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Beck to Quit His Fox News Show

John Cook · 04/06/11 12:12PM

Emotionally unstable television host Glenn Beck is pulling a Palin and quitting his Fox News Channel show later this year, according to a cryptic and confusing press release published on his web site, The Blaze. (The site is down right now, apparently from all the "Beck is quitting" traffic, but the Google cache is still there.)

Everything Must Go: Will Ferrell Gets Serious Again

Richard Lawson · 04/06/11 10:58AM

Here's a trailer for Everything Must Go, a dramedy (ick) based on Raymond Carver's short story "Why Don't You Dance." In it Ferrell plays a sadsack who loses his job and his wife on the same day, has something of a psychic break, and decides to live with all of his stuff on his front lawn.

Does Angelina's New Tattoo Mean She's Having Another Baby?

Maureen O'Connor · 04/06/11 10:00AM

Angelina adds a new coordinate to the tattooed list of her children's birthplaces. Charlie Sheen gets a standing ovation in Cleveland. Nick Cannon rather regrets taking "nasty" naked pictures with Mariah. Wednesday gossip is feeling broody.

Which Recently Rehabbed Star Is Already Drinking?

Brian Moylan · 04/06/11 09:46AM

This celebrity got herself all dried out and then did shots with a parent to celebrate her sobriety. This vegetarian actress is a big old hypocrite. Seems to be going around these days.

Unemployment Will Actually Kill You

Max Read · 04/06/11 06:38AM

Everyone knows that being unemployed increases the risk of wearing your pajamas all day. But it's much worse than that: A new study finds that being unemployed increases the risk of premature death by 63 percent.

Here's the Sexy New Britney Spears Video

Matt Cherette · 04/06/11 02:22AM

At 3:00 AM today, Britney Spears tweeted a link to the music video for her new single, "Till The World Ends," which is basically four minutes of a sexy, mid-apocalyptic dance session between Spears and a horde of hangers-on.

Watch Larry King Host a Show from Conan O'Brien's Rafters

Matt Cherette · 04/06/11 01:51AM

On his show tonight, Conan O'Brien announced that he really missed Larry King. His solution? Allow King to host a show from, as the CNN legend put it, the "creepy rafters" above O'Brien's studio. Alas, it didn't take long for both men to get annoyed by the other's presence.

Richard Branson Headed to the Bottom of the Ocean

Seth Abramovitch · 04/06/11 12:14AM

Virgin Group chairman Richard Branson is adding "undersea exploration" to a growing list of fantastical business ventures that already includes trans-continental air travel, space tourism, and pay-as-you-go cellphone usage. Noting that "more men have been to the moon than have been down further than 20,000 feet [underwater]," Branson unveiled the Virgin Oceanic in Newport Beach today. And while it may look like a billionaire's plaything, this little sub is hardcore.

Cops Pepper Spray Stick-Wielding Eight-Year-Old

Max Read · 04/05/11 11:18PM

Police in Colorado were called to an elementary school to handle a violent second-grader who had "broke wood trim off the walls and was trying to stab teachers." So they did what any good cops would: They pepper sprayed him.

Meditation Can Be More Effective Than Morphine

Max Read · 04/05/11 09:26PM

A new study finds that meditation can reduce pain by as much as half, even for people with very little meditation training. This makes it more effective than morphine! And certainly more effective than crying like a little sissy.