Of Course: Shit Girls Say About the Show Girls

Neetzan Zimmerman · 04/27/12 08:15AM

Was this video inevitable? Probably. Not unlike your drunk uncle Pete, the Internet has only so many jokes to tell. The only thing that really changes is the context within which those jokes are told.

Jon Stewart Takes a Few Swipes at Rupert Murdoch

Matt Toder · 04/26/12 10:40PM

On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart caught up on the various government inquiries into Rupert Murdoch in the wake of the hacking scandal that caused him to shut down the News of the World. The story's various highlights - the hacking, the prime ministers hanging out with Murdoch on fancy yachts in Greece, the total rejection of any culpability - put this right in Stewart's wheelhouse.

Plane Quarantined in Monkeypox Scare

Louis Peitzman · 04/26/12 10:30PM

Passengers on Delta Flight 3163 were quarantined at Midway Airport for over two hours after one passenger was suspected of carrying the monkeypox virus. If the word "monkeypox" makes you think of Outbreak, that's legitimate — but the virus isn't exactly Ebola.

CISPA Passes House

Louis Peitzman · 04/26/12 07:24PM

As expected, the House has passed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite objections from the Obama administration. The bill allows private companies and the federal government to share information in order to prevent cyber-attacks. (You can read Adrian Chen's far more eloquent explanation here.)

Sorry, Vultures: No Osama Bin Laden Death Pics for You

Louis Peitzman · 04/26/12 06:53PM

It's been almost a year since Osama bin Laden was killed, and we're all still pretty jazzed about that. But for some, the knowledge of bin Laden's death just isn't enough. "Government watchdog group" Judicial Watch sued to have the photos and video of dead bin Laden released. Today, U.S. district judge James said no.

New York Post Kills Scoop on Kushner Connection to Manhattan Madam

John Cook · 04/26/12 06:12PM

in 2007, real estate mogul Charles Kushner—father to New York Observer owner Jared Kushner and father-in-law to Trumpspawn Ivanka Trump—attended a business meeting accompanied by executives from Kushner Properties. At the other end of the table was none other than Anna Gristina, known these days as the Manhattan Madam.

Oh God, Snooki & JWoww Is Really Happening

Rich Juzwiak · 04/26/12 05:06PM

The second Jersey Shore spin-off, Snooki & JWoww is set to premiere Thursday, June 21 on MTV. It doesn't look as miserable as The Pauly D Project, so that deserves at least a faint, "Yeah, buddy!" But you know, fuck these people and the dead horse they rode in on. I'd recommend sending them to another planet to save us all time, but Jersey City seems like an adequate alternative.

Benedict Cumberbatch Is Not Into Downton Abbey, Is a Sociopath

Leah Beckmann · 04/26/12 03:49PM

Cold bisque doll and star of BBC's Sherlock series, Benedict Cumberbatch is not, how you say, a fan of Downton Abbey. Doth the Queen know of this split among her people? In a recent interview with the New York Times, Cumberbatch was asked if he resembles the sociopathic character he portrays on the show. Yes, as it turns out, he does: