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Dame Delilah’s Fantasy Ranch
Culture Buzz Kerri Kenney-Silver — of The State and Reno 911 fame — debuts a new character who owns the classiest “fantasy ranch” Winnemucca, Nevada, may have ever seen. Delilah’s fictional brothel offers a “menu” of services — including an act called “Underpants Parade” — that makes us kind of wish Dame Delilah were real. If whorehouses were this entertaining, we’d already be in Nevada!
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Slydial
Tech Buzz A phone service that lets you dial directly to voicemail. How is it that this service has only just been invented? The possible uses are endless. Drawbacks: You do have to sit through an advertisement, it only works for calling mobile phones, and for some carriers it makes the phone ring once and shows a missed call from your number, alerting the savvy person on the other end that you’re using Slydial.
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Anti-Sagging Law
Politics Buzz Various cities have instituted a laws to deter people from sagging their pants. In Lynwood, Illinois people caught showing three or more inches of underwear will be fined $25 and in Delcambre, Louisiana, the penalty can be as stiff as a $500 fine and a six-month jail sentence. The American Civil Liberties Union thinks this targets young men of color, although one might argue that it simply targets the sloppily dressed. I wonder if they’ll ever go after all those fixed-gear bike riders with one pant leg rolled up.
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Kirk Lazarus
Movie Buzz See what Robert Downey, Jr.’s character in Tropic Thunder looked like before the blackface. On a par with the excellent Tugg Speedman faux site, the official web presence of Kirk Lazarus is a sweet exercise in pretentious idiocy.
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Image: Political Crimes In A Venn Diagram
Ever wonder which members of the Bush administration could be spending time in the slammer?
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New Old Gay
Culture Buzz According to a new piece in the trend-hungry New York Observer, reactionary young gay men are intentionally adopting traits of their flaboyant forefathers. Trading indie rock and seedy dives for torch songs and piano bars, these fellas are making “old gay” new again. Not to get all “cultural theorist” here, but is it really possible to now reposition the same things that historically isolated men as now being semi-ironic? So what if a gay guy likes Stephen Sondheim and Stephen Malkmus? Ugh, I need a boyfriend. Can someone write a trend piece about that?
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Hats of Meat
Food Buzz A website dedicated to…hats made of meat, including the “porkpie” and the “brisket yamukkah.” Does this go under “food” or “style”? Oh who cares, I’m just really happy to have a new buddy icon.
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Obama’s Berlin Speech
Politics Buzz Barack Obama addresses a crowd of 200,000 in Germany’s capital. The moment was the high water mark of his European tour, and sounded like the ambitious, inclusive foreign policy speech many Europeans (and Americans) have been hoping for.
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KFC’s Vegan Sandwich
Food Buzz A mock chicken product will now be offered at KFC’s Canadian outposts. Score one for the vegans! Or rather, the “kind of, sometimes” vegans.
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Image: Mike Tyson’s Abandoned Mansion
A creepy, depressing shot of Tyson’s former estate, from an amazing gallery.
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Robokill: Titan Prime
Tech Buzz A nice-looking Flash game to help you fritter away your afternoon. Combining the control skills of Robotron and all sorts of weapons upgrades, it’s lengthier and more complex than your average Flash game, but also good fun.
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Behind the Bell
Culture Buzz Screech is writing a tell-all about Saved By The Bell. With ’90s nostalgia kicking into high gear, Screech (aka Dustin Diamond) couldn’t have timed his memoir moment better. The book promises to reveal “sexual escapades among cast members, drug use, and hardcore partying” — but coming from a man who’s already peddled a sex tape, will it really be all that?
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GenePartner
Science Buzz Lonely? This dating service will find you a match based on the genetic compatibility of your DNA. In fact, they call themselves the world’s “first global DNA matching service.” Is it too soon to also call them the last?
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Eating Healthy And Cheap
Food Buzz Organic foods: They’re not just for wealthy yuppies anymore! Here are a bunch of tips to help you eat well and cheaply — you’ve been looking thin and we’re a bit worried about you, so please eat up.
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Image: Ridiculous Female Undergarments in Video Games
From metal thongs to the no-bra bra, the outfits women wear in video games are pretty unrealistic and downright bizarre.
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The Ben Lyons Hate Storm
TV Buzz The 26-year-old replacement for Roger Ebert is being called a hack. He partied in high school with Ivanka Trump. He plays golf. His show on E! was actually called “The Lyon’s Den.” His daddy got him his job. I think it’s pretty safe to go ahead and hate him before “At the Movies” premieres with its new hosts on September 6th.
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Buy It Now TV
Tech Buzz Tivo’s new partnership with Amazon means if you see something you want on TV you can pause the program, switch channels to Amazon, and order the product. Anything you see on The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Colbert Report, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Burn Notice, or advertised will be available for purchase through Amazon on your remote controller. This new alternative to TV shopping channels gives advertisers more access to a broader range of audiences. Can’t this be classified as some sort of subliminal messaging scheme?
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Heath Ledger Restaurant
Celebrity Buzz The estate of Heath Ledger has decided to go ahead with the restaurant that Ledger had been involved with before his death. The restaurant, tentatively called the Five Leaves, will be on the Bedford Avenue on the border of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Seeing as how Ledger’s partner John McCormick is also one of the people behind Manhattan’s exclusive Beatrice Inn it will be interesting to see if any of us Williamsburg residents can actually get in.
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Video: Sleepy Bear Can’t Stay Awake
Sleepy Asian Sunbear cub falling asleep.
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Video: Disturbia
Director David LaChappelle has given Rihanna’s pop ditty a dark, macabre treatment in the new video.
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