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In a move that’s sure to please Golden Globes producer Dick Clark Productions and broadcaster NBC, controversial host Ricky Gervais is going to be coming back for the third time.  That’s right kids, Ricky Gervais is going to be hosting the Golden Globes yet again, turning the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s awards ceremony into something […]

One of the most iconic images of the Christmas season is that of the Salvation Army bell-ringer.  They stand outside stores and on street corners, ringing a jingly bell and standing beside a big red kettle.  Nothing says Christmas quite like being able to drop a few quarters into that bucket, and when I don’t […]

If you thought the allegations that Justin Bieber fathered a fan’s baby would be enough to make the singer go away, then you can just kill your hopes and dreams right now.  Bieber’s going to be around for awhile longer, and as it turns out, the claims that Bieber is a baby-daddy are undoubtedly false. […]

Before Google+ positioned itself as the mass-market Facebook alternative, there was an early anti-Facebook.  One of the first social networks to splinter away from Facebook, citing privacy concerns, was Diaspora.  Founded a year ago amid massive Facebook backlash regarding several privacy failures and data leaks, Diaspora was supposed to be the private person’s Facebook, though […]

There are a lot of things you can say about Justin Timberlake.  He’s a singer, dancer, actor, owner of MySpace, and even a man of his word.  Back in July, after having talked Friends With Benefits co-star Mila Kunis into accepting a YouTube date to a similar Marine Corps Ball, Timberlake promised to attend the Instructor […]

What’s the second-best thing to hacking an ATM to spit out cash?  Why, hacking into an online database full of delicious credit cards and billing information, of course?  Apparently, Steam, a video-game streaming and downloading website run by Valve is a nice target to shoot for.  An estimated 35 million Steam accounts have been compromised […]

The tiny town of Bundawan isn’t exactly a tourist mecca for the Philippines, but they’re doing their best to develop attractions.  The first thing on Bunawan’s list of things to see?  A 6.2 meter (20 foot) long, 1-ton crocodile that is believed to be the largest crocodile in the world.  The world’s largest crocodile was […]

Yesterday, Brett Ratner was removed from the 2012 Academy Awards after some homophobic comments.  Not long after that, Oscars host Eddie Murphy also chose to step aside, showing his support for Ratner in the process.  Fortunately, Brian Grazer has stepped in as the producer of the Oscars, joining co-producer and director Don Mischer, but there’s still […]

“The Incredible Edible Egg”; ” Beef, It’s What’s For Dinner”; “Got Milk?”; these are some of the best marketing campaigns in history.  Collectively, they’ve done wonders for America’s consumption of animal products, and they’ve all got one thing in common.  They’re the collective product of their respective farming organization.  Now, a new organization wants to […]

You just can’t stop those breedin’ Duggars.  Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, stars of the reality television show “19 Kids and Counting” on TLC, are both way too old to be having any more children.  Considering the fact the Duggars just had a baby girl named Josie Brooklyn in December 2009, they should still have […]

Lindsay Lohan has been a very busy girl lately.  When not going back to jail due to parole violations, she’s been posing for Playboy Magazine.  As it turns out, the shoot has been pretty quick to do, and Lohan’s Playboy debut will be here quicker than expected.  Lindsay Lohan’s Playboy shoot will be in the […]

The game of “Anything you can do, I can do better” continues for the technology sector.  Not long ago, Amazon unveiled the Kindle Fire, an upgraded, tablet version of their famous ebook reader which kick-started the ebook industry.  Barnes and Noble, who followed the first generation Kindle with the Nook ereader, has also taken the […]

The New York Marathon is a weird hybrid event.  You’ve got people who are there because they’re professional distance runners vying for the $200,000 top prize, and you’ve also got fools who show up and run in outlandish costumes.  This year, the professionals were the main attraction.  In the lack of human interest stories like […]