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Arianna Huffington Gets the Finger from Her Entertainment Writers

Ryan Tate · 10/04/11 08:06PM

Arianna Huffington found the name "PopEater" tacky, so she threw everyone overboard and shut the AOL entertainment site down. That, at least, is the unauthorized message Huffington's former minions published to the world via Huffington's servers.

Hackers Will Take Down the Stock Exchange on Monday, or Maybe Not

Max Read · 10/04/11 07:30PM

Anarcho-Doritologist hacker collective has declared war on the New York Stock Exchange and will launch a "raid" on the company's website on Monday, October 10! Or is "Operation Invade Wall Street" a "fake planted operation"? Or maybe it doesn't really matter either way.

All the Craziness from Today's Alexander McQueen Show

Brian Moylan · 10/04/11 05:31PM

Before he died, designer Alexander McQueen was always the wackiest show on the fashion calendar. Now in her third ready-to-wear collection, Sarah Burton did not disappoint during the label's presentation in Paris today. There were boob-less dresses, lots of frills, and all sorts of insane shit on the model's faces.

Michael C. Hall Wants Money

Richard Lawson · 10/04/11 05:00PM

TV's favorite serial killer is in a contract dispute with his network. Also today: good news about Matt Saracen, weird news about Werner Herzog, nostalgic news from Disney, and half-bad news from NBC.

This Crazy Protester Is a Conservative's Wet Dream

Adrian Chen · 10/04/11 04:53PM

Did you know that the real reason Occupy Wall Street protesters hate banks is that they're anti-Semitic loons? Yep, just look at this video of a completely representative Wall Street protester that the National Review discovered down in Manhattan's Zuccotti Park.

Americans Are Too Poor to Drive Drunk

John Cook · 10/04/11 04:41PM

Good news! Drunk driving is down 30% over the last five years. Bad news! It's probably because we're all too broke to leave the house. Instead of wasting precious fuel to drive to bars and pay $4 for Bud Light, we're staying home with the lights off, drinking homemade prune wine, and sniffing kerosene. Apparently the way you'll know the economy is moving again is when you get T-Boned by a black-out drunk in a '70s Pontiac.

Donald Rumsfeld's Other Al Jazeera Interview Didn't Go So Well

Jim Newell · 10/04/11 04:37PM

Donald Rumsfeld, who during his time in the Bush White House labeled Al Jazeera Arabic "vicious, inaccurate and inexcusable," made news last week by praising the English network, saying he's now "delighted you are doing what you are doing." That was in an interview with David Frost. But he held another interview with the network that day that's just coming to light! It is truly something else, meaning it's scary and contentious.

Obsessed Media Track Whereabouts of Amanda Knox's Airplane

Maureen O'Connor · 10/04/11 04:27PM

At 8:35PM GMT, respected British news source The Daily Telegraph broke news in its Amanda Knox liveblog: "Thanks to the wonders of modern technology we can see that Knox's plane is currently over Canada's Auyuittuq National Park on planefinder.net."

The iPhone 5 Failboard: How Everyone Got It Wrong

Ryan Tate · 10/04/11 04:25PM

A great many Apple fans are hot and bothered that no iPhone 5 emerged today to fill the void in their souls. But you know who should really feel dejected? All the tech bloggers who wasted time typing bold proclamations about new features, designs and phones that never came.

Scientists Want to Blow Your High Forever

Hamilton Nolan · 10/04/11 04:11PM

Addiction vaccine! HIV contraceptive! Lazy walkers! Alien snails! Autism therapy! Pregnancy diet! Drunk driving! Sun vitamins! And Alzheimer's is already creeping into you, right now! It's your Tuesday Health Watch, where we watch your health—strenuously!

Joe Biden's Confusing Occupy Wall Street Interview

Jim Newell · 10/04/11 03:34PM

Joe Biden has finally chimed in on Occupy Wall Street! Mostly by confusing it with a Van Jones-led conference in D.C. and then not knowing that Van Jones, the former White House "green jobs czar," used to work for him. Perhaps it's time for a little "What's Going On With The Left" clarification session.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Cock Blocked

Richard Lawson · 10/04/11 02:09PM

Last night's installment of Vincent Price's House of Waxxx introduced us to a ghoulish new character and further developed another recent addition. It's getting crowded up in here!

Facebook Mysteriously Ditched by ACLU Veteran

Ryan Tate · 10/04/11 01:13PM

There's an interesting little riddle under discussion in Washington, DC right now: Why did a former senior ACLU lawyer decide he didn't like working for Facebook's lobbying operation? I mean, isn't Facebook known for safeguarding individual liberty and privacy at any cost?