Okay, guess which one of these awkward outfits was designed by Leanne Marshall on last night’s episode of Project Runway: The answer plus spoilers after the break! It was this one: This was one of the least fun challenges to date. The designers were paired up with mother-daughter teams, the younger generation of which had […]
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Like a Good Neighbor…
Samuel L. Jackson Will Kill You.
Race issues battle plot issues in Lakeview Terrace.
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How NOT to Interview R. Kelly
Think Bill Clinton is a smooth operator when asked about his sexual proclivities? Then please check out this interview with R. Kelly in which BET’s Toure asks every question but the right one (“Are you still having sex with underage girls?”), and Kelly dances around the question like Baryshnikov. Even better, the entire thing plays […]
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David Foster Wallace: 1962-2008. (Part Three of Five.)
DAVID FOSTER WALLACE: A lot of this is gonna get cut out, right? CHARLIE ROSE: Perhaps. But I’ll make the deicsion as to what’s cut out. David Foster Wallace on Charlie Rose, March 27, 1997.
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Good Morning, News!
The coked-up nancies of Wall Street panic once again this morning — even after another government bailout — and the Dow drops 300. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says “Oopsy, sorry” over recent airstrikes that killed Afghan citizens, and promises to never kill these same people again. Alaska state employees are refusing to honor subpoenas in […]
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Two Guys, One Economic Recession
Everybody is dealing with this week’s economic implosion in their own way. I, for example, am strangling puppies. (Full disclosure: I’d be strangling them anyway.) However, in the following video, two men face the coming depression by making out and licking each others nipples during a live shot for CNN outside of Lehman Brothers. Hey, […]
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Why Are Barack Obama’s Campaign Ads So Fucking Terrible?
I like it when the announcer goes “Hmm!” So confused! Everybody keeps saying that Obama needs to “start swinging” and “fight back” and “be a badass,” which I don’t really get, since (A) he’s already a badass, and (B) one of the reasons everybody seemed to like him to begin with was that he didn’t […]
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Dancing Pig
I’m not usually a sucker for nostalgia. I kind of like living in a time that has both penicillin and the internet. However, I wouldn’t mind going to a theater and having this sort of thing play. The best part is about 2:05 onward. You will never be the same again.
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The Blazers Want to Hear You Sing
Want to sing about the rocket’s red glare while surrounded by a sold out Rose Garden crowd? Well, Enrico Palazzo, now is your chance. Just remember, Mo Cheeks won’t be there to bail you out. But then again, you couldn’t do any worse than Oden. TRAIL BLAZERS TO HOLD OPEN ANTHEM AUDITIONSEvent is open to […]
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Tina Fey Nails Sarah Palin
As expected, former SNL player Tina Fey stepped up to play v.p. wannabe Sarah Palin (along with Amy Poehler as Hillary Clinton) in the season opener of Saturday Night Live, and HOLY MOTHER OF GOD! Did they nail it! It’s truly one of the funniest, sharpest SNL skits I’ve seen in ages, and made the […]
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Suing For Your Right To Video Cops
Independent videographer Joe Anybody has filed a tort claim with the city of Portland seeking just $100 in damages, but more importantly, he feels, to get the cops to change their policy on people videoing their actions. Joe, whose real name is Mike Tabor, had his camcorder confiscated by cops on March 27, after he […]