Iraq Veterans Are Not Good Enough to Perform for Jessica Simpson

Adrian Chen · 10/17/10 09:43AM

Jessica Simpson's dad blows off our troops. Lindsay Lohan gets visited by the 'rents. Chelsea Handler and Nick Cannon engage in the worst twitter fight ever. Jesse James has is own personal HIV panic. Sunday Gossip Roundup is getting warm.

Owen Benjamin on Drinking Alone

Andrew Throdahl · 10/16/10 08:00PM

Owen Benjamin gives another reason why you shouldn't drink alone and watch March of the Penguins: you'll donate $500 to a penguin charity.

Obama Meets Friday Night Lights

Adrian Chen · 10/16/10 06:01PM

[A very dramatic shot of Barack Obama as he rallies for Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick this evening. Pic via AP]

Did Someone Lose the Nuclear Launch Codes?

Max Read · 10/16/10 04:29PM

You know how there are some things that you should just never, ever lose? Like your grandmother's ashes, or, say, the authorization codes for the president to order a nuclear strike? Well apparently someone did that a few years ago.

Blubbering San Diego Chargers Fan Can't Handle Losing to Oakland

Dan Grappone · 10/16/10 04:00PM

Here's a mother out to embarrass her son: watch this kid cry his eyes out while watching his beloved San Diego Chargers lose 35-27 to the perennial lowly Oakland Raiders. Hey, everyone loses sometimes...but not to Oakland!

Love Means Not Knowing Anything About Your Partner

Max Read · 10/16/10 03:37PM

Love is... commitment. Love is... compromise. Love is... not giving a shit about what your partner likes. A new study indicates that people in long-lasting marriages know less about their partners than people in shorter relationships.

Chilean Miners Already Sick of Media Attention

Adrian Chen · 10/16/10 03:27PM

According to the AP, Chile's rescued miners are "hoping the media will give them some space." Well, if you didn't want to be media stars, why'd you get trapped in a mine and survive 69 days underground? [pic AP]

Ye Olden Girls

Max Read · 10/16/10 02:56PM

[Yes, actress Betty White is old, and yes, that is her in a horse-drawn carriage, in Williamsburg, Virginia, on her way to sign "Christmas pet ornaments that she designed." Even so, jokes do not technically "write themselves." Image via Splash.]

Kanye West's Runaway Film Trailer

Sarah Natochenny · 10/16/10 01:45PM

Here is a short trailer for Kanye's 35 minute art film, starring supermodel Selita Ebanks as the Phoenix. According to reviews from his London screening, it is ambitious and great-looking, but not nearly as funny as Trapped in the Closet.