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Early Addition: Madonna Hates You For Smoking At Her Shows
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Early Addition: Madonna Hates You For Smoking At Her Shows


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Published Dec 21, 2012

Modified Dec 21, 2012


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Published Dec 21, 2012

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  • Madonna really doesn't want you to smoke at her concerts, and she'll stop the show to berate you and guilt trip you about it if she needs to.
  • Existential cat is back to lament the holiday season.
  • Former Gov. David Paterson's radio show has been dropped.
  • Watch the trailer for the Apocalypse-themed comedy, This Is The End, starring literally every actor who has appeared in an Apatow film.
  • A Texas man caught a UPS driver on video stealing an iPad that had just been delivered by a FedEx driver.
  • Lindsay Lohan reportedly refused to kiss her benefactor, Charlie Sheen, while filming Scary Movie 5, because kissing is icky.
  • A very naughty Santa was fired after he started to tell kids about the Newtown school shootings, revealed Santa isn't real.
  • This is not an Onion headline: the BBC reports that a man "overdosed" on brussel sprouts.
  • Listen to "My Favorite Things" in lots of other languages.
  • Is it really a coincidence that alien skulls were found in Mexico right around the time of the Mayan Apocalypse?
  • And finally, this cat is either really scared of, or really dedicated to, the Super Mario Brothers jump sound affect:


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Ben Yakas was born and raised in New York, and has worked for Gothamist for over a decade, and WNYC for four years, covering literally everything. He has hung out with Dan Smith (who will teach you guitar), but still has yet to have a guitar lesson with him.

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