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There's a bit of an art world brouhaha unfolding right now, and, not surprisingly, Banksy is at its center. The controversy surrounds works created at the tail end of 2007, during a project called Bethlehem Santa's Ghetto in which the famed, anonymous graffiti artist left his mark upon several... More »
Are you ready for the ultimate team challenge? Then join us in the comments as we group-create a live blog of tonight's Project Runway episode. In this challenge, everyone's on the same team, and everyone's a winner! You'll have zero dollars to complete this challenge. More »
Featured comment by BobbleTimGunn: "Becky's Dress: for when you want to play Q-Bert at a cocktail party." More »
Surprise: A 16-year-old female hacking prodigy might actually be a couple of dudes. Two 20-something British men were arrested today under suspicion of being the mysterious LulzSec and Anonymous mastermind "Kayla." According to the Associated Press, two men, 20 and 24-years-old, were arrested in... More »
Today we heard that Google and Fox News are teaming up to put on a Republican presidential candidate debate, which will feature questions submitted by online users. More »
Featured comment by HolyCow!: "John Boehner will threaten to hold his breath until Obama kills himself and Obama will resign in an effort to..." More »
A "mischievous magician" and his two assistants are reportedly in police custody in southwestern Colombia after a "mass hypnosis" session that led to the hospitalization of 75 schoolchildren, according to a radio station in Caracol. More »
Featured comment by MisterBeebe: "Naughty hypnotists and pornboys in the classroom! Damn kids today have all the fun. What's Spanish for "I want you..." More »
With the coming of Diddy's Labor Day White Party, the ancient druidic event that marks the end of the summer season, so too comes another ancient tradition: More »
The rumor-plagued actress has kept working despite, and it's slowly paying off. Also today: bad news for Dionne fans, good news for Big C fans, and the strange popularity of Grey's Anatomy. More »
Featured comment by Dwayne Mcginnty: "Hayshe is a B actor, at best. And she pulled a Martin Lawrence." More »
Airbnb, a website for renting your apartment to to tourist meth heads, has announced plans for a big expansion. Which is funny, because less than a month ago Airbnb was profusely apologizing for failing to protect customers, return phone calls or even blog properly. More »
What is happening this week in America's #1 state, Arizona? In Prescott a police officer tasered a mentally handicapped man who was standing there with his hands up. More »
Many observers have understandably raised concerns for the safety of confidential informants whose identities are revealed in the full, unredacted copy of Wikileaks' State Department cables that was made public this week in a Keystone Kops farce. More »
Tenth anniversary of 9/11 got you down? Why not enjoy a crisp "9/11 Remembrance Roll" from Phoenix, Arizona's Stingray Sushi? "Spicy crab, avocado and asparagus topped with tuna and white fish." Wash it all down with some 9/11 wine (Sake?).
Featured comment by ShaunTKennedy: "I really can't say this seems offensive to me. My "faux indignant outrage" threshold is a lot higher than most,..." More »
"Are tiny plastic toiletries on their way out?" asks AngelPulitzer-winning newspaper USA Today. I certainly hope that the answer is "no." Let's see... More »
Featured comment by Paddington: "Ha. They have had these in upscale London hotels for years. They won't give you bar soap -- a big..." More »
Here we have the latest shouty comedy video From the Desk of Donald Trump, in which our host reviews the Dick Cheney memoir that he has not read. You might even like this one! More »
Featured comment by Meiz: "I'd rather seeimeanhear what Ivanka things." More »
Joran van der Sloot, the longtime main suspect in the 2005 disappearance of American student Natalee Holloway in Aruba, has been officially charged with murder in the death of Stephany Flores, who was murdered in Peru last year. More »
Featured comment by 38thsignal: "In thumbnail size, I thought this was going to be about Channing Tatum's latest theatrical effort." More »
In your pleasant Thursday media column: newspaper ads slide on down, Tavi Gevenson prepares to launch, Tribune Co. is still shameless, a drunk student journalist tells it like it is, and science meets journalism (Hello!). More »
Featured comment by Acts of Swine: "I believe the children are our future." More »
Journalists reporting on Libya's civil war have stumbled upon 21-year-old UCLA math student Chris Jeon, who has joined the Libyan rebels because "It is the end of my summer vacation, so I thought it would be cool to join the rebels." Jeon bought an $800 one-way plane ticket from L.A. More »
Featured comment by 38thsignal: "Those silly rebels - why can't they learn a bit of English?" More »
HBO finally bought so many ads on the New York City transit system that MTA let them buy an entire car. Coming soon to a 2/3 track near you: A vintage subway car from 1917, with rattan seats, a ceiling fan, and ads for Boardwalk Empire. More »
Featured comment by LittleShirleyBeans: "This would be awesome to catch a glimpse of. But will I ride it? No way, not if..." More »
Lady Gaga has used her latest column in V magazine to go after New York Times fashion critic Cathy Horyn and institutionalized critics in general. She'd much rather all the bloggers of the world be judging fashion instead of, you know, the professionals. More »
Featured comment by Gawkerer: "Never liked Gaga's music but never hated her and somewhat respected her outfits and theatrics. But she is starting..." More »
Another September presidential debate has been announced, you guys! Now we have ones scheduled for September 7, 12, and 22, so don't forget to stock up on whiskey and hydrocodone. More »
Featured comment by Perhaps Not: "Google and Fox News are both stalwart proponents of the only actual political position taken by conservative politicians in this..." More »
Your crush on Prince Harry is about to end. At a nightclub in Croatia, he was videotaped climbing onto a banquette and performing a catastrophic sideways shuffle dance, culminating in a loss of balance and a dive into the swimming pool behind him. More »
Featured comment by Scentless Apprentice: "My equilibrium would be off too if I had to listen to that shit music." More »
