The Complete Biography of North West
A baby is born to a celebrity couple. Meanwhile, many more babies are born to countless other non-famous couples. This is what happens next.
Kevin Fanning
15 Pop-Cultural Abysses From Which There Is No Escape
Tepid response to “Arrested Development” changes Amanda Bynes’s life forever.
How Amanda Bynes and the Teens Saved the Human Race
It seems weird now to think that there was a time when the internet was extremely worried about Amanda Bynes.
Cultural Literacy for Old People
You know who Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber are.
How We Break Up
Celebrity breakups last an extremely long time. In most cases they seem to stretch well past the sell-by date of whatever relationship they were originally attached to.
Behind the Scenes: Jennifer Love Hewitt's Breast Insurance Policy
Jennifer Love Hewitt wants to ensure her best assets are protected. While promoting the second season of Lifetime’s The Client List, the 34-year-old actress admitted to USA Today that she would consider getting her breasts insured. “I need, like, an insurance invitation. If somebody was like, ‘Hey, you know
Worst Job Ever: Suri Cruise’s Doppelganger
It was revealed this week that Suri Cruise—daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, dictator of our hearts, and heir to at least one remote island nation—has been using a body double to fool paparazzi. A tiny little body double leading photographers away from wherever Suri wanted to
How to Spend Valentine’s Day With the Celebrity of Your Dreams
Well friends, it’s Valentine’s Day once again.
The Perpetual Need for TV Characters to Make Out
Here is what it is like to be obsessed with Bruce Willis when you are in junior high school in the late ’80s. (Warning: Contains spoilers for “New Girl” and “Who’s the Boss?”)
The Beautiful Dark Magic of Lip-Syncing
I will tell you a story from before the internet.
Three Shades of Celebrity Desire
By the time these words are committed to the internet, Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez will have been broken up for over three weeks, a week longer than they were together after their original breakup last Thanksgiving, aka the worst month of my life, aka the Merciless Pit of Despair,
The Impossible Expectations for Kim & Kanye’s Baby
The problem with babies is that they rarely live up to their hype. Off the top of your head, how many awesome babies can you name? Exactly none? You can probably name a few babies you are required to like under family law, one or two babies who you don’
How the Dead Live
There’s a peculiar odor to burning hope—it’s the smell of exhaust fumes, human sweat, and a fast-food container interred under a seat cushion.
Baby’s First Internet
Not sure how to explain the internet to your young ones? Presenting a series of nursery rhymes to teach children how to comport themselves on the online.
How Everything Turned Out
When refugees from another planet make contact and ask for help, Earth’s web geeks should help them, right? A tale of Non-Earthers, online social networks, and memorable sunsets.
Part Three
Continuing to pore through Charlotte’s blog leads to some strange revelations, surprising moves, and a conclusion, of sorts.
Part Two
Discovering a co-worker’s blog means having to find out if you’ve been written about. Along the way, however, you will learn things you weren’t supposed to know.
Part One
In the first of a three-part fiction series, a co-worker exhibits intriguing new qualities, and life at the office gets shaken up.
The Heart Is Also a Furnace
I imagine Magdalen Powers living by herself in a tiny cottage in the middle of a deep forest. Birds and wolves prepare breakfast while she sleeps. During the day she goes skinny-dipping with Kelly Link. In the evening, James Tate stops by for tea and complaining about the human condition.
Are You Thinking What I’m Thinking?
I will forever remember The Like as the band that rocked so hard it made me stop caring about Liz Phair's downturn. Their new album, Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?, has swooping, ethereal vocals, guitars that crash and swirl, and bass lines that make your
Popjustice
The best blog about British pop music that you're not reading is Popjustice. The writing is so hilarious and well crafted, it'll spoil you for all other music blogs. Haven't heard any of the artists they talk about? Doesn't matter: The language
The Clove Hitch
Want to impress those bougie jerks down at the marina? Skip the overhand knots and girth hitches favored by landlubbers. The proper way to moor your skiff is with a clove hitch. It only takes a few minutes to learn, and no amount of wind or waves will shake it
Worried About Celebrities
Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week: Sudden weight loss and sudden engagements abound. We take to the streets to find out which Hollywood celebrity’s out-of-control behavior is causing people the most anxiety.
Untitled Fall Project
What to do when you and your sister are worth billions, on the brink of adulthood, and then your brand new movie flops? Go to college? Our Los Angeles reporter goes undercover to discover the starlets’ new plans.
What I Did on My Summer Vacation
Not stuck in the back of a station wagon, but stuck in a doldrums with cheap hot dogs, hidden popsicles, and a soulmate lost. Kevin Fanning brings the words, Reuben Stanton brings the pictures.
Night-Blooming
Somewhere in Connecticut, two brothers speed down a darkened nighttime highway on a personal mission. A story by Kevin Fanning.
The Vanishing Act
Normal evening routine: Your sister goes to her room, closes the door, and falls asleep. Normal, that is, until you never see her again. New fiction by Kevin Fanning, illustrated by Joshua Allen.
11 Stories About Cross-Dressing
J. Edgar Hoover made cross-dressing big in the States, and now everybody’s doing it. Eleven stories on the ordinary lives of people in different clothing.
Kayley’s Super Power
Kayley has a super power. The thing is, she’s not exactly sure what it is, and she doesn’t even know how to use it. A story by Kevin Fanning, illustrated by Sam Brown.
Kevin Fanning’s Home Security Basics
Dangerous times call for drastic measures. From mental combat to homemade weaponry, a few good tricks to keep the bad guys away.
Since Your Father Tried to Kill You
You were disappointed when your father tried to kill you. All these years, you thought you had a good relationship, a Bob Saget-Candance Cameron bond. Then, disaster struck. Kevin Fanning sifts through the after-effects and offers consolation.