Real-Life Kramer Breaks Door Instead of Delivering Unhinged Racist Rant
Taylor Berman · 06/25/15 01:56PMTo celebrate making old episodes of Seinfeld available for streaming, Hulu created a replica of Jerry’s apartment in Manhattan. Yesterday, on day one of the exhibit, some grown child briefly broke it. This person then sent a video of the incident to Curbed, and shared the resulting article on his Facebook page with the following caption: “Hello world, it’s me. The Sein-failed guy. My inner Kramer is beaming.”
Pranna, Manhattan's Notorious Bottomless Brunch Vomitorium, Is Doomed
Jay Hathaway · 06/25/15 12:30PMPranna, Madison Avenue’s opulent palace where the mimosas flow like waterfalls (and so does the vomit), may not be long for this world. Despite making small changes to appease its long-suffering neighbors, the brunch spot that gave us the fake heir to “half of fucking Manhattan” had its application for a new liquor license aggressively rejected by the community board Wednesday night.
You Probably Can't Jump Across the Subway Tracks
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/15 12:20PMUnivision Canceled Miss USA Because Donald Trump Is an Asshole
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/25/15 12:05PM
Donald Trump, to be fair, says a lot of idiot things. And for the most part, people just ignore him until he tires himself out, as you might a child having a tantrum. But it looks like his idiot comments about drug-addicted-rapist Mexicans rightfully offended some people—Univision says they’re not going to air the Miss USA beauty pageant as long as he’s involved.
McDonald's Wants a God Damn Medal for Serving Slightly Less Poison
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/15 11:51AMScorching Heat Wave in Pakistan Leaves Nearly 900 People Dead
Dayna Evans · 06/25/15 11:00AMSauna Shanda Rabbi Won't Step Down
Ashley Feinberg · 06/25/15 10:50AM
A New York Orthodox rabbi announced last night that he’s refusing to leave his post—despite his synagogue board’s requests to the contrary in response to the revelation of his habit of taking naked sauna dips with young male congregants in the 1980s and 90s, some of whom were as young as 12 years old.
Wanted: Subway Masturbator Caught Jerking It Under a Hat on the A Train
Jay Hathaway · 06/25/15 10:39AM
The NYPD is seeking a man who allegedly “masturbated to completion” on an uptown A train Friday morning while covering his lap with a black baseball cap. Not covering it well enough, apparently, because the woman who reported him says she distinctly saw his penis. She also sent Gothamist this video of the man apparently pleasuring himself on a packed train:
Dustin “Screech” Diamond Sentenced to Four Months for Bar Stabbing
Taylor Berman · 06/25/15 10:23AM
Saved by the Bell star Dustin “Screech” Diamond was sentenced to four months in prison and 15 months probation this morning for stabbing a man in a Wisconsin bar on Christmas Day. The 38-year-old actor, who was convicted of carrying a concealed weapon and disorderly conduct in May, faced a possible sentence of five years.
Disabled Orca Stumpy Has Always Relied on the Kindness of Stranger Orcas
Rich Juzwiak · 06/25/15 10:17AM
Orcas (also known as killer whales) have what some scientists call “culture.” They exhibit a range of behaviors depending on their global locations (the species is found in every ocean on Earth) and how they live in those locations (there are transient, resident, and offshore orcas). Some males stay with their mothers for life. Many pods are led by matriarchs. Some hunt in teams using methods that require strict coordination and a seemingly sophisticated level of communication.
Supreme Court: Obamacare Subsidies Still Legal in All States
Jay Hathaway · 06/25/15 09:40AMHamilton Nolan · 06/25/15 09:39AM
The Big Dicked Convict Apparently Painted His Way Out of Prison
Gabrielle Bluestone · 06/25/15 09:32AMToday in Product Review Spoilers: The $480 Pour Over Coffee Maker
Hamilton Nolan · 06/25/15 08:58AMMax Read · 06/25/15 08:38AM
“As long as I take those three pink lithium-carbonate capsules every day, I can function. If I don’t, I will be riding on top of subway cars measuring speed and looking for light in elevated realms”: Friend of Gawker Jaime Lowe writes about lithium, the element that helps control her bipolar disorder.