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Bill Maher Wonders Why the Right Is So Mad At Obama When He Is Too [Video]

Matt Toder — Fri, 25 May 2012 23:54:59 EDT

Silvio Berlusconi Allegedly Asked Burlesque Dancer to Dress Up Like Obama [Bunga Bunga]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:00:00 EDT

A Dominican dancer who says she was present at Silvio Berlusconi's now-infamous "bunga bunga" sex parties testified in court today that the former Italian prime minster had her dress up as a "burlesque version" of President Barack Obama, and dance around. More »

Bill Murray Turns Down Fan's Request for Autograph, Agrees to Star in His Short Film Instead [Video]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:17:45 EDT

What The Hell Took So Long: 'Mommy Porn' Book 50 Shades of Grey Finally Becoming Actual Porn [Porn Parody]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:42:45 EDT

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It's Friday! So Here's a Half-Naked Ukrainian Folk Band Covering Rammstein's 'Du Hast' [Video]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:10:00 EDT

'ROID RAGE!!! GRRRR!!!!' and Other Angry Sentiments We Received This Week [Tail Of Mears]

Leah Beckmann — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:00:00 EDT

It's Memorial Day Weekend, guys! Throw your computers in the garbage and get to weekend-ing. But first, please enjoy this week's hate mail roundup. More »

The Ultra-Secret Freaky-Deaky Warm-Up Routines of Boston Symphony Orchestra Musicians [Video]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:30:30 EDT

The Please-Ignore-Our-Terrible-Movie Club: What It Means When A Movie Isn't Shown To Critics [Grierson & Leitch]

Will Leitch — Fri, 25 May 2012 16:13:12 EDT

The big movie opening this weekend is Men in Black 3, as our nation's multiplexes bring us Josh Brolin channeling Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith asking you to forget that time he committed suicide-by-jellyfish. But there's another movie opening wide today though, that you haven't seen, and I haven't either. That's entirely by design. More »

Songs of the Day: Some With that Diwali Riddim [Video]

Rich Juzwiak — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:55:46 EDT

Casey Anthony Is a Fat, Broke, Computer-Obsessed Hermit: Report [Video]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:25:00 EDT

It's been nearly a year since Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murdering her daughter Caylee, but life hasn't gotten much better for the 26-year-old. More »

Tim Tebow Sings, John Oliver Walks, and Aziz Ansari Talks: Gawker Stalker Updated [Gawker Stalker]

Gawker Staff — Fri, 25 May 2012 15:00:00 EDT

'They Went Right for the Beer': Cows Interrupt Backyard Party [Party Animals]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:15:00 EDT

At a backyard party in Boxford, Massachusetts, last weekend, a half-dozen bovine beer-lovers showed up sans RSVP to partake in the festivities. More »

Absurdly Rich Serbian Bachelor Would Like to Sex You In His Golden Mansion [Memes]

Adrian Chen — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:03:21 EDT

As the web approaches Peak Memification, where even august publications like the Atlantic post Rage Comics on their Tumblr, we must turn to further shores to find unexploited memes. Buzzfeed points us to this Serbian Groom meme, a classic in the Deluded Men Seeking Love genre. More »

80-Year-Old First-Time Skydiver Nearly Slips Out of Harness in Mid-Air [Video]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:32:55 EDT

Letters From Death Row: Brett Hartmann, Ohio Inmate 357-869 [Postcards From The Edge]

Hamilton Nolan — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:04:28 EDT

A few weeks ago, I sent letters to every American death row inmate scheduled for execution this year. I asked them about their own survival prospects, their day-to-day lives, and their thoughts on America, its media, and its justice system. Today, a death row inmate replies. More »

Sign From God?: Tornado Shows Up Uninvited to Kansas Wedding Ceremony [Video]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:55:59 EDT

It was an unwelcome sight for sure, but the tornado that swirled toward the farm in Harper, Kansas, where Caleb and Candra Pence were exchanging I do's ultimately provided a singularly memorable backdrop for their wedding photos. More »

