Craig Ferguson Ends Show with Tribute to TV's Biggest Twist Endings

Hudson Hongo · 12/20/14 04:30PM

As host of The Late Late Show, Craig Ferguson spent much of his 10-year tenure dragging the talk show format into increasingly bizarre territory. So when he hosted his final episode on Friday, it was only fitting that Ferguson would cap it off with an homage to some of the most inexplicable twists in television history.

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard Do Another Disservice to Baby Names

Leah Finnegan · 12/20/14 02:15PM

The Baby Name Critic had not yet been called to service when Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard, a couple claiming to be Hollywood talents, gave life to their firstborn, a girl child unfortunately named Lincoln. If the Baby Name Critic had been writing for hire then, she might have said: Do not name your daughter after a geriatric brand of automobile/the 16th male president. Really, must we burden our young women by giving them both the first names and the surnames of men? A better solution for parents interested in honoring Lincoln's values, but also bolstering the feminist cause, would be to name your daughter after a strong woman of the Civil War era: Harriet (Tubman or Beecher Stowe!). Clara. Lucretia. All stunning names.

Brendan O'Connor · 12/20/14 01:45PM

"I have buried bodies of the deceased of different ages, sizes, and weights," Taj Muhammad, a gravedigger at Peshawar, Pakistan's largest graveyard told the AP after this week's school massacre. "Those small bodies I've been burying since yesterday felt much heavier than any of the big ones I've buried before."

Leaked: "Asshole" Adam Sandler Demanded $200 Million Candy Land Movie

Hudson Hongo · 12/20/14 01:00PM

One of the first leaked documents to come out of the Sony hack revealed numerous employee complaints about producing "mundane, formulaic" Adam Sandler movies. But according to emails recently uncovered by The Daily Beast, frustrations with Sandler were shared by Sony Pictures head Amy Pascal, who referred to the comedian and his production company Happy Madison as "assholes" on at least two occasions.

"I Can Breathe": An Evening with the Men of #ThankYouNYPD

Brendan O'Connor · 12/20/14 09:30AM

If you wanted to hear both sides of the argument about race relations in America last night, you might have made your way down to City Hall in New York, where pro-NYPD and anti-racism demonstrators yelled at each other across barricades. "You're a fucking racist," one side screamed. "You're a fucking moron," the other side screamed back.

Seth Meyers to Sony Hackers: Bring It On, Read My Email

Jay Hathaway · 12/19/14 05:38PM

Other, other late night host Seth Meyers took on the Sony hackers who've managed to temporarily stop the release of The Interview in a new bit he's calling "Bring It On." In the piece, he dares the hackers to attack NBC and release his personal email, while his network overlords beg them not to in the captions below.

J.K. Trotter · 12/19/14 04:54PM

Rumor! According to the New York Times, vengeful Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke is in talks with Politico to “write about Washington as a political columnist.” Know anything about Finke’s new gig? Drop us a line.

Zen Koans Explained: The Final Koan

Hamilton Nolan · 12/19/14 04:45PM

"I have blogged for so very long," caterwauled the dunce, "yet still the people do not embrace the zen!" Enraged, he "dropped the mic," which turned out to be a rubber Super Bounce ball. At that, he achieved enlightenment—right on the noggin!

New York's Law Enforcement Unions Are Filled With Pathetic Crybabies

Andy Cush · 12/19/14 03:35PM

Patrick Lynch, chairman of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association and head spokesbaby for the inconsolable id of the NYPD, gave a private speech to his union last week. Bill de Blasio "is not running the city of New York," he said in response to a series of perceived slights from City Hall. "He thinks he's running a fucking revolution." The raging toddlers in attendance howled and smacked their tiny palms together in approval.