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NYS Meth Lab Busts Increase in 2012; Thanks Walter White!

This is what happens when everyone becomes a fan of Breaking Bad.The Associated Press reported this morning that 2012 has already seen a large spike in the amount of meth lab busts across New York State. Last year around time, only 45 laboratories of that blue were raided by authorities; this year, ... More >>

"Do You Worship At The Altar Of Michael Musto?"

No, it's not me asking that. I already know you do--and thank you, by the way! But interestingly, Creative Loafing posed that question in an editorial titled "Call For Snark: CL Is Looking For The Next Michael Musto Or Molly Ivins." Asks the piece:

Knicks' Point Guard Jeremy Lin Does the Impossible

Phenoms who come in under the sports radar are almost exclusively confined to baseball. There are so many examples of this that they almost defy counting -- a 19-year-old Dwight Gooden matures early, just a year out of high school and can suddenly throw a 97 mph fastball past experienced major leag ... More >>

Meet the Hair Stylist Who Will Give You A Discount If You Give Her A Man

After returning to New York to open her East 11th Street business Extensions by JILL in March, hair colorist and stylist Jill Hammelman had a promotion: refer a friend and get 20 percent off. It worked, tripling business, she told us. But she was "completely surrounded by women." Now, she's engage ... More >>

It's July, and People Happen to Be Eating a Lot of Ice Cream

Rebecca Marx​Although we've almost put Frozen Treats Fortnight behind us, we are powerless to resist the vicarious thrill that comes with indulging in other people's ice cream coverage.

Anthony Weiner Target of Fake Twitter Accounts; Convict Says Amanda Knox Is Innocent

via CBS​There's evidence that at least one person was involved in creating two fake Twitter accounts with the intent to gather information about Anthony Weiner, the Times reports. One phony account was of an alleged 16-year-old girl who tried to get Weiner to be her prom date; another one posed as ... More >>

'Spider-Man' Review: I'm Buggin'!

Musto's verdict on the retooled musical

Summer Movie Guide 2011

Superheroes, sequels, and TWO Conans! Summer has arrived.

TO JAPAN, WITH LOVE

An all-Brooklyn benefit for disaster relief

Fun, Fun, Fun for Curtis Granderson and Yankee Fans

When Curtis Granderson came to bat for the Yankees in the second inning of yesterday's home opener against Detroit, the crowd got a nasty shock: the stadium's speakers were blaring Rebecca Black's "Friday," a song so insipid it makes Justin Bieber sound like Lou Reed. Granderson, too, seemed ba ... More >>

Miracle Whip Bites Marmite's Clever 'Love It Or Hate It' Ad Campaign

Its current ad campaign certainly is no miracle.​Miracle Whip has followed up its most recent "We Will Not Tone It Down" ad campaign, in which is promoted its faux feud with mayo-loving Stephen Colbert, with a new "Take a Side" ad featuring different (famous and not) people singing the praises ... More >>

Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream v. Jimmy Fallon's Late Night Snack

Easier to stomach than Fallon himself?​Stephen Colbert isn't the only late-night TV host to have his own Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor. Jimmy Fallon's Late Night Snack, packed with salty caramel swirls and fudge-covered potato-chip clusters, was just announced and will soon be available in a ... More >>

Get Two for One Scoops of Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream Today at Ben & Jerry's

Licking the dream.​Last night, Stephen Colbert announced that his Ben & Jerry's flavor, Americone Dream, will as of today be available at Scoop Shops everywhere. And today only you can get two scoops for the price of one at Ben & Jerry's locations. Proceeds from the sale of the ice cream will ... More >>

PETA Applauds Taco Bell for Cutting Out Meat; Stephen Colbert's Answer is to Just Eat More

Beef-esque Crunch Burrito.​Not everyone is pissed at Taco Bell for skimping on real meat in its taco fillings. PETA recently posted on its blog that it's the 35 percent meat people should be upset about -- not the other 65 percent, which is made up of oats, yeast, soybeans, corn starch, citric ... More >>

Stephen Colbert On 'The HIV of Bananas'

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cMarch to Keep Fear Alive Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert looked at the banana blight that is plaguing many countries that grow them. But the super-fungus Tropical Race Four might have a silver living. Or shall we say, a yellow one? Ha ... More >>

Stephen Colbert Demonstrates How to Use Pancakes to Fool TSA Scanners

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cMarch to Keep Fear Alive Here's some great advice if you're traveling this holiday season. Last night on The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert showed viewers how to use an inch-thick pancake to hide one's "sausage and eggs" from the prying eyes of airport ... More >>

Last Night on The Colbert Report: Stephen Eats Braunschweiger Off Martha Stewart's Blouse

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Stephen Colbert on the McRib: McThrilling or a Ploy to Keep Republicans from Voting?

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Don't Die at the Crosswalk: A Ground-Level Report of the Rally to Restore Sanity/Fear

It was a crazy, hectic, chaotic mess, but a day made easier by the infallibility of good humor. From the man who ran around the rally yelling, "Marijuana is good medicine" to the various babies forced to hold signs, rally goers were never short of a memorable view, or at least something to Tweet abo ... More >>

The Village Voice Guide to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

Via​If there's a possibility that you care, then you already know: today is Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the National Mall in Washington D.C. A bunch of liberals and reporters are currently making their way to our nation's capital by any means necess ... More >>

Who Cares How Many People Attended the Rally to Restore Sanity?

