The Olympic Night of Figure Skating Fail

Matt Cherette · 02/16/10 01:30AM

Tonight, Russia's 50-year-long domination of Olympic pairs figure skating ended as China took home gold. The best thing about the evening's coverage, though, was the MASSIVE amount of on-ice failure. Inside, a video montage of the best of the worst.

Vidur Kapur on Gay Indian Terrorists

Jon Martin · 02/15/10 09:00PM

Being a gay Indian immigrant has made life hard for Vidur Kapur... or maybe it's just given him a ton of stand-up material. Either way, he makes us laugh, so who cares?

Vidur is part of a new wave of Indian comedians and made a name for himself in the Indian community a long time.

Skeleton Keeps Title As World's Scariest Olympic Sport

Adrian Chen · 02/15/10 08:57PM

1) it is called "skeleton" 2) This guy has a skull on his helmet 3) He's hurling himself facedown a mountain 4) Even though that luger died, the skeleton course won't be changed because racers need a running start. [NYT]

East-West Differences Divide Twitterati

Ryan Tate · 02/15/10 07:54PM

The Wall Street Journal diaspora was divided by an ocean; coastal wine writers were divided by an assumption-filled land mass; and Harvey Weinstein and his interviewer re-divided the responsibilities. The Twitterati were geographically fractious.

Steve Jobs Tries to Cover Up Apple's Racial Profile

Ryan Tate · 02/15/10 06:54PM

Apple and Google are among a handful of tech companies who fought to hide the race and gender of their workforce from newspaper reporters. And no wonder: Their diversity probably went from bad to worse.

Grace and Poise

Brian Moylan · 02/15/10 06:10PM

[Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader escaped the exploding death star to take refuge in the front row of the Zac Posen show in Bryant Park today. Image via Getty]

Your Approved Monday Night TV Lineup

Whitney Jefferson · 02/15/10 06:00PM

What's worth watching live tonight and what should you record on your DVR for later? We've got the answers here. What will you be tuning into tonight? Let us know in the comments.

Gawker EIC Fired in CityFile Acquisition

Gabriel Snyder · 02/15/10 04:21PM

Okay, this is weird. But here are two internal memos. One affecting me, the other by me. Nick has just announced that Gawker's acquiring CityFile. As part of that deal, I'm losing my job. Now that they are out there, may as well put them here. So that you have them: