One of life's grand injustices is that it's very hard to come up with an idea that's both original and good. Even harder to make money from it! But that's not stopping anyone from trying to cash in with a half-baked version of someone else's startup. Uber for nose jobs. Pandora for plants. Silicon Valley has a serious…

In New York magazine this week, Graeme Wood explores the world of paid online "reputation management" firms, which charge up to $10,000 per month to try to push bad stories about you off the front page of Google. And an old friend showed up!

TMZ has just released a partial transcript of the deposition in which the doyenne of diabetes, celebrity chef Paula Deen, reveals that "of course" she has thrown around racial slurs once or twice in her life. But only when she was talking about a black guy who robbed her. And maybe when repeating something that was said…

The aural plague known as Kidz Bop is unveiling its 24th manifestation next month as part of the kid-friendly compilation's ongoing campaign to rid the world of happiness.

Smirking Punch puppet of a man Sean Hannity recently gave an interview with Playboy magazine, a dying softcore porn brand that in just 50 years has gone from interviewing people like Malcolm X to interviewing people like Sean Hannity.

Newly filed court documents show Jennifer Allen won't recant: her attorneys say she's sticking with her story, and are prepared to fight back in an impending libel case from TechCrunch founder and VC powerhouse Mike Arrington.

Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which Kristine Gutierrez visits the newsstand and picks up the hot-off-the-press issues of Ok!, In Touch, Life & Style, Us and Star, where we search for juicy fruits of gossip. This week: Gwyneth is going to set Taylor Swift up with some Brit blokes; Kanye was amazing/horrible in the …

What do the South Carolina Ku Klux Klan and two upstate New York synagogues have in common? (Besides great potlucks, heh heh!) According to a federal complaint, both were thought of as potential buyers for a "Hiroshima on a light switch" designed by a GE mechanic.

In an incident caught on camera by a nearby security camera, Lissette Lupo Mamani is seen attacking a woman she believed to be her husband's lover after catching the two having a conversation.

Tales From The Gang Bang will be a recurring feature penned by a person who worked the paparazzi beat for three years. We'll call him American Ex-Pap so he remains anonymous.