deal at the network in the last year. Microblogging may feed on life's most banal moments, but that only makes TV executives love it more.
Is Hollywood's Lust for the Web Spiraling Out of Control?
Ryan Tate · 09/27/10 04:53PMJustin Timberlake, Nerd God
Ryan Tate · 09/15/10 03:55PM
Who would have thought the Facebook movie's breakout star would be Justin Timberlake? Apparently the singing, dancing, tequila-brewing genius put out a surprisingly strong performance in The Social Network. Well enough, maybe, to take an obscure nerd international.
iPhone Game Might Become a Movie
Ryan Tate · 08/24/10 07:40PM
Steve Jobs has created another monster. After taking in more than $4 million in Jobs' iPhone App Store, the independently developed game Angry Birds is in talks for a movie or TV show and just inked a toy deal.
Taiwanese Susan Boyle's Record Deal: Heartwarming World Takeover Starts in July
Maureen O'Connor · 05/13/10 10:18AM
Lin Yu Chun—the bowl-cut lad with a spherical body and voice like Whitney Houston's in this viral video—has inked a deal with Sony, and will release an album of songs in Chinese and English, in July. [Popeater]
The Fake Steve Jobs Economy
Ryan Tate · 03/29/10 07:01PM
Steve Jobs is so powerful, you can get rich just imitating the computer mogul. That seems to be the theory behind the premium cable network show under development with Fake Steve Jobs blogger Dan Lyons and noted director Larry Charles.
What 'Gym Grifter' Really Wants To Do is Freelance
Ryan Tate · 02/24/10 12:24PM
Law student Julia Neyman, the (savvy!) moocher of free gym trials, has "no interest in a book deal," but would "love to parlay" her stunt into freelance writing gigs, she tells Above the Law. Maybe offer editors free trial articles?
Julia Allison's Secret, Staggeringly Heartbreaking Boyfriend
Ryan Tate · 10/30/09 03:46PM
Julia Allison has broken up with her unlikely boyfriend, Christopher "Toph" Eggers. Yes, that Eggers: the younger brother of author Dave Eggers written about in Eggers' breakthrough memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.
Julia Allison's Clone Army
Ryan Tate · 08/27/09 02:42PM
Julia Allison wants to be a Web mogul. Foreman of a fameball factory. Oprah to a dozen young Dr. Phils. In short, she'd like to replicate herself. Ominously, for such grand ambitions, she's recruiting on Cragslist.
The Upscaling of Julia Allison
Ryan Tate · 08/18/09 10:05PM
Julia Allison has signed a yearlong deal to make commercials for Sony. Let there be no doubt: This is a major coup for the fame-hungry "lifecaster." There, we said it.
The Still Re-Birth of Julia Allison
Ryan Tate · 06/25/09 03:10PM
Julia Allison no longer has her last proper job, at Time Out New York. Her reality show fizzled; a business partner ditched her. The archetypal protocelebrity was reduced to shilling for an amusement park. Time for a rebirth, via hair.
Lydia Hearst Goes Topless In Classy, European Fashion
Ryan Tate · 05/07/09 09:48PM
Internet fameball competition was already intense before the recession and subprime celebrity crisis. Now it's gone cutthroat. And Lydia Hearst, never shy about exposing flesh, will not be forgotten so, hey, here are her tits.
Jay Leno's Susan Boyle Impression
Ryan Tate · 04/19/09 10:30AMAs if 5 million YouTube hits, worldwide press attention and unsolicited porn offers weren't enough to fully catapult Susan Boyle from obscurity to fame, Jay Leno is impersonating the Britain's Got Talent contestant.
Blago Joining Reality Show, in the Jungle
Ryan Tate · 04/14/09 09:11PM
Rod Blagojevich's months-long media bombing campaign has reached its inevitable climax: The disgraced former Illinois governor plans to join an NBC reality show, alongside J. Lo's ex-husband.
Jullia Allison Goes Wide for Bears QB
Ryan Tate · 04/14/09 05:13AM
We don't know what happened after Julia Allison reportedly left a Chicago nightclub with Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. But we do know the fameball was "standing between his thighs, touching them" before she left.
From Hedge Fund Lord To Part-Time Reporter
Ryan Tate · 03/15/09 11:51PM
Ron Insana left CNBC three years ago to run a hedge fund. Like Lou Dobbs and Steven Rattner before him, he learned that actually succeeding in business is not as easy as covering success in business. So now he's begged a part-time reporting job from his old bosses. At least he'll be able to share his Wall-Street-insider wisdom with viewers. Just like Jim Cramer!
'Pansexual' Neal Boulton Quits Gay Magazine
Ryan Tate · 02/26/09 07:28AM
Self-promoting cad Neal Boulton's editorship of gay magazine Genre is a touchy subject. But you can stop asking how much he likes men, because Boulton's on to bigger, more "pansexual" things.
Five Print-to-Online Crossovers, And How Many Will Survive. (Maybe None!)
Hamilton Nolan · 02/24/09 12:47PM
Long-form trend alert: Lots of former print media people are launching websites. There was another one today! It's time for us to rate five of these—and their chances of survival—honestly. This is important: