Two men have been arrested in a plot to murder Justin Bieber at Madison Square Garden by strangling him with a paisley tie and castrating him, which seems oddly specific.
No, Google did not censor porn.
If you've got one of those fancy Samsung televisions with the video camera built in, the latest firmware has a flaw that can allow hackers to take control of the camera and microphone and spy on you. That electronics-free room for private time is sounding better and better all the time.
Senator-elect Tammy Baldwinhas scored seats on the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee; the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee; the Senate Special Committee on Aging; and the Senate Budget Committee. These committees have oversight on several pending GLBT bills, including ENDA, the Safe Schools Improvement Act, and the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act.
People who watch reality television generally have lower self-esteem, are neurotic and extroverted. The top reality shows among men are Deadliest Catch and The Real Housewives franchises.
The monks of Saint Sixtus Abbey in Belgium are going to sell what's generally called the best beer in the world in the United States for the first time. Generally, the beer is only available by appointment at the Abbey, but the monks need a new roof, and will export the brew for a limited time to help raise money for renovations. It won't come cheap, at $84.99/six pack.
Please sit down and swallow any beverage you might be drinking before reading the rest of this pieces. Jennifer Love Hewittis teaming up with Lifetime for an adaptation of Pride and Prejudice set in a small town in Virginia called Darcy's Town.
Speaking of which, networks have a ton of period shows in the works, which have never been terribly successful on 
American television. Part of the way they're planning to break through is to focus on characters rather than settings, and sex it up. NBC says that their pilots in development, from The Gilded Age to Dracula to Crossboneswill all push the envelope. "Each of these shows could push the envelope far enough to require some flexibility from our standards department." Somebody get One Million Moms a fresh stack of outrage forms.
Politifact has awardedMitt Romney their Lie of the Year Award for claiming that Jeep was planning to export manufacturing to China.
Tony Perkinsis staging a boycott ofUPS for their decision to cease donations to the Boy Scouts of America. "Apparently, the company isn't interested in true diversity but in strong-arming anyone who disagrees with their extreme agenda -- including a century-old youth development program, whose only crime is instilling character into millions of American boys. As for their longstanding policy on homosexuality, the Boy Scouts are doing what every parent would want them to: putting children's safety first."
We had reported yesterday that the marriage equality bill in the UK would expressly forbid the Church of England and the Church of Wales from conducting same-sex marriages. But you know who is opposed to that? The Archbishop of Wales, Dr. Barry Morgan. He says that while the Church isn't currently contemplating same-sex marriages, he believes in "nurturing family life."“There are those of us who think it ought to be a free choice and this increases the hurdles for people to pass. It will have to get the legislation changed in parliament and change its canon law – and it might be harder to change the law of the land than canon law. In my personal opinion it’s a great pity it’s illegal for us not to even have the possibility to do it. It should be left for us to opt-in or opt-out.”
A group of Romanian Orthodox priests have decided to make a decidely unholy calendar according to OMG!!!, which has more images of the priests in varying levels of clothing, and frankly, varying levels of intimacy. Would you buy this? Maybe as a gift to piss off a holier than thou friend?
What, do they do crunches while they pray?
Nolan Funk seems to have taken his evil Warbler to the sets of New York City. Does he have something in store for Blaine?
I'm not sure I was aware that Tyler Hoechlin was sharing Christmas decorations with Haylie Duff. What does this mean for Sterek?
Buzzfeed dug up this graphic on the Fox News website, and they're not even trying to be polite anymore
The View welcomed Jim Carter (Carson) and Rob James-Collier (Thomas) of Downton Abbey Wednesday. We learned that Carter is a master juggler. We also learned what Rob James-Collier finds to be the biggest difference in making out with a man versus a woman onscreen.
Ted Dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to celebrate the release of his movie on BluRay, and we learned that Build-A-Bear Workshop is his own personal hell, and precisely what he wants from Santa for Christmas.
People online have been mocking the models of Victoria's Secret for flubbing the lines to "Deck the Halls" in what I assume was a heavily staged blooper reel. But perhaps we're being a bit harsh.
Why do I think we're being harsh? How about a look at the cast of Glee trying to remember the words to "Oh, Holy Night" when it was just performed on their show and they're supposed to be singers. So maybe we can cut the models some slack. And some clothes. It's cold at Christmastime for how they're dressed.
The new trailer for G.I. Joe Retaliation is out, and since it's been pushed back from its original opening opposite Magic Mike, Channing Tatum has miraculously appeared for more than a second of screentime. It seems utterly ridiculous, even for a film of this type, and those of you living in London may want to avert your eyes.
For the opening of Fantasyland, Disney managed to rig up an actual flying, fire breathing dragon. My understanding is that this was one night only, but it's pretty amazing to watch, knowing that this isn't CGI.
I'm just terrible on the dance floor. That's why the bulk of my clubbing days were done in massive superclubs and circuit parties, where the dance floor was so crowded you just moved with the crowd while pressed between hot shirtless men. But I might have a chance if I went to The Charlie Brown School of Dance.
Conner Habib brought in the professionals for this week's Ask the SEXPert. He's joined by therapist Chris Donaghue of Logo's Bad Sex to talk about sex addiction, and if the term is thrown around too freely, and what it might mean if you actually suffered from sex addiction (which isn't a diagnosis), or if you're just suffering from some internalized shame about sex.
