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Julian Assange's Journey to Fashion Icon Is Complete

Adrian Chen · 04/21/11 01:02PM

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been named one of the 20 best dressed men in the world by French magazine Le Figaro Madame, along with Barack Obama and fashion designer Tom Ford. Applauding the fashion choices of someone currently being investigated for rape charges is sort of tactless—Sure, he might be a rapist but he looked damn good doing it!—but we do have to admit Assange has undergone quite a successful makeover since we watched him unveil Wikileaks' helicopter video at the National Press Club in D.C. a little over a year ago, draped in an ill-fitting suit and loose tie. Assange has become an unlikely symbol of techno-chic, with his shapeshifting hair and Brandoesque leather jackets; this culminated in Newsweek's absurd "Christmas with Julian" photo spread last December.

Watch Lady Gaga Fall on Her Face Again

Brian Moylan · 04/21/11 12:37PM

Today on The Internet's Funniest Home Videos, here is Lady Gaga slipping and falling while performing "Poker Face" at a recent gig in Atlanta. This is great because we get to see the fall over and over again from every angle.

Tweeting Fine of $25,000 Looms Over Canadians

Ryan Tate · 04/21/11 12:16PM

Canada's parliamentary election next month will be governed by a 1938 law banning the "premature transmission" of results from one end of the country to the other. Which means a tweet about local election results could land you in jail.

American Idol: The 10-Year Itch

Richard Lawson · 04/21/11 12:03PM

Last night's installment of Glitter Rodeo 3000 finally, finally, brought us into the present. Yes the theme this week was blessedly not "Songs You Might Find in an Old Haunted Jukebox" or "Very Much Your Daddy's Top 40." It was "Songs Written in the Last 10 Years." Ha, that's all, just songs from the new century.

Donald Trump Was Never Really Interested in Birtherism Anyway

Jim Newell · 04/21/11 11:26AM

What were we all thinking these past few completely hilarious weeks as we watched NBC television character Donald Trump become America's most prominent and vigorous birther? It seemed like he was driving the issue with maximum enthusiasm, as though it was the only issue that mattered to him and should matter to anyone, and that he wouldn't rest until the mystery of Obama's birth was settled. Yet it turns out that he never really wanted to talk about this stuff — it was the idiots in the media who kept asking him about it. He wants to talk about China!

Hot New Trend: Posting the Data Apple Secretly Collected on You

Adrian Chen · 04/21/11 11:14AM

When it comes to technology today, there is barely any distance between outrageous privacy violation and cool new feature. When news broke yesterday that Apple has been secretly spying on iPhone users, many people immediately broadcasted the illicit data to everyone.

Lady Gaga Regrets 'Retarded' Remark

Maureen O'Connor · 04/21/11 10:45AM

Lady Gaga's "retarded" gaffe was "furiously unintentional." Jerry Seinfeld gets in a pissing match with Donald Trump. Lauren Bush wants to take fiance David Lauren's last name. Thursday gossip has regrets.

Which Celebrity Couple Were Both Cheating with the Same Nanny?

Brian Moylan · 04/21/11 09:55AM

This famous couple had to fire their nanny after they got jealous that they were sharing her. This possible presidential candidate has to pay off a mistress. And this singer's man was cheating on her while watching her on stage! All anyone does is cheat these days.

Chris Hondros: 1970 - 2011

Jeff Neumann · 04/21/11 07:15AM

Yesterday two photojournalists, Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington, were killed in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, while covering the intense fighting there that has claimed so many lives. Their accomplishments as journalists are matched by few. They also cared deeply for the people whose stories they told.

Man Sought In Connection with Bombs Found At Mall Near Columbine

Seth Abramovitch · 04/21/11 02:52AM

Fighting a fire at Denver's Southwest Plaza Mall, about two miles from Columbine High, firefighters discovered two tanks of propane and a homemade pipe bomb stored in the food court. Nothing had detonated and no one was injured, yet the implications are downright chilling.

The 4/20 Weed Cloud That Ate Boulder, CO

Seth Abramovitch · 04/21/11 01:48AM

How did you celebrate 4/20? Well, you could have lit up a spliff the size of a Volkswagen Beetle and it still wouldn't have come close to what the pothead population of Boulder cooked up. Watch in amazement as a cloud of marijuana smoke steadily grows above a gathering of 4/20 celebrants. Then watch it grow denser and larger still, as coughs and beach balls bounce throughout crowd. The video cuts off before the unruly mob discusses raiding a nearby Costco for free samples, then gives up in a moment of weed-induced apathy. But it's still pretty awe-inspiring nonetheless.

Fox Tightens Security After Glee Extra Tweets Career-Ending Spoiler

Seth Abramovitch · 04/21/11 01:15AM

Nicole Crowther, an extra who had worked on an upcoming episode of Glee, posted the names of the show's prom king and queen on Twitter. That act of spoiler blasphemy, punishable by stoning death in certain Middle Eastern countries, earned the ire of Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk, who tweeted back:

Why is Kanye West's Charity Dead?

Seth Abramovitch · 04/21/11 12:14AM

Move over, Madonna: Yet another pop megalomaniac's educational charity has met a premature end, as the Kanye West Foundation is no more. But why that is, and where its millions of dollars in corporate donations have gone, remains a mystery.

Blow Your Nose Before Going on Live TV

Matt Cherette · 04/20/11 11:38PM

After Charlie Sheen's show at Toronto's Massey Hall last week, local news correspondent Saphia Khambalia filed a live report from outside the theater. Unfortunately for Khambalia, all that anybody could focus on was the giant snot rocket that kept going in and out of her nose. Poor girl! [via The Hairpin]

Here's the Weird Al Lady Gaga Parody That Almost Never Was

Matt Cherette · 04/20/11 09:39PM

Weird Al Yankovic recently recorded "Perform This Way," a parody of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way," after the pop diva demanded to hear it before allowing him include it on his next album. But in a blog post today, Yankovic angrily revealed that Gaga had put the kibosh on his homage. Or did she?

Meet the Bizarre Scientology Stalking Squad

Max Read · 04/20/11 09:25PM

What happens if you leave the official Church of Scientology, but remain an independent, practicing Scientologist? As apostate Marty Rathbun learned the other day, a group of bearded men with cameras attached to their heads stalks you. Seriously.