This is the first official photo of Kim Jong Un, third son and likely successor of current Leader Kim Jong Il. (He's on the left). Remember this moment when he signs a peace accord in 2035 with President Snooki!

[A model turns herself into a cyclops while getting ready for the Anne Valerie Hash show during Paris Fashion Week today. Is there ever a time when there is not a fashion week happening? Image via AP]

[There's a tropical storm approaching Florida (above), a heat wave broiling L.A., and a tornado warning in effect for parts of the Northeast. Someone call Al Gore, because the weather apocalypse is happening right now. More pics inside. Image: Getty]

Barnes & Noble's mustachioed chairman Leonard Riggio defeated Ron Burkle's vigorous battle to wrangle control of the failing bookseller's board. Riggio will now return to supervising the company's descent into nothingness. [WSJ. Pic: AP]

The first sign that Ann Coulter would not be an ideal speaker for a gay Republican group's 'Homocon 2010' came when she called John Edwards a 'Faggot' back in 2007. They had her anyway! And she was... Ann Coulter

[Gripped by a record-breaking heat wave, southern Californians take refuge in the waves of Huntington Beach. Los Angeles reached its highest recorded temperature ever, 113F, this afternoon. Image via AP.]

Barack Obama is on a college kick this week, urging "disengaged" students to turn out for midterm elections. (Most college students don't know what these are.) Can he energize these jaded hippies, who loved him so much in 2008?

The 33 Chilean miners trapped seven weeks ago have had a pretty tough existence, but a relief hole was drilled, allowing food and electricity to get to them. Still, they're not allowed to have booze, headphones, or even video games.

[Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez voted with a little help in that country's congressional elections yesterday. Image via AP]

The U.S. Embassy has issued an apology to Filipino President Benigno Aquino III for staging his meet-and-greet with President Obama in front of an upside flag of the Philippines on Friday. "This was an honest mistake," said an American spokesperson.

[An amused Bill Clinton campaigned for Democratic Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal in Connecticut today. Clinton is probably laughing because Blumenthal is battling wrestling queen Linda McMahon for the seat. Image via AP]

The hottest banker of all time, Debrahlee Lorenzana is back in the news cycle! The super-sexy financial wiz spoke to the Daily News, telling the paper, "I don't want to be famous. I try to stay away from that." Sure!

Homophobic preacher Eddie Long—accused of all sorts of naughty, gross things—took to the pulpit of his megachurch, saying he'll fight everything: "I feel like David against Goliath, but I've got five rocks and I haven't thrown one yet."

Police in Wyoming, responding to a domestic violence call, found the man they were looking for, Brian Mattert covered in paint. He warned police that a taser shock and water-based paint together would kill him. So they tased him.

The only released prisoner of three Americans detained in Iran since last year, Sarah Shourd, met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday in New York "in order to clear up any misunderstanding that led to our detention."

A 29-year-old Brazilian man named Edeilson Nascimento was stabbed in the head after a bar fight in 2007. After suffering severe headaches, he asked for a risky surgery to have the blade removed. That was earlier this week.

[Michelle Obama welcomed 32 women—including the famously flamboyant first lady of Cameroon, Chantal Biya—to Blue Hill at Stone Barns in Westchester county, NY, today for the United Nations General Assembly spousal luncheon. Another picture below.]

In your finally Friday media column: CEO tells reporters to give his kid some gigs, Jon Klein got shot, the third media exec of the day falls, and Joe Halderman will skip the Emmys.

After a long period of speculation, incompetent NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker finally announced today that he'll be leaving once Comcast's takeover of NBC is complete. He won't be missed. He'll be running for office soon. Mawkish goodbye memo, below.

Yesterday a blogger accused House Minority Leader John Boehner of having an affair with a lobbyist. Today, Page Six reports the Times is working on a Boehner affair exposé. Will this turn into a speculative free-for-all a la David Paterson?