Louis Peitzman · 07/31/12 06:53PM

Taylor Swift is dating a Kennedy, just not the one everyone thought she was dating.

Jessica Hische, Designer of 'World's Most Hipster Wedding Announcement,' is a Delightful Human

A.J. Daulerio · 07/31/12 05:05PM

Yesterday, we ran a post devoted to trashing the online wedding announcement of Jessica Hische and Russ Maschmeyer, two well-respected graphic designers with shitloads of friends and fans who all defended them and praised the announcement for its advanced doohickeys and blinkity-blinks. Drew Magary, who authored the post, was impressed with how gracefully Jessica handled his evisceration and suggested we extend an opportunity for her to counterpoint. She declined, but did say we can publish her email response instead:

Today's Song: Miguel 'Adorn'

Rich Juzwiak · 07/31/12 04:35PM

For his new EP, Kaleidoscope Dream: The Water Preview, singer-songwriter Miguel has expanded a highlight of the free Art Dealer Chic EPs he released earlier this year. At full single length, "Adorn" is more stunning than ever — the perfect meshing of modern minimal R&B and easy, breezy quiet storm classics like Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing" and Gregory Abbott's "Shake You Down." This will soon be everywhere that R&B is welcome.

Why James Holmes Has Fans On the Internet

Adrian Chen · 07/31/12 03:50PM

There are fans of everything on the internet. Even James Holmes, the 24-year-old accused of killing 12 and injuring 58 in the Aurora, Colorado theater shooting. What would drive a bunch of seemingly normal internet geeks to worship a mass murderer? To understand this, you'll have to journey to the dark heart of internet fandom.

50 Layoffs and the Beginning of The End at The Daily

Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/12 03:10PM

The Daily, News Corp's big fancy well-funded "iPad newspaper" project, was never really a good idea from day one. A once-daily, hugely expensive, geographically nonspecific newspaper that is not available on the internet: just not a great business plan. Now, a year and a half after the launch, the reality appears to be crashing down.

Miley Cyrus' Character Has a Snappy Bald Vagina in the Buried Flick LOL

Rich Juzwiak · 07/31/12 02:50PM

The scene above is a great indication of how bad noted sex enthusiast Miley Cyrus's LOL is. It's a movie that Lionsgate all but buried during its millisecond run in theaters. In the clip above, Demi Moore bathes with one daughter and chastises her other, Cyrus' character Lola, for having undergone a Brazilian wax, which she brazenly shows off — well, as brazenly as PG-13 will allow. "Maaahm!" is the wost answer you could possibly give when someone asks if you have a Brazilian. Moments later, Cyrus and Moore spoon in bed. So that's how it is in their family.

Jonah Lehrer Gets the Jayson Blair Treatment

A.J. Daulerio · 07/31/12 02:35PM

About 8 years ago, while in the midst of his book promotional tour after he was caught fabricating and plagiarizing quotes for the New York Times, I did an email interview with Jayson Blair. At the time, this was a great get for a website called The Black Table and our media interview series, even though Blair was trying to sell his book and had pretty much accepted any request without hesitation.

Hamilton Nolan · 07/31/12 02:07PM

"Is it just me or did the women gymnasts have 'white trash' names?" UrbanBaby.com does the Olympics.

The Time Whitney Houston Saw The Prince of Tides and Pulled a Woman's Hair

Rich Juzwiak · 07/31/12 02:00PM

Gospel singer BeBe Winans' memoir based on his friendship with Whitney Houston, The Whitney I Knew, is out today. Winans stole the show at Whitney's funeral with his tale of "crazy Whitney" (as much as a funeral is a show that can be stolen), and he expands on his point further in Knew's Crazy Whitney chapter. He writes about Whitney's tendency to talk through movies and details a spat she had during a showing of The Prince of Tides. This excerpt from it made me laugh harder than anything I've read all month: