Jerry Garcia’s Autopsy, Depicted with Lunchmeat
Jerry Garcia, leader of The Grateful Dead, died 15 years ago today — on 9 August 1995 — while trying to detox at a Marin County rehab clinic.
Biographies
Kurt Vonnegut Trashes the Semicolon
Author Kurt Vonnegut on semicolons, from a speech at Albion College in 2002.
The Frighteningly Fit Pecs of Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell was caught topless “by accident” while changing yachts in Nice, France yesterday. His chest was in marvelous shape. As described by our friends at WENN:
Zsa Zsa Gabor is not Addicted to Morphine
Zsa Zsa Gabor is not stuck on morphine after her hospital stay. Quite the opposite:During her stay at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Gabor had a bad reaction to morphine, but her condition improved when she was switched to a diffe
Happy Birthday, M. Night Shyamalan!
In celebration of M. Night Shyamalan’s birthday today, I will almost apologize for ragging on him a couple of weeks ago. Just because you don’t like a director’s movies is no reason to criticize his work, right?
If I were allowed to ask him 10 questions, that might be one of them. But I’m not in that position, so instead here’s TIME magazine asking him 10 questions.
Justin Bieber Memoir Not a Memoir
Teenage pop star Justin Bieber signed a deal to release a memoir later this year. But the memoir won’t be a memoir. That’s what Justin says in this story from Entertainment Wise.
Happy Birthday, Neil Armstrong!
The first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, turns 80 years old today. Happy birthday, Mr. Armstrong!
Kanye’s Tweets as New Yorker Cartoons
Yes, they’re putting tweets from Kanye West on cartoons from The New Yorker.
Here’s a gallery.
Birthday Twins: Alberto Gonzales and Billy Bob Thornton
One played a bullying Texan president of the United States in the 2004 movie Love Actually. One gave the thumbs-up to torture while working for a Texan president in the White House in 2002.And both were born on 4 August 1955. Happy birthday, Alberto Gonzales and Billy Bob Thornton.
Al Gore Will Not Be Charged in Odd Massage Case
Al Gore will not be prosecuted over allegations that he made unwanted advances to a massage therapist in Portland, Oregon in 2006. The Multnomah County District Attorney’s office made the announcement on Friday. According to the Oregonian, the DA cited a “lack of credible evidence.”