Have you or someone you know been spanked, whipped or otherwise dominated by the deceptive marketing of 50 Shades of Grey-branded sex lube? If so, you may be entitled to compensation for your losses, should one California woman's new lawsuit be successful.

As prophesied by Beyoncé's Instagram, here's the first trailer for the film adaptation of E.L. James's insanely popular erotic Twilight fanfiction novel Fifty Shades of Grey. The movie stars Dakota Johnson as Anastasia Steele and Once Upon a Time's Jamie Dornan as Christian Grey's abs.

Following in the mouthsteps of his friend Gilbert Gottfried at the behest of his fans, star of stage and screen and Star Trek George Takei decided it was finally time to expose himself to the Twilight "inspired" fanrotica of Fifty Shades of Grey and recite a few choice passages.

Why read Fifty Shades of Grey when you can live it? Or, OK, at least drag a bunch of girlfriends to the real-life hotel where some of the book's filthy sex takes place.

One British hotel has decided to do away with the traditional bedside Gideon Bibles — and replace them with complimentary copies of mommy porn book Fifty Shades of Grey.

We have written about 50 Shades of Grey. Our sister site, Jezebel, has written about 50 Shades of Grey. The Atlantic has written about 50 Shades of Grey. The New York Times has written about 50 Shades of Grey. Everyone has written about 50 Shades of Grey, ad nauseum.

50 Shades of Grey author E.L. James—Snowqueens Icedragon to her fans—is purportedly making an estimated $1.34 million a week off her quaint little country romance novel. Having sold 20 million copies and counting, the trilogy is calmly and methodically shattering every previous sales record in the world.

You haven't been truly turned on by E. L. James' "mommy porn" insta-classic Fifty Shades of Grey until you've heard its Twilight-inspired tale of taboo lovemaking recited through the quivering lips of the Sultan of Sultry: Gilbert Gottfried.

In light of the "hullabaloo" surrounding BDSM novel Fifty Shades of Grey, elderly Smithtown, New York resident David Shobin gave the lusty lady book a read. Afterwards, he penned a powerfully ambivalent Amazon book review that has since been quoted in The Los Angeles Times and Vanity Fair. (Both publications quoted Shobin as a nameless "Amazon reviewer.")