Providence Issues Dismissal Notices To Every Teacher

Jim Newell · 02/24/11 03:29PM

Each one of the 1,926 teachers working for the Providence School Department was sent a dismissal notice this week, in a move officials say was necessary to deal with a projected deficit of almost $40 million next year.

The Hangover II Teaser: This Time It's a Monkey

Richard Lawson · 02/24/11 03:01PM

Here's the first teaser trailer for the followup to the 2009 mega-hit comedy The Hangover. The three hapless amigos are back, though they've swapped Las Vegas for Thailand and a menacing tiger for a cute little monkey. And a funny hat!

A Guide to the Fake Faces of Real Housewives

Maureen O'Connor · 02/24/11 02:46PM

During a recent Real Housewives marathon, I came to a realization: You can identify a rich lady's hometown by the look on her face. Trend-wise, it turns out that cosmetic surgery is more like cosmetics than surgery: Women who live near and socialize with each other end up looking physically similar by dint of plumping, slicing, lifting, and blasting with Botox. A guide to the surgically enhanced faces of Real Housewives.

An Oscars Problem: Anne Hathaway Is Not Funny

Richard Lawson · 02/24/11 02:29PM

Everyone was befuddled when the news dropped that instead of some familiar old-ish white man or Whoopi Goldberg, this year's Oscar hosts would be Anne Hathaway and James Franco. Well, the James Franco bit just seemed like yet another weird event in his performance art career of being weird, so sure, OK. But the Hathaway angle remained confusing. Now we see why!

Joel McHale Heckles Newlyweds on the Late Late Show

Whitney Jefferson · 02/24/11 02:00PM

McHale continued his streak of heckling poor, unsuspecting audience members (remember Jesse?) last night when he poked fun at the newlyweds sitting in the front row. Later, Craig Ferguson called out Joel for changing and "going Hollywood."

Chicks Paying For Things Now

Hamilton Nolan · 02/24/11 01:42PM

Encouraging news from the trend-heavy New York City dating world: single ladies have money now! Seventeen percent more money than their twentysomething male counterparts, according to a study that was immediately seized upon and churned into a New York Post trend story. You know what that means, fellas? Now it's time for you to have a "sugar mama!" Here's the scoop from one wealthy lady who gives her age as "29:"

Elderly French Sheepherders Duel With Lightsabers

Marie Bardi · 02/24/11 01:15PM

Through the magic of special effects, this spar between rural Frenchmen is turned into a battle worthy of George Lucas. This actually may be more entertaining than Attack of the Clones!