The Backstreet Boys Documentary Is the Movie You Never Knew You Needed
Nick Carter is freaking out. Around a conference table with the other adult members of the Backstreet Boys, he is out of his chair, stabbing a finger in the direction of Brian Littrell, yelling...
View ArticleThe Cops Don't Care About Violent Online Threats. What Do We Do Now?
I. "Hey Anna, do you like pizza?" I was just sitting down to dinner one evening this past November when I looked through some new Twitter notifications on my phone. My night, I realized regretfully,...
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Newsfeed Dartmouth College to Ban Hard Liquor on Campus | Defamer Marshmallow Tycoon: It's "Frustrating" to Be the Uncle of a Prince | Internet The Silk Road Trial Is Treating Emoji as Evidence...
View ArticleToday's News: Gut-Wrenching Inequality Continues Unchecked
A new day dawns, and with it, a new detailed report laying out exactly how garishly unequal our national economic situation has become. Behold the bitter fruit of America. This is what we do here....
View ArticleRemember When People Hated Oprah?
Today is Oprah Winfrey's 61st birthday. Happy birthday, Oprah! At this point in her life, Oprah is a living legend. She can pretty much coast until death and her inevitable sainthood from Pope...
View ArticleThis Hacker Claims He's Trying to Sell Taylor Swift's Nudes to TMZ
For a few minutes this week, Taylor Swift's official Twitter and Instagram accounts were being run by someone who is not Taylor Swift. She's back in control of her social media—but the hacker tells me...
View ArticleSuge Knight Just Killed a Guy on a Movie Set: Report
Death Row Records founder Suge Knight ran over a man, possibly killing him, during an argument on a film set where The Game, Ice Cube and Dr. Dre were filming, TMZ reports. Suge Knight got into a fight...
View ArticleSean Penn and Robin Wright Definitely Not Cool
As Sean Penn prepares to wed chilly ray of sunshine Charlize Theron, he took a moment to talk to Esquire about the previous Mrs. Penns, who are apparently doing okay and not great, respectively. Penn's...
View ArticleI Can't Stop Laughing at These Terrified Babies
From a great (best ever?) YouTube compilation, babies in their finest state: abject terror. Until the publication of the video, I had lived a false life, mournfully unaware of this hilarious tunnel...
View ArticleJohn Kerry Fined For Leaving His Sidewalk a Goddamn Snowy Mess
Secretary of State John Kerry might understand global diplomacy, but the neighborhood social contract? Not so much. Now Kerry owes the City of Boston a pretty penny—$50, to be exact—for leaving his...
View ArticlePsychic Clam Predicts Super Bowl XLIX Winner: Seahawks or Patriots?
Clam the psychic clam, the clairvoyant sensation known around the world for his (her?) stunning record of World Cup predictions, has emerged from the grottos of prophecy to predict the winner of this...
View ArticleHas Judd Apatow Ever Spoken Out Against Woody Allen?
In a recent interview in Time Out New York, Lena Dunham told her Girls co-producer Jenni Konner that she’d been moved to speak out against Woody Allen by the moral courage of her longtime mentor Judd...
View ArticleDon't forget: Gawker is posting less often to the front page.
Don't forget: Gawker is posting less often to the front page. Happening across the blogs: Newsfeed Disgraceful Mick Foley Shows No Respect By Cheating in Philly Wing Bowl | Valleywag Real Conversations...
View ArticleThe Bizarre Excuses of a Former Revenge Porn Kingpin
The former proprietor of one of the most notorious revenge porn sites on the web, Is Anybody Down, has been hit with an FTC judgment ordering him to destroy the site's archive of nude photos and...
View ArticleBlack Dynamite Is the Best Show on TV You're Not Watching
Black Dynamite is the best show on television. Since beginning its second season on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim back in October, Dynamite—an animated spin-off of the 2009 Michael Jai White...
View ArticleJohn Carpenter Makes Music, Likes Taylor Swift, Wants To Be King
He's best known for dabbling in the macabre, but when I talked to the 67-year-old director/musician John Carpenter by phone earlier this week, he told me he was "just delighted." We were discussing...
View ArticleThis Winter's Fad for Dummies: The $1200 Canada Goose Jacket
Canada Goose Jackets are for pricks. The big bulky puffers are distinguishable from other parkas only by a patch. Don't buy one, because they're expensive, and winter sucks enough without being a...
View ArticleTKTK EXCLUSIVE: A Bunch of People Fucked Up the Mitt Romney News | Newsfeed...
TKTK EXCLUSIVE: A Bunch of People Fucked Up the Mitt Romney News | Newsfeed What to Yell During the Super Bowl | Justice Video Shows School Police Officer Beating 13-Year-Old Girl With...
View ArticleIggy Azalea Has Been "Bamoozeled With a Tumblr Page"
Does a celebrity who complains as much as Iggy Azalea even enjoy being famous? Today's shit-fit tantrum comes after Steve Madden uploaded photos she doesn't like from an Iggy-branded shoe line. "I'm in...
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