Frank Bruni is the new Bill Keller is the new Thomas Friedman! Which is to say, the latest New York Times columnist who can be reliably depended upon to use his priceless media real estate to write utterly vacuous and worn-out tripe about this CRRRAAAZZZYYY modern technology we have in our modern... More »
Featured comment by Acts of Swine: "Sounds like something a teenager would write to pad out a essay for school. Bet he uses triple spacing." More »
Featured comment by joymars: "Nonsense. Assange doesn't make mistakes like that. Some other entity is behind the recent leaks. Probably that creep who jumped..." More »
One-percent presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is playing a sneaky game in his desperate quest to remain a viable presidential candidate throughout the fall. More »
Featured comment by Sol Invictus: "There are a lot of media gatekeepers that desperately want Jon Huntsman to happen. I don't get it. ..." More »
The days will soon get shorter, the weather will get colder, and you'll soon have actual things to do at your job now. The end of summer sucks, doesn't it? More »
Featured comment by orsotheysay: "I absolutely cannot trust the taste of someone who watches Glee but not Community." More »
British teacher Benedict Garrett was given a reprimand for working as a stripper and porn star while also serving as the head of personal, social, and health education at a high school in East London. More »
Featured comment by UWAZell: "Is it just me or is the question the Council and the students parents should be asking is why these..." More »
Here's a trailer for the long-lost but finally found Kenneth Lonergan movie Margaret, made six years ago but just now getting a release because of various legal problems. More »
Featured comment by Proofer3: "They should sit on movies more often. It's nice to see the actors looking so ... refreshed." More »
Ray-J confronts Kris Humphries on an airplane. Kim releases a video of Kris caressing her butt. Lindsay Lohan gets a Billy Joel tattoo. Marc Anthony says his love life "is not a funeral." Alyssa Milano gives birth to her baby. More »
Featured comment by Michael Jahn: "Whatever sympathy I had for Ms Lohan disappeared with the news she has a Billy Joel lyric tatoo. I would..." More »
Sometimes—as freedom fighters from George Washington to Che Guevara would affirm—the words and deeds of a person become so intolerable the it becomes necessary to write a scathing takedown of them, on the internet. More »
Featured comment by Joe Starr: "Most "100% intense" Internet takedowns are the result of a bottle next to the computer. And they invariably contain errors..." More »
The good folks at NMA TV have run our scoop about Bill O'Reilly getting the Nassau County Police Department to investigate his wife's boyfriend through their magical YouTube machine.
She's always hyping her diet program, but it's really the surgery that got this leading lady to shed the pounds. This couple is about to break up and this actress is upset she's getting asked to play moms. More »
Featured comment by Angelina Scarangella: "#3: Elise Elliot" More »
If the second-most powerful official in New York City government spends two days in jail for assaulting his wife, is that something the Bloomberg administration thinks people ought to know about? More »
In 2008, when the global economy collapsed, the Bush administration hilariously appointed 30-something Republican ski bum and Ferrari-loving Goldman Sachs alum Neel Kashkari as our nation's "bailout czar." It was America's worst job, and everyone hated him. More »
Featured comment by Jonathan Hendry: "Indy! Cover your heart! Cover your heart!" More »
Arid Uka, a 21 year-old from Kosovo, has confessed to the March shooting of four U.S. soldiers at the Frankfurt airport, which left two of the soldiers dead. More »
Featured comment by moonybattyjuicey: "I gotta say for all those people shrieking about how it's all lies and our soldiers don't do that....you do..." More »
Just after 5am this morning, Mineral, Virginia was once again rocked by an earthquake — this time a 3.4-magnituder. NBC Washington has the details: The Louisa County Sheriff's Office said that there were no reports of damage or injuries after the latest aftershock. More »
NYPD officers have already randomly stopped and frisked 13.5 percent more young, non-white males than they did at this time last year, according to police records.
Featured comment by gimmlee: "What really bugs me is that the police force as a whole is too stupid to say "hey, we need..." More »
Legendary cross-dressing Jamaican drug lord Christopher "Dudus" Coke, who was extradited to New York after setting off a bloody neighborhood drug war in Jamaica, yesterday pleaded guilty to racketeering charges and now faces just 23 years in jail instead of a possible life sentence for a lifetime's... More »
Featured comment by Prontotron: "Man, that wig is weak." More »
Urban Dictionary has become an invaluable internet resource for anyone looking to crack the ever-evolving slanguage of the streets. Where else can you learn the difference between a "pink pancake" and a "Belgium biscuit," while picking up a handy term for that thing where you Facebook request... More »
Featured comment by DURPWURPCHURP: "Is murk really not already a pretty well-known term? Rappers have been saying it since the early 90s, ..." More »
Snooki made her debut as a news anchor today on some AOL site that hasn't yet been renamed "HuffPost [Subject]." And while we're still deciding if the Jersey Shore star has a knack for reportage, she's definitely got a fan in Anderson Cooper, who spent a few minutes on tonight's AC360 fawning over...
Featured comment by badideajeans: "Snookie is better at reading on camera than Olivia Munn." More »
Meet Ortis Deley. You've probably never heard of him, but in England, he's fairly well known as the affable host of a TV gadget show. Channel 4 thought they'd give him a shot at the big leagues: More »
Featured comment by The Maine Event: "I feel bad for the guy. He's made an ass of himself of national television, and now has become internationally..." More »
The last time we checked in with Susan Boyle, she was completely choking on The View. But on tonight's America's Got Talent, SuBo returned with a vengeance to debut "You Have To Be There," the first single off her upcoming album—and she was pretty good!
Featured comment by EthanPeter: "Is she or isn't she the most famous reality-TV contestant in the world? I suggested to my boyfriend that she..." More »
