Steve Martin appeared on The Colbert Report to discuss his new book, and Colbert surprised him with a pop quiz—on art. Martin does reasonably well, if one correct answer constitutes "reasonably well." Watch the action unfold inside.

Flowery New York Times perfume critic Chandler Burr is stepping down from that job to become the "curator of olfactory art" at the Museum of Arts and Design. Is this the end of an era of scent-based pretension?

Christina Aguilera says she fell prey to a nefarious computer hacker. Blake Lively and Ryan Gosling seem to be dating. Michael Lohan makes a video of himself getting Botox, because, why not? Thursday gossip has a complicated relationship with fame.

She's getting her husband the gift of her having a larger cup size. This singer slept his way to the top, and this actress didn't show up at her own holiday party. Is she a scourge or just a Scrooge?

Though Governor Rick Perry announced new movie-luring tax incentives at Robert Rodriguez's film studios in Austin last year, Rodriguez's film Machete has now been denied those rebates, seemingly because it "portray[ed] Texans or Texas in a negative fashion." Censorship!

A woman was found dead in the bathtub of a room at the exclusive-ish Manhattan club and hotel (the one with the pool on the roof, from Sex and the City) early this morning. Update: Police have questioned her companion.

The Anonymous online movement that has risen up to defend Wikileaks is so outraged about censorship that they hacked into ABC News's web site and spiked a story about Sarah Palin. Makes sense, no? Or not.

Correction: The page we thought was an Anonymous hack replacing Jake Tapper's story, from which this screengrab is taken, was actually a page created by ABC News to show the hack that had been perpetrated on Palin's web site. Our mistake. Here is the Tapper story, safe and sound.

On Conan, Ray Romano lays out his issues with the internet including sites dedicated to guys blowing themselves and the concept of kill, f***, marry. It's good to hear Ray talk about something that young people can relate to.

In the name of getting good statistical data, New York City is randomly denying poor people access to a program designed to stave off homelessness. If those unlucky people become homeless, you know it works! Oh... is that frowned upon?

Andrea Peyser, a cheap tabloid columnist who's paid to help stoke the regrettable latent xenophobia and racism that underlies our society, is having a great day: she's found a minority who's in favor of racial profiling. This proves everything!

On last night's Mythbusters, our beleaguered commander in chief visited to lay down a gauntlet for Jamie and Adam. Their task? Build a working version of Archimedes' solar ray to defeat terrorism... or teach kids about science or something.

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

Passengers aboard the luxury expedition ship MV Clelia II are probably wishing their biggest problem was subsisting off mayo sandwiches, after the ship lost an engine this week while on an Antarctic cruise and hit 30-foot swells.

The word "information" got a very long overhaul in the latest Oxford English Dictionary revision.

After intense wrangling, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist yesterday grabbed enough support from the state's Clemency Board to posthumously pardon The Doors' Jim Morrison for allegedly whipping out his "magnificent member" during a 1969 Miami concert/riot. Justice has been served.

A nationwide shortage of key execution drug sodium thiopental has put several death row cases on hold this year. Documents show that California prison officials obtained some from Arizona, making them very happy: "You guys in AZ are life savers."

Nearly one in four people—23.7 percent—in Wisconsin admitted to driving while drinking alcohol, more than any other state in the union in the last year. Utah, unsurprisingly, came in last at 7.4 percent. Go celebrate, Utah! Soberly.

The Winklevoss twins are at it again! Tyler and Cameron, the crew-rowing siblings who walked away with a $65 million settlement after suing Mark Zuckerberg, have filed another suit against the Facebook founder, saying they didn't get enough last time.

And another weird New York institution bites the dust: The Off-Track Betting Corporation, the state-owned horse betting business, has finally closed after years of threatening to do so. Fifty parlors were shut down and 1,000 people were laid off.

Along with pastry-making, add "cooking for children" to the list of tasks cheftestants really hate. This week, the All-Stars concocted a snack for a kids' slumber party at the Museum of Natural History, and well, things went downhill from there.