Our pal Gena was at the John C. Reilly/Dewey Cox thing yesterday (where she took the picture above and a hundred others), and she tells us Reilly-as-Cox was amazing, "never breaking character and ad libbing with the best of them, sweating like a rock star and gyrating like one, too." He also busted out a cover of Amy Winehouse's "Rehab," which we want to hear so very badly. She adds, "The band was remarkably... more ›

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Naperville high-school student Heidi Zamecnik is suing her school for what she claims was a violation of her civil right to freely express her moral opposition to homosexuality. Last April she wore a shirt to school that read "Be Happy, Not Gay." The shirt was worn the day after the school held a Day of Silence, where students can choose to remain silent all day in protest of discrimination against homosexuality. more ›

Valentine's Day is such a gut-wrencher. We hardly know anyone who likes it. The Just Broken-Up With are bitter and lonely, wishing that the whole coupled world would go to hell. Or The Sad And Desperate, bemoaning the fact that they'll never, ever find someone to love them ... ever. There's The Newly Dating, who are excited to be with someone, but are unsure what exactly to do ... is this gift too much? Is... more ›

The various televised beauty pageants we’ve seen in the past often purport to be talent competitions or scholarship programs, regardless of whether they are of the USA, World or Universe variety. Anyone with two working brain cells to rub together knows that this is a total load. So we have to at least give credit to the Hottest Mom in America competition for brazen honesty. "The Hottest Mom in America" is a new TV show... more ›

Pardon if the typing is a little off today because we’re actually holding our sides with laughter with (or at) Elmhurst, Ill., who has recently been crowned king/queen of looking up the term “sex” most often in Google. Only it wasn’t a contest, and we’re 10 years old, so it’s funny. more ›

Ah yes, the WomanNews section of the Tribune. Did you notice it was missing yesterday from your print edition? We didn't because 1) we read the Trib online and 2) we can't remember the last time we read an article in WomanNews that wasn't idiotic. And about Relationships. Or Breasts. (Which reminds us, it's still breast cancer month, and if you haven't done your self-exam, get to it.) Or about how Women Love Shopping. Anyhow, we don't usually flip to that section. But even if we had wanted to yesterday, we couldn't—at the very last minute, the section was yanked because senior editors deemed one of the articles too lewd. The section had already been printed, so Tribune staffers had to head over to the printing press and remove the section by hand. Damn. If you work at the Tribune and want to tell us a first-hand account of this, e-mail us. That sounds hilarious. more ›

Thank you, Chicago Tribune. Thank you. Thank you for exposing the world to the truth about penis size and g-spots. Oh, wait, was that you, or was that a back issue of Mademoiselle in seventh grade? We can't remember. Either way, we're getting the phrase "it ain't the meat, it's the motion" tattooed on ourself later today. Best song ever. more ›