Michael Lohan says he took cops to Lindsay's house on Thursday to check on Ali. Dina Lohan says Michael didn't even recognize Ali. Lindsay Lohan says her father is "the devil's advocate," whatever that means. Who do we believe?

Riot police are deployed against protestors in Bangkok after a violent night sees one death.

[Sex Pistols manager and punk impresario Malcolm McLaren was laid to rest Thursday in a coffin spray-painted "Too Fast to Live Too Young to Die," which arrived in a horse-drawn hearse with an anarchy-themed floral display. Pic via Getty]

Last night was football night and magazine night in America! New York hosted both the National Magazine Awards and the first round of the NFL Draft. Which one was better? Which was more embarrassing? Which had Anna Wintour?

Radical black nationalist Michelle Obama revealed the racist contents of her presidential iPod while brainwashing a crowd of children on Thursday: "Rhythm and blues" artist Beyonce, who is married to a known rapper, and also, Sting. Click for video.

This week, electropop duo La Roux achieved what few British artists have, recently: Their single "Bulletproof" broke into the U.S. Top 40. Who are La Roux, and why did we provocatively suggest they are the Thinking Person's Lady Gaga?

Lil' Wayne's legal troubles continue, it seems. A record producer is suing the already imprisoned rapper (and blogger!), claiming Wayne's record company owes him $500,000 in royalties for "Lollipop," the 2009 Grammy winner for Best Rap Song.

Rebel Rock Productions filed this complaint against Lil' Wayne in Manhattan federal court claiming Wayne owes $500,000 in royalties.

Last week, 2.3 million people saw Nike's controversial Tiger Woods ad online. But 1.3 million of those views were for parodies. Of the ad's 11.2 million total online views, a full 5.7 million—51%—were for parodies. And Nike is loving it! They told YouTube's Biz Blog: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. We love when people engage and participate in the storytelling. Any confident brand should be." [AdAge]

Barcelona doctors have performed the world's first full face transplant on a man injured in a shooting accident. There had been partial face transplants before, but this was the whole thing. Like a pancake on a bowling ball. [Telegraph]

Stephen Baldwin—the least Baldwin of all the Baldwins—is bankrupt and talentless. Luckily, he came up with a plan to make money that requires no talent or work: It is a website called restorestephenbaldwin.org. Let's make a donation!

Robin Harris is a comedy veteran in the black stand-up scene. He may have passed away but his comedy is still making people laugh today. Check out this classic set.

Well, commenting boys and girls, it's been a long season of Project Runway, but tonight it comes to a close. Who will win? Who will lose? We don't know, but everyone who joins in our live blog is a winner!

He screwed over Illinois; Now Rod Blagojevich wants to screw over all of America by subpoenaing Obama in his corruption trial. Lawyers claim that Obama can offer valuable insight into allegations that Blagojevich tried to sell Obama's Senate seat. [NYT]

After exceeding Apple's quota of two tablets, this medical-school student was repeatedly told "you have reached your lifetime limit of iPad purchases" by an Apple Store drone who refused to say anything else. Heaven is closed to you forever, infidel.

[President Barack Obama got a big wave as his motorcade pulled away from Cooper Union this afternoon where he talked about Wall Street but wasn't really near it. Image via CarolVinzant's Flickr]

More new episodes of the best programming NBC has to offer! And with a full hour of 30 Rock, it's going to be a good night full of blergs and nerds. Don't forget to take your thoughts to the #tvparty!

Earlier today, we speculated that one of the few Take Your Child to Work Day jobs that children would enjoy would be National Geographic's swashbuckling Explorer-in-Residence job. Apparently Nat Geo jobs aren't the only paradisiacal thing—at this year's TKCTW celebration, they auctioned an iPad. A reader writes in,

Today in #tips, Burger King brunch mimosas, Jersey Shore stars in peril, Hulu's plan to take your money, more Lin Yu Chun, persecuted Christian Stephen Baldwin efforts to regain glory, and more.

Since posting about Facebook's latest privacy rollback, we've received emails asking how users can protect themselves, and for clarification about what happened. Here, then, is a quick guide to locking down the new Facebook.