In the fastest arc in tabloid news history, Larry King and his wife Shawn Southwick, who just filed for divorce two days ago, are supposedly on the mend and considering counseling. What is going on? Is this a ratings stunt?

Larry King plans to fight his wife in court. Charlie Sheen's wife moves out. Kiefer Sutherland is ejected from a strip club. Kim Kardashian has a new boyfriend. Ricky Martin may make a porn. Friday's gossip readies for date night.

Yes! Is it dementia or just plain old-fashioned stupidity? He's reportedly worth $144 million and California law says a spouse is entitled to half of the wealth accumulated during marriage. Shawn Southwick is laughing all the way to the bank.

Heidi Montag says Adam DiVello touched her plastic body inappropriately. The Larry-King-had-sex-with-his-sister-in-law drama continues. Cindy Adams loves Jersey Shore. Charlie Sheen shaved his head and Kate Hudson got a boob job. Thursday's gossip wants its old body back.

Rick Sanchez's rants have been getting a little ridiculous as of late, but today's was unusually stupid. Watch as Sanchez decries a Tea Bagger's racist tweets by mocking his MySpace page and ugly haircut. Really, Rick? Really?

Kate Gosselin stopped by The Joy Behar Show earlier tonight to discuss her new book. During their discussion, Behar asked Gosselin frankly if she was to blame for her divorce. Inside, watch her surprising response.

CNN built its iReport platform as a kind of YouTube for news: Readers report on their own news stories, which they can upload onto CNN.com. Now CNN is suing one of those iReporters for claiming he works for CNN.

CNN's Larry King, 76, is pulling the plug on his marriage to Shawn Southwick, 50. They were married in 1997 and have two sons together. King now has more divorces than he does viewers in the 18-34 demographic. [Getty]

There are indeed two sides to "the Confederacy debate"—the side that committed treason in order to protect the institution of slavery, and the side of America. Next on CNN: Pearl Harbor—did we have it coming?

Joy Behar and her panel gathered tonight to discuss Conan O'Brien's move to TBS. Many question the fact that George Lopez is being bumped to a later time, just like O'Brien was. Inside, Behar and her panel dissect the situation.

In your surrogate Friday media column: Anderson Cooper tries on a studio audience, magazine ads continue to plummet, Crazy Rupert Murdoch has dealzzzz, Oprah buries Kitty Kelly's tell-all, and New York's most loathsome bromantic couple launch a "media scene" lunchspot.

Midwestern jihadist David Brian Stone, leader of the Hutaree militia, was secretly recorded by an undercover FBI agent saying he was going to fight the "new world order" and kill cops. Stone's lawyer says he was just talking shit.

In your hot hot Wednesday media column: a (relative) tidal wave of journalism jobs, a plan to save CNN, a publisher goes bankrupt, and Conde poaches Elle's branding mastermind.

In your proxy Friday media column: MSNBC's David Shuster shot a pilot for CNN, Barack Obama demands (metaphorical!) oral sex from reporters, Smithsonian magazine stiffs a war-damaged correspondent, and losing just $80 million means you're Publisher of the Year.

Magazines that spring to life with video. Gorgeous, instantly-updated newspapers. Custom-tailored broadcasts. The iPad could revolutionize news along these lines, which helps explain why it makes people so giddy. The new era begins with these nine news apps.

First-quarter Nielsen ratings are out, and everyone is talking about CNN's (continued) primetime ratings free-fall. While Fox News remains No. 1, MSNBC and CNN's sister network HLN are now regularly outperforming The Coop and his cohorts.

The last time we checked, the number one goal of a television network was to get the best ratings possible. Employing a suspender-laced geriatric is not high on the list. When will CNN realize this and fire Larry King?

Snoop Dogg was the guest on Larry King Live tonight, and it was pretty damn entertaining. LarBear and the Dogg discussed Tiger Woods, Susan Boyle, marijuana and more, but the best moment involved the two rollin' on dubs. Video inside.

It seems Anderson Cooper just can't catch a break these days. CNN's Silver Fox has been the target of endless speculation about his sexuality on the Internet for ages, but tonight, the talk switched to another medium... maybe? Video inside.

After being banned from speaking at a Canadian college for hate speech, Ann Coulter visited The Joy Behar Show to plead her case. When Behar asked her, "Why did you call John Edwards a f*ggot?" Coulter just squirmed and laughed.