Pop King Disappoints Party Prince

THE KING AND THE PRINCE Jackson, Azim (inset)

• Just pay him $10M and he'll be there: It took $10 million to get the King of Pop to Prince Azim's birthday party, but that wasn't enough to keep MJ from cutting out early because he was feeling sick and sitting on the floor the whole time.

• GOP throw down: In a likely run up to his presidential candidacy, the slithery Newt Gingrich violates the 11th commandment and speaks ill of both Bush and Karl Rove in this week's New Yorker.

• He draws too!: How much will an un-captioned New Yorker cartoon fetch if it's drawn by a presidential candidate? $2,075 if the artist is Barack Obama. Perhaps a caption contest is in order.

• Live journal: Britney displays once again why she'll never make the transition from It Girl to Lit Girl with a nearly 900 word musing on how "weird" and "funny" things are—and how she thinks it was ADD that caused her to enter rehab.

• Rubber royalty: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation gives their 2007 health award and $1 million to Thailand's "Condom King."

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