VH1 Hits Reality Rock Bottom As Only It CouldOnly on VH1: On this excellently sleazy new show, Loveline’s Dr. Drew struggles to put eight beyond-washed-up celebrities on the straight and narrow.
Artist Koren Shadmi Makes Love, Not War — Well, Maybe a Little WarIsraeli illustrator Koren Shadmi’s macabre take on Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famed shot of an overeager sailor’s post-WWII celebratory smooch, Tasting Victory, is a not-so-subtle glimpse into the artist’s own feelings on the war.
Filmmaker Ray Tintori Reunites Father and Son, Blows Up EarthWe don’t quite know what to make of Ray Tintori’s Jettison Your Loved Ones — a deranged, no-budget sci-fi epic about perpetual motion and families — other than to say that it’s some of the most hypnotic and strange six minutes you’ll ever spend staring at a computer screen.
Michael Pollan just might solve the omnivore’s dilemma.Pollan takes on the food industry’s idea of “nutrition” (they’re just trying to make money, y’all!), but mercifully clues us in on what foods aren’t made of mutant ingredients.
‘Golden Opportunities Mixtape’ is gloomy, great—and free.Now free on the band’s site is Golden Opportunities Mixtape, a collection of covers and one original track, all recorded at various radio stations, gigs, and “empty hotel stairwells.”
Jenna Fischer Battles Asses, Boobs in ‘Walk Hard’In Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Office’s Jenna Fischer plays Darlene Madison, winsome backup singer and love interest to John C. Reilly’s titular Johnny Cash knockoff. But during the making of the film, Fischer says, it wasn’t Cox she had to worry about — it was his ass.
Stop-Motion Animation Explained by Doomed Lego GuyWe were shocked recently to discover that a couple of our readers didn’t quite understand just how stop-motion animation worked. So, we unearthed this little gem, which was created last year by Canadian high schooler Joel Plosz for a science-fair project.
Year in Review: Vulture Salutes the Wangs of 2007We really wish we were classy enough not to point out that wangs were popping up everywhere this year, but, sadly, we are not — there were dicks all over the place!
A Very ‘Gossip Girl’ ChristmasOur mind-shatteringly detailed guide to what in this week’s episode of Gossip Girl could pass for real-life New York experience, what seemed kinda fake, and what really put the “Jesus Christ” back in our Christmas.
Will This Week’s Rash of Surprise Pregnancies Cost ‘Juno’ at the Oscars?Unless you’ve somehow heroically managed to avoid PerezHilton.com for the past twelve hours, you probably already know about the just-announced surprise pregnancies of Lily Allen and Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney’s 16-year-old sister.
