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The Rise of the Facebook Empire

Ryan Tate · 06/14/11 02:54PM

The "World Map of Social Networks" has long made a game of Risk from the global competition between Facebook, MySpace, Orkut and other social networks. Facebook is, at last, sweeping the board. Just check out the latest map.

Tea Party Congressman Drowns American Flag

John Cook · 06/14/11 02:16PM

It's Flag Day, the day when we pray to the American Flag for another year safe from Sharia, which makes it doubly sickening that today photos have emerged showing Tea Party bomb-thrower Rep. Allen West flying a flag underwater while scuba-diving in Florida over the weekend.

Gwyneth Paltrow Shamed Ross the Intern Into Losing Weight

Richard Lawson · 06/14/11 01:56PM

Ross Matthews, Jay Leno's former dandy jester turned Chelsea Lately panelist, recently lost a bunch of weight. Good for him! How'd he do it? Through terrible shame. Terrible shame instilled in him by none other than diamond willow reed Gwyneth Paltrow.

All the Crazy Hats from the Royal Ascot Races

Brian Moylan · 06/14/11 01:43PM

England is famous for three things: messed up teeth, Marmite, and insane hats. Their outrageous chapeaux are really hot right now, thanks to all the ones on display at the Royal Wedding, and there's no better place to get your fascinator fix than at opening day at the Royal Ascot Racetrack. Shall we take a look?

Candy Spelling Sells Her Mega-Mansion to 22-Year-Old Heiress

Richard Lawson · 06/14/11 11:37AM

From the Department of Totally Normal Home Sales comes the news today that Candy Spelling, wife of the late TV producer Aaron Spelling, has finally unloaded her famous 57,000 square-foot (yes) Los Angeles mansion for an undisclosed sum.

Jennifer Aniston Is a 'Homewrecker,' and Other Ironies

Maureen O'Connor · 06/14/11 09:58AM

Jen pulls an Angelina and lands a man. Selena Gomez pulls a Lohan and pleads "exhaustion." Pregnant Tori Spelling's paparazzi car crash. Liza Minnelli's fabulous yard sale. Tuesday gossip keeps its eye on the prize.

Which Famous Couple Is Headed for a Messy Divorce?

Brian Moylan · 06/14/11 09:55AM

These two married stars are fighting over the kids, money, and sex, and their impending divorce will be contentious. This former actress is now homeless in New York. Only one of these things is a tragedy.

Homeless Mom, Accused of Education Theft, Arrested for Selling Crack

Jeff Neumann · 06/14/11 04:20AM

Tanya McDowell, the homeless Connecticut woman who was charged with larceny for heinously enrolling her son in an elementary school in a town where she doesn't live, now has a new pile of legal woes. She was arrested last Friday for allegedly selling crack and weed to undercover cops on three separate occasions, as well as offering them prostitutes. One of the alleged transactions occurred during her son's birthday party.

TV Anchor's Dalai Lama Joke Goes Wrong

Matt Cherette · 06/14/11 01:20AM

Recently on Australia's version of the Today show, anchor Karl Stefanovic sat down for an interview with the Dalai Lama, during which he attempted a joke about the religious leader going into a pizza shop. That's when things got really awkward. [via Reddit]

Stephen Colbert Gives Weinergate the Photoshop Treatment

Matt Cherette · 06/14/11 12:21AM

Have you ever wondered what a semi-nude Anthony Weiner would look like in a motorcycle sidecar or as a balloon float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade? Well, wonder no longer: On tonight's Report, Stephen Colbert took the newly leaked pictures of Weiner and Photoshopped the congressman into "every possible scenario."

Anthony Weiner's Manscaped Body Makes Jon Stewart Uncomfortable

Matt Cherette · 06/13/11 10:58PM

Even though he expressed a desire last week to move on from the Anthony Weiner scandal, yesterday's release of another set of salacious pictures of the congressman forced Jon Stewart to take up Weinergate once again on tonight's Daily Show. So, what did Stewart think of Weiner's meticulously manscaped body? As he put it, "We're Jews! When you look at our pubic hair, it should look like Ewoks should be in there."

Man Dies While Raping Elderly Woman

Max Read · 06/13/11 10:08PM

On June 2, Isabel Chavelo Gutierrez, a 53-year-old registered sex offender, rode his bicycle to the house of a 77-year-old woman who lived nearby in Refugio County, Texas. He broke in, and, wielding a knife, raped the woman. And then: