The Bachelor: Anguilla, Rejection, and a Topless Beach Photoshoot

Whitney Jefferson · 02/15/11 03:00PM


Brad awoke his ladies at 2am for their group date: a photoshooot that will supposedly run in Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition—every woman's perfect dream-date! It turned into every man's fantasy, though, when the gals took their tops off.

Congress Cracks Down on Naked TSA Photo Leaks

Jim Newell · 02/15/11 02:28PM

Are you worried about those airport security scans of your penis and vagina making it onto the Internet? First of all, don't flatter yourself. But just in case, the Senate voted 98-0 today in favor of an amendment "that would punish anyone who misuses images from full-body security scanners at airports with a $100,000 fine or a year in prison." How hot would a person need to be to make these penalties "worth it"? A 5.5 on the 1-10 scale, or lower?

Fox & Friends Tackles the Weight of the Man-Purse

Lisa Gagliardi · 02/15/11 02:20PM

Men are now enduring similar back pains to what women have been suffering for generations all thanks to the growing popularity of the murse. Is it any surprise that we learn Brian Kilmeade is a follower of this questionable trend?

ESPN Just Doesn't Care About This 'Journalism' Crap

Hamilton Nolan · 02/15/11 02:19PM

In your essential Tuesday media column: ESPN anchors in shameless sellout agreement, NPR is not going to die, Lawrence O'Donnell howls at the moon, Here Media loses in court, Mothering magazine folds its print edition, and we help The Daily.

Another Oprah Lover Comes Forward

Remy Stern · 02/15/11 02:00PM

It always happens. The day after your book is published you meet someone who says, "Oh, I wish I'd known you were writing that biography. I could've told you about ...." Fill in the blanks here with some hair-raising incident you did not have in your book, despite years of research and hundreds of interviews. Never fails.

What Does Sean Penn Have Against Hairbrushes?

Maureen O'Connor · 02/15/11 01:48PM

Jealous, perhaps, of female celebrities' busted weaves, Sean Penn went to a press conference today wearing the pelt of a drowned sewer rat on his head. What does this man have against hairbrushes?

Kid Vomits Spectacularly During Choir Performance

Marie Bardi · 02/15/11 01:45PM

Possibly owing to nerves, a rotten school lunch, or maybe even a nasty vendetta against the girl in front of him, this kid simply cannot resist the urge to blow chunks on stage. Bravo!

Private School Parents Have Their Own Problems to Worry About

Hamilton Nolan · 02/15/11 01:21PM

In Texas, school districts are so low on money that they're selling ads on school buses, thanks to the "largest cuts to public education since World War II." In New York, many school districts are staring down 14% budget cuts, which educators fear will "widen the funding gap between wealthier and poorer school districts." Federal student aid programs are in for multibillion-dollar cuts of their own. And among the parents of children in Manhattan's most exclusive private elementary schools, a separate, but equally pressing, worry: is Emma beating her peers, enough?

Hilarious Arizona Senate Race in the Works

Jim Newell · 02/15/11 01:09PM

With the news of old Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl not seeking reelection in 2012, state Republicans are already considering possible successors. Is Arizona, like Egypt, "prepared for democracy," or will this bad-child state elect some nutter or authoritarian child of Dan Quayle?

Injured Theatergoers Sue Billy Elliot Musical

Richard Lawson · 02/15/11 12:54PM

The Spider-Man crew can breathe a sigh of relief. It seems they're not the only Broadway folks putting people's lives and limbs at risk every time they raise the curtain. Two Kansas City natives are suing the producers of the Broadway musical Billy Elliot, claiming that, while watching the show from the front row, they were both hit by an errant prop and were subsequently hospitalized. They are each suing for $2 million, or roughly two Broadway tickets' worth. (Broadway shows are expensive!) The producers have not yet issued a statement about the lawsuit.