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Laid-off eBayers get goodbye video all wrong
Owen Thomas · 12/18/08 06:20PMWhen a tipster told me that workers at eBay France had created a lip-dub video, my hopes were high. But I should never have expected great things from eBay.
Rove & Friends Laugh Off Shoe-Bomb
Pareene · 12/18/08 03:40PMScarlett Johansson Auctioning Off Her Snot-Filled Tissue
Richard Lawson · 12/18/08 12:14PMSnide Alec Baldwin Taken In Hand By Joy Behar
Ryan Tate · 12/18/08 05:54AMHow is it Joy Behar has escaped our attention as a masterful interviewer for so long? Subbing on Larry King Live last night, she had her way with a prickly, pushy Alec Baldwin.
The Internet's funny business tunes out
Owen Thomas · 12/17/08 07:00PMYahoo songwriter uploads layoff angst to YouTube
Owen Thomas · 12/17/08 06:40PMIt's also really terrible, in a way that veers on high camp, but doesn't quite cross the border.
Our Ten Favorite Videos of 2008
Richard Lawson · 12/17/08 12:10PMLeno In Stats-Lie Shame
Ryan Tate · 12/16/08 10:41PMJay Leno has been saying his 10pm show will be hot, because going to bed early is suddenly hot, among the kids. Someone finally checked, and of course Leno is totally wrong.
Tom Cruise Laughs About Being Insane Scientologist
Ryan Tate · 12/16/08 09:46PMThis clip of Tom Cruise on David Letterman later tonight, in which he laughs about his fear of psychiatry and his insane, megalomaniacal tendencies, is one piece in a set: Scientology Prince asserts normalcy.
Henry Blodget's Love/Hate Relationship with Eliot Spitzer
Owen Thomas · 12/16/08 05:04PM24-year-old poker player buys own TV ad
Owen Thomas · 12/16/08 01:40PMLil' Gordon Ramsay Ups the Lil' Parody Ante
Ryan Tate · 12/16/08 06:59AMBritney and Ellen Shake Their Asses In Tribute to Birth of Baby Jesus
Kyle Buchanan · 12/15/08 07:05PMThough the idea of Britney Spears and Ellen DeGeneres caroling together may sound cute in concept, it's hard to believe Spears would perform even "Frosty the Snowman" sans lip-synching or Autotune.
Let's Talk About This Crazy Moment from 'Survivor' For a Second
Kyle Buchanan · 12/15/08 05:46PM'Wolverine' Trailer Rescues 'X-Men' Character From the Claws of Brett Ratner
Kyle Buchanan · 12/15/08 03:00PMBlind Guv Offended by SNL Impersonation
Ryan Tate · 12/14/08 10:02PMWhy Pamela Anderson can't beat Google
Owen Thomas · 12/14/08 07:00PMNeed more examples? Here are commercials from MSN, Yahoo, and Ask.com. (I found them using Google and YouTube, a Google-owned video-hosting site.) Do any of them articulate a reason to switch search engines?
Wes Anderson Directs Brad Pitt in Ad for Wacky Japanese Sensibility
Kyle Buchanan · 12/12/08 05:46PMRoyal Tenenbaums director Wes Anderson doesn't typically work with two-time Sexiest Man Alive winners (keep trying, Schwarzbaum!), so to imagine what the director could do with Brad Pitt doesn't come easily.