The Times is reporting that journalists are being prevented from speaking with the family of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Specifically, Times journalists. What is Obama hiding from the press? Come, join us in rampant speculation!

[Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan tries to avoid the third rail today while riding the Senate subway on her way to glad-hand members of the Judiciary Committee. Image via Getty]

The poor petless people who go to the city's dog runs to ogle other people's dogs (hence "dogle") are pretty sad. They're like old men in trenchcoats fondling themselves by a playground. It's just... Aw! Puppy! What were we saying?

[Alec Baldwin greets fans before his commencement speech for alma mater NYU, at Yankee Stadium earlier today. Image via Getty.]

In your wet Wednesday media column: Peter Chernin assembling a secret empire, John Carney gets a new job, pay TV is far from dying, Jon Meacham meets Steven Rattner, and Vanity Fair joins the electronic age.

Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is not gay, says her law school roommate Sarah Walzer. Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who knew her as a Princeton undergrad, agrees. And yet, the rumor persists.

[Flesh-based actress Helen Mirren cozies up to waxen Helen Mirren at Madame Tussaud's in London. Photo via Getty.]

[A shopper tries on some shades today in Union Square at the opening of Nordstrom's first store in New York. Image via Getty]

Facebook had its third alarming bug in as many weeks, when a security researcher showed how a hostile website could obtain your Facebook information via Yelp. The hole is supposedly fixed, but then so were the prior two.

Cablevision boss Jim Dolan has created such a PR trainwreck around his supposed acquisition of blog network Gothamist it's hard to imagine the deal ever closing. Dolan's bullying of a journalist may have already killed the shaky-looking deal.

Celebrity robbery is a status symbol, but actress Amanda Peet isn't famous enough to fall victim to it, according to a juror who acquitted her accused robber yesterday: "We didn't really consider her a Nicole Kidman or anything like that."

Days after her highly-rated turn hosting SNL, Facebook campaigns have already started to get Betty White to host the Emmys and Oscars. First of all, the internet petition strategy only works once. Second: She's 88. Let her catch her breath!

She will throw in a make-up consultation for free. Lance Bass is dating one of the Queer Eye guys. Kendra Wilkinson's sex tape has "multiple partners." Jill Zarin (accidentally?) teases Bethenny's baby. Monday's gossip is surprising at first, then obvious.

Prostitutes are the new carnies. South African authorities estimate 40,000 sex workers from the Congo, Russia, and beyond will make pilgrimages to their nation to get rich servicing soccer fans. Sex tourism: Now, the hookers come to you. [GlobalPost]

Well, Great Britain ("America 1.0") finally held its election last night, and it looks like they'll wind up with a hung Parliament, which means Thomas Jane will be made Prime Minister. Just kidding! But seriously, who won?

California oil heir Peter Getty ended his marriage in a hazy, abusive binge of cocaine and pornography, according to recent court papers filed by his soon-to-be-ex wife. Welcome to the nasty divorce exploding the "nexus of hipster Hollywood."

[A Nashville clothing store owner sets out some of the city's signature cowboy boots to dry after they were immersed in the flood waters that still plague parts of the city. Image via Getty]

Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon renewed their vows earlier this week, and now Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott are are planning on doing it. Someone please put an end to this!

Humble brunette Barbara lives in a fifth-floor walk-up, doesn't own a TV, and takes the bus. Spoiled blonde Jenna lives in the 'burbs, got a job by nepotism, and crashes at Manhattan hotels. Two in the Bush, Mondays at 9.

Today was a rollercoaster of a day on Wall St. as a massive sell-off sent the Dow plummeting 1,000 points before rebounding a bit. What caused the sudden dip? It might have been one trader's tiny, but huge, typo.