Last week's stock market insanity? Yeah, it was The Black Swan guy's fault.

Over the weekend in Lebanon, world food records of national importance were broken in a one-two punch.

Catching a well-known homophobe in hot gay rentboy action is the dream of every budding young journalist. But short of following Rick Warren around with a camera all the time, how do you do it?

[Lady Gaga brings news of modern dentistry to her German fans at a concert in Hamburg. Pic via Getty]

What is the loneliest place in the world to be a Jew? A KKK rally? The NFL? Nebraska? Nope! Afghanistan is the loneliest place for a Jew, because there is only one left: Former carpet salesman Zablon Simintov.

At least five are dead in Oklahoma as tornadoes wreak havoc across the state.

Who do you think is 2010's "hottest woman"? Well, it doesn't matter, because the answer is Katy Perry, who tops Maxim's " 2010 Hot 100." The fact that she has a new album coming out this summer? Merely a coincidence.

Meeting your favorite musicians can be an uplifting experience. Brian Posehn's interactions with his idols don't go that way. Instead, they lead to a perplexing request from a heavy metal hero.

Remind us not to get in a fight with E-Trade: The company is responding to a defamation suit from Lindsay Lohan with a hundred-page document "detailing Lohan's drug abuse, brawls and DWI busts," just to prove she lives in California.

Tonight I'll be watching the same thing I watch every Monday, Pinky: How I Met Your Mother, The United States of Tara, Gossip Girl, and Nurse Jackie. How about you, commenters? Don't forget to talk about it in the #tvparty!

A British fashion magazine has reportedly dubbed its iPad issue "the Iran edition" due to the requirement to remove nipples and other body parts to get content on Apple's tablet computer. Call this the "Apple chilling effect."

[Firefighters investigate an empty suitcase left unattended on 43rd Street. The situation sorted itself out a few minutes later, but now is not the time to walk away from your shit! Image (and story) via MarkLyon's Flickr]

Peter Getty and relatives of Francis Ford Coppola are going to the mattresses against one another in Getty's epic divorce battle with wife Jacqui. And the picture is getting more tenuous for Getty. Or should we say "pictures."

It's that time again! Tonight—from 8:00 to 10:00 PM ET on ABC—this season's five remaining Dancing with the Stars hopefuls will sashay across the ballroom for the judges' scores and your votes. More inside, plus your open thread.

Self-described "average American" Andy Rooney was recently startled to discover the existence of such rare pop culture creatures as "Lady Gaga" and "Usher." What other mainstream, vastly popular phenomena has professional old person Andy Rooney never heard of?

[According to a study by IBM, New York office drones spent a combined 22.5 years waiting for or riding elevators at work last year. That's more than any other city. Image via IBM.]

Amour, a Canadian porno television network, is running a slew of promo ads showing, haha, dumb porno girls being dumb. 1. Since when does porn need ads? 2. Sexist much? 3. What's wrong with you, Canada? You've changed. [via Adfreak]

So did you hear about that Twitter hack? Well... it threw the clueless twitterspehere into a tizzy where followers were unfollowed and follwed at random. See how five innocent celebs were affected by the events known as #followpocalypse.

Betty White kills the ratings on SNL over the weekend, Mia Michaels replaces Mary Murphy on SYTYCD, and the cast of Gossip Girl heads to Paris.

This morning President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to be on the Supreme Court. But few people are talking about her qualifications. They only want to know if she's into the ladies. Let's look at the facts, shall we?