Boy howdy, Google has done it now! The company's special Veterans Day logo this year, you see, features a mysterious crescent shape. And you know who loves crescent shapes? The Muslims. Yeah, some people are actually upset about this.
In your innovative Thursday media column: The Nation vs. the New York Times, Newsweek's quiet on its merger plans, your good media idea could make you millions, NPR's Juan Williams investigation is underway, and a remembrance.
The Department of Justice was too scared to prosecute the CIA for deliberately destroying evidence that its employees illegally tortured terror detainees. But fear not: The National Archives and Records Administration is still on the case.
Ev Williams and Biz Stone shared stories of Twitter's early inception — far back when it was referred to as "Jitter" and "Twitch." After, the group (including Rainn Wilson) read some tweets from #awwhellno, the Fallon-created hashtag that's trending worldwide.
Given the recent spate of gay teen suicides and all the attention given to school bullying and the "It Gets Better" YouTube project, you'd think gay teenagers were in a constant state of peril. One psychologist says it's not true.
This is the story that's setting the internet aflame today! Lovable old actor Dick Van Dyke fell asleep on a surfboard and floated out to sea. But then some kindly porpoises pushed him back toward shore. Miracles every day, folks.
Joe Scarborough thoroughly charmed the hosts' of The View today. Barbara Walters asked him about flirting in the workplace and Joe responds by doing exactly that. MSNBC anchors seem to do much better on The View than Fox News anchors.
What would possess legendary octogenarian crooner Tony Bennett to climb four flights of stairs to get to our NYC offices? Let's see if we can piece this together. Last Thursday, Gawker Artists debuted its latest exhibition: On The Lam, a solo show by a photographer named...Kelsey Bennett. Aha!
Alleged pundit Meghan McCain has some deep thoughts about Australian Wikileaks founder Julian Assange: "He looks like a James Bond villain... To me he's a villain." She also describes him as a "creepy rogue Swedish guy" and "un-American," the end.
Ty Burrell and Jesse Ferguson claim they are not like their characters on Modern Family. However, you can picture teen girls cringing as the actors shared embarrassing stories and deflected compliments, just like card-carrying suburban fathers.
After the absurd spectacle of one of TV's most partisan shouting heads being suspended for making political donations, it's clear that the time has come for journalism's ethical guidelines to be updated, in the spirit of common sense. Let's try!
Tuesday night, Kanye West went on a Twitter rampage following his Today Show interview with Matt Lauer. Apparently, West was upset that Lauer played footage of his infamous VMA interruption during their chat. This morning, that interview aired. Watch inside.
Democrats said just last week that they'd focus their lame duck legislative efforts on renewing the Bush tax cuts for the middle class only. So it's likely that they'll soon cave entirely to Republi— oh look, they already did.
Everybody's favorite animated fat kid and Our Dark Lord (Chtulhu) made the world a better place on last night's epic end to South Park's "Coon Saga." Watch as Justin Bieber's head is popped like a pimple!
This is the Los Angeles home that Disney princess turned rehab-seeker Demi Lovato purchased for her family back in August. It features a private guesthouse for Demi, and a crazy-lookin' pool. Supposedly it went for $2.25M. And now it's cursed.
Gawker.TV Trivia, a daily question & answer game that tests your knowledge of television—past and present. Do you think you that you've got it? The answer to today's question, inside.
Congratulations to Tina Fey for winning the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize! Watch her answer questions asked by viewers like you on PBS. What Tina Fey work do you think will have the most lasting social impact?
Wired magazine logged nearly 35,000 complaint calls to 311— New York's call-and-whine help line—and put them in this handy graph based on nature of complaint and time of call. They also break it down by bitchingest neighborhood
Lil Jon recently went on morning talk radio in New York to do his special version of the Sesame Street theme. Here is that version! It's for adults only, and maybe the baddest kids on the street.