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Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome Worse than Celibacy, Death, or Sex with Zach Braff?

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:29:00 GMT

The top story on MSNBC right now: "US Home Prices Slide By 19%, Sharpest Decline on Record." The most-read story, though: "11 Baffling Medical Conditions," which the page on Persistent Sexual Arousal Syndrome leading the charge.

Before you get all excited about catching this illness, wait till you read about the symptoms...

While PSAS sounds like it could revive a floundering sex life, it's more likely to drive you batty first.

However, for the women who experience PSAS -- which causes them to live perpetually at the brink of orgasm -- the condition is a nightmarish curse. And up until 2001, it was a curse that didn't even have a name.

Relief from the condition is often as elusive as sympathy. The sensations, which are not brought about by fantasies or other sexual thoughts, are often only partially relieved through orgasm. For some women, even sex does not help quell their arousal, and on occasion can even make the sensations worse.

"To me this is a sickness," [Heather] Dearmon [a 34-year-old South Carolina woman] said. "This is not, it's not something we've chosen. ... I would rather never have another orgasm in my life for the rest of my life than to have this problem." [MSNBC]

Since so few women are willing to come forward, research and progress on developing a cure has never really gone anywhere. You have to wonder how many women are out there, perpetually on the brink of orgasm, and suffering quietly through work, carpools, drinks with friends, and so on...

Photo via Babble. By the way, we chose that photo because it was the first one that came up in Google Image when we searched for "persistent sexual arousal syndrome."

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Sloppy Seconds: The Truth About The "Abusive" Paul McCartney

Brian Fairbanks — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:51:00 GMT

An earthquake this morning registered 5.4 on the Andy Richter scale and was felt from LA to Vegas and down to Mexico. There were no reported injuries as of post time.

Although he's charged with a DUI, Shia LaBeouf was not at fault for the car crash that flipped his truck. The other driver has been ticketed for running a red light...

PageSix claims Marc Jacobs has wed in Paris... and if you didn't know, he married...

his Brazilian boyfriend in a civil ceremony... which is not legally binding.

Other sources speculate that this is just a decoy move while Jacobs gets married elsewhere, away from the prying press...

Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson and Charlize Theron are to appear on a breast cancer telethon the night of September 5th.

We couldn't imagine Paul McCartney ever hitting anyone-- shit, could you imagine the guy who wrote "Yesterday" and "Maybe I'm Amazed" getting medieval on anyone? Now, Heather Mills' ex-publicist is speaking out and basically confirming what we suspected all along: the evidence of McCartney abusing his ex-wife was completely fabricated to help the wife's case.

We're pretty sure it's a fake of... something... but WTF is this photo Gawker posted?

You can download the Walkmen's excellent new album for $5, with all of the proceeds going to the cause of one hospitalized baby. The music revolution, indeed.

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Does This Future President Have A Crush?

Brian Fairbanks — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:00:00 GMT

Which Presidential candidate is keeping up an e-mail correspondence with a busty young Hollywood starlet?

"I am engaged to Barack Obama,” she said back in January... “My heart belongs to Barack.”

Scarlett Johansson, star of will.i.am's famous "Yes, We Can" video for Barack Obama, has been exchanging e-mails with the Presidential candidate. It all started a few months back when she met him at an event:

“The most time I spent with him was the first time I met him, at a private event for supporters,” she said. “After that, it’s been a few minutes here, a few minutes there on the trail.”

They continued their chats by e-mail, starting with some messages from Scarlett congratulaing him on escaping from the ABC debate relatively unscathed. Obama kept writing back.

His replies have been thoughtful, she said, more than a brief line or two; on the ABC debate, he responded that the questioning was “difficult” and he was being pounded on “one silly question after another.”

Johansson is somewhat shocked that he keeps up their back-and-forth correspondence. “You’d imagine that someone like the senator who is constantly traveling and constantly ‘on’ — how can he return these personal e-mails?”

Scarlett-- it's because of your boobs! Duh! Oh, and because it's probably a body person actually writing them, but whatever.

Via Politico: Does this actress have a crush?

Sloppy Seconds: Is Brenda Back on 90210, Too?

Emily Farris — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:43:00 GMT

Whoopi Goldberg talks anal sex on The View. [GabbyBabble]

Hey, look: some vintage Scarlett Johansson bikini shots. [DerekHail]

We no longer hold the record for going the longest period of time without sex. These little guys have survived 85 million years without it. [Neatorama]

It looks like Scanner Bryan, who is now Island Bryan (or something like that), has to keep up with The Bachelor alumni for his new job. [The Remote Island]

Leave Jamie Lynn alone! Or else you'll get arrested, apparently. [People]

Kelsey Grammer is home after an apparently mild heart attack that landed him in the hospital over the weekend. [Yahoo!]

