STRONG ADVICE FROM THE MCCAIN CAMP "When asked how he was planning to get through the marathon seven-state day, Salter [senior aide to John McCain] quipped: 'Crystal meth. Me, personally, that’s how I’m going to do it.'"
Sometime Lindsay Lohan lady friend and current Tila Tequila girlfriend Courtenay Semel is the daughter of former Yahoo chief Terry Semel. She is also, as some have described her, a vicious fame-seeking lass. So it makes sense she's being sued by security guard Jaroslaw Jarczok, of Las Vegas' Pure nightclub, who alleges she punched him in the face while drunk and screamed the most awesome line ever:
It would be unrealistic to say the end is near for TMZ.com, the gossip website founded by Harvey Levin that Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic tirade put on the map. But all signs are pointing to trouble for the AOL-Telepictures celebrity venture. Readership is down. So is revenue. Top staffers are leaving. The spin-off show TMZ has lost its buzz. And TMZ.com just saw People.com overtake it for the No. 2 spot of most-visited celebrity websites (Yahoo's OMG is No. 1, thanks to all of the search giant's traffic dumping).
Oh, and that's on top of growing backlash within the gossip industry, as competing mainstream tabloid outlets, bloggers, and (we suspect, if traffic levels are any indication) readers are growing increasingly disgusted for what qualifies as "content" on the site.
Has TMZ already hit its peak — and started snowballing toward implosion? From numerous conversations with TMZ insiders, Levin confidantes, industry players, and fellow bloggers, the answer is a resounding "yes."
Dear readers, while getting very, very drunk over this long, long weekend, remember whose time you're on. More than a break – and god knows he deserves a break – the working man deserves your respect and acknowledgment.
We're cutting it short today to get a head start on squeezing the last bit of summer out of this quickly chilling city. If you're in Brooklyn, come buy us a drink at Rosemary's RIGHT NOW! The rest of you: don't get hurt out there.
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