Pedro Hernandez On Suicide Watch After Confessing to Etan Patz's Murder [Etan Patz]

Leah Beckmann — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:45:57 EDT

Pedro Hernandez, the man arrested and charged with the murder of Etan Patz, was taken to Bellevue Hospital this morning and placed on suicide watch. Hernandez, who has cancer, had been in police custody just over 24 hours when he told authorities he had gone off his anti-depressant medication and was thinking about killing himself. He was taken to Bellevue at 5:30am this morning. More »

Female High School Student Accused of Flashing Vagina in Yearbook Photo [Video]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 12:10:30 EDT

On page 14 of the Lake Norman High School yearbook there is a photo of a girl lifting her graduation gown and exposing her hooha. More »

The Long, Sad Story of Etan Patz (UPDATE) [Explainer]

John Cook — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:32:45 EDT

Today is the 33rd anniversary of the disappearance of Etan Patz, the six-year-old New Yorker whose abduction in 1979 helped usher in a new age of terror and suspicion for American parents. Though Etan was declared legally dead in 2001, his case has never been solved. Yesterday, after three decades of false leads and a menagerie of suspects, the NYPD announced that a New Jersey man named Pedro Hernandez had confessed to strangling Patz and dumping his body somewhere in Manhattan. It's unclear at this point whether Hernandez's confession will hold water, if he acted alone, or if he is just a confused publicity seeker. Here's a look back at the case. More »

Kids These Days Are Greedy Little Materialists [Uncool Generations]

Hamilton Nolan — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:30:00 EDT

What the hell do the shiftless/ worthless kids these days want, when they're not beating up babies and playing on train tracks? The vapid young sellouts are, quite predictably, all about makin' that MOOLAH$$$$CA$$$HMONEY$$$$. Are "The Millennials" way more materialistic than your generation? U bet! More »

Me: Asian Guy Looking For Love On the Set of Girls [Missed Connections]

Leah Beckmann — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:20:43 EDT

Hey girl, have you been on the set of Girls in the last two days? Well, if you have brown hair and are tallish, the only not-white guy is looking for you. So shuffle on off that Greenpoint sound stage—you're no extra in this love story. More »

Remarkably Brave Saudi Woman Blasts Religious Police Thug For Ordering Her to Cover Up Her Sexy Nails [Video]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:10:00 EDT

Hackers Plan Huge Attack For 4PM Today, Stupidly Announce It To Everyone [Hackers]

Adrian Chen — Fri, 25 May 2012 11:01:55 EDT

A general principle to keep in mind when dealing with hackers is: If a gang of hackers announces the exact date, time and targets of an upcoming hack, it is not going to happen. So we'd bet 800 bitcoins that this attack on "46 major companies around the world" planned for 4pm today by a hacking group associated with Anonymous is not going to come off. More »

Mexican Woman In Custody After Gouging Out Her Son's Eyes During Cult Ceremony [Horrifying]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 10:21:30 EDT

Police in the Mexico City suburb of Ciudad Neza arrested several people who were reportedly engaging in a "drug-fueled ritual" that resulted in the gouging out of a five-year-old's eyes. More »

The Time Barry Obama Bogarted All the Joints in Hawaii [Barack Obama]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:55:00 EDT

BuzzFeed's Gavon Laessig got his hands on an early copy of the upcoming Barack Obama biography penned by Pulitzer Prize winner David Maraniss. More »

The Times-Picayune and the Completely Logical Collapse of the Newspaper Industry [Print Is Dead]

Hamilton Nolan — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:48:21 EDT

This week, the New Orleans Times-Picayune announced that it is cutting its print publication schedule back to three days a week and laying off staff in an effort to remain financially viable. It's a sad step for a storied and respected newspaper. It is also, on an industrywide scale, a completely expected evolution. Let's briefly review the recent past, and the future, of newspapers. More »

The Day the BBC Ran Out of News — Again [Stop The Presses]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:05:00 EDT

