Michael Sam, the University of Missouri football player who came out as gay in February, three months in advance of the NFL draft, was drafted this evening by the St. Louis Rams. He reacted the way any athlete would: by kissing his significant other.

Former Wicked Queen Charlize Theron is finally returning to SNL with the Black Keys tonight. It's been 13 years and she is a very weird, funny lady, so she should get along great with this year's weird, funny cast. Come on over to Morning After and we can watch it together (NBC 11:30/10:30c).

A second body has been found in the crash that sent a hot air balloon plummeting to earth yesterday in Virginia after it had floated into power lines and was set on fire. Recovery efforts are still being made for a third victim and the wreckage of the balloon.

Sefer Calinak, when he appeared on a Turkish dating show called Luck of the Draw, revealed to the host that he had murdered both his former wife and former lover. He had served a prison sentence for both murders and was released under an amnesty program.

Underwater travel is the next frontier of international transportation — if you are the kind of futurist who would believe a report made by a state-run Chinese news outlet. The Washington Post, citing this Bejing Times story, reports that the train of our nautical dreams is (maybe) happening:

Similar to drawings of old men that when flipped upside down look like beautiful women, this bunny eating raspberries, when watched through perceptive eyes, looks like a bunny in lipstick. Recommended while listening to Missy Elliott's "Meltdown". Nothing is exactly as it seems, etc.

The invitation for the upcoming Kanye West and Kim Kardashian nuptials is as austere as a death certificate in slate gray grey and gold ink. The invite, which was leaked to US Weekly, is most notable for its use of the British spelling of "honor." This is a clue for the wedding's secret location.

The Daily Show's "senior black correspondent" Larry Wilmore will take over Stephen Colbert's 11:30 p.m. Comedy Central time slot after he leaves to become the new host of CBS' The Late Show in December. The Minority Report will premiere January 2015. He's been a part of The Daily Show's roster since 2006.

I grew up with a killer. My father. He didn't kill in a way that would ever send him to jail. He wasn't in the military. Instead, he used the death penalty. Sometimes he called and gave the order for inmates to be executed.

An east Las Vegas neighborhood is being haunted by a mysterious figure that leaves piles of decapitated chickens and pigeons carcases in the streets. Beyond the visage of rotting avian flesh, the stench, as locals and anyone familiar with animal decomposition would know, is not spring fresh.

Multinational corporate food stuffer McDonald's has decided to spice up your starch intake with a drizzle of seasoning. Soon, at your local St. Louis or northern California hamburger supply chain, you'll be able to get Zesty Ranch, Garlic Parmesan, or Spicy Buffalo flavor packets to mix onto your french fries. With instructions.

Continuing her streak of making straight-laced late night TV hosts blush, Amy Schumer was on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon last night, where the two played a game of "Truth or Truth," which is the network TV-approved version of "Truth or Dare."

The recovery continues this morning for two passengers of a hot air balloon that drifted into power lines over the countryside north of Richmond, then burst into flames and crashed to earth. On board were one pilot and two passengers; one body has been recovered and has been sent to a medical examiner for identification.

An American Airlines flight came dangerously close to crashing into an unidentified drone over Florida earlier this year, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Hillsborough County Deputies say that Darrin Campbell, a "high-profile business executive," shot his wife and two teenage children before burning down his Tampa, Fla. mansion this week with over $650 of purchased fireworks. When the house was set ablaze, he reportedly then shot himself.

Actor and comedian Russell Brand may not have started a revolution, but he did start a YouTube channel a few months back, dedicated to skewering British tabloid press headlines. And the biggest, most skewerable headlines this week were about Pizza Express using halal chicken without telling customers.

An Arkansas judge struck down the state's gay-marriage ban on Friday. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza said the 2004 constitutional amendment is discriminatory, though the state's attorney general is expected to appeal the ruling to the Arkansas Supreme Court.

If you like 2Pac, you'll love 2Pac with jazz hands: Behind-the-scenes footage of the upcoming Broadway musical that sources the (possibly) dead rapper's catalog, Holler If Ya Hear Me, has been released. It's not exactly hip-hop, but it is very hip-hop rappin'.