Dr. Tyrone Hayes is a biologist at UC Berkeley and a longtime critic of atrazine, an herbicide produced by the chemical company Syngenta. He took the bold step of sending lots of taunting, rap-quoting emails to the company. Scandal ensued.
During last night's Countdown, Keith Olbermann maintained Jennifer Anistion's statements about single parenting that caused Bill O'Reilly to call the actress destructive to society. Olbermann uses his amateur psychoanalysis and chalks it up to O'Reilly's daddy issues.
On Monday, abused JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater stole two beers and left his grounded plane via the emergency slide. JetBlue has mostly kept mum—except to scold comedian Andy Borowitz for making bad jokes on Twitter.
There's a melodramatic "war" brewing between Facebook and Google, and Facebook's CEO is seizing the opportunity to squeeze more work from his engineers, declaring a "lockdown," keeping the office open on weekends, and putting a neon sign on his door.
Sean Penn and Wyclef Jean both love Haiti. So you'd think they'd love each other. Wrong! Just minutes after Wyclef announced his candidacy on CNN, Sean was on the air casting aspersions about his intentions. Now, Wyclef responds.
Shots fired! Apparently, Bob Barker said some nasty things about current The Price Is Right host Drew Carey. And you know who was really bothered by this? Wendy Williams.
After sitting through Michaele Salahi going on about her spat with Whoopi Goldberg, the rest of the Real Housewives of D.C. cast put it all out there—they're sick and tired of hearing about it. Awkward video inside!
Rep. Anthony Weiner's incredible rant last night, directed at Republicans for killing a health bill for 9/11 responders, landed him a Fox News appearance this morning alongside his specific GOP target, Rep. Peter King. More hilarious (but interesting!) bickering ensued.
America is a nation in need of healing. But no healing shall be had. Because two of our most important toothpaste manufacturers are locked in legal battle to the death over the future of nurdles. Nurdles on packages. Toothpaste packages.
In your tendentious Wednesday media column: The Awl vs. the NYO, the Village Voice vs. the Austin Chronicle, Sam Sifton vs. Dan Abrams, dumb people vs. David Remnick, and the NYT vs. the WSJ, magazine-style.
Adorably crazy theocrat Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has a new enemy: Paul the psychic octopus! He recently declared the World Cup prognosticating cephalopod an agent of "western propaganda and superstition," and insisted that people who support Paul cannot lead nations well. Spoilsport!
Anna Wintour has been campaigning against the Jamaican restaurant Miss Lily's, which is hoping to open near her Village townhouse. The Vogue editor claims that because restaurant/club owner Serge Becker is involved, it's guaranteed to turn into a shitshow. Really?
It's no wonder Apple and AT&T can't cooperate to complete iPhone calls: The two companies can't even sync up over what to wear to their meetings. No one asks Steve Jobs to remove his black turtleneck. No one.
Tucker Carlson bought KeithOlbermann.com earlier today. Now Salon has picked up TuckerCarlson.net. Still available for the moment: AlexPareene.info.
In your slowly improving Thursday media column: Penthouse makes a faux-bid for Playboy, the WaPo's internet strategy is very serious and journalistic, Brad Stone leaves the NYT, and a Tucker Carlson vs. Keith Olbermann feud, which matters.
Howard Stern, lover of feuds (like this one, or this one), has found a new enemy: sexxxy broadcaster Larry King. After King scoffed at the thought of being replaced by him, Stern fought back hard on his radio show yesterday.
For years, Anderson Cooper has been admirably investigating the cult of Scientology. Scientology is determined to get back at AC for his lack of respect. Their latest tactic: distributing an entire magazine about AC's "History of Lies." Let's look!
New York Post sex columnist Andrea Peyser is positively smitten with America's heartthrob, Lindsay Lohan. It's so obvious. Andrea's just like a little kid, spewing false insults at her crush object to cover up her undying love.
Because Diandra Douglas, who divorced Michael Douglas in 2000, was awarded half of all the money the star makes off movies he made during their union, she thinks she is owed some scratch for the Wall Street sequel. Good luck!
First Jerry Seinfeld dissed the Real Housewives while on Bravo, now he calls Lady Gaga a "jerk" for inappropriate baseball game behavior. Sure, she was crass, but we don't want to watch him transform into a scolding Andy Rooney.
