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disasters
Michael Jackson's Famous Hair Fire: The Video
Oh, holy god. Remember when Michael Jackson's hair caught on fire while filming a Pepsi commercial in 1984? Well Us Weekly got the harrowing footage and claims the injury spurred his terrible painkiller addiction. His head just... catches on fire.
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special friends
Fox & Friends Predictably Mesmerized By Glenn Beck's Frothing Crazy Talk
Oh Fox & Friends. The whimpering ferrets had Show-and-Tell today, and somebody (Gretchywetchy, was it you?) brought in their crazy uncle Glenn Beck. He wanted to warn the kids of one thing: Communism is coming. And it will destroy us. More »
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Comment by BadUncle: Richard, your tireless work in these dreck mines is nothing short of heroic. I don't know how you do it.... 6 Responses | Other threads
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the friendly skies
Sully Type Lands Plane After It Gets a Hole, For Christ's Sake
A Southwest Airlines flight from Nashville to Baltimore last night made an unscheduled stop in West Virginia. Because a hole "appeared" in the plane, in the same sense that a meteor "appeared" over the Yucatan, then obliterated the dinosaurs. More »
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Comment by scroll_lock: This reminded me of that Air Hawaii flight years ago that had a big 'ol hole open up in the... 21 Responses | Other threads
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mythbusting
There Must Be a Metaphor in NYT Photoshop Scandal
Last weekend the New York Times Magazine published a beautiful set of photos of abandoned buildings and such, as a chronicle of the end of the gilded age. Now they've pulled them for probably being Photoshopped. Fakery! More »
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Comment by markscottmusic: I thought something was up when I saw this in print on Sunday. I didn't think it was a flip... 1 Responses | Other threads
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trauma unit
Hearst Heiress Felled by Gallstones
Poor Lydia Hearst. The deft financial analyst was to host a big Social Life magazine 4th of July party in the Hamptons over the weekend, 'cause she's on the cover this month. But alas she couldn't make it. Twas gallstones! More »
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Comment by Aaron Altman: While recovering at home, she ate Fruity Pebbles and watched The Rock. 3 Responses | Other threads
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safety
Coming Soon: Airplane Air Bags
Air France flight 447 plunged 35,000 feet into the Atlantic earlier this month, obliterating everyone aboard. Last night, a Yemenia Airways flight ditched in the Indian Ocean, killing 152. If only those planes had been equipped with air bags! More »
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Comment by lobstr: If I may, I will use this opportunity to yet again vent how the crash of AA flight 587 (NYC... 12 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
How Google's Thirst for Power Might Bury San Francisco in Rubble
With its many servers, Google devours electricity. And with search queries growing by 50%, it's only getting hungrier. The solution? Drill a two-mile-deep hole in the Earth, extracting geothermal energy and possibly destroying San Francisco with a terrible earthquake. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by resipsaloquacious: I, too, have been known to cause earthquakes whilst drilling. Ahem (straightens tie) 2 Responses | Other threads
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public relations
Threatening Bloggers Via Text Message: Not Savvy PR
An actor named Kevin Byrd sent a bad, self-composed press release to reporters, which one of them posted on Facebook. A PR blogger picked it up to point out how bad it was. That's when Kevin Byrd came unhinged. More »
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Comment by StonedAndDethroned: After looking at the pic of him on his website, I bet you $20 I can find gay DL thug... 2 Responses | Other threads
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health
Don't Believe a Porn Star
Since we're in the midst of a vague, threatening porn industry HIV scare, some things are changing. Like talent-producer relations. Do you trust your porn stars? Don't! [UPDATED]: More »
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Comment by markscottmusic: Only 22 in the past five years? With the thoudands of people who seem to be making porn, that doesn't... 10 Responses | Other threads
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heroes
Sully: Cold As Ice
Government bureaucrats are holding their fancy "hearings" in their air-conditioned offices to talk about what they can "learn" from the smooth river-ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 by hero pilot Chesley Sullenberger. Learn this, Poindexters: how a real hero talks: More »
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Comment by Occula: There's gonna be a movie, right? And Sully's gonna be played by Tom Cruise? And earlier in the film we're... 14 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Yahoo Nukes Man's Photos Over Obama Comments
Flickr user Shepherd Johnson was browsing the official White House photostream one night when he decided to post a politically-charged comment. Then another, then another. Soon, without warning, Yahoo's photo-sharing service deleted his account, complete with 1,200 pictures.
