In the latest episode of his real-talk web series "The Truth," Indian-American comedian Hasan Minhaj explains why the casual racism in that indefensibly dumb Ashton-Kutcher-in-brownface PopChips ad wasn't so much their fault as the fault of a culture that treats Asians and Indians as the new "clownable minorities."

Girls creator and Laurie Simmons' Daughter Lena Dunham was on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross yesterday to address the walloping criticism slung at the show (racist, lacks diversity, stereotypical female characters).

Try as we might, some of us will simply never have SkyMall money to spend on a chrome-plated hydro-pneumatic double-breasted cat-lift with monogrammed seats made of aged Kuba velvet.

It's not quite pulling passengers out of a burning airliner, but Dustin Hoffman is getting credit for saving the life of a jogger who collapsed while running through London's Hyde Park last month.

Psychiatrists are currently hashing out the new version of their bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V). One of the more talked-about proposed additions to the panoply of human psychiatric disorders is "hypersexuality" aka sex addiction. Alas, it looks like being super horny will not classify as a psychiatric disorder this time around.

Despite the latest poll numbers showing a clear victory for those in favor of North Carolina's anti-gay constitutional amendment — the so-called Amendment One — at least one person has yet to concede: Miss North Carolina Hailey Best, who recorded a video telling other voters headed to the polls today to vote against the initiative.

Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator behind classics like Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen, died today at age 83, leaving behind an incomparable and enormous body of work. Since the news of his death, bits and pieces of his life — quotes, drawings, videos, illustrated envelopes — have been circulating around the internet; we've collected them here in one place.

Steven J. Fiorella, a University of Iowa student from Chicago, was busted just past midnight on Monday trying to con his way into Iowa City's Union Bar with a stolen ID.

On July 5th, 2011, a 37-year-old schizophrenic homeless man from Fullerton, California, named Kelly Thomas was beaten to within an inch of his life by several Fullerton Police Department officers.

Okay, so it's not quite as racy as her twit-nipslip, but TV star AnnaLynne McCord, best known for her role as Naomi Clark on the CW's reboot of 90210, surprised many when she posted a self-pic to Twitter last week that shows the normally dolled up actress without a hint of blemish concealer.

Maurice Sendak, writer and illustrator of beloved children's picture books Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen, passed away today of complications stemming from a recent stroke. He was 83.

Undoubtedly owing much of its look and feel to the seminal work of stop-motion artist Adam "PES" Pesapane — particular his short films "Western Spaghetti" and its 2012 follow-up "Fresh Guacamole" — UK-based director/animator/writer Ian Robertson's sufficiently demented music video for Delta Heavy's "Get By" is equal parts inspiration, perspiration, and decapitated Hungry, Hungry Hippos.

On tonight's Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert took a hard line on the new trend of teens drinking hand sanitizer to get drunk. The trend is dangerous and it's coming for your kids, even if you don't have any. But fear not, for Colbert has the perfect solution: hide your Purell in a secure vault and wash off your hands with vodka.

The past weekend's pivotal elections in France and Greece will make some definite waves in Europe. On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart recapped the events and pondered a few lingering questions that just beg to be answered.

Former rivals Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have put aside their differences, as Santorum tonight officially endorsed Romney in an email to his supporters.

Here's Obama's new campaign ad, to be aired in battleground states like Pennsylvania, Nevada, Iowa, and Florida. It's not as hilarious as some of the attack ads we've seen recently, but it is a major effort, costing $25 million dollars for a month of airtime.

According to Tim Burton, Johnny Depp will be playing the role of Jeffrey Jones in the Beetlejuice sequel.

The Beatles may be the most important band of the 20th century — and feel free to debate that in the comments, even though you're wrong — but their recordings have been notably absent from the TV landscape. Aside from live performance footage, when was the last time you heard a Beatles song used on TV?

An investigation into the 2011 death of two dolphins at the Connyland amusement park in Switzerland has revealed that loud music from a techno party was not to blame for Shadow and Chelmers' untimely demise, but rather a heroin subsistute, which was discovered in their urine.

More details are emerging in the "reverse massage" lawsuit filed against John Travolta. Perhaps most interesting — the masseur's description of Travolta's penis.