In order to "take some of the angst out of" the subway experience, the MTA has spent nearly $400 million on those countdown clocks that tell you when the next train is coming. (No time soon.) [NYT. Pic via]

Some kids like pop music, some like folk, some even like rap, but this kid prefers to belt out his kid tunes to his favorite genre, metal.

What a brawl we could have seen if this guy's famous wife knew he was sleeping with the actress just a few seats down. Another actor loves strippers and an actress loves drugs. We're all too close for comfort.

[The respected artist out in Paris for Fashion Week, a place she really can afford to be; image via Bauer-Griffin]

Oscar night is Hollywood's biggest. For Cablevision customers, it was also one of the saddest. The dispute with ABC may have been settled, but for some it was a little too late. To them we say, this one's for you.

Rejoice, Americans in favor of education: business school grads are having an easier time finding investment banking jobs now. USA education reform= done! The other half of this plan is that regular (non-business) school kids now have 20% less school.

Coke bottles to the face may hurt physically, but having your clothing take turns you never expected can hurt your pride just as badly.

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

Douglas Schantz, the president of natural gas firm Sequent Energy Management, was hanging out on Bourbon Street in New Orleans with coworkers around 2 a.m. last Friday morning. He hasn't been seen since.

We went to the Elton John AIDS Foundation dinner at the Pacific Design Center tonight. The one we weren't invited to. (Ah, back doors.) But it really wasn't anything too exciting.

The Oscars just finished. The Hurt Locker won, which wasn't a surprise. Actually, there were hardly any surprises at all, except for maybe how long and lousy the broadcast was. Why can they never get this thing right?

Well, folks, there you have it! The 82nd Annual Academy awards are history, and what a night it was. Inside, your Oscars wrap-up: video and pictures of the moments everyone will be talking about tomorrow, and a complete winners list.

Big Love's most surreal season yet went expectedly nuts for its finale. With Bill's election and the polygamists' outing nearing, the family became more fractured than ever before, as serious doubts about their united future shook the once happy Henricksons.

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Everyone likes watching the Oscars at a party, and we're having our very own! It's going to be here in the comments section. You're invited to come talk trash about Hollywood.

Even though the film was not even nominated in the category, Ben Stiller presented the Academy Award for Best Makeup moments ago in full Avatar garb, and secured his place as the requisite king of awards show cameos. Video inside.

We already know it's Hollywood's biggest night. Now, Silicon Valley is having an event of its own. Why? Because Apple just debuted its first iPad commercial during the initial break of the Oscars telecast. Inside, video of the 30-second spot.

After being asked to perform at a benefits for sufferers of obesity, Ricky Gervais points out the obvious.

Oh, snap! Moments ago on E!'s Live from the Red Carpet, Ryan Seacrest had a painfully awkward exchange with Meryl Streep. Asked by Seacrest what she thought of the Best Actress race, Streep commented, "You were cheerleading [for Sandra Bullock]."