On April 18th, 1930, the BBC famously informed listeners: "Good evening. Today is Good Friday. There is no news." More »

Congregant Defends North Carolina Pastor's 'Godly' Plan to Exterminate Homosexuals [Video]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Fri, 25 May 2012 08:35:55 EDT

Here's TBS' New Bro-tastic Sitcom Men at Work in 30 Seconds [Video]

Matt Toder — Fri, 25 May 2012 01:05:42 EDT

Alison Brie Discusses Her Clothing Optional College on Conan [Video]

Matt Toder — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:37:06 EDT

Woman Finds Bike She Lost 40 Years Ago and, Oh Yeah, SHE’S A LESBIAN [Miracles]

Caity Weaver — Thu, 24 May 2012 23:30:00 EDT

Big news out of Cape Cod today, where a woman who lost her first childhood bike in a river 42 years ago has just been reacquainted with it. More »

Former Nanny Sues Sharon Stone for Abusive Behavior [Sharon Stone]

Caity Weaver — Thu, 24 May 2012 22:30:00 EDT

It turns out working for self-proclaimed (though non-Mensa-proclaimed) member of Mensa Sharon Stone might not be the pleasant, non-crazy picnic you thought it would be. According to Stone's former nanny, the actress is racist, irrational, and just generally Sharon Stone. More »

L.A. Votes to Ban Plastic Bags, Faces Still Okay [Bans]

Caity Weaver — Thu, 24 May 2012 20:13:00 EDT

If you live in Los Angeles and are a forgetful person, trips to the grocery store are about to get 100 percent more annoying. More »

Etan Patz Murder Update: Suspect Arrested [Etan Patz]

Caity Weaver — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:52:00 EDT

The New York Times reports that police have now arrested Pedro Hernandez, the man who earlier confessed to choking 6-year-old Etan Patz to death in 1979, on charges of second degree murder. More »

Food Critics Are Worthless [Shit List]

Drew Magary — Thu, 24 May 2012 19:20:00 EDT

For some reason, I decided to torture myself the other day by reading Pete Wells' four-star review of Le Bernardin in the New York Times. The Times sent Wells there to reaffirm that Le Bernardin is a really good place to eat and — SURPRISE! — it still is. Not that you'll ever be able to afford to eat there. There are only three people who can afford to eat at a place like Le Bernardin: Rich assholes, food critics, and other chefs who run other restaurants that only serve rich assholes, food critics, and other chefs. Here is a glimpse of Wells eating like a goddamn king: More »

Kanye West Just Premiered a Short Film Experience at Cannes. Here's What You Need to Know About It. [Kanye West]

Caity Weaver — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:56:33 EDT

Kanye West debuted a 26-minute film titled Cruel Summer at Cannes Wednesday night. He is credited as a writer, producer, and director on the project. Here's what you need to know about it: More »

Behold the London Olympics' Creepy 'Brand Exclusion Zone' [Olympics]

Adrian Chen — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:34:25 EDT

Everyone knows the London Olympics are going to be an advertising shit-show. But a full understanding of the Olympics' all-enveloping corporate embrace requires a trip into the "Brand Exclusion Zone," a desolate region of London where only Official Olympic Sponsors can survive. More »

Propaganda Contractor Admits to Running Smear Campaign Against USA Today Reporters (UPDATE) [Smears]

John Cook — Thu, 24 May 2012 18:17:38 EDT

Camille Chidiac, the minority owner of Leonie Industries, which we identified last month as the Pentagon information operations contractor that ran an operation against two critical journalists, has admitted playing a role in the subterfuge. More »

Unabomber Sorry He Can't Make Harvard Class Reunion But He's Still In Prison [Unabomber]

Neetzan Zimmerman — Thu, 24 May 2012 17:17:20 EDT

Ted Kaczynski, better known to mail recipients everywhere as the Unabomber, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing three people and injuring nearly two dozen others, so it came as little surprise to his former Harvard classmates that he was unable to attend their 50th class reunion. More »