They just don't ever want to say anything bad about the A list mostly movie actor. Many of the items turn out to be true. One major (grown) star, Dancing Duke, who you all know and love overdosed and died in the middle of working with Mr. Shazam. For more information, please see our Katie Notopoulos is a senior technology reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York. But when you flip through a current issue, its as hard-hitting as someones Pinterest feed. After recently noticing that a salacious post was removed from a CDAN competitors site, and subsequently hearing that site may have been served with a Cease and Desist as impetus for that removal, I had to wonder how Enty manages to avoid lawsuits himself. The marijuana feline is back hanging out with her racist friends online, but now she is a moderator and controls the conversations. Theres pleasure in that analytical puzzle solving, and that translates very easily from Save the Children or Q to Crazy Days and Nights.. Online column, The Awful Truth; and Elaine Lainey Lui writes them on her site, LaineyGossip.com. Many, many, many. This isnt uncommon. And by the way, he added, there is no political slant to the site. If and when the timing is right, a CDAN blind gets its reveal - usually as the big event in Hollywood is happening, or just as the scandal is about to become news. However, the site only recently came to my attention while I was following the outrageous behind-the-scenes drama of a reality show. But for James, the difference is in the tone and the approach; that difference sets apart this more polished era from a previously uncensored one. The items are so deliberately murky at times that youre often wrong in your conjecture. The thrill of vindication aside, Enty says his interest in celebrity is the same as anyones: behind-the-scenes access. No, Enty said. This is a community moderated forum. I started the site one day when I was bored at work, he tells The Verge. I dont remember why I chose the colors I did. Without a bunch of extra cash lying around, there is no reason to invest in fixing the design of something that already does what its meant to do. Then, last week, the anonymous blogger behind CDaN he says hes a dialed-in entertainment lawyer and goes by the handle Enty posted a blind item that purportedly came from a star of The Hunger Games, revealing drug use and bed-hopping: From @%# one I knew this actor wanted me, it read. But then again, most of her bis are about her being a lez, and most of his bis are about him being a druggie. Only some of this, he says, is true. The talk show host thinks that one of his best friends was thrown under the bus by the other host and has been trash talking the other host to anyone in the media who will print it. And even if Enty wasnt anonymous, lawsuits may not be an issue for him. They actually stole a fake story written in the Aaron Rodgers thread on this site and posted it. #LARPWars Part 5 For Whom the Troll Tolls? Even accounting for those two, I would guess that I have written about 99% of the approximate 60K posts. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. The very first post I read here was about Gary Busey trying to use gold doubloons as legitimate currency and tbh I would just like more of that please., Posted to the celebrity gossip blog Crazy Days and Nights, the remark distilled the frustration many readers had been feeling as scandalous tidbits of Hollywood intrigue got crowded out by what another longtime reader described as ludicrous QAnon horror stories lifted from Twitter.. The site has a well-earned reputation for being both prescient and endlessly entertaining, so it was hardly surprising that its devotees were irked by blind items that seemed to refer to QAnon, the collective delusion that (I cant believe Im writing this) a satanic cabal of Trump-hating, child-abusing, moneyed elites runs American politics and media. What I always find hilarious is when they write me, and its a blind, not a reveal yet, he says. Even those professionally redesigned sites remain loyal to a mid-00s aesthetic, likely because the memory of that time is part of what these sites offer. If you have a lot of seeds to spare in one variety batch, test germination on paper towels to get an idea of what percentage of smalls might germinate in the future. Sun Sugar is a hybrid cherry tomato variety that has been thriving in my garden for over a year. The demographics of readership hasnt changed too much over the years, says Michael K. If anything, the demographic has gotten older since people have aged with the site. While the appeal of these sites seems obvious to someone like me, who grew up with them and shares James feelings about what they represent, they are also a generational specificity. "What I always . There is no way on this earth that any of those tabloids would do anything to endanger the access to celebrities they think they need to survive. People said whatever about whoever, and because there wasnt social media as this aggregate to really connect everyone, unless you were making a conscious effort to read a particular blog, a lot of things went unchecked.. The other nine years have all been on Blogger, always the same style and format., I tried WordPress and used servers and everything that goes with it. Vanity Fair may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. At the end of the day, it's still a blind item.". CDaN almost never elicits reactions from stars. James guesses that the relationship between the changing internet and these