David France's ACT UP doc, How to Survive a Plague, is brilliant. It's out September 21. Here's the trailer.

This past weekend, Mitt Romney named Republican congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate, leading everyone to wonder: how will this asshole screw me, personally, if he is elected vice-president in November? Luckily for you, we have answers.

Officials at a wildlife park near Frankfurt, Germany, are on the lookout for an escaped kangaroo believed to have been assisted in his getaway by a fox and wild boar.

One of the many distinguishing features of freedom-loving den of Reaganites California is that the voters, in their infinite wisdom, chose long ago to cap property taxes by law—one of those special kinds of laws that very specifically helps people who are already wealthy. Congratulations, wise self-disinterested voters of California! The rich are very happy that law exists right about now.

Helen Gurley Brown, the legendary editor who presided over Cosmopolitan for three decades, has died at age 90, according to the Hearst Corporation.

Police in College Station, Texas, say several people have been shot after a gunman opened fire with automatic weapons from a house near Fidelity and Highland streets.

While speaking with NASA's Mars rover team this morning, President Obama set aside some time to congratulate flight director Bobak "Mohawk Guy" Ferdowsi in particular on his newfound Internet fame — and compliment him on his fine-looking do.

Above is a highlight reel of last night's Roast of Roseanne on Comedy Central. Its messiness was an aesthetic choice — many members of the panel, whose star power was repeatedly called out for being underwhelming, aired out their dirty laundry. Carrie Fisher talked about her addiction and its affect on her memory, but best of all was when she read Jeff Ross with drag queen's precision. Ellen Barkin talked about popping Valium and drinking several cocktails before taking the stage — good thing, because I wanted to get to the bottom of why she could barely open her eyes all night before that. Gilbert Gottfried joked about his tsunami joke that went awry and got him fired as the Aflac duck's voice last year. He wants his job back, of course.

The city of New Orleans is looking to redesign their tourism website very, very cheaply.

World-renowned acne medication spokesperson Katy Perry went to a water park yesterday and (NSFW) flopped her bare ass around for the whole world to see.

Students at Costa Rica's University for Peace receive the shock of a lifetime when the ceiling suddenly starts leaking Internets into their classroom.

Every week, we're bringing you true stories from those caught in the unemployment crisis. The official U.S. unemployment rate is 8.3 percent; the true rate of hopelessness is much higher. This week: cops, businessmen, lawyers, students, academics, and other fellow Americans. This is what's happening out there.

A Gawker reader recounts a recent encounter with a rather unusual flight attendant aboard an American Airlines flight from Chicago to Madison, WI:

Few things in life are as entrancing as Beyoncé's tumblr. Through it, Beyoncé invites viewers ("beys" in the beywildering language of her cultish manifesto) to accompany their Queen on a yacht-based Odyssey as she attempts to discover What is Art.

Movie clip compiler James Chapman of Movie Tiles in Movies fame put together a supercut feting 100 of cinema's most memorable maniacal laughs.

Mountain Dew — excuse me, Mtn Dew — reached out to Internet users for assistance in giving its new green-apple-infused beverage a name by launching a viral contest called "Dub the Dew."

Kate Bush wasn't the only one snubbed by NBC's edit of last night's closing ceremony of the London Olympics. The Who's phenomenal medley of "Baba O'Riley," "See Me, Feel Me," "Listening to You" and "My Generation" was broadcast separate from the rest of the closing ceremony, so that NBC could insert preview of its Animal Practice in between. Cheap stuff, but hey, that's America. And that's not all: Muse's and Ray Davies' performances weren't aired at all. So we have those for you, too.

If bad newspaper columnist Frank Bruni ever decides to take his milquetoast musings to a new industry, he should consider becoming the guy who writes the little inspirational slogans that appear on marketing materials inside the Coca-Cola— Pavilion at the Olympic Games™. He's already had his tryout!

A Yahoo! Answers user who posted an urgent request for help with a book report on DC Pierson's The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep And Never Had To received a reply from the most unlikely source: The author himself.

Aaron Morris of North Lauderdale, Florida, was arrested last week after he allegedly groped a woman's behind at a local Walmart.