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- Yesterday - November 21, 2009
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#saturday
Saturday Night Special
We've survived through another wonderful, crazy Saturday. Seriously: crazy kids, crazy rock stars, crazy politicians, and just straight-up crazies. Glad we made it out okay. Here's your SNL open thread. More » -
#lol
SNL Predicts the End of the World in 2012 as Sarah Palin is Elected as President
Sure it's the end of the Mayan calendar and no one is really quite sure how the world is going to end, but in 2012 someone's going rogue and it doesn't look pretty. [Gawker.TV] - Yesterday - November 21, 2009
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#americanpsychos
All John Mayer Interviews Now Lead to the Same Conclusion: He's (Probably) a Date Rapist.
No, seriously. John Mayer songs are great! Have you listened—like, really listened—to "Daughters"? That's a song. But why does John Mayer think it's awesome to give rapey quotes? More » -
#videuhoh
Sarah Palin Now Pissing Off Everyone: Fans Boo Her, Martha Stewart Calls Her "Dangerous"
Evil Twin-spawning Sarah Palin isn't catching any easy breaks lately. Should she? Better ask her fans who, oh wait, are now booing her. And when Martha Stewart calls you out, damn, you know you've set some kind of bar. More » -
#consumerism
And the Bony, Terrifying Hand of Black Friday Beckons
I will refuse to acknowledge this season's hot trend in toys, electric Chinese hamsters, with anything but the following: 1. These forty words. 2. #WeHateYourKids. 3. Sigh. 4. #RichardGere. That is all. Are we done? We're done. Thank you. [NYT] -
#wtf
Glenn Beck's Scary Blueprint for World Domination in 2010, Unveiled: "The Plan"
Glenn Beck's talking up some scary plan for 2010 lately. It's scary because Glenn Beck is talking. And today, Glenn Beck unveiled his 100-year plot to fundamentally change America—and democracy—as we know it. Glenn Beck is fucking insane. More » -
#blinditems
Which Upper West Side Personality and 1983 Obama Roommate Needs a Memoir-Writing Assistant?
Blind items! They happen. Especially in Craigslist's depths, where inanity prevails in the form of, among other ways you never wanted to consider possible, job listings. So we want to know: which "highly visable" former Obama roommate needs an assistant? More » -
#awesomethings
The 99th Percentile Bowl: 2009's Harvard-Yale Game, A Compiled Air-to-Ground Report
The Harvard-Yale game's a storied tradition for Ivy League grads who enjoy comparing degree sizes/names. For everyone else, it's an opportunity to watch America's Prestigious Ivy Grads try to act like normal football fans, which they can't. So: what happened?! More » -
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#failures
Who's Tucker Max Blaming For His Movie's Failure Now?
Oh, Tucker Max: he gave sleazy Encyclopedia Brotanica-eque website AskMen.com an interview. Given the chance to speak freely, he starts his egomanical blame game all over again. This time, blame: Middle America, The Man, His Artistry, and His Producers. Awesome!
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#noonanisms
Can Peggy Noonan drink coffee and type her Thanksgiving sermon simultaneously? Find out!
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#riots
The Long Island Tween Justin Bieber Riot of '09: Pandemonium, Arrests, Terror-Tweeting
Do you know what a Justin Bieber is? You should: the 15 year-old star was read the riot act as 3,000 fans/parents descended on a Long Island mall, where his appearance had to be canceled. Fights! Chaos! Teenagers! RIOT! More » -
#gossiproundup
Michael Lohan and Jon Gosselin Actually Formed a Coalition of the Azzwizzards
Kind of like a Harry Potter book, right? Michael Lohan's now Jon Gosselin's contracts expert. Nothing but squares at the Daily News. Robert Pattinson hates his life. Carrie Prejean: monumentally stupider than previously imagined. Here's your Saturday Morning Gossip Roundup: More » -
#levisjohnstonwatch
The Levi Johnston Playgirl Photos Are Out
Here's your first peek at the Levi Johnston photo spread that just went up on Playgirl.com [NSFW]. There's 20 photos in all and, as we said none show the whole package, so to speak. One more picture inside. More » - Friday - November 20, 2009
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#clips
Oprah: 25 Years Of Screaming Celebrities' Names
Television will never be the same after Oprah goes off the air in 2011. If we had a "Favorite Things" list about O, in the top spot would be the way the talk-show host introduces celebrity guests. Mashup at left. [Jezebel] -
#weekinreview
The Week We Went Rogue
This week, everyone was naked and fighting in public and also there was a book no one read but everyone kept talking about. More » -
#picoftheday
Just Shoe It
[Parisian women give their feet a real workout today while competing in a "Race on Heels" where they must run around a 50-meter track in high heels. Image via Getty] -
#twitterati
Hidden Forces Baffle the Twitterati
Neel Shah got his scandal-phone returned; Kevin Marks got retweeted by ghosts and Al Yankovic was surrounded by nobodies. The Twitterati were haunted, in a good way. More » -
#indecision
CafePress Is No Longer Officially Okay with Praying for Obama's Death
CafePress has reversed itself for the second time and discontinued once and for all the sale of "Pray For Obama: Psalm 109:8" merchandise, which is Christian code for "pray for Obama to get killed by God." More » -
#mixedbag
10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week
In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Martha Stewart's hatred of Sarah Palin, Spencer Pratt's spelling errors, and drunk idiots on MTV. [Jezebel] -
#culturewars
Islamic extremists with posh British accents sound so reasonable! Sharia law? Sure, you know best!
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#wegetphonecalls
Horrible Restaurant Owner's Charm Offensive Includes Screaming at Us
To make the point that he is not the asshole that his Glengarry Glenn Ross-ish email made him sound like ("you bunch of fucking children"), restaurant owner Vadim Ponorovsky called to scream at us. More » -
#advertising
The Truth About Zoos: Poop. (And Pee)
From Rhett & Link, the guys who brought you the ad that all ads should probably be like, comes this new spot for the Central Florida Zoo. Their relentless honesty requires it to focus totally on excrement. [Adfreak] -
#mortified
What Is Going on with Tinsley Mortimer's Love Life?
The Tinz just wrapped shooting for her reality show and it looks like her showmance, Prince Casimir Wittgenstein-Sayn, has gotten the boot for a new beau. Who's the lucky guy? Former American Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis. What?! More » -
#howthingswork
Nikki Finke's Cut-and-Paste Method
Nikki Finke OWNS the Oprah Winfrey story. She broke the news that Winfrey would leave the show three weeks ago. And she got the transcript of Oprah's announcement up on her site bright and early this morning. By stealing it. More » -
#polls
Obama Joins Truman, Reagan, and Clinton In "Immediately Failed Presidencies" Club
It is a good thing the American Constitution calls for instant run-off presidential elections the minute the "winner" dips below 50% approval, or else we would be stuck with the most unpopular president in American history for years to come. More » -
#opencaption
Gothic Girl
[Taylor Momsen predictably wore black (but an unpredictably long skirt) at the The Cinema Society screening of The Twilight Saga: New Moon in New York last night. Image via Getty] -
#hospitalvisit
Everything You Need to Know in Order to Watch James Franco on General Hospital
Quick, get to a TV! General Hospital starts at 3pm and you don't want to miss a minute of Hollywood A-lister James Franco's historic role on the show. Here's a little bit of context so you won't be totally lost. More » -
#rants
New York City Just Gives Up on Subway Service
Did you hear the great news? The MTA will not raise fares! Or cut service! Wonderful! Except none of the headlines say "for just one year." Or "not counting the existing fare increase and de facto service cuts." More » -
#recaps
Project Runway: Fashion Weak
Project Runway is all about vision and delusion. The vision to ask three designers to compete for a prize. The delusion their entries will look different. The vision to return January 14th, the delusion your audience will come back. More » -
#roguetrip
Did The Liberal Media "Interrogate" A Conservative Teen?
A seventeen-year-old girl named Jackie is the latest victim of the dreaded "liberal media bias," all because MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell dared to ask her about Sarah Palin's policies at a book signing on Wednesday. [Jezebel] -
#conspiracies
Microsoft Let NSA Spooks 'Enhance' Windows 7
A National Security Agency director just bragged to a Senate subcommittee about his agency's close "cooperation" with Microsoft to, err, "enhance" how Windows 7 guards a user's privacy. Doesn't that just make you feel all warm and fuzzy? More » -
#bookdeals
Regretsy Book to Be Not Quite as Good as Regretsy.com
The heretofore anonymous founder of Regretsy, the blog that appropriately mocks your dumb arts-and-crafts projects, has been outed. Because she got a book deal! New blog-to-book trend: Saying right up front the book will be more paltry than the blog. More » -
#crime
Breaking: The Hipster Grifter is free. Oh boy.
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#30rocks
The NBC-Bashing Jokes of 30 Rock: Green Week Is a Stupid Idea
The jokes at NBC's expense weren't very insidery this week, but as usual 30 Rock spent half the episode dissing their home network. Here's what happens when you make Tina & Co. play along with your dumb corporate green initiative.
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