Today, in "are you fucking kidding me," the NFL has demanded an additional $15.1 million from M.I.A. in restitution for briefly raising her middle finger during the Super Bowl halftime show two years ago. This brings the entire arbitration claim against her to $16.6 million.
A sex trafficking ring which forced juveniles as young as 13 to work as prostitutes for the Super Bowl has been shut down by law enforcement.
Clay Aiken is running for Congress in North Carolina. Current status of the American Dream: just fine, thanks for asking.
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Sometimes we regular humans interface with celebrities and the experience is awesome. Other times, it can be really fucking embarrassing (and, in turn, hilarious).
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With everything said and done from last night's Super Bowl, we still have one crucial thing to discuss—which commercial was the big winner?
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The Seattle I grew up in is not the type of city that wins Super Bowls. I mean that literally (it has never happened before), but also figuratively. Our last great success, grunge, was essentially the monetization of marginalization, of being a miserable white loser. Microsoft is a bunch of nerds proving their worth…
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Volkswagen usually brings its A-game when it comes to the Super Bowl, but last night's "Wings" spot was too much of a sausage fest for an industry in which 85% of car purchases are influenced by women.
It's so much more fun to watch FOX when it's someone else being blitzed & sacked! #SuperBowl
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) February 3, 2014
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Watching the Super Bowl yesterday, my girls and I realized something: the Seattle Seahawks are kind of a cute team. From QB Russell Wilson — the second-ever black QB to win the big game — to Bruce Irvin to Bruce Irvin's adorable kid, the smile of a victor is an attractive smile, indeed.
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A Florida mother brought her 15-year-old daughter to New York City this week to make quick cash with a pimp. When she was arrested, Yolanda Ostolaza told police that she knew she would be subjecting her child to “escorting and prostitution.” Dammit, Florida — it’s only Monday!
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This one features girls rampaging through the streets with their dollhouses, pink washing machines, and other stereotypical girl toys and then affixing them to a pink rocket, which they then launch into space to the Quiet Riot-esque tune, "Come On Get Your Toys."
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Pornhub's main Twitter account, run by their Community Coordinator "Pornhub Katie," sent out a tweet during the Super Bowl Sunday that was very Pornhub in humor but not very appropriate.
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Last night, JC Penney confounded everyone who follows mid-priced retailers online with a series of tweets that seemed like they were coming from a rambling drunk person. But just like The Village, there's a terrible, totally predictable plot twist that will make you roll your eyes and wish you gone for a nice walk…
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Here's the full performance of Bruno Mars's performance from the Super Bowl last night and let me be perfectly clear about this—it's good. Damn good.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - FEBRUARY 02: Bruno Mars performs during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLVIII Halftime Show at MetLife Stadium on February 2, 2014 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Larry Busacca/Getty Images)
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Were you hate-watching Super Bowl 48 and complaining about—well, pretty much EVERYTHING? Did you know you could have spend that time reading a great work of literature?
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This is Budweiser's latest Super Bowl commercial and it has killed me dead in my heart.
Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks, who just beat the Denver Broncos to win the Super Bowl, 43-8.
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Last week, Jerry Seinfeld went on a sports show to tease his big, secret Seinfeld reunion project. When asked if it was a Super Bowl ad, he first said, "It's not," but later added, "[But] it's not-not." Well, it was.
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To be absolutely honest, the mouth-sounds "Brooklyn Decker" seem like they should be the name of a Brooklyn-inspired sandwich with, like, four pounds of corned beef and eight slices of rye. They are instead the name of actress and former model Brooklyn Decker, a human woman with very shiny hair and an impressive series…