SKIRTING TABOOS

People Are Talking — About Miley Cyrus’ Racy New Video

By Elizabeth Coady

SOMETIMES IT’S EASIER TO LET OTHERS DO THE TALKING. So here’s what folks are saying about Miley Cyrus’s new video racy phantasmagoric:

LUCKY IN LOVE

Stephen Colbert’s Tribute To His Late Mother Will Make You Cry

By Elizabeth Coady

GET YOUR HANKY READY BECAUSE STEPHEN COLBERT delivers a touching tribute to his mother Lorna Tuck Colbert who died last week at the age of 92.

Gone is the faux politician. Sitting in his stead is loving son who deeply adored the woman alighted by love, laughter and faith, and who lived devoid of any bitterness despite her own losses.

“Singing and dancing were encouraged, except at the dinner table,” Colbert says. “…She would teach us how to do stage falls by pretending to faint on the kitchen floor. She was fun.”

Here is the bulk of his words:

WHAT DOES THE BIRD KNOW?

Pretty Little Liars: If The Muddy Shoe Fits…

By Karen Malmquist

JUST WHEN WE THOUGHT Pretty Little Liars COULDN’T GET MORE over-the-top, cannibalism is introduced on Tuesday’s episode.

Muddy Manolos have been stashed in a dishwasher, The Brew now serves mozzarella sticks, and Emily still thinks she can get into Stanford after passing out in the pool. Oh, and Ashley Marin totally killed Detective Wilden.

The Liars are at The Brew, pondering the questions they’re left with after Wilden’s funeral: Why did Wilden have Ashley’s phone? Who was the woman in the black veil? Why didn’t they walk up to her and introduce themselves? How suspicious is Officer Holbrook of them, since their prints are all over Wilden’s car? Emily suspects it could be Melissa, but Spencer quickly says that she’s out of town for an internship. Isn’t she, like, 25?

WHERE IS ERIC SCHMIDT?

Noam Chomsky Calls Google Glass ‘Orwellian’

By Elizabeth Coady

AS GOOGLE RAMPS UP ITS CHALLENGE TO THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S secrecy surrounding FISA warrantless wiretappings, one question still unanswered is how Edward Snowden’s revelations will impact the acceptance of Google Glass.

In the above video, noted MIT linguist Noam Chomsky says the wearable computers will destroy people while enabling users to upload everything they videotape onto the Internet. Chomsky invokes Eric Schmidt’s famous line about privacy in which he stated,”If you’re doing anything that you don’t want to be on the Internet, then you shouldn’t be doing it.”

Interestingly, Schmidt has been silent since the PRISM revelations showed that nine tech giants were allowing the government to tap into their databases. VentureBeat today calls revelation of the PRISM network “officially Google’s worst nightmare.”

HIRSUIT PROTECTION

A Hirsute Pursuit To Keep The Perverts Away

By Miz J

HAIR LEGGINGS ARE HERE, LADIES — REJOICE!

These nylons are currently one of the most popular posts on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo. The nylons have gnarly leg hair attached to them, so you can roll ‘em up over your legs and have a peaceful night at the bar, where you’ll blissfully pay for your own drinks and enjoy the sounds of frat boys playing bags off in the distance. They’ve been dubbed “anti-pervert” stockings.

THE VOICE

This Is Cher’s World, We Only Gawk In It

By Miz J

CHER’S BACK, YA’LL! WELL, SORT OF.

The sidekick-turned-singer-turned-actress-turned-gay-icon sang on live TV for the first time in 10 on The Voice. Looking like a loopy Lady Gaga inspiration, Cher rocked two weird wigs while she belted out her new single, A Woman’s World. And the lyrics would be so much more empowering if it weren’t for her usually goofy getup.

THE ELEMENTS OF CHEEK

Geeky Graduate Sneaks Notorious B.I.G. Lyrics In Yearbook

By Miz J

“THE WORD ‘GEEK’ IS THROWN AROUND a lot lately, but if you can solve this brainy girl’s yearbook riddle, then you may use the term with reckless abandon this summer.

Seattle student Jessica Lee’s quote under her picture, “Flourine uranium carbon potassium bismuth technetium helium sulfur germanium thulium oxygen neon yttrium” is an extremely subtle reference to a very well-known rap lyric from the Notorious B.I.G.

LET’S PLAY DRESS UP

She’s A Real Life Cabbage Patch Doll

CHILDREN OF THE 80S, do you remember the chubby-cheeked Cabbage Patch dolls that were all the rage? Amanda Lillie does. And for her, nostalgia is the mother of invention.

“I was a huge child of the ‘80s and I had lots of Cabbage Patch Kids dolls and I just loved them,” Lillie, 33, of Georgia today Today.

Now pregnant with her first child, Lillie likes to scan Pinterest for fun crochet projects. She came across a Cabbage Patch hat but decided she could do one better and crocheted a wig.

A PERFECT BLEND

The Good News For CBS: ‘This Morning’ Is Clicking

By Elizabeth Coady

THERE IS GOOD NEWS FOR CBS THIS MORNING: THE show’s ratings are up 19 percent over last year. While still leading among the morning news shows, Good Morning America‘s ratings are up only 10 percent from last year. Meanwhile, Today continues to lose viewers, in part to the fallout following NBC’s clumsy replacement of Ann Curry as co-host. Ratings for the once-dominant morning show are down 8 percent.

A BABY!

First Looks: Channing Tatum & Reggie Bush Show Off Newborn Daughters

ISN’T SHE PRECIOUS? That’s Channing Tatum’s two-week old daughter Everly snuggling with daddy while mom Jenna Dewan-Tatum lovingly looks on. The Sexiest Man dared to show his tender side on Father’s Day when he posted the photo on Facebook and Instagram.