Well! It's happened. The power has been thrown to us as the judges have whittled the tributes down to a manageable 24 and now it's in our hands. Are we ready? More importantly, are we excited?

In his soon-to-be-infamous interview with also-crazy talk show host Alex Jones, Charlie Sheen praises himself and attacks his boss with surprisingly sophisticated diction. I guess we just don't understand that he's "got magic and poetry in his fingertips."

Just a week before he shows his new collection at Paris Fashion Week, Dior suspended whackadoo designer John Galliano after he got in a fight and made anti-Semitic comments to a couple at a Paris bar. Damn, usually Galliano only has run-ins with the fashion police.

During a segment about the many Republican "caucus-teases," Stephen took a highly-decorated moment to make an important announcement: that's he's not running for President in 2012! Jimmy, raise the balloons!

Women begin to flee Charlie Sheen and CBS cancels his show, but he says they just "can't handle my power." Dianna Agron's "psycho" ex-boyfriend's house catches fire. Christina Aguilera gets drunk and bangs her boyfriend in the bathroom at a family get-together. TGIFriday gossip.

A vast number of the states in our fine union are facing deep and painful budget cuts, thanks to the ongoing not-having of money, combined with lots of spending of money that we didn't have in the recent past. Education, social welfare, health care—the entire social safety net will have to be slashed. But with a little ingenuity, we'll be able to preserve our prison-industrial complex!

From Good Will Hunting to The Departed to The Fighter, the Oscars can't stop giving love to the City on the Hill. This parody trailer summing up the award-winning Boston film genre is wicked perfect.

Who can resist a donut? This guy has no idea this seagull has been fancying his mid-day treat from afar. Watch this swift bird go in for the steal! It seems seagulls, too, run on Dunkin.

This celeb is making ends meet selling her junk at auction. This misbehaving celebrity is bipolar, and this actress went on a public rampage after her man cheated. Would anyone like to bid on one of them?

Non-subscribers to Showtime might recognize the clothed version of Rossum from The Day After Tomorrow or Phantom of the Opera. All perviness aside, Shameless may be the first UK-to-US TV remake since The Office to succeed both critically and commercially.

Watch as a group of heroic firefighters come to the rescue of a Boo, a poor dog who has fallen through the ice on a frozen pond in Delaware.

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In New York City, regulators are searching for penalties that will discourage taxi drivers from refusing service to certain passengers. Why would a cabbie do such a thing? Let's turn to the comment section of NYPost.com to find out:

Cats are known for maxin' and relaxin' around the house. What we sometimes don't assume is that they know how good they have it. Watch Jimmy give us a thumbs up, probably after waking up from a nap.

Porn 'n t-shirt purveyor American Apparel has been in serious financial trouble for months now. Its clearest path to rescue was to find an outside investor—but conventional wisdom said that that would only happen if crazy CEO Dov Charney gave up some control. Dov objected to that idea! But now he's apparently seen the light.

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

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At least five people were killed today in cities across Iraq during protests against government corruption and a lack of public services.

The South Korean military today sent tens of thousands of helium balloons toward North Korea with leaflets informing people there of the revolutions taking place across the Middle East and reading, "a dictatorial regime is destined to collapse," according to Bloomberg.

The School Board in Providence, Rhode Island last night voted to send out termination letters to all 1,926 of the city's public school teachers over a $40-million budget deficit. A Tea Party victory parade is forthcoming.