Amy Winehouse Returns to Rehab

Maureen O'Connor · 05/27/11 01:05PM

Cue the "No, no, no" jokes: Amy Winehouse has checked herself into rehab for alcoholism once again. She reportedly "drank a small bottle of vodka on her way to the facility." [TMZ]

L. Ron Hubbard Predicted the Destruction of Our Planet

John Cook · 05/27/11 12:32PM

The one thing Scientology has always been missing, as far as dangerous cults go, is a good apocalyptic prophecy. It was always more about destroying enemies and controlling time, matter, and energy than heralding the end of days. But it turns out L. Ron Hubbard actually did predict the Earth's destruction.

Real Housewives of New York: No Wire Hangers Ever

Brian Moylan · 05/27/11 12:18PM

Last night on Middle-Eastern Massacre the garter snakes of New York slithered across the Atlantic to Morocco and turned into cobras. They bit and hissed at each other over petty matters, until a brilliant Sybil shamed them all.

Math Proves That Obama Will Have a Major Scandal Soon

Jim Newell · 05/27/11 11:55AM

Whether he knows it or not, President Obama is about to fuck something up miserably and drown his administration in years of investigations. There is no avoiding it; it will happen, perhaps even by the close of Memorial Day weekend. Why are we so sure? Because a little thing called "math" told us.

Gwyneth Paltrow: 'Once You're A-List, You're Always A-List'

Maureen O'Connor · 05/27/11 11:46AM

"But as Gwyneth once said to me, ‘Once you're A-list, you're always A-list,' and I try to remember that." —Courtney Love, in part 2 of her interview with The Fix. She's at least as reliable as the anonymous fabulists on tabloid payrolls, right? Actually, don't answer that. I really want this quote to be true.

Poetic Murder Suspect Sure Writes Some Nice Letters

Hamilton Nolan · 05/27/11 11:37AM

Sue Ann Marcum, a 52 year-old professor at American University, was found murdered in her home in the DC suburbs last year. The prime suspect in the case is Jorge Rueda Landeros, a yoga instructor who has now reportedly fled to Mexico. But that hasn't stopped him from making beautiful, fugitive poetry.

Next Month, It Will Finally Be Legal to Read the Pentagon Papers

John Cook · 05/27/11 11:12AM

After 40 years of painstaking labor, Pentagon researchers have finally combed through the 7,000-page Top Secret Pentagon Papers to ensure that none of the information contained therein—almost all of which has been public for as long as Marco Rubio has been alive—will harm the national security if released. Guess what? It won't! Except for 11 words. If they get out, we could lose the Vietnam War.

Mitt Romney Shares Leftover Pizza Scraps With Obama Campaign

Jim Newell · 05/27/11 10:51AM

Willard "Mittens" Romney is nothing if not America's most generous and dedicated philanthropist, always searching for the newest health research institutes, arts centers, and presidential campaigns for himself to dump all of his old Pratt-Romney family fortune into. Actually, we have no idea if he's a philanthropist. But he did send some leftover pizza to the Obama Campaign yesterday, so that's something, right?

Kool Aid Wants Hispanic People Drinking Nothing But Kool Aid

Hamilton Nolan · 05/27/11 10:25AM

For too long, Hispanic Americans have been forced to tolerate a world in which artificial food products were not advertised to them with satisfactory ferocity. No longer. You Spanish-speakin' people want some dang Kool Aid? We gotcher Kool Aid!

Equipment Malfunction Creates Awkward Moment at Lady Gaga's GMA Concert

Matt Cherette · 05/27/11 10:04AM

Lady Gaga kicked off Good Morning America's Summer Concert Series today before a record crowd in Central Park. The spectacle wasn't without its technical difficulties, though, as Gaga failed to appear on stage until near the end of her opening number due to a stubborn zip-line.

Which Celebrity Sibling Rivalry Is Getting Intense?

Brian Moylan · 05/27/11 09:38AM

These two siblings hate each other and now one is threatening to cut off the less successful sib and their parents. This actor is a real animal lover and finds new homes for rescued animals. If only there was so much love in that other family.

NYPD Rape Acquittal: The Fallout

Hamilton Nolan · 05/27/11 08:36AM

Yesterday, NYPD officers Kenneth Moreno and Franklin Mata were acquitted of charges of raping a drunk woman in her East Village apartment. It was... a shocker, for sure. Here's the latest on the day after: