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Meet Pluto's New Moon

Adrian Chen · 07/20/11 04:41PM

Astronomers using Hubble Space Telescope have discovered a new, 21 mile-wide moon orbiting Pluto. They're going to call it "P4" until they can come up with a better name for it.

Zach Braff Is Not Gay

Richard Lawson · 07/20/11 04:10PM

It seems that some sort of internet trickster — a LMAO Loki, a ROFL Rumpelstiltskin — hacked into sad-puppy actor Zach Braff's five-year-dormant website and wrote a message from Zach announcing to his fans that he is a gay person.

Judge Rape Case Features Sex Tape, Badass Hooker

Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/11 03:55PM

Judge Pat Murdoch (pictured)—Albuquerque, New Mexico's top criminal judge—was arrested yesterday and charged with raping a prostitute, which is frowned upon in judicial circles. But this isn't just your boring, run-of-the-mill judicial hooker rape case!

Behave on Google Plus or Your Gmail Gets It

Adrian Chen · 07/20/11 02:56PM

One reason for Google Plus' explosive growth is its seamless integration into the other Google services everyone already relies on. But this might be its biggest downfall, too: If you screw up on Google Plus, you risk all your precious Google stuff being deleted forever.

Ryan Seacrest Creating a Persian Jersey Shore

Richard Lawson · 07/20/11 02:16PM

Shellacked television impresario Ryan Seacrest is teaming up with America's fabulous gay cousin, the Bravo network, to create the next thing in "omg-look-at-those-ethnic-freaks" reality programming. It's called Shahs of Sunset and is about wealthy Persian people.

Everyone Just Can't Wait For Piers Morgan to Get Arrested

John Cook · 07/20/11 01:55PM

Puffy British game-show presenter Piers Morgan, who also hosts a show on CNN about Twitter, is in the spotlight these days because he formerly edited Rupert Murdoch's News of the World and a competitor called the Daily Mirror, and as such is prima facie guilty of hacking into everyone's voicemails all the time.

Winklevoss Twins Were Total 'Assholes' Says Larry Summers

Ryan Tate · 07/20/11 01:35PM

Larry Summers, the loudmouth former Treasury Secretary, knows from blowhards. So when he says Facebook losers Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss were some of the most arrogant "assholes" he met at Harvard, that's really saying something.

Andy Cohen Wants Anderson Cooper to Be His Boyfriend

Brian Moylan · 07/20/11 12:07PM

I finally pried last week's copy of the National Enquirer from Maureen O'Connor's cold dead hands and found this funny article that says Bravo honcho and America's gayest homosexual Andy Cohen wants to get gay married to Anderson Cooper, America's least eligible gay bachelor. Oh, sweet love!

Brangelina 'Are Like Prisoners,' Says Matt Damon

Maureen O'Connor · 07/20/11 10:47AM

Matt Damon speaks for Brangelina. Brangelina feed their children crickets. Chris Brown parks in a handicap spot. Leo's mother advises against Blake Lively. Timberlake pulls a diva move. Wednesday gossip fights for its rights.

Shocking Study: Birth Control Cheaper Than Babies

Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/11 10:34AM

Birth control isn't free, my friends. I mean condoms cost a few bucks and then some of the fancier technologies that girls get cost—Christ, I don't know, but it has to run into the hundreds. So you can't expect the health insurance industry to bankrupt itself just to subsidize every lout's ability to fuck conveniently! Or can you?

Which Comic's Sex Tape Is Causing an Internet Sensation?

Brian Moylan · 07/20/11 10:01AM

This funny man's ex put his kinky sex tape online and is passing it to her Hollywood friends. These sibling stars are feuding over work. And this actor is showing signs of Alzheimer's. Good thing that sex tape is unforgettable.

The Best Memes to Come Out of 'The Rupert and Wendi Show'

Seth Abramovitch · 07/20/11 04:52AM

Man, was that a gas or what? Two-plus hours of doddering and selective senility, with a surprise splosh party and French manicure attack thrown in for good measure! One day, we'll have a better understanding of what the Murdochian Inquisition meant in the grand scheme of things; but for now, let's just take a moment to savor the bounty of fresh memes it's produced. These memes to us be blessed, amen.

Matt Lauer Breaks Into the Late Show Theater

Matt Cherette · 07/20/11 01:30AM

In the last 10 days alone, two different men have been arrested for vandalizing the entrance to the Ed Sullivan Theater, where the Late Show with David Letterman is taped. Scary! But at least Letterman is taking it all in stride, as you'll see in this clip from tonight's program, which features Today Show anchor Matt Lauer attempting his own theater break-in with a metal trash can.

Step Right Up to the Casey Anthony Dunking Booth

Seth Abramovitch · 07/20/11 12:17AM

The Bluegrass Fair in Lexington, Kentucky, has introduced a new, somewhat controversial attraction to their annual festivities: a Casey Anthony dunking booth!

Stupidest Shark Ever Leaps Onto Boat

Max Read · 07/19/11 11:24PM

Great white sharks are the largest, scariest predators in the sea. But they should stay in the sea. One shark didn't last week, and decided to see what it was like on a research boat.