Newsday publisher Timothy P. Knight has resigned "to let others move our business forward."

Some people hate ultra-conservatives lawmakers because they try to restrict rights, propel hatred and are generally nasty jerks. But there's something to be said for the absurd amount of entertainment one gets from people like loony lawmaker Steve King.

Ever had a good laugh over those "this is your brain on drugs" commercials? Well, stop. It's no laughing matter, buddy, because now scientists can prove that cocaine changes your brain forever. But that's nothing compared to video games.

Well, the contentious rumors have been confirmed: Justin Timberlake will play founding president Sean Parker in a little film entitled The Social Network, which everyone else just calls "that Facebook movie." Meanwhile, Jesse Eisenberg will play founder Mark Zuckerberg. [AFP]

There's water on the moon. Let's move there!

We know that the levels of right-wing vitriol have reached psychotic new heights. But could they really be behind the "apparent homicide" of a Kentucky census worker, William Sparkman? Should we be calling this, as some are, a "lynching?"

Is there anything Barack Obama can't do? Not according to rapper Common, who credits the President with sending hip-hop off into a more cuddly, less bling-centric direction. And now peace reigns for all.

It's a rare and beautiful thing when the world of sports and the world of gays converge. But when it does, it's often confusing, which brings us to Spanish matador Matado Joselito.

As a young man, I learned this truism from an SAT essay question: "In literature, as in life, people experience conflicts." And what is true of life and literature is true of this live blog. To wit: I'm conflicted.

Carly Fiorina became CEO of Hewlett Packard on the strength of her reputation as a sales dynamo. In politics, though, she's been a terrible saleswoman. And this "Carlyfornia" website for her senate campaign is somehow Fiorina's worst embarrassment yet.

David Karp lectured the twittering masses on acting "classy," Lance Armstrong held forth on what Real Men don't do on the internet, and Andrew Keen detested your inspirational quotes. The Twitterati were feeling judgy.

[To make your evening commute look even more dreary, take a gander at the heavenly Formosa Boulevard Mass Rapid Transit Station in Taiwan. Image via Getty]

At least for the time being. While the wonderfully absurd workplace farce took home a bunch of Emmys on Sunday night, it hasn't had any affect on the new batch of comedies starting tonight. Prepare to frown.

So much honey trap news this week! A Russian "news website" with no known reporters that most believe is a front for the modern KGB (basically Russia's Politico) posted a curious "sex tape" involving a US diplomat.

Some of you may recall a little tape we ran last month featuring a largely naked romp between Eric Dane, his wife Rebecca Gayheart and beauty-queen-turned-Hollywood-madam Kari Ann Peniche. Today the Danes apparently registered their non-love of it in court.

All summer we kept hearing Eric Schmidt had resumed hanging out with onetime flame Marcy Simon, the killer flack at play-for-keeps Microsoft PR firm Burson-Marsteller. We're still hearing that. And now Simon's talking about the Google CEO in public.

Moammar Khadafy's tent in Donald Trump's backyard was dismantled this afternoon. As for how much Trump really knew about who had rented his Bedford property—or whether he was truly duped by the Libyan leader's reps—that remains an open question. In what may be a historic first for the Trumpster, he's turning down all interview requests for the time being. Savor the moment. [AP, previously]

• The week in reviews: Pete Wells of the Times shows little love for Hotel Griffou this week, leaving the Village hotspot starless; TONY's Jay Cheshes has nice things to say about Michael Psilakis' Gus & Gabriel; NY's Patronite & Raisfeld weigh in on Brooklyn's Fort Defiance; RG visits Yerba Buena Perry; and Gael Greene shares thoughts on Jeffrey Chodorow's latest, Ed's Chowder House.
• More photos/details about the new MePa venue Abe & Arthur's. [TFB, Eater]
• Are those calorie counts that are now posted for all to see (sigh) actually making a difference? Unclear, but the city is now conducting "research." [NYT]
• Incoming Tavern on the Green operator Dean Poll says it will take up to four years (and lots of cash, of course) to finish renovations on the space. [NYP]
• Nevermind the endless delays and appalling lack of legroom, some airlines are now offering passengers their very own signature cocktails. Yay! [VV]
• Do you know a "foodiot"? Probably, although you may be one, too. [NYO]
• If Mike Bloomberg asks you to bring over dinner, you can't go wrong with the half chicken with herbs at Quatorze Bis or the Sichuan shrimp from Shun Lee Palace. Whatever you do, do not pick up anything from Blue Smoke. [NYT]

Tom Perkins has been a barometer of plutocratic spending amid economic meltdown. That barometer is now signaling a comeback, if only for the real estate market, as Perkins scoops up a royal penthouse atop the San Francisco skyline.

Is Rudy Giuliani planning to run for president again in 2012? And is that why President Obama encouraged Gov. Paterson to abandon his gubernatorial bid? (The theory being that if Giuliani becomes New York's governor next year, he'd be better positioned to compete in a presidential election in 2012, and that by pushing Paterson aside, the chances of Rudy taking Albany are greatly diminished.) That's "insanity" and "very silly," and it ain't gonna happen, says Steve Kornacki. [PolitickerNY]