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Introducing Facebook Shoes

Ryan Tate · 11/29/10 03:11PM

Privacy is so last season. And Scottish designer Gerry Mckay has the perfect footwear to ring in an oversharey 2011: Adidas trainers touting social network affiliations.

Sylvester Stallone Porno Sells on eBay

Maureen O'Connor · 11/29/10 02:04PM

A storied but little-seen porno from Sylvester Stallone's past is back. Filmed in 1970, Italian Stallion recently resurfaced in an appropriately sleazy (if bizarrely straightforward) way: The pornographers who owned the film sold its rights for $412,000 on eBay.

New Congressmen Proud to be Homeless Bums

Jim Newell · 11/29/10 12:14PM

The latest test for new members of Congress and their cred back home is whether they'll sleep in their offices. How many of these dandies will host pajama parties in their taxpayer-funded suites, instead of simply renting property in Washington?

Spider-Man Musical's First Show Goes Splat

Richard Lawson · 11/29/10 11:21AM

Last night was the first preview performance of the new Julie Taymor/U2 Broadway jam Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the much-plagued musical about Peter Parker and his super-villain enemies. So how'd it go? Well, please stand by for technical difficulties.

Sun Now Owned by Spanish Woman

Max Read · 11/28/10 11:54PM

Angeles Duran, a 49-year-old Spanish woman, has claimed ownership of the sun. You know, the sun? In the sky? The bright one? Yeah, she wants to start charging for its use.

All the Hottest Diplomatic Gossip From the Latest Wikileak

Adrian Chen · 11/28/10 04:35PM

The giant diplomatic cable dump released by Wikileaks today represents the world's largest leak of geopolitical gossip: Diplomats tittering about world leaders' sexxxy affairs, their financial skeeziness and weird quirks. Let's dive into a U.S. Embassy gossip roundup!

Justin Bieber Cut His Hair

Adrian Chen · 11/28/10 01:50PM

Justin Bieber's hair is a little different! On Friday, Bieber unveiled this new, less mop-like 'do. Reaction on Twitter was swift: "WITH HAIR CUT OR NOT THE JUSTIN BIEBER IS BEAUTIFUL IN ANY WAY." Will Bieber's strength now fade, Samson-like?

How Twitter Scooped Wikileaks (Updated)

Adrian Chen · 11/28/10 11:40AM

Twitter has out-leaked the leakers. About 12 hours before Wikileaks latest enormous leak was scheduled to be released, a Twitter user bought a copy of a German news magazine outlining the leak after it was placed on newstands too early.

Guy Trampled During Black Friday Lives to Shop Another Day

Adrian Chen · 11/27/10 03:56PM

As far as we can tell, nobody died yesterday in Black Friday madness. But this guy got trampled at a Buffalo, New York Target store. He attempted to continue his hunt for bargains, only to collapse from the pain.

Scam Email Comes To Facebook

Remy Stern · 11/26/10 03:52PM

Scammers are targeting Facebook's new messaging system. I got my Facebook email account last Thursday. On Tuesday I received notice that I'd won 950,000 South African Rand in a contest held by the South African branch of Shell Petroleum.