When Norman Pearlstine arrived at Bloomberg last year, it was hoped he'd cleanse the toxic management culture of tyrannical boss Matthew Winkler. Instead, Pearlstine promptly hired, a tipster claims, a screaming nightmare. UPDATE: Bloomberg denies.

Chris Matthews asked Michele Bachman last year how many Anti Americans she had detected in Congress, and she couldn't answer. But Rep. Spencer Bachus (R, Alabama) has been counting, and just announced the results.

American Apparel Has Gone Too Far [Consumerist]

It's worth remembering the fictional newsman of the moment, Howard "I'm mad as hell" Beale from Network, was actually mentally ill. Now Beale's closest modern analog is himself stumbling toward insanity.

Google's top European salesman, Dennis Woodside, stepped in for New York-based sales chief Tim Armstrong after Armstrong left to become AOL's CEO. An anonymous Googler sent him this memo detailing the New York office's many problems:

• Gwyneth Paltrow's efforts to redeem her good name continue, it seems: She's clearing out her closet for spring and auctioning off the items on eBay. Proceeds from the sale of her Jimmy Choo heels and Valentino handbags benefit the Robin Hood Foundation. [GOOP, SW]
• Victoria's Secret is facing several new lawsuits over "rash-inducing bras." [NYDN]
• Thanks to the recession, more and more women are turning up to salons for free trainee cuts, not surprisingly. [NYT]
• East 45th Street is "Paul Stuart Way" no longer. [NYP]

If you have no idea what people on Twitter are talking about, fear not. They have no idea what they're talking about, either. The latest mutterings from Chris Anderson, John Byrne, and other online twits:

[Congresswoman Bella Abzug at seder with her husband and daughters in 1972. Image: LIFE © Time Inc..]

Aw, we're beginning to think Fox News biggie Roger Ailes really loves his wife. He's bought another newspaper, the Taconic Press, in New York's upstate Putnam County, where they live.

Meghan McCain, the vacuous and comically self-regarding daughter of failed presidential candidate John McCain, sold a book to Hyperion for "high six figures" (that's dealspeak for around $750,000) in which she'll lay out—what, exactly?

Barack Obama is having a seder in the White House tonight. Boy, are the Jews pissed. Because of course they all wanted to come and then complained about not being invited.

Too often, random people contact us, begging to be covered as fameballs. What they don't realize is that fameballdom is an organic process. This guide will help your effort to become ubiquitous and despicable:

For months, we've wondered what the makers of the Conficker worm, which was set to activate on April 1, were up to. An evil plot to destroy the world? Nah — they just want money.

Another Bossnapping case in France. Stop being so trendy!

[But it's not working! Here Port films the second season of her reality show "The City" at Philip Marie; image via INF]

At long last, the Greg Daniels/Amy Poehler sitcom premieres tonight. It's been a long time coming for Parks & Recreation, so how will the mockumentary series fare? Pretty well, we hope.

Animajapesters at South Park had a bit of fun at Kanye West's expense, but Kanye didn't get upset; he's taking this opportunity to examine himself. And he's decided to stop being a "HUGE DOUCHE"!

Eating one's own placenta after giving birth is a time-honored tradition in many countries. Oversharing on the Internet is a crazy new trend everywhere. When they combine, you get placenta panini pictures on Facebook!

Pancake painter-to-the-stars Dan Lacey has unveiled his third painting inspired by you, the Gawker commenters. Today: "An S&M goat getting married to a pancake while Rush Limbaugh and a bunch of other conservatives look on in rage."