Prison Mike on The Office taught everyone how scary life can be on the inside, but it sounds like things might not be quite so harrowing for Martin Shkreli, the extremely hateable “Pharma Bro” who recently got seven years in prison for defrauding investors. The internet had a little schadenfreude party after Shkreli…
It’s been a rough couple of months for Toys R Us. After filing for bankruptcy in late 2017, the toy retailer and refuge for those who don’t want to grow up announced it would close one-fifth of its U.S. locations, a number that ballooned to all 735 shops just last month. The liquidation plans aren’t the only ones Toys…
Big news in the typically moribund world of the newspaper funny pages this week, as fans old and new descend into shockingly heated arguments about pseudonymous writer and artist Olivia Jaimes and her recent takeover of long-running comic strip Nancy. The news comes—
NPR reports that one of its own, longtime Morning Edition host and beloved Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! scorekeeper Carl Kasell, has died. Kasell, who had been on the radio since he was 16 years old and practiced his “radio voice” for years before that, died from complications from Alzheimer’s disease. He was 84.
As he once made the transition—circa 2007 or 2008 or so—from “beloved TV creator” to “Yeah, what?,” Ricky Gervais spent early 2018 transitioning his public persona from that elaborate public shrug to an even-more-exasperated “Ugh, god.” Lately, for instance, the comedian has been harshly criticized for his most recent…
In a simultaneously dramatic and dismissive report, TMZ says that Maria Bamford has filed for a restraining order against Donald Trump, citing his comments and threats to plunge us into a nuclear war just to feed his pathetic ego. However, TMZ also theorizes that she’s “taking advantage of the political climate to…
There are plenty of places to listen to two geeks dissect the new Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer, but few are as funny as Jason and Gabe on Blast Points, and there’s not a trace of cynicism to be found. A new trailer for this foray into the Star Wars universe—which apparently belongs to Ron Howard now—dropped Sunday…
The Shorty Awards, as everyone involved with the Shorty Awards will no doubt be happy to tell you, are the future of awards shows, an annual event honoring those twin pillars of social media monetization: influencers and brands. The 2018 edition of this collective death march into eternal distraction was held last…
It’s always nice when the viral stories we consume every day can have some kind of happy ending or closure. The fun puppy gets adopted, or the weird yodeling child is finally hurled into the volcano, appeasing the vengeful gods. Now, one of the more amusing online stories of the last few months has reached its…
The controversy surrounding the treatment of comics legend Stan Lee continues to get even weirder and darker this week, with Deadline reporting that the former Marvel Comics frontman is now suing his former manager for, among other things, allegedly stealing his blood as part of a money-making scheme. We reported a…
Art Bell has died. The legendary late-night radio host, who spent decades at the helm of his massively popular interview and call-in show, Coast To Coast AM, calmly listening and questioning as his guests and callers outlined every damn conspiracy theory, alien abduction idea, and off-the-wall opinion that happened to…
Bill Cosby’s retrial has already been eventful, with former child actress Nicolle Rochelle staging a topless protest on the first day and Cosby’s attorney Tom Mesereau going on the attack against the comedian’s accusers on the second day. Today, one of those accusers had a chance to take the stand and tell her side of…
Toys R Us is on its last legs, but that doesn’t mean the iconic toy store isn’t still bringing fun to kids of all ages. According to The New York Post, an abandoned Toys R Us location in London was set to be the location of a “massive rave,” presumably one with a fun theme like “Where a kid can be a kid” or “I don’t…
Daniel Day-Lewis may have retired after Phantom Thread, but director Paul Thomas Anderson is already back—sort of. According to Splitsider, Netflix has confirmed that Anderson was behind the camera for at least some of an upcoming special from Adam Sandler, who worked with Anderson on 2002's Punch-Drunk Love. Steven…
While critics and audiences have been talking up John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place since its release last week, the reign of 2018's best horror film so far has just been cut short thanks to none other than Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who, as we well know, ruins everything.
It seems like Mark Zuckerberg can’t shut up lately. Admittedly, that’s at least partially because the Facebook CEO is getting yelled at pretty regularly at the moment, prompting an increased commitment to loudly apologizing to anyone he meets. Still, though: Dude’s got a Nathan Fielder voice with a severely…
Yesterday, we reported that a number of ill-meaning people have allegedly squeezed their way into the life of iconic comic book creator Stan Lee since the death of his wife last year, with Lee’s longtime attorney and assistant both being suddenly and mysteriously fired in a supposed attempt to stop them from…
As reported by Deadline, Comedy Store founder Mitzi Shore has died after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. The news was confirmed in a statement by the iconic Los Angeles stand-up institution, which referred to shore as “the legendary Godmother” of the club, saying she was “also a loving mother, not only to her own…
There’s no such thing as a “bad name,” really. No matter what rhymes the children in kindergarten come up with—no matter how much fun adults may have with poor saps named “Richard”—a name should be held without shame by its owner.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was subject to one of the harshest punishments America can reserve for one of its rich white executives today, when the U.S. Congress forced him to have a five-minute, inescapable conversation with Texas senator Ted Cruz. Cruz—who seemed extremely upset at the idea that Facebook might have…
