Bill Maher's List of Tea Party Romantic Comedies

Matt Cherette · 11/13/10 03:30PM

Last night, Nora Ephron was a panelist on the Real Time with Bill Maher season finale. To celebrate that, Maher came up with a list of "Tea Party Romcoms"—classic romantic comedies, with altered (and politically-charged) titles/posters. Watch inside.

Is This the World's Worst Nursing Home?

Jeff Neumann · 11/13/10 03:11PM

Police in California are trying to figure out how a 94-year-old woman wound up locked inside a walk-in freezer in her swanky nursing home, Silverado Senior Living. Silverado is best known for a former employee who's serving life for torture.

Mexican Cartels Hiring Pre-Teen Hitmen

Jeff Neumann · 11/13/10 02:15PM

Mexican drug cartels are allegedly hiring hitmen as young as 12 years old to kill rivals and, failing that, random people — "maybe a construction worker or a taxi driver" — one kid, "El Ponchis" says on a cartel video.

Putin's Puppy Love

Jeff Neumann · 11/13/10 12:43PM

[Totally badass Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin received a new best friend as a gift for signing a gas transit pipeline agreement with Bulgaria today. Awwww. Image via AP]

How to Keep Secrets—Even on Facebook

Adrian Chen · 11/13/10 11:45AM

No human relationship can withstand complete transparency. Facebook gives you plenty of opportunities to commit social faux pas in the name of "connecting," but there's no feature to help you keep necessary secrets. You have to get tricky about it.

Is there a $69.5 Million Vase In Your Attic?

Adrian Chen · 11/13/10 11:42AM

This Qing Dynasty vase, found in an attic in England, just sold at auction for $69.5 million to an anonymous Chinese buyer—the most ever paid for a Chinese antiquity. Some eccentric billionaire just snagged the perfect umbrella holder.

Kate Gosselin's Kids Expelled for Being Bullies

Adrian Chen · 11/13/10 10:44AM

Jon and Kate plus eight... bullies? Kanye West and Billy Ray Cyrus hate giving interviews about interesting things. Read Mel Gibson's love letters, if you dare. Spencer and Heidi renew themselves. Saturday Gossip Roundup is jamming to the beat.

The Pogo Special Birthday Special

Anderson Evans · 11/13/10 10:30AM

Did you know Pogo, the comic strip that inspired greats like Bill Watterson and Jeff Smith, had an animated release? Here's the Chuck Jones directed special that was made in honor of Pogo's 20th birthday back in 1969.