I'm not aware of it being a common strategem. I mean, maybe it is, but we can't just automatically assume someone is lying when they say they're bi. Genuinely bisexual people exist (example: me!), and I don't see any reason to doubt that Daley is one of them.

Not sure how I feel about this being in the "Gay" channel. Daley has made it pretty clear that he's bisexual, not gay. And it's a pretty common problem that male bisexuals are regarded as a myth. People say things like "If you want to have sex with dudes, you're gay". I've seen a lot of news outlets report this story as Daley coming out as gay, and that just seems like more erasure of male bisexuality.

When employees at, say, Walmart protest about poor working conditions, do you respond the same way? "You chose the job and you can leave any time, so I don't have any sympathy for you"? She's talking about horrible employment practices and poor worker care in the industry in which she was employed. I think it's a good thing for people to know when employees are being exploited, no matter what line of work they're in, and I'm glad she's speaking out about it.

I'm pretty sure that if it wasn't staged Bieber wouldn't have continued to sit there after being spanked with a belt. So definitely staged, sorry to disappoint.

This is very impressive and all, but I find the over-the-top music hilarious, especially the crescendo at the end. Close your eyes, and you'd think he'd just summited Everest or something. Open your eyes, and you see a dude posing in a goofy-ass balloon suit.

Wish I could downvote. This is straight-up assault.

Man, Louis really loves his "flying away in a helicopter" gags. I've seen him use that concept in at least three separate contexts.

This kid is awesome. I lost it when he was like "I'm crushing you. Shush..." Nice trash talk, kid!

Yeah, Ricky, it does suck when silly people tweet you poorly thought out complaints about your jokes.

Meanwhile, after Lindy West debated Jim Norton on rape jokes, she was the target of literally hundreds of tweets and comments saying she should be raped (or that she wishes she was raped but unfortunately she's too ugly).

http://jezebel.com/if-comedy-has-no-lady-problem-why-am-i-getting-so-many-511214385

So excuse me if I don't have much sympathy to spare for the poor oppressed comedian complaining about how people are trying to take away his FREEZE PEACH by criticizing his choice of material.

Let me quote from Lindy's post:

"I don't believe that previously non-raping audience members are going to take to the streets in a rape mob after hearing one rape joke. That's an absurd and insulting mischaracterization. But I do believe that comedy's current permissiveness around cavalier, cruel, victim-targeting rape jokes contributes to (that's contributes—not causes) a culture of young men who don't understand what it means to take this stuff seriously.

And how did they try and prove me wrong? How did they try to demonstrate that comedy, in general, doesn't have issues with women? By threatening to rape and kill me, telling me I'm just bitter because I'm too fat to get raped, and suggesting that the debate would have been better if it had just been Jim raping me."

This cuts off before the best part. Graham Norton says, "But you didn't swallow any of it. It's all still there." Chris O'Dowd replies, "That's why I'm a good girl."

Much laughter, while O'Dowd puts on an adorable disgusted-with-myself expression.

Tyson had a one-man show on Broadway called "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth". Not a musical connection, but a Broadway connection.

And I too am pretty squicked out by the showbiz rehabilitation of this rapist. Then again, at least Tyson served his time. I'm much more squicked out by Hollywood's lionization of Roman Polanski.

Yup, look at Chris Hayes' show... Informed, measured commentary and detailed analysis on important news stories that aren't part of the usual cable news hype factory. And he's getting absolutely destroyed in the ratings. And, to tell you the truth, as much as I appreciate his show, and as much as I like to think of myself as a discerning and sophisticated consumer of media, I don't think I could watch him regularly. Too boring.

"Are we in Mexico or Nazi Germany?"

WTF... Since when is Mexico in any way comparable to Nazi Germany?

Two Door Cinema Club is an actual band, although they don't have an album called "DJ Cornmeal".

God damn, pugs are adorable. Sure they've been bred into absolute physical ridiculousness, but they are adorable.