Last weekend we marveled at the story of the trollish business owner who claimed that being awful to his customers helped his Google results by getting them to bash him in customer reviews. Google says you can't do this anymore.

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Leonard is the resident old man enrolled at Greendale Community College on the NBC show Community. Played by Richard Erdman, his IMDB page dates back to 1944. It's nice to see a seasoned actor with sharp modern comedy chops.

Quirky guy Michael Cera will be touring as the bassist for an indie rock supergroup

Today Star reported that Britney Spears' ex-husband Jason Alexander had a phone conversation about current boyfriend Jason Trawick "beat on me." Hours later, Radar published audio of the alleged conversation. But Britney's lawyers say it's all a fake.

This week on One Tree Hill, there was a reason for people to watch! In a not-quite believable storyline, Kid Cudi had a free night to perform. At least Kid Cudi is awesome (per usual) in this clip!

For those on the East Coast, today was dark, damp, and windy as a storm front worked its way toward the Atlantic. Don't worry, it's supposed to be sunny and clear in NYC tomorrow. Leave your umbrellas at home!

Two Hawaiian teachers have taken a new approach to teaching their students by reworking lyrics to popular songs by artists like Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Gwen Stefani and more into some seriously cool visual history lessons ever. Some favorites, inside.

The Trailer Park Boys found themselves at a loss when their buddy Bubbles went to jail, so they did what any good friends would do: found a new guy with the same name to fill the void. Enter awesome Bubbles.

Today we learned about a fabulous new Kentuckahsperience: a religious theme park that will feature a full-sized Noah's Ark replica, which is being funded with taxpayer dollars. Yay! crowed the faithful. Boo moaned the damned. Like this wiseacre commenter here.

What did your favorite celebrities do on World AIDS day? Raise awareness? Make Jokes?

Illinois is poised to legalize same-sex civil unions, the poor man's gay marriage.

Last Summer Anne Rice declared on Facebook that she'd quit being a Christian and for reason people cared. Well, today on Good Morning America she offered up her reasoning for doing so and started making a whole lotta sense.

The Republican National Committee is having some trouble paying people on time and has acknowledged a "cashflow challenge" — the challenge being that little cash is flowing, currently. What is wrong with you, America? Donate to your Republican party, now.

Longtime West Villagers Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker have reportedly purchased a $21 million townhouse on the Upper West Side. It has eight bedrooms, 10 bathrooms, and two walk-in closets so big you could practically live in them!

[Scott Disick, A.K.A. Mr. Kourtney Kardashian, spontaneously performs a random act of kindness that is not at all related to the cameras that just happen to be there while he interacts charitably with a poor. Images via Flynet Pictures]

The Shop-Vac bills itself as The Original Wet/Dry Vac—and it's damn proud of that. A few years ago, singer/songwriter Jonathan Coulton wrote a song about the gadget. Now, there's this: an amazing kinetic typography music video.

NYC officials are seeking to fire former hooker-stripper-blogger teacher Melissa Petro. Andrea Peyser will be positively distraught.

Under pressure from Sen. Joe Lieberman, Amazon.com kicked WikiLeaks.org off its servers. But why stop there? There's all kinds of controversial customers the cowardly but remarkably convenient e-tailer can flee from.

The Walking Dead fires its writing staff, Glee will graduate some characters in 2012, Margaret Cho claims Sarah Palin forced Bristol into DWTS, Boyz II Men caught in a lip-sync scandal, and will you watch the Royal Wedding in 3D?