Judge Judith Sheindlin on her worst day is smarter than you on your best, but even so she apparently had never heard of Grindr before a Judge Judy case involving two men who had met on the app that aired yesterday. And even though Sheindlin wears her luddite status as proudly as that doily around her neck, she cut…
Last night Lindsay Lohan went to a Justin Bieber concert. A few hours later, at around 4 AM, she was arrested for punching a woman in the face in a New York club following brief verbal altercation (LiLo said something to the effect of "Give me my space" before clocking the girl). She and friends attempted to flee the…
To kick off her 777 tour, Rihanna's taken 200 bloggers and journalists on a Boeing 777 for a week. I've used my crack investigative skills to determine that everyone is getting fucked up and having a good time. At one point, Ri-Ri personally served cognac. One of the writers, Julieanne Smolinski, has a quick Q&A…
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Within the first 20 seconds of her introductory vlog for her new advice site What Would Judy Say?, Judge Judy addresses and dismisses haters: "Don't kvetch and complain. If you're not a Judge Judy fan find another forum." Although this is her first foray into the internet (she notoriously hates computers and social…
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Whoopi Goldberg farts on Barbara Walters, Billy Bush pick pockets Oprah, and Kara DioGuardi gets high on Paula Abdul's pot brownies.
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Are you telling us that you had no idea how Judge Judy beat out Oprah to become the number one television show in America last year? In her words, "You ought to be ashamed of yourself!"
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Fuck Osama bin Laden, this is the best news of the day: Judge Judy signed a new multi-year deal with CBS Television Distribution to remain on our TVs through 2015.
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Judge Judy will be released from the hospital shortly! She was rushed to the emergency room yesterday, after feeling nauseous while taping her show. A source says: "She was just sitting on the stand during her show taping and she started saying things that didn't make any sense." Then: "She said, 'I need to stop, I'm…
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Donald Trump and Victoria Jackson let their wing-nut freak flags fly, Pauly D is hired to promote a product he admittedly hates, and Dionne Warwick does her best to make "hussy" happen."
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Do you love gifs? Do you love Judge Judy? Then have we got a link for you: An entire wall of Judge Judys, moving around and doing things, and not having time for your baloney. [FourFour]
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As 2010 comes to a close, we take a look back at the genre that dominated our television sets: Reality TV. Whether they're Housewives, Judge Judy litigants, pageant kids or Kardashians, we've laughed at them all. Here are our favorites.
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Anderson Cooper finally meets Real Housewives Nene, someone gave 81-year-old Barbara Walters boxing gear for Christmas, and Bill Maher calls Ryan Seacrest gay—to his face.
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Last night on LKL, Judge Judy—who, two years ago, officiated a wedding between two men—spoke out on gay marriage, saying that the "federal government has to be involved to ensure that all people have those basic rights."
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Oprah has an unofficial gay week, Real Housewives superfan Ben Weiner calls in to Watch What Happens to speak to his cousin Isaac Mizrahi, and Camille Grammer is a flake.
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, Dr. Oz and Oprah pop the world's biggest pimple, Wendy Williams deep fries one of her wigs, and Michaele Salahi tries her hardest to cry.
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In this week's compilation of pop culture crap, the Sister Wives define the normalcy of their sex lives, Oprah has a crooked toe, and Tina Fey reveals who she thinks was the worst-ever host of SNL.
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Judge Judy was the top-rated daytime show of the 2009-2010 season, averaging 6.5 million viewers. That's 600,000 more viewers than Oprah, which has been in the number one spot since 2002.
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Slowed to half-speed, the litigants, Byrd, and even JJ sound totally drunk, which is hilarious in itself, but the fact that the plaintiff is suing the defendant for breaking her toilet at a party makes it so much better.
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