Google's War on Cougars

Adrian Chen · 05/15/10 12:40PM

God damn it, Google somehow made us sympathetic towards a really dumb dating website. Amazing! CougarLife "is the premier online dating service that pairs women in their prime with younger men." Google refuses to run their ads, because of sexism.

Little Britain: I'm a Lady

Matt Leary · 05/15/10 12:30PM

David Walliams is one extremely elegant lady. He's also one half of Little Britain, a sketch show that takes a look into a magical land where fries are called chips and the term fanny does not refer to the buttocks.

'I'm strongly against it.'

Adrian Chen · 05/15/10 12:26PM

[Woody Allen, when asked about his relationship with death. Allen was speaking at the Cannes premier of his new film, You Will Meet a Tall, Dark Stranger. Image via Bauer-Griffin.]

'So She's Enjoying Penis a Little Bit More Is She?'

Ravi Somaiya · 05/15/10 10:03AM

This week ABC in New Orleans ran a risque story about an injection, G-shot, which can increase a lady's sensitivity down there. It was a segment filled with euphemisms. But not for anchor Michael Hill, who just flat-out said it.

The Philosophy of Sarah Palin

Ravi Somaiya · 05/15/10 09:28AM

Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek has a new book, End Times, out later this month which analyzes the end of the world as we know it. And, quite appropriately, there's a section on Sarah Palin.

Russell Peters on the Melting Pot

nightintern · 05/14/10 08:00PM

They say that we as humans will eventually commingle into one giant ethnicity. Comedian Russell Peters shares his suggestions as to what would happen if you mixed race A with race B in an attempt to speed up the process.

The Best Gawker.TV Comments: Your Words, Your Week in Video

Kristina Lucarelli · 05/14/10 06:30PM

This week, we've got some Bieber dopplegangers, speculation as to why Keenan Thompson can't do impressions, and a dig at Kathie Lee, because... well... it's Kathie Lee. See if your comment made the cut!

Carpet Bomb

Brian Moylan · 05/14/10 06:17PM

[A flash of light erupts as the stars approach the paparazzi on the red carpet at the premiere of The Housemaid at the Cannes Film Festival today. Image via Getty]

4chan Founder Gets Funding For Mystery Startup

Adrian Chen · 05/14/10 06:05PM

Christopher Poole (aka "Moot") founded the unruly message board 4chan as a place for anime enthusiasts to hang out. Now it's a crazy, sometimes-scary morass of nascent memes, porn, racism. But Poole is about to go legit.

What's In #tips?

Kaila Hale-Stern · 05/14/10 05:38PM

Today in #tips, horrid 9/11 collectibles, "sexy" album covers, Rahm Emanuel curses, Fox lets go of Wanda Sykes, and Russell Crowe walks out of an interview.

The Week We Played Softball

Richard Lawson · 05/14/10 05:28PM

Let's take a look back at the Gawker week that was. May 9-14: one of the lesbianiest, softballingest weeks on record.

Polanski Faces New Allegations of Teen Sex Abuse

Ravi Somaiya · 05/14/10 05:15PM

A British actress, now 44, alleges Polanski abused her in his Paris apartment when she was 16—an incident similar to his rape of Samantha Geimer, 13. In fact he was running from those charges at the time.