The 25 Funniest People In America
Entertainment Weekly bestowed the title upon 25 funny fellas and ladies. Although most faces are familiar, some may surprise you.
Surfwise
The documentary (produced by Graydon Carter, Editor In Chief of Vanity Fair) chronicles the life of Doc Paskowitz, a Jewish surfer who raised nine children with his second wife in a tiny RV (only after having graduated from Stanford, practiced medicine, and raising two daughters with his first wife).
Spamblr
A new blog that visually interprets the subject lines of all the SPAM that clutters your inbox.
Photos Of TV
Writer Mike Sacks posts photos taken of his television screen, repositioning the still shots into brilliantly funny new contexts.
Yogurt Commercials
Yogurt companies have always targeted women, but the idiotic ads that essentially paint ladies as one-track-minded imbicles who sit on couches with their feet tucked behind them are finally receiving some backlash.
Shakeface
Instructions: stand still in front of a camera. 3...2...1...SHAKE YOUR FACE! Now take a picture! OMG, make Lisa Rinna jealous, why don't you?
Mascara Mountain
Who ever said sexy, single young women couldn't live fabulously outside of New York City?
Steve Novick
Don't vote Oregonian Steve Novick into the U.S. Senate just because you agree with his political standpoints. Vote for him because he has a hook for a hand!
Death Note
A live action movie based on the Japanese manga (graphic novel) hits selected American theaters to the joy of all goth-y introverts within an 60-mile radius of any art house theater.
Leave Dolly Parton Alone!
Howard Stern re-cut excerpts from Dolly Parton's audiobook (read by the country legend herself) to make it sound as if she were saying some awfully offensive things. Now Dolly is threatening legal action.
Beer Pong 2.0
CollegeHumor was all set to take on Facebook staffers in a beer pong tournament until the social networking site pulled out at the last minute, blaming the forfeit on "legal and PR reasons."
Robyn
The late-nineties pop star has made a stateside return with her self-titled album.
Mel And Britney
Mel Gibson took Britney Spears (and her dad?!) to his home in Costa Rica for a little R&R.
Facebook In Real Life
Imagine if your life worked just like it does on the mammoth social network. Scary, right?
Gary Vaynerchuk
Initially having found success as a video blogger - his wine show attracts 80,000 viewers daily - the "social media sommelier" is out to conquer the world with TV appearances, a Hollywood agent, and a book already in sixth place on Amazon's Cooking, Food & Wine section.
Lori Drew
The mother and businesswoman from Missouri was indicted today by a federal grand jury in California for creating a fake profile on MySpace specifically to bully 13-year-old Megan Meier, who killed herself as a result.
Exiled
MTV's spinoff to My Super Sweet Sixteen will send fan "favorites" to third world countries, where they'll learn truly valuable lessons in how to be less terrible human beings.
Chumazik
The story behind Chumazik, the Eastern Bloc internet phenomenon.
Nice New Yorkers
Joan Acocella, a Manhattanite herself, answers in Smithsonian why her fellow city dwellers are so often thought to be rude - it's because they're smart!
Savoir Adore
The boy-girl self-described "fantasy rock" duo is quietly making a name for themselves on the East Coast as they continue to draw comparisons to Postal Service and Broken Social Scene.