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This Is the Most Heartbreaking Story You Will Read Today [Jesus Christ]

Aaron Jamison has terminal colon cancer and expects to die within nine months. Despite this, his spirits are high; he hands out bracelets that read “Cancer Sucks … Life is Good … Choose Joy.” And also… good lord … More

American Idol: A Cry In the Dark [Recaps]

Last night’s installment of America’s beloved gay rodeo taught us important lessons about inspiration and hope and dreams. Alicia Keys showed up to show the kids how to be serious, and we all cried a lot. More

Fox News Commentator: "I Was Wrong, Jon Stewart Is Right" [Fox News]

Last week, Jon Stewart called out Fox News for being hypocritical. “Go fuck yourself,” he said . Nothing new there! But tonight, Fox’s Bernie Goldberg responded on The O’Reilly Factor . Turns out he agrees with Jon Stewart. More

The Week of B-List Breakups: A Crib Sheet [Splitsville]

It’s official: Paris Hilton has split up with her boyfriend, frozen burrito heir and terrible baseball player Doug Reinhardt ! Well, you know what they say about B-list celebrity splits: they happen in fours. More

The Mickey Kaus Oppo Research Project [Dossier]

Poor blogger Mickey Kaus is running for Senate, and no one really cares. But we do, so we launched a little project to gather dirt on him. The best we got is that he brings heroin-addicted sex perverts into schools. More

American Idol: The King and The Queen [Recaps]

On last night’s gregarious gay Elvis-themed extravaganza, we American idol worshipers were treated to the mentoring stylings of what is perhaps the show’s most ludicrous contestant. Adam Lambert , what’s your function? More

Fantasy TV: Goldman Sachs on Undercover Boss [Dreams]

CBS’s Undercover Boss , in which a corporate CEO is beatified for doing normal jobs for a few days, is this season’s hottest advertainment hit . Now, the show is reportedly coming to Wall Street . Glorious! We can already imagine it… More

Pulitzer or Not, The Enquirer Will Soldier On [Tabloids]

The National Enquirer didn’t win a Pulitzer for its reporting on John Edwards ‘ baby mama drama. How’s tabloid coping with the defeat? Just after the results were announced, we dialed up Barry Levine , the Enquirer ‘s executive editor, to find out. More

You’re Not a Tea Partier If You Don’t Forward Hilarious Racist E-Mails to Your Friends [Teabaggers]

Charles Paladino , a Tea Partier running for New York ‘s GOP gubernatorial nomination, thinks it’s funny that Barack Obama is black and also the president, so he forwarded emails pointing that out to friends but he’s not a racist, OK? More

Long Live Treme [Review]

Last night was the premiere of Treme , the new show from The Wire ‘s David Simon set in post-Katrina New Orleans. With all the artsy, smarty expectations placed on the project, how’d it fare? Well, pretty darn well. More