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By Ryan TateComment by kitson.harvey: Oh please. Flickr can do what they want -- it's their site. Plus, as I recall, posting someone else's... 7 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Apple's Conference Breaks Digg
The traffic, it was too much: Digg just went down, a likely victim of an overwhelming surge of traffic around the ongoing keynote speech at Apple's developer conference. What's weird about this news? More » -
disasters
Bodies Recovered from Air France Crash
This weekend, after several false alarms, searchers finally found some bodies from Air France 447, which "disappeared" over the Atlantic Ocean one week ago. More »
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Comment by BxgrlJeri: Americans have no idea that there's a country called Romania yet alone how big it is. Geographical analogy fail. 22 Responses | Other threads
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area peacock shot
Heidi and Spencer's War on Reality Continues from Jungle Hideout
So we got duped. Twice! Heidi and Spencer, the prats from The Hills who supposedly quit the horrid reality trash barge I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Outta Here!, haven't, in fact, been gotten outta there. More » -
disasters
Spencer on Quitting I'm a Celebrity...: 'I'm Not a Reality Star. I'm on The Hills.'
Well, that didn't go well at all. One episode and several crying jags/smacking-water-bottles-out-of-Frangela's-hands later, Heidi and Spencer from The Hills have quit the disastrous reality series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Outta Here!. Mostly because it's "not a nice show." Plus Heidi got bug bites. More » -
disasters
Brazilian Searchers Find Aircraft Wreckage in the Atlantic
The Brazilian Air Force, searching for signs of the Air France flight that disappeared yesterday with 228 people on board, has located debris, including oil and an airplane seat, floating in the water 400 miles off the coast of Brazil's Fernando de Noronha island.
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By John CookComment by bboston88: I just hope they can find the black box otherwise we'll never know what happened and I may never fly... 10 Responses | Other threads
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exclusive
ABC Internal Video Teaches Us How to Market The Smoking Clown
ABC's marketing department is so hardcore that they will get Mickey Mouse to hand out cigarettes to children if that's what it takes to get people to watch their crappy shows! More » -
disasters
Slumdog Slum Kid Loses His Home
Ugh. The story of the Slumdog Millionaire kids just keeps getting sadder. Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, who played Dev Patel's character as a little boy, just had his shanty house bulldozed by the government. More » -
disasters
Padma, Why Do This To Us?
Hello. My name is Joshua David Stein I am a fan of Top Chef, Padma Lakshmi and nipples. Trebly so when the three combine. NSFW, kinda gloriously. More »
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By Joshua SteinComment by jbwan: I think I just had a quick fire challenge in my pants. 4 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Excuses, Excuses: Carrie California Blames God, World War II, and The Wind
Carrie Prejean, the Miss California who hates gay marriage and does porn, was pardoned today by Donald Trump. She'll keep her crown! But not before she gives a teary, terrible speech. More »
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Comment by lawyergay: I'm sure this point has been made umpteen times, but who does Carrie Prejean think watches these motherfucking beauty pageants?... 24 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Oprah Owes Six Million Americans Some Chicken
All the grease-scarred veterans of the Oprah Chicken Riots of '09 know that they were bad. But did you know they were one of the worst marketing disasters of all time? More »
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Comment by cdmunch: Gross, a video of a dorky guy in his Civic getting friend chicken all over his face? 10 Responses | Other threads
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Santa Barbara Burning
Wildfires are raging in California again — this time near Santa Barbara where 5,000 homes have been evacuated — producing the apocalyptic imagery to fit our dreary mood. Pic via Getty.
