Today there is one less large thing named after a man from Ohio, and the other men from Ohio are hopping mad. “Our beloved Ohio man needs his name on the large thing,” they cry. Their cries fall on deaf ears: Alaska’s Mt. McKinley is now Denali.
He's our first president, he could not tell a lie, and he's Britain's greatest ever foe. Yes, George Washington has had this dubious honor bestowed on him by the National Army Museum. Washington beat out such notable adversaries as Michael Collins and Napoleon Bonaparte. I guess now would be the appropriate time to…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is signing a proclamation today naming famous sobbing four-year-old Jesse Koczon Honorary Governor of New Jersey. "Honorary"? He wants the real job, Sandwiches! At least let him decapitate a few dozen unionized teachers.
In a triumph for lazy hacks everywhere, Dave Zinczenko's Men's Health was nominated for National Magazine Awards for three of its 2009 issues—the covers of which are visually indistinguishable from the same shit Zincenko was hawking last year.
This Sunday, some of the world's most famous chefs are getting together in Manhattan and "honoring the editors,writers and staff of the legendary culinary publication Gourmet Magazine." The only thing missing: Gourmet staffers. Um...you know any?
Victory is ours! After losing the top spot in the annual survey of the nation's angriest drivers, New York City has once again risen to the top of the heap, beating out Miami, which placed No. 1 last year. "New Yorkers were most likely to wave their fists or arms. They were most likely to lay on the horn and they…
Must be a slow day over at City Hall: Mayor Bloomberg plans to "temporarily rename" part of West 53rd Street "U2 Way" today, in honor of the group's latest CD. [AP]
Michael Bloomberg presented keys to the city this morning to Chesley Sullenberger and four other members of the crew of Flight 1549 for their heroic efforts in saving the lives of 155 people a couple of weeks ago. "These true professionals are not there to just serve drinks and snacks. They are there to keep us safe,"…
It's a question we've pondered for ages: Who's the best competitive figure skater-turned-famous fashion designer, Vera Wang or Richie Rich? We may finally have an answer! Wang will be inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame on January 23rd, although Richie can take some comfort in knowing the coveted honor…
Congrats to Dirty Sexy Money's Samaire Armstrong for landing at the top of Vanity Fair's "Swag-Happy 'Celebrities'" list. It's always reassuring when an actor turns a very bad addiction into a much more harmless one! [Vanity Fair]
Here's some news that will brighten your day and distract from all that talk about how great or not-so-great Sarah Palin's speech was last night: Mario Lopez has been earned the coveted "2008 Male Celebrity Smile of the Year" award from Dear Doctor: Dentistry & Oral Health magazine. [BWE]
It's truly been a week for healing and personal triumphs for Paris Hilton, who, fresh off her Late Show with David Letterman appearance, in which the talk show host publicly apologized for their last contentious meeting and offered the heiress full access to his Ed Sullivan Theater to plug her various, completely…
Ricky Martin received a star on the Walk of Fame today, the most illustrious Puerto Rican studcake to be bestowed with that greatest of purchasable Hollywood Chamber of Commerce honors since Eric Estrada flicked his trademarked thumbs-up for the gathered fan.
In what must be the most trying and unheralded period of Britney Spears's career yet, any sort of achievement—even topping a UKTV Gold poll honoring the "most embarrassing dance sequence of all time"—must come as welcome news. Surely learning not even the mass cringing elicited by Elaine Benes's thumb-flinging pas…
