Posts Tagged ‘Top’

When the Washington Post‘s Rajiv Chandrasekaran requested an evacuation from his war-zone embed with the Marines in Afghanistan last week for “personal reasons,” military officials thought it sounded serious. But he just needed to go hang out with Matt Damon. More »



The Oscars are on Sunday! Aren’t you soooo excited? What’s that? It’s shaping up to be one of the least-surprising Oscars in recent memory? Well, OK, sure. But we think there are actually a few things to be excited about. More »



Apple products are made in factories that regularly employ young teenagers, constantly work people more than 60 hours per week, and falsify records to cover up their misdeeds. That’s according to the shameless gossiping muckrakers at… uh, Apple Inc. More »



If you’re a journalism Brahmin who’s simply appalled at the prospect of the National Enquirer winning a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of John Edwards’ atrocious moral life, look out—they’re going after your young now! More »



This is the depressing state of affairs in New York, in 2010. The various monsters and morons currently running-without-running for statewide office include Andrew Cuomo, Harold Ford, Mort Zuckerman, and, yes, Larry Kudlow. More »



Since it was the most important sociological event of our time (and a ratings success) there will inevitably be dozens of new reality shows trying to rip it off. Just stop now. These are always horrible ideas. More »



In last night’s penultimate episode of the season, we saw all the problems of the season converge in a screwball comedy of manners that sank this season even deeper into the mire. More »



And you thought the Olympics were over. America’s two best female skiers sparred on Twitter after Vonn’s crash messed up Mancuso’s giant slalom. Now, check out Julia’s Facebook page. Her fans totally hate that chick. And her big, gold-medal-winning butt. More »



Everyone was puzzled upon learning that Jerry Seinfeld‘s triumphant return to NBC would be as the producer of a reality/game show called The Marriage Ref. After seeing the first episode, we are still puzzled. The Marriage Ref is a mess. More »



On Friday evening, John Mayer publicly apologized to a gathered “at capacity” audience for the recent kerfuffle over his Playboy interview. We would like to now take this time to finally extend a formal employment offer for Mr. Mayer. More »