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Comment by jabo: Ya I have little sympathy for the Very rich and there burnt down compounds, they have HOI if they dont... 7 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Oprah Must Calm America's Furious Chicken Riots
The breadth of Oprah's Free KFC Giveaway Disaster yesterday is just starting to become clear. Reports now indicate that the desperate—and dangerous—Oprah-induced public rush for free chicken and biscuits was a nationwide phenomenon: More »
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Comment by naugahydeinplainsight: Sounds like they tried to wing it, but couldn't keep demand cooped up, hen or now. So rather than KFC... 31 Responses | Other threads
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high society
Peggy Siegal Blames Her Awful Speech on Nora Ephron's 'Horrible' Son
Last night at the Four Seasons there was a roast for its owners, restaurateurs Julian Niccolini and Alex von Bidder. It ended with PR demon Peggy Siegal calling Nora Ephron's son "a horrible person." Fun!: More »
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Comment by skahammer: Who the hell are any of these people? Besides Nora Ephron, who can do no wrong in my book. 5 Responses | Other threads
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portfolio
Joanne Lipman's Dream That Could Not Be
A year before Portfolio's launch, the magazine produced mock-ups, obtained by the New York Observer. The titles are awful, but the cover lines reveal a compelling vision editor Joanne Lipman couldn't pull off. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Richard Lawson: Funds & Ammo? Cash Fancy? Layoffs Home Journal? 2 Responses | Other threads
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hustlers
Cruel Loser Loses More
You might remember Peter Arnell from his embarrassing rebrandings of Pepsi and Tropicana, or maybe for being an evil, foot-rub demanding boss. Now the branding wizard owes HarperCollins $100,000, for sucking, at books. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by nicepony: he had his stomach stapled btw....used to be huge. 4 Responses | Other threads
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classic ads
Six Million Ways to Die
This,reportedly from a "European trade publication circa 1998,"may be the single most unintentionally terrible ad ever produced. At least in the last1128 years. Click to enlarge. [via Fishbowl LA] More » -
disasters
Post Real World Careers: Snuggie Peddler
What happens after The Real World? Y'know, like, before you go on one of the Challenges? Well, if you're Scott from the recent Brooklyn iteration, you advertise Snuggies like they're goin' outta style. (They are.) More » -
disasters
New Bust Caps Banner Year for Druggy O'Neal Family
Redmond O'Neal was just busted for trying to sneak drugs into a prison. We can hardly think of a better way to cap off a year of O'Neal-related druggy hijinks. More » -
hustlers
Rudy Giuliani's Bullshit Advice Now Half Off
Is it possible that in the midst of a recession, companies are thinking twice about paying outrageous fees for advice from some underling hired by America's most comical Presidential campaign failure, Rudy Giuliani? It's possible. More »
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Comment by ChillbearLatrigue: While Giuliani's campaign was a dismal failure, his tenure as Mayor of New York City wasn't. After watching the President... 40 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Kelly Bensimon's Life Continues to Unravel
Poor old Kelly Bensimon. The newest and worst Real Housewife of New York hasn't had much luck with fame. First she was arrested for twink assault, and now her modeling contract's been dropped by Saks.
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disasters
Times Nukes Itself On Google
The New York Times has been demanding Google welfare, which would artificially promote the newspaper's stories in search results. Yet inept Times webmasters just killed hundreds of thousands of their own Google hits. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Mike Schinkel: Yes, but they will loose any "Google Juice" (a.k.a. PageRank) they had from any links pointing to the older articles.... 8 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Some Noah's Ark Shit Is About to Go Down in Fargo
Fargo, the biggest and most Hollywood city in North Dakota, is, right this moment, on the verge of being flooded in Biblical-level deluge. How bad is it? Let us explain: More »
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Comment by psthmn: Maybe this is a dumb idea, but ND is pretty empty, all things considered. Can't they just purposefully flood upriver,... 33 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
The Real Housewives of New Jersey Are Gonna Ruin This Thing for Everybody
We'd heard whispers of it, but never thought it would actually happen. But it has. Sweet Jesus take the wheel, it has. The Real Housewives of New Jersey will premiere on May 12th. Meet the ladies: More » -
disasters
How Barack Obama Got Snared In Portfolio's Crazy-Making
Joanne Lipman, the diva editor of Portfolio, is becoming known for her disastrous cover decisions. The worst, perhaps, involved the president and Annie Leibovitz. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Moriturus: The article that accompanied the picture was one of the better analyses of the real estate meltdown, written by the... 1 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Meghan McCain's Failed Pundit Audition
Meghan McCain went on Rachel Maddow's television program last night in a bid to become the Fresh New Voice of the GOP. Instead she made a fool of herself. More »
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By John CookComment by TheHonJudgeSmails: Making fun of Bridget McCain is really, really classy. 9 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
The Sad Reality of Joaquin Phoenix's Act
The never-ending parade of miseries that is Joaquin Phoenix's is-he-or-isn't-he trip from retiring actor to budding rapper rumbles on. In this chapter, he fights a heckler at a Miami show. More » -
disasters
Will Chris Brown Win the Kids' Choice Award??
The girlfriend-assaulting R&B singer is nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award! We think he's a longshot at this point, but you never know... There are always surprises at the KCAs! More » -
recaps
American Idol Crashes into Grain Silo, Millions Killed
The show that has entertained millions for so long has finally died, in this its eighth year. We mourn those who've been killed in this tragedy, and celebrate those who managed to escape it. More » -
newspapers
Rupert Murdoch's Magazine Disaster
The Wall Street Journal's magazine WSJ. was the glossy linchpin of Rupert Murdoch's plan to grow his beloved newspaper's revenue. But instead of minting money like the New York Times' T, it's shriveling. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Uncle_Billy_Slumming: What is it with Gawker posts and big noses this morning? 2 Responses | Other threads
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