- A dozen summer cocktails that taste like booze, courtesy of Mark Bittman. [NYT]

- Sorry Sex and the City fans, the CW has put The Carrie Diaries on hold until midseason. I suppose you'll just have to settle for the re-runs incessantly aired on TBS, E!, HBO, and every other channel until then. [CNN]

- You probably assumed a year after graduating you'd be buying artisan chocolates while wearing a 3-piece suit.  Well, you were wrong. [ThoughtCatalog] More»

• Tupac Shakur's family says there's no way the fallen rapper was a homophobe as Suge Knight has been claiming, and in fact was very close, personal friends with designer and noted homosexual Gianni Versace, even walking in one of his fashion shows in the 90s. [TMZ]
• Welterweight boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, a devout and very conservative Catholic, is banned from The Grove where he is scheduled to do an interview for "Extra" today after declaring he is against gay marriage. [KTLA] More»

- Ever wonder how those flash sites sell $56,000 Hermes Birkins? [Shift]

- A new study purports to prove that homophobic people are actually gay. [Slate]

-P'Trique of Sh-t Fashion Girls Say talks Kabuki-inspired minimalism and Chanel gauchos. [WWD]

"Generally, I always brunch with this particular circle on Tuesdays. We were at Peels the week the call came through. John Jannuzzi and I were splitting the spa eggs and trying to ignore the biscuit Betsey (Johnson) had ordered. Cory Kennedy was in the middle of telling us what went down in the crawl space of Le Baron that weekend." More»

Today we check out a list of the most loathsome Americans, the biggest winner from the Facebook IPO, and the craziest/genius artists. I take you to Martha Texas, Wyoming, and Williamsburg. Then it's back to reality, and back to some of the best things I've seen on Tumblr today.

• BREAKING: According to insiders, original guidette Snooki is knocked up with boyfriend Jionni LaValle's baby. Oh, the humanity. [Radar]
• When the money train that is Facebook files what will likely be a historical initial public offering, will shares only be available to a select Wall Street elite or could a portion of IPO shares of the hottest stock be made available to the small investors...? [LATimes]

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Can you believe some jerk left his iPhone ringing during the NY Philharmonic last night? It's making news today along with Michelle Obama joining Facebook and Blue Ivy Carter hitting the Billboard chart before even speaking. Plus, there's the outrageous details on Facebook's IPO, Sh*t Nobody is Saying and photos from the basement of the Louvre.