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#decadefromhell
The Top 13 People Politicians Should Not Have Had Sex with in the 2000s
They never learn, do they? Not to have sex with people you are not married to, that is. That is what they (elected officials) did not learn, in the 2000s. Who were they trying to have sex with? Literally everyone.
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#culturalanthropology
Theological Investigations: Why Do The Jews Eat Chinese Food On Christmas?
December: when people who aren't Christopher Hitchens consider God, and the Miracles of the Universe He/She/It/RuPaul bestow upon us. But there's one question every year that humanity has yet to find a sufficient answer for. More » -
#rumormonger
Did Susan Sarandon Dump Tim Robbins for a Ping Pong Entrepreneur?
For 23 years Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins seemed a singularly stable Hollywood couple—until they split this summer. (A fact they announced yesterday.) What caused the breakup? A theory: Sarandon wanted to pursue ping pong entrepreneur Jonathan Bricklin.
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#breaking
Pope Tackled During Christmas Eve Mass (Now with Video)
The Vatican's Christmas Eve mass had an NFL quality tonight. A mentally unstable woman knocked over Pope Benedict XVI as he walked down the aisle at St. Peter's Basilica. The Pope is OK. Thank God. (Seriously, do it.) [AP]Update: More » -
#christmas
If You Lived in Sweden You'd Be Watching Donald Duck Cartoons Right Now
Swedes are sort of like Earth's benevolent alien overlords, right? They just are so different than us, gazing down from their icy zone! For one thing, they have a strange tradition of watching Donald Duck cartoons each Christmas Eve. More » -
#whoops
Nuclear Bomb Researchers Accidentally Blow Up Building
Don't worry, it wasn't with a nuclear bomb! Last week, researchers at the Los Alamos National Laboratory accidentally blew up part of a building with "a gun which acts like a Civil War Cannon". Even crazier, in a way.
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#stalkerdeluxe
Tim Robbins Saves Own Stalker's Life
There's that fable, "The Lion and the Mouse," where a hungry lion spares a mouse, and the mouse eventually repays him by freeing him from a trap. Tim Robbins saved some guy's life and was repaid with this Gawker Stalker. More » -
#hazard
What Would Tiger Woods Do?
Either Accenture didn't get all the Tiger Woods ads down in time for the holidays, or they're starting a clever new campaign. The intrepid Foster Kamer spotted this seven-foot-tall backlit message next to the security line at LaGuardia Airport today. More » -
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#merrychristmas
Presenting The Gawker Internet Yule Log™
From 1966-1989, New York's WPIX broadcast footage of a Yule log burning in a fireplace each Christmas day. Today, a bunch of channels do the same. Now, Gawker is taking the Yule log into the Internet Age. Behold! More » -
#leiinglow
Obama Starts Vacation, Has Actual Red Phone in Case of Emergency
While you may be hoping that something happens today to break any familial tension and give you something to talk about with aging relatives, the President is essentially crossing his fingers for an incredibly uneventful holiday in Hawaii. More » -
#sad
Some People Wait Until the Holidays To Do Mean Things
Two examples of downright, calculating festive nefariousness have happened today in Afghanistan and China. One set of media-savvy people wanted to hide their cruelty and the other wanted to show it off. See if you can guess which is which. More » -
#polls
Who Is the Hipster of the Decade?
Yea, we know the word "hipster" is played out. That's exactly why we need to pick a Hipster Champ of the past decade. So we can lay the whole damn thing to rest. Your candidates, below. Vote. If you want. More » -
#holidayofhorrors
Stuff Our Stockings with Christmas Horror Stories
Now that we have safely arrived at our destinations the real fun begins. It's time to terrify with your tales of holidays gone horribly awry. The tree is up, let's set it on fire with a candle from the Menorah! More » -
#popetackling
Woman Who Tackled Pope Has Pope-Charging Past
That woman who tackled the Pope before he gave his Christmas Eve Mass last night? She's the same person who ran at him last Christmas. She even wore the same sweatshirt. (It's her "pope-tacklin' sweatshirt.") [NYDN] -
#susansarandon
Susan Sarandon's (Possibly) Prophetic SNL Appearance
Whether or not Susan Sarandon is hooking up with 31 year-old Ping Pong boy Jonathan Bricklin, she's clearly OK with the image of a cradle-robbing cougar. Remember that SNL spoof Mothers Day music video, "Motherlover?" More »
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#ouch
Was Bernie Madoff Assaulted in Prison?
ABC is reporting that Bernie may have been given a savage holiday beating — in which he sustained injuries so serious he had to be hospitalized. More » -
#warishell
Merry Christmas Soldiers! You Can Now Knock Each Other Up!
Soldiers in Iraq were, until today, likely to face disciplinary action for getting pregnant or getting another soldier pregnant. Not any more! More » -
#journalismism
Bloomberg Reporter Caught Putting Words in Source's Mouth
It's annoying to interview a source for an hour just to get one stupid quote. So, Bloomberg reporter Dan Golden thought he'd go ahead and write a quote for his source. One critical of a Bloomberg competitor, no less. More » -
#hitlist
The Four Bloggers Sarah Palin Bans from Her Events
Remember the Alaska kindergarten teacher Palin threatened to serve libel papers in front of his class? He went to a Going Rogue event and discovered he is one of Palin's four worst enemies, banned from events via headshot dossier. UPDATED
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#splits
Way to Break up and Not Tell Anyone, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon
They must be deeply, deeply ashamed of their split, since it happened this summer and they decided to announce it today, on the wasteland that is Christmas Eve Eve. Who is going to know now? More »
