Due to Spencer Pratt's recent pattern of absurd behavior, MTV was reportedly concerned about the fame-junkie showing up to their Hills finale after-party. Spencer "tricked" everyone by disguising himself as an old man—while tweeting the entire incident.

So, Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler seems to have done something dumb yesterday. He got into an argument with a cabbie over when to pay his full fare, and then didn't pay at all, and then fled before the cops came.

Adorably bumbling Starz executive and, uh, lady abuser Chris Albrecht, the disgraced mastermind behind HBO's meteoric rise to the top of the television heap, recently responded to an email about firing two top-level employees and inadvertently CC'd 400 staff members.

After being abandoned by her mother, a baby red panda is adopted by a cat to raise alongside her own kittens. Naturally everyone gets along wonderfully because they all have adorable in common.

"Trend forecasting" firm Tobe charges anywhere from $25,000 to $250,000 a year in order to tell its corporate clients what the hot fashions will be this season. How does Tobe know this? They just make it up, duh.

Is summer 2010 going by too quickly? Not enough time in the day for trend spotting? Fear Not! Boycrazy Alexi is here to introduce you to the latest trend in summer fashion: Sideboob! Not familiar? See Video.

This 11 year-old shows off his insane basketball skills for a local newscast. He wants to play for the NBA when he's older, and based on this segment, that is a definite possibility.

Philip Morris uses child labor on Kazakh tobacco farms. It's like a sundae of evil!

To celebrate, the starcrossed lovers of Wasilla are dressed like Jehovah's Witness proselytizers on the cover of Us. Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem got married in secret. Are Rihanna and Chris reuniting? Wednesday gossip has wedding fever.

This kid is already preparing for his impending fame. He's already mastered his angry response to a nosy cameraman.

Last night, the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission met to discuss possibly designating a building on Park Place, north of Wall Street, as a landmark. Of course, the hearing was not about architecture. It was about saving us from THE OTHER.

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

[Testing of BP's magical new containment cap has been put on hold, and oil is again flowing freely into the Gulf. But don't worry, America: The oil company is well prepared for disasters like this one. Image via AP]

"Flushers" from Thames Water are trying to clear out an estimated 1,000 tons of cooking fat from sewers beneath London's Leicester Square, thanks to local restaurants committing "sewer abuse" — dumping anything other than water, feces or toilet paper.

Six New Orleans cops have been charged with killing unarmed people after Hurricane Katrina. Four could face the death penalty.

The Russian spy story continues: A mid-twenties software tester at Microsoft, Alexey Karetnikov, has been deported on immigration charges and is said to be the 12th member of the spy ring. Last chance for reporters to overuse Cold War clichés!

Who: Zee is the creative director of Elle. He may be better known, though, for his regular appearances on MTV's The City.

For three straight nights Belfast, Northern Ireland has been the scene of riots, which the authorities are blaming on small groups of kids. According to one local priest: "It was a bit like a Eurodisney theme park for rioting." [AFP]

[Two women, who may or may not be Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari, walk next to the Qalai Khater cemetery in Kabul, Afghanistan. Pic via AP.]

Geologists "have taken to Twitter" over a proposal to remove serpentine as California's state rock because it can contain asbestos. We're on the geologists' side, because asbestos-containing minerals seem like totally appropriate symbols of California. [NYT]