Lisa Frank is the woman responsible for Trapper Keepers covered with majestic unicorns prancing over rainbows. She’s also responsible for a failed business empire plagued with scandal, greed, and abuse.
What kind of science news are you looking for today? Do you want to hear about ancient Greek murder caves? Korean unicorn caves? About those crazy little eyeless fish that swim around in silt-black underground lakes as if to say that eyes are for chumps? You're in luck; all of those things have been discovered this…
The National Pork Board sent a cease & desist order today, claiming infringement on the phrase "the other white meat," by nerd store ThinkGeek, which uses the trademarked tagline to describe sparkle-spam gag gift "Unicorn Meat."
A relatively recent, routinely marginalized element in the system of psycho/social/sexual identification is the furry community. Feelings on or fears of furries aside, here is one of that congress doing what he loves: practicing samurai moves dressed as a unicorn.
Our new favorite artist Dan Lacey—the man who brought you Sarah Palin with pancakes on her head—embodies a weary nation's hope for the future. With class. [You can buy it here]
As an ex-New Yorker who is brand spanking new to L.A., the concept of downtown being a dead zone is quite strange. And having only driven through late at night (going the wrong way, on a one-way street, natch) I was curious to see what an L.A. downtown art walk would be like (held every second Thursday of the month…
This undated photo provided by the Center for Fabulous Zoological Studies near Florence, Italy, shows a one-year-old Deericorn—the extremely rare and fabled creature, tamable only, as legend requires, by a virgin gelato-maid hailing from the Tuscan town of Prato. True to the fantastical species, this friendly…
This will be funny to five people, tops, but since I've abandoned any pretense of getting actual work done, here goes. Hey: Pandercorns! [click image to enlarge]
· On last night's Late Show, Dave and Vince Vaughn hopped into the Career Wayback machine and revisited the time Vince nearly got his ass kicked by a steroid-enhanced Peter Billingsley. An after-school special classic!
· Amy Winehouse will miss the Grammys because she been denied a U.S. visa; the Embassy fears she…
As we all know by now, Harold and Kumar 2 features Neil Patrick Harris on a unicorn, a decision equivalent to the producers reaching into our wallet personally and removing the 11 dollars from its musty confines. Revealing some details of the not-particularly-closely-guarded plot to nymag.com, Harris says: "It's the…
· Hold on a second...did Martha Stewart just say that it's "too bad" that Trump Steaks aren't actually made from her old Apprentice boss's freshly slaughtered flesh? We think she did! She'll be dead by morning.
· Jamie Lynn Spears probably made herself pregnant by laughing at Knocked Up.
· "Occasionally cradling the…
· You've got to make it to the 2:00 mark on the above video for the payoff, but if you do, you'll be rewarded with the sight of Grey's Anatomy star Chyler Leigh making out with her brother in some terrible movie. Enjoy, sickies! [via R&M]
· Coming to Fox in week 12 of the strike: Backyard Baby Deathmatch.
· Of…
After years of some of our least favorite stories, Times Style-boy Allen Salkin has redeemed himself by introducing us to Bella Sara, "an imaginative, joyful world of horses, where every girl is special and uniquely beautiful"—from the creators of Magic the Gathering and Pokémon. It's literally just what I've been…
Were we wrong to jump so quickly to the conclusion that Patrick Moberg, the mussy-headed dude who is searching for his 5 train Cinderella online, didn't fall deeply in love during the moments of eye contact the two shared before disembarking at Bowling Green Sunday night? "Patrick is one of the sweetest, shyest guys,…
· Just when we thought there was nothing that could possibly make us smile on this long, depressing day, we flipped back through our copy of Digital Variety, finding Go Fast. For the moment, at least, everything seems right with the world.
· Speaking Truth to Senile Power Dept: You know who isn't especially charmed…
· Rehab is easy; developing the upper body strength necessary to accurately portray a murdered stripper is hard.
· John Travolta would like you to know that there was nothing gay whatsoever about his dressing in drag for Hairspray, and even if it was a little gay, his incredibly tolerant religion would be OK with it
· Take a good look at this guy. (Record producer "DJ Jazzy" Jonathan "JR" Rotem, if you must know his name.) He was supposedly seen making out with Britney Spears, meaning that there's at least a fifty percent chance he'll be the father of her next child.
Meanwhile, Paris Hilton valiantly defends Britney Spears'…
· Old Defamer pal and scary Hollywood lawyer Marty Singer is cross with Jossip, but still can't stop the internets from looking at Colin Farrell's tallywacker.
· If you thought Zathura was a nightmare of pronunciation problems, wait for Tristan and Isolde.
· Somewhere in this story about Axl Rose suing a Beverly Hills…
· NBC Universal's Jeff Zucker manages to get a promotion despite NBC's declining primetime ratings, perhaps putting him in a position to suffocate boss Bob Wright with a couch pillow should the CEO ever make the mistake of taking a nap at work.
· Just in case you missed the comments on the last hyphen post: Hey, …
Because cooking up a batch of delicious yams to show our gratitude to all of you would be both time and cost prohibitive, we hope you'll all instead accept our love in the form of this special edition Eva Longoria Thanksgiving e-card. We'll be back on Friday, but in the meantime, enjoy a smattering of links:
