• Champions

    Heroic Phelps Inspires World To Gorge On McDonalds

    Are you sick of hearing by now how Michael Phelps eats 12,000 calories a day to fuel his superhuman championship swimming for the gold? Too bad dude! Because what has not been adequately discussed by the media is how awesomely all-American Michael Phelps' calories are. He eats McDonalds! And you can follow his championship diet, too! Allow one of our nation's most prominent journalists to tell you all about it: More »

    10:01 AM on Tue Aug 19 2008
    By Hamilton Nolan
    8,182 views, 40 comments

    Latest by SeeingI: It will be intriguing to see him get super-obese as he stops exercising but keeps up the eating out of more »

  • celebrity-industrial complex

    Barack Obama's Network-Anchor Groupies

    When Barack Hussein Obama summers in his ancestral home of Iraq in a few weeks, along with some other foreign places, the trip will, of course, turn into an elite party for his showbiz friends, all of whom are clamoring for seats on his campaign plane. Katie Couric of the CBS Evening News is arranging an on-trip interview, as is Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News and Charles Gibson of ABC World News. Meet The Press wants to talk to Obama. "Star political reporters from the major newspapers and magazines" are also coming, the Times reports for Thursday's paper. So, why all the enthusiasm? John McCain's last big tour in the war zone was relegated to the evening news remainders bin. And the network newscasts have already given Obama 114 minutes of coverage since June, to McCain's 48, according to some study. The official reason: This is Obama's first overseas trip since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee. The real reason? Let's ask some starfucking magazine editors! More »

    12:04 AM on Thu Jul 17 2008
    By Ryan Tate
    5,215 views, 97 comments

    Latest by TheMac: @Bell County: NPH has rocked forever. I like it when he winks at me from his video blog. He's so dreamy. more »

  • bill o'reilly

    Colbert's O'Reilly-Style Meltdown

    Given that Stephen Colbert's act on Comedy Central consists mainly of imitating Bill O'Reilly, it was pretty much inevitable that he would mock the Fox News shouting head's recently resurfaced Inside Edition meltdown. Colbert's recreation of the cuss out, set on his own supposed TV show in the 70s, is at least as funny as expected — Colbert nails O'Reilly's freakout down to the silent, jacket-throwing temper tantrum at the very end — and includes a clever twist involving NBC's Brian Williams. Watch as Colbert cements "do it live" as a catchphrase, after the jump. More »

    11:26 AM on Wed May 14 2008
    By Ryan Tate
    70,442 views, 20 comments

    Latest by NeverEnough: @afraidofauntieem: I know exactly what you mean. more »

  • punditry

    'Times' Shocked That Rove Succeeds on TV Despite Hideous Appearance

    Another story about how Karl Rove is a surprisingly adept television pundit. Wow! Everyone is shocked that Rove doesn't spit blood and cackle maniacally and speak in tongues when asked to opine in Hillary Clinton's political future! At least this one mentions conflicts of interest and how some nutcases view the increasingly fuzzy divide between 'journalism' and 'paid political consulting' as worrisome (or at least they did a decade ago when the Clintonites first made the leap). Still, there's this: "As an on-camera presence, Mr. Rove is not necessarily a natural. Neither his doughy chin nor his ashen complexion would be confused with those of, say, Brian Williams of NBC News." We can't all be as pretty as BriWi. [NYT]

    12:44 PM on Mon May 12 2008
    By Pareene
    753 views, 36 comments

    Latest by Mediahohoho: @moff: Dante's Ninth Circle reveals evil to be a slobbering beast. Which is pretty much how I view people who more »

  • briwi

    Network News Anchor Baffled By Lack of Substance in Newspaper

    NBC nightly news anchor Brian Williams blogged yesterday about how he's totally unsurprised that the Sunday New York Times is suffering rapidly dwindling circulation. 'Cause BriWi picked up one of these Sunday papers the other day and was totally unimpressed. "I must admit that on Sundays it becomes a tough paper to figure out. While this week's paper featured an op-ed piece by Elizabeth Edwards bemoaning the lack of serious, in-depth coverage of the political race, it's tough to figure out exactly what readers the paper is speaking to, or seeking." Then he sorta writes a Gawker post about it! More »

    11:50 AM on Tue Apr 29 2008
    By Pareene
    2,512 views, 18 comments

    Latest by LoveHandles: At least his blog is a little edgy (as these things go). Katie Couric's blog blew (not that I wasted more »

  • things we actually like

    On Daily Show, Brian Williams Takes Gloves Off

    NBC News anchor Brian Williams, onetime standup comedian and America's secret boyfriend, held his own on the Daily Show, becoming one of the few guests on the program to give as good as they get. Fall in love with him all over again as he fields from host Jon Stewart questions like, "which candidate are you biased against?" Video after the jump. More »

    2:20 AM on Fri Feb 29 2008
    By Ryan Tate
    8,006 views, 18 comments

    Latest by MeganCF: Brian Williams, will you marry me? Kay, thanks. more »

  • brian williams

    But I Gave You A Moniker

    NBC News anchor Brian Williams "loves his nickname," says Rachel Sklar over at HuffPo. The perenially upbeat media blogger dubbed him 'BriWi' at some point, we couldn't even begin to tell you why. Makes him sound like some newfangled networking device from Apple. Oooh, maybe he is! Thing is, when she mentions it to him in a video interview, he looks like he just wants to bolt. Or smack her, whatever ends the whole thing fastest. More »

    4:06 PM on Thu Jan 10 2008
    By Maggie
    991 views, 9 comments

    Latest by KarenUhOh: Nice symmetry. You showed the World's Shortest Video and the World's Longest Video on the same day. more »

  • people of the moment

    'Time' Person Of The Year: Might Be Less Sucky Than Last Year?

    Each fall, Time magazine hosts a panel luncheon to put forward nominations for their annual super-special "Person of the Year" issue. The magazine feeds a couple hundred media folks and then pretends to let them participate in the decision—they also hand out gift bags, which was a good enough reason for us to go today! This year's panelists: Brian Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, George Allen, MySpace co-founder Chris DeWolfe and rockstar activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Last year's much-ridiculed mylar heraldee—you! I mean, me!—requires a decent recovery for 2007. This is why it was so lame that Williams, Whoopi and DeWolfe all suggested some take on the environment. Whoopi even went all abstract on us, choosing just the word green. Too much Joy Behar exposure, perhaps? More »

    6:05 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
    By Maggie
    3,368 views, 82 comments

    Latest by tammyfey: InStyle more »