Mike Bloomberg—not only our selfless, dollar-a-year salary mayor, but a massive philanthropist, too. What's not to like? Well, how about the fact that his charitable foundation doesn't want to pay taxes here, in the United States of America?

In the midst of a prank war, these roommates perform by far the best wedgie prank documented.

Once upon a time, building computers was as solitary an affair as using one, and a smart executive named Steve Jobs exploited this cloistered secrecy for fun and profit. But Apple's hermetic seal has broken, and there's no restoring it.

Ever been so inspired by a celebrity, sports hero or animal actor that you've decided send a fan letter? Watch this video and you'll be writing to Air Bud in no time.

Kudos to PETA's PR team, which has managed to combine its usual "naked celebrity" news peg with an additional "too hot for Apple!" news peg, thereby capitalizing on the internet's top two obsessions, porn and iPhones. Well done.

On last night's magical mystery machine, alliances shifted like the tides. Fearsome, unpredictable island tides. Who's siding with who? Why are they? Like sands through the hourglass, these are the questions that keep us awake at night.

The same morning the New York Times posts their monster magazine profile of Politico newsletter savant Mike Allen, Politico management announces a high-profile hiring! Crazy! Washington influentials, please enjoy Maggie Haberman. And a VandeHarris memo!

This cat is watching TV and has a hilarious reaction.

You, the average sports-loathing homosexual Gawker reader, might be surprised to hear that as of late 2007, ESPN Magazine pap merchant Rick Reilly was the highest-paid writer in the country. But he's finally shutting up (a little). Thank god.

They liked to do it with Larry's show on in the background. Sandra Bullock stands at the precipice of divorce. Tiger Woods "parties like a rockstar" at a Nickelback concert. Wednesday's gossip roundup keeps it in the family.

Insomnia is ruining his life—and marriage. This once-broken-up couple is engaged and planning a huge summer wedding. This husband will be chagrined that his uptight wife is letting loose. Goes together like a horse and carriage, doesn't it?

This girl is definitely going to need therapy to deal with the fact that her parents filmed her heartbreak and put in on the internet.

[Jennifer Aniston filming the Adam Sandler movie "Just Go With It" in Hawaii; image via Splash]

The U.S. attorney yesterday called new charges of sex trafficking of minors "a new low for the Gambino family." Worse than nine decades of racketeering, extortion, drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, prostitution, and illegal toxic waste dumping? Well, maybe. [NYT]

If there is one thing tabloid sex fiend columnist Andrea Peyser hates, it is everything good in the human soul. Andrea's gripe today: someone was shown mercy. This is unfair to the bloodthirsty, such as Andrea Peyser!

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

For the first time since his letter to Irish Catholics last month, Benedict mentioned the growing sex abuse scandal in his weekly address to the public in Vatican City. He didn't specify what action the church would take. [AP, Getty]

That damn volcano has already cost airlines an estimated $1.7 billion. Prepare to pay a surcharge for breathing on your next flight. [BBC]

Birth control pills being flushed down toilets are creating a "toxic stew" that turns male fish in the Potomac River into an intersex species who carry eggs in their testes. 90% of DC's drinking water comes from the river.

Yesterday the disgraced ex-governor said he was "stolen from the people of Illinois," by U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald, then got all Chicago Guy for the cameras and said: "Why don't you show up in court tomorrow?"