Marina Abramovic to Ask James Franco: 'Who Are You?'
Performance artist, visionary, and grandmother of performance art Marina Abramovic has decided to make a film about performance artist, visionary, and grandfather of blogs James Franco. Here is why...
View ArticleYoung David Brooks Dreamed of Becoming Radical, Witty
A couple of times a week I walk by the Yale Drama School. It's a strange experience because my dream through college was to go there and become a playwright, a cross between Clifford Odets and George...
View ArticleWhich 'High-Profile' Member of Congress Stalked a Female Reporter?
In an article on The New Republic today, journalist Marin Cogan details some of the sexual advances female reporters in Washington, D.C., must field from even the most rainmaking of our elected...
View ArticleKorean Kids Kicked Out of McDonald's for Throwing $250 French Fry Feast
Our sister site Kotaku already explained the phenomenon of "Potato Parties" at length, but here's a tl;dr: A sale on french fries at McDonald's Japan reduced the cost of a large-size order to a paltry...
View ArticleIncredible Travel Photos Taken from the Perspective of a Guy Being Led Around...
It seems Vitaly Zelkovsky, the stoic Belarusian tourist, has finally met his match. Literally: Murad Osmann, is a happy-go-lucky executive producer at a Russian video company who spends his days...
View ArticleChris Rock and Dave Chappelle Performed Together Last Night, Discussed Going...
Last night, at around midnight, Dave Chappelle made a surprise appearance at the Comedy Cellar, the legendary nightclub featured during the credits to Louie. Considering Chappelle's relatively...
View ArticleWoodward All, 'The President's Mean': Watergate Journalist Accuses White...
Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward received a "veiled threat" from the White House last week, The Politico reported on Thursday. What as the "threat"? "I think you will regret staking out that...
View ArticleU.S. to Send Medical and Food Aid to Syrian Rebels For First Time
The United States has promised to send "non-lethal aid" directly to Syrian rebels, and is offering to train rebels at a base in the region. This marks the strongest American involvement to date in the...
View ArticleEvery Product Is Black Now
Black is the new black—in food and beverage packaging, that is! [MUST credit Gawker.com]. Beer is in black cans. Shampoo is in black bottles. Gelato is in black containers. Tell us, Wall Street...
View ArticleJustin Bieber Wore an Ugly Spiked Hat Yesterday and Damon Lindelof Spent...
When Justin Bieber stepped out in London yesterday wearing an ensemble as inexplicable as the entire six-year run of Lost, it was only a matter of time before Damon Lindelof chimed in with his two...
View ArticleFarewell to Pope Benedict and His Rumored Secret Boyfriend (A Handsome Young...
When the Pope officially drops the mic and resigns today, he will give up a lot of things: His snazzy red shoes. His shiny gold ring. His swanky apartment in the papal palace. One thing the Pope will...
View ArticleMississippi Town's First Openly Gay Mayoral Candidate Killed in Likely Homicide
Marco McMillian, a 34-year-old mayoral candidate in Clarksdale, Miss., was found dead on a Mississippi River levee yesterday in what was most likely a homicide. His campaign said he was the first...
View ArticleHere Is a 27-Year-Old Woman Who Is 'Addicted' To a Stuffed Lamb
Meet Audrey, a 27-year-old Los Angeleno profiled on last night's My Strange Addiction. Everywhere that Audrey goes, her stuffed lamb is sure to go. There are shots of her frolicking with the lamb,...
View ArticleIf This Video Doesn't Convince You to Support Same-Sex Marriage, Nothing Will
Minnesota lawmakers from both sides of the aisle gathered yesterday to announce the introduction of legislation that would make same-sex legal in the North Star State. A lot of people did a lot of...
View ArticleHow Much Irrational Anger Will Result From This Study Linking Women,...
First, let us present the plain facts: there is a new study out, based on statistics gleaned from "time use diaries" filled out by women chronicling their own activity. Researchers found that American...
View ArticleNot Just For Dads: LinkedIn Replaces Facebook as Top Social Tool
According to a new study at University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, LinkedIn is currently the most used social media tool among the fastest-growing private companies. In this study for the Center of...
View ArticleGirls Gone Wild Finally, Blessedly Files for Bankruptcy
After 16 godawful, Jägermeister-fueled years, the Girls Gone Wild amateur porn franchise is filing for bankruptcy. The Wall Street Journal reports that company founder Joe Francis put GGW Brands LLC...
View ArticleYelling Goats, Nicolas Cage, and Paper Towel Dispensers, Oh, Oh My: All Those...
Hey, remember the Harlem Shake? Me neither. This week is all about embedding clips of yelling goats into the music videos of familiar pop songs — a process known as "goating" (as in, "that song has...
View ArticleManhattan Art School Confiscates Refrigerator Full of Semen From Student
Here's a cautionary tale from art school: Marc Bradly Johnson, an MFA student at New York's School of Visual Arts, had a great idea for his thesis project: he would fill 68 vials with his own semen,...
View ArticleThe Jury in the Maine Zumba Prostitution Trial Watched a 45-Minute Sex Video...
Having never served on a jury, I can't say for sure what is and isn't typical, but this certainly seems unusual: Jurors in the trial of Mark Strong, the alleged co-conspirator/partner of the alleged...
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