CNN anchor Rick Sanchez, who's always sayin' the nuttiest things, called Barack Obama the "the cotton-pickin' president" today. This enraged his Twitter followers, because didn't black slaves used to pick cotton? Sanchez testily apologized shortly thereafter. Sanchez's latest flub below.

Conde Nast folded Gourmet magazine last fall; it was brought back in the form of a paltry digital app. Now, the brand's actually coming back in print, "in the form of three newsstand-only editions," including a cookbook. Baby steps. [Folio]

Glee star Lea Michele turned 24 yesterday. Yay, Birthday Girl! Anyway... Billy Bush presented Michele with a birthday cake/cupcake/something while interviewing her on the Emmy red carpet, and—while she loved it—she thought it was soooooo "ghetto." Video inside.

Footwear innovator Nike has seen the future, and it is a world where everyone is so fat, they can't tie their own laces. They've filed a patent for self-tying sneakers. Did they miss the invention of Velcro?

Paul Giamatti on 30 Rock, George Clooney and John Krasinski play basketball together to work off stress, Lifetime makes a movie about the Craigslist killer, and lots of post-Emmy madness!

Report: tween bloggers flood internet, "improving their literacy skills." Meanwhile, older bloggers do the opposite.

In a segment discussing Employers who are firing workers for using medical marijuana Shepard Smith lays the smack down on his opponent, laying out a logical argument in favor of pot. We're guessing Shep might suffer from "anxiety" and "depression."

If Brian Williams decides your nickname is Meeks, then your nickname is Meeks. The only girl in the boys' club also known as Morning Joe doesn't seem to be getting any help from the peanut gallery.

Two interesting results from this wide-ranging 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll: 59% think Sarah Palin lacks "the ability to be an effective president"; and the strongest resistance to a new tanning tax comes from seniors. What does your leathery grandpa think?

TONIGHT: Lots of TV! We've got a super-sized first part of the Real Housewives of New Jersey reunion, plus new episodes of Bachelor Pad, Dating in the Dark, Weeds, The Big C, Kate Plus 8, Warren the Ape, and more!

[Gossip Girl's resident geigh on the New York set; image via Splash]

Hurricane Earl is "gathering strength" off the coast of Puerto Rico, and may send squalls all the way to Maine this week. Earl has kindly agreed to leave the Gulf coast alone, though, because it's got enough to deal with.

The owner of an RV company that hard-bodied six-year-old Taylor Lautner is suing for breach of contract has offered to settle the dispute not in court, but at the gym. He's challenged the Twilight actor to a push-up contest.

The Way We Live Now: buying stocks. You better be! We are telling you, brother. You want a plan for long term financial success? Buy stocks. Right now. This is not even a joke.

Not only has Katy Perry created a catchy album rife with solid writing and modern, synthy, adept pop music, but she's also crafted an album about her love of the modern, All-American, full-blooded male.

After accepting their award for Best Drama Series, the cast of Mad Men answered questions in the press room. When asked if the cast were truly "great partiers," Jon Hamm decided to let Kiernan Shipka answer the question.

Today at Gawker.TV, Michael Kors has a freakish bellybutton, Mad Men's Sally Draper adorably answers questions of cast partying, Amy Poehler and Will Arnett are delightful, international military advertising, and The Soup addresses casting rumors of the next TV season.

Congratulations to trucha for being the first person to answer today's Freeze Frame. Click through for the answer.

That Tea Party Guide to Washington for Glenn Beck's rally should've warned attendees in advance about the new five-cent bag tax in the District. But it didn't, and look what happened: stunned Tea Partiers hurling sandwiches at deli employees.

Advertising about enlisting in the military is tricky business; a balance between agitprop and national pride. America's approach is standard, but what about the rest of the world? The international community uses robots, explosions, crazy camera angles and battleships!