Scripps National Spelling Bee Announces Vocab Portion to Finally Weed Out All...
Scripps National Spelling Bee, America's annual tribute to idiocy in which do-nothing burnouts from around the country speak random letters into a microphone in the hopes that perhaps some of them will...
View ArticleMassive ExxonMobil Spill in Arkansas Backyards Is Not All Bad
Ten days ago, an ExxonMobil pipeline pumping crude oil from the Alberta tar sands down to Texas refineries burst open in Mayflower, Ark., causing the evacuation of nearly two dozen homes and coating...
View ArticleCaught on Camera: Boyfriend Busts Up Cheating Girlfriend's Car, Nearly Busts...
This video comes with very little context, but here's what we do know: This guy's girlfriend cheated on him; he is very upset about that; he doesn't care who knows it. Of course, the last point is...
View ArticleHere Is a Woman Who Says That Thinking About Popeyes Chicken Helps Her...
Recently, a woman named Christina was asked to babble about her food fetish at a taping of Steve Harvey. Christina, who talks like a mama grizzly but eats like Yogi, started off by saying, "Welp, food...
View ArticleNew York City Agrees to Pay Occupy Wall Street $230,000 for Destruction of...
Occupy Wall Street won a major legal battle earlier today when it agreed to a settlement from the city of New York that will pay the activist group over $230,000 in damages and legal fees. The...
View ArticleWatch Lindsay Lohan's Incredibly Awkward Interview With David Letterman About...
To promote...something, Lindsay Lohan appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman Tuesday night. Letterman, of course, asked about Lohan's upcoming trip to rehab. "We didn't discuss this in the...
View ArticleTexting Linked to Deadly Commercial Aircraft Crash for First Time
For the first time, authorities have linked excessive texting to a deadly aircraft crash. In August 2011, James Freudenberg was piloting a LifeNet medical helicopter carrying a patient and two nurses...
View ArticleDavid Letterman Made Lindsay Lohan Cry
Not all of Lindsay Lohan's two segments on the Late Show with David Letterman were incredibly awkward. Though Letterman continued to grill Lohan on rehab and her addictions, in this clip from later in...
View ArticleThis Is Why You Don't Give Bored Movie Theater Employees a Vague Order to...
An AMC employee who goes by "MoronUnited" on YouTube decided to teach his boss a "lesson" about giving him vague directions concerning the disposal of an expired box of Milk Duds. Not to give away the...
View ArticleHere's How Male Strippers Achieve and Maintain Their Stage Boners
As part of its What? documentary series, last night Logo ran an hour-long exploration of the world of male strippers called, fittingly enough, I'm a Stripper. In this clip, a few of the bros (of...
View ArticleHere's What's in Obama's No-Good, Horrible, Very Bad Budget
President Obama is announcing his proposed 2014 budget today, and judging from an overview provided by the White House (below), it's bound to piss off conservatives and progressives in near-equal...
View ArticleWatch And Learn: How Animals Eat Their Food
Looking for an educational video that features a knowledgeable, clean-shaven adult accurately and respectfully mimicking the food consumption habits of various wild animals using poise, dignity, and a...
View ArticleThere Are Now 1,426 Billionaires on Earth, and You Are Each Worth Exactly...
Forbes published a rundown yesterday of America's top-paid CEOs, based on data from its annual billionaires list. That's how we learned that there's an annual billionaires list, because apparently...
View ArticleThe Netflix Arrested Development Posters Are Finally Here
There are just under two months left until Arrested Development comes Segwaying back into our lives on May 26. In the meantime, Netflix has released a series of character-based promo posters, cashing...
View ArticleRepublican County Commissioner Who Used Racist Expression 'Nigger-Rigging'...
Another day, another Republican official uses a racist term "from their youth" that hasn't been in use for decades. County Commissioner Jim Gile, 68, of Saline County, Kansas, was in a study session...
View ArticleA Discussion With Salman Rushdie and Midnight's Children Director Deepa Mehta
Gawker is very excited to host a Q&A with author Salman Rushdie and filmmaker Deepa Mehta. Salman has adapted his classic 1981 novel Midnight's Children into a screenplay and the resulting film,...
View ArticleCouple Spots Approaching Google Street View Car; Stops By the Side of the...
You're driving through South Australia along Dukes Highway, just down the road from Keith and District Motorcycle Club, when you suddenly spot the Google Street View car in the offing. You only have a...
View ArticleJustin Timberlake Leads the Obamas In a Charming Otis Redding Sing-Along
Last night, President Obama and the First Lady hosted the 10th concert in the In Performance at the White House series. Justin Timberlake, professional charmer and sometimes-crooner, encouraged his...
View ArticleBreakthrough Negotiations for Gun-Control Legislation Before Senate Vote
Senators Pat Toomey and Joe Manchin just announced a major breakthrough on gun-control legislation today, regarding the central feature in the gun legislation bill: the expansion of background checks...
View ArticleKate Upton and Diddy Are Reportedly Dating; Great Work, Everyone (UPDATE)
Proving true the old maxim, "good things come to those who wait," rap mogul Diddy, who waited 43 years to begin dating supermodel Kate Upton, is rumored to be dating supermodel Kate Upton. The New York...
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