With NYC Mayor Bloomberg backing a law which would make city parks and beaches off limits for smoking, take a tip from Star Wars' C-3PO and R2-D2, and kick the habit. If only anti-smoking PSAs were still this overbearing...

Well, maybe. It seems there's a rumor afoot that the hoax-pulling actor is director Clint Eastwood's top pick to play J. Edgar Hoover's lover in his biopic about the top g-man, which will star DiCaprio. Intriguing! And also, vaguely, ew?

Adults have been playing high-schoolers on TV forever, but there's something about Ms. Hyland that makes us — and interviewer Kevin Pereira — feel a little like Chester the Molester. Also, this clip contains a great snippet from Modern Family.

Those working tirelessly to stop the stereotyping of Italian Americans in the media won't be too happy about this.

After the slice of literary splendor* that was My Booky Wook, expectations are high for its impending sequel. This quick preview from The Daily Ten reveals an intoxicating comment from The Brand regarding a former flame, Kate Moss.

On last night's Real Sports With Bryant Gumbel, we got an inside look at the rigorous emotional and physical preparation it takes for a number of college students to don over-sized costumes and receive the brunt of drunken fratboy heckling.

For decades, tormented alcoholics have taken comfort in the clear, soul-penetrating language of AA's "Big Book," which serves as a guide down the path to sobriety. Now they're publishing the original manuscript, with all the edits. Confusion ahoy, alcoholics!

This guy is the master of the in and out—of the closet, that is. He should meet this closeted singer, who's playing it straight. Add a married baseballer and a fledgling fashion designer and it's quite a party!

Bell, California: little town, big problems. Eight city officials were arrested there yesterday, including city council members, the city manager, and the mayor, whose door was battered down by the police. The worst part? It wasn't a surprise.

We don't want to alarm you, but there's something uh.. race-y about the story Patricia Heaton told on The Late Late Show about the time she auditioned for a Gospel Choir.

Denied entry from Japan for being a cokehead, Paris Hilton tweets ominously. Nicole Richie has a bachelorette party in Mexico. Lindsay Lohan might be denied bail after her latest probation violation. Wednesday gossip terrorizes innocent women, children, and men.

Is it just us, or was tonight's episode of Parenthood extra shouty? It seemed that every argument turned into a yelling match. I'll be needing my ears checked after this episode.

The New York Times Co. says it will post a loss in the third quarter. Print ad revenue's slowing, growth of online ad revenue's slowing, and there's no paywall (yet). More alarming: NYT stars are leaving—for the internet!

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

Bishop Eddie Long—noted homophobe, megachurch pastor, and author of Gladiator, the Strength of a Man—has been accused by two young men from his church of coercing them into masturbating and "oral sexual contact." That's so crazy!

The owner of the Iowa farm who was selling salmonella-tainted eggs that led to a massive recall will testify before a House subcommittee today. In a prepared statement, Austin DeCoster says he was "horrified," but of course he blames others.

Looking for another angry old white man's take on the "Ground Zero Mosque"? Then read this.

The 2010 North American Bed Bug Summit is under way in Rosemont, Illinois, where some 400 exterminators, entomologists, researchers and hoteliers have gathered to discuss bloodsucking insects with experts. Bed bug hysteria has officially reached its apex.

Who: Indie film queen Julianne Moore has turned in critically-acclaimed performances in Boogie Nights, Far From Heaven, and The Hours.

After a six-hour grilling by immigration officials, Paris Hilton was denied entry into Japan today, where being a convicted cokehead is apparently frowned upon. She joins Wings-era Paul McCartney and the Rolling Stones on Japan's list of druggie deportees.