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Guilty Plea In Balloon Boy Saga

On Friday, Balloon Boy's parents plead guilty.  Which really, wasn't any big surprise once his mom confessed.  What is more surprising is that they ever thought they would get away with it in the first place.

Weezer Snuggies: The Perfect Marriage of Nerdery and Warmth

Before I get into this, I want to remind you that I will not tolerate any Snuggie haters. Snuggies are awesome and if you can't deal with my luxurious, ultra-soft fleece, get out of the kitchen. Or off of my couch. Whatever. I'll cut you and your trapped hands.

Balloon Boy's Mom Confesses to Hoax

Well, well, so I was right.  In a signed affidavit, Mayumi Heene, the mother of "Balloon Boy," admitted the whole nonsense was a hoax in order to get the family more media attention for a reality show.  Dad still isn't talking.

10 Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Tattoos, Plus the One On This Shameless Author's Butt

As long as there are people with bad ideas and it is legal to outfit other people with bad ideas with tattoo guns, we will have bad tattoos, and, man, are there some bad tattoos out there. Even Hayden Panettiere's got one. I feel for her, though, because I, too, had a brain fart in my youth, and now I've got my own slightly embarrassing butt tattoo. Here, let me show you it...

Balloon Boy Saga Ends In Criminal Charges

 
So here's the thing.  I actually missed the whole balloon boy saga.  I was busy at my real life day job and got on twitter that night and was all huh?  Balloon boy?  WTF? 

So, for those of you like me, here is the two second recap: The Heene family, who had previously appeared on Wife Swap, which immediately brings their judgment into question, reported that their 6 year old son floated away in an inflatable helium flying saucer like thingie.  The nation and twitter becomes riveted.  Except: not so much.  Child was found hiding in a cardboard box in the rafters of the family's garage.

At first the public sentiment was "those poor parents, they thought their kid floated away and he was in the garage?  That is terrible."  And then it turned to "um, that doesn't really make sense."  And now it is at "LIARS.  HOAX.  CHARGE THEM."

And that is where we now are.

Welcome To My Nightmares, Lady Gaga.

No, really. Make yourself right at home, Lady. Seems that you fit right in, what with, you know, the horrible massacres of Hello Kitty dolls and all.

Stars, They're Just (Not) Like Us! (Thank God.)

Whether it's alcohol, cocaine, plastic surgery, or just good old fashioned The Crazy, some stars just can't seem to keep it together.  It goes to show you that money can't buy good taste.  Or judgment.  Or sometimes even pants.

Let's start with a New York Fashion Week after party where one miss Lady Gaga showed us her va-jay-jay.  (It could've been worse.  It could've been her pe-jay-jay.  Must be nice for her to have a choice.)

She's such a mess that I sort of love her.

More celeb disasters after the jump.

Jon Gosselin, Giving Douchery A Whole New Name

Headline: Kate and Jon Gosselin At War Over Filming Kids Birthday Party.

Right, because Jon's now all opposed to that shit, right?

Wait... what?

JON'S the one who wants to let the film crews in?

Friday Combo Platter: It Takes a Willage Edition

It's time once again for the Friday Combo Platter, the weekly feature in which we highlight our favorite LOL-or-WTF-worthy comments and our favorite email thread from the past seven days.

This week's best email thread was actually born out of what was originally our comment of the week. But the ensuing snark was too funny and another comment came along to take its place. So, let's get to it, shall we?

Flavor Flav Returning to High School

Rapper, reality TV star, and all-around master of eccentricity Flavor Flav is heading back to high school to complete his junior and senior years. Flav's return to school will, of course, be part of a new reality TV series.

The VMAs: Win Vs. Fail, When Win = New Moon Trailer And Fail = Kanye

Whooooooooa buddy, were the VMAs out of control this year. By now everyone's heard about Kanye's douchebaggery, but trust me, that wasn't the only OMG moment, by far. There were a lot of missteps at the VMAs, as there are every year, but there also were some highlights, so let's go through the show and dissect the chaos, shall we?

Jon & Kate-Inspired Pr0n Exists. Commence Barfing Now.

Thankfully, the pr0n in question is not of the estranged Gosselins. Not yet, anyway. But you know with their meteoric rise to "fame" a sex tape is due any day now.

No, the *ahem* film that I'm referring to belongs to that mainstay of the adult film genre: the parody.

Evan Rachel Wood and Alexander Skarsgard Are Dating. We Think.

I won't lie. This news made me cry and throw things a little bit this morning. Word on the street is that Evan Rachel Wood and Alexander Skarsgard are dating.

She Broke a Fingernail, and I Assure You this is Newsworthy

This is going to sound like I just made it up but it's true. I know because I read it on the internet.

The woman with the longest fingernails in the world got a manicure without an appointment when a tragic car accident cut her nails (but not her life) short.

Lee Redmond's longest fingernail was 2' 11" long - or about the size of a three year old. Her nails were over 28 feet total. It took her 30 years to grow them.

I can not think of any project that would hold my attention for 30 years. Especially if it got in my way of eating.

I'm sorry for her loss, but those nails are just gross.

Is Spencer Pratt The New Andy Kaufman?

Because seriously, as I sit here writing about him for the umpteenth time, vowing, as I always do, that I will never write about him and his facial pubes ever again, ever ever ever, I have to give the little bastard credit. He knows exactly what he's doing. He loves what he does, and he's extremely successful at it. So as much as you and I hate him (and I hate him, oh, we hateses him so much) there's a kind of poetry to what he does.

Case in point: Spencer has decided, if his sound byte to US Weekly is to be believed, to legally change his name to "King Spencer Pratt." Now after you clean up the spit take you just did, let that sink in for a minute. And then you tell me if this isn't the greatest performance art this side of professional wrestling.

Twitter Fail Starring Jon Gosselin

Jon Gosselin, the muse of Ed Hardy and bane of Kate Plus 8, has finally joined whatever century this is.  Jon Gosselin is on Twitter.  Next up, my mom.

That photo on the left? That a Twitpic.  Believe it, baby.

Gosselin already has well over 13,000 followers which must make Ashton more than a little nervous.  Guess how many people Jon is following.  Go on, guess.

Project Runway Recap - Pregnancy Chic

Last week on Project Runway, we said good-bye to our first designtestant from planet K-512, Ari. Since Ari was clearly the most loony tunes designer, I was worried I'd be bored this week, but then I realized I'd forgotten all about Malvin what with the disco soccer balls and sheer caftans of yesterweek.