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Tinsley Mortimer, Meet Your Dream Dates

Flirt Alert! Tinsley Mortimer, the bubbly blonde socialite of our dreams, is single and ready to mingle. She was spotted at Sundance looking for a man, which is pretty desperate. So we thought we'd help her find The One. More »

01/29/10

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By Richard Lawson

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A Contract for the Gay Guy/Straight Girl Friendship

Thanks to make-over shows and reality television, every girl in America thinks that they need "a gay." Sorry, ladies, but gay men have no interest in being your pink, glittery accessory. In fact, there are some rules for these relationships. More »

01/27/10

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By Brian Moylan

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The Rules for Calling In Sick

Today is disgusting. When I woke up in my warm bed this morning I thought, "I am definitely calling in sick." But here I am. Why? Because it would violate the rules for getting away with this sort of thing. More »

01/25/10

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By Brian Moylan

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Beyond Seaside: Five Other Party Tribes in Need of Anthropological Examination

Jersey Shore, the (overly) buzzed-about documentary series created by the vengeful ghost of Margaret Mead, is coming to an end tonight. (Well, a season end, at least.) So what do we do now? Explore other terrible youth cultures, of course! More »

01/21/10

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By Richard Lawson

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How to Follow Tonight's Massachusetts Election Results

If you want to pay attention to the Massachusetts special election results on the internet tonight, here is the Massachusetts Secretary of State's website, and Marc Ambinder's "cheat sheet" of what to look for. More assorted links below. More »

01/19/10

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By Pareene

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Five Actors Who Could Become Unexpected Broadway Stars

Now that Sandra Bullock is riding high as a Serious Actress, how can she maintain that momentum? By doing theater, of course! And we know just what role she, and four other currently popular but gravitas-needing actors, should play. More »

01/19/10

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By Richard Lawson

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Five Theories Why Famous People Keep Showing up on Guys with iPhones

For all the ~~straights~~ people out there who don't know, Guys with iPhones is a website that houses thousand of pictures of men holding a phone and often wearing little else. How has it become a magnet for B-list nudes? More »

01/18/10

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By Brian Moylan

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Five Market-Tested Elements Every Movie Trailer Needs

Legion's demon-lady who tries to eat the girl from Friday Night Lights has been the thrust of most of that angels-with-guns flick's previews. Because crazy old ladies put butts in seats, guaranteed! Why, they're one of five cheap trailer ploys. More »

01/14/10

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By Richard Lawson

#latenight

Some More Fun Ways for Conan O'Brien to Screw Over NBC

Now that beloved carrot-top Conan O'Brien has gone and laid a gentle smack down on NBC for their time-shifting late night foxtrot, what are some ways he could fuck over the (already so fucked) network? Let's imagine some possibilities. More »

01/12/10

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By Richard Lawson

#deadpeacocks

Now What the Hell Is NBC Going to Air at 10pm?

Now that Jay Leno's woeful 10pm talk show experiment has been axed, NBC is faced with a serious vacuum of programming. They're desperate enough to consider an LA-set Law & Order, so what else might they be considering? Let's speculate! More »

01/11/10

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By Richard Lawson

#accomodations

Five Cheaper Alternatives to the New York Gay Hotel

It looks like gay Spanish hotel chain Axel Hotels is going to erect (har!) a homo outpost right here in Manhattan. Hell's Kitchen to be exact. Like everything fancy and gay, it's probably too expensive for you, but don't fret! More »

01/06/10

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By Brian Moylan

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Why Every Warm Place on Earth Sucks

Every year to get through the winter in New York (or presumably everywhere cold like Boston, Chicago, Wasilla) we have to go through a mass delusion that there is nowhere better. It sounds something like this. More »

01/05/10

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Beyond the Conveyor Belt: Four More Ways to Mate Humans for Our Amusement

Did you watch Conveyor Belt of Love yesterday? It's about one of those sushi restaurant things except instead of raw fish, it's men. A great new technological advancement that has us thinking of other ways to revolutionize the dating-show format. More »

01/05/10

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#greatmomentsinjournalism

Three Annoying Habits of the Laziest Journalists on Twitter

Luckily for lazy journalists, there is a permissible way to "crowdsource" the hard work of reporting to the Twitter masses. But there are many more wrong ways to slack. After the jump, a collection of microblogging "don't"s. More »

01/05/10

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By Ryan Tate

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Nine New Year's Resolutions That Are Bound to Fail

On December 31 everyone is thinking about ways to improve themselves for the coming year. Why bother? That will all be forgotten by February 12, and then you'll still have problems and be a failure. But we're here to help! More »

12/31/09

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A Treasury of Terrifying Hyperbole by Dick Cheney

America's most hated political figure, former Vice President Dick Cheney, has inserted himself into the news again. He said something about Obama, and terror. That has been a wonderful 2009 trend, reporting on what Cheney mumbles. More »

12/30/09

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By Pareene

#brightpaperpackages

Our Favorite Things About 2009: These People Are Gone

Dana Perino's 9 Favorite Things reminded me that my favorite thing about 2009 has been that we don't have to care about Dana Perino anymore. Or any other Bush people! Let us list 7 of them we do not miss. More »

12/23/09

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By Pareene

#decadefromhell

The Top 13 People Politicians Should Not Have Had Sex with in the 2000s

They never learn, do they? Not to have sex with people you are not married to, that is. That is what they (elected officials) did not learn, in the 2000s. Who were they trying to have sex with? Literally everyone. More »

12/23/09

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#yourprivacyisanillusion

The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever

While covering Facebook's systematic elimination of privacy, we've been deluged with questions from readers asking how to restore certain Facebook privacy protections. Sadly, many such settings appear to be lost forever. Here are the most glaring examples. More »

12/16/09

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By Ryan Tate

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The Laziest Journalists on Twitter

Reporters everywhere are in love with "crowdsourcing," in which sources magically come to them, saving the reporters several backbreaking telephone calls. But some correspondents have gotten embarrassingly addicted to this journalistic crack cocaine. And it's time for a intervention. More »

12/08/09

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By Ryan Tate

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Five Ways to Avoid a Black Friday Trampling

It inevitably happens every year, someone gets trampled trying to get a DVD player for $15.99 at Walmart at 5am on Black Friday. This year, don't let tragedy strike! We have some strategies that will keep you safe while spending. More »

11/26/09

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By Brian Moylan

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