Mark Pincus: The Facebook Desperado Making Off with Millions

Ryan Tate · 04/29/10 04:39PM

Gaming mogul Mark Pincus trashed-talked his way to Wall Street's gutter, trafficked scammy Facebook ads, and is now targeted in a class-action lawsuit. The FarmVille creator's now reaping $450 million in annual revenue and may go public. Revenge is his.

Afraid of Fly Girls

Robyn Caplan · 04/29/10 04:31PM

It is another flimsy show that is billed as a reality, yet Fly Girls makes me more angry than watching other shows which are arguably even more scripted. Why does this particular show's status as 'reality' make some so uncomfortable?

Only the Strong Can Wear the Fancy Pants

Hamilton Nolan · 04/29/10 04:23PM

The Way We Live Now: Kicking 'em while they're down. The vulnerable, we mean. They're the easiest ones to kick, we find. Just laying there, on Bleecker Street, vulnerable. Daddy needs some $700 pants, so somebody's getting kicked.

MTV's Balanced Challenge Meal: Meatheads and Potato Fights

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 04/29/10 04:16PM

On Real Road Rules Meaty Challenge 2: vs. The Fresh Gauntlet (or whatever), some drunk beefy-armed guy stole some potatoes, threw cheese at an even beefier-armed dude, then attacked a beefy bystander. Tempers flared! Words were had! Starch was tossed!

Conan Talks Jay Leno On 60 Minutes: 'I Wouldn't Have Done That'

Richard Lawson · 04/29/10 04:08PM

On Sunday, the ancient news program will send out another broadcast from its nursing home, this time about that comedian its grandson likes, Conan O'Brien. CBS has released an excerpt, and it is vaguely juicy? Conan talks tough-ish about NBC.

One Mere Vote for a Meerkat...

Maureen O'Connor · 04/29/10 03:47PM

[As part of Great Britain's get out of the vote effort, the London Zoo's meerkats have been given mock ballots and a red post office box to demonstrate how easy it is to vote. Image via Splash.]

Your Thursday Night Lineup

Matt Toder · 04/29/10 03:30PM

TONIGHT: Everything is new on NBC, but that does include a new Marriage Ref. Also, we've got new episodes of the Real Housewives of New York, Flash Forward and Survivor.

High Society: The End of Civilization

Richard Lawson · 04/29/10 03:25PM

Oh my god it is over. There is no more High Society to be watched and now we can live in peace. Supposedly there is another season in the works, but let's pretend that's not true and say goodbye forever.

America's Next Top Model Pits Mannequin Against Sheep

Jessica Poolt · 04/29/10 03:13PM

Tyra, lover of nonsense and whimsy, shipped the girls off to New Zealand this week to model with sheep on a craggy hillside. Poor Jessica, so overwhelmed by her "technological" dress, couldn't hold a candle to her woolly co-star.