A Dangerous Method: Freud Helps Keira Knightley With Her Spanking Problem

Max Read · 06/21/11 07:39PM

Here's a trailer for nutty director David Cronenberg's new movie, A Dangerous Method, starring Viggo Mortensen as Sigmund Freud, Michael Fassbender as Carl Jung and Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein. That's right, Cronenberg is putting the "psychoanalytic thought" in "psychosexual drama"!

FBI Raid Takes Down Mess of Websites

Ryan Tate · 06/21/11 06:48PM

Curbed, Pinboard and a host of other sites went down after the FBI raided a Virginia data center and carted off three racks of servers. The Feds were reportedly targeting just one individual user. Talk about heavy handed.

Flesh-Eating Drugs Hit U.S., Russia

Max Read · 06/21/11 06:36PM

You should really stop doing cocaine. Not because it's addictive, or anything, but because it's likely laced with levamisole, a veterinary drug used for de-worming livestock, and it will make your flesh rot off.

Game of Thrones Forever

Richard Lawson · 06/21/11 04:51PM

HBO's sword 'n' snow epic finished its first season in mighty fine form. Also today: Lots of casting news, from people as diverse as Griffin Dunne and Penn Badgley. Plus: Who will replace Elliot Stabler?

Synthetic Frankenfood Oil Not a Diet Miracle After All

Hamilton Nolan · 06/21/11 04:26PM

Orrin nutrition! Vitamin ratings! Blackwell jetski! Olean o-fat! Loyalty benefits! Poison competition! Bulgarian method! Supreme diabetes! And MMA workout secrets of the stars! It's your Tuesday Health Watch, where we watch your health—from the sidelines!

Obama Is a Baby Whisperer

Maureen O'Connor · 06/21/11 03:56PM

Barack Obama is one of those magical, dulcet-voiced beings capable of calming fussy babies. This is known. Here's a video documenting his technique. "You okay, baby?" he shouts in the crying baby's face. "No! No! Come on, baby. You won't cry." He lifts the baby out of wife Michelle's arms. It stops crying. I can't believe that actually worked.

How To Pass a Drug Test

Remy Stern · 06/21/11 03:45PM

Perhaps you've found yourself in a situation where you have to take a drug test. Perhaps you're a marijuana enthusiast or just sporadically partake in the pleasure. Well, here are some tips on how to pass a urine test. [Jezebel]

The New Trendy Drink Everyone But You Already Knows About

Adrian Chen · 06/21/11 03:33PM

Apparently there's this tea that people are drinking now called Rooibos tea. I've never heard of it before, but no doubt all of you have and will now berate me for not being on top of the latest alternative beverage trends.

Mitt Romney Struggles to Find Non-$100 Bill in Wallet

Jim Newell · 06/21/11 03:22PM

There are many great moments in the "Well-Meaning Mitt Romney Nevertheless Struggles to Interact with Human Beings" genre. But this latest one, involving a child craftsman, ranks right near the top — perhaps a notch or two below the infamous "Who Let the Dogs Out?" incident of Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2008. But maybe we shouldn't get ahead of ourselves.

Martha Stewart Can't Stop Making Exploding Furniture

Richard Lawson · 06/21/11 02:35PM

Here's a news broadcast from Denver that tells the harrowing tale of a family whose glass-top patio table from the Martha Stewart Living collection spontaneously exploded, showering them with glass. Horrifying! And not the first time this has happened.

Tom Hanks Talking About His Ass in 'Man Spanx' Is Creepy

Brian Moylan · 06/21/11 02:15PM

While talking about Old People in Love, the new movie he stars in with Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks told Access Hollywood host/animated pool of spray-tan liquid Billy Bush that he used "man Spanx" for a scene that featured his butt in his underwear. This is not a polite subject of conversation!

Newt Gingrich's Top Finance Aides Quit over Lack of Finance

Jim Newell · 06/21/11 01:57PM

Newt Gingrich still had some presidential campaign staffers after 16 of his top aides quit en masse a couple of weeks ago. It only takes a few, right? Perhaps. But his top campaign finance advisers just quit too, so he really should end his campaign and take whatever few dollars remain to pay himself a PAC salary for a few months.

Grown Woman Hoards Hundreds of Thousands of Dolls

Remy Stern · 06/21/11 01:54PM

Typically, the people featured on A&E's Hoarders suffer serious health risks because their homes become unhygienic messes. But things were a little different for Phyllis on last night's season premiere. She collects dolls... hundreds of thousands of them. [Jezebel]