The Million Man March​Because it is difficult to form and articulate intelligent thoughts, in general, but specifically about an event that blurs the lines between sincerity, irony, comedy and politics, much of the conversation surrounding Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore San ... More >>

Stephen Colbert is Glad to Be Rid of Those Deafening SunChips Bags

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Live: Squeeze And Cheap Trick Revel In Their Ridiculousness At Radio City Music Hall

A disaster was barely averted tonight​ Squeeze/Cheap Trick Radio City Music Hall Tuesday, July 13 It's old-timer's power-pop night here at Radio City, where success is measured entirely by when and how often the crowd deigns to stand up (Cheap Trick: only for "I Want You to Want Me," "Surre ... More >>

Barack Obama "Whoomp! (There it is)" Conspiracy Theory Goes All The Way To The White House (Then Stops, Mercifully)

​To recap: over the weekend, Gawker harnessed the power of the internet and cobbled together the mother of all ridiculous conspiracy theories, alleging that a blurry video still constituted evidence that Barack Obama had been in an extra in the 1993 video for Tag Team's still-ubiquitous "Whoom ... More >>

Trending Topic: Internet Week 2010 is Coming

​It's almost Internet Week! And for those of you who found this post by misspelling "weak" in a search on "the Google," it means that for one week, June 7-14, the tech-media circlejerk will tear themselves away from backlit screens to take over this city. But don't worry!

Stephen Colbert Solves Australia's Sperm Shortage with a Little Something He Cooked Up at the Outback Steakhouse

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cAustralian Sperm Shortagewww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorFox News There's something about a blooming onion that gets Stephen Colbert's motor running, which is lucky for those in need of baby batter Down Under. The faux pu ... More >>

IN THE HEIGHTS

Where pearls and a cigarette holder look classy, not crazy

Stephen Colbert Samples Hello Kitty Wines, Ponders Pinot Grouchio

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John Durant of Hunter-Gatherer.com Touts Caveman Diet on The Colbert Report

The Times recently picked up on the growing community of people who eat the way our paleolithic ancestors did. Last night, Stephen Colbert talked to John Durant, founder of Hunter-Gatherer.com, about the caveman diet and lifestyle, which includes climbing trees, balancing on logs, and throwing sto ... More >>

Stephen Colbert Teases Harold Ford Jr. on Residency, Abortion

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Colbert on the Eggo Shortage: "We're at Waff-Con 4"

Following news that flooding at Kellogg's waffle operations in Atlanta has caused a dearth in nationwide Eggo waffle supplies, Stephen Colbert calls for the CDC to spring into action. That's right, the "Center for Delicious Circles." [via Eat Me Daily]

Happy (War on the) 4th of July!

We all know about the War on Christmas -- the annual struggle of Bill O'Reilly and others to keep people from treasonously wishing you "Happy Holidays" instead of acknowledging the birth of Our Lord. But did you know about the War on Independence Day? Stephen Colbert made a joke out of it on his ... More >>

Ronald McDonald, the Hamburglar, and Fast Food Nation's Eric Schlosser Walk Into A Green Room...

The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cExclusive - Eric Schlosser in the Green Roomwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorStephen Colbert in Iraq ...and Grimace doesn't even look up from his copy of Harper's. Plus: the Hamburglar's Twitter is very real. [h/t SF/J]

Live: The Ingenious Maude Maggart at the Oak Room

Here we have Maude soundtracking a Stephen Colbert tribute video, and why not. Maude Maggart, who recently opened a five-week run at the Oak Room, has a sweet and pretty voice, but this is at most a secondary attraction. There are plenty of singers in New York clubs who can out-sing her, but none ... More >>

DreamWorks, In Your Face: The 3-D Majesty of Monsters vs. Aliens

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

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Free Will Astrology: January 28 through February 3

Americans start acting responsibly, sending country deeper into depression

Your own private Idaho. When you can no longer afford even a night out in Boise, Idaho, your country's in deep financial trouble. In a clever immorality tale about 21st century capitalism, the Wall Street Journal tells us this morning that people in the Intermountain West are having to give up m ... More >>

2008 Film Poll: Coming (at You) Soon

Jeffrey Katzenberg's cure for an ailing movie economy, in all three dimensions.

5 Decades of BLECCH!: MAD's Al Jaffee In NYC

Free Will Astrology: November 26 through December 2

Gossip About Pamela Anderson, Madonna, and The Facts of Life!

The non-dish on Nancy McKeon; the worst recession sale in town.

Nervous Exploding Arabs

And meet Mr. Hoptoit McNegropants—a Daily Show writer offers A Practical Guide to Racism

Oscar Winner Found at Gay Bar!

Give Lizz Winstead her due. And keep your hands off Megan Mullally's melons

Abuse Your Illusion

At the Kitchen, artist and fake guru Jose Alvarez plays wily games with belief

Shredfest Engage

Two packs of badass metalheads take diametrically opposed paths to inspiring euphoria

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Remote Patrol

Satirical Football; Pinball on Steroids

Zombies, Monsters, and Steven Colbert