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Lena Dunham's <em>Tight Shots</em>, Episode 5
Love & Sex

Lena Dunham's Tight Shots, Episode 5

In preparation for Lena Dunham's upcoming HBO series, Girls, we're rerunning Tight Shots, an original video series Dunham made… Peter Smith   |   03.27.2012   |   Comments (0)
Lena Dunham's <em>Tight Shots</em>, Episode 4
Love & Sex

Lena Dunham's Tight Shots, Episode 4

In preparation for Lena Dunham's upcoming HBO series, Girls, we're rerunning Tight Shots, an original video series Dunham made… Peter Smith   |   03.22.2012   |   Comments (2)
Rolling Stones fail to show up to their own tribute show
Music

Rolling Stones fail to show up to their own tribute show

After decades together, thousands of gigs, and untold quantities of drugs you've never even heard of, it seems fitting that the Rolling… Jeremy Glass   |   03.15.2012   |   Comments (3)
Watch a sex-minded David Spade as Funny or Die's "The Honest Bachelor"
Web Culture

Watch a sex-minded David Spade as Funny or Die's "The Honest Bachelor"

Reality TV shows are the new soap operas (at least in America), and one of the more popular ones is The Bachelor, with its promise of a storybook… Jeff Mills   |   03.13.2012   |   Comments (0)
Watch the triumphant return of Stefon on <em>Weekend Update</em>
Television

Watch the triumphant return of Stefon on Weekend Update

After she delivered a so-so supposed "comeback" performance last week, America gave SNL host Lindsay Lohan a pat on the back for not… EJ Dickson   |   03.11.2012   |   Comments (3)
Barenaked Ladies working on a score for an <em>Animal House</em> musical
Movies

Barenaked Ladies working on a score for an Animal House musical

You know how you can tell when a trend is officially dead? When it becomes associated with a band that your high school BFF's ex-boyfriend… EJ Dickson   |   03.5.2012   |   Comments (3)
Links: Justin Bieber fans are really weird and depressing
Web Culture

Links: Justin Bieber fans are really weird and depressing

Above: graph-based humorist Gillian Hemme let loose this excellent analysis of how Rush Limbaugh thinks birth-control pills work. They… Sean Morrow   |   03.5.2012   |   Comments (2)
Watch Snooki address pregnancy rumors on <em>SNL</em>'s <em>Weekend Update</em>
Television

Watch Snooki address pregnancy rumors on SNL's Weekend Update

Last night, Lindsay Lohan completed the first stop on her much-anticipated "I'm sober as a bone Hollywood so please cast me in your next… EJ Dickson   |   03.4.2012   |   Comments (2)
Links: My cousin is ruining my life through mass text messages
Web Culture

Links: My cousin is ruining my life through mass text messages

Ahhh, how I miss the days of chain e-mails, when you had to commit to turning on your computer, waiting for it to boot up, and sitting through an… Jeremy Glass   |   03.1.2012   |   Comments (1)
There will be a sequel to <em>The Muppets</em>
Movies

There will be a sequel to The Muppets

First, the good news: the powers that be have confirmed that director James Bobin and screenwriter Nicholas Stoller have made a deal with Disney… EJ Dickson   |   03.1.2012   |   Comments (4)
Web Culture

Watch Judd Nelson, Tim Meadows, Corey Stoll mock anti-contraception hysteria

Remember when that congressional birth-control panel had no female voices? What a disaster. But the jokesters over at Funny Or Die can… Marty Beckerman   |   02.28.2012   |   Comments (1)
Watch Sacha Baron Cohen dump an urn of Kim Jong Il's "ashes" onto Ryan Seacrest at the Oscars
Movies

Watch Sacha Baron Cohen dump an urn of Kim Jong Il's "ashes" onto Ryan Seacrest at the Oscars

Proving that the Academy was actually right for its fussy decision to try to ban him from the red carpet, Sacha Baron Cohen dumped an urn of… Virginia Smith   |   02.27.2012   |   Comments (0)
Adam Sandler earns a record 11 Razzie nominations
Movies

Adam Sandler earns a record 11 Razzie nominations

After he introduced America to the second-greatest Springsteen impression of all time on SNL and left an indelible mark on hundreds of thousands… EJ Dickson   |   02.26.2012   |   Comments (4)
Sacha Baron Cohen will, in fact, be able to walk the red carpet as Admiral General Aladeen
Movies

Sacha Baron Cohen will, in fact, be able to walk the red carpet as Admiral General Aladeen

Earlier this week, it was reported that members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (a.k.a. the unconfirmed inspiration behind… EJ Dickson   |   02.25.2012   |   Comments (3)
Here's an illustrated guide to <em>SNL</em>'s Stefon's favorite nightclubs
Web Culture

Here's an illustrated guide to SNL's Stefon's favorite nightclubs

Every few weeks, NYC nightlife correspondent Stefon Zelonsky (played by Bill Hader) will make an appearance on SNL's Weekend Update, and… EJ Dickson   |   02.24.2012   |   Comments (4)
Sacha Baron Cohen might be banned from this year's Oscars
Movies

Sacha Baron Cohen might be banned from this year's Oscars

Rumors are swirling that Sacha Baron Cohen, whose movie Hugo is nominated at this year's Academy Awards, might be banned from the awards show… Virginia Smith   |   02.23.2012   |   Comments (3)
Someone brilliant made a portrait of Rick Santorum entirely out of gay porn (NSFW, kinda)
Politics

Someone brilliant made a portrait of Rick Santorum entirely out of gay porn (NSFW, kinda)

...and by "someone brilliant," I mean someone at the gay news blog Unicorn Booty. According to the comments section, the artist goes by… EJ Dickson   |   02.22.2012   |   Comments (1)
David Cross snorted coke under his table at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
Current Events

David Cross snorted coke under his table at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

In a new interview with — where else? — Playboy, David Cross admits that he did a bump of coke while in the same room as Barack Obama… Virginia Smith   |   02.21.2012   |   Comments (0)
Watch <em>SNL</em> take on contraception debate
Television

Watch SNL take on contraception debate

Although Zooey Deschanel delivered a perfectly acceptable performance as SNL host last weekend, many SNL-watchers speculated that this week's… EJ Dickson   |   02.19.2012   |   Comments (3)
Watch Michelle Obama beat Jimmy Fallon in dodgeball, sack race
Television

Watch Michelle Obama beat Jimmy Fallon in dodgeball, sack race

What happens when two incredibly likable, charismatic, and good-looking individuals join forces to promote a good cause? This video of Michelle… EJ Dickson   |   02.8.2012   |   Comments (0)