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This Is What a Chihuahua Derby Looks Like

Maureen O'Connor · 05/13/11 12:05PM

Shortly before thoroughbred horses stormed the track at the Kentucky Derby, a cavalcade of chihuahuas ran in Chandler, Arizona's annual Cinco de Mayo Festival and Chihuahua Races.

George W. Bush, Just Eatin' Souffle With His Buddies

Jim Newell · 05/13/11 11:42AM

George W. Bush, fresh off of his personal killing of Osama bin Laden with a golden six-shooter for which he deserves all credit, has finally commented in public about the dead Al Qaeda leader. The old galoot was booked at "a conference of hedge fund managers in Las Vegas" on Wednesday, and while he and the other thousand hookers were putting on their faces for the night, he was able to spare a few quotes.

American Idol: Remember My James

Richard Lawson · 05/13/11 11:21AM

Last night's elimination episode was certainly a corker! Who would have guessed that a whopping 25% of the contestants on the show would be sent home last night? Hm? What's that? Oh, there were only four contestants left so really no big deal.

Which Starlet Is Sleeping Her Way to the Top?

Brian Moylan · 05/13/11 10:05AM

Now that this actress broke up with her man, she's using all her feminine wiles to get herself to the top of the Hollywood food chain. Luckily the men she's sleeping with are just as sexy as she is.

Stephen Colbert's Advice to Al Qaeda: Go With the 'Hot New Kid'

Matt Cherette · 05/13/11 02:41AM

Who will al Qaeda choose as its leader now that Osama bin Laden is no longer with us? While Ayman al-Zawahiri, the terrorist group's second-in-command, seems a likely choice, others have suggested that the much younger—and more charismatic—Anwar al-Awlaki should take the post. On tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert made quite a case for youth over experience.

Confederate Soldier Fighting for 'Rebel Plates'

Remy Stern · 05/13/11 01:29AM

"What you have on your license plate is everything ... It's your message to the world," says Floridian anachronism John Adams, who's been trying for years to exercise his constitutional right to put a Confederate license plate on his car. Will this warrior for liberty and freedom prevail?

Did South Carolina Cops Really Arrest a Guy for Trafficking in Shiitake Mushrooms?

Remy Stern · 05/12/11 11:06PM

Walterboro, S.C. resident Edward V. Spearman has been charged with trafficking illegal, hallucinogenic Psilocybin mushrooms that he allegedly grows in his secret mushroom laboratory. But Spearman's lawyer says his client's wares are actually flavorful shiitake mushrooms, which are legal even in South Carolina (for now).

Jon Stewart to Newt Gingrich: 'You're Not Cool'

Matt Cherette · 05/12/11 10:58PM

For reasons unknown to anyone outside of his own team of advisers, Newt Gingrich announced his 2012 presidential candidacy yesterday in a tweet that linked to a YouTube video. So why is Gingrich, who first entered Congress more than 30 years ago, suddenly trying to appear young and hip? Nobody knows, really! But that didn't stop Jon Stewart from hypothesizing—and pointing out just how uncool Gingrich really is—on tonight's Daily Show.

Ohio Students Suspended For School Bus Flatulence

Seth Abramovitch · 05/12/11 10:33PM

Who of us hasn't, at one time or other in our wild and misspent youths, let one rip, mightily and strong, for the comic benefit of our peers? It's practically a rite of passage! Well, two such mischievous scamps, seventh graders from Ohio, have been suspended by their school for doing just that. Farting on their school bus.

Wasilla High School Principal Bans Bohemian Rhapsody Because Freddie Mercury Was Gay

Seth Abramovitch · 05/12/11 09:04PM

Way up in Wasilla, where the men are men and the moose are meat, members of the high school symphonic jazz choir were excitedly rehearsing for the upcoming graduation ceremony, where they'd be performing an epic rendition of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody." Then they were told by Principal Dwight Probasco (that's his staff directory page) that the song had been pulled from the program. "Why?" they wondered, having put months of effort into the big number. Probasco explained it was because he'd received a complaint from a parent. You see Freddie Mercury, the vocalist who had sung the original version of the song, was gay.

Can This Christian Slater Be Saved?

Richard Lawson · 05/12/11 05:01PM

Your crush from the early '90s is in trouble and he needs your help. Particularly if you are an executive at Fox television. Also today: NBC announces some new shows, Craig Kilborn is back in the game, and Stephenie Meyer wins again.

Donald Trump Is Writing a 'Policy Book'

Jim Newell · 05/12/11 03:57PM

Guess whose turn it is now to accept a fat welfare check from the world of conservative publishing imprints? It's Donald Trump's turn, naturally! The skinny-mouthed death hologram has signed on with Regnery Publishing — the folks behind bestsellers from Michelle Malkin, David Limbaugh, Laura Ingraham, and whoever else sucks — for a "policy book," to be written on a crash schedule and released late this summer.

'We Minorities Should Stick Together!' Screams Bizarre L.A. Campaign Ad

Maureen O'Connor · 05/12/11 03:56PM

Dan Adler, a former Disney executive running for Congress in L.A., has released the Jim Belushi SNL skit of campaign ads. In a bid to reach Asian constituents, Adler, a Democrat, saunters into a laundromat where a Korean lady screams, "I HAVE ISSUES! MEDICARE! I'M KOREAN!" Then, some unusually straightforward race-pandering: