Posts tagged as WTF
Enjoy Your Tropical Storm... Scotland
Well, well, well. Isn't this a pretty turn of possible (though not terribly probable) events for Hurricane Katia.
Reporters Have Comic-Con Long-Hugging Competition
This is what happens when you're forced to cover Comic-Con: you go a little haywire and engineer a long-hugging contest.
What an Improbable and Bizarre Roger Ailes Profile!
I was looking forward to learning about Why Roger Ailes Hates America as per the title of this Esquire profile but unfortunately the answer was not forthcoming, or perhaps a few thousand words of bizarre overwrought writerly tics prevented me from finding out.
The Annals of Insane Press Releases: Butterbeer Edition
I don't even know. "In celebration of selling its millionth Butterbeer inside The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Universal Orlando Resort shared 1,000 complimentary Butterbeers with guests on the streets of Hogsmeade." Yes, really! READ MORE
Lesser Baldwin Sues Costner Over Gulf Oil Spill
"Stephen Baldwin has sued fellow actor Kevin Costner over their investments in a device that BP PLC used in trying to clean up the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill." READ MORE
Secretive Maybe-Gay Dead British Spy Still Maybe-Gay
When last we checked in on the dead maybe-murdered maybe-gay Gareth Williams MI6 spy story—back in September!—we were learning about how he may have locked himself allegedly into his own sports bag? Now, at Christmas-time, no less, we are learning a few things! For one, an investigator believes "that someone else had been involved in putting Williams into the bag." Well good, the laws of physics remain unchallenged! A few other things? Bondage website browser history, for one. "Detectives also found a £15,000 collection of unworn women's designer clothing, including tops, dresses and shoes, in his wardrobe." (Collection includes Louboutin! Also, he was (secretly) a fashion design student at a local school!) And then something something gay bars, drag shows, and a visit to the apartment by a "casually dressed Mediterranean couple." (Uh oh. That sounds like something from a Haneke movie?) And here's your police statement of the day: "despite the women's clothing, possible visit to the gay bar and drag act tickets, police did not know for certain that Williams was gay."
David Lynch Drops New Single (I Know!)
Like everything wasn't weird enough already, now director David Lynch is releasing electronic music.
Serious Newspaper Article About Parody Newspaper Article Has To Be A Joke, Right?
I mean, did they invent some new kind of "meta" and not tell me about it? Anti-meta? So confused! READ MORE
Media Industry Perfect Training For Running School System, Apparently
Today in WTF: "New York City schools chancellor Joel Klein is resigning to join News Corp., ending an eight-year reign at the helm of the nation's largest school system. In his place, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is expected to announce Cathie Black, chairwoman of Hearst Magazines. She would be the first woman charged with running New York City's 1,500 schools and more than one million students." Did I already say WTF? Because, you know, WTF?
