The Best Things We Read All Year
If you're like us, you spent a lot of time this year reading words. But which words were the best words? (Not "amazeballs," for sure.) Here, each Gawker staffer recommends the best things he or she read this year-books, articles, blogs, comics and more. More »
Ten People Who Should Quit the Media in 2012
This is not just a list of media people we don't like. Nor is it just a list of media people who had a bad year. This is a list of media people who—abundant evidence shows—should not be in the media. More »
How Your Privacy Will Be Invaded in 2012
In 2011, tech villains found creative new ways to violate our privacy. They misappropriated our social networking profiles, stalked us through our phones, and plucked secrets from our wifi networks. More »
The Year in Lies
Lies: They travel halfway round the world before the truth gets its boots on. If you don't tell them, you never have to remember anything. Ask me no questions and I won't tell you any. More »
Nine Awesome Songs (and One Great Mix) You Didn't Hear in 2011
Boy, 2011: there sure was a lot of music, wasn't there? A lot of good music, even! But probably not even you, Cool Internet Guy, who heard all the cool and good music, have listened to all of it. More »
Ranking Every Movie I Saw This Year
I go to the movies a lot. Just about every week. Rather than just telling you the best and worst movies of the year, I thought it would be fun to rank every single movie I sat through in a movie theater in 2011. More »
The Best Instant Celebrities of 2011
2011 was a great year for instafame. With cameras and Twitter users providing blanket coverage of each big news story, the whole world became a potential micro-celebrity. More »
All the Viral Videos of the Year in Two Minutes
2011 offered us an amazing array of viral videos, ephemeral clips whose popularity was sometimes born out of mockery, sometimes out of amazement, and sometimes out of humor. More »
The Hottest Things on TV in 2011
Every single television critic has written their "10 Best of 2011" article and it's all, "Oooh, Breaking Bad." "Let's hear it for Community." "Friday Night Lights should never leave!" "Do you love Louie? More »
The Most Heroic Gawker Characters of 2011
We loathe a lot of people here, mostly because we recognize that humanity is irreversibly doomed and the future holds nothing but Kim Kardashian dancing in stilettos on the graves of the poor. More »
Most Loathsome Gawker Characters of 2011
Many were loathed in 2011; these are the ones we call our own. This is not a list of the world's most loathsome characters. This is (with apologies to the NY Press) a list of Gawker's most loathsome characters. More »
The Year in Television in Under Four Minutes
This year, television gave us some incredible moments, from Charlie Sheen's on-camera meltdown to Oprah and Regis stepping off the stage to, the year offered plenty of highlights and lowlights. More »
The Most Popular Gawker Posts of 2011
2011 has been quite a year, and there has been lots of news, scoops, leaks, exclusives, scandals, internet explosions, sexts, and one very very famous dead guy. More »
