David Sedaris penned a fantastic piece in The New Yorker about the suicide death of his youngest sister, Tiffany. In it, he talks about Tiffany's slow descent into depression by way of horrific living conditions and mental illness. This is framed, interestingly, by a family vacation he paid for shortly after her…
Have you ever looked into a cat's litter box and thought, "Sure, cat litter is great, but why can't it be more edible?!"? I haven't, but rather than attributing this to the fact that eating cat litter is absolutely revolting, I'll blame my oversight on my not being much of a cat person. Maybe this is something you cat…
Let's pretend you live in a world where you're best friends with Amy Sedaris. You and Amy are so close that when you finally have a child, she is the natural choice for the baby's godmother. One night, you and your spouse decide to go out to dinner and ask your good friend Amy to watch your kid. She agrees and then,…
Thank goodness that Amy Sedaris was on Late Night last night, or we wouldn't have been blessed with the best way to grill up hot dogs for our holiday picnics this weekend. But as she demonstrates with Jimmy Fallon and Will Forte, the process could wind up turning into a sexually-charged, penis-joke gigglefest — not…
In a new viral spot for Chipotle, our favorite spendthrift craft-master encourages us to "Wrap What You Love" in order to impress house guests. Achieving "Goldacious Entertainment" is simple, really: wrap all of your favorite stuff in gold foil and voilà! Instant wealth.
Here's our how-to guide for shopping for how-to enthusiasts. Have your crafty friends make their own damn presents using supplies, kits, organizers, and books that make perfect presents for DIY-ers.
Last night on The Colbert Report, Amy Sedaris shared some crafts from her book Simple Times, including her trick for getting out of giving coworkers gifts. Stephen countered with a present sure to annoy Christian and Jewish friends alike.
Actress/comedian Amy Sedaris is a funny lady who takes crafting very seriously. This morning she appeared on The Wendy Williams Show to promote Simple Times, her budget-friendly guide to creating crafts out of found materials.
Today on Martha, Amy Sedaris announced she's gunning for Martha's job with her upcoming book on "crafts for poor people." To start, Amy gives directions for creating a "hobo's fire" with toilet paper and sneaks in a pot reference.
Amy Sedaris has been voicing Supercuts ads since last year, but the commercial at left has gone mostly unnoticed. Does Amy make you trust your hair to Supercuts more or worry that you'll wind up looking like Jerri Blank? [Videogum]
Last night Amy Sedaris told David Letterman she's married to a man named "Glenn." (She used to live with her imaginary boyfriend Ricky, until he was murdered.) It seems unlikely that Sedaris really married a disabled, diseased merchant marine, but either way, Ricky's ghost must be disappointed. Clip at left.
Who sings, has wings and is delightfully wacky? Amy Sedaris playing the Tooth Fairy on Yo Gabba Gabba. [ONTD]
Grand Central Publishing bought the rights to the sequel to Amy Sedaris' offbeat entertaining guide I Like You. The book is due out in fall 2010, but is still untitled. Any suggestions? [Publisher's Weekly]
Both Alec Baldwin and Amy Sedaris would be proud: It's National Cheeseball Day. (Ha! What better way to bookend a week of tea-bagging
Amy Sedaris: "The first thing I saw when I came to New York was a man leaning up against a wall, shitting. Perfect!" [New York Magazine]
What if the tables were turned on the anti-Semitic men of Sterling Cooper? The 92nd Street Y shows us in "Meshugene Men," a Mad Men parody starring Amy Sedaris as "Netty Draperberg." [Videogum]
Perez Hilton hit Chelsea Lately yesterday to discuss host Chelsea Handler's vagina, which Hilton claims Handler had altered. (Hilton wasn't referring to Handler's felt ladyflower,
Last night, Amy Sedaris was on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson, and of course the conversation turned R-rated (and hilarious) within seconds.
In order to quench readers' insatiable thirst for gossip, we've decided to try an evening edition of the much-beloved Dirt Bag. Now you won't have to wait for morning to find out the latest celebrity news. Welcome to the swirling, sleazy disco ball of "Dirt Bag After Dark". 18 to enter and 21 to drink, ladies!
I am SO overwhelmed by the heavy hitters that showed up to the Sex And The City premiere in New York last night: Perry Farrell from Jane's Addiction, comedian Amy Sedaris, and Tony Award-winning Idina Menzel are a few of my favorites, so today's The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly is a tad biased. I will say that for the most …
Strangers with Candy's Jerri Blank (Amy Sedaris) is always full of twisted wisdom and words to live by, but in the clip above, it's actually her teacher Mr. Jellineck (Paul Dinello) who passes on the words of wisdom. "All I'm saying is if you wanna smoke pot, then be prepared to spend a lot of time laughing with your…
Do we smell a little competition? Word on the street is that AOL is creating a new "lifestyle site" for women in their 20s and 30s and they're looking for an editor "with a broad range of interests, strong writing voice, at least five years of editing experience and an old box of Sassy mags in her mom's attic," according…
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Just a little over a year after it published an essay in which Christopher Hitchens asserted that women aren't funny, Vanity Fair has come out with an issue acknowledging the current generation of female comedians, actresses and writers who are proving that women are actually quite hilarious. (Hitchens has a rebuttal …
David Letterman adores Amy Sedaris, which is why he frequently has her as a guest on the Late Show. We totally adore her, too, and could watch her talk about anything, really. In the clip above, she offhandedly refers to Ellen DeGeneres as "that guy," and then goes on to discuss how much she loved working in grocery…
We're not exactly sure why or how it happened, but we love that Amy Sedaris is in Dolly Parton's video for "Better Get To Livin'." With a circus/sideshow freak theme, the video features Amy as an announcer, some sort of baby doll creature, and a unibrowed fortune teller, while Dolly is the ringleader.
