· Could the current season of American Idol SUCK. ANY. HARDER? No. It could not. Go away, Ellen. You stink. I'm going to go ahead and forget this season ever happened, and just crown my own winner right now. It's a tie! Congratulations, Lexy and Stephany! Come sail away, come sail away, come sail away from Ellen with me. (t/y Paul) [YouTube]
· Enjoy these movie-themed shuttle mission posters from NASA. The Matrix-themed Expedition 16 poster looks like a Christmas card from your "cool" dentist. [Videogum]
· Warner Bros. has Google ad-bombed (or whatever you call it) the system, so when you search for Kick-Ass, you get sponsored posts for its same weekend rival, the "the kickass Clash of the Titans." Pretty sneaky, sis. [/Film]
· Secretive new mom Padma Lakshmi has asked for some "peace and privacy," which she would then like to see you incorporate into a light summer snack in under 15 minutes. GO! [CNN]
· X-Men: First Class director Bryan Singer still isn't over his mutant-daddy issues: "I love the relationship between Magneto and Xavier, these two men who have diametrically opposite points of view but still manage to be friends -- to a point. They are the ultimate frenemies." [Topless Robot]
· Roman Polanski's attorneys have filed an appeal asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial misconduct in his case. Once they're at it, can they look into how Kim Cattrall got cast in The Ghost Writer? [USA Today]
· Hugh Grant Still Shaken By Chocolate Cake Smearing Scandal! [Daily Mail]
· John Cusack: Wet and loving it! [Moviefone]
· Bill Paxton: Tilt and loving it! [Kotaku]
· Death Star Watermelon. [Flickr via The Daily What]