Gabby Giffords Completes Successful Skull Surgery
Jim Newell · 05/19/11 12:43PMRep. Gabrielle Giffords' surgery to replace part of her skull and stop fluid buildup in her brain, which sounds like an absolutely terrifying operation, went "very well" yesterday, according to her doctors. But who trusts doctors anyway? Fortunately her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, was able to confirm the good news from outer space today, while bouncing around.
Botox Mom Confesses: It Was All a Hoax
Maureen O'Connor · 05/19/11 12:27PMUniversity of Florida Threatens to Kick Out Students Partying with Jersey Shore Crew
Brian Moylan · 05/19/11 12:09PMLars von Trier's Nazi Comments: The Awkward, Stuttering Video
Maureen O'Connor · 05/19/11 11:39AMLars von Trier's trainwreck press conference is the gift that keeps on giving. The Telegraph posted video of von Trier's Nazi meltdown, and it's the second-most awkward press conference footage I have ever seen, right after Gloria Allred's baseball bat masturbation press conference. Seated next to Von Trier, Kirsten Dunst covers her face with her hand and looks mortified. Unless it's leftover mortification from Lars' "really, really, really hardcore" comment?
American Idol: The Fall in the House of Idol
Richard Lawson · 05/19/11 11:36AMThe final threeee! We are so close to the end of this thing you can almost taste it. But we're not quite there yet, so we are still tasked with the business of unpacking it all, sifting through and trying to find some clarity.
Facebook is a Failure
Remy Stern · 05/19/11 11:26AMBe Scared: Dick Cheney's Memoir Due in August
Jim Newell · 05/19/11 11:14AM
America's most huggable teddy bear, Dick Cheney, has been working on his memoirs from his CIA-bunker house ever since leaving office. It should have been on bookstore shelves for a year or so by now, former vice president's rather serious heart problems got in the way. But now that's all over! In My Time: A Personal and Political Memoir will hit shelves on August 30, so grab your sleeping bags and head over to the nearest bookstore entrance now.
Law School Graduation Speaker: Oh, Are We Not Allowed to Plagiarize Speeches?
Hamilton Nolan · 05/19/11 11:07AMIllinois Minority Leader Quotes Wu-Tang Clan on State Senate Floor
Brian Moylan · 05/19/11 11:01AMThere was a debate on the floor of the Illinois Senate yesterday about the state's budget crisis, and Republican senate minority leader Christine Radogno got up to make a "point of personal privilege." The point just happened to be a quote from a Wu-Tang Clan song.
What to Do With Your Pinched Pennies This Spring
Studio@Gawker · 05/19/11 11:00AMChinese Guy Live-Blogs Throwing Eggs and Shoes at Net Censorship Guru
Adrian Chen · 05/19/11 10:42AMKirsten Dunst Craves 'Really, Really, Really Hardcore' Porno With Nazi Pervert
Maureen O'Connor · 05/19/11 10:38AMWhich Actor Has Three Secret Baby Mamas?
Brian Moylan · 05/19/11 10:04AMThe Latest Dominique Strauss-Kahn News: Hookers and Money
Hamilton Nolan · 05/19/11 09:19AMWe Must Stop Depraved Foreign Diplomats From Sodomizing NYC
Hamilton Nolan · 05/19/11 08:19AMPretending You're a Nazi Will Get You Banned from Cannes
Jeff Neumann · 05/19/11 06:56AMThe Bin Laden 'Arab Spring' Tape Drops
Jeff Neumann · 05/19/11 06:13AMAn Encyclopedia of Every Other Awful Thing Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Done
John Cook · 05/19/11 05:30AM
While we're busy contemplating what an awful human being Arnold Schwarzenegger is for fathering a child out of wedlock and lying to his wife about it for 14 years, let's not forget all the other horrible things about America's favorite gay-porn-modeling, serial lady-groping, Nazi politician/statutory rapist.
Can Viagra Make You Deaf?
Jeff Neumann · 05/19/11 05:15AM
We already know what overdosing on Viagra can do to you: blurry vision, a head ache, and an extended period of time during which wearing sweatpants is inadvisable. But what about reports of men starting to lose their hearing from taking Viagra? The number of cases is growing! The Telegraph has some details:











