good news
Iran Frees Newsweek Reporter
2:17AM John Cook | Maziar Bahari, the Canadian-Iranian Newsweek reporter who has been detained in Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison since his arrest while covering the nation’s post-election uprising in June, has arrived safely in London in time for the birth of his first child. More »
Flotsam & Jetsam
Nine Out Of Ten Drunks Deny Driving
1:20AM Hamilton Nolan | How many of you are “binge drinkers,” meaning you had five drinks in a night once last month? (All you drunks raise your hands). Now, how many of you drove after getting wasted? (Pause). Liars! Science knows. More »
Online
12:40PM Jess McGuire | Remember when MySpace used to be the place to find Lindsay Lohan expressing herself freely? Why, she even wrote blog entries on MySpazz about how much she loved My Spazz. More »
Lindsay Lohan’s Certainly Excited About Something
12:40PM Jess McGuire | Remember when MySpace used to be the place to find Lindsay Lohan expressing herself freely? Why, she even wrote blog entries on MySpazz about how much she loved My Spazz. More »
Small Screen
Heidi, Spencer Banned From E!, All The Other Awful People Will Stay
6:51AM Richard Lawson | E! recently conducted an online reader poll and a resounding 94% of voters wanted to get over-exposed reality blobs banned from coverage. And the network is going to oblige for Heidi and Spencer, and nobody else. More »
Online
Maybe Rockers And Twitter Aren’t All That Bad
5:29PM the cajun boy | Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails has used his Twitter to raise $US645K for the brother of former CNN anchor Veronica De La Cruz, who is in need of a heart transplant. [Paste via Rachel Sklar's Twitter]
Mozza Maestro Mario Batali Reveals Details About Gwyneth Paltrow’s Non-Life-Threatening Mystery Ailment!
8:02AM Seth | We realize we left many of you hanging since noting Tuesday of the shocking hospitalization of Gwyneth Paltrow for a mystery ailment, which some were hypothesizing resulted from the actress’s experimenting with a strict, raw-foods-only intestinal-purging regimen. Well, none other than celebrity chef Mario Batali [Ed. note: Pause to rhapsodize about Mozza's fresh ricotta and egg raviolo with browned butterrrargghlerrrarrh...] has confirmed to usmagazine.com that the troubles were indeed isolated to her digestive tract: More »
Amy Winehouse Round-Up: Back On Track!
10:28AM Clem Bastow | You know, it almost brings a little tear to our eye to announce that today’s Winegums watch is nothing to do with brawls, punch-ons, bags of crack or cat AIDS, but rather the reason we all came to love Amy Winehouse to begin with: her music!
Yes, after a few months playing the part of a tabloid editor’s dream, Winegums is planning to get back into the studio to record new material. Have we all gone mad, Ray? I guess so, Pete!
The jazz diva has back-combed her bee-hive once more and is now back to work on a hotly-anticipated new album after insisting: “I’m sorted out. Nothing’s wrong with me.”
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The singer, who turned 24 last week, told us: “I’m writing some new stuff and can’t wait to be back on tour.”
The story goes on to mention that Winegums is clearly a woman after our own heart, having taken it upon herself to gain a few much-needed pounds by feasting on fast food.
We’ve seen the pics and we can’t wait for the day we can chow down on a medium Cheeseburger Meal with Winegums. Only then will we be truly happy. More » 
