Check out Mini-WeSmirch for simple mobiles or WeSmirch Mobile for modern smartphones.
6:10 AM ET, August 9, 2011

WeSmirch

 Top News: 
Gavin Degraw / TMZ.com:
Hospitalized After Brutal Attack  —  Singer Gavin DeGraw was hospitalized after he was viciously assaulted by multiple attackers late Sunday night in New York City ... TMZ has learned.  —  A source close to Gavin tells TMZ the singer — who lives in New York City — was outnumbered by several people during the attack.
RELATED:
Larry Celona / New York Post:
Singer Gavin DeGraw beaten, hospitalized  —  Pop singer Gavin DeGraw was viciously beaten by a pack of thugs on the Lower East Side early today — and then hit by a taxi as he stumbled off, police sources said.  —  The 34-year-old crooner — who's spent the summer opening for superstar rockers Maroon 5 …
Discussion: People.com and New York Magazine
Arnold Schwarzenegger / TMZ.com:
I SURVIVED MARIA!  —  The Ultimate Dis?  —  On the surface it's the unkindest cut of all ... Arnold Schwarzenegger out bike riding Sunday in Santa Monica, wearing a shirt that says, “I survived Maria” — the woman whom he betrayed so badly.  —  But there's more to this story.
TMZ.com:
Levi's Sister: Bristol Palin Is ‘EVIL’  —  Levi Johnston's little sister HATES Bristol Palin ... calling her “evil” and a “sociopath” in a new Playboy interview.  Oh, and she also gets naked.  —  19-year-old Mercede Johnston (above left) just WENT OFF about the entire Palin crew …
RELATED:
Walsten / RADAR:
Sarah Palin's A Grandma, Again!
Iangarland / Hollybaby:
Sarah Palin Is A Bad Mom Who Uses Her Kids, Levi Johnston's Sister Claims!
JOE McGINNISS:
Sarah's a Grandma Again
Discussion: People.com, Us Weekly and Gawker
Mike Fleming / Deadline.com:
Kenny Ortega Comes Full Circle To Direct ‘Dirty Dancing’ Reboot  —  EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has set Kenny Ortega to direct Dirty Dancing, the remake of the 1987 Emile Ardolino-directed film about a pampered young girl who summers with her upscale family at an establishment in the Catskills …
INF Daily:
Kate Gosselin Hits Up Today, Announces She's Ready To Date Again, Lures Men With Cupcakes  —  Love her or hate her (and we know there are a lot of vociferous members of both sides of the debate), Kate Gosselin was back on the Today Show this morning, and in fine form.
RELATED:
Us Weekly:
Kate Gosselin: My Kids Are “Begging” Me to Remarry
James Hibberd / Inside TV:
‘Eureka’ canceled, sixth season plans dropped — EXCLUSIVE  —  Whoa!  Big shock on Eureka.  —  Remember how Syfy ordered six episodes for a potential final season last week?  Well, tonight the network decided that not only is the series firmly going to end, but those final six episodes are not going to happen after all.
Liz Raftery / People.com:
Sinead O'Connor Sports Dark Look in Ireland  —  Sinead O'Connor in Bray, Ireland, on Aug. 7  —  Nothing compares to ... who?  —  Look closely - that's none other than Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, performing as a backup singer at a summer music festival in Bray, Ireland, over the weekend.
Discussion: Bossip and The Hollywood Gossip
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Project Runway All Stars’: Angela Lindvall to Host; Isaac Mizrahi, Georgina Chapman Will Serve as Judges … Model and actress Angela Lindvall will host Lifetime's Project Runway All Stars, with fashion designers Isaac Mizrahi and Georgina Chapman as judges and Marie Claire editor-in-chief Joanna Coles in the Tim Gunn mentor role.
Discussion: afterelton.com, TVgasm and The Clicker
RELATED:
Lesley Messer / People.com:   Project Runway All Stars Cast Revealed
Jessica / INF Daily:
Pics!  Brangelina Take The Kids To Wicked; Angelina Looks Scary Skinny  —  Angelina Jolie's emaciated frame has been a topic for analysis for a long-ass time.  She's never normal sized, her body's always a variation of thin and crazy scary deathly thin.  And from the looks of it, she's nearing the scary place once again.
The Huffington Post:
Taylor Lautner Admits He's Crushing On Jessica Alba (VIDEO)  —  She may be married, have one daughter in a stroller and another baby on the way, but that's not stopping Taylor Lautner from crushing on Jessica Alba.  The teen heartthrob hit the Teen Choice Awards red carpet and revealed that he's not quite over his childhood crush.
RELATED:
Us Weekly:
PIC: Taylor Swift, Taylor Lautner Reunite!
Discussion: Just Jared
Latina:
Zoe Saldana is Latina's September Cover Girl!  —  Stunning Afro-Latina actress Zoe Saldana graces the September 2011 cover of Latina magazine's fall style issue, available on newsstands August 16th.  The 33-year-old Dominican and Puerto Rican star of this month's Colombiana opens …
Discussion: Celebuzz and Bossip
RELATED:
Us Weekly:
Zoe Saldana: I Had a Mental Breakdown After Avatar
Sarah Brumfield / Associated Press:
‘Wire’ actress pleads guilty in drug case  —  BALTIMORE - An actress who played a Baltimore drug gang assassin in HBO's “The Wire” pleaded guilty Monday to conspiring to distribute heroin, caught by a wiretap in a joint federal-state drug probe of an alleged drug gang.
Discussion: The Wrap and Gawker
Cynthia Wang / People.com:
Vienna Girardi and Kasey Kahl Are Moving in Together  —  Just as the new season of Bachelor Pad premieres Monday on ABC, one of the competing couples are moving on - and moving in - with each other.  —  Vienna Girardi and Kasey Kahl confirm to PEOPLE they are looking for a new home together in Los Angeles.
James Hibberd / Inside TV:
‘Mad Men’ season 5 first look: Jon Hamm directs Elisabeth Moss — EXCLUSIVE PHOTO  —  Peggy Olson in dolphin shorts?  Why, the fifth season of Mad Men must take the biggest time jump yet!  —  We kid.  Below is a first-look shot from the Mad Men set as Jon Hamm takes on his new role …
Cheezburger Network / The Daily What:
Nut Shot of the Day: A man in Chandler, Arizona, accidentally shot off his own manhood with his girlfriend's pink pistol.  —  A local news outfit hit the parking lot where the incident took place to ask random guys what they thought.  (Spoiler Alert: They did not care for it.)  —  [thanks cw!]
Discussion: Gawker
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of WeSmirch at 6:10 AM ET, August 9, 2011.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 See Also: 
WeSmirch: site main
WeSmirch River: reverse chronological WeSmirch
WeSmirch Mobile: for phones
WeSmirch Leaderboard: WeSmirch's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
WeSmirch RSS feed
WeSmirch on X
 
