U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name for consideration as Secretary of State, following weeks of blistering criticism from Republicans who claimed she deliberately misled them about the American consulate attack in Benghazi, Libya. With lukewarm support coming from the White House, it was a smart move. After all — and especially in D.C. — if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen!
It was announced this week that Pepsi and Beyoncé have become “global partners.” What that means (other than sounding like a “Risk” alliance) is that Beyoncé is getting $50 million to do a bunch of Pepsi stuff — including having her face on Pepsi cans. We figured there must have been other candidates for the job — and luckily, we discovered some of the other celebs Pepsi considered for the can-treatment before they settled on Beyoncé!
Although the final decision won’t be made until 2013-2014, it’s looking like the NBA is going to start putting corporate logos on team jerseys. Who knows — with this new revenue stream, maybe the league can finally pay LeBron a proper salary (The man has a family to feed, dammit)! On the downside, though, once you start messing with sponsors, things can easily get out of hand. It’s a slope that’s more slippery than a ball slathered with Dirk Nowitzki’s goatee sweat!
Skechers is paying out a whopping $40 million to customers in a settlement over falsely advertising their Kim Kardashian-endorsed “Shape-Ups” toning shoes. Apparently, their ads claimed that the comically clunky foot-boats could increase weight loss, improve muscle tone, and stimulate circulation. But when you go back and actually look at one of the misleading ads, it now seems pretty obvious that Skechers wasn’t telling us the whole truth.
Hodgman-ception! How many John Hodgmans can you find in this photo?
Thanks to MAD reader James Klausmeyer for the Snap!
