Intoxicated Crazy Man Also Aspiring Subway Boxer

Hamilton Nolan · 08/09/11 03:16PM

"Chronicles of the A train. Chronicles of the A train," says the world-weary straphanger after witnessing this severely one-sided "fight" that is today's entry into the hefty catalog of recent subway insanity. I bet what would help to not have a clearly insane and/ or intoxicated man get his ass beat by the most frustrated of an entire train car's worth of frustrated riders is to shut the train doors more frequently than once every four minutes. That would deprive us all of our day's unsettling voyeurism, though.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green: Jennifer Garner's Creepy Dirt Baby

Richard Lawson · 08/09/11 03:10PM

Here's an unsettling trailer for the Disney drama The Odd Life of Timothy Green, which stars Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton (doing a Gerard Butler-esque growly American accent) as an infertile couple that gets drunk one night and wills a son into existence.

Furious Hobbits Lay Siege to John McCain

Jim Newell · 08/09/11 02:53PM

The Arizona Tea Party constituents who helped reelect John McCain last year are shocked, shocked to hear that he would then go on to make fun of them, by calling them "hobbits" on the Senate floor, immediately after starting his new term.

You Won't Believe How Much Everyone on TV Makes

Brian Moylan · 08/09/11 02:46PM

You know that actors, reality show hosts, and network news anchors make tons of cash, right? But just how much do they make? And who makes more than their fellow stars on shows? And why is Ashton Kutcher the highest paid actor on TV? Let's find out.

Apple Locks Down Its Supremely Lootable British Stores

Adrian Chen · 08/09/11 02:28PM

Who among us hasn't walked into an Apple store and secretly thought, "Damn, I'd love to loot this place." All those huge, bright windows and all those pricey iPhone 4s waiting to be hurled through them! Apple knows how you feel: The company is locking down its UK stores like Alcatraz.

Lauren Bush's Married Name: 'Lauren Bush Lauren'

Maureen O'Connor · 08/09/11 02:27PM

Shiny-haired political heiress Lauren Bush has made it official: She'll take fiance David Lauren's last name, and go by "Lauren Bush Lauren" after her wedding. Two Laurens with a Bush in the middle. Easiest society punchline since Ima Hogg. [P6]

Uncouth British Rioters Don't Appreciate the Working Press

Hamilton Nolan · 08/09/11 01:57PM

In your Molotov-y Tuesday media column: London is unsafe for journalists, Alec Baldwin likes newspapers, Time magazine is beating the piss out of Newsweek, News of the World staffers get severance offers, KING magazine remembered, and scientists vs. journalists.

The Obama Reelection Strategy: Make Fun of Mitt Romney

Jim Newell · 08/09/11 01:39PM

The folks at Team Obama, like many, see Mitt Romney as the likely Republican nominee for president, and they're already plotting how to "destroy" him, limb by limb. How will they do it? Essentially, Obama will point at Mitt Romney, look to the audience, and whisper, "Just look at this fuckin' weird loser over here, amirite?"

Mysterious Flying Creature Grounds Flight

Brian Moylan · 08/09/11 01:09PM

It wouldn't be August without a monster attack, so we're going to try to invent one. Just what is this flying beast attacking passengers on a flight from Madison, Wisconsin, to Atlanta? No one knows!

Warren Jeffs Gets Life Sentence

Maureen O'Connor · 08/09/11 01:03PM

Polygamist leader and statutory rapist Warren Jeffs has been sentenced to life in prison for sexual assaulting a 12- and 14-year-old as part of a "spiritual marriage." A hoax crime tip led to a raid on Jeffs' Texas compound in 2008; the fallout, however, has been very real.

The London Riots Spread Across the Country

Adrian Chen · 08/09/11 12:42PM

As night approaches in England, the riots raging in London spread to other UK cities, police flood the streets, residents clean up, and a man dies from riot-related violence. Welcome to day four of the London riots.

Voting Underway in the Wisconsin Recalls

Jim Newell · 08/09/11 12:26PM

The polls are now open in Wisconsin for the big event: Six recall elections targeting incumbent Republican state senators, in a backlash against Gov. Scott Walker's anti-public employee union law and other budget decisions, with the potential for control of the state Senate to be flipped to the Democrats after just seven months of one-party GOP government.

The Sitter: Jonah Hill Is Watching Your Kids

Richard Lawson · 08/09/11 12:18PM

Here's a redband (meaning: NSFW) trailer for the upcoming comedy The Sitter, a David Gordon Green-directed, Jonah Hill-starring swear- and sexapalooza that's sure to have everyone giddy with titillation.

Foursquare Founder's Entire Life is Unbelievable

Ryan Tate · 08/09/11 11:57AM

An attentive reader will depart from Ad Age's profile of Foursquare creator Dennis Crowley wondering, "How is this guy possible?" It all just seems so implausible: a startup founder who defaces New York taxis, a guy whose backers prize his hedonism like it was a rare, precious commodity. What a gig.

The A List: Gay Housewives Make Bad Husbands

Brian Moylan · 08/09/11 11:53AM

Last night I was too busy downloading Breaking Bad on iTunes to watch The A-List, but I ran into Dustin and Jayden, Manhattan's most obnoxious homosexuals, as they were leaving the Ritz and they filled me in on all the action. Here's what I overheard.

Michele Bachmann Uses Anti-Facts to Explain the S&P Downgrade

Jim Newell · 08/09/11 11:42AM

So Michele Bachmann kept her campaign promise about not voting to raise the debt ceiling. She voted against everything, however Tea Partyish — including Cut, Cap and Balance — that would have raised it one farthing's worth. And now, in a spectacularly brazen dismemberment of factual truth, she's blaming S&P's decision to downgrade U.S. debt on the fact that the debt ceiling was raised at all.