Kendrick Lamar Believes in Both Iggy and the Rapture

Billboard interviewed Kendrick Lamar in the lead-up to his highly anticipated album I and, unsurprisingly, he was nothing short of interesting. Among the many topics touched upon by the West Coast rapper was creative process (he works through the night with a tight-knit group of musicians he's dubbed "vampires"),…
When the World Ends on Friday, Men Will Regret Not Having Had More Sex
A Harris Interactive poll commissioned by California online data-storage company Backblaze found that one in five Americans is genuinely concerned that the world will come to an end this Friday. We have to take the this with a huge grain of salt because it's in no way a real survey, but still: Damn.
"Sandy Schmandy, We Might Have A Drought Soon," Say Worried Meteorologists
If we weren't before, we should probably all be worrying about the ozone layer right about now: the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports that this past October was the fifth warmest ever, tied with the one in 2008. One repercussion of this unseasonably warm trend, says an analyst at Weather…
Are You Part of the Doomsday 10 Percent?
A new poll has found that almost 15 percent of people on the planet think the world is going to come to an end during their lifetime. What's even more bizarre is that a full 10 percent of people worldwide think the Mayan calendar points to it ending right here in 2012. Are you one of them? If so, why aren't you out in…
Saddam Hussein Made Up That WMD Thing To Deter Invaders
- So it turns out Saddam Hussein lied about having WMD so the rest of the Axis of Evil would leave him alone. [CBS News]
- How much would you bet even he couldn't have kept that lie up 935 times! [Wash Post
- Isn't it funny how yesterday's enemies are today's...[Reuters]
- The New York Times to endorse Hillary Clinton? Identity…
Editor's Note: Three of the Jezebels — Moe, Tracie & Jennifer — are still gone, presumably still listening to a certain audaciously-hopeful Democratic presidential candidate try to hold forth on important issues while Tyra Banks quizzes him on his opinion of her hair weave, the best fall fashions, and which BBQ joints…
Fergie's Bodily Functions Strike Again
- Poor Fergie reportedly barfed all over herself while at the Minnesota State Fair. Maybe it was all the fried food on a stick? [Dlisted]
- Speaking of Minnesota: Republican Senator Larry Craig got busted by the police for "lewd behavior" in the gentleman's room of a Minnesota airport. Hasn't the Land Of 10,000 Lakes been…
It's Official: Being A Woman Kinda Sucks (Except For The Love Of Kitties)
Every once in a while it becomes clear that in a lot of ways, being a woman is an unbelievably raw deal. As if it's not enough that once a month blood comes burbling out of our vaginas, as several articles in the news today attest, each stage of our lives tends to be accompanied by the looming threat of some kind of…
Today God's Creatures Opened Up A Can Of Whup-Ass
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses committed by animals are considered especially heinous. "I'd say it's probably been playing, or it may be even a sexual sort of thing," Queensland police Detective Senior Constable Craig Gregory told the Associated Press earlier today (or yesterday or maybe even…
Bush Daughter To Wed, Possibly Reproduce; Deluge Drowns Lone Star State
This afternoon, from the Bush compound in Crawford, Texas, came the news that First daughter Jenna Bush and her boyfriend of two years, Karl Rove minion and Republispawn Henry Hager, are engaged and immediately, an angry rain threatened to overcome the entire state of Texas. Not that those incidents were related!…
Broadway Momentarily Un-Gay: Clay Aiken Musical Cancelled
Moe is being interrogated by El Al as I type this, which means that her stock market/foreign policy-illuminating "Evening Purge" will be on hiatus until she returns from The Homeland next week. (My homeland, she keeps telling me. Not hers. Whatevs.) And so, back by not popular demand, my Bush-hating, animal-loving…
Go And See The Simpsons Movie Already, Guys!
Now that we have all these people working for Jezebel who actually wake up on time to do their posts the end-of-day roundup of shit we didn't get to during the work day falls upon me. Think of it as a daily purge. I suggest you stay around at work waiting for it because you will be the most informed person at happy…
The Sad, Sorry, Dog Days Of Summer
- Jake, one of the many specially-trained canines involved in the rescue of victims of both 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, has died of cancer, possibly as a result of toxins inhaled while working at Ground Zero. Wonder if Rudy Giuliani or Christine Todd Whitman will be sending condolence cards? [MSNBC]
- Astronauts: Turning…
Bunnies & Kitties & Squid, Oh My
- Nursing-home kitty Oscar the Cat (aka 'The Grim Reaper' of felines) is predicting nursing-home deaths at a facility in Rhode Island with almost 100% accuracy. [Breitbart]
- We find it hard to feel the same empathy we had for the whales and the dolphins for the giant squid invading California with impunity. [USA Today]
Eddie Murphy Is Loyal — 'Til You Have His Baby
- Eddie Murphy is on crack if he thinks a little bling is enough to convince the world that he treats his girlfriends well. Um, remember that you fathered and denied, Eddie? [People.com]
- Oh come on people: There are enough real bombs in this world. Don't plant fake ones. [BBC]
- Memo to President Bush: We already know that…
Eva Mendes Doesn't Have To Hate Herself 'Cause She Knows She's Hot
- Aw! Eva Mendes says it's easy to get all "critical" of yourself when you're on the red carpet but that she doesn't let herself "fall into that" — but that's she also "thankful" for her "nice physique"! Pretty sad if this counts as having positive body image nowadays. [People]
- In poor England it's all water, water…
Things That May Or May Not Surprise You: We Don't Like Bush, We Do Like Harry Potter
- Harry Potter! Yup, we pre-ordered our copy of the last-ever Harry Potter book. And we get to pick it up at 12:01 am tonight. We're super nervous about what's going to happen, too. We think that Snape isn't evil though. But we have a sneaking suspicion Harry is going to die. And we will be reading it all weekend to…
Bill Clinton: Come Write With Us
- Bill Clinton has begun blogging! Just like us! We wonder if he'll do hungover Friday tomorrow too! [Clinton Foundation]
- We've always really liked Craig Ferguson. Now we have to like him less: He's dating Sharon Stone. Anna's heart just broke. [The Daily Blabber]
- A judge has dismissed Valerie Plame's lawsuit against the…
Oprah Pushing The Finding-A-Moral Agenda A Little Too Hard
- Oprah's golden retriever Gracie died in May after an unfortunate choking incident and still Oprah is talking about it, only now she's putting that Oprah-branded spin on it saying that Gracie's death was really a hidden message that she needed to slow down and take more time to appreciate her own life. Seriously, we…
