Heartless web giant GoDaddy has pulled what became a super-controversial Super Bowl commercial before it even aired, thanks to pressure brought by animal lovers the world over. In the ad, a sweet, innocent, Robert Plant-level-of-shaggy dog bounces off the back of a moving pickup truck, and lands in the grass alongside the road. It…
Justin Bieber, who has had a career as a public spectacle for over a year and a half, has apologized for making a joke of himself in an emotional video confession he uploaded to the internet himself late last night. The Biebs, who went on Ellen yesterday and was a bit of a nervous…
Chris Pratt is being considered seriously to play Indiana Jones, and the whole of Hollywood is buzzing like a drunken bee at a Cheerio factory over the news. Pratt has been riding a high wave of popularity ever since last summer’s Guardians of the Galaxy won the hearts of critics and made several large…
So far, 2015 has been a pretty good year for Louis CK. His FX series Louie started shooting its fifth season, which will begin airing in April. He announced and then sold all of the tickets for a whirlwind theater and arena tour. He also broke the record for most shows a comedian has ever played…
Benedict Cumberbatch is in a spot of Cumber-trouble following this week’s big reveal: the Sherlock and Imitation Game star recently dropped the “c-word” in an interview on PBS. No, not that c-word: Mr. Cumberbatch referred to black people as “colored” while in the middle of a broader conversation about race and the acting roles…
Noted celebrity Kim Kardashian has a new Super Bowl commercial out, but it might be only the second-most high-profile ad campaign for the star of last year’s “Break the Internet” effort. The clip, which debuted last night during Conan, features Kim poking fun at herself as a “Famous Person,” one who wants you to…
Brittney Husbyn (amazing name #1) and Briggs Fussey (amazinger name #2) first paired up at the 1995 wedding of Fussey’s godmother’s wedding. The pair were three. They were also adorable. They took a familially-iconic photograph–see the left side of the image above–which was cherished in both the Husbyn and the Fussey houses for years. And,…
The final episodes of Mad Men are already shot, edited, and ready to air, and now we know when we’ll get to see them: AMC has announced that Sunday, April 5th will be the premiere for the second half of season seven. And, since we know that there are seven episodes left for the…
AMC is as tight with new information about Better Call Saul as is it is with Mad Men: Stuff just does not leak out unless the network or the show’s producers want it to. That’s the main reason why we haven’t gotten a proper trailer for the show until three weeks before the premiere:…
New Orleans-based rapper Kevin Gates is a hoot. He’s been seeing the same woman for a long time–two years, in fact–and has known for most of that time that the woman is his cousin. And not through marriage, apparently. Gates recently dropped the truth bomb in an Instagram video. He says his grandmother told…
The then-star-unstudded but now hugely popular cast of 2001 cult classic Wet Hot American Summer have finally gotten all their day planners in order and managed to come together for the long-awaited and long-rumored prequel. David Wain and Michael Showalter, who wrote the original movie, have also penned follow-up, which will be an eight-episode…
One day after making jokes about drugging drinks from his seat onstage, Bill Cosby faced a massive in-house protest at his third and final Canadian performance this week. His drugged drink riff drew only one loud protester on Thursday night, but Friday’s show, in Hamilton ON, faced a far larger disruption: a group of approximately…
Tig Notaro, who has described her own appearance as that of a “he-she robot” and once beat pneumonia, an intestine-eating bacteria, the loss of her mother, and the loss of her long-term girlfriend only to get cancer, is reaping the rewards of the comedy gods. She’s following her now-legendary 2012 set Live with a brand…
When Russell Crowe opens his mouth, words come out. Sometimes, those words are not offensive. Other times, though, they are. And now is one such time! R-Crow managed to get both feet in there recently, when talking about age, Hollywood, and the limits of acting an age other than the one the actor happens to…
John Balmer, 50, is solely to blame for what happened to him at the K-Mart there in Pasco County FL. He was in possession of both methamphetamine and marijuana at the same time that he was wearing a T-shirt that had the following words written on it: “WHO NEEDS DRUGS.” Underneath that, in tinier…
The powers that be at HBO have announced a Sunday, April 12 premiere date for the new season of Game of Thrones. The network did so in as bombastic a fashion as one can via Twitter–they invoked the double whammy of ravens and Breaking news in all caps: BREAKING: #GoTSeason5 premieres Sunday, April 12…
