Maggie Lange · 05/31/13 12:18PM

In the Lil Women vlogs there are tips for homemade eyeliner, fashion suggestions from Amy, recipes for sawdust muffins, and Beth is coughing.

After Earth Is Just a Shitty Movie, Not Scientology Propaganda

Rich Juzwiak · 05/31/13 12:15PM

The tagline of the new Will/Jaden Smith movie, After Earth, is: “Danger is real. Fear is a choice.” The movie, which was directed by the inexplicably still-working hack M. Night Shyamalan and based on a story devised by the elder Smith, hinges on the ability of its young protagonist Kitai (Jaden) to rid himself of fear so that he can defeat a giant, blind monster mole that hunts humans by detecting their anxiety.

The 100 Most Controversial Articles on Wikipedia Around the World

Max Read · 05/31/13 12:03PM

You can probably guess off the top of your head the most controversial English-language Wikipedia articles—those topics that inspire extensive re-editing and deleting. (I guarantee you can't guess the fourth-most controversial.) But what about the most controversial articles in other languages? What are Francophones and Chinese speakers arguing about Wikipedia?

Rihanna's Lipstick Allegedly Gave a Woman Sexy Bad Girl Herpes

Caity Weaver · 05/31/13 10:35AM

A 28-year-old woman who walked away from a May 7 Rihanna concert with a face full of herpes is suing MAC Cosmetics, alleging that she contracted the virus from a shade of special Rihanna-themed lipstick she sampled at a MAC popup shop she visited while attending the singer's performance at the Barclays Center.

The Spelling Faces of the Scripps National Spelling Bee

Max Read · 05/31/13 07:46AM

Last night, Queens' own Arvind Mahankali, 13, won the Scripps National Spelling Bee by correctly spelling "knaidel," a Yiddish word for a kind of dumpling. (Mahankali had twice lost in the finals on Germanic words.) But Mahankali wasn't the only star—nearly every kid on the stage had presence. And good "concentration" faces.