Aasif Mandvi is a funny guy. He is also The Daily Show's "Senior Islamic Correspondent." So why would the show ask him not to talk about Muslim extremist threats after the Times Square bombing attempt?

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Before his comedy career took off, Finesse Mitchell was a teacher. Trying to get back into the teaching world as a substitute proved more difficult than he imagined, as he explains in this clip.

Last week on V The Resistance destroyed a Visitor transport ship that was suppose to contain V Trackers. It was really a trap set by Anna to blame The Fifth Column for destroying a ship full of humans.

It's that time again-time to put a wrench in the smoothness of your day and get all befuddled as you watch tonight's new episode of LOST. Luckily, you'll be in good company. More inside, plus your open thread for discussion.

I'm in a huge fight with LOST after last week. That doesn't mean I'll stop watching, though. I'm in it for the long haul, like a bad marriage. Maybe catching Glee afterward will make me feel better about it. Sigh.

[A shopper tries on some shades today in Union Square at the opening of Nordstrom's first store in New York. Image via Getty]

It's time for American Idol! Tonight, at 8:00 PM ET on FOX, your Top 4 will perform live for your votes. Jamie Foxx (ugh) will mentor and the finalists will perform songs from movies. More inside, plus your open thread.

For the first time in 300 years, a gray whale was spotted outside the Pacific Ocean. The stray gray swam to Israel, a sign either of global warming or that a guy named Jonah is gonna get it. [USA Today]

Facebook had its third alarming bug in as many weeks, when a security researcher showed how a hostile website could obtain your Facebook information via Yelp. The hole is supposedly fixed, but then so were the prior two.

Jersey Shore turned out to be a major cash cow for MTV, club promoters, photo agencies, and any innocent bystander who a cast member happened to attack. But now that everyone wants a piece, will they bleed it dry?

Today we took a look at Tyra Banks' plan for a novel. What would it be like?? Well one commenter couldn't wait to find out, so they started writing it themselves. We're hooked!

[Next to whether or not she's a lesbian, everyone wants to know who is going to play Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan on Saturday Night Live. The Apiary made this awesome chart based on suggestions the masses made on Twitter.]

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Before he was America's favorite naked senator, Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown used to be a model with "Excellent Hands" and "perfect nails." See the only sitting senator whose pubes have been photographed for Cosmo gaze mistily into a middle distance.

A girl who posted pics of her "epic boobs" and inadvertently became an Internet meme lost a lawsuit against the outlet that made her a star. It raises the question: If you become an internet meme, what should you do?

Guess what, tweens! Justin Bieber (and his enviable hairdo) was on Oprah today. There was screaming, sobbing—even some singing! Obviously, it was all ridiculous. Just how ridiculous, you ask? Inside, we break down the show's best (worst?) moments.

You know the thing where parents force their kid to smoke a cigarette, to teach them that smoking's nasty? You get arrested for that now. Although to be fair, five is maybe too young. Also the mom had weed. [AP]

[Kate Gosselin films her new reality show in New York's backyard, Pennsylvania; image via INF]

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