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• Scanner Emily's Top 10 Lessons Learned in 2008

  So this is 2009. So far, so good. We're going to use the next few days to accidentally write "2008" on everything and take a look back at the year that was. You can expect the top 10 Scanner posts of 2008 on Monday. But first, as promised, Scanner Emily's top 10 lessons learned in 2008, including—unfortunately—a repeat from last year. Seriously, how many times must we humiliate ourselves online before learning that drinking and Facebook do not mix? Read More... Posted Jan 02 2009, 10:22 AM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: scanner, nerve, facebook, 2008, herpes, top 10 lists, american apparel, scanner emily, summer camp, wet hot american summer, missouri, emily farris, ex boyfriends, kansas city, nerve.com, rollerskating, broken bones, exes, top ten lists, las vegas, scanner emily's wet hot american summer, whiskey, hendrick's gin, greenpoint, broken blogger, broken wrist, scanner blog, the ex files, lessons learned, 2009, jameson, nerve blogs, alternative weeklies, the new york press, emergency room, roller skating, the herp, costume parties, january 2, oral herpes, bellevue, roller disco, lessons, yellow tights, phoneputer

• Vegas Is Boring, So Thank God Atlantic City's Still Sleazy...

  Have you heard about the insanity that's going on in Atlantic City? And no, we don't mean the usual drug-related shootings, OD'ing schoolkids, or half a dozen brothels being raided. We're talking about the City Council corruption scandal, which is finally over, having exposed ministers getting blow jobs from prostitutes, backroom deals, and entire families going down in an amusing public bonfire... Read More... Posted Dec 08 2008, 10:46 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: politics, sex tape, hotel rooms, new jersey, sex tapes, prison, arrest, atlantic city, blackmail, corrupted mind, las vegas, prostitute, hotel sex, dj, trial, blow job

• Video from Vegas: The Sarah Palin Lookalike Contest

  A strip club in Las Vegas held a Sarah Palin lookalike contest last night, and as you might expect a bunch of women with brunete up-dos flaunted American flag bikini's, shot guns and Tina Fey glasses.  Read More... Posted Oct 24 2008, 01:49 PM by Emily Farris with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: video, strip clubs, strippers, lookalike, las vegas, vegas, strip club, sarah palin, tina fey glasses, look-a-like, look alike, american flag bikini

• Photo Evidence: Tila Tequila Was A Vegas Call Girl

  Hey, we don't judge anyone for trying to earn a living. As long as you aren't hurting anyone, we don't care if you smoke crack and jerk off while working as a telemarketer. (Okay, the telemarketing thing is uncool-- it's better if you get into burglarly instead.) But we do report the news and this photo of Tila Tequila that supposedly proves she was a Vegas escort falls under that category, at least as far as our threshold is concerned... Read More... Posted Oct 15 2008, 03:19 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: tila tequila, photos, MTV, reality show stars we'd like to fuck, photo essay, las vegas, vegas, prostitute, hooker

• Porn and Pasties: We Missed Out

  "Porn and Pancakes..." "Porn and Pastries..." and the much-less-appetizing "Porn and Parents" (ouch.) Sounds like the agenda for a totally different kind of "#1 porn site..." Read More... Posted Oct 13 2008, 09:08 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: religion, porn, internet, jesus christ, seattle, food, Christian, pornography, website of the day, las vegas, internet addiction, religious fanatics

• Michael Phelps Celebrates Gold Medal Wins By Groping Strippers

  Hey, he's a got a right to blow off some steam... and some other things. Radar writer Neel Shah (yes, that's how he spells it) stumbled, perhaps drunkenly, on Michael Phelps' Vegas Vacation the other night and snapped some naughty photos of him. Why are they naughty? Because, dude, you're not supposed to do this to strippers... Full photo and explanation of what Michael's hand is doing, after the jump... Read More... Posted Sep 08 2008, 08:44 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: stripper, playboy, groping, strippers, vacation, olympics, asses, sexual harassment, radar magazine, las vegas, strip club, michael phelps, olympians

• Sloppy Seconds: Woman Who Delivered Baby In Car For VP?

  Would you guzzle five kilos of chili-spaghetti for fame and glory? In Ohio? It's like the 21st century version of that football quiz scene from Diner: the videogamer who programmed his girlfriend's game to propose to her for him when she reached a high score has gotten married. John Mayer is wisely avoiding dating celebrities, at least for now... Read More... Posted Sep 02 2008, 03:33 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: britney spears, marriage, babies, john mayer, gisele bundchen, marriage proposal, vice president, celebrities, james gandolfini, food, ohio, las vegas, birth, sarah palin, diner

• News Anchor Fired After His Swingers Craigslist Ad Cracks Up The Office

  A well-known Las Vegas TV personality was summarily fired Monday after multiple Craigslist ads surfaced showing the dude in the buff, seeking a guy or a girl for he and his girlfriend to go to town on. But it wasn't the fact that Jeff Gradney had put up a personal (sex) ad that had people so upset... rather, the ad's photographic content saw to that... Read More... Posted Aug 20 2008, 02:59 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: sex addict, craigslist, television, swingers, fired, reporters, threesomes, naked people, nude photos, las vegas

• Vegas Presents The Erotic Heritage Museum

  A few weeks back, The Erotic Heritage Museum, dedicated to porny art, opened in Las Vegas.  Now that we've had time to look over some of its exhibits, we present a full rundown for your titillation... Read More... Posted Aug 18 2008, 11:17 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: sex, nevada, museums, artists, art porn, las vegas, museum of sex

• Those Who Can, Do; Those Who Can't, Teach Porn Techniques...

