Hello, friends. As you might have guessed, I am still mourning the loss of Nelson Paz. Please join me in a moment of silence as we (I) try to come to grips with this crushing defeat. In the dark days that followed last week’s episode, I did much soul-searching. I had so many questions. How could Nelson–handsome, lovely, tan and taut, thickly accented, talented pastry sex wizard Nelson–be kicked off while Beaker–incompetent, frantic, grating, pasty, novice sugar tinkerer Beaker–remain to compete another week? How could this be? How could the judges boot Nelson when Angry Montel only made an ugly floral arrangement and scattered some rose petals? Is there no justice in this world? How would I continue to watch Just Desserts without the promise of ogling an imaginary sweetheart each week? Somehow (there may have been vodka and pornography involved), somehow I managed to pick up the pieces, and I am ready to make cruel comments about the remaining pastry gnomes once again. Join me, friends, as we continue to chart the battle of Mads vs. Gays, a battle certain to end in a swirling funnel of blood, glitter, scraps of modeling chocolate and tooth fragments.
Daily Archives: September 14, 2011
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Nikki Finke reports that Penske Media Corporation–parent company of Movieline, TVLine and Deadline (where Finke writes)–has filed suit against Prometheus Global Media LLC, owner and operator of The Hollywood Reporter. Janice Min, what hath you wrought? Specifically, Penske’s suit claims “outright theft of intellectual property, including but not limited to whole articles, content, software, source code and designs.”
Surely it’s all a misunderstanding! Like that book report you accidentally plagiarized in middle school. Nope, not according to Penske, who claims THR didn’t even attempt to cover up its misdoings: “In fact, THR was so incompetent and careless in its theft, that it actually copied the original source code labels exactly as they existed on TVLine, and did not even attempt to rename them.” Oh snap! You can read the full complaint over at Deadline.
Ben Cohen isn’t the only one with a birthday today. Amy Winehouse would have turned 28 today. The Amy Winehouse Foundation launches today, and the video for Winehouse’s duet with Tony Bennett has also been released. Watch the video after the jump. Continue reading
Most messages received on OkCupid rarely go beyond the inane, but there are those that so violently violate the laws of space, time, and reason that the beg to be shared. These are their stories.
OkCupid is a scary place – you have to contend with hipsters, sad old men, and people you suspect are suffering from a thought disorder. It’s this last group that usually sends the most hilarious (and often terrifying) messages to my inbox. Continue reading
Recently retired rugby star Ben Cohen turns 33 today. Retired for less than a year, Cohen has been extremely active in promoting his Stand Up Foundation, “the world’s first foundation dedicated to raising awareness of the long-term, damaging effects of bullying, and funding those doing real-world work to stop it.” Many people perceived as different may be victims of bullying, and specifically the LGBT community is a popular target. Cohen’s foundation “[includes] removing homophobia from sports as central to [its] mission.” Is it any wonder Cohen is so popular among gay men? He’s a vocal LGBT ally in what many consider one of the last safe havens for narrow-mindedness, the world of professional sports; it doesn’t hurt that Cohen is also smoking hot. Sexy pic after the jump.
Piedmont Hills High School principal Traci Williams implemented a dress code in her San Jose, California school. Ms Williams felt that many of her students were dressing inappropriately and began conducting dress code sweeps in her school. At Piedmont Hills High, shorts or skirts must be lower than mid-thigh.
Apparently the principal is really cracking down, at least according to this student. Senior Izak Joubert claims the enforcement of the rules is “extremely stricter” this year, but there are some teenage girls who “look kind of ridiculous wearing their underpants to school.” Note to Principal Williams: you may have bigger fish to fry than short skirts.
If your ex-girlfriend has a restraining order against you, it’s probably a good idea to show up at her house in the middle of the night trying serenade your way back into her heart, right? Wrong! A 50-year-old Swedish man learned this lesson the hard way. The man stood outside his ex-girlfriend’s balcony with a guitar and tried to win her back by playing a Bob Dylan song. Hur romantisk! The restraining order kind of puts a damper on things when you think about it, but he really put a lot of thought into his performance. The man brought along five other men, all wearing dark hoodies with the hoods up, to serve as vocal accompaniments. Continue reading
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It’s hump day! Make a splash.