Acoustic versions of highly produced pop songs are the new easiest irony, as evinced by yesterday's most watched Youtube video, an acoustic version of Four Minutes to Save the World. This is just-add-water cultural criticism that bespeaks no thought or compelling effort, but which is publicly lauded for adhering to…
The success of Sex and the City has convinced execs that film versions of beloved 90's sitcoms are a good idea, so a Friends movie is on the way. The article emphasizes Jennifer Aniston's role in the decision making process and speculates she's jealous of Sarah Jessica Parker's recent success. We should put together…
It is a well-settled fact that melons give guys boners, what scientists hope to prove is that more kind of melons than we thought can achieve this end. Watermelon, the official vodka receptacle of Independence day, contains citrulline, an amino acid which can trigger a process similar to the effects of Viagra.…
The $7 hot dog has new competition at Shea Stadium: the homey slurry of deliciousness that is Kozy Shack pudding. "Kozy Shack, which is based in Hicksville, N.Y., is trying to position its products as a healthy alternative to the foods that most people look forward to at a ballgame." Since it's a mixture of cream,…
The irrationally cocky Russian guy from America's Most Smartest Model has had charges of harassment and sexual abuse dropped by the New York DA's office. Andre Birleanu was one of the dominant personalities of VH-1's America's Next Top Model, a show beloved by all who enjoy hilarity and/or masturbation. He managed to…
The Post is calling foul on Madonna's denials of a relationship with Alex Rodriguez. They say A-Rod paid a visit to Madge's Central Park West apartment the night after his wife gave birth in April, but maybe he was just going to study some Torah. Turns out the Yankee has been visiting Kabbalah centers in Florida, and…
From the serried ranks of pundits parsing polling data on cable news after every primary election, you'd think we have enough political commentators, but Fox News thinks we need one who was in Threesome. Today Stephen Baldwin joined Laura Ingraham on her new show Just In where he helped explain why wrong-headed…
Rachael Ray, America's Favorite olive oil distributrix, has decided that her talk show, two Food Network series, magazine, cookbooks and Islamist Dunkin' Donuts endorsements are not enough. She's writing a memoir so we the hoi poloi can find out what it's like to say "So Delish" and "Yum-O" all the time. Well,…
Restaurant Florent, a foot soldier in the gentrification of the Meat Packing District, has closed its doors, and with the removal of a single letter from the window, declared itself vacant. Alphabetical flourish is an appropriate goodbye for the 24-hour French restaurant as known for its matchbooks as its boudin noir.
When Meltdown Comics in LA announced a debate to determine which of 20 nerd icons would win in a fight, the G4 internal email list erupted in a brawl to rival The Kinslaying. G4, America's leading source for news about places that don't exist and video of women eating hot dogs, employs an astounding number of dorks…
This Onion parody of morning news product integration is a smirk-demanding indictment of a news media being hollowed by integrated advertising. What's really interesting, though, is that it's not just a really good parody of morning news or product integration. (Yeah, because we totally need another sketch lampooning…
In honor of National Bikini Month, the boys at Entertainment Weekly have addressed themselves to the grueling task of selecting the 18 most iconic movie bikinis of all time. Undeniably, the bikini is the hardest working garment in show business. It must lift, separate and support women during tasks as varied as…
Paris says that boys are supposed to look like girls next year. The Paris men's shows which just ended were unified by a theme of male's fashion with some decidedly feminine flair. Another big trend was global warming, with linen, silk, and light cotton getting a lot of play. So apparently we all need to be wearing…
The Meat Packing District's newest underground lounge is literally underground. Boasting security measures which would make Interpol blush, the club requires you earn the good graces of a bouncer through "an interrogation-room-style, two-way tinted-glass door...Then head downstiars, down a kitchen corridor, and…
During the warm, lazy days of summer, Vanity Fair likes to turn its attention to Hollywood, declaring some actor or clutch of actors the future of entertainment. It rarely ends well. This time they've taken something of a shotgun approach, naming 27 young actors, aged 15 to 26, to be the brightest stars in Hollywood.…
Garen Thomas, author of Santa's Kwanzaa and Let's Go: The Budget Guide to Rome (1995), has written a biography of Barack Obama targeted to young adults, and it seems to imply that he's the messiah. The Wall Street Journal's review characterizes her writing as "hagiography", "worshipful", and anything but even-handed.…
