Entertainment - Friday, April 3, 2009 10:30 - 2 Comments
FML Is So Last Week
New meme alert! A brand new website has taken the concepts of F My Life and Overheard in New York, boiled them down, and extracted the best of both worlds: awkward, brutal, and/or hilarious pillow talk. Said In Bed is only in its second day of existence, but there are already some classics posted:
“Who knew biology could be so very sexy?”
“Yes…but not sexier than vector calculus.”
“Give me a minute,” he said. “I just need to talk to Jesus first.”
“What? You’re not tired from that, are you?”
And these are just from two days worth of posts.
Entertainment - Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:06 - 0 Comments
Lauren Conrad Knows What You Did! She Knows What You Did!
Beginning April 6th, MTV will squeeze every last bit of juice out of Lauren Conrad’s feud with Heidi Montag. In this dramatically scored trailer, The Hills showcases what it has to offer: absolutely nothing. Spencer still acts like a douche, Heidi is still obsessed with Lauren, and Lauren breaks the self-pity barometer. At this point, we wouldn’t even want any real action. A Hills without dead air and plotlessness is like The City without Allie’s sad mug and Olivia’s evil smirks. But can we PLEASE get more of that fortune teller?
National - Wednesday, February 4, 2009 16:02 - 0 Comments
Joe The Plumber Has Somehow Avoided Layoff
Srsly, this guy won’t die. You may have heard about his stint as a war reporter last month, but there’s bigger and better news for Joe (Samuel). He’s become a political adviser for the Republican party! Woo-hoo!
Somehow the GOP has allowed this fake-named non-plumber to hop aboard their already sinking ship. Hey, Republicans, let me be a political adviser: having people like Samuel Wurzelbacher around destroys any chance of your party being taken seriously ever even just a little bit. Consider these gems from his first advice session today:
“I don’t believe there’s two sides to every story. It’s black and white. There’s right and wrong.” Cue Katy Perry.
“I don’t know if the American public deserve me.” Just let that settle in. So good. Sooo good.
National - Friday, January 30, 2009 6:00 - 2 Comments
Blago Donezo
The Illinois State Senate voted unanimously yesterday (59-0) to throw Gov. Rod Blagojevich out on his ass. After many frenetic days of ceaseless TV interviews, Rudyard Kipling quotes, and an epic 43 minute “I am not a crook” rambling, the era of Blago is over.
After impeaching him, the Illinois Senate added insult to injury, barring Blago from ever holding public office again. God, I love it. He is such a scumbag. I’ll miss seeing his hair though.
Seriously, he shouldn’t just put his fabulous coif out there for everyone to see – it’s a f***ing valuable thing, you just don’t give it away for nothing!
Photo courtesy of Flickr user jburwen – used under CC license.
Entertainment - Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:00 - 1 Comment
Racy PETA Ad Banned From Super Bowl
Shorter ad: Men, PETA doesn’t suck.
National - Thursday, December 4, 2008 13:42 - 6 Comments
Man Shoots Wife During Sex
An Ohio man shot his wife yesterday while they were having sex, say police. The man claims he was reaching for something on the bedside table when the gun discharged. He was arrested not for the shooting, but for violating the restraining order that his wife has against him. Of course, I hope the woman recovers (she’s currently in critical condition – she was shot in the chest). But I can’t deny that I find the whole situation a bit humorous.
Do you think it was an accident? I couldn’t embed the audio of the 911 call, but you can hear it here.
Photo courtesy of Flickr user barjack. Used under the Creative Commons license.
Entertainment - Tuesday, December 2, 2008 10:12 - 3 Comments
Did Barack Obama Kill Irony?
A recent Times Style section story, with the tricky title “Irony Is Dead. Again. Yeah, Right.” wonders if America is entering a new era of authenticity. Joan Didion, ironic enthusiast and queen of chic prose, says that “hope is in” and “innocence is prized.”
But the Times points out that this would not be the first reported death of irony—its most recent other massacre occurred directly after 9/11, when a shell-shocked nation couldn’t even think of wearing their $20 WTC t-shirts to nightclubs. (Actually, that is still more offensive than ironic. Where did I even think of that?)
Well, clearly the Times has not read my pro-Sarah Palin piece or anti-Prop 8 article. But the so stylistic paper may have a point. With a “green” nightclub currently popular in Paris, the MisShapes part of some anti-poverty campaign, and art spaces cheering for an American president(-elect), is irony over? I sure hope not. Continue…
National, Uncategorized - Wednesday, November 26, 2008 12:00 - 5 Comments
Ann Coulter’s Jaw Wired Shut
The NY Post is reporting that Ann Coulter broke her jaw and had to have it wired shut. If you’re like me, you were probably hoping somebody was just trying to shut her up.
Entertainment - Monday, November 24, 2008 9:37 - 5 Comments
“Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth?” Asks New York Times…
In last week’s New York Times, an editorial board with a bit less to mull over between election night and inauguration took a stand on one our generation’s most overlooked issues: should we or should we not resurrect a wooly mammoth? Hold on to your butts, kids—Jurassic Park is becoming a reality. Continue…
Entertainment, Featured - Monday, October 27, 2008 2:27 - 7 Comments
The Olsen Twins Are Dead Inside (Maybe)
In this weekend’s rather admiring New York Times profile of NYU’s (sort of) hometown heroes Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, writer Ginia Bellafante concludes that Ashley O. has her sights set on Fortune magazine rather than Vogue.
The girls are doubtlessly darlings of the discerning fashion and art world—with a successful, high-end clothing line, The Row, under their tiny belts, and pals like Karl Lagerfeld—as well as members of exclusive, Beatrice-frequenting social sets. And so it struck the writer as notable that they have not necessarily eschewed their initially wholesome public image for one more befitting to their mysterious hipness. They maintain both.
“Is commerce their art?” the subtext asked me. Continue…
