Dan Savage Starts “It Gets Better” YouTube Campaign for Gay Teens
Every adolescent needs to hear the message that no matter how bad things might be, things improve after high school -- but gay teenagers especially need that encouragement. That's just what Dan Savage and the other contributors to the "It Gets Better" project are offering. 
Site Builder Wetpaint Makes One for Itself Using the Demand Media Playbook
Do we really need another pop-culture site? Sure, says Wetpaint CEO Ben Elowitz. His pitch: We'll build a better mousetrap--one that covers every flickering detail about the likes of "Glee" and "The Jersey Shore"--using "data and science."
Gossip Cop Celebrates Its One Year Anniversary
This time last year, a new kind of gossip site hit the web. Gossip Cop, co-founded by Michael Lewittes and Mediaite founder Dan Abrams, was created with the mission of policing celebrity news and rumors -- or "busting bad dish." The site factchecks sites ranging ranging from Perez Hilton and TMZ to...
National Enquirer Says Levi Johnston May Have Got His Ex-Girlfriend Pregnant
Apparently, Bristol and Levi are the Britney and Kevin. Take this with about a hundred grains of salt. Perez Hilton is 'reporting' that the National Enquirer is 'reporting' (I can't find anything on their site so it may only be in the print version) that Levi Johnston may (may!) have...
Worse Than Originally Reported? Audio Of Mel Gibson’s Racist Rant Released
Last week, RadarOnline reported the existence of audiotapes that feature Mel Gibson making offensive and racist rants towards his ex-girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva. One week later, the first tape has been published and is somehow worse than may have been originally reported.
Anderson Cooper And Rachel Maddow Top Out’s Power List
Out magazine's annual list of the most influential gays and lesbians has been announced and CNN's Anderson Cooper again tops the list of media names, coming third for the second year in a row. Although Cooper and fellow power-lister blogger Matt Drudge (he dropped from 6th to 15th) have never publicly acknowledged being gay,...
Men’s Health Recycles Old Cover Lines; Editor Defends
People who memorize every cover of Men's Health may have noticed something curious about the December issue's cover, aside from noted dreamboat Taylor Lautner: almost all of the text and layout is identical to a cover from 2007, which featured Jason Statham. The self-recycling was noted by none other than intrepid media watchdog ... Perez...
LA News Anchor Roasts Perez Hilton After Morning Show Temper Tantrum
"Do you know who I am?" Perez Hilton probably said at one point yesterday. (It's a safe assumption he gets in at least one a day, right?) This time Gossip Cop is reporting the blogger's ire was direct at television station KTLA, who refused to bump a children's choir to accommodate an antsy Hilton...
