Russian police today raided the offices of Moscow's New Times, a rare opposition publication, as part of an "unspecified investigation." The magazine recently reported on corruption scandals. If only bedbugs were the worst things media organizations had to worry about.
This is the week we've been waiting for, kids! Based on the preview there will be a big fight and a big hook up. Don't you dare watch it alone. Come join us while we fight an hook up!
Michael Lohan is launching a "faith-based" rehab center because "this is what God wants me to do." The center will forgo traditional medical procedures in favor of healing the "mind, body and soul." Guess his nightclub plan didn't work out.
Stephen Hawking's new book, The Grand Design, is a nuanced analysis of the intertwining of metaphysics and physics through the ages. But all anyone wants to talk about is that the book says God wasn't needed to create the Universe.
Spread the word: Project Runway is back! The show's quality dipped in recent seasons, but we thought last week's episode was one of the best ever. So join our live blog in the comments tonight and help celebrate the revival!
[A woman in Surf City, North Carolina, watches the waves being whipped up by Hurricane Earl, which has the potential to ruin countless Labor Day weekend travel plans as it travels up the eastern seaboard. Image via AP]
American politics makes such little sense nowadays that any random jumble of words you put together is likely to describe a real-world situation. For example: Some Chicago dentist is currently running "Hillary 2012" TV ads in New Orleans. It's true!
New York's bedbug panic is no longer confined to the hoi polloi: The superhuman cyborgs who work in Google's Gotham uber-office have found bedbugs at work. Google is infected. Repeat: Google. Is. Infected.
When Las Vegas police found a bag of cocaine in her purse, Paris Hilton said the purse belonged to a friend. But earlier this summer, she tweeted a picture of her "new Chanel purse." Did Twitter just solve a crime?
[The wind dared to tousle Anna Wintour's hair while she watched imaginary boyfriend Roger Federer play at the U.S. Open today alongside his very real wife, Mirka. Anna subsequently banned Mother Nature from ever appearing in Vogue. Image via AP]
A former Washington Post reporter is said to writing a comprehensive profile of Mark Zuckerberg. Comprehensive enough, maybe, to include the old romantic entanglement Zuckerberg just fibbed about. Prepare to do a little more sweating, Mark.
Today we looked at the mighty disaster of a Jan Brewer opening statement. She totally bombed! But it's OK, we all bomb sometimes. A couple commenters shared some fun stories to that effect.
The NRA has begun mobilizing its usual election-year lie campaign about Democrats wanting to ban all weapons. Today, the gun lobby's "Trigger the Vote" wing released this redneck-comedy video featuring Chuck Norris, an actor from the 1990s. It's not terrible!
Among the pieces of evidence presented in support of California's new anti-paparazzi law—which passed on Tuesday—was this video of paparazzi terrorizing Kate Moss at LAX. Here's the video, alongside the images that landed in that week's tabloids.
True Blood action figures, Bryan Cranston will host Saturday Night Live, Hung and Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution gets picked up for more seasons, and a hilarious (but unofficial) Always Sunny in Philadelphia coloring book.
Attack of the Show last night profiled two new "green" concept cars; the GM En-V, which looks like a bubbly deathtrap with unimpressive specs (only 24 miles on a charge?), and a group of students' Bridgestone F1-style 300 MPG roadster.
A new Times Square TV ad depicts Google CEO Eric Schmidt as a creep in an ice cream truck. It's just the latest critical swipe at the company, Fast Company's Ariel Schwartz reports.