Teen Twitter (the most powerful force in the universe) has been hit by a bomb, and that bomb's name is Alex From Target. Who is this ordinary Target checkout guy, and why is Teen Twitter obsessed with him? Read on for more.

One Santa Cruz man's Halloween costume was a hit—his Fox News reporter costume was apparently so convincing, he was allegedly attacked by 29-year-old Sean Kory during a parade. According to police, Kory, yelling "I hate Fox News!" grabbed a fake microphone that was part of the man's costume, shoved it down the man's pants and rubbed it against his crotch.

Pierre Omidyar is the 47-year-old Iranian-American billionaire who founded eBay and the embattled news startup First Look Media. In the virtual world of Second Life, however, he’s developed a very different persona: a bald, tribal-tattooed, muscle-shirt-wearing black guy named Kitto Mandala.

Here are five things you didn't know about Anne Hathaway's husband, Adam Shulman. He is a jewelry designer. His name is Adam Shulman. He designs jewelry. He is married to Anne Hathaway. He made Anne Hathaway a weird-ass "glove" aka "intricate handpiece" out of gold, bronze, and silver stars, which she wore to the L.A. premiere of Interstellar last week.

On Friday, we published a Child's Treasury of this year's most offensive Halloween costumes, pointing to popular choices like "sexy ISIS militant" and "Ray Rice." The imaginations of racist idiots, however, are not bound by trends. Our tipsters sent us even more depressingly inventive and offensive costumes this weekend, proving that there are infinite ways to wear blackface.

Perhaps, reading this morning's post on sex fantasies, you noticed that your go-to scenario is on the blander end of the spectrum. Or maybe you're into stuff so weird it didn't even turn up on the list. Either way: don't be ashamed! Human sexuality exists on a vast and beautiful spectrum. Now let's talk about the stuff we all imagine when we close our eyes and rub one out.

There is a new U.N. report on climate change. Its warnings are very, very dire. It is time that the public comes to terms with the choice we face: keep fossil fuels in the ground, or face doom. Oil companies, like it or not, must be forced to change or be killed.

Human grown-ups: Have you tried everything to stop spontaneous attacks of realizing you love Taylor Swift? You're not alone: Thousands of adults suffer from Taylor Swift-Onset Vertigo, especially after the recent release of "Shake It Off." Fortunately, Saturday Night Live has a pharmaceutical cure.

Heads up, plebs: If you want to listen to Taylor Swift, you gotta pay up. The very rich, guitar-playing porcelain doll has taken a silent stand against dwindling music sales and pulled her catalog of songs from Spotify.

In a study published Friday in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, a group of researchers interviewed more than 1,500 adults in an attempt to determine the relative popularity or rarity of a host of sexual fantasies. The bad news: you're probably a freak. The good news: everyone else is, too.

State legislatures: their campaign ads may be completely ludicrous comedy goldmines, and even some of the incumbents are unhinged lunatics, but with Congress basically deadlocked, they're the only place shit gets done. John Oliver spent nearly 20 minutes mocking these buffoons last night, and explaining why you need to vote anyway.

How would you describe the New York City Marathon, an endurance footrace of 26.2 miles? If you would call it a "glorious cross-city sprint," you might have a future at the New York Times sports desk.

The music industry has shifted from a business model of "selling albums" to a business model of " sell out hard as hell and hope to get your song in an ad campaign." Now, bands can directly pimp themselves out to the Sour Patch Kids™ brand in exchange for room and board.

Three days before Halloween, a man in a Tigger costume was busted having "full-blown sex" with a naked woman on the baby-changing table of a public restroom. The witnesses were a mom and a toddler, who had the door slammed in their faces by the bouncy-flouncy fucking couple.

On Last Week Tonight Sunday, John Oliver noted that Lowe's has introduced robot employees to help customers find whatever they're looking for—which is precisely not the point of home improvement store employees. They're there to keep your marriage from collapsing before your eyes in the bathroom fixtures section.

Omniscient media insider Michael Wolff writes about a Manhattan power lunch sighting: "Recently, the very familiar face I couldn't quite place turned out to be Oprah." It's never been easier to be a media insider.

Lil' Miss Ponytail Ariana Grande has an, ahem, enthusiastic fan from Massachusetts: a 29-year-old man named Tim Normandin. Tim sent Ariana a 42.5-pound pumpkin for Halloween. Ariana sent Tim the cops.

Television actress Katherine Heigl did a Facebook chat with "fans" this weekend, and one brave soul asked, "I've heard rumors that your very rude. What's your thoughts?" The answer, according to Miss Heigl, is "I'm not rude."

Brittany Maynard, the terminally ill woman who pledged to end her own life under Oregon's Death With Dignity Law, died Saturday in her home from a lethal dose of barbiturates. She was 29.

Police say a 29-year-old Merrill Lynch equity trader brutally murdered two women and stashed their bodies at his expensive apartment complex in Hong Kong, where he's currently facing murder charges.