So, in case you guys didn’t know, India has the worst bureaucracy in Asia and one of the worst in the world. We knew this in 2012, because of a survey a Hong Kong-based firm did–you remember when they released the results, right?–and now we have even better proof: The Indian government has finally managed…
It may be officially Rotten according to the critics, but, for Angelina Jolie, the Pope’s blessing is more important than a hundred Leonard Maltins. Jolie brought Unbroken to the Vatican to screen it for an assemblage of dignitaries and Catholic higher-ups, and was clearly thrilled about the opportunity. In a statement, Jolie said “To be…
We all know what happens when you take a picture of Emma Stone without her expressly-written permission: you’re either getting a heartfelt message or a goofy pose for your trouble. We now also know that she’s got some shifty, hawk-like eyes, too. Recently, the Stonester and Andrew “A-Garf” Garfield were dining out, being celebrities,…
The first of Bill Cosby’s three Canadian performances went smoothly this week: the comedian received a standing ovation from his audience after Wednesday night’s performance in Kitchener, Ontario. Evidently, the Cos took that as an invitation to really loosen up. Last night, during his show in London (ON), Cosby addressed a woman who got…
Fargo turned out to be one of the most delightful surprises of the 2014 television season in part because people were so skeptical about whether or not it would be worth a damn that it snuck up on a lot of folks. That, and it had an absolutely stellar cast. And fantastic cinematography, and really…
The terror attack on the Parisian offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo sent shockwaves through the entertainment world today, with many writers, actors, and comedians, issuing statements of disbelief and solidarity both formal and informal. Tina Fey was at a Television Critics Association press event talking about this Sunday’s Golden Globes when she was asked…
Christmas is well past, but one California woman took a page from Santa’s playbook when trying to get inside the home of her ex-boyfriend. The 35-year-old ex-girlfriend of Tony Hernandez needed to see him so badly that she tried to break into his house via the chimney–only to get stuck inside the flue. It’s not…
Bill Cosby was greeted warmly and received a standing ovation during the first of three Canadian concerts he has scheduled for this week, which were also his first live performances since November. At the same time he was playing to a half-full house and protesters marched outside the venue, three new women came forward to…
Fifty Shades of Grey‘s producers were hoping to land a PG-13 rating for their upcoming Valentine’s Day date flick. Instead, they barely managed to avoid the dreaded NC-17 tag. Fifty Shades will be rated R–and a hard R at that, according to the decree handed down by the Motion Picture Association of America’s all-powerful…
Fresh off their Black Friday Poo Box triumph, the good people in Cards Against Humanity land have found themselves the beneficiaries of positive press once more. This time, we’ve also got Entertainment Weekly to thank: the magazine sat Downton Abbey’s Lady Edith, Mrs. Patmore, and Mrs. Hughes down for a rousing game of CAH, and…
They might have gone old-school for their marriage announcement, but Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter announced their pregnancy as new school as possible. The couple, who self-described as “over the moon” about the news, made it public to the British tabloids, which promptly disseminated the story for the whole wide world to enjoy. The couple…
President Obama may have returned to work today, but he managed to finish up one piece of unofficial business during his Hawaiian Christmas Excursion: this weekend, he dropped by Eddie Vedder’s house. You know, just to hang out for a bit. The two aren’t exactly friends–or are they?–but they’ve associated politically for years. Vedder…
Kid Rock’s got a new album coming out soon. (Next month, as a matter of fact.) It’s called French Kiss. The implication is that there’s love to be found coming from the guy. Lust, at least. In any case, he’s making the promotional rounds, starting to fire up the ‘ole publicity machine, which means…
Country-pop icon Garth Brooks–whose first name is Troyal, and who has been known to check into hotels as “G. B. Rooks”–is going to make an “unprecedented” appearance on the Today Show on Thursday, the 8th of January, 2015. Exactly what “unprecedented” means has yet to be announced. But we do have one tiny, important…
Sylvester Stallone is one busy man. The action movie legend, who will turn 69 years old this year, recently announced plans for a fifth (and, presumably, final) Rambo film while dropping some other info on an unrelated project on Twitter: Doing Scarpa based on Gangster Greg Scarpa after LAST BLOOD RAMBO… — Sylvester…
