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Best of Jimmy Fallon's First Late Night

Ryan Tate · 03/03/09 07:27AM

Sure, Jimmy Fallon was awkward on his Late Night debut, as first-time hosts tend to be. But expectations are so low the comedian just needed to show a little promise. That he did.

'Lily' Wants $3 Million for Tales of Dating Tesla CEO

Owen Thomas · 02/28/09 08:00AM

Sunny Huang, a California woman who goes by "Asian Beauty Lily" online, wants $3 million for the story of her "glamorous and loving relationship" with Elon Musk, the CEO of troubled electric automaker Tesla Motors.

How to Win the Chicks On American Idol

Richard Lawson · 02/26/09 03:46PM

This was quite possibly the dullest episode of American Idol in recent memory (and that's saying something!!! blah-blah) But at least there were cute boys! Well, one in particular. But the singing? Ick.

Kathie Lee Gifford Sleeps Naked. You're Welcome.

Richard Lawson · 02/26/09 12:03PM

You know the story: the Today show is now produced by Tristan Tzara, so the program's fourth hour has become a surreal Dadaist tone poem of old ladies yelling. Today's installment: Kathie Lee sleeps naked.

Bobby Jindal Channels Kenneth the Page in GOP Response

Ryan Tate · 02/24/09 11:49PM

Bobby Jindal's rebuttal to the president's Congressional address tonight sounded creepily like a monologue from Kenneth the Page, 30 Rock's bewildered hillbilly. Click for video of the Louisiana governor's most Kenneth-like moments.

The Crevasse: Awesome, Legal Street Art

Ryan Tate · 02/24/09 10:22PM

Perhaps "artistic depths" is a better term than "heights:" German artist Edgar Müller created this miles-deep, 3D visual crevasse for the "Festival of World Culture" in Ireland last year. Video went online just over a week ago, offering Gotham's public arts administrators an idea for a viable, cheap, recession-era alternative to last year's waterfalls.

Save the Bankers

Ryan Tate · 02/24/09 02:29AM

Don't get us wrong: We despise the arrogant and overpaid financiers responsible for this economic mess. They, not taxpayers, should pay for their incompetence. But banker hatred is starting to get worrisomely extreme.

The Revenge of Amazon.com's 'Chuckling Maniac'

Owen Thomas · 02/24/09 02:00AM

Jeff Bezos turned up on the Daily Show couch to promote Amazon.com's newest Kindle e-book reader. And as this clip shows, he laughed, and laughed, and laughed. Why wouldn't he?