Romain Mesnil – naked French pole vaulter

Romain Mesnil – naked French pole vaulter

After Nike cruelly refrained from renewing sponsorship, pole vaulter Romain Mesnil took matters into his own hands.  He stripped off and ran shamelessly through the streets of gay Paris.  Mesnil’s stunt may get a new sponsorship deal but can Paris withstand the drop in tourist revenue.

1/2 Price rapper (NSFW)

1/2 Price rapper (NSFW)

Rapper 1/2 Price has no legs.  Apart from that, he conforms to the conventions of the nastier side of rap – scantily-clad women, misogyny, drug use, sexual swear words…

Ashley Biden cocaine video

Ashley Biden cocaine video

No we haven’t actually got the video. That would cost $250,000. A male “friend” of Ashley Biden is trying to sell a video allegedly showing the daughter of Vice President, Joe Biden, doing cocaine.

Wanda Luck

Wanda Luck

The estranged wife of the Pinelake nursing home killer was named by police as Wanda Luck. She worked at the home as a certified nurse assistant and local records show she shares (or shared) an address with Stewart. Reports in a local newspaper say the pair split up three weeks before Stewart’s rampage.

Sasha Harris

Sasha Harris

Soon to be known as the “ShamWow Hooker,” Sasha Harris is a 26-year-old Miami prostitute who got caught up in a ruck with Vince Shlomi – Mr ShamWow (and Mr. SlapChop).

Padma Lakshmi burger ad

Padma Lakshmi burger ad

Indian-American goddess meet Hardee’s Western Bacon Thickburger.

‘Taking Woodstock’ trailer

‘Taking Woodstock’ trailer

Demetri Martin stars as Elliot Tiber, a young man who works at his parent motel in Catskills, upstate New York. When the young music fan hears there’s a music festival needing a venue, he offers his parents motel the festival permit to Woodstock Ventures.

Daniel Hannan on Gordon Brown

Daniel Hannan on Gordon Brown

Member of the European Parliament Daniel Hannan unleashed three minutes of articulate fury on British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Guacamole and cake

Guacamole and cake

Guacamole. Cake. Never the twain shall meet. This may be the best/worst song you hear all morning.

David Cooley

David Cooley

A test pilot for Lockheed Martin was killed when the F-22 Raptor he was flying crashed in the Mohave Desert. 49-year old Belleville, Illinois native David Cooley died on March 25, 2009.

Paula Abdul’s mustache

Paula Abdul’s mustache

A truly bizarre moment in American Idol history. At some point during Allison Iraheta’s song – the last performance of the night – Simon Cowell drew a mustache on the perma-zonked Paula Abdul.

Chickenfoot: Van Halen, RHCP, Satriani supergroup

Chickenfoot: Van Halen, RHCP, Satriani supergroup

Supergroup Chickenfoot featuring Sammy Hagar and Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and legendary guitarist Joe Satriani will release a debut album on June 5th.

Helen Sun

Helen Sun

Helen Sun, a 37-year-old woman from Connecticut, handcuffed herself to her estranged husband (while he was sleeping) and then bit him repeatedly as he made a desperate 911 call. This was her own special way of getting him not to leave her.

Cindy Crawford in Allure

Cindy Crawford in Allure

Yummy mummy Cindy Crawford was out to prove a point in the “anti-aging issue” of Allure magazine. Super model Crawford stripped down and covered herself in something that may be shaving foam for one racy shot.

Where The Wild Things Are trailer

Where The Wild Things Are trailer

Out October 16, Where the Wild Things Are finds a young boy called Max sent to bed for misbehaving..but then his imagination takes him away to where the wild things are.

John Katehis

John Katehis

A 16-year-old male from Queens, NY confessed to stabbing ABC news radio broadcaster George Weber. According to reports, Weber met John Katehis on Craigslist, where he had allegedly placed an ad looking for a homosexual liason.

Trouble with Twitter

Trouble with Twitter

A nice little video satirizing people’s utterly banal tweets. “Watching TV with my cat.” “I’d forgotten how much I like pickles.” The skeptical hero in this film describes it as “randomly bragging about your unexceptional life.”

Fifth Third Burger

Fifth Third Burger

Minor-league team, the West Michigan Whitecaps, may not be able to give fans a heart attack through their thrilling play but they can offer you a 5000 calorie burger that might make you keel over before the game is out.  The Fifth Third Burger, at $20, costs more than the ticket for the game.

Mary Ellen Hause

Mary Ellen Hause

Naughty, naughty, Miss. Hause. A part-time teaching aide in Ohio was convicted of allowing minors to drink in her presence. Three cheerleaders were sipping Smirnoff in Hause’s basement, Hause joined in the fun, someone took a photo and…Facebook did the rest.

Lego Silence of the Lambs opera

Lego Silence of the Lambs opera

“I’ll starve you so so your skin gets loose/Stop crying now you big fat moose/And put the fucking lotion in the basket.”  It’s actually and pretty good synopsis.  Even Precious gets in there.