• People may have won the bidding war for the first photos of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's twins. Total cost: $10 to $15 million. Reportedly. [JustJared]
  • Tim Russert's death? Sad, yes. But not so bad for son Luke's career: He was hired as a convention correspondent for NBC. [NYT]
  • Does John McCain's new campaign commercial prove he's a racist, or is Barack Obama overblowing the situation? [Gawker]
  • Just when the Vespa is supposedly taking over Brooklyn, the company is now rolling out a special ad campaign just for New Yorkers. [Animal]