Despite nationwide media coverage and a petition that went viral, the Toledo suburb of Oregon OH will not change its name ahead of next Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game (CFPNCG). That game, which will take place during the evening of the 12th, will feature the Buckeyes of Ohio State squaring off against…
A 72-year-old Wisconsin man is safe in the hospital after an unexpected deer attack left him injured and surprised. The Fond du Lac-based man, whose name has not been released for reasons of humility, was hunting deer out there on the Peebles Trail near Taycheedah. He’d shot a doe with an arrow from his trusty…
Despite mounting criticism in Canada, the U.S., and abroad, Bill Cosby’s planned appearances in the province of Ontario will continue as scheduled, the promoter for those shows has announced. In fact, Cosby told them he has “every intention” to do the shows–and that their promoters are required by law to put them on, despite…
You can be forgiven for associating Jason Barnum with the circus. In addition to his name, the man’s body is a veritable firestorm of tattoed mayhem reminiscent of the sideshow acts of yore. But Barnum is in the news for perhaps the very wrongest of all wrong reasons: An Alaska court has convicted him to…
I tell you what–Brad Pitt singing is one charismatic dude. Fresh off of not having to serve on a jury because he is too gosh darn handsome, the Pittster found himself in southern California for the start of the awards season: the Palm Springs International Film Festival. His duty: Present the Breakthrough Performance Award to David…
S-Pal’s response to PETA, the most visible critics of her DogGate Facebook photo flap, is classic Palin: brash, blustery, and bolstered by the certainty that her way is the right one. While the response within the Facebook comments ran strongly against letting her six-year-old son Trig stand on the family dog to get to…
Accusations are flying high and piling higher in the quiet Californian burg of Sacramento, where sixteen city firefighters have been placed on paid administrative leave. The charge? That the lot of them engaged in lewd group sex with an escort-turned-firefighter’s girlfriend, filmed their exploits, and turned them into a sex tape, which they intended…
Disney’s taken advantage of the New Year to drop a New Cinderella trailer on our heads. It’s still more of an overview-type of affair than a specific look at any one part of the film, but it’s as lavish a thing as you’re likely to see until the next trailer drops. Check it: …
Who is the Double Dick Dude? Is he real? An anonymous but increasingly popular man, known as “DoubleDickDude” on Reddit and “Diphallic Dude” elsewhere, has written a tell-all memoir describing his life as the bearer of two separate and fully-functional penises. It was only one year ago when the bisexual DoubleDickDude–henceforth known as DDD–lit…
Sarah Palin, the television salesperson who moonlights as a former Alaskan governor, has outraged animal rights activists and dismayed many of her own supporters by sharing photos of her youngest son standing gleefully upon the family dog. Palin shared a New Year’s Day post on Facebook which began innocuously enough. In it, she employed…
The man you’re going to read about is likely the most considerate, remorseful, penitent burglar you will meet during this brand-spankin’ new year. But, despite all his apologies and good intentions, he is also still behind bars. 20-year-old Johnathan Johnson was not in search of an exciting new name when he broke into a…
Jamie Dornan might be a little more into spanking and rope-play than he used to be, but he rejects claims that Christian Grey is misogynist, or that Fifty Shades of Grey is an anti-feminist story in the first place. Speaking to Elle UK (in the same interview during which Dornan recently and famously revealed…
An unnamed woman–whose anonymity has been preserved by the legal system because of the nature of her claims–says that she was kept as a sex slave by financier Jeffrey Epstein from 1999 to 2002, during which time the woman was a minor. And one of the parties she names among the many she says…
The fallout from Bono’s Bicycle Bonanza continues to worsen. The U2 frontman, who was involved in a high-profile and “high-energy bicycle accident” in New York’s Central Park last November, has revealed that the laundry list of injuries he deals with on a daily basis might keep his beloved guitars out of his hands…forever. Those injuries…
The Interview has a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which makes it officially rotten and icky and just a little bit better than watching Marky Mark get paid to beat people up instead of doing it for free. It’s also, since its cancellation and terror threat-inspired Christmas Day release, officially more a cause célébre…
The Frozen anthem “Let it Go” was almost certainly the most-loved and most-hated song of 2014, so it’s fitting that that year would end with a minor “LiG” controversy. Idina Menzel took to the stage to perform the omnipresent hit during Ryan Seacrest’s presentation of Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve, and hit every…
Edward Herrmann’s television family has begun responding to the news of his sudden death. The man best-known for playing Richard Gilmore on the seven seasons of Gilmore Girls was remembered in a loving Tweet by Lauren Graham, who sent her love and appreciation thusly: My friend Ed Herrmann was the kindest, classiest, most…
Every year since President Obama took office, official White House photographer Pete Souza has released a late-December “Year In Review” photo recap, featuring the best and most interesting images he and the rest of the White House’s photography crew captured during the year that was. It’s a thoughtful and helpful reminder that the president,…
Edward Herrmann, best-known for playing beloved grandfather Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls, has died after a battle with brain cancer. He was 71 years old. Robbie Kass, Herrmann’s manager, said in a statement that “Besides being an accomplished actor, [Herrmann] was also a true gentleman and a scholar, as well as being an incredibly…
A Hawaiian backdrop; a perfectly-manicured lawn; a warm December breeze; a full assemblage of friends and family; and an open bar. Five ingredients which, when combined, ought to make a perfect combination of wedding bliss. Right? And they would have, too–if it weren’t for that meddling President. Natalie Heimel and Ed Mallue, Jr., both…
It’s been a rather tumultuous NFL rookie year for former college standout Johnny “J-Man” Manziel. His time with the Aggies of Texas A&M University was glorious and brief, but Manziel has been mostly an afterthought during his tenure with the Browns of Cleveland, whether he’s on the field (which he has been very little…
Matt DeSanto is not a man you want to get into a quick-draw contest with. The fellow is making the internet rounds today after putting up an embarrassingly thorough thumping on Wheel of Fortune. DeSanto swept the game, winning every puzzle en route to the bonus round. That hasn’t happened on Wheel since 2011; DeSanto…
This weekend, the New York Post‘s “Page Six” column ran a story detailing Bill Cosby’s involvement with a group of private detectives the disgraced comedian hired to dig up dirt on his accusers. In the Post‘s words, Cosby “is implementing a scorched-earth strategy in which anything negative in his accusers’ pasts is fair game.”…
If you’re jonesing for a Louis CK fix, the next few weeks might fill your veins with syrupy-sweet goodness. The actor, writer, and Louie mastermind is taking his standup show back on the road for a series of high-profile engagements this January. And, after some rapid-fire sellouts, Louis has been good enough to add…
City ordinances be damned: The Cincinnati Zombie Nativity Scene lives on. Devotees will recall the pre-Christmas controversy that Cincinnati native Jasen Dixon stirred up when he tried to do away with clichéd Christmas decorations and festooned his front yard with zombies instead. Though most of his neighbors supported Dixon’s effort, the local government decreed…
Lee Vern Cook, a 54-year-old Florida man, has been arrested and charged with a whole boatful of crimes, all of which stem from an incident wherein Cook brought crack to an ICU to share with a patient on Christmas Eve. According to the Crestview Police Department, Lee Vern smuggled some crack and a “homemade”…
Right about now, you’re probably getting at least a little sick of the ongoing Holiday Season Super Fun Time. This could be because you have an aversion to more than one week of eating rich, chocolate-laden food every for meal of the day; it might be because your head cold-stricken three-year old nephew kissed…
Chelsea Handler and Miley Cyrus have both taken to Instagram to show their support for the nascent #FreetheNipple campaign, which promotes gender equality by way of non-discriminatory nipple showing. As M-Cyr and C-Hand are two of the most prominent nipple displayers in entertainment (non-pornographic category), their efforts hardly went unnoticed: Cyrus lit social media…
Apparently, it’s the season for major marriage-based announcements. In the wake of Tim Burton and Helena Bonham Carter calling off their 13-year partnership and Ludacris dropping rings like Funyons over Christmas, we’ve got the news that Chris Rock is separating from his long-time wife and the mother of his three children, Malaak Compton-Rock. The two…
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