Joe Wengert on Girardi's Frozen Yogurt

Madeleine Davies · 02/19/11 09:00PM

In this hilarious monologue, written and performed by comedian Joe Wengert, Mr. G, proprietor of Girardi's Frozen Yogurt, does not approve of the fun his workers are having at the expense of the employee corkboard.

Men Suck, Says a Woman

Adrian Chen · 02/19/11 07:48PM

The Wall Street Journal is really going for broke with these "lightning rod"-type opinion pieces lately. Amy Chua, the Tiger Mother, stayed atop the Journal's "most-read" list for weeks by outraging all of Western motherhood with her brash claims of Chinese superiority. Now, a new essay by Kay S. Hymowitz aims to do the same thing with single men.

Glenn Beck's War on Google Actually Makes Some Sense

Adrian Chen · 02/19/11 05:34PM


Glenn Beck was on Bill O'Reily's show last night, talking about his ongoing anti-Google crusade. (See video above.) Glenn Beck only pays attention to things insofar as they fit into his crazy conspiracy theories, and he suddenly became aware of Google a couple weeks ago as news emerged about the key role Google executive Wael Ghonim played in Egypt's revolution.

Crooks Lose Money In Botched Gun Store Robbery

Jeff Neumann · 02/19/11 04:32PM

Let's say you're going to hold up a gun store. You'd at least load your pistol, right? Well, someone should have told that to the two guys who tried to rob a 65-year-old gun store clerk in Kansas City yesterday. The would-be robbers asked for ammo and put $40 on the counter. Then, from the Kansas City Star:

The Video that Landed a 10 Year-Old a Record Deal

Madeleine Davies · 02/19/11 04:00PM

Simon Cowell signed 10 year-old Heather Russel to a record deal based on her vocal performance in this video alone. Could she be the girl version of Justin Bieber?

Barack Obama Is Your New Elementary School Basketball Coach

Adrian Chen · 02/19/11 02:28PM

Obama helped coach his daughter Sasha's basketball team this afternoon in suburban Maryland—except Sasha was skiing in Colorado with Michelle. According to the AP, Obama decided to chip in "because a regular parent-coach was unable to attend."

How to Get Boobs on Facebook

Adrian Chen · 02/19/11 01:17PM

Why does Facebook hate the human body? It allows no nude pictures; porn stars are chased off the site simply for being porn stars. Even works of art that feature unclothed private parts fall before Facebook's puritanical policies.

Uprisings Continue Across the Middle East and North Africa

Jeff Neumann · 02/19/11 11:20AM

After killing protesters in their sleep, Bahrain's ruling monarchy says demonstrators can stay in Pearl roundabout and they've offered to hold talks with all opposition members. Yemen is still going off, and Human Rights Watch says 84 people have been killed in Libya over the last three days. Here's a look at what's happening across the Middle East and North Africa.

Maureen O’Connor on Today

Leah Beckmann · 02/19/11 10:03AM

Gawker staff writer Maureen O'Connor appeared on NBC's Today show on February 19, 2011. Check out the clip above. For media requests, please contact Kevin Prince at kevin@gawker.com.

Finally, a PSA For Victims of Sarah McLachlan's ASPCA Commercial

Whitney Jefferson · 02/19/11 10:00AM

Finally, Sarah MacLachlan has apologized for those depressing animal commercials. This parody has her saying "Every day, innocent people are emotionally harmed by my depressing ASPCA commercials and they're crying out for help" and apologizing for "harshing your buzz."