The 10 nerdiest jokes of all time

Courtesy of a Reddit thread, these will make you the toast of your next philosophy study group

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 11:15 PM UTC 28
jokes, nerdy jokes, Philosophy

“Weird Al” Yankovic: It’s hard work being goofy

The musician-comedian on his childhood love for MAD Magazine, Prince and the secrets to writing a parody song

, The Weeklings Monday, Jul 1, 2013 7:00 PM UTC
The Weeklings

Planned Parenthood gets the Tami Taylor seal of approval

Connie Britton has partnered with the women's health service provider on a campaign to "stand with Texas women" VIDEO

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 5:03 PM UTC
Video, tami taylor

Everything you need to know about the great e-book price war

How the DOJ's antitrust lawsuit against Apple and the Big Six book publishers will affect the business of lit

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 5:02 PM UTC 24
Books, E-books, Apple, Amazon.com

Lena Dunham’s $24,000 sofa confession

The "Girls" star priced out a five-figure couch -- and showed off the emails in Miranda July's public art project

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 4:21 PM UTC
Lena Dunham, miranda july, Girls

“The Killing’s” breakout character is a butch teenage girl

Bullet is not a character you see on TV very often, and she's one of the best reasons to watch the show

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:54 PM UTC 11
bullet, The Killing, TV, Television

Why is Twitter so awful on Sundays?

Tweets about Sunday TV have taken on their own form of humor -- fun if you're watching, obnoxious if you're not

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 2:20 PM UTC 13
Twitter, True Blood

Zynga CEO to step down

Mark Pincus will be replaced by Don Mattrick, head of Microsoft's Xbox business

, Associated Press Monday, Jul 1, 2013 9:07 PM UTC
Associated Press, Zynga, xbox

Tribune Co. to acquire 19 TV stations in billion-dollar deal

The company says it expects the agreement to boost its profits immediately

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Associated Press, Tribune Co.

Jennifer Lopez: Clueless

She claims she was ignorant of the Turkmen leader's alleged human rights abuses. She couldn't just Google?

Monday, Jul 1, 2013 3:01 PM UTC 39
Jennifer Lopez

“Lost Girls”: A serial killer’s victims

A gifted reporter does justice to the lives of women murdered by a yet-to-be-found monster in Long Island

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 10:00 PM UTC 13
Books, What to Read

Jennifer Lopez apologizes for Turkmenistan show

The singer performed "Happy Birthday" for the country's dictator, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 9:01 PM UTC 22
Turkmenistan, Jennifer Lopez

“Ray Donovan” creator Ann Biderman: “I’m not interested in weddings and dresses and dating”

The creator of Showtime's "Ray Donovan" on violence, affirmative action and "feminine subject matter"

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 8:00 PM UTC 13
ann biderman, ray donovan, TV

Sunday shows: What you missed

Punditry experts this week ended racism, fomented homophobia and grew mustaches

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:43 PM UTC 53
Sunday shows, Bob Schieffer

At the Skee-ball Super Bowl

I found earnest rollers playing a uniquely American game, not haughty hipsterdom

, The Classical Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 5:30 PM UTC
The Classical, Skee Ball

Poet takes revolution from Facebook to the world

“The Internet is the only way that I have to connect to my people and my family now,” says poet Maram Al-Masri

Sunday, Jun 30, 2013 3:00 PM UTC
Syria, Social Media, Facebook

Curtis Sittenfeld: “It’s not my primary goal to make my characters likable”

The author of "Sisterland" and "Prep" talks to Salon about pretty covers and literary gossip

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
curtis sittenfeld, sisterland

An excerpt from Curtis Sittenfeld’s “Sisterland”

Fiction: An exclusive look at chapter one of the dazzling new novel from the author of "Prep" and "American Wife"

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 8:00 PM UTC
Books, sisterland

Off the beaten track: Subway kiosks are the new artist hangouts

From Brooklyn to Los Angeles, select underground newsstands have begun hawking literature from indy publishers

, Hyperallergic Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 6:30 PM UTC
ALLDAYEVERYDAY, Art, newsstands

Playing “Hopscotch” with Julio Cortázar

Fifty years after it first published, Cortazar's novel is as innovative as the game from which it draws its names

, LA Review of Books Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 5:30 PM UTC
LA Review of Books, Books, Novels

I was raised like Paula Deen

Racism was so ingrained in my Southern family, they never even realized they were racist. Now we no longer speak

, Pajiba Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 200
Pajiba, Paula Deen, Racism, TV

America’s split personality: Paranoid superstate and land of equality

From "The Heat" to "White House Down," from Snowden to gay rights, America plays both hero and villain

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Politics, U.S. Politics

Upcoming Paula Deen cookbook canceled

Although pre-orders boosted it to No. 1 on Amazon, Random House has pulled the book after a spate of bad publicity

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 4:55 PM UTC
Paula Deen, Books, Cooking

Alec Baldwin addresses homophobic tweets

The actor wrote a letter to GLAAD saying that he has been a longtime ally of the LGBT community

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 4:00 PM UTC 10
Homophobia, Alec Baldwin

Lady Gaga returns to public eye to celebrate gay pride

The singer spoke at a gay pride rally in New York on Friday night VIDEO

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 2:29 PM UTC
Video, Lady Gaga, LGBT, DoMA

Must do’s: What we like this week

Detroit punk pioneers rock in "A Band Called Death," and "Under the Dome" is a creepy, kinky take on Stephen King

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 2:00 PM UTC
Our Picks: Books, our picks: TV

Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.: Detroit’s coming back!

The indie-pop band on their embattled hometown and why they refuse to take themselves too seriously VIDEO

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 1:00 PM UTC
Video, The Weekly Feed

Our theocracy nightmare: President Palin’s martial law

What if McCain/Palin won, then McCain died -- and a terror attack followed. Apocalyptic fiction from a nightmare

Saturday, Jun 29, 2013 12:00 PM UTC 131
Books, Sarah Palin

I’m black, and I forgive Paula Deen

I'm disappointed by what she said. But maybe this is what an "honest dialogue" about race really looks like

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 11:35 PM UTC 368
Paula Deen, Race, Food Network

I hate books

They're heavy and they make moving impossible. But an iPad just doesn't hold the same memories

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 11:30 PM UTC 60
Books, e-readers, reading, E-books

The 5 biggest PR disasters of the past year

Paula Deen's apology tour, as bad as it was, is just the most recent one

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 10:41 PM UTC
Paula Deen, abercrombie

Daily Mail apologizes to Alec Baldwin for bogus Twitter story

The actor went on a tirade after the Daily Mail accused his wife of tweeting during James Gandolfini's funeral

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 8:50 PM UTC 24
Alec Baldwin, Twitter

“The Heat”: Police misconduct as feminism

Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy have a funny, uneasy chemistry, but "The Heat" leaves a nasty aftertaste

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 6:30 PM UTC 53
Movies, Action movies

Lolo Jones compares Trayvon Martin witness to Tyler Perry’s Madea

The Olympian, known for her gaffes, makes a derogatory comment under the guise of a joke

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 5:58 PM UTC
Lolo Jones, Tyler Perry, madea

The New Yorker’s Bert and Ernie cover gets parodied

The controversial cover gets the Photoshop treatment with "Seinfeld" and "Batman"

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 5:01 PM UTC 10
The New Yorker, bert and ernie

Anna Nicole Smith gets the Lifetime movie you did not know she needed

"Anna Nicole" chronicles her addiction, implants and May-December marriage -- but doesn't go below the surface

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
anna nicole smith, anna nicole

Chris Kluwe: The government is “going to end in some sort of sweeping change, or revolution”

The NFL athlete and author of "Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies" talks to Salon about why he might quit football

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 3:15 PM UTC 37
Chris kluwe

Why are TV serial killers so sexy?

Serial murderers on the small screen are smarter, better-looking and more in control than ever before

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 2:36 PM UTC 20
TV, hannibal, the bridge

“Emotional” Pistorius resumes track routine

His agent reports the Paralympic runner is now training for the first time since the killing of his girlfriend

, Associated Press Friday, Jun 28, 2013 2:00 PM UTC 11
From the Wires

Bert and Ernie come out on The New Yorker cover

The "Sesame Street" pair celebrate the DOMA ruling

Friday, Jun 28, 2013 1:54 PM UTC 37
New Yorker, gay pride