On Wednesday, prison inmate Dexter Isaac confessed to the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. He alleges that he was hired by another conspirator, music producer James "Jimmy Henchmen" Rosemond, to gun Tupac down.
But if you're a foreigner---or a kid---maybe you don't know who Tupac is! Never fear: Next Media is here to help.
You've heard of Next Media Animation, haven't you? That's the Taiwanese studio that reenacts current news stories---using bleeding-edge computer-rendered graphics---for Chinese news. The studio first achieved notoriety...
Legendary musician Clarence Clemons died Saturday due to complications from a stroke a week earlier. Clemons was 69 years old.
Clemons was best-known for his work as saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Bruce Springsteen made the story of his and Clemons' first meeting, in a music club where Springsteen's band was playing in 1971, into the stuff of myth. Springsteen often told of that event, "With a lightning storm raging outside, the Big Man tore the door off an Asbury Pa...
I stopped listening to "Weird Al" Yankovic when I was about 15, and lately I'm beginning to really regret it. I'm not sure when Weird Al suddenly turned into a grown-up, but his irreverently relevant satire seems way more intelligent and in-touch now than it did in the 1990s.
Why my change of heart, you ask? Last month I saw Weird Al on his Alpocalypse Tour, live in concert---he does a lot of costume changes, just like Cher!---where he sang his Lady Gaga parody "Perform This Way" dressed as a ...
Please, mom, stop reading right now.
Self-made celebrity Chris Crocker---that's right, the "Leave Britney Aloooone" guy---has been experimenting with a new, scruffy look. And it works? Like, it totally works. Not only does the kid look great, he's looking androgynous-male-model great.
Chris Crocker is evidently aware of his own ugly-duckling transformation story, and that's probably why he's been posting his own nude photos to his NSFW Tumblr. Today, Gawker announces that Chris Crocke...
Look! It's totally my heroine, the lovely and talented Kristin Chenoweth, grinning Glee-fully by the Wendy's Frosty dispenser on Monday, June 13.
According to Hollywood Life, her celebrity benefits a neat cause: for every Frosty they sell this Father's Day Weekend (today! And tomorrow!), Wendy's will donate 50 cents to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. So if you aren't already considering adoption, well, at least think about maybe buying a Frosty this weekend. Frosties are really good with fries.
I've always adored Kristin Chenoweth's talent, but only toda...
I realize that almost all late-night talk television is meticulously scripted. But last night, when smarmy Tonight Show host Jay Leno asked Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David about his 2007 divorce, Larry's side of the conversation sure had the uncomfortable ring of authenticity.
Larry David on his ex-wife:
Well, she thought that it would be nice to have sex with someone she liked. She wanted to try that. Y'know? She figured she'd give that.... And I said, it's not a good idea. Bec...
Nicole Polizzi is already a New York Times bestselling author, but she hasn't quite finished, um, "smushing" the cultural zeitgeist, so to speak.
The ebullient munchkin recently announced her new line of "beach footwear" and flip-flops, primed to launch this very holiday season. Which is perfect! I always start shopping for open-toed platform wedges in December.
No word yet on how much Snooki Enterprises LLC will charge for those pink sequined pickle sandals, but Polizzi promises footw...
Yesterday, Stephen Colbert delivered the 2011 commencement address to Northwestern's graduating class.
To help you through all 21 minutes of Colbert's speech, I have assembled this handy-dandy Drinking Game! It is very collegiate, challenging the fortitude of your delicate organ tissues.
Please note: Drinking Game Participation shall be in strict accordance with the laws and bylaws of players' respective counties, states, provinces, whatevers, et al. Note, too: I have also assumed that pa...
Oh, come on, I know. He's funny now, too.
Here's a 28-year-old Ken Jeong (The Hangover Part II, NBC's Community) trying his hand at stand-up way back in 1998. What an excellent find! The clip might be NSFW, unless you have a cool boss, or headphones.
Now, at first I was all, "1998? That wasn't very long ago." Then I did some math on my fingers, realized that the majority of Beliebers were born in 1998, and stifled a tiny sob as I felt the icy grip of death clutching my left shoulder.
Speaking of death and dying...! Not only is Dr. Ken Jeong, M.D. oodles funnier than 1996 Seth Rogen but -- I honestly believe this -- Ken could have revolutionized comedy with his unexpected brand of "doctor humor." (Watch for the hilariously unfunny "You Might Be a Diabetic" bit.) />
Oh, come on, I know. He's funny now, too.
Here's a 28-year-old Ken Jeong (The Hangover Part II, NBC's Community) trying his hand at stand-up way back in 1998. What an excellent find! The clip might be NSFW, unless you have a cool boss, or headphones.
Now, at first I was all, "1998? That wasn't very long ago." Then I did some math on my fingers, realized that the majority of Beliebers were born in 1998, and stifled a tiny sob as I felt the icy grip of death clutching my left shoulder.
...
FROM: Kelsey Grammer
TO: Everybody in Kelsey Grammer's Address Book
SUBJECT: Camille smells like beef jerkey
EMAIL TEXT: goodnight
Oh, no! Kelsey is so humiliated and completely sorry you received that email last night -- the one with the subject line about how his ex-wife Camille smells like beef jerky -- but he super-promises he wasn't the one who sent it.
Eh. Sounds to me like somebody staggered home late at night, fired off a nonsensical email about his ex, and blacked out. Now that'...
See headline.
And no, no, I can't blame Ryan Reynolds. I should tell you, since we're only just getting to know one another (hi!), that I looo-oooooove love Ryan Reynolds, because he reminds me of my first serious boyfriend, who was so smug but genuinely adorable. And Ryan Reynolds, that brawny Canadian stallion, has shit-eating, self-aware pseudo-smarm down to an algorithm.
