The Boston Globe has interviewed Barney Frank, along with some of his friends and fellow representatives, as he prepares to leave office and take up private life, where he will hopefully find a way to capitalize on his increasing resemblance to the late Buddy Hackett. There are a lot of wonderful takeaways in this article, assuming you choose not to focus on the recent redistricting or the current state of the House of Representatives but instead on the fun stuff.

Rich girl Lena Dunham sold a book of "frank and funny advice on everything from sex to eating to traveling to work" to Random House for $3.7 million in October on the strength of an illustrated 66-page proposal. Here it is, weighing in at $56,000 or so per page.

If you're one of those Democrats who's been riding a huge schadenfreude high since November 6, you probably took news of South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint's retirement in the customary way. With the online equivalent of going "WHOOOOOOOO" out of a limousine's sunroof, after doing a shooter with one of those awesome names like "Sex Intercourse with Boobs Outside."

Her world may be caving in around her, but Lindsay Lohan rewarded herself with a jaunt to Philly—"America's Paris"—last night, to lust, to dance, and to Want.

Kate Middleton left the hospital this morning after giving birth to a beautiful bouquet of yellow roses. According to an official statement, she will now travel to Kensington Palace "for a period of rest."

Yesterday, 58-year-old New Yorker Ki Suk Han was pushed onto the subway tracks and killed by an oncoming train. Thousands of people who happened to see the New York Post's Tuesday-morning cover were forced to confront Ki Suk Han's plight first-hand — all of us wondering, what should I do if that ever happens to me? There are a lot of schools of thought here, but the one that seems to make the most sense is: run away from the train.

You may have heard yesterday that famous uterus Kate Middleton confirmed she is pregnant, proving once again that women can become pregnant.

Everyone's girlfriend Taylor Swift was honored last night with the Best Ex-Girlfriend Award by the family whose bones will one day adorn her powder room walls.

Lindsay Lohan is truly having a terrible year or, anyway, life. The latest drama upsetting her qi has arrived in the form of taxes. Specifically: unpaid back taxes. Totaling over $233,904.

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After two mixtapes and one studio album put them on everyone's "best new bands" list, the Brooklyn-based alternative hip hop trio Das Racist has announced its decision to split, with each member going his separate way.

The craziest thing happened to 15-year-old 22-year-old Taylor Swift this year, while she was spending all day in her PJ's because Sundays #rule: She made $57 million dollars.

The New York Times really wants you to know that Chris Brown is a rapper. In fewer than 100 words of the original copy of John Ortved's tweet roundup "Chris Brown Signs Off," including the headline and picture caption, Brown is referred to as a "rapper" three times. Wrong. Chris Brown is not a rapper. Yes, he raps on occasion. Sometimes, he is specifically commissioned to do so. But he is also a dancer. And an actor. And, oh yeah, that thing on which he based his career in the first place: a singer.

Remember how everyone thought it might be weird for Demi Moore's daughters when she started dating young heartthrob Ashton Kutcher? Thoughts that were confirmed when Rumer Willis casually mentioned in an interview that she'd kept a picture of Ashton Kutcher on her wall before he started dating her mom?

Last week, actress Halle Berry observed Thanksgiving with the traditional Violent Fight—Almost to the Death—Between Frenchmen on her lawn, where her fiancé beat the shit out of the father of her child. Since then, accusations have been flying like bloodied fists:

Girl Meets World, the Disney Channel's highly anticipated sequel to ABC's fondly remembered '90s sitcom Boy Meets World, is reportedly moving forward with the original show's leading stars Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel.

What is the best way to prepare Thanksgiving leftovers? Cold, right out of the fridge? Warmed to scalding in the microwave? Standing in your kitchen naked? Lady Gaga goes with naked.

The US Department of State has chosen hard-partying rocker Andrew W.K. to serve as Cultural Ambassador to the Middle East, inviting him to visit the island nation of Bahrain to promote — what else? — "partying and world peace."

Guy Fieri, better known as Mountain Dew in human form, has recently been trying to save his image in the wake of Pete Wells' damning New York Times review of his Times Square restaurant, Guy's American Kitchen & Bar.

We've seen the royal duchess Kate Middleton's naked top and we've seen her bare bottom too.