Before launching GossipCop.com, I toiled for a decade and a half in print and television, where -- in the old days -- if you had what you thought was an "exclusive," you spent the night anxiously worrying whether a competing outlet would have the same story the next...

I do not hate Perez Hilton. But I hate what Perez Hilton has done to journalism. He routinely reports rumors as if they are real stories without bothering to fact-check them. Consequently, because of his tremendous reach, inaccurate gossip becomes gospel.

Since Perez doesn't expend time or effort verifying stories,...

When Amy Winehouse fainted in her London home last week and was rushed to a hospital, it seemed like just another drug-related disaster for the troubled troubadour. Winehouse's bouts with booze and drugs have been well documented (sometimes even by the singer herself). Still, many jaded journalists and celebrity watchers...

Like swallows returning to Capistrano year after year, so has Naomi Campbell to police custody. In this year's arrest, Ms. Campbell was handcuffed and removed yesterday from a British Airways terminal in London, where she allegedly spat at a police officer. Cause? Campbell was among the thousands of people whose...

Traditionally, right after the Academy Awards, the entertainment magazines feature the big winners on their covers. But this year you would have had a better chance of finding Waldo on a weekly's cover than Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Tilda Swinton or Javier Bardem. Actually, we've come to expect the weeklies...