Man Buys Solid Gold Shirt to 'Dazzle' the Ladies
A Indian businessman has decided to invest his sizable fortune in something truly worthwhile: Bling. "Unlike many, I have no passion for high-end luxury vehicles like Audi or purchasing something else...
View ArticleDoes the Fact That No One Is Talking About the Naked Waitress at Roberta's...
Bushwick is "the coolest place on the planet," according to the Times, and yet no one seems to care about the naked woman waiting tables at its coolest restaurant — the sprawling, ramshackle pizza...
View ArticleMexican Restaurant Sorry-Not-Sorry for Racially Insensitive Employee Uniform
Taco Cid in West Columbia, South Carolina, is getting some attention this week after a Free Times reporter noticed that employees are made to wear a rather racially charged uniform. The shirt worn by...
View ArticleTaylor Swift and Harry Styles Broke Up, So Clear Your Schedule for a GIRLS...
Mrs. de Prisco's 8th grade World Civ class was rocked Monday by the news that the celebrated relationship between entertainment behemoths Taylor Swift, 23, and Harry Styles, 18, had at last run its...
View ArticleNewtown's State Rep Tells Gabby Giffords to 'Stay Out'
The Republican lawmaker who represents Newtown in the Connecticut House of Representatives had some less than cordial words for former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who came to meet with...
View ArticleChicago Lottery Winner Died From Cyanide Poisoning One Day After Collecting...
Last June, Urooj Khan, a 46-year-old who owned several dry cleaners in Chicago, won a cool million in the Illinois lottery. He reacted in an appropriate enough way, yelling "I hit a million, I hit a...
View ArticleA Judge Finally Rules Against 'Stop and Frisk'
The NYPD's "stop and frisk" program would more accurately be called the "minority guy harassment program"—the police indiscriminately search black and Latino males, and a tiny percentage are found to...
View ArticleLeaked: Beyoncé and Her Underboobs Cover GQ's Sexiest Women of the Century...
GQ couldn't keep Beyoncé covered for long: The wrapper of the magazine's next issue, which runs down the "100 sexiest women of the 21st century," was leaked online ahead of its official release....
View ArticleDozens Injured as Commuter Ferry Slams into Pier Near Wall Street
As many as 50 people were injured, including at least one critically, after a commuter ferry crashed into Pier 11 just south of Wall Street during rush hour this morning. Reports say the SeaStreak...
View ArticleJimmy Kimmel Invites Even More Celebrities to Read Mean Tweets About Themselves
Just because he's on at 11:35 now doesn't mean Jimmy Kimmel has any intention of being nicer. To drive the point home, Kimmel used the inaugural episode of his new time slot to make celebrities read...
View ArticleAmerican Employers Exasperated to Learn that All Employees Are on Drugs
This nation of ours, America, was built upon the backs of hardworking slaves, the key word being "hardworking." Careful readers will notice what we did not say that this great nation was built upon:...
View ArticleHarrowing Photo Shows Tasmanian Family Fleeing 'Tornadoes of Fire'
With the ground burning around his home in Dunalley, Tasmania, resident Tim Holmes knew he and his family had only one place to hide: In the water. Holmes' wife Tammy and their five grandchildren age...
View ArticleThe Razzies Are Here: What's the Worst Movie That Danced Before Your Eyeballs...
Every year, the Golden Raspberry Awards asks movie viewers to pause for a moment and reflect on what the fuck they are doing with their lives. Are you proud of the fact you sat through an hour and a...
View Article'Lion' on the Loose in Virginia Turns Out to be a Labradoodle with a Mane
When police in Norfolk, Virginia, received a call yesterday morning alerting them to the presence of a lion cub wandering the city streets, they immediately phoned the Virginia Zoo to ensure no kings...
View ArticleThis Invisible Drive-Thru Customer Prank is Simple, Brilliant
On the Internet, drive-thru prank videos are a bitcoin a dozen. That's why when a really good one comes along, it's easy to miss. Happily, that's the not the case here: Rahat the Magician Prankster...
View ArticleGuardian Editor Has 'Hard'-On for Paper's New Food Section, 'Cock'
Matthew Fort, The Guardian's longtime Food and Drink editor, is very excited about the launch of his paper's new food section. Perhaps a little too excited: "The Guardian is launching a new food...
View ArticleThe Most Bloated Magazine of The Most Bloated Era: Farewell To Newsweek
In honor of the close of Newsweek's print edition last month a former intern looks back on one summer, 13 years ago. In the summer of 1999, if you had been an intern sitting on the foreign desk of...
View ArticleAbu Ghraib Victims Richly Compensated for Their Troubles
Six dozen Iraqis who were imprisoned by Americans at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere during the Iraq War sued a private U.S. contractor that provided employees to the prison. According to the NYT, "The...
View ArticleThe Up Documentary Series Is the Anti-Reality TV
If Michael Apted's Up series of documentaries plays like the older, more relaxed brother of reality TV, it's because that's basically what it is. Launched in 1964 as a one-off special of interviews...
View ArticleOh Cool, Willow Smith Is in Her Angsty Period, Sampling Radiohead
Willow Smith, the human result of a trip to the most advanced Build a Bear Workshop in all the land by platonic friends Will Smith and Jada Koren Pinkett Smith, was 10 years old when she released the...
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