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News of the impending split of Yolanda and David Foster leaves us with an important reminder: when it’s time to rise up from the ashes of a previous marriage and soar into your second, or third, or fourth, you should probably take it very seriously, because the odds are not exactly in your favor.

A day after the FBI announced that it would investigate the San Bernardino shootings as a terrorist attack, Reuters is reporting that Tashfeen Malik was radicalized in Saudi Arabia (before arriving in the United States, Malik spent years in Saudi Arabia after leaving her native Pakistan).

In our awe at the cultural savvy of overinflated piss-blimp Donald Trump at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s candidate forum on Thursday, we somehow missed this other beautiful moment, starring Gob Bush, living monogram /“caged tiger”/breeder puppy with indigestion who has been asked to do too many tricks.

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is likely the worst Christmas song in the endless pit of holiday music. But in the hands of Star Wars: The Force Awakens stars Daisy Ridley and Oscar Isaac, it’s downright charming. Between Ridley’s perfect lipstick and Isaac’s old-school sway, it makes me long for a full-length musical starring the pair. The video, from a Star Wars Twitter Q&A, is the most magical Christmas gift of the season.

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A day after Kim Kardashian posted an Instagram photo joking about the long and torturous wait of the final days of pregnancy, the second Kardashian-West baby came into the world. On her website, Kardashian announced that their son had been born Saturday morning.

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Broad City’s Abbi Jacobson, Tavi Gevinson, and Michael Cera will star in an adaptation of Human People. Variety reports that the ensemble drama is about “a variety of New York characters navigating personal relationships and unexpected problems over the course of one day.” It’s also proof that Gevinson, founder of the Rookie, will soon corner the entire universe and establish herself as the overlord of cool.

As the number of mass shootings in 2015 continues to climb and, by some counts even outpaces the number of days so far in the year, The New York Times issued a desperate plea for an end to the violence brought on by too-lax gun control laws in the U.S.

Earlier this week, Nicki Minaj’s brother, Jelani Maraj, was charged with first-degree rape and first-degree sexual assault of a 12-year-old. He appeared at a bond hearing on Thursday and on Friday posted the $100,000 bond. Now, Page Six is reporting that Minaj put up the bond money herself. According to the item, the bond is back by two homes that Minaj owns—homes where her brother and mother live. “She was prepared to do anything for her brother,” a source told Page Six.

Break out your sleeping mask and Ambien prescription! For this week’s Pissing Contest, we’re talking about our weirdest ever sex dreams!

In today’s Tweet Beat, Jay Z is 46 years old, Chance the Rapper hates Chi-Raq and Madonna is Madonna.

Niecy Nash, the actress and host who shot to fame thanks to gigs on Reno 911! and Clean House, has been one of the most charming people on the small screen for over a decade. But in addition to being a delight on-camera (she gives one of the best , most delicate performances on TV in HBO’s Getting On), Nash is equally captivating offscreen, as she proved on NPR’s Fresh Air.

This cool-ass Santa Claus in downtown Portland is a quote-unquote hipster with a man bun who wears a Drake-approved sweater, rides a bicycle and carries around a typewriter. Santa, baby. The only thing missing is a faux air of superiority and apathy.

Deep in the heart of Dollywood, located deep in the heart of Tennessee, you’ll find a replica of Dolly Parton’s childhood home. Beside it, encased in glass, is the coat her mother made for her out of rags when she was a little girl. Parton, who grew up “dirt poor” in the Smoky Mountains, turned the story of that coat into a song she considers to be the best she’s ever written, “Coat of Many Colors.”

Having once been a teen girl I can confirm that the vagaries of sex are a primary concern of those years—unraveling its mysteries, exploring its pleasures. The way that’s expressed, though, is often viewed by adults as alarming, particularly in combination with the only topic that can frighten adults more than teens having sex: social media. Given that “alarm” often turns into “alarmism,” it’s a wonder any teens reference sex outside their peer group at all—and yet it’s always there in pop music... Читать дальше...

Welcome to Would U?, an academic forum in which I share my gross crush of the week and ask if you, too, would bang that person.

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This endless and deeply tragic week in America has brought us precisely one good thing: a reminder that Craig Mazin exists, the one-time roommate and lifelong enemy of Ted Cruz. Fuckin’ Craig. Love that guy.

Welcome to Big Time Small-Time Dicks, a regular column on The Slot that explores local politicians, small-town scandals, and everything else making life miserable on a local level. Know a small time person who is a big time dick we should feature? Email us.

“Without knowing anything about the case,” says the most electable political vampire in the entire cartoon castle, “the first thing [the left] started talking about was gun control. I don’t hear anybody talking about bomb control.”

With the release date for Star Wars: The Force Awakens creeping closer and closer, we are getting a true treat: interviews with Carrie Fisher.