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Controlling the Chaos of Fame: The Bling Ring and This Is the End

If you want to wrap your head around the absurdity of celebrity in 2013, the New York Times Magazine's recent profile of Stalker Sarah is a good place to start. Sarah, 17, spends 40 hours a week...

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Dear Twitter Friends, I am building a box with wallpaper & a nude woman.

Dear Twitter Friends, I am building a box with wallpaper & a nude woman. What are you doing this weekend? — David Lynch (@DAVID_LYNCH) June 14, 2013

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Kmart Swears It Had Nothing To Do with This Really Racist Ad for Kmart

Kmart's Twitter account is being flooded with angry tweets from customers demanding an explanation for the blatantly racist ad it released this week. Following in the footsteps of previous oronymic...

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NYC Realtor Lists Gorgeous $2000 Loft Located Inside Spacious Penis

A Manhattan real estate agent inadvertently exposed more than the beautiful brickwork inside a $2000 Upper West Side apartment he listed Friday, when he uploaded a photograph of a large* penis...

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In Texas, the War to Save Christmas From Godless Heathens starts in June.

In Texas, the War to Save Christmas From Godless Heathens starts in June.

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We Don’t Need Another Superhero: Man of Steel

There’s nothing like superhero flicks to make a moviegoer feel powerless. They are as inevitable as the changing of the seasons, and the changing of the seasons into summer triggers a bunch of them....

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Deadspin Beer-Wielding Mets Fan Tumbles Over Seats | Lifehacker Why Am I So...

Deadspin Beer-Wielding Mets Fan Tumbles Over Seats | Lifehacker Why Am I So Tired Even When I Get Enough Sleep? | Gizmodo The Origins Of Pacific Rim's Giant Robots Explained | Jalopnik Watch This Guy...

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Naomi Wolf Is a Snowden Truther

Naomi Wolf—the author, Thought Leader, and political consultant/non-consultant—has been following the story of Edward Snowden, and she has decided to share her thoughts on Facebook. Specifically, Wolf...

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Backtracking: 20 Feet From Stardom's Look At Backup Singers

20 Feet From Stardom, from music documentary veteran Morgan Neville, is a film entirely devoted to the overlooked lives and jobs of back-up singers. Everything from the sound and vision to the...

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The White House has Pride

President Obama hosted hundreds of members of the LGBT community and their straight allies at the White House yesterday afternoon for a celebration of Pride Month. There was no glitter, or go-go boys,...

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Flipping the Fuck Out, Obsessions With Writers, and More Hate Mail

This week, a couple of our pen pals wrote some ostensible "fan mail" that turned so aggressively creepy that it bounded over that fine line between love and hate. Other writers served up some checks to...

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Matthew Weiner Kills the Internet's Favorite Mad Men Conspiracy Theory

Two weeks ago the Internet came up with what seemed at the time like an airtight Mad Men conspiracy theory: Megan Draper was Sharon Tate, and just like Tate, Draper too was going to die. [Spoilers...

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The Week in Movies: Man of Steel, This is the End, and The Bling Ring

Welcome to Annotate This, where we gather reviews, trailers, and annotate the posters for movies coming out this week. It will help you decide what to avoid, what to see, and what to pretend to see....

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Detroit Stops Paying Debts in Last-Ditch Effort to Avoid Bankruptcy

Detroit's Emergency Financial Manager, Kevyn Orr, had bad news for the beleaguered city's creditors today: Detroit has made the strategic decision to stop paying down some of its billions of dollars...

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Leathery Texas Governor Rick Perry has vetoed a bill that would have helped...

Leathery Texas Governor Rick Perry has vetoed a bill that would have helped prevent wage discrimination against women working in his state. The Huffington Post notes that 42 other states have passed...

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Hassan Rowhani, the most moderate Iranian presidential candidate, is leading...

Hassan Rowhani, the most moderate Iranian presidential candidate, is leading by a wide margin in early counts of yesterday's vote.

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Smith & Wesson Gun Sales Hit All-Time High

Americans are not only interested in giving away a large amount of weapons, they're also buying them in record numbers as well. Smith & Wesson reported a 43% rise in gun sales over last year, with...

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Def Jam "Leaks Division" Is On The Case

Edward Snowden, move aside. America has a new leaker, and Def Jam Records is on the case. The record company, which apparently has a "leak division," has been investigating yesterday's unplanned...

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Ghost of Daddy's Passing

The house smelled just like him. Momma and I stopped by unannounced. He wasn't there, but it smelled like he'd run out for a minute, probably to pick up a box of King Edward cigars or whatever it was...

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Philadelphia Closes 23 Schools, Lays Off Thousands, Builds Huge Prison

Philadelphia laid off thousands of school employees last week after the state of Pennsylvania continued its austerity measures against public schools. And while the state is essentially destroying...

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