So while I'm floundering around here on my fourth day of work, trying to decide how best to make you kids smirk, Ryan ...
I have a pointed, embarrassing fixation with Jaleel White. A lot of gals-of-a-certain-age might, I think, if only because Family Matters was the first time many-a-preteen tingled at the sight of a guy in too-tight highwater pants. Wait, what? OK, maybe that's just me. (We'll call it a neurological misfire.)
Jaleel White is 34 years old now. He's never had the comeback Doogie had (although maybe Jaleel's low profile is for the best). Still, he's spoken before about the challenge of continuing to em...
On Wednesday, prison inmate Dexter Isaac confessed to the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur. He alleges that he was hired by another conspirator, music producer James "Jimmy Henchmen" Rosemond, to gun Tupac down.
But if you're a foreigner---or a kid---maybe you don't know who Tupac is! Never fear: Next Media is here to help.
You've heard of Next Media Animation, haven't you? That's the Taiwanese studio that reenacts current news stories---using bleeding-edge computer-rendered graphics---for Chinese news. The studio first achieved notoriety...
Legendary musician Clarence Clemons died Saturday due to complications from a stroke a week earlier. Clemons was 69 years old.
Clemons was best-known for his work as saxophonist in Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Bruce Springsteen made the story of his and Clemons' first meeting, in a music club where Springsteen's band was playing in 1971, into the stuff of myth. Springsteen often told of that event, "With a lightning storm raging outside, the Big Man tore the door off an Asbury Pa...
I stopped listening to "Weird Al" Yankovic when I was about 15, and lately I'm beginning to really regret it. I'm not sure when Weird Al suddenly turned into a grown-up, but his irreverently relevant satire seems way more intelligent and in-touch now than it did in the 1990s.
Why my change of heart, you ask? Last month I saw Weird Al on his Alpocalypse Tour, live in concert---he does a lot of costume changes, just like Cher!---where he sang his Lady Gaga parody "Perform This Way" dressed as a ...
Please, mom, stop reading right now.
Self-made celebrity Chris Crocker---that's right, the "Leave Britney Aloooone" guy---has been experimenting with a new, scruffy look. And it works? Like, it totally works. Not only does the kid look great, he's looking androgynous-male-model great.
Chris Crocker is evidently aware of his own ugly-duckling transformation story, and that's probably why he's been posting his own nude photos to his NSFW Tumblr. Today, Gawker announces that Chris Crocke...
Look! It's totally my heroine, the lovely and talented Kristin Chenoweth, grinning Glee-fully by the Wendy's Frosty dispenser on Monday, June 13.
According to Hollywood Life, her celebrity benefits a neat cause: for every Frosty they sell this Father's Day Weekend (today! And tomorrow!), Wendy's will donate 50 cents to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. So if you aren't already considering adoption, well, at least think about maybe buying a Frosty this weekend. Frosties are really good with fries.
I've always adored Kristin Chenoweth's talent, but only toda...
I realize that almost all late-night talk television is meticulously scripted. But last night, when smarmy Tonight Show host Jay Leno asked Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David about his 2007 divorce, Larry's side of the conversation sure had the uncomfortable ring of authenticity.
Larry David on his ex-wife:
Well, she thought that it would be nice to have sex with someone she liked. She wanted to try that. Y'know? She figured she'd give that.... And I said, it's not a good idea. Bec...
Nicole Polizzi is already a New York Times bestselling author, but she hasn't quite finished, um, "smushing" the cultural zeitgeist, so to speak.
The ebullient munchkin recently announced her new line of "beach footwear" and flip-flops, primed to launch this very holiday season. Which is perfect! I always start shopping for open-toed platform wedges in December.
No word yet on how much Snooki Enterprises LLC will charge for those pink sequined pickle sandals, but Polizzi promises footw...
Yesterday, Stephen Colbert delivered the 2011 commencement address to Northwestern's graduating class.
To help you through all 21 minutes of Colbert's speech, I have assembled this handy-dandy Drinking Game! It is very collegiate, challenging the fortitude of your delicate organ tissues.
Please note: Drinking Game Participation shall be in strict accordance with the laws and bylaws of players' respective counties, states, provinces, whatevers, et al. Note, too: I have also assumed that pa...
FROM: Kelsey Grammer
TO: Everybody in Kelsey Grammer's Address Book
SUBJECT: Camille smells like beef jerkey
EMAIL TEXT: goodnight
Oh, no! Kelsey is so humiliated and completely sorry you received that email last night -- the one with the subject line about how his ex-wife Camille smells like beef jerky -- but he super-promises he wasn't the one who sent it.
Eh. Sounds to me like somebody staggered home late at night, fired off a nonsensical email about his ex, and blacked out. Now that'...
See headline.
And no, no, I can't blame Ryan Reynolds. I should tell you, since we're only just getting to know one another (hi!), that I looo-oooooove love Ryan Reynolds, because he reminds me of my first serious boyfriend, who was so smug but genuinely adorable. And Ryan Reynolds, that brawny Canadian stallion, has shit-eating, self-aware pseudo-smarm down to an algorithm.
So while I'm floundering around here on my fourth day of work, trying to decide how best to make you kids smirk, Ryan ...
I have a pointed, embarrassing fixation with Jaleel White. A lot of gals-of-a-certain-age might, I think, if only because Family Matters was the first time many-a-preteen tingled at the sight of a guy in too-tight highwater pants. Wait, what? OK, maybe that's just me. (We'll call it a neurological misfire.)
Jaleel White is 34 years old now. He's never had the comeback Doogie had (although maybe Jaleel's low profile is for the best). Still, he's spoken before about the challenge of continuing to em...