A recent New York Times piece on the “rickroll” phenomenon was itself the victim of a prank: The article cited a basketball game where “two men on the sidelines briefly… READ ON

In what is sure to be classiest event of the Palm Beach party season, Ivana Trump, the 59-year-old ex-wife of maybe billionaire reality-show star Donald Trump, will wed Rossano Rubicondi,… READ ON

Legendary Cajun chef Paul Prudhomme “was setting up his cooking tent on the practice range at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans golf tournament Tuesday about 9:30 a.m. when he… READ ON

HE DIDDYN’T Diddy (Photo: Getty Images)
Last week, the Los Angeles Times reported that hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was behind the 1994 shooting of Tupac that catalyzed the bi-coastal… READ ON

DEEP THOUGHTS Hills girl Whitney Port, Modigliani portrait (Photo: Getty Images, Amedeo Modigliani)
Tuesday, Slate, like the New York Times before it and the New Yorker to follow,… READ ON

GROUND RULE DOUBLE TEAM? A-Rod, Jose (Photo: Getty Images)
Vindicated, cheesy former MLB slugger Jose Canseco’s follow-up to his 2005 best-seller Juiced, doesn’t come out till next week, but… READ ON

ON ANON Actually, this is the Unknown Comic
Ryan, the second of several members of Scientology antagonist group Anonymous to be identified on a short-lived Scientology-affiliated YouTube video, says… READ ON

For all his “amusing” quirks and lame publicity stunts, we’ve always found Diddy tolerable in the at least he knew Biggie way—but no more. Following up a video urging “the … READ ON

Noted without comment: “A dispute over sales of virtual sex toys has resulted in a real-life slap on the wrist for a Texas teenager. Eros LLC, a Tampa Bay-area company… READ ON

SOBBIN’ WILLIAMS “Gooood moooornin’, your honor!,” Marsha, Robin (Photo: Getty Images)
• Rough Patch: Marsha Williams, who met Robin Williams as the nanny for the comedian and his previous… READ ON

THIS ISN’T GOING TO END SOON Eliot (Photo: Getty Images)
• Come again?: Ex New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has been linked to a second pricey prostitution ring, Manhattan’s … READ ON

WILL STILL BITE YOUR HEAD OFF McCain (Photo: Getty Images)
Everyone agrees that razzing John McCain about his gay sweaters is quite hilarious. But is cracking wise about his busted… READ ON

PLAYING OFFENSE Vogue
WWD takes four online pages today to make up for its absence from the Anna Wintour monkeypile and simultaneously pat itself on the back for being the… READ ON

“OK, maybe things didn’t happen the way she said. But that happens. When you say something, it’s not always accurate.”
—Retired General Wesley Clark defends Hillary Clinton’s Bosnia “misstatement”… READ ON