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In the late ’90s, pop-culture historian Bill Geerhart had a little too much time on his hands and a surfeit…

Larry Flynt In 2001, Little Billy sought the council of Hustler magazine’s founder and publisher, Larry Flynt. The first-amendment activist…

With a few exceptions (the Brontës, the Amises), there’s not much evidence that superior writing ability runs in…

New Orleans has always turned a blind eye to sin. But now you can even get away with…

Scientology, Will Arnett, Gayface and more! Check out Radar‘s current issue. CULT FRICTION After an embarrassing string of high-profile…

DON’T BE CROSS Shawkat (Photo: Getty Images) Alia Shawkat might be best known as Arrested Development‘s kissing cousin Maeby Funke, but the…

ABORTION ART God, this day… Is abortion artist Aliza Shvarts really crazy, or is her fancy Ivy League school simply trying…

GET WELL SOON, WHILE WE WATCH, OF COURSE Fleiss (Photo: Getty Images) Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss is entering Dr. Drew Pinsky‘s Celebrity Rehab next season—filming starts…

Bad news for fans of highly unwearable, commercially unviable (but superfun!) clothing label Heatherette: We hear from a source…

The New Yorker already plumbed the depths of trashy pop culture by reviewing hit CW show Gossip Girl last fall. (The mag…