• Ashton Kutcher will soon head to outer space, signing up as the 500th astronaut customer for a trip to the final frontier aboard Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo. [Radar]
• Today I officially exhausted my access to 15 free Los Angeles Times online articles in a span of 30 days on the computer I'm currently using and have been asked to join their "new membership program," meaning pony up a monthly fee to get through their newly adopted paywall.

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• NYC Best-Of list, with everything from headcheese to purified water. [VillageVoice]

• Gucci debuts iPhone App, a collaboration with Mark Ronson. [Racked]

• Black barbies critiqued as, "not black enough." [CNN]

• Patricia Field gives us Sex and the City 2 movie tid bits. [People]

• Nickelodeon buys Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. [Vulture]

The Empire State Building went green for earth day and Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelango were on hand to help turn the master switch that lit up Gotham. Earth day coincided with the 25th Anniversary of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (!) and the original movie was being screened at the Snapple Drive-in Theatre for the Tribeca Film Festival. How I missed this photo-op is beyond me. (Caroline McCarthy-you are partly to blame, it seems!) Note: April, we will follow you and your turtles wherever your tour bus may take you-We'll even show up with pizza and anchovies. Cowabunga! More»

• The NY Times wins FIVE PULITZERS today, one thanks to Eliot Spitzer of course. Take a look inside the Time's newsroom while the winners were being read. [Saucy]

• Rudy Giuliani is speaking out against same-sex marriage. despite the fact that his two gay former roommates will be married. Is it a safe bet to say that Rudy won't be on the guest list? [NYP] More»