Kathie Lee and Hoda Make Faces During Awkward Silence

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 02/04/10 12:42PM

Kathie Lee and Hoda were left momentarily speechless during a camera switching delay during the fourth hour of Today. The co-hosts lingered in frame making faces before a viewer video question finally cut into their brief breakdown.

An Illiterate Hairdresser Goes to Hollywood

Richard Lawson · 02/04/10 12:39PM

In their March issue, Vanity Fair has a fascinating article about producer Jon Peters, an illiterate hairdresser turned major Hollywood player (and ex Mr. Streisand), written by the woulda-been ghost writer of his memoirs, William Stadiem. Crazy Tinsel tales abound.

Buttered Floor Face Plant

Etan Berkowitz · 02/04/10 12:33PM

While the fact that the victim is singing a hilarious song like "Drops of Jupiter" and towels himself right before he exits the shower, the fall is undeniable.

Miranda Kerr to the Rescue

cityfile · 02/04/10 12:08PM

Remember the banker that got busted for looking at racy photos on his computer because one of his colleagues was being interviewed on TV at the time? The woman he was looking at pictures of—Victoria's Secret model Miranda Kerr—has now stepped in and offered to sign a petition to help him try and save his job. [Herald Sun/NYP, previously]

American Idol: Hollywood Ho

Richard Lawson · 02/04/10 11:45AM

Well gang, we did it. We got through a month of auditions episodes. Many of us died, even more of us are injured or dying, but we've struggled across the finish line and next week will taste glorious Hollywood.

1-900-SADNESS

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 02/04/10 11:45AM

If life is at its roughest and the whole world seems dark, a good, long cry could be in order. Exploit that common weakness and listen to strangers sobbing on this completely normal, totally not creepy, anonymous all crying hotline.

The Best of Scare-Pranking People

Spencer Lund · 02/04/10 11:30AM

Everyone remembers the first time they scared someone by jumping out at them. Well this video should remind you how fun it was to scare the bejesus out of someone that wasn't expecting you.

Jonathan Safran Foer Was Right About the Meat Thing

Hamilton Nolan · 02/04/10 11:29AM

A new USDA survey finds that less than 1% of US farms are organic—meaning that the carnivore locavore yuppie fantasy that it's okay to eat meat as long as it comes from one of the few "good" farms is an unsustainable argument, in the Kantian sense. There will never be enough "good" farms to fulfill the demand for meat, so only forsaking meat altogether is a viable, ethical, environmental stance, in accord with the categorical imperative (universalization formulation). Which, not for nothing, is exactly what Jonathan Safran Foer says in his new book, so, we know he's a precious twee Brooklyn writer and all, but give up some props, along with that ham sandwich. Everyone knows you got to stay off that pork.

The LA County Coroner's Office Has Had a Busy Day

cityfile · 02/04/10 11:23AM

Band-aid heiress Casey Johnson died of diabetic-related complications, the LA County coroner's office announced this afternoon. As for Brittany Murphy, who died a couple of weeks before Johnson, the cause of death was pneumonia "complicated by an iron deficiency, anemia and multiple drug intoxication." The drugs found in her body weren't of the illegal variety, though. It was a "a mixture of prescription and over-the-counter medications." [AP, Reuters]

Steven Seagal Goes Rat Huntin' on Lawman

Mike Byhoff · 02/04/10 11:20AM

One of the biggest problems in Jefferson Parish is drinking and driving. So one would think the main responsibility of the police department would be to stop those DUIs. Not if there are rats in the canal that need shootin'!

How To Use Your Cell Phone as Your Wing Man

David Matthews · 02/04/10 11:00AM

Originally titled How To Trick Women with Technology this video lays out a detailed way to shadily get a woman's phone number and a way to flagrantly misuse a labrador puppy.