Rae Alexandra

Sometimes, the best bands have the worst effing names. From unpretentious rodents to bows and arrows and bread to awkward punctuation, there are way too many musical outfits trying way too hard to be clever, selecting monikers that are nonsensical, pretentious, and even straight-up stupid. So with that gripe in...

Soap operas are more wondrous and ridiculous than you may realize, especially if you're under the misapprehension that soaps -- especially daytime ones -- revolve around nothing but steamy affairs, unplanned pregnancies, and Maury-style DNA tests. In fact, we thought the same, until we started watching General Hospital to catch...

Depending on your perspective, Zooey Deschanel is either the cutest, funniest, most adorable little retro-kookster on earth, or she's an irritating try-hard with zero comedy chops. The only thing the world seems able to universally agree on is that Deschanel has nice bangs. As such, her sitcom -- New Girl, now nearing the...