Lacey Donohue · 10/29/13 09:51PM

If you rely on wine to relax, date, dance, sleep, have fun, and/or comment on the internet, your life is going to fall apart. We're facing a global wine shortage and it's only going to get worse.

Chris Brown Has Entered Rehab to “Gain Focus and Insight”

Lacey Donohue · 10/29/13 09:10PM

After his arrest this weekend for misdemeanor simple assault, Chris Brown has decided to go to rehab. According to a statement given to E! News, Chris Brown has “elected to enter a rehab facility.” His goal for rehab is to “gain focus and insight into his past and recent behavior, enabling him to continue the pursuit of his life and his career from a healthier vantage point.”

Calm After the Storm

Lacey Donohue · 10/29/13 08:50PM

[A couple stands in Brooklyn Bridge Park Tuesday night looking toward lower Manhattan on the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy. Photo by Jason DeCrow via AP]

Lacey Donohue · 10/29/13 08:30PM

During a Tuesday Senate hearing on “stand your ground" laws, Sen. Ted Cruz argued that the laws do not disproportionately impact the black community and that a “great many African-Americans […] have asserted this defense to defend themselves, defend their families, defend their children.” Nope, not really true.

Cord Jefferson · 10/29/13 05:31PM

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was booed out of lecturing at Brown University this afternoon when students showed up to protest the NYPD's stop-and-frisk and Muslim-surveillance programs. On his way out, Kelly reportedly strip searched the school, it being Brown and all. Badum bum.

J.K. Trotter · 10/29/13 05:07PM

A New York Times reporter discovered that Bill de Blasio tweeted a year ago about dropping off his daughter Chiara at Santa Clara University for her freshman year. De Blasio’s campaign manager Bill Hyers responded: “I thought the @nytimes had some class.” Feud!

Max Read · 10/29/13 05:05PM

[A sunset from inside a Gawker writer's cold, terrifying soul Bucharest, Romania. Image by Vadim Ghirda via AP]

Hamilton Nolan · 10/29/13 04:06PM

Australia is now the proud home of the world's most unattractive cigarette packaging.

Your Beloved Sriracha Is Basically a Chemical Weapon

Cord Jefferson · 10/29/13 03:30PM

The small California town of Irwindale isn't composed of much besides rock quarries and the 655,000-square-foot Huy Fong Foods factory, where the trendy Asian hot sauce Sriracha is produced. You might think Irwindale residents would be excited to have such a famous foodstuff based in their neighborhood, but a new lawsuit suggests at least some of them are sick of the chili odor emanating from the plant and making them feel ill.

Tell Us Your Hurricane Sandy Story

Max Read · 10/29/13 03:29PM

One year ago today, Hurricane Sandy touched ground in southern New Jersey, merging with another storm front to create a "superstorm" that knocked out power for millions, killing more than 100, and leaving some 24 states with billions of dollars of damage.

Max Read · 10/29/13 03:16PM

The Entourage movie is going to be so bad. So, so bad. Soooo bad.

This Football Team's Locker Room Is Basically Your Facebook Feed

Max Read · 10/29/13 02:44PM

"The Cleveland Browns' $5 million renovation to their training facility left the building covered with corny inspirational quotes superimposed over photos, much like your Facebook feed. And much like your Facebook feed, nearly all of those quotes are misattributed" — Bob Marley