  In an interview today with Offsprung, porn star turned sex educator Nina Hartley discusses feminism, her weight, kids and masturbation, and how much she still loves sex... Read it. You might even learn something... about sex, of course... Read More... Posted Aug 13 2008, 11:10 AM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: porn star, marriage, college, Nina Hartley, porn stars, pornography, arrest, sex life, boogie nights, lesbianism, las vegas, interview, william h. macy

• Sloppy Seconds: The Truth About The "Abusive" Paul McCartney

  An earthquake this morning registered 5.4 on the Andy Richter scale and was felt from LA to Vegas and down to Mexico. There were no reported injuries as of post time.  Although he's charged with a DUI, Shia LaBeouf was not at fault for the car crash that flipped his truck. The other driver has been ticketed for running a red light...  PageSix claims Marc Jacobs has wed in Paris... and if you didn't know, he married... Read More... Posted Jul 29 2008, 04:51 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: charlize theron, gawker, babies, wtf, weddings, charity, gay marriage, paul mccartney, heather mills, perez hilton, Paris, Los Angeles, indie rock, earthquake, abuse, animal, Mexican, jennifer aniston, scarlett Johanson, las vegas, indie culture, shia labeouf, dui, car accident, marc jacobs

• Hookers Are Getting Tricky These Days

  In Ghana, fifty or more prostitutes drank, cried, and danced at the funeral of an 11-year-old boy, causing considerable public confusion. Why were these poor (and by poor we mean, Ghana-poverty-stricken poor) women in such an uproar? Read More... Posted Jun 18 2008, 04:16 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: scandals, hookers, george w bush, gambling, nevada, ron paul, prostitutes, hookergate, las vegas

• Sloppy Seconds: What Happens to Julia Allison's Nipple Does Not Stay in Vegas

  An album recorded by the band Chicago in 1993 is finally being released. Finally! [CNN] PETA is PETA'd off (sorry, we had to) about that "real girls eat meat" t-shirt Jessica Simpson was sporting, and we actually happened to like. [dListed]  Confession: we didn't vote in the 2000 presidential election (even though we were old enough). Apparently, half of the people in our age group who voted in the primaries this year didn't vote in the 2000 primaries, either. See what happens when young people fail to vote? [MTV]  Read More... Posted Jun 17 2008, 05:57 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: sloppy seconds, Disney, julia allison, miley cyrus, voting, Chicago, break ups, las vegas, thrillist, jet blue, jetvegas, pale, anne hathaway, 2000, vegas, scanner emily is pale

• Crush of the Week: Ryan Gosling

  On the way back from Vegas on Saturday, our plane was temporarily diverted to a runway in Rochester because of bad weather in New York. While many of my travel companions were busy playing celebrity, I watched "The Notebook." I'd seen the end before, not too long after a break-up. And after catching just the last fifteen minutes, I cried for three hours. While I enjoy a good cry every once in a while, every time someone has tried "to Notebook me," I've refused. Three hours of crying should only happen when someone you actually know, in the real world, dies... or breaks up with you. But when you're stuck on a plane with few channels and nothing better to do (we know, we could have played celebrity or gotten wasted), sometimes a sappy movie hits the spot. And most times, Ryan Gosling hits the spot.   Read More... Posted Jun 17 2008, 05:03 PM by Emily Farris with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: crush of the week, ryan gosling, las vegas, thrillist, jet blue, lars and the real girl, the notebook, jetvegas

• Five Things I Learned in Vegas

  As many of you already know, Friday I was jetted away on a party plane to Las Vegas to celebrate the launch of Thrillist's Vegas edition. The best way I can think to describe Thrillist is Daily Candy for men. I was skeptical at first. Party plane? Las Vegas? A party plane to Las Vegas? But after a few drinks I quickly warmed up to my new friends and even got all dolled up for the club (though I only stayed about 20 minutes). But you know what I learned? You can put Scanner Emily in Las Vegas but she's still Scanner Emily... except when she's in Vegas she's not wearing a dirty t-shirt.. and that's something, right? I learned a few other things, too... Read More... Posted Jun 16 2008, 09:14 AM by Emily Farris with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: scanner emily, gambling, julia allison, text messaging, twitter, las vegas, thrillist, jet blue, drunk texting

• Nevada Governor Sex Scandals, Part 226

  Pictured above: Vegas showgirls, with a man who is not the Governor of Nevada, but might as well be.  The Governor of Nevada, called "the most scandal-ridden governor in the history of" the state, and alleged molester of a woman in a parking garage, is going through a divorce so messy, he's making Scanner Emily and the rest of Las Vegas cringe... Read More... Posted Jun 13 2008, 02:30 PM by Brian Fairbanks with | with no comments Filed under: divorce, Sex and the City, assault, FBI, nevada, affair, investigations, las vegas, playboy bunnies, governors

• It's Friday the 13th and Scanner Emily is About to Board a Plane to Vegas

  There are a few perks that come along with being a blogger. Health insurance is not one of them. Nor is having a reason to shower every day. But every once in a while I am reminded that I am not a smelly hermit, but a lovely lady with some lovely lady humps. I was recently reminded of this fact when asked to represent Nerve on a promotional trip to Vegas that begins very shortly. Read More... Posted Jun 13 2008, 12:02 PM by Emily Farris with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: hookers, scanner emily, twitter, las vegas, live from las vegas

• Kevin Federline: Father of the Year?

  You know, the guy has put up with a lot. He was there for his sons when their mother couldn't be and he has a bunch of kids all over the place which ups his chances and... Read More... Posted Jun 04 2008, 10:25 AM by Emily Farris with | with no comments Filed under: britney spears, kids, kevin federline, billy ray cyrus, las vegas