<![CDATA[Gizmodo: Celebrities]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: Celebrities]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/celebrities http://gizmodo.com/tag/celebrities <![CDATA[ John Mayer: The Laptop Bag ]]> Hey guys, John Mayer here. I just wanted to let you know about my new laptop messenger bag. Because when I'm not having lights-off sex with women you could only dream about or double-douching it with twin Bluetooth headsets, I always make sure my fans are buying the latest in John Mayer branded gear. Oh, do I carry this bag? No way! I mean, it isn't lined with Gerber baby skin won't fit my Macbook Air. But it'll work just fine with your piece of crap entry-level Dell, I'm sure! [John Mayer via ChipChick]

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Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:15:00 EDT Mark Wilson http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5042456&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Confessions of a Flickr Snoopr (Admit It, You're One Too) ]]> My name is Addy and I'm a Flickrholic. I'm a window-licking voyeuse who's been pressing her nose up against the cold glass of the lives of utter strangers, snooping through their photostreams. And if you think I'm weird, take a peep through their curtains. Marvel at Polymorfo Perverso's rather delicious fetish portraits (one caption reads "your neck is so much fun") or Gizmodo's favorite tough man as meat-market mascot. If you're a Flickr snoopr like me, you know the giddy, naughty pleasure of it all. If you're not one, well, here's how to become one in a hurry.

The beauty of Flickr is its serendipity. I found Mr Perverso's oh-so-perverse materials by innocently typing "I love Jesus" into the search box. Usually I'm on the hunt for stuff at work such as "Treo unboxing," "broken iPhone" or "computer dungeon," which gets you some guy's basement server farm, screenshots of PC-based RPGs, and, for some reason, a shot of a dude's first computer, an Atari 800. But "dungeon", all by itself, gets you into much more trouble: French châteaux, a shackles-and-rubber-gasmask outfit attached to a cross, a girl in stripy socks and a picture that is so NSFW I will only tell you that the person whose stream it is has a blog devoted to the art of the blow-job.

The crazy thing is that, unlike some photo sites, Flickr uploads are public and searchable. Why are people so interested in sharing their most tender or outrageous or embarrassing moments with the world? My theory is that beyond friends-n-family photo sharing, many people on Flickr are amateur photographers and artists who want to show off what they can do, but beyond that there are the crazy cakes just dying to have themselves a bunch of virtual friends who will write a testimony like "April-May's deep-throat technique just has to be seen to be believed." And what keeps me coming back is that it's always changing. A search from one day to the next can yield totally different results.

tagsafari.pngHere are some quick fun tag safaris to illustrate the point:
Taxidermist
Foshizzle
Space Pants or, better still, Spacepants
Repossession - Note the Jude Law cameo
Disco Biscuit
Junk In the Trunk

I get a tingly sensation looking into the private lives of random people. Sure it's mostly mundane stuff—weddings, parties, vacations—but on occasions you can get a sudden rush of tenderness mixed with guilt, like when stumbling on these secret stolen moments of a couple of strangers at Glasto.

There's a knack to celebrity stalking on Flickr. Direct searches turn up eclectic results. Bill Gates brings up pictures of bananas, a subway escalator—even windows as opposed to Windows—before fielding a couple of shots of the actual software baron with Michael Arrington, with Steve and Walt, and, heh, with an iPhone. There was nothing at all interesting for either Clooney or Madonna. Hayden Panettiere turned up a few shots of the saved cheerleader licking things, if you're into that sort of stuff. Looking for particular celebs, it seems, is a waste of time; you've got to cast a wider net (like using the actual word "celebrity" in a search") and just see which A-Listers (or B-Listers or C-Listers) get caught.

All of sleb life is here, from A(niston) to (Jay-)Z. Look! It's Tara Reid and Tommy Lee hanging out in a bar. What they might lack in make-up they sure make up for in drunkenness. Here's a giant, beige John Goodman queuing up for some bar-b-que. It's Twisted Sister's Dee Snyder actually looking cool, and Keanu Reeves actually looking irritated. Kirk Hammet from Metallica seems to have taken the time and effort to have his shirt match the shopfront he was photographed outside of. Here's a great back-of-the-head shot of Paris Hilton and a wax model of Lady Di that I thought was a tranny lookalike.

You can actually play games with Flickr as well. Rather than going on individual tag safaris like the ones above, you can embark on a sort of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon: How far can you get from one subject in six moves? I started off with Porkins, going via POTUS, Pewkus, Poker and Bummer before ending up back in Star Wars country (sort of), at Clones.

I've made some peculiar discoveries. For one, Konaboy, whose Spring Clean picture cropped up in about 60% of my searches, seems to be Flickr's Kevin Bacon. Another, Pisces Romance, showed me how to say "I wuv woo" with roses and sunsets. Best of all (especially Jesus), I found a recently-uploaded pic of—I'm guessing here—the upcoming series of Flight of the Conchords. It's Brett and Jermaine in roller-disco mood. Because, my little friends, on Flickr, it's always Business Time.


