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Elderly Woman Robs Bank by Threatening to Infect Teller with AIDS

Max Read · 06/13/11 07:23PM

Some people rob banks with guns. And other people are a little more creative: Police say an elderly woman robbed a bank last week by handing the clerk a note indicating that "she had AIDS and would give it to a teller if he didn't cooperate."

Lesbian Editor Who Published Fake Lesbian Blogger Also Fake

Max Read · 06/13/11 06:19PM

In the wake of yesterday's revelation that Syrian lesbian blogger Amina Arraf was actually married American grad student Tom MacMaster, another lesbian blogger—the editor who first gave "Arraf" her platform—admitted to being a married man in Ohio.

Obama: If I Were Weiner, I'd Resign

Max Read · 06/13/11 05:18PM

What would President Obama do if he was caught sending pictures of his erect penis to women he met on the internet? "I can tell you that if it was me, I would resign," he told NBC's Ann Curry.

The Future Dims for Jennifer Love Hewitt

Richard Lawson · 06/13/11 05:15PM

What once looked bright, briefly, has now darkened again. What will Love do? Also today: Good news for fans of The Killing, bad news for some fans of Game of Thrones, and Madonna gets picked up.

Crane Drops Swimming Pool, Causes Intense Swearing Situation

Maureen O'Connor · 06/13/11 05:11PM

Preparing to wire swimming pool in suburban Minnesota, an electrician passed the time playing with his cellphone. He was videotaping a construction crane placing the pool into the homeowner's backyard when the crane tipped over, crushing the house and causing the most impassioned swearing spree I have ever heard on YouTube. (Fast forward to 1:50 for abridged version.)

The Real Reason Gay Men Don't Get Fat

Brian Moylan · 06/13/11 04:33PM

New York gay about town and Barneys creative director Simon Doonan just sold a manuscript for a diet book called Gay Men Don't Get Fat. While this is true, the real reason why gay men don't get fat might not be the most marketable message.

Breastfeed or Your Baby Will Die

Hamilton Nolan · 06/13/11 03:53PM

Fat man surgery! Epilepsy drugs! Apple poison! DASH diet! Survival rates! Zany parenting! Pet allergies! Medication overdose! And breastfeeding because you love life! It's your Monday Health Watch, where we watch your health—voraciously!

Sarah Palin's Chief Propagandist Turns On Her

John Cook · 06/13/11 03:11PM

John Ziegler, a talk-radio host and filmmaker whose zeal in defending Sarah Palin's every move and utterance over the past two years zoomed past advocacy and into creepiness has now done what all stalkers do eventually: He's decided if he can't have her, no one can.

These Are America's Filthiest Cities

Brian Moylan · 06/13/11 02:26PM

When I clicked on Travel + Leisure's list of the America's Dirtiest Cities, I was hoping it would be ranked by which one had the most porn theaters. Instead, the magazine was referring to the places that are physically the dirtiest. The answer to that, well, it's not that surprising.

Utah NBC Affiliate Refuses to Air Playboy Show

Richard Lawson · 06/13/11 01:47PM

While the rest of NBC stations broadcast the new show The Playboy Club this fall, Salt Lake City-based KSL will be showing test patterns or scripture or something. They refuse to air the show, saying its subject matter is objectionable.

Brooklyn Man Kicked off Airplane for Swearing

Maureen O'Connor · 06/13/11 01:40PM

Sitting in an airplane on a tarmac in Detroit, lifelong Brooklynite Robert Sayegh turned to his seatmate and said, "What's taking so fucking long to close the overheard compartments?" Shortly thereafter, the pilot turned the airplane around. Police removed Sayegh from the plane for being "disruptive."

Someone Got the Crap Beat Out of Him Over a Subway Seat

Brian Moylan · 06/13/11 01:25PM

Here's a strange video of a man beating up a fellow passenger shot through the window of a subway car. According to the description of the video, the fight (if you can call one dude getting beat about the head and neck repeatedly a "fight") erupted over a dispute over a subway seat.

Real Housewives of New Jersey: A Wench Like Me

Richard Lawson · 06/13/11 01:01PM

Music filled the air on last night's episode of American Cheese Fries, warm, trilling, sonorous notes oozing down the long leafy streets, through the marble hallways of homes, across the river and into our ears. The food of love! Play on!

You Are a Pervert For Looking at Taylor Momsen's Nipple-Taped Boobs

Maureen O'Connor · 06/13/11 12:19PM

The world politely averted its eyes when 17-year-old Taylor Momsen showed her nipple-taped boobs at a concert this weekend. Oops, did I say "politely averted its eyes"? I meant "took a million pictures and pretended to be outraged, thereby creating a flimsy excuse for publishing these perverted images."

All the Little Misfits Will Love The Glee Project

Brian Moylan · 06/13/11 12:10PM

Last night Oxygen debuted The Glee Project, the reality arm of Glee's multi-faceted media takeover where 12 kids compete for a role on the show. It had all the same problems that its parent show has, and was also leagues better.

Your New Steven Spielberg Has Almost Arrived

Richard Lawson · 06/13/11 10:30AM

With the modest success of his latest, Spielbergiest movie, J.J. Abrams is close to ascendancy. The same cannot necessarily be said for the new X-Men, but inexplicably can about The Hangover Part II.