When a man went in to have his tumor removed, doctors discovered it was a 25-year-old surgical towel. [News.au.com]

Kelly and Donna are returning to the new 90210. So what about Brenda? Apparently there's a petition to get Shannen Doherty to appear on the show. [Us]

Sloppy Seconds: In Which Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz Make Out

Emily Farris — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:49:00 GMT

By the time (if ever) we get engaged, we'll probably be twice Jamie Lynn Spears' age and our engagement ring will cost half as much. [FameCrawler]

Is anyone going to read James Frey's new novel? It's supposed to be fiction. [Yahoo!]

If you had groupies, wouldn't you sleep with them? We would, unless we were, say, William Shatner and the Trekkies wanted to act out SciFi fantasies in bed. [Contact Music]

Rep. Larry McKeon, Illinois' first openly-gay politician is dead after suffering a stroke. [Queerty]

Dixie Chicks frontwoman Natalie Maines thinks Jessica Simpson should "pick back" on George Bush after he made a joke about "the Jessica Jinx." We couldn't agree more, and we'll even feed her the lines. [Us]

In the teaser for the upcoming Woody Allen film, Vicky Christina Barcelona, Scarlett Johansson and Penelope Cruz lock lips for about 1.79 seconds. Everyone else is kissing, too, so you'll have to watch closely to catch it. [Defamer]

Another Woman We've Never Heard of Is Maxim's Hottest Woman in The World

Emily Farris — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:53:00 GMT

A few weeks back, Scanner Brian was perplexed by the fact that FHM had named a woman we'd never heard of as its sexiest woman in the world. This month, Maxim pulls the same trick (even though we have heard of her, but only from one of our own).

And the winner is...

Marisa Miller.

Should we know who she is? Probably. Do we? Only because of Scanner Bryan. Is she the hottest woman in the world? She's definitely hot, but enh.

Scanner Bryan, you're welcome to disagree. So are the folks at Maxim who say she "embodies the official return of the all-American supermodel... Not since Cindy Crawford ruled the catwalk has a pinup born and bred on U.S. soil so thoroughly captured the imagination of the American male."

Also on the list: Scarlett Johansson (No. 2), Jessica Biel (No. 3). And in the top 10: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elisha Cuthbert, Eva Mendes, Christina Aguilera, Lindsay Lohan (who topped last year's list) and Ashley Tisdale.

How much do you think these women's publicists pay to get them on the list?

No, you know what? Fuck this list. We're taking nominations for Scanner's Hottest Women in the World in the comments section.

[People: Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel Make Maxim's Hot List]

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Will Scarlett Johansson Go Down on Ryan Reynolds in a Theater?

Emily Farris — Tue, 06 May 2008 15:01:00 GMT

What's the greatest thing about not being famous?

We'd have to say that it's being able to turn to the Internets and Us Weekly for distraction and comfort when we find out our exes have pretty new girlfriends.

But when you're famous (Alanis Morissette) and your famous ex-fiance (Ryan Reynolds) is now engaged to someone more famous than you (Scarlett Johansson), it must really fucking suck. And if we're upset about the fact that Scarlett has a record deal even though she can't really sing, imagine how upset Alanis must be.

Maybe it's time for a re-re-release of Jagged Little Pill?

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Scarlett Johansson Channels Wifewoman at The Met's Costume Institute Gala

Emily Farris — Tue, 06 May 2008 12:31:00 GMT

Last night pretty people in pretty clothes descended on Manhattan for The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute Gala. This year's theme was "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy" and the only thing we can come up with for Scarlett Johansson is that she was going for Wifewoman in order to show off her new engagement ring. (Oh, come on, like you've never made up your own Superhero!)

We'll let you believe for a little while longer that the ring is part of Scarlett's alter ego while we move onto Katie Holmes—who actually did a nice job of capturing the essence of a superhero who is not L. Ron Hubbard while managing to look fabulous—and Anna Wintour, who scared us a little.

In case you couldn't tell, Wintour is supposed to be Storm from "X-Men." But you probably could tell because somebody decided to take the theme very literally. While we commend her for her bravery, we'd rather have seen her in tights and a cape.

[NYT: Stars and Superheroes Sparkle at Museum Gala]

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