Новости за 24.11.2015

In the mood to make a big purchase? The penthouse apartment of former Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown has been put on the market (after just a little bit of drama ). It’s on Central Park West, with “dramatic 360-degree views of Central Park, the southern skyline, and the Hudson River,” and, naturally, features a lot of pink. Asking price? $20 million.

Former New York State Assemblyman and speaker Sheldon Silver is on trial for corruption, which is surprising, as long as you are very, very very easily surprised. Also a little odd: one of the jurors asked to be excused almost as soon as deliberations began, writing, “I don’t feel like I can be myself right now!”

Hillary Clinton has promised to excise “illegal immigrants” from her vocabulary after being called out for using the insensitive term.

Sometime in early to mid-September, Fiat filmed an ad with Charlie Sheen for the new 2017 Fiat 124 roadster. About a month later, the automaker started showing the ad to groups of dealers and Fiat boosters. On November 17th, Charlie Sheen went on the Today show to admit he was HIV positive, and had paid more than $10 million over the past few years to keep it secret. Since then, Sheen seems to have disappeared from Fiat marketing plans, and the company isn’t saying why.

Our nation’s collective boners for Johnny Depp—once a heartthrob, now no more —have been deflated for several years. And yet Depp’s continued devotion to reminding us of our lack of tumescence rolls on with each interview he gives about his new favorite activities: making bad movies , and marrying a young hottie who he’s surprised is so smart.

Forget all those Roman epics with sprawling casts of white actors speaking in (real or fake) British accents. New findings suggest that London circa 50 A.D. was pretty diverse.

Ever since the new modernized relaunch of Archie hit a few months ago, it’s been a mystery as to why Archie Andrews and Betty Cooper abruptly broke off their seemingly perfect romance. This week, we found out why.

Rabia Chaudry, the immigration attorney who initially contacted Sarah Koenig about Adnan Syed’s case, has announced she has written a book on the famed Serial subject. Adnan’s Story: Murder, Justice, and The Case That Captivated a Nation, will be published in September 2016.

Kevin Swanson, the anti-gay, right-wing pastor who hosted the very strange National Religious Liberties Conference earlier this month, commented on the Paris attacks on a recent episode of his radio show, Generations Watch. Known for his tactless way with words, Swanson called the 89 victims of the Bataclan massacre “devil worshippers.”

According to an anonymous source within the company, American Apparel has started scaling back up towards a sexier image—some aspects of which are making employees uncomfortable. Last week, the company asked retail workers to wear shirts that say “Ask Me to Take It All Off” this coming Black Friday. “American Apparel is giving my consent to our customers to harass me, if I wear that shirt,” the store employee told Jezebel.

SPICY NEWS FROM THE TEEN WIRE: Model Gigi Hadid and musician Zayn Malik (previously of One Direction) are dating. According to one US Weekly source: “It’s a very new thing. They’re just seeing where it goes.” STEEEEEAMY.

In today’s Tweet Beat, Chrissy Teigen clears the air, Nicky Hilton crowdsources Thanksgiving and everybody hates Donald Trump.

In early November, a 19-year-old Texas woman named Sarah Furay was arrested while allegedly toting an eye-popping array of pharmaceuticals. Several news stories referred to the woman, Sarah Furay, as “adorable.” While apologizing for that word choice, Death and Taxes has also uncovered the less-adorable fact that Furay’s father is, according to them, an agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration. Where can we TiVo this excellent-sounding show?

This afternoon, Bobby Finger said, “Oh, Grease pics,” prompting a flurry of quiet conversation about who was starring in Fox’s January attempt at a live musical event. I don’t like these musical events; I’ve never watched one in its entirety. So why did I feel the blood drain from my face and an acute pang in my stomach when I couldn’t find the pictures for myself?

Well, you done fucked up your Christmas shopping, because one of the gingham jumper getups worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz just sold for $1.56 million—and you didn’t buy it. It’s like you don’t even care.

After seeing the trailer for In the Heart of the Sea several times over the past few weeks, I thought I knew what it was about: Chris Hemsworth, a whaler, goes whaling with his whaler friends, gets attacked by an enormous sperm whale who refuses to be whaled, hops in a tiny boat with the other surviving whalers, and floats back home to be with his wife.

Ahmed Mohamed—the teen who brought a homemade clock to school and was arrested because a teacher thought it was a bomb—is, along with his family, suing the city of Irving and its school district for $15 million and a gaggle of apologies. Ahmed’s not fucking around.

This week’s issue of The New Yorker features a lengthy profile by Rebecca Mead on the rise of female morticians, with a special focus on Ask a Mortician’s Caitlin Doughty (whose work has been featured on Jezebel several times). The article—like much of Doughty’s work—got me thinking a lot about what I want to have happen to my own body once I’m dead and gone. So now I pose the same question to you: What’s your death plan?

On Monday, Fox News announced that Fox & Friends co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck would be leaving her cream-colored leather seat between Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade. According to Deadline, the third slot on the show will be occupied by rotating hosts.

Someone Actually Invited Me is a new column in which Kara Brown accepts the invitation to just about any open bar event she is invited to. She mostly wants to see if people will keep inviting her to fancy parties.

Somewhere in the tangles of your friend group or your family tree, there is a spooky person. As a teenager they liked — melodramatically loved, perhaps — Tim Burton; as an adult, their tastes hew to Nick Cave, the Criterion collection, and probably stuff with owls on it. It either strikes you as adorable or incredibly pretentious, depending on your mood, but it’s also surprisingly easy to shop for. Below, a helpful guide for gifts to suit your favorite melancholy, darkness-loving, and socially ill-equipped person. Читать дальше...

Last week, an Australian man went viral after his passport photo—bearing his name, Phuc Dat Bich—made the rounds of the internet. The reason his name garnered so much attention? Facebook thought it was fake and shut his account down over and over. Now, Bich is thanking his supporters for recognizing that naming practices vary from culture to culture.

Over the weekend, beautiful couple Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello wed. Sofia seems particularly happy about it: the Modern Family star has posted more than 40 photos to her Instagram of the festivities—a number that does not even include the pre-wedding events, and makes Joe’s four pale by comparison.