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Tanning spray, heels, hair and makeup-no, it's not the Golden Globes, it's The Miss New York 2012 pageant, held yesterday evening in The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College. The only place where a smile full of vaseline can get you a sparkly crown. More»

• After demonstrations left 1,400 protesters demanding democracy dead, Syria's president Bashar Assad announces intent for political reform but not enough toward democracy. [LATimes]
• Rapper Tone Loc, aka Emilio from Ace Ventura, arrested for felony domestic violence against his baby-mama. [TMZ]
• Our own Miss California, Alyssa Campanella, wins crown as Miss USA, giving us all a reason to be proud we're Californians. [KABC]
• Always the exemplar of balanced, healthy lifestyle, Heidi Montag claims to have lost nearly 30lbs by working out 14 hours a day for the last two months. [PE]
• Renowned Malibu-based contemporary artist Paul Alan Rusconi arrested on accusations of molesting his two 20-month-old daughters. [KTLA]

• A Wisconsin beauty pageant winner's quest to become Miss USA has been derailed now that she's been charged with three counts of identity theft. [MJS]
• Sam Lutfi is suing Brit's mom, Lynne, for defamation for writing in her book that he isolated the pop star from her parents and was a major negative influence. [KSFM] More»

Monday night the third annual Shorty Awards took place at The Times Center. The event honors Twitter users' entire content rather than an individual tweet and featured presenters like Kiefer Sutherland, Jerry Stiller, and Jim Gaffigan.  The Daily Show's Aasif Mandvi played host while Miss USA and Miss Teen USA made stage appearances. Conan O’Brien, Mayor Cory Booker, Neil Patrick Harris and the Jonas Brothers were amongst the winners. After, everyone head to Tribeca Grand to party. More»

• What you don't know about your balcony could kill you. [NYT]
• Joan Rivers had a backstage rampage at the Miss USA pageant. And by "rampage," we mean she was wandering around in a tiara and exclaiming things. [Post]
• Cameron Diaz wants you (and A-Rod) to know that she's a marshmallow on the inside. [NYDN]
• Street artist war! Poster Boy scribbles all over Banksy's NY graffiti pieces. Poster Boy, you sound like an asshat. [Gothamist]
• Roosevelt Island's apartments had a pneumatic (!) tube (!) trash disposal system!!!!!!!! [WSJ]

• Will the Tea Party get really rowdy starting tomorrow? [Politico]
• A Muslim is crowned Miss USA, can find Iraq on a map. [NYT]
• Texas legislators plan to put high school students to sleep statewide by mandating Social Security discussions in the classroom. [TPM]
• A look inside Michelle Obama's communist plot to make American children thin. [Eater]
• D.C. blogger celebrates combination of peanut butter and...avocado. [BYT]

• Miss Michigan is first Arab-American to be crowned Miss USA. [NYDN]
• Hey ladies! Convicted gf-assaulter and state senator Hiram Monserrate is back on the market! [Post]
• Private Gramercy Park is a jungle of rage. [WSJ]
• Lindsay Lohan picks a fight with the NY Rangers. [Gothamist]
• Oh snap, Celebrity Rehab has run out of celebrities. [TMZ]

Last night, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Miss USA Kristen Dalton attended "Hearts 4 Haiti", a benefit which raised $17,000 for Doctors Without Borders and Wyclef Jean's (maligned) YELE Haiti. More»

[All photos by SHAUN MADER for PMc]. Casita Maria held their annual fiesta at the Mandarin Oriental Hotelto honor Adrienne Arsht, Lorenza Dipp de Torres Lample and Nancy Gonzalez.  Casita Maria is an Arts and Education center with after school programs geared towards Hispanic communities in the South Bronx and East Harlem.  More»

[Justin Ross Lee and one of his "shiskas" prepare for the party by reading tabloids... that he's in.] Justin Ross Lee may be "jew-jetting" all over the place these days, but he needn't go far to find the party that fits him best. Looks like we missed out on "Who Wants To Be A Tabloid Whore?" at the Gates in NYC last Thursday (we were too busy washing our hair), but our favorite press-glutton JRL definitely didn't. While we often blame ourselves for creating a monster, we didn't hold back this time either: We offered one lucky newsletter reader the opportunity to sit with Mr.Lee himself at his table and win an autograph 8x10 of the orange dashing lad. Signed, "Dear Sue, Best Wishes From Your Favorite Jew", the winner got to go home with a lovely picture of JRL. We're not quite sure what type of prize this is, but to each their own.

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