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From The Room: Inappropriate Questions for Alan Alda

May 21, 2008 - Alan Alda really likes science. Like a lot. Who knew? I caught up with him electronically ahead of the World Science Festival to talk about loincloths, physicists and Paris Hilton. 1) Can I cal...

From The Room: A Museum for America

April 13, 2008 - In the city where I live, there are two disgusting museums: one where patrons can look at diseased faces in jars, and another where the brave can stare at scorpions, spiders, and a kitchen chock-full of cockroaches. The existence of these museums proves that humans love getting close to...

From The Feed: Paris and the Guru

March 10, 2008 - Paris Hilton and a tooth-challenged gentleman talk jail in the new Ashton Kutcher-produced, paparazzi-punking E! show, "Pop Fiction...

From The Room: Shaman on You: Maxie Santillan Speaks!

March 4, 2008 - Paris Hilton's "shaman," whom she's been seen around town with over the last week, has been exposed as a fraud. No, worse...he's an actor. Maxie Santillan is his name, and he has appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean and various TV shows. Santillan identifies himself as...

Quick Quiz: Putrid Cinema

February 22, 2008 - On the eve of the eve of the Academy Awards, and the eve of the Spirit Awards, Paul Slansky looks at the movies competing for this year's ... Razzies...

From The Room: What If a Hardass Asian Parent Had Raised Barron Hilton?

February 13, 2008 - After Barron Hilton, the third of four children in Rick and Kathy's party brood, was busted for DUI in the 'Bu yesterday, we got to wondering...would things have turned out differently if the 18-y...

News Odds for Wednesday, February 13, 2008

February 13, 2008 - Odds that... Michael Jackson's thank-you video to his fans on "Thriller"'s 25th anniversary was shot from the...

From The Room: Paris Hilton Goes to Harvard

January 19, 2008 - When I was growing up, three words were sacrosanct in my house: Hafo (Harvard), Yelu (Yale), and M.I.T. (granted, that's an acronym, but the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a cruel mouthful for immigrant parents whose second language is English). The first time I visited the East...

Paris Hilton takes her "hasty pudding" to Harvard

January 11, 2008 - According to the Boston Globe, Paris Hilton is scheduled to visit Harvard University in February to make a special announcement, but despite being soooooo smart, nobody at the school seems to know (or wants to confirm) exactly what that announcement will be. However, 23/6 has uncovered the...

From The Room: New Celebrity Laws for 2008

January 1, 2008 - THE MINIMUM BASIC INTELLIGENCE ACT Beginning in 2008, there will be new minimum basic intelligence requirements for being referred to as a celebrity. Being a semi- or no-talent brain-dead publicity ho with a Platinum card (or his or her significant other) will no longer be permitted. The new...

From The Room: Paris Is Not an Heiress (for Now)

December 27, 2007 - Brazen assassinations of major international political leaders aside, not a whole lot goes on during the week between Christmas and New Years. But that doesn't mean nothing goes on and we just got the shocking news that hotelier and Paris Hilton grandfather Barron Hilton will be willing 97 percent...

News Odds for Thursday, December 27, 2007

December 27, 2007 - Odds that... Pakistani ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, killed in a suicide bombing today, is in heaven fuming that instead of winning the election, she'll get some crummy airport named after her: 5...

From The Room: Fun With Search Engines: Breaking Down Yahoo's Most Searched Terms of 2007

December 4, 2007 - Each year, in the beginning of December, Yahoo! provides a report on the annum's top searches. This year the Internet service company has abstained from providing a list of top overall searches, instead offering up only top ten lists...

From The Room: The Pampered Panda

November 24, 2007 - "So, like, you just suck the juice out? I'm really good at that!" Paris Hilton is in Shanghai inexplicably to host the MTV Style Gala, which will honor China's leading fashists ("fashionistas," abbreviated) tonight. At a news conferenc...

From The Room: Thanksgiving: A Thankful, Thanking Time to Say Thank You

November 22, 2007 - When I was a kid, Thanksgiving was a time to make construction paper stovepipe hats and wear square-toed shoes with oversized buckles. It was also a time to try to hold Karen Foster's hand during the class re-enactment of the landing at Plymouth Rock. How times change...