North Korea has severed its ties with South Korea, likely triggering sanctions from the U.S.

Monster Garage star Jesse James gave a teary interview on Tuesday to apologize to the world for cheating on America's Fun Aunt, actress Sandra Bullock. We also learned he's not a sex addict—"at least in the traditional sense."

A Manhattan Community Board will back a plan for a Muslim community center near the WTC site. Angry people gathered to protest the Muslim plot to provide a "500-seat performing arts center, a culinary school, [and] a swimming pool." [NYT]

[Britain's Chelsea Flower Show —"a pinnacle of gardening and a highlight of the London calendar"—ended Tuesday, with a Mediterranean-themed plot by gardener Andy Sturgeon winning Best in Show. Scalpers sold tickets for twice their face value. Pic via Getty.]

Pretty soon, you will have to wear a bathing suit, outside of your house. Will you look like a babe/hunk? Not if you are eating the nine chain restaurant meals or 20 drinks that are the "worst in America."

Bad coffee! Piped-in muzak! Uncomfortable chairs! Dirty bathrooms! Semi-fascist management policies! Bayan Rabbani could've been stuck at pretty much any crappy airport lounge in the United States, waiting for a epically delayed flight to start boarding, but no, all this misery was self-inflicted: Rabbani, survivor of a 24 hours in Wal-Mart experiment and former Starbucks employee, decided it would be a good idea to spend 24 hours at Starbucks.

Tonight, The Hills were completely devoid of Spencer and Heidi. Instead, we saw a new side of LA's underbelly when Brody violated the sacred rule of the "friend's with benefits" arrangement by showing off a date in front of Kristin.

Attention, elites: You can now laugh at Tina Fey. The SNL actress and 30 Rock creator will receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, which is like a Kid's Choice Award, if the kids are "The Kennedy Center."

Coming soon to the Gulf of Mexico: "Top Kill," BP's newest method of "plug[ging] the damn hole."

Journalist Joe McGinniss is writing a book about former Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin. He's also renting the property next door. Can you guess how Palin responded in her inevitable Facebook annoucement? That's right: Passive-aggressively.

Open a cup of yogurt and you're in for the night? Ellen uses the invention of go-gurt to show just how lazy we really are, because eating yogurt from a cup with a spoon was too time consuming.

Today in science you can use: According to a UCLA study the use of lubricants in anal sex can increase the risk of STIs, possibly because they kill protective cells on the rectum. KY and Astroglide were the worst. [LAT]

Just when you thought the high-fashion blackface trend was over, Rihanna wears black body paint and chains in her new music video. She also dresses up like Slash, a train conductor, Anna Wintour, and a human harp.

[The only difference between you and Queen Elizabeth II is she gets caught picking her nose. Oh, and she and all her jewels rode in a horse-drawn carriage to open Parliament today and you didn't. So there. Image via Getty]

Tonight marks night one of the two day American Idol, with your Top 2—Crystal Bowersox and Lee DeWyze—set to duke it out live for your votes on FOX at 8:00 PM ET. More inside, plus your open thread.

Last month M.I.A. went after Lady Gaga for selling out. In a new interview, she says "I don't want to say Jay-Z sold out, but..." Is this about her marriage to the nepotistic son of a music industry billionaire?

Worried about the "stiff competition", hopeful bachelor Shooter thought it might be "too early" to reveal the meaning behind his nickname but decided to tell Ali anyway. Spoiler alert: he prematurely ejaculated his freshman year in college.

Brian Chen serial emailed Apple's CEO; Heidi Montag was relentlessly huffy; and Kathy Griffin was endlessly honest. The Twitterati kept at it.

Although it's no surprise to anyone, Dave Letterman still isn't Jay Leno's biggest fan. But Dave is positive that he loves you more than Jay loves his firetruck and his film crew.

Google is "creepy" and cavalier about privacy. We've said that ourselves plenty of times, but now it's the Australian communications minister saying so, citing Google's recent spying on wifi traffic. Sadly, this same minister wants a national internet filter. Creepier.