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more about #popculture more comments → Jackie Yoshi: Finally someone who gets it! I think Jillian is a major bitch, and she's blaming the fat people for taking it too far. When you have psychotic raging ... more » VoxPopuli: People - can we all agree at least that Jillian Michaels looks like an itty-bitty dick centered between those giant balls? Yeah, thought I'd stop by a... more » raincoaster: Wow, smell all the earnestness in the comments section! How do I get back to Gawker from here? more » gloria70: @TheBusinessGuy It's all about will? No - not for everyone. Obesity isn't caused by one thing and for some better nutrition and exercise are the key... more » heywhat: I always thought the Biggest Loser was heavily edited. I thought there is no way this show would take dangerously obese people who have been sitting o... more » xouxi79001: So Americans are the only people with these so-called "fat genes"? These types of shows don't actually do anything for fat people other than mock them... more » The Tipping Pint: Amazing how so much of the population "genetically" predisposed to extreme weight gain happens to live in the U.S.... more » manchops: Ok, goin out on the gawker ledge here to defend this show: Sure, there are some not-so-good choices going on in having people use a cash prize/crash w... more » LatestBy: I understand they're angry at her, but squeezing Jillian Michaels' testicles like that won't help. more » TellMeLies: The most evil show is yet to come...it's a combination of Extreme Home Makeover Home Edition and Biggest Loser. more » Richard Petty Bourgeoisie: Not to mention the fact that The Biggest Loser is depleting attendance at America's zoos. more » Mymoustache: I have to admit. I watch this show. Putting aside the "game" aspect, I find some aspects of it inspiring. This season, there was a 400 lb. woman w... more » MisterMustard: But I love watching fat people suffer...is that wrong? more » croush1211: I always learned that it's not healthy to lose/gain over 2 pounds a week, right? So why do they jump up and down when these already unhealthy people a... more » morninggloria: One man's obese potential Biggest Loser contestant is another man's scariest high school offensive lineman ever. more » -
#fitness
Biggest Loser: Basically Killing Fat People for Your Amusement
Most obese Americans, meaning most Americans, have given up hope of ever losing that weight unless they can land a spot as a contestant on NBC's Biggest Loser. Unfortunately, Biggest Loser is made of 100% evil. More » -
#journalismism
How New York Times Trend Stories Get Made: Glee Edition
All you do is take some element of popular culture, like a popular television show, and then ask, provocatively: Is society itself changing in response to this pop culture thing? Today: Glee makes chorus groups "cool" again. More » -
#pointcounterpoint
Advertising: Dramatic, Dumb
A new documentary called Art & Copy —opening this week—showcases the origins of America's most famous ad slogans. It's from the "Drama, Power, Persuasion" school of advertising industry portrayal. In Australia, there's an example of the other school: More » -
#hipstergrifter
Yes, the Hipster Grifter Law & Order Episode is Coming
A tipster tells us Law & Order has put out a confidential casting call for someone who sounds a lot like Kari Ferrell, our favorite Brooklyn scammer.
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#satire
TMZ Finally Given The Porn Parody Treatment
All good things come, ha, to ends. In pop culture, canonizations are routinely bestowed by porn. Meet the comedic genius that's TMSleaze, starring Ron Jeremy as Harvey Levin. Featuring Speidi, Jessica Simpson/Tony Romo, Amy Winehouse, American Idol, Eminem, and LaLohan. More » -
#music
Facebook Friends? 'Are You F—king Kidding Me?'
Hey look, it's a song about Facebook, that is somehow pretty great. Geeks have been uploading songs about their culture for a while now, but it took an Aussie alt-pop singer's "Are You Fucking Kidding Me" to legitimize the genre. More » -
#popcultureaneurysm
The Best of Racial Profiling, Pop Culture Edition
The arrest of Harvard's star African-American studies professor Henry Louis Gates has reignited national conversation about things like racial profiling! The important part of the conversation, however? What the best of pop culture has to say about it, naturally.
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#michaeljackson
The Last Megastar
Michael Jackson was a beloved worldwide star for the entire 1980s. Even after his reputation darkened, he remained a global obsession. But underlining his death is a sense we'll see no more stars of that scale and endurance. More » -
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#rip
Bea Arthur's Top 5 Contributions To Pop Culture
Actress Bea Arthur passed away on April 25, at the age of 86, from cancer. While she personally didn't identify as feminist, her career made an enormous impact on the women's movement. [Jezebel] -
#obits
The Death of the Beatrice Inn
If the Beatrice Inn were to close forever, rather than just temporarily, what would we say at its funeral? Because we're feeling wistful this afternoon, we're going to attempt something of a eulogy.
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#popculture
The Simpsons Changes Intro After 19 Years
Remade for high-definition television. And, judging by the awesome high-speed pan at the one-minute mark, for DVR users. Southern affiliates should appreciate the addition of Satan. More » -
#music
Billy Joel, 'Worst Pop Singer Ever'
Billy Joel will be dissed, forever, by various critics. Now we're told the singer is a whiny misogynist — and 'The Worst Pop Singer Ever' — by Ron Rosenbaum in Slate. More » -
#bloglash
Lindsay Lohan's Dad: Blogging
Uh-oh: it's the brand-new blog of Lindsay Lohan father/religious fanatic/jailed DUI-er Michael Lohan. Don't hope for gossip, however: "let me say that this website is NOT about Lindsay or Samantha." More » -
#popculture
The 6 Best Eartha Kitt Videos
This one's for the gays (you know someone's a gay icon when the bear sites note her death.) Click for a collection of Eartha Kitt clips—may she rest in peace—from various point in her career. -
#popculture
Palin Will Never Quit Us in 2009
Did anyone receive a new calendar for Christmas? (I got a puppy one.) Perhaps you received the Sarah Palin 2009 calendar—it's the #1 most popular "Office Product" on Amazon! -
#tv
Sopranos Actor Commits Suicide
Sadly, suicides (and pet deaths) rise during the holidays. John Costelloe, the actor best known for playing Johnny Cakes on the Sopranos, was found dead in from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. -
#celebrity
What Might've Caused Jeremy Piven's 'Mercury Poisoning'?
We gotta hand it to actor Jeremy Piven: 'mercury poisoning,' unlike 'exhaustion' or 'dehydration,' is an excuse we've never heard from a celeb. Let's help diagnose him—what could have caused it? -
#popculture
Buy the Luv-Beds from the Real World Brooklyn
Would you like to buy the actual Ikea beds from the Real World Brooklyn? The reality stars might have, you know, done it in said beds. Now you can. STD screening not included. -
#popculture
In Which We Send Tap-Dancing Chef Rocco DiSpirito to Therapy
Rocco DiSpirito used to be a critically-acclaimed chef, but then he did that show the Restaurant and then Top Chef and The Biggest Loser and finally Dancing With the Stars. Now nobody respects him! -
#popculture
Real World Kids Open Their Mouths, Reveal Why Brooklyn Hates Them
By now, we've seen lots of fly-on-the-wall, non-MTV-sanctioned psychodrama between the Real World Brooklyn kids, who had to do much of their filming in Manhattan due to Brooklyn bars not wanting them around.
