Some big scary thing hit Jupiter and gave it a black eye. Freaky! Freakier: the guy who found this out is some dude in his backyard in Australia. (NASA? Anyone?) He told…

A reader asks: “EXPLAIN THIS, PLEASE.” Oh, well, it seems pretty obvious to us, why editor Janice Min is leaving the tabloid mag Us Weekly after seven years: it is a GENIUS time to get out. She WON. They have an ad page downturn of only 10% this year, versus…

Oh, look, AN OUTLIER. Call Malcolm Gladwell or whoever wrote that book that is about outliers! Hermes revenue is up 12% overall in the second quarter of the year. Things were bananas in Asia, but even in the Americas? Sales were up 14%. We are…

I am going to have to read the new Chris Hedges book, aren’t I. Here is a very odd excerpt, from the book’s opening! And as a total index junkie, I can tell you what: this book has a hot index. ANDREA DWORKIN FOR THE WIN.

More fuel for the Silvio Berlusconi hooker scandal fire: Yesterday, reports the Guardian, “left-leaning news magazine, L’Espresso, posted ‘pillow talk’ recordings that an escort said she made during a night with the…

The short list for England’s Mercury Prize has been announced and basically nobody has heard of any of the ten bands up for the prestigious album-of-the-year award. Not even the record geeks at Pitchfork. (Most well-known: Bat for Lashes. Silliest name? Led…

A shocking new British study suggests anecdotal evidence that rich people are more likely to succeed than poor people! The report found evidence of “informal recruitment systems,” by which they mean “internships and…

Well this is all very holy shit, with the self-unveiling of Jezebel’s formerly-Anonymous Model columnist: “New York remained exceptional for a lot longer than anywhere else, but, eventually, I tried coke in the kitchen of the Beatrice Inn and then at a party I stayed…

Looks like The Man has changed his mind: “A prosecutor is dropping a charge against prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. after Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the city’s police department…

This Wall Street Journal report on the bankruptcy filing by actor Stephen Baldwin (oh, I know) seems unusually… harsh! “Stephen Baldwin and wife Kennya have filed for Chapter 11 protection, proof that even star status and a tattoo of Hannah…

Good news from the Golden State: “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders announced Monday that they had reached a deal to close California’s $26.3-billion deficit and begin paying all of the state’s bills again, potentially ending months of…

There’s not a lot new in the Henry Louis Gates arrest story just yet, but seeing his mug shot in this video here is absolutely astounding. And enraging.

Poor Conde Nast: Substantial revenue losses will result in a deep and painful realignment which is sure to see titles shuttered, perks slashed, and employees relieved of their jobs. On the plus side, it’s pizza day! Kind of a glass-half-full thing, right?

LBO’s Doug Henwood was fortunate enough to watch the 1969 moon landing in the company of Bayard Rustin, a hero of the civil rights movement whose homosexuality prevented him from publicly receiving much of the praise he merited for all his hard labor. Rustin’s suggested…