Here's the Script Target Is Using to Train Its Employees to Be 'AMAZING'

Hamilton Nolan · 10/01/12 10:00AM

Devil-tinted big box retailer Target has one great competitor that keeps its executives awake at night. No, not Wal-Mart—Amazon. It's Amazon that is poised to become the amorphous online "big box" of the future, leaving today's big, concrete boxes in a perilous position. But Target has a plan to save itself: it will give all of its customers an AMAZING shopping experience.

Thomas Friedman's Gut Feeling Explains The World

Hamilton Nolan · 10/01/12 08:53AM

Imagine what it must be like to be the editor of globalism's Rain Man, Thomas Friedman. Your job, ostensibly, is to hammer this man's prose into some semblance of logical readability, and yet he has built a fabulously lucrative career on his total lack of logic, readability, or, really, variety of any kind. Clearly, his editors have now made the only sensible choice: "Eh, just put that shit right in the paper exactly how he typed it on his Blackberry." (*Big shot of heroin*)

Louis Peitzman · 09/30/12 08:43PM

Los Angeles survived Carmageddon II, which Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called "Carmaheaven." He seriously said that.

Lindsay Lohan Allegedly Assaulted After She Confronts Man for Taking Her Picture (UPDATE)

Taylor Berman · 09/30/12 01:34PM

Amanda Bynes' number one rival Lindsay Lohan is in the news again, although this time it appears the incident wasn't her fault. According to TMZ and the New York Post, Lohan was partying in a Manhattan hotel room with several friends and a few others when a man, who TMZ identifies as Christian LaBella, took a cell phone picture of her. Lindsay, being Lindsay, took umbrage and confronted LaBella, who then allegedly assaulted her. Says TMZ:

Taylor Berman · 09/30/12 12:46PM

Anne Hathaway surprised everyone (or maybe some people) and got married yesterday in a field in Big Sur.

Jack White Cuts Concert Short, Twitter Tantrums Ensue

Taylor Berman · 09/30/12 10:50AM

Jack White played a show last night at Radio City Music Hall. It was heavily hyped. Understandably, people were very excited to see the ex-White Stripe frontman do his thing. The feeling, apparently, was not mutual as White stopped playing after just 45 minutes. While it's not entirely clear what set White off, he was at one point upset with a lack of crowd participation, or something.

Here's a Video of Justin Bieber Puking on Stage

Taylor Berman · 09/30/12 10:29AM

During a show in Glendale, Arizona last night, Justin Bieber walked on stage, "sang" and danced for a second, then turned his back to the crowd and puked everywhere. To his credit, Bieber handled it pretty well: