It’s hard to believe that just one week ago it was snowing here. It soared into the mid to upper 70s this weekend – a perfect setting for the Exceptional Foundation’s annual chili cook-off. We had never been for some reason but had heard thousands of people turn out to our small Homewood Park ...

Tough love: Nadya Suleman's mom denied her babysitting services; Christian Bale's tantrums get one celebrity hot and Mr. T has a message for unemployed pansies. Nadya Suleman's mother is so over babysitting Nadya's original six kids so she can visit the other eight. She also thinks the kids should b...

Judging from the ratings, I think Christine and I were the only losers who actually watched this train wreck of a TV special last week. And considering that Christine stopped watching after the opening number with Liza Minnelli, I guess that means I’m the only loser who watched it all the way ...

John Mack.Photo: Getty Images FINANCE • Is Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld in talks to sell the firm? "People on Wall Street" say the company might be up for grabs, but Lehman insiders say Fuld is not considering a sale. [DealBook/CNBC] • Morgan Stanley CEO John Mack did not have a good...

"If I was one of these hipster rappers, I'd be more concerned with the fact that that terrorist scarf around your neck shit makes you look like a fruit. Seriously. What kind of black man in his right mind wears the same shit around his neck as motherfucking Rachel Ray? Is this what the rampant lack ...

Before I go on, I have to say that I love the Food Network. I watch at least one segment every day, and I go to the website to peruse recipes and ideas. One of my favorite shows is the cake competitions because I love to see all that creativity under pressure, not to mention that this girl loves to ...

Talk about your weapons of mass distortion!  As much as I detest Rachel Ray, her proclivity for abbreviating ingredient names, and her lack of actual mad chef skillz, this is absolutely retarded. The Chicago Tribune reports that Dunkin' Donuts, for whom Ray is a spokesperson, has pulled an adve...

Death to America! Damn right-wing bloggers! Rachel "Mosquito Bites" Ray is a spokesperson for the heart-smart Dunkin' Donuts and her latest ad is at the center of some sort of odd controversy. It seems like some people view Rachel Ray's scarf (seen above) to resemble a Middle Eastern keffiyeh. That ...

I think perhaps the biggest danger facing America today is a new, tubthumping stupidity. Stupidity kills more Americans each year than terrorism, lightning, and bad gravy combined. Via diarist skralyx and others, when we weren't looking the right wing panic brigades found a new target. Scarves. Dang...

Norman Mailer was into role-playing with his former mistress, and especially liked pretending he was a producer and she a struggling actress. Brett Ratner encountered a lot of resistance from city officials while trying to film a sex scene for an upcoming short film in a tree in Central Park. Cather...