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America's Child Hacker Nightmare

Ryan Tate · 04/12/11 05:22PM

With college increasingly derided as a pricey con, it's no wonder America's parents worry their kids will skip higher education entirely and try to get rich programming social networks or iPhone apps or whatever. Scary!

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon's Terrible Naked Pregnant Pose

Maureen O'Connor · 04/12/11 05:07PM

Of all terrible naked pregnant poses, man hand bra is my least favorite. The problem is that, when a man puts his hands on his wife's tits, he automatically makes a grabbing motion. See how Nick's fingers are tensed, his thumbs outstretched and gripping? That is the source of the awkwardness. This is not an elegant nude. This is a virile man getting to second base with a lady he recently knocked up.

China Tries to Ban Time Travel

Brian Moylan · 04/12/11 04:49PM

Chinese government censors have issued new guidelines that essentially ban television programs that feature time travel as a plot device. I really wish we could do this, because there is no deus ex machina more overused or annoying than time travel.

No One Wants to Watch Law & Order: Los Angeles

Richard Lawson · 04/12/11 04:39PM

Well, it seems that not even a return from a four-month hiatus following a massive round of retooling could spark much interest in the West Coast edition of Law & Order. Last night's two-hour episode (well it was really two separate eps, but whatever), which killed off poor Skeet Ulrich and demoted Alfred Molina from DA to detective, posted a meager 5.3 million viewers, not a good sign for an already troubled show.

Got a Big Wrist? You'll Die Young

Hamilton Nolan · 04/12/11 04:22PM

Dirty gas! Judge timing! Lying doctors! Space dust! Courage secret! Alcohol brain! Old viruses! Young puberty! And big wrists that kill! It's your Tuesday Science Watch, where we watch science—with petite bone structure, thank you!

Sneaky Czech President Steals Other President's Pen

Maureen O'Connor · 04/12/11 03:17PM

Inspecting video from a meet and greet between Czech President Vaclav Klaus and Chilean leader Sebastian Pinera, a Czech TV show noticed their president inspecting a fancy pen, then surreptitiously pocketing it with a guilty look on his face.

How the Doobie Brothers Conquered the Gulf Oil Spill

John Cook · 04/12/11 02:22PM

After ejaculating 5 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, BP doled out $750 million to state and local governments in a panicked attempt to seem less evil. The states, being dutiful stewards of the environment, directed the money to cleanup and mitigation. Kidding! No, they spent it on the Doobie Brothers and iPads.

Conservative Idiots Freak Out About Boy Wearing Nail Polish in J. Crew Ad

Richard Lawson · 04/12/11 12:42PM

Last week an ad was emailed to J. Crew customers featuring a photo of the company's president and creative director Jenna Lyons and her son in which she was painting his toenails pink. A caption below the picture read: "Lucky for me I ended up with a boy whose favorite color is pink. Toenail painting is way more fun in neon." Oh, fun. Good for her. Good for him. Right? Wrong. This is an outrage!

Monte Carlo: An Olsen Movie Without the Olsens

Richard Lawson · 04/12/11 12:18PM

Here's a trailer for Monte Carlo, the summertime girlz jam about TV stars hoity-toitying it up in a feature film. Specifically, Selena Gomez, Leighton Meester, and aspiring Golden Globe Awards presenter Katie Cassidy have teamed up to tell this tale about a trip to Paris gone wrong.

You Can Now Enroll in Marijuana State University

Brian Moylan · 04/12/11 12:08PM

Ray Logan has opened enrollment for his Marijuana State University, a three-hour workshop in Maine that teaches people how to grow marijuana in their homes. Logan is one of the nearly 1,000 people in the state who have a medicinal marijuana prescription. And now he's sharing his green thumb with the world.

New Rules For Student Debt

Hamilton Nolan · 04/12/11 11:48AM

Hey, underemployed recent college graduates struggling in the worst job market in a generation: do you have a trillion dollars? I really hope you have a trillion dollars. Because you owe a trillion dollars, in student loans.

Kristen Stewart's 21st Birthday Party Was Pretty Lame

Maureen O'Connor · 04/12/11 10:43AM

Kristen Stewart eats birthday cake in the vicinity of Edward and Jacob. Charlie Sheen is a serial pet killer. Tori Spelling is pregnant again. Ashley Tisdale shows her boobs, and so does Christina Hendricks. Tuesday gossip eats cake.

What Was Anyone Thinking With Ashton Kutcher's New Anti-Slavery PSAs?

Richard Lawson · 04/12/11 10:22AM

Oh dear. Ashton Kutcher and his old lady Demi Moore are apparently, and justifiably, upset about human trafficking. So upset, in fact, that they called up some of their celebrity friends — Justin Timberlake, Jamie Foxx, the Old Spice guy - and had them make anti-slavery ads. Good for them! Too bad the ads are completely befuddling.

HuffPo Writers Sue For Their Piece of the Pie

Hamilton Nolan · 04/12/11 10:17AM

Ever since The Huffington Post sold itself off to AOL for an enormous pile of treasure, the legions of people who've been happily blogging for HuffPo for free for all these years have been asking themselves: Hey, shouldn't we get a piece of that pie? Now, they are demanding it.

Which Actress Is Cheating with a Former Co-Star?

Brian Moylan · 04/12/11 09:40AM

This actress went to the cast reunion of a famous film but really reunited with her old co-star behind her famous husband's back. This footballer has a drug problem. And this actress just joined the mile-high club. Sadly it wasn't with anyone she'd been in a movie with.