Today on The Wendy Williams Show, Wendy premiered her Aretha Franklin exclusive. The Queen of Soul talked to the Queen of all Media about her health and even made Wendy tear up when they touched on Whitney Houston's addiction.

Former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer will apparently run for president! Sure, why not? He's most famous for losing a gubernatorial primary to white supremacist monster David Duke in 1991, as an incumbent. Speaking of Duke, why isn't he running?

We're used to all sorts of crazy trends coming out of the world of pop culture, but the most recent one is incredibly alarming. What kind of world do we live in where anti-Semitism is not only acceptable, but the flavor of the moment?

PayPal ditched Wikileaks last December because, the company falsely claimed, its "activities were deemed illegal in the United States." The whole thing caused something of a stir. But look! As the Atlantic Wire reports, you can now use PayPal to donate money to Julian Assange's legal defense fund, which is prominently advertised on Wikileaks' web site, and which Assange can use to fund "non-profit bodies which have freedom of speech or freedom of information as a principal aim." Hmmm—I know of one of those that could use some money.

At 89 years old, Betty White is as charming as ever. According to Ms. White, there's no harm in knocking a few years off your age when in the biz. And hey if it's fine with Betty, it's with us.

Good news, residents of poverty-stricken states where low tax revenues from weak economies fuels massive public service cutbacks which fuels a decline in quality of living which fuels further exodus of moneyed citizens in awful downward spiral: we've found a way to bolster your stretched-to-the-breaking-point police departments! Bad news: that way is you!

Christina Aguilera has landed a gig on The Voice, the Oscars censor Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin, lots of shows (Fantasty Factory! Weeds! The Big C!) get premiere dates and Ed Burns is making an Entourage for 40-year-olds.

Russian baby-swinging yoga guru Lena Fokina—whose unconventional child-rearing terrorized YouTube earlier this year—recently went on high-profile Russian talk show Let Them Talk. Before a live studio audience, Lena Fokina swung a baby, endured half an hour of berate and ridicule, then burst into tears.

Just because it looks like nobody saw him walking right into a wall doesn't mean the security camera didn't capture it for the world to see.

It's been a little while since we last checked in on the good Governor Sandwiches of New Jersey, Chris Christie, but he's suddenly become the most popular Republican in the country! And all it took was a few choreographed YouTubes of him screaming at teachers' unions, with his sleeves rolled up (crucially). So why won't he run for president already? Republican operatives, who hate all of the other candidates, demand it.

Emily Blunt stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live to chat about living across the street from Kimmel. For Blunt this includes a giant neon sign on her house, but that was only after she put a light-up Snowman inside Kimmel's house.

900,000 people (myself included) are following Charlie Sheen's brand new Twitter account, which he created in the midst of a manic media blitz that caused him to lose his job. His craziness earned him a restraining order (from the ex-wife he went to jail for beating and threatening with a knife, who says he threatened to murder her this time), and caused state authorities to remove his children from his custody. Among the evidence presented in the custody battle: A text message announcing he "must execute" a "stoopid Jew pig."

Welcome back to Midweek Madness, in which we sift through the silt of In Touch, Star, Us, OK! and Life & Style, looking for nuggets of gold. This week: cellulite, bitchy advice and shitty commentary. [Jezebel]

Today at Gawker.TV, Piers Morgan gives the inside scoop on his interview with Charlie Sheen, Miley's first Saturday Night Live promos, Donald Trump talks politics, and we finally understand the marriage between Isla Fisher and Sasha Baron Cohen.

Congratulations to cc for being the first person to answer today's Freeze Frame.

Despite having a diet that consists solely of french fries with gravy, weird bacon-ham, and moose brains, Canadians are still significantly less obese ("less obese" is where we're at these days, "skinnier" went out the window long ago) than their neighbors to the south. Namely, us. Yes, a study released today shows that 34% of Americans are obese versus 24% of Canadians. What gives?

If this ballet dancer was looking to be booted from this ballet production then they most likely succeeded.

If you're an attractive young actress, is "Well, she seems game for anything..." the best or worst lasting impression you want to leave after a casting call with Bobby and Peter Farrelly?

In your Wednesday media column: Bill Keller's debut column, the NYT paywall approaches, NewsBeast shows staffers the new Newsweek, NPR listeners are unbearable, and Jeanne Moos wants a gold watch, goddamn it.

Filmmakers Sarah Klein and Tom Mason beautifully capture the moment one emerges from the dark and dingy subway to above ground where millions of people call home.