Gossip about a book about about gossip about books and whatnot! Lately we've said to ourselves, "What this city needs is another thinly-veiled fictionalized tale of various media types doing their dramatic NYC thing." Hello, we hear one is coming!

Could the show that has redefined science-fiction for the masses be the harbinger of what television-drama will become? While flashbacks and flashforwards gave the audience insight into character's lives, the flashsideways are what could make for cutting edge television drama.

This morning the ladies of The View hosted conspiracy theorist, former wrestler/governor of the great state of Minnesota Jesse Ventura to talk about his new book, "American Conspiracies."

Girls! All we really want is girls! Well, that's all we really wanted at the beginning of this season's competition, because a woman was due to win the crown. Now, three weeks in? We don't want that anymore.

This vodka-swilling grandma says she's old enough to remember the turn of the last two centuries. At her age, born in 1880, she could be the oldest woman to ever live. Is this lady the embodiment of Women's History Month?

Corey Haim is not the first—or the last—former child star who became a drug addict. Some make a full recovery. Many, sadly, do not.

This is not about Ben! Ben Smith is the most tolerable person at The Politico. He works very hard, and he deserves to have people on TV mention his name as if it is no big thing. It is about how the internet has been around for almost 100 internet-years now, and TV is still scared of it and stupid about it.

It's not clear why this kid is at the Oscars, but it's obvious what he plans to do there— make crazy faces behind celebrities while they drone on about what an honor it is just to be nominated.

The "cool dads" at Nickelodeon have a show called Yo Gabba Gabba. Here is a performance by Weezer dressed up as, and singing about, bugs.

During auditions for the long-running Japanese Ultra Series (think of it as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' primogenitor), the hopefuls erupt into a fully costumed recreation of Michael Jackson's Thriller video, taking their Ultra Monster mash to the streets.

Hey, kids of the 90s! Watch Mac from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia in this anti-smoking PSA from over a decade ago. He plays a high school kid who's asked if he'd smoked cigarettes before. Weirdly, we remember it well.

This snowmobiler gets the thrill, or more accurately, the terror, of a lifetime when his snowmobile awakens an avalanche that then furiously pursues him. That's what you get for disturbing Mama Nature when she's sleeping or watchin' her stories.

The Contest is currently titled "Start Dreaming Contest" (the "Contest") and is scheduled to commence on 12pm ET on March 14, 2011 and end on 10pm ET on April 20, 2011.

Barack Obama has appointed designer and statistician Edward Tufte to the stimulus-monitoring Recovery Independent Advisory Panel. To a certain segment of the internet, this is like learning that Admiral Ackbar is the new Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Whether you're getting ready for spring break or summer vacation, knowing how look in shape without actually working for it is an essential part of the season.

The PS 22 chorus has to be the best feel-good internet sensation ever. The group of fifth graders from Staten Island has amassed over 13 million YouTube views and acclaim from celebrities, and for good reason: they're truly talented.

Last night's Lost episode was definitely strange, and not just because it was directed by Mario van Peebles. (But srsly, wtf?) There was also weirdness about Richard Alpert, our mysterious and eyelinered island eternal.

Humans have a deal with cats. Poop in your litter box and we won't put a leash on you. Unfortunately, the man in this video has broken this sacred covenant.

Yesterday, Lori Mason won plaudits from kinky sex freaks far and wide for allowing her chef husband to make cheese from her breast milk. Alas! Now comes a food critic to dispel your dreams of tasty human bosom curd.

Joshua Newton, the director who thought a $400,000 Oscar campaign in Variety would buy his movie a positive review, has made good on his threat to sue the Hollywood trade.