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Which Actor Can't Get It Up?
Brian Moylan · 06/20/11 09:47AMFinally, the Real Muppets Movie Trailer
Seth Abramovitch · 06/19/11 10:01PMAfter 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]
What Just Happened at Nebraska's Cooper Nuclear Station?
Seth Abramovitch · 06/19/11 08:36PM
Something not good has gone down at Cooper Nuclear Station, an electrical power plant near the Missouri River in southeast Nebraska. The region has been flooding steadily for weeks, and with river levels rising, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released water from two dams on Saturday in anticipation of more heavy rains this week.
The Week in Celebrity Snapshots
Matt Cherette · 06/19/11 08:20PMParents of Harvard's Chick-Lit Plagiarist Die in Plane Crash
Seth Abramovitch · 06/19/11 07:41PM'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 03:38PMJon Stewart Uses Big Words on Fox News
Max Read · 06/19/11 03:03PMDaily 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 01:51PMDeep-Fried Kool-Aid Balls the Latest Taste Sensation
Lauri Apple · 06/19/11 01:35PMObama 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 11:42AMCity Pool Employee Kicks out 'Excessively Affectionate,' Disabled Gay Men
Lauri Apple · 06/19/11 10:53AM
Citing the Biblical chapter titled "Hazard, Kentucky's Municipal Code," a city employee kicked out two gay men with intellectual and developmental disabilities after observing them engaged in "an excessive display of affection." Now the employee's been suspended, and the pool's slated to become the least-affectionate in America.
Instead of Marrying Hugh Hefner, Crystal Harris Parties with Heidi Montag
Max Read · 06/19/11 10:32AMWhat 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 08:49AMSaxophonist 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.








