The CNN anchor tweeted a response to the National Enquirer story that said he and his boyfriend were adopting. Don't worry, he will still continue to be a daddy to countless others. His twitter stream is a wealth of information!

Skydivers are regular people, they put their speedsuits on one leg at a time. They look for ways to cut down on their morning routines like shaving during their rapid descent towards the ground.

After yesterday's nicknames post, I received several indignant emails about leaving out perhaps the most elite nicknamed person of all time: J.D. Salinger, who—as readers of tributes to him know—was called "Jerry" by friends. But there are more.

In your foreboding Thursday media column: Jared Kushner has a bright idea, Howard Zinn's reputation impugned, David Letterman plays a funny joke, and Janice Min somehow survives being rich as fuck.

Betty decided to publish her rant about Daniel, her boss, to the dedicated followers of her blog. She didn't realize that it would take off overnight, and to Betty's utter horror, Daniel just learned what a Google Alert is.

Perhaps he should have invested in one of those Tony Little Gazelles.

This is a transcript from a hearing of the Senate Pizza Responsibility Committee for an inquest into the wasting of two whole pies at a residence at 2000 S St, NW in Washington, D.C. The honorable Senator Joeseph Lieberman presiding.

Here's a memo that John Sargent just sent out to all Macmillan authors and agents about the publisher's ongoing fight with Amazon over e-book pricing. It's optimistic! Sort of. Their titles are still removed from Amazon, but a peace accord might be imminent. Basically there's still a lot of figuring out to be done about what the brave new world of publishing will look like.

Tesla wants to go public. But the electric car company, loved by California celebrities and nerds alike, had to first bare all to the SEC. So now we know Tesla is funded by a mysterious front company linked to Google.

Bravo's reality TV is pretty formulaic: get a smugly hot foreign hostess to moderate while contestants and judges pioneer new levels of sass. Brig broke the mold with her strategy-on-wheels for Shear Genius' premiere, and rode it to second place.

"More good press for NBC today! At [left] is a photo snapped and posted on Twitter by Questlove, drummer for the Roots, NBC employee, and leader of the Late Night With Jimmy Fallon band. [NYM]

Why subject mankind's senses to an entire hour of commercials only to be interrupted by fat Luke Wilson? Expensive ads are an important part of the Superbowl experience, but last night's travesty was the worst spin-off since Joanie Loves Chachi.

Oh, Snooki, you should stick to your day job—whatever that may be. Because professional rockstar interviewer just isn't your calling. While interviewing Phoenix, she runs out of material after question one: "Have you heard of Jersey Shore?"

It's strange seeing certified people of letters Susan Orlean and Kurt Andersen hooked up to webcams chatting away about literary culture in the Internet Age. But our larger question is whether anyone has 74 minutes to spend watching.

Here's a hypnotic look at our dystopian "Augmented reality" future, in which our vision is at all times obscured by constantly-morphing hovering clouds of computer-generated brand logos. Helps you understand why your grandparents hate the internet. [via Adfreak]

There were plenty of prime Ping-zingers (and a few non-Ping things) penned by participants in our last live blog. To prepare for tonight's episode, here is a small sampling of the wit and pith put forth by the commenter cadre.

A new season of Real Housewives of New York City is coming soon. And so Kelly Bensimon has unveiled a brand new website which features not only a blog, but there's also an "online shop" where you'll find Kelly selling underwear that depicts Kelly posing in her underwear. How meta!

Not to be outdone by stupid Channel 7's gaffe earlier this week, Australia's Channel 10 News had some tricks up their sleeves as well: Report news, make subtle yet funny movie reference, mess with viewer's heads.

Mayor Bloomberg was spotted wearing hearing aids for the first time yesterday. [NYDN]

This parallel parking fail set off the Tosh.0 on a journey to prove women can't drive. Three different women attempt their parallel parking challenge, yet all of them somehow proved how truly bad the fairer sex really is at driving.