Today President Obama made an unannounced stop at the Gap to pick up a few more pairs of dad jeans and congratulate the company on raising its minimum wage.

Recent DNA analysis by anthropologists, archaeologists, and geneticists shows that Europeans of 5,000 years ago were "more darkly pigmented" than today's Europeans. Who can say for sure? [Photo: AP]

Actor Kristian Nairn, who plays Bran Stark's hulking protector, Hodor, in Game of Thrones, has never made a secret of his sexuality. He's been looking for an opening to publicly announce he's gay, and now he's finally found one.

[Afghan men attend the burial of Afghanistan's influential Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim during his funeral procession in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Tuesday. Fahim, a leading commander in the alliance that fought the Taliban who was later accused with other warlords of targeting civilian areas during the country's civil war, died on Sunday. Image via Massoud Hossaini/AP.]

Matthew McConaughey's humming and rhythmic chest thumping in The Wolf of Wall Street started as something the actor did to relax between takes, but Leonardo DiCaprio liked it so much that he convinced Scorsese to add it to the film. And now there's a remix.

Last week, a construction contractor discovered the mummified body of Pia Farrenkopf in the backseat of Farrenkopf's Jeep, which was parked in her garage. Strange as that is, the story gets weirder: Farrenkopf, who police say died sometime in 2008, registered for and voted in the 2010 elections.

"Service isn't considered lesser than other professions because it's less honorable, or even requires fewer skills... These jobs are seen as lesser because we made them this way." Former barista Molly Osberg on the unstated Brooklyn class war.

"Me, I'm into ass whooping, but I don't have kids," says Tyler Perry. He's talking about parenting (I think), but this begs the question: Gee, Mr. Perry, what else are you into?

Hands down, this is the best thing that Chelsea Handler has ever done.

A New Jersey beautician has been charged with manslaughter in the death of a client who suffered a fatal reaction to a black-market silicone butt enhancement.

Twitter is down! Come leave your half-formed thoughts here instead.

The New York Times had yet another of its delightful "Room for Debate" sessions, in which various experts throw quick-take opinions on a subject past one another. The subject: Was the College Board right to have decided to make the essay portion of future SAT tests optional? Or, more broadly, "Can Writing Be Assessed?" Although Gawker was not specifically invited to participate, below is our contribution to the conversation.

Our system of "public education" is at least partially successful at serving its primary purpose, which is to provide free babysitting for children and keep teenagers from prowling the streets during daylight hours. Now, some high-minded reformers threaten to clog up the entire setup by mandating learning.

How do you make it "from Novelist to Marxist Public Intellectual"? David Wallace-Wells' profile of Benjamin Kunkel in New York magazine shares several secrets for this epic journey, and reveals several things about this contemporary mode of "Marxist Public Intellectual." Let's read closely, and see what we can learn about achieving that particular moniker.

The Malaysian military reportedly has radar data showing that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 changed course and made it to the Malacca Strait, hundreds of miles from its last reported location, before vanishing early Saturday morning. UPDATE 10:05 PM: Malaysia's air force chief has denied the report.

[A man prays in front of the main entrance of Okawa Elementary School, where 74 students went missing after the 2011 tsunami in northern Japan. Tuesday marks the third anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed 15,884 people and left more than 2,600 unaccounted for in vast areas of its northern coast. Image via Shizuo Kambayashi/AP.]

While the rest of us struggle with expensive cable packages or try to bum HBO GO passwords, the president has already taken delivery of screeners for season 4 of Game of Thrones. Commoners won't get the first episode until April 6.

The New York Times Editorial Board says employers who require unpaid interns to earn academic credit “pretend that the credit somehow justifies not paying for a student’s work.” Does that include the New York Times?

You'd think that after 25 years, the jam would surely have been pumped up by now. But apparently it hasn't, and some brave souls refuse to rest until the mission is complete.

In case you missed it: A Johnny Carson sex tape reportedly is being shopped. Who cares about watching a dead celebrity fuck? No one until they find out that Carson supposedly packed 10 inches. (Dave Chappelle still doesn't care, though.)