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Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:00:00 EDT AddyDugdale http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=379081&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Who Tall Are You? Mirror: Yep, Tom Cruise Is Teeny ]]> When I was a kid, I used to think all celebrities were like 30 feet tall, since they look pretty gigantic on the big screen. Then I got older, and heard nasty rumors about how dwarf-y people like Sly Stallone and Tom Cruise really were, but I didn't really believe it, since I couldn't exactly stack 'em up to myself. My warped childhood perceptions have been completely shattered by the Who Tall Are You? Mirror, which notches out the heights of your all favorite (and reviled) celebrities for head-to-head (or not!) comparison. For instance, did you know that Kid Rock is actually a giant, towering over NBA great Charles Barkley? Educational and mindblowing. [Suck.uk via MAKE]

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Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:00:09 EDT matt buchanan http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=376837&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Angelina Jolie Can't Turn On a Computer ]]> Anglina Jolie recently revealed to the world that despite portraying both a mega hacker and PC gaming heroine Lara Croft on the big screen, such experience doesn't help her with technology one bit. She explains quite clearly:

...I don't really know how to turn on a computer.
Apparently, my penis is not a computer. [metro via shinyshiny][getty images] ]]>
Wed, 06 Feb 2008 08:48:02 EST Mark Wilson http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=353181&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Britney Spears Shows Off Her Plastic Hot Pocket ]]> britneys_hot_pocket2.jpgIf you think that you saw the last of Britney's finely shorn beef garage —think again. Fortunately for us, we only have to endure a tiny plastic version this time around. Indeed, someone had the good taste to develop an action figure immortalizing Britney's recent underwear mishaps for posterity. If you would like to add this fine product to your collection (and I know you do), it can be had for a mere $39.95. [Product Page]

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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:00:19 EST Sean Fallon http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=326684&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ PS3s of the Rich and Famous ]]> While the rest of us plebes are stuck with our fat black PS3s, Sony invited a few of their celebrity friends out to the Palms Hotel this past weekend for a little PS3 pimpin'. At the "PlayStation Parlor" celebs like Kobe Bryant got to dip their newly minted PS3s in vats of glossy paint and later got the chance to laser etch them with their own designs. It sure beats having to customize your PS3 the old fashioned way.

Stars Customize PS3s in Vegas [Complex]

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Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:00:26 EST Louis Ramirez http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=238486&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Laptop Goes from Junker to Celebrity, Thanks to Ebay ]]>
So, a buddy of mine had this junker HP ze5400 Laptop. I don't have any clue why he bought it to begin with, but the keyboard crapped out on him so he did what any reasonable geek did, and scrapped the good parts and sold the rest on Ebay. The guy who finally won the laptop sent a message saying "overnight the laptop to me and I'll get it in an episode of Heroes." The friend of mine was hesitant, but overnighted it anyway. Flash forward a month and a half later and the buyer held true to his word and the laptop appeared on the show Heroes.

This is just a lesson. You never know what worthless, broken gadgets of yours will eventually become superstar celebrities on hit television shows. So get to Ebay and start selling that worthless crap. Hit the link to read the full, somewhat entertaining, story.

I'm a celebrity, you're not... [Summel]

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Fri, 01 Dec 2006 16:00:34 EST Travis Hudson http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=218697&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Travis on Maxim: Chocolate, Cellphone Tweaks ]]> lindsay-lohan-hacked.jpg Every Thursday you can hear me on the Covino & Rich Show on SIRIUS 108, Maxim Radio at 1:30pm. The show runs from 10am to 2pm with replays at 10pm, all eastern.

Today I touched on some cellphone hacking/protection techniques, and the LG Chocolate phone. We have beat the Chocolate like a dead horse in the past, so you can find all of our coverage here. Don't forget to check out what Mossberg thinks of the Chocolate.

For cellphone hacking/tweaking for beginners I would recommend the Spoofcard. It is pretty much a calling card that allows you to display any caller ID number on outgoing calls, therefore being able to gain access into voicemails and such. It also allows for more efficient prank calls, and even recording of said prank calls. This was the same product that recently got Paris Hilton busted, for hacking into Lindsey Lohan's voicemail. If you don't feel like paying the money for these Spoofcards, just hit *67 before dialing the number to hide your caller ID info.

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Thu, 07 Sep 2006 15:23:46 EDT Travis Hudson http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=199168&view=rss&microfeed=true
<![CDATA[ Paris Hilton Accused of Hacking Lindsay Lohan's Blackberry ]]> 223lohan400x590.jpgNo longer will hacker wars be limited to Zero Cool and Acid Burn. Now the big name superstars are getting involved in l33t hax0r1ng. Paris Hilton has been accused of hacking Lindsay Lohan's Blackberry and sending "disgusting and very mean" messages from Lohan's phone.

Hilton has been accused of this crime because the "wording of the messages sounds very familiar" according to Lohan's spokeswoman, Leslie Sloane. Hilton's representive essentially replied "She didn't do it, you sux0r." From which Lohan's crew replied "Nuh huh, st00pid n00b." Hilton is currently ganking Lohan up and down the streets of Hollywood.

Hinton Denies Lohan Blackberry Hacking [Via The Raw Feed]

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Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:14:47 EDT Travis Hudson http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=189380&view=rss&microfeed=true