STORYTELLERS Rudy, Amanda
With at least two out of three suspects being held for the murder of Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, apparently all-out crazy, we’ll perhaps never know what… READ ON

BIG WILLY-NILLY Smith’s latest
Next year, some 90 percent of mankind will be wiped out by a super-germ, and most of the lucky remainder will mutate into hairless zombies with… READ ON

FOR THE DICK WHO HAS IT ALL Shirt
What do you get the Master of the Universe in your life who already has a closet full of $3,000 Savile Row… READ ON

YOUR LEGACY AWAITS Rumer
The Hollywood Foreign Press has long dodged rumors of favor-trading and palm-greasing in picking its Golden Globe nominees, but it is far more upfront about who… READ ON

For roughly an hour they’ll never get back, Radar political writer Nick Curran, an atypical Republican based in D.C., and Fresh Intelligence editor Tyler Gray, some weirdo sort of libertarian… READ ON

‘MO PROBLEMS Foster
• Closet Nudging Network: CNN International boots Jodie Foster the hell out of the closet, then discusses the outing for several minutes. Insert Anderson Cooper comment… READ ON

O-NEGATIVE? Winfrey
• Tuned out: Some of Oprah‘s fans aren’t happy with their ladyguru’s political turn, accusing her of taking a “negative racial tone” stumping for Obama and just… READ ON

HELL BENT ON DESTRUCTION Shredding contracts during Bush/CheneyBehold, the Bush Administration in chart form: Federal spending on paper shredding has increased more than 600 percent since George W. Bush took… READ ON

Pigeons in the Washington, D.C., area are on high alert today following the release of an explosive manifesto by a writer for the Washington City Paper. Matthew Borlik‘s declaration, entitled… READ ON

Stymied both by the arrival of the Alan Keyes crazy-train and the fact that Mitt Romney didn’t march right across the stage and give Mike Huckabee the cock-punch he so… READ ON

APPLEGATE-GATE Christina
What’s a Golden Globe nominee to do?
Despite her appearance in a United Hollywood video short supporting the writers, Golden Globe nominee Christina Applegate says she won’t have… READ ON

WIKI-HACKS Brin, Page
As part of the next phase of the Sergey Brin/Larry Page plan for world domination, On Thursday, Google announced that it is currently in the testing phase… READ ON

MORAL CURVEBALL Pettitte
Pride of the New York Yankees Andy Pettitte sure has an interesting hobby for someone just outed in a 404-page document as one of 86 past and… READ ON

From a source deep inside the bowels of the Times headquarters on 43rd Street: “Giant pieces of ice are sliding off the NYT building and they’ve had to close a… READ ON