You've seen Paul F. Tompkins in TV shows, films, and commercials, but this weekend he's taking center stage. Laboring Under Delusions, PFT's latest Comedy Central hour-long special, premieres Saturday night at 11 p.m. While Tompkins covers a wide variety of topics in his...

It's been three years since singer-songwriter Jay Brannan released a full-length album of original songs. His latest album, Rob Me Blind, is a labor of love that reflects his growth as an artist, and his desire to take new chances. I chatted with Jay about his new music, his live...

If I were a middle aged white man, I wouldn't write articles called "If I Were a Poor Black Kid" for Forbes. With a title like that, it wouldn't matter what points I was making. You are not a poor black kid, tech writer Gene Marks -- you...

I didn't marry Edward Cullen until I was 32.

Married at 18? Are you fucking kidding me? Edward said we needed to be married to have sex, which was a crock of shit -- not to mention a terrible reason for getting married young. We broke up when he proposed....

Look, I don't think Kim Kardashian needs any help from me: she's far too rich and famous to actually let the haters bring her down. And yet, I feel compelled to come to her aid -- if not out of genuine sympathy, then at least because her role as walking...

I want to be excited about a new blue-collar sitcom starring Roseanne. But as it stands, I'm about as optimistic about her upcoming series as I am about her presidential bid. It's not that I don't have faith in Roseanne: on the contrary, I place most if not all of...

I devoured The Walking Dead in two days. (Get it? Because it's a show about zombies.) To be fair, the first season is only six episodes -- and I've got the added incentive of catching up before Comic-Con. See also: my seemingly endless marathon of The Vampire Diaries. Having read...

I can't stop watching Hoarders. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that I don't want to stop watching Hoarders. This isn't an Intervention-level addiction -- if you made me quit Hoarders cold turkey, I would manage, though I'd definitely feel bummed for a while. I don't know...

You may have seen him on Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update," or as a talking head on VH1's regrettably canceled Best Week Ever. But John Mulaney continues to tour the country doing stand-up comedy, now bringing his blend of charming and awkward to the Punch Line Comedy Club in San...

I learned not to plagiarize at a young age, with the admonition, "I'll be able to tell." This was in middle school before everyone understood how the internet worked, and it was a lot easier to get away with stealing huge chunks of other people's work. I never did it...

I don't like the word "faggot." I'll use it -- in context or, very rarely, to make a point -- but I don't think it's worthy of reclamation. It's a term with a violent, hate-charged history, and I loathe hearing it. That having been said, I would never suggest a...