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Cops Assail Gwyneth Paltrow on Streets of New York

Maureen O'Connor · 06/20/11 10:15AM

Gwyneth Paltrow gets pulled over by the NYPD. Heidi Montag works out 14 hours a day and has "shooting pains" in her breasts. Beyonce's mother is a diva. A new Miss USA is crowned. Monday gossip fought the law.

Which Actor Can't Get It Up?

Brian Moylan · 06/20/11 09:47AM

Not even Viagra will help this actor's serious case of whiskey dick. This actress got pregnant with her best friend's boyfriend's baby. And this actress is trying to convince the press she's dating a man everyone knows is a closet case. The only secrets anyone ever has are in the bedroom.

Finally, the Real Muppets Movie Trailer

Seth Abramovitch · 06/19/11 10:01PM

After three teaser fakes, the real, full-length trailer for the upcoming The Muppets has finally come out. Does it put to ease my growing concerns over what Jason Segel and company would do with Kermie and the gang? For the most part, yes, though I still have some reservations. But there's fart shoes, a new Muppet who looks a lot like Gene Simmons, Miss Piggy in a Chanel suit, and a Starship sing-along. How bad could it be? (And is that a "K & P" I spy on the wrought iron gate?) The movie opens November 23rd. [Muppets Studio]

The Week in Celebrity Snapshots

Matt Cherette · 06/19/11 08:20PM

Every day, celebrities across the world are followed and photographed by the omnipresent paparazzi, often to entertaining results. From Oprah in Chicago to Snooki in Italy to Nick Jonas in Los Angeles to Beyonce in Nice, here are some of the more amusing shots from the past week.

'Friendly Atheist' Helps Vandalized Churches Raise Funds

Lauri Apple · 06/19/11 05:24PM

Even though he's a godless Chicagoland schoolteacher who majored in math and biology-science, Hemant Mehta still has some values. I know! The world's so complicated. Anyway, when Mehta heard about two Oregon churches being vandalized, he started fund-raising to help them finance their clean-up efforts.

Sega Hacked, 1.3 Million Customers Affected

Max Read · 06/19/11 04:30PM

The names, email addresses, birthdays and encrypted passwords of some 1.3 million Sega customers were hacked, the company revealed today. The hack targeted SegaPass, "a newsletter and online game service operated by [Sega's] European subsidiary," but luckily, since the company uses a third-party vendor to handle payment, no credit card or bank information was accessed.

Senator Arrested After Alleged Drunken SUV Joy Ride

Lauri Apple · 06/19/11 03:38PM

Idaho potato John McGee, who boasts on his website that he's the youngest member of his state's senate, celebrated Father's Day by engaging in some youthful indiscretions that he probably now very much regrets, as he sits in his Ada County Jail cell.

Jon Stewart Uses Big Words on Fox News

Max Read · 06/19/11 03:03PM

Daily Show host Jon Stewart entered the Fox News lion's den for the third time today, appearing on Fox News Sunday opposite Chris Wallace and having the exact same argument about the media that he had with... well, that he tried to have with Tucker Carlson back in 2004. It was infuriating! Not because of Stewart, who is an able if at times frustratingly conciliatory interlocutor, but because of Chris Wallace, who is a huge, silly boob. Above, Stewart tries to make a point, using big words; Wallace responds by showing a clip from Comedy Central's roast of Pamela Anderson. If you have the desire, or the patience, to wach the whole thing, you can find it here.

GLAAD President Resigns over AT&T Donations

Max Read · 06/19/11 01:51PM

Jarrett Barrios, the president of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, resigned on Sunday night following revelations that GLAAD had expressed support of AT&T's merger with T-Mobile—while also taking $50,000 in donations from the company.

Deep-Fried Kool-Aid Balls the Latest Taste Sensation

Lauri Apple · 06/19/11 01:35PM

Years from now, when we're sitting in our old-people rocking chairs and fondly reminiscing about the memes of our youth, we'll be able to remember this weekend as the moment when Kool-Aid balls entered our national consciousness—shaping our eating habits for decades to come.

Obama Impersonator's Race Jokes Not a Big Hit at GOP Conference

Max Read · 06/19/11 12:40PM

The Republican Leadership Conference hired an Obama impersonator named Reggie Brown to liven up the proceedings on Saturday. And liven them up he did! Only, with jokes that are not really appropriate for political conferences—especially not conferences of parties that would like to present themselves as serious-minded and economy-focused rather than quasi-racist clown shows.

Pastor Figures Out Way to Quiet the ‘God Hates Fags’ People

Lauri Apple · 06/19/11 11:55AM

Today Pastor Mark Driscoll and his congregation of "blind lemmings" at Seattle's Mars Hill church are expecting a visit from the Westboro Baptist Church, whose members call Mars Hill a "Whore House" (for search engine optimization purposes, probably). In honor of Westboro's visit, Driscoll's planned a little party.

Amy Winehouse's Trainwreck Serbian Concert

Max Read · 06/19/11 11:42AM

Poor Amy Winehouse! The constantly-troubled singer kicked off her European tour in Belgrade, Serbia on Saturday with, well, this, which is hardly a positive sign. Winehouse reportedly spent a week in rehab earlier this year; unsurprisingly, it wasn't long enough. [via WSJ]

What Your Father's Day Gift Says About You

Richard Lawson · 06/19/11 10:05AM

The lesser two of the parents holidays (let's be serious) befalls the nation once more today, and given that it's Father's Day, not Mother's Day, that we're talking about here, you probably haven't gotten a gift yet. Which you should do! But be careful. Certain gifts say certain things you might not be aware of.

'Big Man' Clarence Clemons Dies

Max Read · 06/19/11 08:49AM

Saxophonist Clarence Clemons, the "Big Man" of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, died on Saturday of complications from a stroke he suffered earlier this month.