• Tupac Shakur's family says there's no way the fallen rapper was a homophobe as Suge Knight has been claiming, and in fact was very close, personal friends with designer and noted homosexual Gianni Versace, even walking in one of his fashion shows in the 90s. [TMZ]
• Welterweight boxing champ Manny Pacquiao, a devout and very conservative Catholic, is banned from The Grove where he is scheduled to do an interview for "Extra" today after declaring he is against gay marriage. [KTLA] More»

By all accounts, Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg's headlining Coachella show would have been jaw-dropping even if they had only stuck to bringing out surprise guests who were still alive. After all, Eminem, 50 Cent, Warren G, Wiz Khalifa and others all took the stage during last night's mega-set. But Radiohead had just played an instant classic two-hour set the night before, so Snoop and Dre knew they were going to have to go above and beyond to impress the crowd. I think doing two songs with Tupac Shakur on stage via hologram probably accomplished that. More»

• Hackers take down the CIA website to show their "muscles," and other hackers are not that impressed. [Gawker]
• Prince Harry has reportedly been cleared to return to active military service in Afghanistan, and he's siked on it. [Gaurdian]
• The man who allegedly shot Tupac Shakur at a New York City recording studio in November 1994 came clean, however he is already behind bars. [ENews]
• Talk about sore losers...rioting hockey fans clashed with police officers, set vehicles ablaze, smashed windows, looted stores and set several fires in downtown areas of Vancouver moments after the Vancouver Canucks lost Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals to the Boston Bruins. [NYT] More»

• Last night during a picnic at the White House, disgraced congressman Anthony Weiner told Nancy Pelosi he would resign and plans to step down today. [LATimes]
• A suspected drunk drive plows into a group of about 100 late night bicyclists of the Midnight Ridazz in Baldwin Hills, injures 11. [KABC]
• NY prison inmate Dexter Isaac confesses to the 1994 shooting of Tupac Shakur, claims rap exec James "Jimmy Henchman" Rosemond ordered it and suggests Diddy knew about the plan. [KTLA]
• Hugh Hefner strikes back after getting dumped by ex-fiancé Crystal Harris days before their wedding, puts giant red "runaway bride" sticker over her July Playboy cover spread. [TMZ]
• Selena Gomez's camp is having her tell the media the reason for her hospitalization last week was because she ate too much junk food. So rich. [PE]

• In one post, we have office politics, navel-gazing, site mascots, site enemies, leaks, grudges, "takedowns" and a blowjob video - so basically a whole usual day of Gawker articles smushed into one [Gawker]

• Tupac is alive! No really, this could be true! He was hanging with Kurt and Elvis in New Orleans! [TMZ] More»