By this point, you've probably gorged yourself into a semi-catatonic state on new episodes of Arrested Development, and therefore have little energy left to watch the series finale of Smash, the show that went from good, to so-bad-it's-good, to bad, to so-bad-it's-unwatchable, and, finally, to tolerable. It's a shame …
The Church of England May Allow Female Bishops...in Two Years
In the great race towards the 21st century, the Church of England’s time machine may be several decades ahead of the time machines of the other big Christian institutions (I imagine them to be racing Mario Kart style, but of course everyone’s free to make use of their own whimsy). On Friday, the Church of England…
Fake Hufflepuff House Loses Its Shit When Real Badger Menaces Campus
Rarely does so perfect an opportunity to make fun of the sprawling, beloved world of Harry Potter emerge than it did in these past two weeks when an uncommonly large — one might say freakishly large — badger hauled its fuzzy bulk onto the ground of Folkestone School for Girls in Folkestone Kent, which is clearly code…
Prosecutor Might Investigate Facebook Staff in Suicide of Italian Teen
Those persistent Italian prosecutors are at it again, this time pursuing a possible case against Facebook employees for the death of 14-year-old Carolina Picchio, who committed suicide in January after a gaggle of teenage boys that included her ex-boyfriend circulated a video on Facebook of Picchio appearing drunk at a …
Let's Relax While Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston Hypnotize Us
Actress Tilda Swinton, left, poses with actor Tim Hiddleston after a press conference for the film Only Lovers Left Alive at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
Amanda Bynes Insults Rihanna for No Good Apparent Reason
Amanda Bynes has, in a matter of three days, managed to make all of her previous legal troubles and social media oversharing seem trivial. She was arrested
Icelanders Try to Restrict ‘Unfettered Misogyny’ of Internet Porn
There’s a campaign afoot in Iceland to seriously restrict underage access to hardcore porn, and it’s drawing the typical outcries of free expression curtailment. Those arguments — that Iceland would turn into some kind of North Korea Lite, or literally explode from all the thwarted orgasms a porn ban would surely…
Your 2013 Palme d'Or recipient is Blue Is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele, a lesbian romance about a 15-year-old girl who falls in love with an older woman.
A little less than two months after firing abusive men’s basketball coach Mike Rice, Rutgers’ athletic department once again finds itself having to do a public relations shuffle with news that its brand new, reform-minded athletic director may have abusively berated members of the University of Tennessee’s women’s volleyball team she coached 16 years ago.
Tens of Thousands Protest Gay Marriage Legalization in Paris
On the heels of France's new gay marriage law coming into effect last week, thousands of French are marching in Paris today in opposition to the new law.
