Birthday Cock at Fox News

Hamilton Nolan · 08/17/10 01:02PM

In your cocky Tuesday media column: those Red Eye boys are just as penis-obsessed as ever, News Corp gives a million bucks to Republicans, Nielsen's big IPO, and a reporter fired for wearing a nice hat.

Dating in the Dark Contestant Sheds Light On Reality TV Experience

Darby Semeniuk · 08/17/10 01:00PM


The reality television genre faces more doubt and criticism these days than usual. Bachelorette winner Ed Swiderski reportedly cheated on Jillian Harris immediately after she selected him as her true love in the fifth season finale, causing a stir among audiences and entertainment news circles.

Real Housewives of New Jersey: The Eruptions

Richard Lawson · 08/17/10 12:58PM

Last night was part two of our Housewives journey to the old country. No, not the Old Country Buffet. To Italy — Italia, as foreigners call it — where we met the Jewdice family and learned lessons about travel budgeting.

What Happens When a Comedy Gets Too Wacky?

Brian Moylan · 08/17/10 12:35PM

In order to seem edgy, nearly every new TV comedy infuses itself with a sense of zaniness. Watching Weeds and The Big C last night, we saw one show do wacky right, and one do it horrendously wrong.

Stephen Colbert: Los Homosexuales Are Coming!

Chris Dignes · 08/17/10 12:16PM

Continuing his coverage on the homosexual community, Colbert somehow managed to keep from calling himself gay while simultaneously providing a solution to the burgeoning acceptability of gay marriage throughout North America.

Actual Ligers Exist in Real Life

Whitney Jefferson · 08/17/10 11:45AM

Two baby liger cubs were just recently born in a zoo in Taiwan. While a cross between tigers and lions are cute and would make Napolean Dynamite happy, the unethical nature is cause for concern for wildlife experts everywhere.

The New Generation Is Mostly Uncircumcised

Hamilton Nolan · 08/17/10 11:11AM

A new study says that less than one-third of baby boys in US hospitals last year were circumcised—down from 56% in 2006, and about two-thirds in the 80s and 90s. Just letting you know, lest anyone get surprised. [NYT]