Angry Keith Olbermann clearly burns with the desire to say swears on TV. What else can explain his barely-contained glee at playing a clip of Carl Levin saying the word "Shitty" a bunch of times at today's Goldman Sachs hearing?
We hear Cablevision's much-heralded acquisition of blog network Gothamist might be imploding. That would certainly help explain why Gothamist is trying to hire its own sales guy, a month after news of its supposed acquisition.
If you asked us who on the New York Times masthead was most likely to be well-schooled in the art of air shredding, we would would have guessed columnist Nick Kristof. (Dude just has something metal about him.) Wrong!
It's that time again—time to put a wrench in the smoothness of your day and get all befuddled as you watch tonight's new episode of LOST. Update: Oops! Tonight's a rerun. Um, this is awkward. Talk amongst yourselves?
[Someone had some fun with the Gormley statues in Madison Square Park today leaving signs on them in homage to prankster Jeff Ragsdale and the "I'm Sorry Megan" sandwich board he wore around his neck last week. Photo via WENN
Did you think the fact a Senate subcommittee pummeled Goldman Sachs executives on Capitol Hill all day would put off investors? Not so much. Goldman Sachs stock traded up today while the rest of the markets took a nosedive.
Once again, it's time for American Idol! Tonight, at 8:00 PM ET on FOX, your Top 6 will perform live for your votes. Shania Twain will mentor, and the finalists will perform her songs. More inside, plus your open thread.
Big Brother season 9 winner Adam Jasinski used his $500,000 prize to launch a massive Oxycodone distribution operation. Turns out it was a real-life reality show drug ring: His Big Brother ally Matthew McDonald was just indicted too! [TMZ]
All those child support payments must be draining Matthew Knowles' bank account. Even though his daughter, Beyoncé, is worth some $265 million according to Forbes, guess who's paying for his new beach house? That's right—you!
Today we took a look at the potential intern from hell, an eager go-getter who will not tolerate slowness from the people they hope will hire them. Most of you criticized the kid, but some defended his/her unbridled ambition.
71% of NYC taxi passengers are morons. Why? Because they're mindless drones who absolutely love to have commercials flicker in front of their eyes. According to a new poll, only 29% of riders shut off the annoying TV in the backseat of cabs.
While Tyra ended up being the Queen of All Drag Queens on Rupaul's Drag Race, Jujubee handled her defeat with utmost grace, providing all the drag princesses out there with indispensible advice.
Violent black radical Barack Hussein Obama X is learning about wind energy in Iowa, The Washington Post reports in a most unfortunate photo caption error.
This morning in LA, actor Jason Alexander drove into a 14-year-old boy riding a bike on his way to school. Don't worry, everyone is fine. But, seriously, what did Jerry do to these people to mess them up so bad?
First the state was pulling the ol' Fake Prom grift on Constance McMillen, and now it's removing a butch-ish lesbian from her high school yearbook, entirely. That's what happened to Ceara Sturgis of Hazlehurst, MS, anyway.
A tipster tells us this mysterious Sarah Palin magazine—another one—was found in a Target in Atlanta. "Historical Moments in Time," "Plus, Book Reviews." Why? How? Atlanta-area readers, please pick up a copy at once—for Sarah(?).