How the National Taught Me to Love Myself

I’m alone in a hotel room in Chicago. My wife is out of town on business, my two year old is with his grandparents. I have no responsibilities other than to sit in this dark room and listen to the new National album, Trouble Will Find Me.

FAQ: Everything You (Didn’t) Want To Know About the Rat Meat You Might Be Eating

What’s all this about China and rat meat?

Seven Songs We’d Like to See Andrew Mason Cover

Groupon founder Andrew Mason is trying to get his groove back.

Five Business Lessons From ‘Inferno’ Author Dan Brown

Dan Brown has a new book. Perhaps you’ve heard of it?

Compare and Contrast (part six)

LOUIS C.K. vs. LOUIS XVI

Bob Saget Will Never Not Be Dirty

It’s been eight years since Bob Saget told the most disgusting family orgy story ever recorded for that Aristocrats documentary.

Judas Priest’s Rob Halford Almost Blinded Steven Tyler

A Judas Priest live show is a thing of rare beauty.

Christopher Guest On Why You Won’t See A-List Stars in Family Tree

Without Christopher Guest, there’d be no Parks and Recreation.

Marc Maron on the Decline of Conversation, TV Stardom, Oligarchs, Self-Doubt and Cats

Marc Maron is having a busy week.

Graph Search and Destroy

Nothing makes me feel fortunate to be a doddering old fart like Facebook.

FAQ: How Those Dove ‘Real Beauty Sketch’ Ads Went Viral

What’s this “Real Beauty Sketches” Dove commercial that everybody’s talking about?

Q&A: Roseanne Barr on marijuana, the CIA, and how she is, in fact, the president

Roseanne Barr may be 60, but she’s got more energy and ambition than most comics half her age.

Dude! The Battle to Become the ‘Male Pinterest’

Matt Bruce, a 27-year-old education administrator from San Diego, likes beer, whiskey, and backpacking gear. He also likes the Internet.

Mark Wahlberg: The Men’s Health Interview

If you want evidence of just how far Mark Wahlberg has come, check out these scenes from his 1993 workout video, Form… Focus… Fitness.

All My Idols Were Grown-Ups: Interview with Rebecca Hall

If you’re at all familiar with the track record of actress Rebecca Hall, you know there’s a certain genre she excels at.

Peter Dinklage: 20(ish) Questions

You play Tyrion Lannister, a major character on the HBO series Game of Thrones, a show that kills off major characters all the time.

Richard Hell on Donkey Breasts, Poo Paper and Why the Beatles Were Terrible

ere’s something that’s not often said about rock star memoirs: “Wow, that was really well written.”

Soy Bomb Reviews Aubrey Plaza’s Stage Crash

omething very wrong happened on Sunday night during the MTV Movie Awards.

Discovery Channel Doubles Down on Nudity-Based Programming

Ever since Survivor contestant Richard Hatch went spearfishing in the buff during the show’s inaugural season in 2000, gratuitous nudity has become something of a staple of the reality TV genre.

Mudhoney’s Mark Arm on Pot Brownies, Working for Muzak and Lowered Expectations

Mudhoney frontman Mark Arm makes me sad for Kurt Cobain.

Jared: The Men’s Health Interview

Jared, like Bono and Madonna, is one of those celebrities who doesn’t need a last name.

Q&A: Seth Green Continues To Insist That George Lucas Is Funny

Seth Green makes everything better. He’s like fructose on an ingredients list; you just know it’s going to be extra awesome.

FAQ: The Mysterious Death of Russian Oligarch Boris Berezovsky

Q&A: Is Colorado the Napa Valley of Weed?

Matt Brown and James Walker, two Denver-based entrepreneurs, recently launched the world’s first marijuana tourism company, My 420 Tours.

FAQ: Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn, Sports Power Couple

When legendary golfer Tiger Woods and Olympian skier Lindsey Vonn went public with their relationship on Monday—on Facebook, of all places—they answered a lot of questions.