Tag Archives: Gawker

10 Things That Should Be Banned from Awards Shows [Advice]

Everyone is talking about whether or not host Ricky Gervais has been banned from future Golden Globe broadcasts, or if he should. Who cares? Here are 10 things that really should never appear on any awards show again. More

Baby-Swinging Yoga Is Real: Meet the Children Who Survived It [Parenting]

Lena Fokina , the hardbodied Russian viral video star seen swinging babies here and here , is real . She teaches baby yoga for a living and raised two (seemingly) healthy daughters that way. And she just gave her first American interview! More

It’s Time for Apple to End the Code of Silence [Disclosure]

Steve Jobs is taking time off to recuperate again. No one knows when the CEO, and indispensable soul of Apple, is coming back. But three medical leaves make it clear Apple should finally give investors real information about Jobs’ health. More

It’s Time for Apple to End the Code of Silence [Disclosure]

Steve Jobs is taking time off to recuperate again. No one knows when the CEO, and indispensable soul of Apple, is coming back. But three medical leaves make it clear Apple should finally give investors real information about Jobs’ health. More

Social Media Didn’t Oust Tunisia’s President — The Tunisian People Did [Revolution]

Events in Tunisia are changing by the minute, but one thing is clear: This is the first popular uprising to bring down a leader in the Arab world in recent history. Who — or what — is responsible for it? More

The Beautiful Decay of New York’s Forgotten Island [Photos]

North Brother Island is in the East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island. It was used until the ’40s as a quarantine hospital, but has been abandoned and closed to the public since then. Now it’s a spectacular ruin. More

The Beautiful Decay of New York’s Forgotten Island [Photos]

North Brother Island is in the East River between the Bronx and Rikers Island. It was used until the ’40s as a quarantine hospital, but has been abandoned and closed to the public since then. Now it’s a spectacular ruin. More

Student Sues College for Having Her Committed Over Hidden Cam [College]

Chinemerem Eze, a Nigerian national attending Brooklyn College , believed that her landlord had hidden a camera in her apartment. When she asked school officials for help, they shipped her off to a psychiatric ward. Then she found the camera. More

Dumbest Congress Member Wants Guns on the House Floor [Bad Ideas]

We should thank delightful Rep. Louie Gohmert , in a way, for bringing this post-Tucson spree of hastily conceived legislative proposals to its natural conclusion: He’s drafting a bill that allows members of Congress to carry guns on the House floor. More

Sarah Palin Blames the Media for ‘Blood Libel’ [Video]

After the horrific Tucson shootings last weekend, future U.S. president Sarah Palin retreated to her prayer cave and prayed for guidance. Today, she’s announced her findings: The real tragedy here is “journalists and pundits” who “manufacture a blood libel .” More