• Veteran OC judge Richard Stanford accused of making his friends, family, and PASTOR's pesky traffic tickets magically go away from 2003-2010 [LATimes]
• Blogger Jonathan Tasini files a lawsuit against AOL Inc. and Huffington Post for $105 million in damages on accusations of failure to pay for financially beneficial content and is seeking class-action status on behalf of over 9000 other writers [KABC]
• Watch Kobe Bryant's temper tantrum in which he calls the ref a "f%#$ing f&@got" after getting called on a technical foul at last night's game. [TMZ]
• Kimberly Stewart (haven't heard about her in a HOT minute! Remember when she was engaged to Talan from "Laguna Beach"?!) is pregnant with Benicio Del Toro's baby even though they aren't even a couple. [PE]
• Newsweek owner and renowned philanthropist Sidney Harman dies at 92 of complications from leukemia. [HuffPo]

NASA discovered life on other planets, some dudes recreated a frat box and call it "art," and we dissected James Franco's bookshelf. Also, why goth is the new hipster, why delusional marriages are most the most likely to succeed (whaa?!), Mardi Gras from NOLA, and what Frank Falcinelli baked me for my bday. Plus! Someone with tons of money please buy the Gatsby mansion before they tear it down ok? More»

• Most expensive home in the world built in India for $1 billion features 9 cocktail lounges, 3 helicopter pads, and more on 27 stories [HuffPo]
• Nick Lachey pops the question to Vanessa Minnillo [PE]
• It seems like Newsweek's 'Power 50' list is rigged with some ego strokes [Post]
• L.A. Zoo has a new 6-acre Elephants of Asia area with luxuries like bathing pools, waterfalls, and sandy hills [LATimes]
• Capri Anderson claims Charlie Sheen ripped her $1,600 Prada purse to shreds beyond repair in his drunken rage over his missing watch [TMZ]

At last night's Norman Mailer Center Gala, I had a chance to speak exclusively with Rolling Stone publisher and co-founder Jann Wenner. In something of a response to Tina Brown's attempted Newsweek takeover, Wenner tells me what it takes to make it in print journalism. Check out the his advice below... More»

At last night's ultra-swanky Norman Mailer Center and Writers Colony gala at Cipriani, we caught up with Tina Brown, a lightning rod of late for her quixotic vision of a Newsweek-Daily Beast hybrid. Find out why the lofty goal fell flat from on high... More»

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Nearly 4000 well-connected digital hipsters thronged Milk Studios on Saturday, as Vice and Intel’s Creators Project took over four floors for a 12-hour “global summit” of performances, art installations and panels. Attendees included Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, Alexander Wang, and Becka Diamond.

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[All pictures by Nick McGlynn from Thrillist] We sent GofG Correspondent Carson Griffith on the Thrillist Mystery Jet, armed only with her passport and a sense of adventure. She had no idea where she was going, or who with. This is her story....

"Let's get weird!" Ben Lerer yelled over the micro-phone for his first speech to us. The CEO of the company that now employees over forty people looked like he was determined for all of us to have a good weekend from the moment we got there (game face, anyone?), as did his employees. What can be said? More»