All Stories published by The Awl on July 14, 2009

Ratings Show Enduring Appeal Of Vampires, Giant Dongs

HBO’s “True Blood” and “Hung” did exceptionally well in the ratings Sunday night. Even “Entourage,” now in its sixth season, saw vast improvement numbers-wise. All of this exceptionally good news for “Cockula: The Hollywood Files,” my…


Young Whippersnapper Disses Rock Legend Gene Simmons

Oh Trent Reznor, it is okay that you are never going to tour your Nine Inch Nails again, but do you have to go out like this? “I’d never want to be Gene Simmons, an old man who puts on makeup to entertain kids, like a clown going to work.” HARSH, DUDE.


Oh, A Blind Item!

From our always-amazing inbox, a far-too insidery joke about another website, its laid-off American tech department and its current technical troubles: “Which web mogul, hungary for more pageviews, has made a goulash of his site’s functionality, and something about paprika?”


Goldman’s Extra Special Happy 2nd Quarter Earnings Day

And, my God, here she is: “The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS) today reported net revenues of $13.76 billion and net earnings of $3.44 billion for its second quarter.” Although all these numbers are extraordinary, it’s interesting…


Happy Birthday To Internet Usage!

!! Metafilter, one of the best websites on the whole of the Internet, is a shocking ten years old! Parties ensue.


Clinton To Gays: “Sorry ‘Bout That”

Former President William Jefferson Clinton is now “basically in support” of same-sex marriage. While he still does not believe gay marriage should be a federal matter, Clinton, who somehow signed the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act with a straight face, said, “I…

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