TMZ got its filthy hands on some pictures of former porn star Sasha Grey reading a book to some first-graders in Compton, California. The funny thing is the school is now denying she was even there after some parents complained about her presence at the school.

Taylor Lautner frequently forgets to water and feed his abs. Did AnnaLynne McCord get a boob job? A reality "star" says Mel Gibson impregnated her. Vogue names the Olsen twins "best dressed." TGIFriday gossip.

Around this time last week, we gave the fickle Republican base voters 10 days to start getting over this Herman Cain thing and commence with the "Gingrich Surge," "Newtmentum," "The Newtening," "Fat Head Makes Good" — whatever you prefer. With three days to go, it looks like they're complying. We were just screwing around. Oops!

The three men suspected of beating up 26-year-old gay man Burke Burnett and throwing him onto a fire have been charged with aggravated assault with hate crime enhancements.

According to the American Farm Bureau Federation, your "classic" Thanksgiving dinner of "turkey, whiskey, stuffing, cranberries, pumpkin pie and all the basic trimmings" will cost 13 percent more than it did last year. As if you needed to hear that kind of news!

This actor married a male-to-female transsexual and no one knew. These two "straight" actors are dating, and this actor is addicted to plastic surgery. The only thing he hasn't had done is a gender reassignment!

Yep, it's 11/11/11. Crazy. People are getting married for good luck, doctors are offering discounts on births. Haven't seen this many ones since November 11, 1911.

It was excruciatingly awkward at Wednesday's Republican presidential debate when Rick Perry forgot the name of the third federal agency he plans to cut. But was it awkward enough? We made this extended cut to see just how bad it could be.

North Carolina State University professor Michael Dickey and his research team have devised a way to turn sheets of plastic into boxes and other shapes simply by applying heat to them. The discovery could completely revolutionize the origami industry.

The NYPD is not the most ethical, least-gun smuggling of police forces. But are they actually 4channers? An NYPD officer is under investigation after some gross pictures of a crime scene showed up on the internet's foulest message board.

We can think of several things that Tennessee residents Erica Wilson and Jesse Brooks should never, ever do together. "Drink Everclear" is one. Another is date. These two should not date! Not only are their relationship expectations incompatible, but they're also first cousins.

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Here's a video in which a man describes a shooting that took place "30 feet" from the Occupy Oakland site. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, protesters said they "did not recognize" the victim, who was shot in the head and died shortly thereafter. Nevertheless, Oakland mayor Jean Quan has asked protesters to shut down their camp.

Did you know that homosexuality is a gateway drug? "Gateway drug to what,?" you ask. Well, I'm not really sure, because I didn't attend Baylor University, which offers a whole course on the subject, or even major in Gateway Drug Studies.

Just hours after Poynter Instituter Julie Moos wrote that there were "questions" about popular media blogger Jim Romenesko's use of quotation marks—questions ostensibly raised by a single person—Romenesko handed in his resignation letter, bringing his 12-year stint with Poynter to an end.

In a span of 24 hours, Rick Perry has gone from longshot presidential contender to unwitting Gingko Biloba spokesman to national joke to late night comedian. At this rate, by 4 a.m. he should be hosting an infomercial for Epilady for Men® on the Ion channel. Soak it up, Rick. This is your moment. Probably not the moment you'd hoped for, but it's a moment nonetheless. [Late Show]

It's the end of a minor era, as Larry King-supplanting CNN garden gnome and noted liar Piers Morgan has announced that he will be stepping down from his America's Got Talent-hosting duties, effective immediately.

The conventional wisdom is that since obesity rates are so high among the poorest Americans, that fast food is the grease-and-ketchup-soaked engine driving them upwards. But a new study on food consumption from UC Davis medical school got surprising results: It found that middle- and upper-middle income earners are the ones gobbling up the most Big Macs, Whoppers, and that artisanal pork log known as the McRib.

It took the court martial jury four hours to find Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs guilty of murder in connection with the infamous "kill team" — a rogue Army unit that murdered unarmed Afghans, including a teenager, for sport.

Forget everything you thought you knew about alleged Herman Cain sexual assault victim Sharon Bialek's domestic living arrangement! (If what you know about it is absolutely nothing, then congratulations. You might actually lead a fulfilling life.) Claims that she and her 13-year-old son live with her fiance are not true, according to said fiance!