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Levi Johnston's fun with fame

Why the lady-killa from Wasilla might be an actual star in the making

Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009

Levi Johnston, the lady-killa from Wasilla, is taking baby steps towards showbiz.

Stealing without tweeting

How the Hollywood Burglar Bunch muffed its shot at big-time exposure

Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

The Hollywood Burglar Bunch illuminates celebrity’s diminishing grip on us all.

E-cigs: politically correct political incorrectness?

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

Leo DiCaprio, Tom Petty and everyone’s favorite style icon, Kevin Federline, have all been photographed “vaping” in public. E-cigs are the new Obey T-shirts.

Vince Vaughn: Pound-for-pound box office champion

Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2009

In Hollywood, there are career penalties to pay for getting fat. Unless you're Vince Vaughn.

The ups and downs of caffeinated booze

If they do stop it, can’t we just combine ’em ourselves?

Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009

BooYa Tequila, Freaky Ice Vodka, Moonshot Beer, Gravity ShotPak Vodka: It’s perfectly legal to have caffeine in your goofy alcoholic beverage. So, why are state attorneys general trying to ban the stuff?

Hummers for your feet!

Workwear couture will turn your white collar blue—all it takes is a wad of green

Thursday, Sept. 17, 2009

If it seems a little ironic that slender urban saplings are dressing like Paul Bunyan and the Marlboro Man, well, so what?

Diamonds are a ghoul’s best friend

Staying connected, even in death

Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009

Being turned into kitty litter and dumped in a glorified spittoon doesn’t sound all that glamorous. But that’s old cremation technology. Today, even the frumpiest corpse is a literal diamond in the rough.

Peace, love ... and texting

Looking back through the glass at TRL’s pop-culture revolution

Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009

Looking back through the glass at TRL’s pop-culture revolution

Girdles ... for men

Drink beer and look slim, thanks to the wondrous mirdle

Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009

They eliminate inches in seconds. They’re surprisingly comfortable. They’re flying off the shelves at trend-setting retailers: They are Mirdles - girdles for guys.

Baking up ... cars?

Times are tough in America, but you wouldn’t know it watching cake TV

Thursday, July 23, 2009

How bad can things be, really, when we have not one, not two, but three cable TV series about bakers who make extremely complicated and expensive cakes?