There's a Good Chance Dave Chappelle Once Bought Weed From Idris Elba

Jason Parham · 11/18/14 02:20PM

For the first time in years, Dave Chappelle gave a sit-down interview. The veteran comedian spoke to GQ's Mark Anthony Green about leaving the limelight, fame, and happiness. "I have all these weird fantasies," he says. "Going coast-to-coast on my motorcycle and having random barbecues all over America. No show, no nothing...I just like meeting people."

Benedict Cumberbatch Just Cannot Get Jimmy Fallon to Say "Booty"

Jay Hathaway · 11/18/14 02:01PM

Jimmy Fallon's recurring Tonight Show games, like beer pong and musical impressions, are pretty reliable, but only because he doesn't overuse them—he has to mix it up by introducing new ways to torture his guests. Or, in the case of last night's new game, his audience.

Hamilton Nolan · 11/18/14 12:18PM

The Ohio state legislature is seeking to pass a bill that would completely shield state employees, doctors, and companies involved in executions from public records law. Because more secrecy is just what our flawless capital punishment system needs.

Tell Us About Your Experience Teaching in America's Public Schools

Dayna Evans · 11/18/14 12:00PM

Last month, an issue of TIME magazine hit newsstands with the grabby cover headline "Rotten Apples." The article looks at Silicon Valley's controversial involvement in bringing down teacher tenure in California—another in the pile of articles written about privatizing funds for public schools, encouraging the growth of charters, and instituting proposed fixes for America's broken school system that require not only budget cuts in high-risk communities but private financing elsewhere.

America Rewards the Deserving

Hamilton Nolan · 11/18/14 11:24AM

The business world is giddy and agog at the rip-roaring return of mergers and acquisitions. M&A is back! Just yesterday, two mega-deals worth $100 billion were announced. Some people are getting very, very rich. The deserving people, that is.

Tila Tequila Gave Her Baby Totally Normal Name

Leah Finnegan · 11/18/14 10:53AM

It's the first wintry day on the Eastern seaboard, and the sparrows are nowhere to be found. The sun cuts through the ice-wind but provides no warmth. A lone crow makes its rounds. Tila Tequila's firstborn is two days old.

When It’s Difficult to Endure

L. Yvette Baker · 11/18/14 10:15AM

I struggle with accepting the fact that I am a strange girl. I'm not the kind of strange girl that relishes her weirdness and feels that it adds cachet—most of the time I feel misunderstood, disliked, or acutely alone. My conversations tend to alienate those around me; what I perceive as candor and connection reads like unmitigated gall and oversharing. I've been told that I just have to find people who "get me," and that has proven difficult.

"Drunk Girl in Public" Actress Says She Was Tricked, Too

Jay Hathaway · 11/18/14 09:54AM

In a popular viral video from last week, men appeared to aggressively try to take advantage of a "drunk" woman on Hollywood Boulevard. Although it was presented as a real "social experiment," the men in the video were paid actors who thought they were doing a comedy skit. And now the model who played the fake drunk girl says she was tricked the same way.

One Direction Fans Pissed After Matt Lauer Suggests Zayn Is On Drugs

Allie Jones · 11/18/14 09:00AM

You do not ask if Zayn is on drugs. This is the chorus of One Direction's tween Twitter fans, who are absolutely outraged that Today's Matt Lauer would even think of doing such a thing. But after boy band member Zayn Malik bailed on One Direction's album release show for a "tummy bug," Matt had some questions for the rest of the group.