The Rise and Fall of Trading Spaces, the Home Design Show That Ruled the World

Sitting at home on a Saturday afternoon scrolling through television channels in the year 2015, it hardly seems as though home design shows could ever have been groundbreaking stuff; they’ve become so plentiful that they have a network devoted to them. But in the early 2000s, there was one home design show that…
Report: Mama June's Sex Offender Ex Molested Her Own Daughter
Earlier today, TLC announced that it was canceling Here Comes Honey Boo Boo in the wake of rumors that Mama June was now dating an ex boyfriend who had just finished serving prison time for molesting an 8-year-old girl. According to TMZ, that 8-year-old girl was none other than Mama June's daughter Anna, nicknamed…
‘Honey Boo Boo' Watch ‘N' Sniff Cards: We Try and Guess the Stink
Tonight's season two premiere of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo will be a "Watch 'N' Sniff" event. TLC has distributed sniff cards, through issues of People and Us, that contain six different scents that won't be identified until the episode airs. We took a whiff of our sniff card and then made our best guesses on what we…
Now You Will Be Able to Smell 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo'
"You’ve seen them. You’ve heard them. Now you will smell them," promises a TLC press release for the upcoming second season of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. The network will be hosting a "Watch 'n Sniff" event for the season premiere on July 17 by distributing scent cards in issues of People, Us, through Time Warner…
Behold: Astounding Camo and Hot Pink Gowns at Mama June's Wedding
Wedding themes, like prom themes (This Magic Moment, A Night to Remember, Magic Carpet Ride, etc.), usually fall into just a few categories. You don't see too much required camo/hot pink dress codes like the one at Sugar Bear and Mama June Shannon's wedding. It took place in their McIntyre, Georga backyard, with…
'Honey Boo Boo' Is a Huge Hit in Brazil, Russia
Alanna Thompson and her family aren't just cooking Sketti and raising gay pigs in rural Georgia, they're doing it all over the world. In a strategy to expand its business beyond the limited domestic cable subscribers, Discovery Communications—the parent company of TLC, as well as channels like OWN and Animal…
Leighton Meester and Adam Brody in Love: Life Imitates WB Fanfic
The universe works in mysterious ways, but occasionally a gear will click into place and simplify at least one aspect of your troubled adult existence. Examples: cheese going on fries, and the fact that Blair Waldorf and Seth Cohen are dating. See? Motherfucking TOLD YOU. It's like the plot of The Time Traveler's Wife…
In Your Face, Jodie Foster: 'Honey Boo Boo' Nominated for GLAAD Award
Here Comes Honey Boo Boo doesn't just inspire punch lines and pearl-clutching—it inspires gay equality, at least according to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The show is nominated for a GLAAD Media Award, probably for featuring the family's acceptance of Uncle Poodle, Alana's gay uncle Lee Thompson,…
Honey Boo Boo's Uncle Poodle Reveals He's HIV-Positive
Lee Thompson, better known to the world as the gay "Uncle Poodle" of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo's star Alana Thompson, has become something of an advocate for "queer rednecks" has just revealed that a recent HIV test came back positive.
Rumor Has It the Father of Jodie Foster’s Kids Was Gay Casting Director
One of the criticisms of Jodie Foster's already legendary Golden Globes speech was the idea of expounding a need for personal privacy on, you know, a nationally broadcast awards show. Its detractors could have predicted this next turn of events, which, of course, is a resurgence in tabloid stories about Foster,…
Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Are Never Ever Getting—Oh, Fuck It
Nothing gold can stay, including Taylor Swift and Harry Styles' brief foray into exclusivity. New reports claim that Haylor has ended their 65-day-and-one-Press Baby relationship after a disastrous New Year's Eve in the British Virgin Islands. As the Daily Mail quaintly puts it, the two "had an almighty row," after…
Frank Ocean's New Year's Eve Arrest, Explained: 'Hi, Guys, I Smoke Pot'
Frank Ocean has temporarily lost his driver's license and may be charged with marijuana possession after he was pulled over on New Year's Eve for speeding on an Eastern Sierra Nevada highway and a small bag of weed was discovered in his car. Ocean's representative didn't give a statement, but he did:
New Mom Hilary Duff Is a Morning Sex Enthusiast
Thanks to the antics of nine-month-old Luca Cruz, new mom Hilary Duff now prefers to get her fuck on in the morning with husband, retired Canadian ice hockey player (well, I think he's still Canadian) Mike Comrie. "[Sex after having a baby is] definitely different," she tells Us Weekly. I'm so exhausted at the end of…
Honey Boo Boo Snores During Televised Interview
Usually when someone is wearing no shoes, smudged eye makeup, and nodding off during a television interview, it's because s/he is on Intervention. In this case, though, Alana Thompson is speaking to Dr. Drew for a sit-down which airs on his HLN show tonight, and the results are just as sad. While the show Here Comes…
I Entered My Baby in a Beauty Pageant and Lost My Mind
"Her!? She's ugly!" I didn't say that aloud, thankfully. But I thought it—about a baby. What a horrible thing to think about an infant, even if it's totally true. Oh, how far I'd fallen from my lofty position of being "above it all," only to land in a stackable banquet chair in the ballroom of an airport hotel in…
Nicole Scherzinger Wants You To Know Her Lips Were Near Chris Brown's But They Did Not Make Out
A blurry, dark shot of Nicole Scherzinger and Chris Brown at Supperclub in Hollywood (but could very well be any two face-touching alien-like blobs) has given everyone the idea that the X-Factor judge and former Pussycat Doll was kissing Brown, who is currently on a break from girlfriend Karrueche Tran. A sketchy…
