Will Facebook Crush an Anonymous Social Network?

Adrian Chen · 04/24/12 05:53PM

If Facebook had its way, nothing on Earth would be called a "book" without its explicit permission. Now, Mark Zuckerberg's Big Blue Death Star is setting up for a potential trademark showdown with Anonybook, an Anonymous-themed social network with a familiar name.

We've Been Shitting on the Wrong Show: Veep Beats Girls in Ratings

Max Read · 04/24/12 05:24PM

In the week before the premiere of HBO's Girls an average of 23 articles were published about the show every day. Veep, the network's other new half-hour comedy, was the subject of an average of 3.1 articles per day. (Data via Google Trends.) And yet Veep drew 1.7 million viewers for its premiere, while Girls picked up 1.1 million.

Today's Song: Marina and the Diamonds 'Boyfriend' (Justin Bieber Response)

Rich Juzwiak · 04/24/12 01:30PM

There's nothing like a good answer song, and Wales' Marina and the Diamonds crafted a great one by opening up Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" and rearranging its insides. If you were waiting for the female perspective on eating fondue, you'll be disappointed, but this does a really job of making the original's melody even ear-wormier while trimming the fat (i.e. the rapping). With a new Saint Etienne song called "Answer Song" having just been released yesterday, it's a good time for the medium. Check this space for my response to "Beez in the Trap," "Aunts on My Log."

Ha, RuPaul's Drag Race Trolled Us So Hard

Rich Juzwiak · 04/24/12 11:38AM

Last night, Logo aired the ostensible finale of RuPaul's Drag Race Season 4. All the promos kept referring to it not as the end but the "final 3," so I knew something was up. And so it was: instead of crowning America's next drag superstar at the end of the episode, Queen Ru declared that the victor will be announced during next week's reunion show. There was also a call to attempt to influence the judges' decision by tweeting your pick: Sharon Needles (DUH), Chad Michaels (a glamorous queen who amazingly transcends the cheek implants she had put in to impersonate Cher) and Phi Phi O'Hara (human cat piss).

Dance Your Pants Off at the Governors Ball

Studio@Gawker · 04/24/12 10:59AM

New Yorkers! This summer, don't stand on a pier and be deafened by a PA the size of a Water Taxi! Don't sit on a pile of sticks directly behind a gigantic tree as your favorite band plays a football-field-length away! Instead, go to the Governors Ball—a legitimate music festival with all the trimmings taking place within your city's borders, on a fantastical place covered in green, green grass known as Randall's Island.