The internet is abuzz with rumors that Jackson family matriarch Katherine Jackson is M.I.A. — and with good reason. Late last night, her nephew reported that she was missing.

Despite protests from people who think football is more important than reporting the sexual abuse of children, Joe Paterno's statue was removed from Penn State.

Who would win in a battle to make you cry — Batman or Superman?

As families of the Aurora shooting victims have been notified, some of the victims' names and stories have been released.

Motivational speaker Tony Robbins had the best of intentions when he encouraged attendees of his "Unleash the Power Within" convention to walk on hot coals. Unfortunately, things didn't go quite as planned, and at least 21 people suffered burns from the experience.

Judge her and her lifestyle choices all you want — Nadya Suleman has now earned enough money to get off welfare, according to TMZ.

You can't have a national tragedy without at least one religious zealot crawling out of the woodwork and spouting off about the downfall of America. And lo, American Family Association news director Fred Jackson is up to the task.

When Fred Willard got caught enjoying himself too much at a porn theater, the internet rallied behind him and his right to masturbate freely. But law enforcement doesn't take as kindly to this sort of thing: he's set to be charged with lewd contact.

Are you ready to meet your new American Idol judge?

A man in Utah couldn't stop looking at these weird goats, so he did the obvious thing: he started dressing like one and frolicking with a goat herd through the Utah wilderness. But what seems like a strange obsession could soon have real and dangerous consequences – goat hunting season starts in September.

The Caped Crusader being interviewed by NYFA.com in front of the 42nd Street AMC IMAX theater, at roughly 8 pm EST.

"First responders to the Aurora theater shooting at first thought the shooter was a fellow officer, and the shooter had taken 100mg of Vicodin about two and half hours before the shooting, according to information from sources." [ABC 7 News Denver]

Dark Knight shooting suspect James Holmes graduated in 2010 with honors from the University of California, Riverside, where he majored in neuroscience. University Chancellor Tim White remembers Holmes as a brilliant student.

Earlier this evening, The Dark Knight Rises director Christopher Nolan issued the following statement regarding the Dark Knight shooting in Colorado:

Obese writers. Confused readers. Pooping cabbies. It's a real laugh-factory here at Gawker. Enjoy this roundup of the hate mail we received this week.

It hasn't even been 24 hours since a gunman opened fire on a crowded movie theater in Colorado and you can already predict the entire, familiar scene: the days and days of arguments about gun control, about mental health treatment access, about violence in movies and television. And, of course, the angry accusations that one person or another is "politicizing tragedy," unquestionably the worst sin in post-tragedy rhetoric.

North America's two largest movie theater chains, AMC and Regal Cinemas, released statements Friday afternoon updating their policies on acceptable theater attire.

Please click through for a gallery of images from last night's shooting in Aurora.

Just weeks after The Today Show booted Ann Curry off its couch because she wasn't good at chitchatting with the fun, popular kids, the show, realizing no one on its current roster is capable of manifesting gravitas, has come crawling back to her.