After Facebook's most recent privacy kerfuffles—can you believe users were able to read each other's private chats?— it's once again become fashionable to say you're going to quit the social network.
The riot-inducing tween sensation seems to be taking over the world. If there's one thing the olds don't understand about the singer it's his silly haircut. But it may be the perfect 'do for right now.
[Martha Stewart, Taylor Swift, and the ever-youthful Betty White were three of the ladies feted at the Time 100 gala, which was held at Jazz at Lincoln Center last night. Image via Getty]
America is abuzz with the news that NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker—who has methodically and predictably destroyed the NBC brand during his tenure there—is considering running for elected office, once he gets canned. He's destined for politics.
A CNN producer noticed something funny on his commute today: Julia Louis-Dreyfus got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame! No, wait, that's not the funny thing. The funny thing is that they spelled her name "Julia Luis Dreyfus."
[John Kerry gets ready to hear Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner testify about the Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee, the recovery of TARP funds, and other hugely exciting economic matters at a Senate Finance Committee hearing in Washington today. Image via Getty]
Here's some empty vindication: The Los Angeles Coroner's Office reports that '80s heartthrob Corey Haim, who died in March, died of pneumonia and coronary arteriosclerosis, not a drug overdose as previously thought. [Image via Getty]
A California woman has filed a class-action lawsuit against the unaccredited Trump University claiming she was swindled into spending $60,000 on bogus seminars and a trip to Home Depot. Swindled by Donald Trump! Imagine that!
She knew they were related when he called himself P@t the R@t. Sienna and Jude are officially back together. Sandra's baby sells more magazines than Angelina's. Tuesday gossip is symbolic.
The Beard Awards, a.k.a. the "food Oscars," were awarded tonight, and most went to big NYC food names like Tom Colicchio and Shake Shack's Danny Meyer. KFC, despite the revolutionary Double Down, was shut out. Click through for the list.
What's worse than bombing in front of the president? Bombing in front of the president with hacky material you've already used. Politico caught Leno recycling material from his monologues in his White House Correspondents' Dinner speech, and edited them together.
What do Barack Obama, a "handcuffed bare-breasted woman" and a gay resort in Phuket have in common? Why, they're among the Twitter accounts followed by Australian Prime Minster Kevin Rudd, who should probably stop auto-following. [Sky via spikenard]
The purported Britney Spears demo of "Telephone"—originally written for Spears by Lady Gaga before Gaga hit it big—has leaked. That sound you just heard was "BritBrit" overtaking "Bieber" on Twitter. We have the track, and some theories.
According to the Daily Beast's Lloyd Grove, "the razor-sharp jokesters from The Daily Show" helped write Obama's White House Correspondents' Dinner speech. It's not hard to out-funny Leno nowadays, but that's like bringing a predator drone to a knife fight.
A group of scientists were able to strip electrons from atoms, encouraging "the formation of hydroxyl radicals." In layman's terms, they created clouds with a laser beam. In X-Men terms, they combined Storm with Cyclops. [New Scientist; Getty]
Hollywood converged on DC tonight for the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Photos of longtime political junkies like Jessica Simpson, Kim Kardashian, and Justin Bieber below. [Photos via AP, Getty Images]
A "gag-inducing smell," believed to be a byproduct of the nearby oil spill, is hanging over New Orleans. Think "if a bus was in front of you blowing out exhaust fumes right in your face." Laissez le mauvaise odeur rouler!
A mystery celebrity will be coming out of the closet on the cover of People on May 5 and lots of people are talking about who it's going to be. Well, it's time to toss out names and respective odds.
The auction for a Vogue "internship" has closed. The price to spend a week at the office and meet Anna Wintour: $42,500. Which is probably more than the annual salary of a Vogue editorial assistant. [Image via Getty]
We thought the aural crimes of Countess LuAnn's single were bad enough, but now she says she's always singing at dinner and at concerts at her kids' school. There's no auto-tune in real life. Think of the children, Crackerjacks!