Never thought I'd say this but I think I owe Ryan Seacrest a big thank you and maybe a fruit basket. It's been over a year since we first reported a reality show in the works that would focus on L.A.'s young, affluent Persians and we'd nearly forgotten all about this precious gem until news broke yesterday that Seacrest pulled through in a huge way for us as he's teamed up with Bravo to develop the tentatively titled "Shahs of Sunset". The name alone (cross your fingers it sticks!) makes us smile. More»

For every season of  "Jersey Shore", we took an hour out of our grueling schedule each week to watch the magic unfold. While Deena's constant battle with gravity and Ron's struggle with the English language are some of the more compelling aspects of the weekly shitshow, it's the quotables that come out of their guido mouths that really sweep us off our feet. My heart melts when Ron and Mike call girls "creatures". Clearly the excellence of these golden nuggets is not lost on the good people of Playbill who have released "'Jersey Shore' Gone Wilde", five short videos of Broadway actors doing their best Snooki and Pauly D-Oscar Wilde style. More»

• A new survey shows that 14% of Angelenos suffer from depression, up from 9% in 1999 [LATimes]
• Even though Paul Ryan was appointed to give the official GOP response to Obama's State of the Union address last night, Michele Bachmann decided to give her own on behalf of the tea baggers [HuffPo]
• Speaking of baggage, Santa Monica has banned single-use plastic bags at most stores [KABC]
• The hottest Spaniards in Hollywood, Penelope Cruz and Best Actor Oscar nominee Javier Bardem, welcome their baby at Cedars Sinai [PE]
• The storyline for Snooki and Jwoww's spinoff show follows the guidette couple living together and dealing with "real-life problems" such as how to write a check [TMZ]

• A single can of Four Loko, instead of indications at the scene of other drug and/or alcohol use, gets brunt of the blame in the death of two Huntington Beach teenagers believed to have accidentally overdosed [KTLA]
• New study finds that with enough wind turbines, solar photovoltaic systems, and solar power plants, the world could run on 100% renewable energy by 2030 [HuffPo]
• Because "Jersey Shore" and a Pauly D spinoff series aren't enough, filming for Snooki and Jwoww's own MTV reality show began yesterday [TMZ]
• After leaving his post as White House chief of staff to run for Chicago mayor, court rules Rahm Emanuel is ineligible to run because he does not meet the candidate residency requirement [LATimes]
• According to the tweet-vine, Kelly Osbourne will replace Taylor Momsen as the face of Madonna and daughter Lourdes' Material Girl clothing line [PE]

Last night's special Monday episode of "Jersey Shore" was like a surprise gift from the workweek fairy as consolation for having to work on MLK Day when it's 80 degrees and sunny out. Let's observe the gold medal-winning utterances from this third episode of the gang's return to Seaside Heights. More»

Watching the premiere of "Jersey Shore" last week, it was difficult not to think of an aged Matt Damon standing on the shore at the end of Saving Private Ryan, reliving an emotionally wrought experience. But at least when Matt Damon was finally able to return to Normandy, nobody put a rifle in his wizened hands and asked him to do the whole thing over again. I guess what I'm trying to say is, these guidos are the real heroes. And how did our heroes do this week? More»

The new season of "Jersey Shore" creeped up on us last week, bringing us right back to where and why we fell in love with the guidos and guidettes of season one, minus that dirty hamster, Angelina. We also met new housemate and fellow Snooki "meatbawl", Deena, who proved within a span of a few hours of filming that she might be the biggest shitshow of the cast. More»