Does Queen Elizabeth Keep a Jacked-Up Spitting Cup in Her Purse? [Royals]
Queens: they're just like us! The monarch's loyal subjects have been dying for a peek into 85-year-old Queen Elizabeth's classic Launer handbag for decades. But according to royal biographer Bedell Smith, the Queen's purse holds everyday items such as lipstick, a mirror, and a £5 note "to donate to the church collection on Sundays." (Sometimes she splurges as much as £10, if she's feeling really extravagant.) Smith says the purse also contains glasses, mint lozenges and a fountain pen, and that her ladies-in-waiting are responsible for other basics: extra gloves, needs and thread, etc. Seriously? There's not even a trashy romance novel or OK! Magazine stashed in there? More »
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The Complete Guide to the Susan G. Komen Debacle [Disgrace For The Cure]
It's been a wild few days in the world of women's health. So what just happened? What's the lesson? Will there be a quiz? Here's an overview to help you track exactly how pink became the new blech. More »
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Komen's Planned Parenthood Strategy Secretly Devised by Ultra-Conservative Pundit [Disgrace For The Cure]
At this point, it's less than shocking that the Komen Foundation secretly hired an ultra-conservative, former George W. Bush White House press secretary to handle the Planned Parenthood debacle. We're just surprised Ari Fleischer — who was once briefly employed by Tiger Woods to help him reenter the PGA Tour — didn't do a better job. More »
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How to Make Easy, Fast, Foolproof Bread from Scratch [DIY]
Outside of a bread machine, this is the easiest bread recipe humans have yet devised. You know refrigerator bread? It's easier than that. You know no-knead bread? It's easier than that. Why? Because it's a no-knead refrigerator bread! Once the dough is ready — and the measuring and mixing only takes about 20 minutes — only a hot oven and a half an hour separates you from a piping hot loaf of your own. Anytime you want bread, you just form a loaf and pop it in. I still like to make more complicated breads sometimes — croissants, bagels, that sort of thing — but this is my dead-easy standby. More »
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For the Love of Quad [Thighlights]
Paris, February 4: Alberto Sgarbi of Italy is deliciously tackled by a gentleman who we believe is France's Aurelien Rougerie (correct us if we're wrong) during the RBS 6 Nations match at Stade de France. Oui, sì. More »
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10 Things You May Have Missed On TV This Week [Video]
In this week's television roundup, Joan Rivers is smoking that sticky icky, OK Go brings their charms to Sesame Street and Glee sends Michael Jackson spinning in his grave. More »
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The Night Belongs to Gertrude Stein [Video]
Literati rejoice — Gertrude Stein was born on this day in 1874. Today is her 138th birthday! More »
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RuPaul Lets Us Know the Difference Between Dressing in Drag and Dressing Like a Woman [Tweet Beat]
In this Friday edition of Tweet Beat, RuPaul wants you to know that he doesn't dress like a woman, Jackée has an idea for the best TV show ever and Kristin Chenowith enjoys NYC by running into Hoda Kotb on the street. More »
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Antoine Dodson Makes His Highly Anticipated Slow Jam Debut [Video]
Remember Antoine Dodson, he of the "Hide Yo Kids, Hide Yo Wife" viral video fame? Well, he's back, with a very serious slow jam called "Lovesick Lullaby," and a low-budget music video featuring someone named Brent Morgan. The whole thing feels very...Ginuwine, but YouTube commenters (internationally-recognized tastemakers that they are) seem to be into it: "Dang dude, I thought this was going to be meh, but you're AMAZING!!!!" one wrote. We wish Dodson the best of luck in his new non-sexual-assault-related endeavors. More »
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What Awful Things Happened in Syria Last Night? [Syria]
You may have noticed that something terrible happened in Syria last night. More »
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Once Upon a Time, the Color Blue Was Permissable for Baby Girls [Video]
American Studies professor Jo B. Paoletti has announced the publication of her book, Pink and Blue: Telling the Boys from the Girls in America. I've been eagerly anticipating getting my hands on a copy. It was from Paoletti that I learned that the idea that pink was a feminine and blue a masculine color was a relatively new invention in American history (one that even now does not necessarily extend to other countries). See, for example, this pink 1920s birthday card for a man (with a pre-Nazi swastika too). More »
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Mario Lopez's Dog Is a Total Douche Bag [Chauvinist Pug]
Mario Lopez's dog Julio started a Twitter account last week and it's become increasingly obvious that he has a drinking problem, makes wildly inappropriate, sexual comments, and that he's kind of a misogynist. A gallery of WTF-ness ahead. More »
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Daniel Radcliffe Admits He Was Often Drunk When Filming Harry Potter [Dirt Bag]
The Harry Potter movies may be about the adventures of wholesome kids, but things behind the scenes weren't nearly as innocent. Daniel Radcliffe has admitted that he was in the throes of a major drinking problem while filming the series, and he'd often show up for work drunk. God, first Pat Sajak and now this. In an interview with Heat magazine this week, Radcliffe said that during his Potter period he often drank to the point of blacking out: More »
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Report: Ninety Percent of Chinese Gay Men Marry 'Suffering' Women [Lgbt]
A controversial new report claims that roughly 16 million Chinese women are married to gay men due to cultural pressure—that means that 9 out of every 10 gay men tie the knot with a woman. "Their wives are struggling to cope and their plight should be recognized," the professor behind the study told China Daily. His platform bothers some Chinese gay rights activists, who think the study oversimplifies the issue and perhaps even makes it worse. "To put gays' wives under the spotlight might cause more public misunderstanding or even hatred toward the gay population, which does not help defuse existing social discrimination against them," said Xiao Dong, a gay civil rights organizer. He added that the estimation is unsubstantiated and that he feels "it's pointless to research the issue." More »
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