This is a “chipmunk pig,” which to my admittedly untrained eyes, just looks like a very small pig with some neat stripes. His name is Christopher P. Bacon. That is, Chris P. Bacon. It’s Friday, and he’s adorable.
On this atypically warm autumn evening, I’d like us all to play a terrible game I just made up called “Can You Guess What’s Going On Here?” The rules, if you can even call them that, are simple: I’m going to show you an extreme close-up of a photo, and slowly zoom out until you’re able to guess what’s going on here.
In her slow attempt to capture fame from having actual talent versus creating a viral internet sensation, here is Rebecca Black singing Miley Cyrus's submission for the battle of Song of the Summer. It is...fine?
This week was, pardon my French, a piece of fucking merde. The news was so bad that we all became bored with bad news. To make matters worse, this week stretched on and on, like that time you spent an hour making out with the young man who your memory would come to know as Halitosis Guy you were 18 and too polite to…
Rebecca Black has a new video, which is...a thing, I guess. It's nice that she's willing to bounce back after the beating she took with "Friday" and this new song is, well, it's fine. The video is bright and sunny and Miss Black looks like she stepped right out of a summer Delia's catalog, but sadly for her, she has…
Binoche, who turns 48 today, is probably most famous in the US for her role in Chocolat. I found that movie kind of treacly, but check out Binoche in this scene from Certified Copy, a trippy 2010 film where a man and a woman meet and pretend to be a crabby long-married couple, whereupon they start fighting for real.…
Today is philosopher Judith Butler's 56th birthday. Celebrate by contemplating the roles of gender and sexuality in politics and society. Or watch her speech at Occupy Wall Street.
So, tonight is Paris Hilton's 31st birthday. Since she's already been through self-parody and out the other side, though, I'd like to focus on a member of her entourage: the kinkajou.
Literati rejoice — Gertrude Stein was born on this day in 1874. Today is her 138th birthday!
I know some of you are fans of Patton Oswalt, so you'll be glad to know that today is his 43rd birthday. Celebrate his talent by watching this amazing parody of The Room, also starring the lovely Julie Klausner.
Everybody, today is David Lynch's 66th birthday. You know what that means, don't you? It means that a whole bunch of tiny people come out of your faucet, a guy dressed as a firefighter knocks on your door to deliver a death threat, and Laura Dern smokes crack on your couch. Or you could just watch this insane video,…
Everyone, today is Julia Louis-Dreyfus's fifty-first birthday! She starred in The New Adventures of Old Christine and is slated to play the Vice President of the United States in the upcoming show Veep, but her most iconic role is still that of Elaine. And one of Elaine's most memorable scenes is the one above, in…
Everybody, it's Joan of Arc's 600th birthday! The young French heroine was born (at least according to legend) on this day in 1412; she was burned at the stake at the age of 19, in 1431. Celebrate by making some armor, or if that's too time-consuming, just drink some unpasteurized milk. Some people think this is…
Before you ring in the new year, ring in "Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith's 65th birthday!
She lost out to Anne Sinclair in Terrafemina's recent "Woman of the Year" competition, so let's raise a glass to the French first lady on the occasion of her 44th birthday.
The Dame and frequent onscreen Queen turns 77 today. In honor of her birthday, check out this 2007 interview in which she discusses bad reviews of her first stage performances. Even Dames were nervous schoolgirls once!
Well folks, it's been fun, but now it's time to say good night — and to toast Christina Applegate, who turns 40 today. Some of you may be fans of her work in Married ... With Children, or her more recent film career, but my favorite Applegate role has always been her turn as Sue Ellen Crandell in Don't Tell Mom The…
Rebecca Black is still recording music. Her latest single, "Person Of Interest," is out today and it pretty much follows the same path as "Friday" — utter inanity.
The author of Veronica, Bad Behavior, and Because They Wanted To (among other books) turns 57 today. Those unfamiliar with her writing may have seen the movie Secretary, which she called "a little too nice." I think it's pretty good, but the short story — in Bad Behavior — is better. And Veronica, which was…
Who was Ruth Handler? Why, the inventor of the Barbie doll, who happened to be born on this day in 1916.