 
 More News: 
Gregg Kilday / Hollywood Reporter:
Gerard Butler to Star in FBI Thriller ‘The Bricklayer,’ Based on the Novel by Noah Boyd (Exclusive)
Discussion: Just Jared and FirstShowing.net
Michael K / Dlisted:
What In The Cannibal Fun Dip Hell?
Discussion: Jezebel and Oh No They Didn't!
Therealthedailywhat / The Daily What:
Yo-Yo Master of the Day: Shinji Saito reclaims his 2A Division crown …
Discussion: Deadspin and New York Magazine
Lauren / X17 Online:
NEW HUNGER GAMES PHOTOS RELEASED
Discussion: omg!
Lauren / X17 Online:
ANTI-DRUGS POSTER FEATURING AMY WINEHOUSE CAUSES CONTROVERSY
Daily Mail:
Ain't no party like a Scientology party: Juliette Lewis and John Travolta invite cameras …
Discussion: Crushable
Daily Mail:
What split?  Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber put break-up rumours to bed as they kiss at Teen Choice Awards
Discussion: Yeeeah! and Pink is the New Blog
 Earlier Picks: 
Liz Thomas / Daily Mail:
Explosive Jackie O tapes ‘reveal how she believed Lyndon B Johnson killed JFK and had affair with movie star’
Discussion: New York Post, RADAR and Gawker
Charlie Sheen / TMZ.com:
Ashton SAVED My Career!
Discussion: New York Magazine and Cele|bitchy
Molly Young / GQ:
Jesse Eisenberg is Blowing Up
Discussion: Celebuzz and Just Jared
Marco / X17 Online:
TOM AND KATIE CHECK OUT THE OTHER KATY IN CONCERT
Discussion: Perez Hilton
TMZ.com:
Kanye: People Look At Me Like I'm Adolf Hitler
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land:
Google will roll out AI overviews in search to all US users, starting this week, and in more countries soon; they will be available to 1B+ users by end of year

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts says Comcast plans to launch StreamSaver, a bundle of Peacock, Netflix, and Apple TV+, later this month at a “vastly reduced price”

Kayla Cobb / The Wrap:
Nielsen launches The Media Distributor Gauge, showing TV usage ranked by company: Disney accounted for 11.5% of TV viewing in April, YouTube accounted for 9.6%

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
memeorandum
 What US political commentators are discussing online right now