Mark Sanford's press conference. Did you watch that performance? Wow. He just... he just kept going. How did it compare to some classic political meltdowns of the past? Favorably!

[The DSquared2 fashion show begins during Milan Menswear Fashion Week. The collection is evidently designed for the gay pleasure robot camping enthusiast. Image via Getty]

MySpace today confirmed the rumors it will lay off 300 international staff, on top of 400 U.S. layoffs last week. The social network also shoved aside purported co-founder Tom Anderson, who has a new gig: NOT going to the office.

The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation isn't buying Perez Hilton's line that he called Will.I.Am a gay slur to taunt the singer with his own intolerance. The organization wants an apology. And Hilton pretty much has to give one.

[Cameron Diaz receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame; image via Getty]

Sandy Bullock is back in the game, folks! At a lean, mean 45 the actress has pulled off a huge opening. Some credit should go, we suppose, to costars Ryan Reynolds and Betty White. But mostly, yeah, this is Sandy's.

Boys, meet Yigal Azrouel. He will be seducing your wife now. The Israeli-born fashion designer has been linked to Katie Lee Joel—is this why she's divorcing hubby William?—and also, apparently, editors at W and the New York Times.

[Beyonce Knowles performing at Madison Square Garden last night, kicking off a 100+ date international tour; image via Getty]

Here we go again - Iran's utterly losing it as you read this, and it's way, way worse this time: there's a potential world leader ready for martyrdom, shooting deaths, more rioting, and a possible national strike.

[Barack Obama points tongs at you while cooking for a group of local male students, as a kick-off to Father's Day activities; image via Getty]

[A tepee is erected near Glastonbury, England. The tepees are rented out, £800 a pop, for next week's Glastonbury Music Festival, the biggest music festival in all of Europe. Looks like they're having beautiful British weather, same as us; Getty]

Last week you scoffed with your sarcastic "boo hoos" and reminded us it's still technically spring when we said 2009 is shaping up to be The Year Without a Summer. Are those of you on the East Coast convinced yet?

Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R, Michigan) wanted to clarify his controversial tweet comparing Republican oil-mongers to Iranian democracy activists. So he did: The only way they're the same is that they both battle repressive, freedom-hating regimes.

Aw, they think they're people. Noted gay Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Plot Contrivance) and his partner, actor David Burtka, are in the hunt for a surrogate mommy. They're using the same agency as Sarah Jessica Parker!

News of the entertainment world continues apace this dreary near-afternoon. Real Housewives reaches a milestone, Tom Cruise reaches an impasse, and Sigourney Weaver just can't stay the fuck away from aliens, no matter what she does.

A contrarian take on the much-discussed situation in Iran, via Business Week: While Twitter has been a great for international publicity, most activists are just organizing via word of mouth or SMS, like backward Web 1.0 people.

[A woman stands in front of the racy new Calvin Klein ad in Soho that's causing a controversy; image via Getty]

Katie Lee Joel's whirlwind princess tour of the sweet life is coming to an end. The cook and gadabout town is splitting up with her kajllionaire husband, stunt driver Billy Joel. Rumor is she's been cheating, also that he's old.

Brian Graden, a veteran programming executive at youth culture battle-axe MTV, has thrown in the towel after twelve years. In his goodbye memo to staffers, forwarded to us, Graden mentions an as-yet-unexplored dream: To do musical theater. Adorbs.

Sean Penn has pulled out of two films, Variety reports today. While he's saying he needs the time to work on his (continually) troubled marriage to Robin Wright, a blind item last week is fueling speculation that it's drug-related.