Where Do Idols Go When They Die?: Why the Winner of The Voice Is a Good Thing for Music
Rich Juzwiak · 05/09/12 02:10PMIt was down to four on last night's season two finale of The Voice: Team Christina's mom-popper Chris Mann, Team Cee-Lo's Juliet Simms, Team Blake's soul crooner Jermaine Paul, and Team Adam's wind-up dancing troubadour Tony Lucca. One won. It was...
Jon Hamm to Teenage Girls: Guys Are Fine with Your Farts
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 02:05PMHere's President Obama's Statement In Support of Same-Sex Marriage
Max Read · 05/09/12 01:56PM'Lost Photos' of Marilyn Monroe Mostly the Same Old Photos of Marilyn Monroe
Maureen O'Connor · 05/09/12 01:50PM
This month, Vanity Fair's neverending quest to reanimate the corpse of Marilyn Monroe takes the form of "never-before-published pictures" of Monroe. Billed as "The Lost Nudes" on the magazine's cover, the images are outtakes of photos that appeared twice in Playboy—and now Playboy is irate at the suggestion that the photos were "lost."
John Travolta's Allegedly Gay Penis: A History
Maureen O'Connor · 05/09/12 12:41PM
After decades of rumored gay bath house orgies and Scientology "cures," John Travolta's sex life is back in the news with sexual battery charges from a pair of male masseurs. Running parallel to the story of John Travolta's rise to fame is the story of his allegedly gay penis' rise to infamy. Now presenting John Travolta: A Portrait of the Actor as the Sum of His Gay Rumors.
This Lip Dub at Seattle Children's Hospital Will Make You Cry
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 12:32PMPatients and staff members on the Hematology Oncology floor of Seattle Children's Hospital came together earlier this month to lip-sync to Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger" for a dust-kickingly uplifting lip dub organized by 22-year-old North American Hockey League player and Children's cancer patient Chris Rumble.
TSA Finds Gun Parts Inside Four-Year-Old's Stuffed Animals, Father Blames 'Domestic Dispute'
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 12:00PMTalking Squirrel Explains Why Banning Same-Sex Marriage Is Wrong
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 11:40AMTwo Adorable Old Dudes Disagree Over Adele's Contribution to Pop Culture
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 11:15AMCongratulations to Jonah Goldberg on the Pulitzer Nominations He Received From Himself
John Cook · 05/09/12 11:14AM
Heavyset American Jonah Goldberg has a new book coming out about how the people he disagrees with are not merely wrong, but are also poisonous hateful cheaters and liars and fascists and tyrants. The dust jacket claims that Goldberg has "twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize," which is true in the sense that I am a three-time World's Greatest Dad nominee.
Ayo Chet Haze Isn't Down With Weak Kids Who Kill Themselves
Hamilton Nolan · 05/09/12 10:49AM
So then, let's all, in unison, read this thing written on the Twitter yesterday (and then deleted) by Chet Haze, the best rapping son of an Academy Award winner Northwestern University has seen since Peter Fonda drunkenly performed "My Adidas" on the quad in 1986. This could be Chet Haze's most controversial piece of Twitter wisdom since "What's your sex playlist called? Mines called 'we fuckin' LOL I'm serious tho."
Fox Unveils First Promo for Simpsons Season Finale Featuring Simpsonized Lady Gaga
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 10:30AMLady Gaga will be making her long-awaited guest appearance on the twenty-third season finale of The Simpsons, "Lisa Goes Gaga," which is set to air Sunday, May 20th.
Arianna Huffington Got Bored with These Tech Blogs So Now AOL's Selling Them
Adrian Chen · 05/09/12 09:55AM
AOL is shopping around TechCrunch and its other tech properties for around $70-100 million, according to PandoDaily. TechCrunch's history since AOL bought it in 2010 has been as turbulent as the private roller coasters many Facebook employees will likely install in their Silicon Valley mansions post-IPO. After Arianna Huffington was named ruler of AOL's editorial domain she squeezed out former TechCrunch boss Mike Arrington. But it seems she just couldn't be bothered with TechCrunch—after all, it's not even named after her. Now she's refocusing on the Huffington Post.
Beastie Boys Sued Over Decades-Old Sampling One Day Before MCA's Death
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 09:55AMWhen the Mob Has a Point: The Firing of Naomi Schaefer Riley
Hamilton Nolan · 05/09/12 09:47AMWould Insane Texas Prisoner Keith Judd Make a Good Vice President?
Max Read · 05/09/12 09:30AM
Last night, Obama's main opponent in the West Virginia Democratic primary was perennial presidential candidate Keith Judd, a prisoner in Texas who describes himself as a "Rastafarian-Christian." But Judd did a little bit better than expected — to the tune of 40% of the vote. Which means it's time to start answering the question on everyone's lips: should Keith Judd be Mitt Romney's running mate?
Not Dark Enough: 'Dark Horse' Is Your Grandmother's Todd Solondz
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 09:20AMSo Much For Neutrality: Michele Bachmann Is Officially a Citizen of Switzerland
Neetzan Zimmerman · 05/09/12 08:45AMMichele Bachmann running for office in Switzerland? It's not as far-fetched as it seems.




