The top story out of the recently concluded Supreme Court term was, of course, the healthcare decision. But a close second was the astonishing fact that Associate Justice Antonin Scalia is a conservative. And an asshole! So what?
For those of us with family members prone to quasi-racist, half-coherent Thanksgiving dinner rants, it's a relief to know the rich and famous sometimes go through the same thing. Celebrities: they're just like us. Brad Pitt's mom is apparently just such a loon, although she's more of the letter-to-the-editor kind, which is dying art these days and should be applauded with a slow, cautious clap. Anyway, Jane Pitt, Brad and Doug's mother, wrote a letter to The Springfield News-Leader which, amongst other things, says:
America's cousin who seems nice enough but your mom still doesn't want you to hang out with him so much, Matthew McConaughey, announced on Twitter Wednesday that he and wife Camila Alves are expecting their third child. He also took the opportunity to shill for a totally chill nonsense company he invented.
One government agency is clambering all over itself this summer to let Americans know that mermaids almost certainly do not exist.
Every once in a while, a story comes along that offers media outlets a great deal of artistic license when selecting an image to accompany their articles. On Monday, that story was the news of a study published in Pediatrics medical journal, which found a correlation between childhood physical punishment and adult mental disorders.
Between the steely beat, the timbre of her voice and her flow, Ms. Banks is serving "Is That Your Chick?"-era Missy Elliott on "Nathan," a song from her Fantasea mixtape, due out next week. It's just as well: if Missy's not going to release robotic, just-leftfield-enough hip-hop, I'm glad that someone's doing it. Aided by producers Drums of Death, Azealia continues to impress and Style P's verse is fantastic, too. Dig his Batman words.
Twenty-four-year-old model/actress Cody Horn plays Channing Tatum's love interest in Magic Mike, and she is terrible enough to do major damage on the film's pacing and energy. She is one big suck every time she's onscreen, and she's onscreen a lot. It seems ridiculous that someone so inept would have landed such a high-profile role and get to kiss on something as plump and hitmaking as Channing Tatum's pair of lips and get paid for it.
Seth MacFarlane is a comedy god. He has three successful shows on Fox. His film directorial debut, Ted, scooped up $54.1 million this weekend, the third biggest opening for an R-rated movie of all time. The film has been well-reviewed by critics (a healthy 69% Tomatometer reading) and audiences (A- on CinemaScore). The little teddy bear that fucks women with vegetables, smokes pot and says racist things has warmed its way into America's heart. It's a triumph of the talking-animal movie spirit.
Justin Bieber is very sensitive about two things: sexy mom jokes, and Justin Timberlake comparisons. On a phone interview with Mojo of Mojo in the Morning, a Detroit radio show, Bieber threw a small tantrum when Mojo told him he thought he was listening to Justin Timberlake the first time he heard "Boyfriend."
Norwegian customs officials briefly detained "an American artist" at the airport Thursday, after it was discovered bringing a little bit of marijuana and a lot-tle bit of cash into the country. The AP is reporting that artist was Snoop Dogg, who was scheduled to headline Norway's Hove music festival Thursday, and showed up to the gig five hours late.
The always-infuriating New York Times Style section featured a story Thursday about insanely expensive dog houses. It was an article tailor-made made to generate the piquant brand of blind rage specific to every story featured by the always-infuriating New York Times Style section.
Now that awkward weirdo Ann Curry has bid an uncomfortable, tear-stained farewell her Today viewers, we're one step closer to learning about the succession plans for America's Only Morning 'News' Show That Was Co-Founded by a Monkey. One possible side effect of the shake-up underway: We hear MSNBC's Willie Geist, whose current gig involves pointing out Joe Scarborough's lies in real time, may end up in Natalie Morales' chair as the show's newsreader.
