• Lady Gaga totally steals her sister's thunder at high school graduation. [NYP]
• Coney Island continues to fight its own trashy allure, wants to ban cigarettes. [NYDN]
• The seven worst outdoor drinking spots in the city. [Eater]
• Internet geeks try to out-annoy each other at Webutante Ball. [YouTube]
• John McCain['s PR flack] tweets Snooki, calls Obama's tax policy a Situation. [Intel]
• Hamptons spared a new Michael Lohan nightclub. [Grub]

• Ms. NJ United States (heh) wants to be on the next season of Jersey Shore. [TMZ]
• Alia Sabur, Long Island's very own awkward genius, says she can plug BP's oil leak. We'd make fun, but we really hope she's right. [Post]
• Some New Yorkers own giant dogs. The pictures make us giggle. [NYDN]
• So far, the reviews for Coney Island's Luna Park are pretty great. [WSJ]
• Damn those urban mynah birds! [Curbed]

• Bret Michaels released from hospital. Doctors expect full recovery. [AP]
• Olsen twins put apartment on the market for $8.5 million, including never used kitchen. [Curbed]
• Manhattan loses Gino's, one of its great red-sauce Italian restaurants. [NYP]
• Bill Murray reads poetry to construction workers. [AllTop]
• Fred Durst thinks what the world really needs right now is a Limp Bizkit reunion. [Vulture]
• Coney Island's Siren Fest announces lineup. Limp Bizkit doesn't make the cut. [BKVegan]

• You can go home again: Superdive leaves East Village, probably heading to Murray Hill. [Eater]
• Crap. Is the Coney Island boardwalk about to turn concrete? [NYP]
• Helpful subway etiquette signs torn down by the MTA. [1010]
• Even the Roosevelt Island tram would rather not be on Roosevelt Island. [NickMcGlynn]
• Shepard Fairey's spanking new Houston Street mural gets tagged. [AnimalNY]
• Somehow, How To Make It In America got renewed. [Deadline]
• Network announces New Jersey couture reality show.  Series about North Dakota's gangsta rap scene to follow. [DailyMusto]

• Justin Bieber's getting his license, probably so that he can drive Tina Fey to the malt shop. Also, the DMV let him take multiple photos so that he doesn't look like a doof. [TMZ]
• Madonna's daughter, Lourdes, might be headed for LaGuardia HS. Get ready for FAME reboot 2,000 [Times]
• Coney Island rides don't die, they just go to Honduras. [Gothamist]
• Jake Gyllenhaal says he's "okay" without Reese Witherspoon, so clearly he's not. [NYDN]
• Hip NYC/Vegas lighting designer Alejandro Bulaevsky has died (under KINKY CONDITIONS, the Post wants you to know) [Post]

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• The Cyclone opens Sunday. Go. [NickMcGlynn]
• New York's murder rate soars over last year's. [NYDN]
• Marilyn and Audrey pose for Terry Richardson. [Terry'sDiary]
• John Cusack watched the '85 Super Bowl on mushrooms, swears Big Bird won. [Vulture]
• Unlikely catfight emerges between Michael Musto and LCD Soundsystem. [DailyMusto]
• Allen & Delancey looks dead, owes thousands in credit card tips. Tip with cash, people. [Eater]
• Robert Pattinson's wax figure draws bigger crowds than his last movie.  [MTV]

• Why the outrage over Terry Richardson is a joke. [DailyBeast]

• Time Warner ran Playboy TV on kids channel. Still less traumatic than Yo Gabba Gabba, I say. [THR]

• Hipsters still pissing people off. This time with food stamps. [Salon]

• Time for evil girl scouts to make us all fat again. [Gothamist]

• Is Ben Folds the latest celeb to brave ChatRoulette? [Vulture}

• Shocking: Thinly veiled Scientology exposé making Hollywood nervous. [Deadline]

• Spring is here, which means Coney Island is coming back. With a circus! [NYP}