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Larry King Wants to Marry Anderson Cooper

Richard Lawson · 07/25/11 01:19PM

Gentleman's Quarterly magazine, aka "GQ", recently sat down with milliongenarian TV personality and budding stand-up comic Larry King to ask him some weird 'n' wacky questions. They even played Fuck Marry Kill with some of King's CNN colleagues. And his answers were sexy.

Gawker v. Christie [Updated]

John Cook · 07/25/11 11:11AM

Today, with the help of the New Jersey ACLU, Gawker filed a civil complaint against the office of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie under the state's Open Records Act. We're seeking records of Christie's communications with Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. Christie claims they should remain secret under the state's executive privilege. We disagree.

Farewell, Bill Keller's Awful Magazine Column

Hamilton Nolan · 07/25/11 09:08AM

Remember when Bill Keller was the strong, silent type? The respected, technocratic editor of America's best newspaper? It seems like such a short time ago. It was!

Sarah Palin Biopic Headed to On-Demand

Jeff Neumann · 07/25/11 02:47AM

The feature-length movie about Sarah Palin by Sarah Palin released just 10 days ago, The Undefeated, is headed to the small screen soon. According to ARC Entertainment, "beginning on September 1st the film will be available to 75 million homes" for a fee, of course. The producer adds via press release:

HuffPo Explains How Amy Winehouse's Death Can Help Your Small Business

Seth Abramovitch · 07/24/11 10:54PM

Huffington Post Business blogger Tricia Fox posted a think-piece on the death of Amy Winehouse. Fox makes it clear from the start that she has no intention of "judging" Winehouse or "picking apart her chosen lifestyle." (Pro tip: You need an open mind to get ahead in the business world.) Rather, Fox's only intention is to highlight what you, the small business owner, can learn from her tragic demise at age 27.

The Week in Celebrity Snapshots

Matt Cherette · 07/24/11 08:22PM

Every day, celebrities across the world are followed and photographed by the omnipresent paparazzi, often to entertaining results. From Lindsay Lohan in Los Angeles to Tom Cruise in Miami to the Twilight stars in San Diego, here are some of the more amusing shots from the past week.

Citizen's Arrest for Spider-Man Villain Over Comic-Con Shove

Jeff Neumann · 07/24/11 08:25AM

New Spider-Man villain Rhys Ifans thinks America sucks. Mariah Carey partied in a nightclub bathroom, while Brooke Mueller prepares to hallucinate in Mexico. Meanwhile, David Hasselhoff had a Las Vegas meltdown. Sunday Gossip is in deep trouble.

Comments of the Day: It's Hot!

Richard Lawson · 07/22/11 06:55PM

Today it is very hot. It is so very hot. It's just hot, y'know? Hot. How hot? Pretty hot, say our commenters. And everyone else. But here, just the commenters.

Justin Timberlake Gives Up His Tribeca Sex Condo

Richard Lawson · 07/22/11 04:46PM

Everything that Justin Timberlake owns is a sex something, so here's the New York City sex condo he just sold for $4.4 million. That figure is about 10% under what he bought the place for in 2008, but that slight loss is a drop in the bucket for the budding movie star.

Obama Certifies End of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'

Jim Newell · 07/22/11 04:13PM

President Obama certified the Pentagon's official notice of readiness to end the ban on gays in the military today. Members of the armed forces can start shouting about their gayness from the highest Afghani hilltops on September 20.

Let the Annual Comic-Con Parade of Freaks Begin

Brian Moylan · 07/22/11 04:07PM

Every year at Comic-Con, San Diego's massive nerd fest which is happening all weekend, we see all sorts of photos and footage of the geeks and fanatics dressed in their overly ornate costumes for the occasion. Well, if that's what you really want to see, who are we to keep it from you?

The Banana Apocalypse Is Coming

Brian Moylan · 07/22/11 02:44PM

You just love eating bananas from the supermarket, right? Well, you better get your fill because a fungal infection is threatening to wipe out the yellow fruit that we all take for granted.

Michele Bachmann 'Didn't Give 100 Percent to Cheerleading'

Maureen O'Connor · 07/22/11 01:45PM

In a hard-hitting exposé of Michele Bachmann's high school cheer squad, the always politically relevant National Enquirer reveals that, if America were a cheerocracy, she would never be president:

Facebook Twins Respond to Larry Summers' 'Asshole' Comment

Seth Abramovitch · 07/21/11 09:19PM

Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have responded to Larry Summers, the former Harvard president who earlier this week said of his first encounter with the litigious dyad (famously dramatized in The Social Network), "One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on Thursday afternoon at three o'clock, there are two possibilities. One is that they're looking for a job and have an interview; the other is that they are an asshole. This was the latter case."

The Continued Employment of Jesse L. Martin

Richard Lawson · 07/21/11 05:15PM

One of television's most likable workhorses may still be in this race. Also today: a long lost Joss Whedon movie sees the light of day, the VMA nominations then cast all that light away, but then Annette Bening brings it all back.