Man, being Connor Cruise must be the awesomest awesome time in the world. First of all, your dad is Tom Cruise, who clearly has it together, and your mom is Nicole Kidman, who left to go live in Australia, so hey, free trips to Australia! You've been shipped off to Scientology boarding school in Oregon, which is probably great because you don't have to read or do math or any of that boring stuff. And you've already chosen the rewarding and challenging career path of DJ'ing! What better way to celebrate than by having an MTV-worthy super sweet birthday bash at Hyde? No, not that Hyde, the one in the Staples Center, on Clippers game night! SWAGGGGG. More»

• Starbucks has moved ahead of Burger King and Wendy's to become the number 3 US chain. [USAToday]
• Scientology has bought a landmark movie studio in Hollywood from a struggling public television station. [Telegraph] More»

• AOL is buying the Huffington Post for a whopping $315 million. Arianna Huffington will become the owner of AOL news content. [HuffPo]
• Packers won the Super Bowl last night! The bigger news? Christina Aguilera flubbed the National Anthem. Twitter went wild. [NYDN] More»

• Is the Google machine planning a stealth ipad attack? [Huffington Post]
• Paris parties with Reggie in Vegas [TMZ]
• Tina Fey brings back her fantastic rendition of Sarah Palin and it's just as funny, if not funnier [Eonline]
• Jeffrey Katzenberg thinks Clash of the Titans' 3-D is lame and "disingenuous" [LATimes]
• L. Ron Hubbard would not approve of Tom Cruise's alleged "drug history" [Gawker]

• 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}

• Scientologists probably just put a hit on Paul Thomas Anderson. [Deadline]

• Did Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes split because she has an Oscar and he doesn't? [DailyMusto]

• L.A. is too broke for St. Paddy's Day parade, but the party endures. [LATimes]

• A new list of the best cities for 20somethings. Somehow, Raleigh comes in 2nd. [Portfolio]

• Plane lands on beach, kills jogger. [1010]

• Levi Johnson ordered to pay $1,750 a month in child support. Hope Playgirl payed well. [NYP]

[via Ned Hepburn]

I had lunch at Square One today, which is located across from this Scientology Building (located conveniently at L. Ron Hubbard Way & Fountain Avenue, no joke!). It’s a gigantic blue building that takes up an entire city block, with drawn white curtains in every window. Behind those white curtains are white blinds, which are also drawn. There are very few - if any - visible open windows, and when there are its still so dark in there that you can’t see a damn thing passed the first foot or so. More»

• Accenture drops Tiger Woods. Tear (JK). [CNN]

• Speaking of the hoe patrol, crazytown Ann Coulter compares Meghan McCain to Tiger Mistress. [Mediaite]

• Silvio Berlusconi hit in the face, bloodied, with a statue. [Intel]

• Emma Watson playing around at Brown. [ONTD]

• Lindsay Lohan visits sick women and children (no, not her own family) in India. [People]

• Sex and the Scientologist: L. Ron Hubbard outlines the policy. [Gawker]

• Is Tom Cruise buying up property for the advancement of Scientology? [Gawker]

• It only took 800 years, but Cambridge University finally got some cheerleaders. [DailyNews]

• After getting fired from Melrose Place, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz decides to try Broadway. [People]

• Man faked (and filmed) his own death on the Bowery yesterday, and the neighbors freaked out. [NY Post]

• Students rally to support teacher suspended for assigning short story about masturbation. Hey, at least his students are reading! [Gothamist]

• Levi Johnston's Playgirl shoot expected to leave nothing to the imagination, and here we thought he was chaste. [NYP]

• John McEnroe and Tatum O'Neal's son bartending at BEast. [GrubSt]

• Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift go on a hockey date. T-squared! [People]

• Measure your Twitter manhood. For some of us, an oxymoron. [Vallewag]

• Church of Scientology convicted of fraud in France. France:1, US: 0. [NYT]