'Models Play Ping Pong for Haiti'

cityfile · 01/20/10 05:01PM

You've heard about the George Clooney telethon for Haiti, which airs on Friday. And you may have seen Larry King's celebrity fundraiser on CNN the other night. But how would you like to watch a bunch of models—along with former Fugee and dubious fundraiser Wyclef Jean—play ping pong for Haiti? Because you can if you want to:

Kids Everywhere Up to No Good

Hamilton Nolan · 01/20/10 04:43PM

The youth of today: what the hell are they doing all the time? Nothing good, that's for sure.

Daily Link Roundup: The Best of the Rest

Whitney Jefferson · 01/20/10 04:30PM

Every day we come across so many great things on the internet. Here's our favorite links, news stories, and webjunk that we came across today.

Comment of the Day — The End of Danger Road

Richard Lawson · 01/20/10 04:21PM

Every day we pick a comment for special recognition — for its wit, its insight, or its emotion. While there were many good political comments today, we've had enough of that awful mess. So let's talk about celebrities! And dreams.

cityfile · 01/20/10 04:02PM

• As rumored, the New York Times plans to begin charging readers to access stories on the NYT website. It will be a metered system (so only "frequent readers" will be affected), and it doesn't start until 2011. And faithful subscribers to the print edition won't be forced to pay anything extra. [NYT]
• What are the chances Conan lands at Fox? It could happen, but there are plenty of reasons why Fox might decide to back away from a deal. [WSJ]
• The news biz: Talks to bring Ted Koppel back to ABC News appear to have fallen through; Megyn Kelly is getting her own show on Fox News; and CNN has announced it's partnering with hipster mag Vice, oddly enough. [NYO]
• Condé Nast's Fairchild unit has a new chief. Gina Sanders, Lucky's publisher (and Si Newhouse's niece) will now be running the show. [WWD]
• The Sundance Film Festival kicks off in Park City, Utah tomorrow. And it's shaping up to be fest's "most important" year ever, supposedly. [NYT, WSJ]

Kim and Khloe Kardashian's Stupidity Reaches New Highs on Lopez Tonight

Whitney Jefferson · 01/20/10 03:48PM

Two Kardashian sisters spoiled television airwaves last night with a pure stream of brainlessness. This clip highlights their dumbest remarks with light at the end of the tunnel: Kim reveals she'll be punched Snooki-style in an upcoming episode!

What Poor People Need Is a Lower Wage

Hamilton Nolan · 01/20/10 03:25PM

The Way We Live Now: Cursing the minimum wage laws. Curse you, minimum wage! Were it not for your harsh dictates, maybe we'd still have that part-time poverty-maintaining job down at the canning plant. Now all we have is Cash4Gold.

The Jersey Shore Audition Tapes

Whitney Jefferson · 01/20/10 03:14PM

This footage is pretty much exactly what you would expect. The girls talk about the size of their breasts, the guys show off their muscles, and The Situation is convinced he'll be the first to get his own spin-off.

To Know the Jersey Shore Kids Is to Hate the Show

Brian Moylan · 01/20/10 03:03PM

Now that Snooki, The Situation, and crew have leaped off the screen and into our real lives with public and club appearances, are reports of their wanton ways going to screw up MTV's newest hit? Maybe.

Racist Mattress Salesman Manages to Offend Everybody

Frank Cozzarelli · 01/20/10 03:01PM

Gary the mattress salesman hasn't met a racial stereotype that he isn't willing to exploit, and does an amazingly thorough job of offending just about everybody in this 45-second commercial.

Tell Us Your Triumph of Stupidity

gawkercreative · 01/20/10 02:59PM

And you could be one of two Gawker readers invited to attend the Diesel NSFW Gawker Artist opening/mega-party at Gawker HQ on 1/28. Then check back this week to vote for the stupidest (best)! Contest details after the jump.