At what point does a startup stop being a startup, and become just another store at the airport?
Man Attempts to Open a Bank Account Using Jack Nicholson's Identity
A 41-year-old Brazilian man was arrested and charged with falsifying public documents after trying to use a fake ID to open a bank account. The false identity he was borrowing? Jack Nicholson's.
Comment of the Day: The Movies Are Real!
Today we heard the stupid news that a YouTube prankster was sentenced two months in jail for appearing to do something he didn't actually do. This is stupid. So, so stupid. How stupid? One commenter elaborated.
Stupid Ads Get Stupid Award
The Cannes Advertising Festival—the ad industry's "biggest annual autoerotic event"—has given a "Grand Prix" award to Diesel's nonsensical, brain-assaulting, poor-excuse-for-porn "Be Stupid" ad campaign. You people are stupid. [Ad Age]
So How's That Tucker Max Movie Doing?
As you all know, we've just concluded the opening weekend of Tucker Max's film debut, "Alcohol and Poop Go Together Like Whores and EZ Cheez." How grand a mark has it made on cinema history? Let's go to the scorecards!
Vapid Fauxcialites Victim of Vapid Feud?
It's New York City's most vacuous feud, maybe! Chuckleworthy fauxcialites Adrien Field and Alexandra Alexis deny they placed a "ridiculously bombastic" internship ad. Is a rival self-worshiping socialgay out to get them [UPDATED]?
Julia Allison Kicks Off '09 With Emotional Outburst
Wow, it's already January 2 and no Julia Allison posts yet? Well it's time to get you all caught up on the protofameball's shattered sense of calm and ongoing New Year's friendsult fight!
Sean Hannity's Five Finest Obama Smears
Media Matters offers an admirably comprehensive look at Fox News dog-man Sean Hannity's most wet-brained (but creative!) Obama smears of the entire campaign. Here are the five cleverest, RadicalTerroristBlackPowerCriminal:
Happy Magazine Shuttered For Bad Grammar, Sad
Sick of the negativity rampant in the liberal mainstream media, the Cook County (IL) Board paid $25K to produce its own magazine-one that would ensure "regular, positive press." But the initial run of 5,000 copies (which has already been printed) will never be distributed, because the magazine had too many…
Jim Strzalkowski Simply Must Tell You The Irrelevant News!!
What's the word on the street these days? "Word on the street is that Brian Anthony is also fighting hard to open for Madonna on her upcoming "Hard Candy" tour." This Brian Anthony, who is some type of music maker, did a mashup of his music with Madonna's and put it on his Myspace page. Now, "The 'Worked Up!'…
