Hulk Hogan Refers to “Fucking Niggers” in Leaked Transcript
J.K. Trotter · 07/24/15 08:15AM
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. has cut ties with the professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, reportedly due to sealed transcripts quoted by the National Enquirer and Radar on Friday morning in which Hogan (real name: Terry Bollea) refers to black people as “fucking niggers” and admits that “I am a racist, to a point.”
Bill Cosby Asked an Agency to Supply Him With Broke, Out-of-Town Models
Jay Hathaway · 07/24/15 08:00AM
Bill Cosby’s deposition in a 2005 sexual assault lawsuit against him, recently unsealed over Cosby’s objections, reveals the comedian made arrangements with a New York modeling agency back in the ‘80s to set up dinners in his dressing room with young, struggling models from outside New York. At least one of the women who dined with Cosby later accused him of pressuring her into sex.
Louisiana Movie Theater Shooter Was a White 59-Year-Old "Drifter"
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/24/15 07:48AMBill Cosby Was Getting Quaaludes From His Gynecologist
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/24/15 07:05AMWyatt Cenac: Jon Stewart Screamed "Fuck Off" When I Objected to Joke
Hudson Hongo · 07/23/15 11:05PMHudson Hongo · 07/23/15 10:25PM
On Thursday, officials said an autopsy of Sandra Bland found no signs of a violent struggle and her death has been ruled a suicide. “I have not seen any evidence that this is a homicide,” said prosecutor Warren Diepraam, telling reporters that Bland’s body showed none of the defensive wounds consistent with murder.
3 Dead, 7 Injured After Shooter Opens Fire in Louisiana Theater
Hudson Hongo · 07/23/15 09:01PMTeen Brothers Arrested After Parents, Siblings Found Stabbed to Death
Hudson Hongo · 07/23/15 07:15PMEat Pigeon: An Introduction to M.F.K. Fisher, History's Best Food Writer
Dayna Evans · 07/23/15 12:55PM
It used to be, when it came to food, people had a sort of devil-may-care just-put-the-food-in-your-damn-mouth attitude. This is no longer the case. Today there is more culinary-related material to sift through than ever before: Books! Magazines! Zines! Websites! Cookbooks! GOOP! If you live in one of the country’s many rapidly gentrifying cities, there is probably a new restaurant on your block every 15 minutes. On TV every day there is a new cooking show followed by a cooking competition show followed by a four-hour block of Rachael Ray talking to a backyard ghost about empanadas (log on to rachaelray.com to see Rachael and the ghost compete to make nachos).
Cops: Reality TV Star Was Murdered By Her Long-Term Boyfriend
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/23/15 11:05AMSeveral Works of Micro-Fiction Based On the Madewell Fall Lookbook
Dayna Evans · 07/23/15 10:52AMWriting and What Comes With It
Hamilton Nolan · 07/23/15 10:35AM50 Cent: I'm Not Rich, I Just Borrowed Tons of Cool, Expensive Shit
Jay Hathaway · 07/23/15 10:10AM
Facing down a $5 million judgment for posting a sex tape of Rick Ross’s baby mama, 50 Cent has declared bankruptcy to prove he can’t pay. It’s somewhat convenient that, after Forbes named him one of the richest rappers in the world just a few months ago, 50 claims his reported $155 million fortune is really just $4.375 million. He said this week that he rented cars and borrowed jewelry to keep up appearances.