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By Fran Hoepfner

I love him to death, but no pre-existing gift guide can help me shop for him

I love the “late-capitalist” mess that is the “holiday season” “gift guide drop,” mainly because I love to shop and I love objects and I love things. I often read various websites’ gift guides not out of necessity, but because I enjoy learning about new things that are out in the world, available to purchase, even if they are wholly unnecessary like that acrylic Jonathan Adler frog that I’m always like, “what if…?” about. I am happy to shop for friends and family, to peruse objects and wares and trinkets they might enjoy. I want to know that my hard-earned blogging money is going towards the material happiness of those closest to me, in the hopes that perhaps they will get me a present in return.

Twice a year, however, I go to hell and back for one gift-receiving person in my life: my brother. My beloved brother, easily one of the people in my life with whom I am closest, is a fucking nightmare when it comes to gifts. Living a self-described “semi-Spartan” lifestyle, he is almost entirely unmotivated by objects, wares, and trinkets. He is tchotchke-sparse, and not eager for more. Continue reading

By Kelly Conaboy

There were a lot

Five hundred, twenty five thousand, six hundred minutes. How do you measure, measure a year? How about — disappointments? Yes, the past year brought with it a gigantic set of fresh flops, as years often do. We know your biggest disappointment was that Mark Zuckerberg didn’t even make legs, and if you had to pick a second it would be that you didn’t get Taylor Swift tickets, but it’s our time now. Here are the staff of Gawker’s biggest disappointments of 2022. Continue reading

By Gawker Staff

It seems he's not so nice after all

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By Allie Jones

Sorry Freddie Prinze Jr.

Last year was a banger year for Netflix Christmas movies. The streaming service gave us a third Princess Switch movie starring Vanessa Hudgens as three different Vanessa Hudgenses, as well as plenty of festive rom-coms featuring Brooke Shields, Jennifer Coolidge, and Kathy Najimy. The year before that, we got a surprisingly charming Emma Roberts vehicle featuring Kristin Chenoweth, a Dolly Parton thing, the second Princess Switch movie, and a children’s film where Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn play Santa and Mrs. Claus. I have come to depend on Netflix for my December Saturday daytime content, and until this year I have not been disappointed. But what’s on the schedule for 2022? Continue reading

By Claire Carusillo

On the heels of her break-up with Avery Cyrus, Jojo speaks out via her mom's Instagram

Oh no. Oh no. Oh no no no no no. Looks like Avery Cyrus, TikTok’s hottest girl jock, is prepping for a trip to Europe with her ex-girlfriend Soph Mosca, who is known and loved by many as “Soph.” This development comes mere days after she teamed up with the awesome and hospitable gang at Royal Caribbean to announce her wet ‘n’ wacky break-up with the ebullient Jojo Siwa. Continue reading