unchanged sites is simply a matter of practicality. Its a whole other beast to reveal that blind. According to the anonymous blogger, his posts reveal the truth about our favorite celebrities, and that claim is validated when reveals and easy-to-decode blinds (like an A-list couples recent splitno, the other onefor example) are covered by mainstream media. Contraland: The First $2 Million YouTube Video? And so, until libel laws catch up with the web, Enty will probably continue to reveal the answers to his scandalous blinds, celebrities and publicists afraid to deny them. With family bills due, the time for fun and games and real love is over, and the barely there celebrity offspring of a former reality star from multiple shows is out earning a living yachting. A heart condition prevented it. Thats usually a P.R. Obtrusive background images and blinding pop-up ads that follow you around the page. To the QAnon deluded, it's pretty much the same thing. I have no doubt whoever came up with Q has read my site at some point, he told BuzzFeed News. Each gossip site has its own unique set of rules for its own protection. He is not going to walk away, he is going to end up dead while out on bail. Its a realm thats taken on a deeper significance in our current media epoch, when stars from the A- to Z-list are all considered worthy of coverage and even the most niche celebrity has learned to control their narrative and feed items to the press. The CEO of one of the world's largest banks is going to have to sit for a deposition about why he personally intervened and allowed the dead billionaire pedophile to keep operating and moving money across borders without any repercussions or forms sent to the government. Over the past two weeks, a little-known Hollywood gossip site called Crazy Days and Nights or CDaN, as it's known among fans attracted mainstream media attention when readers began speculating that a commenter known as "Himmm" was actually Robert Downey Jr. That doesn't mean I don't hang on to them - in case they move up the list - but they need to be known so people have a chance of guessing. While the ratio may not be ideal for tomatoes, it can still produce great results with some preparation and understanding of the plant's genetic potential. Lainey Gossip has undergone several site makeovers since its official founding in 2004, but it still retains the loudly color-clashing logo and bare-bones, basic blogger aesthetic of a previous decade. Thats indeed a common strategy by the alt-right to level pedophilia accusations at any detractor to destroy their credibility.. Stars reps seem to have bigger fish to fry than the people posting the itemstheyre just messengers, she reasons.. But, in general, if a website is popular, if it is large enough to be the primary income source for its creators, it is both navigable and beautiful in a minimalist, Scandinavian-boutique-hotel sort of way. Which types of stories are garnering the most attention? For about a three-year period, I tried WordPress and used servers and everything that goes with it. When he was in town and they hooked up, he would sometimes stay over., If you thought payola in the streaming services and radio was bad, let me tell you about another form of payola, only this one could get you killed. That low-effort aesthetic is all part of the distinctive feeling of Crazy Days and Nights. Maybe Tracy wanted to keep the Plus Ultra details as subscriber-only information. This singer/reality star/actress who is always a victim, has been putting out feelers to this late night actor. How does he do it? There are several good choices, but there is only one correct choice. Enty, for his part, did attempt an update at one point. Even the older faction saw this as inevitable. Later, the actor was driven to tears by one of a few hundred light bulbs going out in his trailer and unsuccessfully tried to get the worker who found the hair piece, fired for the error. Wow, she is thirsty. When asked about his original vision for the site, DListed founder and creator Michael K says, I had no vision. They can track anything down anywhere and they will dig, and dig, and dig until they find the answer. Those are stories that either Ive personally encountered, or somebody is an amazing source, or one of my friends, or somebody where I know exactly where they work, or what they would have seen. I might get 100 tips a day, but maybe 75% are about people no one has heard of. I can't believe people actually believe the gossip posted at CDAN when the guy who runs the website has this disclaimer on his page: "CRAZY DAYS AND NIGHTS IS A GOSSIP SITE. Simone Biles/Cerebral/Prince Harry/BetterUp. There was the near-constant churn of news on which readers could gorgefirst innuendo, then reports, then official confirmation, then the back-and-forth by proxy. Makes me think the getting married again thing was a story line and might not even have any paperwork to back, A certain female actress who recently Jazzed her way into a few peoples hearts, really needs to be made aware of her cheating boyfriend. Oh, she doesn't know about the other phone? The owner doesn't know. This post was published on the now-closed HuffPost Contributor platform. He does work at an LA-based law firm but according to them, hes not an entertainment lawyer they dont even have an entertainment division. Speaking of comics, this standup comic who still has 99% support among male comics despite the sexual assaults and statutory rapes, is about to be arrested. 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