American Apparel CEO Dov Charney's scofflaw nature is not a recent development. He was busted for illegally selling t-shirts in Montreal (the business that would eventually become AA) way back in 1987. The shocking Canadian court document proof, below!

Lindsay Lohan is reportedly angling for $1 million for her first post-jail interview, and going to prison could end up boosting sales of her clothing line, too. "Financially, it's the best thing that could have ever happened to Lindsay."

Facing reporters for the first time in weeks yesterday, Sen. David Vitter denied a key element in the controversy surrounding a former aide who remained on Vitter's staff after pleading guilty to attacking his girlfriend with a knife in 2008.

A new study says that living close to lots of restaurants makes you fat. Funny, since residents of NYC—a restaurant paradise—are known to be the fittest and most attractive Americans of all. I guess we're smarter than average.

Lindsay's "fuck u" manicure was "a joke," but her Cato Institute-quoting tweets aren't. New Mel Gibson tapes apparently show him telling Oksana she "deserved" physical abuse. Ryan Seacrest's beard commits—with sexy photos? Thursday gossip speaks truth to power.

ESPN is airing an hourlong teevee special tonight, for basketmaking machine Lebron James to announce which team he's going to sign with. To get this, ESPN ceded near-total control of the show's advertising (and reporters' question-asking!) to Lebron. The explanation?

Who: The executive producer of Sex and the City, King helped channel the neuroses of single women everywhere into a mega-hit for HBO. He's since written, directed and co-produced the two Sex and the City movies that have hit the big screen.

Pot prices could drop as much as 80 percent in California if Proposition 19, the weed-legalization measure on this November's ballot, passes, according to researchers at Rand's Drug Policy Research Center. Plus, weed would be legal.

[An attractive young man did the wise thing and shed most of his clothes while lounging in Bryant Park this afternoon. Image via Getty]

So the ex-cook-who-tells-stories Anthony Bourdain is running a contest on his book's website, inviting people to submit a 500-word essay answering the question "Why cook well?" (or alternatively "What does it mean to cook food well?" It's a little confusing, they mean every so slightly different things.)

Vogue's editrix Anna Wintour isn't awful, she's just scared of people. "Often people mistake her shyness for coldness," says photographer Mario Testino. Oh! That's what it is! Also afflicted with this crippling shyness: Kate Moss. The fashion world's mysteries explained!

As we trudge through Day 2 of New York's epically uncomfortable heatwave, we're in need of some serious cooling down. New York can be a cool place! Just look at these photos from this winter.

Lindsay Lohan will soon turn herself into Lynwood's Century Regional Detention Facility for a 90-day sentence. How many days will she actually serve? Will she get extra time for her fingernail "fuck you"? What will her cell look like?

Pamplona's Running of the Bulls begins today, and while we wait for the first glorious goring, I wonder: Is this schtick getting old? How can we enliven this age-old tradition of endangering the lives of humanity's eligible bachelors?

Who: The son of real estate developer Charles Kushner, Jared is also the proud owner of the Upper East Side's favorite weekly, the New York Observer. His wife is Ivanka Trump.

Photographs from actress Lindsay Lohan's probation violation hearing today—where she was sentenced to 90 days in prison—reveal a, um, secret message from Lindsay. A secret, curse-word message. That she wrote on her fingernail. Click through for more evidence.

Today Jersey Shore pugilist JWOWW debuted her predictably skanky Filthy Couture clothing line at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. Every word of that sentence gave you a disease. Help us decide which of the outfits is the absolute worst.

John McCain continues, comically, to move far to the right on immigration reform, for the noble purpose of winning his own primary. The former champion of creating paths to citizenship for illegal immigrants now just barks "no amnesty," like everyone.

Jessica Simpson has a new boyfriend. Geri Haliwell has a bad boyfriend. Christiano Ronaldo has a mysterious baby-mama. Kate Hudson's boyfriend has a date with Goldie Hawn. George Clooney has a court date. Tuesday's gossip is all about meeting people.

Queen Elizabeth of England is coming to New York City! And good thing, too, because she seems to have been really bored in Canada, where she just spent eight days. At least, according to these photographs.