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Wrestling Superstar Randy 'Macho Man' Savage Dies in Car Crash

Brian Moylan · 05/20/11 12:19PM

The WWF's Randy "Macho Man" Savage, the great friend then foe of Hulk Hogan and lover of Miss Elizabeth, died in Tampa, Florida, today. He was 58. According to police reports, he had a heart attack while behind the wheel and his car coasted over the median, into oncoming traffic and finally collided with a tree. He died from injuries in the crash, not the heart attack.

American Idol: Teenage Wasteland

Richard Lawson · 05/20/11 11:49AM

Last night the drums beat and the bugle sounded and it was time for another execution. One of the three remaining Idolkidz had come so far and yet here it was, about to end.

Republican Professors Are Racist, Study More or Less Says

Hamilton Nolan · 05/20/11 11:33AM

A new study—which will doubtlessly be oversimplified and distorted by liberal blogs like us in order to demonize those whose political beliefs we find repulsive—has found that Democratic professors grade like this ("I am a laid-back hippie"), while Republican professors grade like this ("All the black students fail!").

Schwarzenegger's Alleged Mistress Count Continues to Rise

Maureen O'Connor · 05/20/11 11:05AM

Arnold's former underage fling describes several other affairs, one of which Maria supposedly knew about. The Brangelina brood makes a "giant mess" in Cannes. Lea Michele throws a tantrum over a dress. It's TGIFriday gossip.

Sarah Palin Has Fire in Her Belly

Jim Newell · 05/20/11 10:58AM

Which one of you liberal pranksters lit a fire in Sarah Palin's belly? Because she's totally confirmed that yes, there is some sort of flame now roasting her innards, the sort of internal situation that makes one want to run for president.

Which Two Celebs Are Besties Thanks to Rehab?

Brian Moylan · 05/20/11 09:59AM

These two stars went into a treatment facility as strangers, but they made fast friends and now want to work together. This rockstar has his hands full with his wife and meddling mother and are constantly at war. He should book them both in rehab!

Family Says Missing Photographer Killed in Libya

Jeff Neumann · 05/20/11 04:15AM

Three journalists who were captured and detained by Qaddafi loyalists in early April — James Foley, Clare Morgana Gillis, and Manu Brabo — were released yesterday. The fate of a fourth journalist who was with them, 41-year-old South African photojournalist Anton Hammerl, had been unclear for
the past six weeks. Hammerl was shot on April 5 outside of the Libyan town of Brega after the group came under fire from Qaddafi troops in armored vehicles. GlobalPost spoke with Foley and Gillis after their release in Tunisia:

Are These Talent Show Contestants Really Playing the Piano with Their Penises?

Matt Cherette · 05/20/11 02:05AM

Here in the US of A, our summer is packed with boring competition shows like America's Got Talent, in which teenage girls sing Mariah Carey ballads. That's why this clip from the show's much more awesome Greek incarnation—of two guys playing a piano with nothing but their penises—should be required viewing for future American contestants. [via Guyism]

Bill O'Reilly: Half of the World's Muslims Don't Want Democracy or Human Rights

Matt Cherette · 05/19/11 10:07PM

At the end of a discussion about President Obama's Middle East policy address on tonight's Factor, Bill O'Reilly explained the "Muslim problem" thusly: "For every Muslim in the world that wants democracy and wants human rights, there's one who doesn't, and the one who doesn't doesn't have any rules and will blow the hell out of the one who does." So great news, Muslims: You have a 50% chance of Bill O'Reilly's approval.

Terminator On Hold Until Further Notice

Seth Abramovitch · 05/19/11 09:35PM

This just in: The Marriagenator has just issued a statement, soberly delivered by Wolf Blitzer. Shh! This is important. It's about his career!

Will Laser Wheelchairs Spell Doom for the Able-Bodied?

Hamilton Nolan · 05/19/11 04:21PM

Blood tests! Omnipresent alligators! Abounding planets! European telescope! Disappearing Avandia! Sniffing mammals! Laser wheelchairs! Repulsive energy! And DIY levees! It's your Thursday Science Watch, where we watch science—as if Schrodinger's cat would allow such a thing!