Authors Come Clean About Dirty Words
NEW YORK (TNA) – Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits. For 35 years, this has been the accepted list of quote-unquote dirty words, at least according to comedian George Carlin – snippets of language that, per Carlin’s famous routine, should not be used, and...
Pun Contest Is Funny -- And Naughty!
AUSTIN, Texas (Wireless Flash) -- Creating the perfect pun can get downright dirty.The 31st Annual O. Henry Pun-Off World Championships are coming to Austin, Texas, on Saturday, May 17, with more than 30 clever contestants testing each others wordy...
Lie Show Turns People Into Lie Detectors
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Spotting a liar is all about reading the signs.On April 26, liars are hitting the stage of New York's Cornelia Street Cafe for "The Liar Show," in which four performers tell a funny personal story and the...
Rob Lowe's Former Nanny Claims Abuse
{image_1402}LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A former nanny for Rob Lowe claims she was sexually abused by the actor but continued working for him because she loved his two boys and needed the job.Jessica Gibson says in legal papers filed Monday in Santa Barbara, Calif.,...
Author James Ellroy Spurts, Squirts And Blurts
DETROIT (TNA) – If you read contemporary American crime novels, you know there are really only two names that merit serious attention: Elmore Leonard and James...
Comedian Takes Penis Jokes Very Seriously
BROOKLYN (TNA) – Ask anyone with a penis: It’s not easy being a man in today’s world. But if you’re Robert Kelly, 37, possessed of gargantuan man-tits, a shiny bald pate, a pseudo-Latino visage (despite being Irish) and “knees that are giving up and begging...
Harvard Lampoon Sends Up Geographic
BOSTON (AP) -- It looks like a typical National Geographic cover with the signature yellow border. So what's Paris Hilton doing on there? The folks at Harvard Lampoon persuaded employees of one of the...
USPS Stamp Designer Wreaked Havoc With Satirical Stamps
CARLSBAD, CA (TNA) – Back in the mid-’80s, when a letter from Stockholm arrived several weeks late with the words “Mail delayed due to war in Afghanistan” stamped on it, the American recipient called the Swedish Embassy to complain. Why, they wanted to know, would a...
SAN FRANCISCO (Wireless Flash) -- Burlesque isn't just for the ladies anymore.{image_1286}
BOSTON (TNA) – So you want to be a jokester and pull off monumental pranks like Sir John Hargrave? Good luck trying to top some of the stunts he has pulled on various celebrities, corporations...
Porn Musical Has Theatregoers Coming In Droves
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TNA) – The 1970s was something of a golden age for pornographic films. Like no time before or since, porno movies were elevated to a unique position of cultural acceptance and significance, producing titles that remain recognizable pop culture icons to this...
Shit Happens To Comedian Robert Schimmel
LOS ANGELES (TNA) – Everyone’s heard of the Midas Touch, the myth surrounding eighth-century Phrygian King Midas who could, reportedly, turn everything he touched to gold. Some of us, though, have the Midas Touch in reverse, where everything we touch turns to shit....
Bahamas Resumes Daniel Smith Death Probe
NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) -- Anna Nicole Smith was concerned about her adult son's friends and drug use before he died, though she also once apparently gave him an Ecstasy pill, a former boyfriend of the now-deceased Playboy playmate testified Monday.
Madonna Denies Marriage Is Splitting Up
NEW YORK (AP) -- Madonna is squashing suggestions that her marriage may be ending.
Busey Apologizes For Red Carpet Blunder
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gary Busey has apologized for embracing Jennifer Garner on the red carpet at the Oscars last month.During a live E! pre-show broadcast, Busey repeatedly interrupted while Ryan Seacrest was interviewing Garner and Laura Linney. At one point, Busey embraced Garner, who...
NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Celebrities hate themselves, and so can you! {image_1177}That's the premise of a new...
Boy Band Mogul Pearlman Pleads Guilty
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- For years, Lou Pearlman wowed banks and investors with slick talk and a lavish lifestyle. But when the one-time architect of the Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync set his hand on a courtroom Bible, he set the act aside. Pearlman pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of...
JK Rowling Bashes 'Harry Potter Lexicon'
NEW YORK (AP) -- As the creator of the Harry Potter books sees it, her kindness to fans might come back to haunt her.
Seinfeld Seeks To Toss Author's Lawsuit
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jerry Seinfeld was just joking when he compared a woman accusing his wife of plagiarism to the killers of John Lennon and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., his lawyers said.In a filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, attorneys for the former sitcom star asked a judge...
'Good Luck Chuck' Chosen Year's 'Breast Picture'
CHICAGO (TNA) – “No Country For Old Men” may have won the Best Picture Oscar, but it's a loser as far as on-screen nudity is concerned.
Bobby Slayton Turns Laughter Into Tough Love
LAS VEGAS (TNA) – Though he’s clearly out of breath when he answers the phone, huffing, puffing, and clearing his throat, Bobby Slayton wants you to know he’s not been jerking off in anticipation of your call.
'Cougar! The Musical' Shows A More Compassionate Cougar
NEW YORK (TNA) – Cougars are getting a cultural makeover. Once the subject of crude jokes and niche porn sites like
Paparazzi Arrested In West Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Sheriff's deputies arrested two cameramen photographing Britney Spears at a hair salon and two other photographers outside a trendy nightclub in a crackdown that follows a year of frenzied
Gag Order Is Denied In Spears Case
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A Los Angeles court commissioner has denied a request from Britney Spears' divorce attorney to issue a gag order in the pop star's child custody dispute with ex-husband Kevin Federline.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. (Wireless Flash) -- Nobody is "Pooh- poohing" one rock fan's costume choice.
Mistress Profits From Illicit Pleasures
NEW YORK (TNA) – When an adulterous relationship is unmasked, its after-effects can often hood two moonlighting lovers in deceit, discomfort and shame for a lifetime.
Battling Babes Use Their Noodle
CHICAGO (Wireless Flash) -- Battling babes in Chicago are using their noodles to take down other feisty fighters.
Spears' Parents: Daughter 'At Risk'
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Why was she released?{image_934}That's the lingering question after Britney Spears was...
Controversial Beauty Queen Arrested On Traffic Offenses
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A former beauty queen who was stripped of her tiara after racy photos of her appeared on the Internet has been freed from jail following her arrest on traffic offenses.
Britney's Custody Hearing Continued
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Britney Spears' child custody hearing was quickly continued Monday after a closed-door meeting between her lawyers, her ex-husband and her conservators."In the end, no change was made," court spokesman Allan Parachini said. Another hearing was set for...
