Jared Willig

WASSSSUP Reunion -- Eight Years Later

The "Wassup" boys are back. While we think we prefer the Superfriends version to the original Budweiser commercial, it's nevertheless pretty thought-provoking what can happen to a bunch of guys eight years down the line. ...

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Jay-Z Gives Gallagher Some Guitar on 'Wonderwall'

It's been a long time since there was a good music feud, but it looks like two of music's most notorious barb-tossers are at it. Noel Gallagher was quoted this past April as saying Jay-Z was an inappropriate headliner for the Glastonbury Festival because the festival was "built on a tradition of guitar music." So when Jigga stepped on stage to close the music fest, he had a message for the ...

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Real Parachute Pants -- Kids Fill Their Jeans with Helium

In a move inspired by brilliance, madness or both, these kids turn their buddy's clothes into a giant, helium-filled balloon. Is this really just a clever commercial masquerading as a homemade video? Probably -- the last video from these guys was -- but it's an awesome film nonetheless. ...

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Colbert To Princeton Grads: 'Don't Change the World'

Most commencement speakers try to inspire new grads to make the world a better place, but Stephen Colbert has other ideas. "Some of us like [the world] the way it is," said Colbert to Princeton's 2008 graduating class. "Personally, things are going great for me right now." Colbert also told the thousands of students, "Gandhi said, 'You must be the change you want to see in the world.' But may I ...

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Porn Star Tera Patrick Dresses Up in Lingerie for the Catwalk

Who knows more about dressing women than someone who has spent her entire career taking her clothes off? Porn superstar Tera Patrick recently hit the catwalk in Las Vegas to introduce her Mistress Couture line of lingerie. She said her designs will appeal to women of all shapes and sizes. "I designed this line with the vision that would make every woman -- married or single, young or old and of ...

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Crystle Stewart Awarded Miss USA 2008 by Deuce Bigelow

When you're searching for the finest beauty pageant judges, you need not look any further than the recent Miss USA contest, which featured professional divorcée Heather Mills and Rob Schneider (aka Deuce Bigelow) awarding the crown to Miss Texas, Crystle Stewart. All Bigelows aside, you have to be impressed by Crystle's moxy: She entered the Miss Texas contest five times before taking the ...

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New Raconteurs Video -- 2,500 Photos and One Brilliant Edit

Jack White's White Stripes side project, The Raconteurs, seems to have become his main focus of late, with a second album in three years. If any of you rockers out there think you need a million-dollar budget to make a great video, check out what the Raconteurs did for their new single. At first, it may look like your computer's streaming connection is choppy, but the video for "Salute Your ...

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Bring on the Big Wheels -- New York Auto Show 2008 Highlights

Go ahead, tell your lady you need to go to the New York International Auto Show to scope out a sensible new coupe. But let's face it, you're really going to check out that convertible limo (absurdly stylish!), AirCar (With jet wings!) and "Speed Racer" Mach 5 (It's a cartoon come to life!). Shouldn't they just call this "The Toy Show with Wheels"? var swfSettings = new Object(); ...

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Ashley Career Setback! Already Put Out for 'Girls Gone Wild'

We've been wondering what was next for Eliot Spitzer's strumpet, Ashley Alexandra Dupré. Would she turn her tryst into a brilliant biography, trashy dance track or Penthouse spread? Now we know that booty has gotten more use than even Eliot realized. "Girls Gone Wild" honcho Joe Francis had offered Dupré a cool mill to pose for his new magazine. But one of Francis' minions had a ...

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Top 10 NCAA Tournament Buzzer Beaters

If you're struggling to fill out that March Madness bracket, take comfort from this old Slate story for which they combined the predictions of 15 media professionals and found out that they weren't much better than the rest of us at picking the final game. Why? For starters, there are always those pesky upsets and unpredictable buzzer beaters. Consider a few of these heroic shots. ...

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