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NEWS ABOUT: hooker

hooker stories: 15 news summaries

 Ex-Hooker Blogger 
 Is Cancer Researcher 

London's 'Belle du Jour' finally spills identity

Nov 16, 09 3:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A former London hooker whose blog posts have been turned into books and a popular British TV series has finally revealed her identity as a scientist who works in a hospital on kids' cancer research. Dr. Brooke Magnanti, 34, has been writing under the pen name "Belle du Jour"... More »

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London • blog • scientist • prostitute • hooker • call girl • blog posts • Belle du Jour

OPINION

ACORN Is Rotten, And Mainstream Media Ignores It

Network news has no coverage of hooker-pimp sting video scandal

Sep 15, 09 6:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The scandal enveloping community-organizing group ACORN “has everything you could ever want,” Dan Gainor writes for Fox News: “corruption, sleazy actions at tax-funded organizations, firings, government ties, sex, hookers. It is a network news director’s dream.” Curiously, ABC, CBS, and NBC aren't covering the brouhaha... More »

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prostitution • corruption • Fox News • US Census • brothel • hooker • Acorn • community organizers • federal funding • mainstream media

(Newser) - For those who thought the Gosselin saga couldn't get more tawdry: The Star reporter who quit after "falling for" interview-subject-and-dad-of-eight Jon is now denying reports that she once pounded the pavement in search of johns, reports the New York Daily News. Another NYC gossip monger tells the News that... More »

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escort • hooker • Jon and Kate Plus 8 • Jon Gosselin • Kate Gosselin • sextuplets • Kate Major • Star (tabloid) • television program • Jon Gosselin interview

(Newser) - The uncle of would-be royal fiancée Kate Middleton has apparently been filmed cutting lines of cocaine by the News of the World. He also boasts of delivering drugs and hookers, and of calling Prince William an obscenity—to his face, even though he was actually quite "lovely,"... More »

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Prince William • Kate Middleton • cocaine • hooker

 Brit Envoy 
 Quits Russia 
 After Hooker Video 

Officials accuse Russia of set up

Jul 9, 09 6:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - A senior British diplomat was forced to resign his post in Russia after a video of him canoodling with two prostitutes was posted on the Internet, reports the Daily Mail. British officials were livid about the scandal, but also angrily accused Russian officials of a sting. The 4-minute video, called... More »

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Russia • video • diplomat • Britain • sting operations • prostitute • undercover video • hooker • Ural

UK Dad Tries to Hire Prostitute for 14-Year-Old

Man snagged in police sting draws 10-month suspended sentence

May 15, 09 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - A UK man who confessed to trying to pick up a prostitute for his teenage son has been sentenced to 10 months in prison but won't serve time, the Daily Mail reports. The 42-year-old visited Nottingham's red-light district last year on a quest to help his son, 14,  lose... More »

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prostitution • crime • jail • arrest • Britain • Nottingham • prostitute • undercover • virginity • hooker • teenager • child • sex sting

ShamWow Guy's Other Claim to Fame: Ex-Scientologist

Infomercial pitchman used group connections to make comedy film

Mar 30, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Vince Offer Shlomi, the ShamWow pitchman who gained infamy after being arrested for badly beating a prostitute last month, is also a renegade ex-Scientologist, Gawker reports. Shlomi joined group in 1982, made connections with Scientology’s many entertainment-industry adherents, and found financing to start filming The Underground Comedy Movie, featuring... More »

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Scientology • commercials • infomercial • hooker • ShamWow

ShamWow Guy Arrested After Hooker Fight

Pitchman Shlomi allegedly punched
call girl repeatedly

Mar 28, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - He may seem like a nice man with a magical towel, but Vince Shlomi—better known as the ShamWow guy—was arrested last month for punching a prostitute, the Smoking Gun reports. Shlomi, 44, told police he took 26-year-old Sasha Harris back to his hotel room and paid her $1,... More »

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commercials • infomercial • arrest • prostitute • hooker • Howard Stern Grid • ShamWow

Spitzer Madam: I Supplied A-Rod With Hookers

Slugger was 'hot as hell,' says ex-madam

Mar 22, 09 9:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, Madonna. The former madam who helped keep disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer happy also supplied hookers to Yankees slugger and sometime Madonna boyfriend Alex Rodriguez, she tells the New York Daily News. She even dated A-Rod herself, and found him "hot as hell," says Kristin Davis.... More »

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New York Yankees • Alex Rodriguez • Eliot Spitzer • Kristin Davis • Madonna • prostitute • hooker • madams

Call Girl:
Spitzer
Choked Me

'Concerned' hooker managed to
push him off

Mar 8, 09 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - A call girl has charged that disgraced former New York governor Eliot Spitzer "went too far" when he choked her during kinky role-playing sex, reports the New York Daily News. Spitzer, who was state attorney general at the time, "wanted a scenario where I was supposed to say... More »

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New York • Eliot Spitzer • prostitute • hooker • call girl

Designer Loses It When Dupre Crashes Show

Azrouël fires publicist over ex-hooker's front-row seat

Feb 14, 09 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - A horrified fashion designer dumped his publicist after Ashley Dupre got into his New York show last night, Women's Wear Daily reports. Yigal Azrouël was "shocked" to see Eliot Spitzer's ex-call girl sitting in the front row. "You have to understand, I'm putting so much effort... More »

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Fashion Week • fashion designer • hooker • Ashley Dupre

 Hollywood's
 Hottest
 Hookers 

Entertainment Weekly salutes the world's oldest profession

Jun 18, 08 12:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The world's oldest profession has helped many an actor get a leg up in Hollywood—onscreen. With Showtime airing the British hit Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Entertainment Weekly salutes cinema's top 25 sex workers, including:
  • Jane Fonda (Klute): Fonda says she based her Oscar-winning performance on the
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prostitution • film • sex • list • hooker

 New Gal: Spitz Likes Sex Toys 

Second prostitute-informant has confirmed to feds what others have already suggested

Apr 24, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A second hooker has confirmed to federal investigators Eliot Spitzer's proclivity for prostitutes and unprotected sex but has also revealed another embarrassing detail: the disgraced New York governor's fondness for sex toys, the New York Post reports. More »

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New York City • sex scandal • federal investigation • Eliot Spitzer • sex toys • prostitute • hooker • Kristen • Ashley Dupre

The Donald
to Ashley:
'Call Me'

Thinks hooker would be great hook for 'My Fair Lady'-like show

Mar 30, 08 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Another high-powered fella has taken an interest in Ashley Alexander Dupre, but unlike Eliot Spitzer, Donald Trump’s interest in the former call girl is all about TV (well, money, too). People reports that Trump wants Dupre for his new MTV reality show, said to be a sort of "... More »

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reality TV • Donald Trump • sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • political scandal • hooker • Kristen • Ashley Dupre • Ladette to Lady

Top 10 DC Hotels for Hookers

Ananysis of DC Madam's phone records generates a mini-travel guide

Jul 14, 07 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Direct from the phone records of the so-called DC Madam, Deborah Palfrey, here are the most-dialed local lodgings—or what the Consumerist calls the "Top 10 Most 'Ho-Friendly' DC Hotels."
  1. Marriott: 489 (18 numbers)
  2. Hyatt: 168 (6 numbers)
  3. Hilton: 151 (5 numbers)
  4. Holiday Inn: 132 (5 numbers)
... More »

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prostitution • DC Madam • list • Hilton Hotels • Marriott • Hyatt • Holiday Inn • Ritz Carlton • hooker

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