Clarence Thomas' Suicidal, Epileptic Nephew Punched, Tasered

Jim Newell · 07/09/10 01:21PM

Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas and family are "outraged" after his nephew was allegedly punched, pulled and tased at a New Orleans hospital, after a possible suicide attempt. The taser put him into a "massive epileptic seizure." Video below.

Is the 'TV Hat' the Stupidest Invention of 2010?

Brian Moylan · 07/09/10 12:49PM

Since there aren't any more Snuggie jokes to be made, Americans have moved on to ironically loving a new ridiculous product: the TV Hat. Can we all agree to stop wasting our money on this crap?

The Most Obsequious Blurb Ever to Grace a Book Cover

Maureen O'Connor · 07/09/10 11:31AM

Behold, the blurb that launched a thousand mocking blog posts: "Very rarely, a few times in a lifetime, you open a book and when you close it nothing can ever be the same..." Book blurbs: Old media's version of linkbaiting.

Today's Gawker.TV Trivia

Emily Chen · 07/09/10 11:00AM

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.

Why People Aren't Going to Concerts Anymore

Brian Moylan · 07/09/10 10:57AM

Ticket sales for all the concerts in the country combined has dropped to a new low, and many big-name acts are under-performing. How could this happen? Maybe because all the bands are old and no one wants to see them.