NOT A BELIEBER

Taylor Swift Sticks Tongue Out After ‘Billboard’ Bestie Selena Gomez Kisses Justin Bieber

By Kyra Senese

TAYLOR SWIFT REACTED COMICALLY backstage at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, sticking her tongue out when Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez smooched.

The country pop star seemed full of sass all night. From her debut performance of 22, to trying to dance along with the Jabbwockeez, the blonde showed no holding back.

Swift wasn’t the only one to throw shade at Bieber during the night. The Biebs was was also insulted by boos from the Billboard audience as he accepted the Milestone Award in honor of four years in the industry.

‘CHILLING EFFECT’

Seizure Of AP Phone Records Illuminates Need For Anonymous WikiLeaks-Type News Submissions

By Elizabeth C.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS’ CHIEF EXECUTIVE GARY PRUITT labeled the Department of Justice’s seizing of reporters’ phone records “an unconstitutional act” Sunday.

Pruitt, appearing on CBS’ Face The Nation, said, “We don’t question their right to conduct these sort of investigations. We just think they went about it the wrong way. So sweeping, so secretively, so abusively and harrassingly and overbroad, that it constitutes ..an unconstitutional act.”

The Department of Justice issued secret subpoenas for the telephone records for 21 cell, home and phone lines used by approximately 100 Associated Press journalists.”Over the course of the two months of the records that they swept up, thousands upon thousands of newsgathering calls were made,” Pruitt said incredulously.

The government’s fishing expedition into the agency’s newsgathering illuminates the need for journalists to implement anonymous drop boxes so that sources can reveal news without risk of identity. WikiLeaks is the most famous of the anonymous news submission system, but other agencies are increasingly looking to adopt the approach. Just five days ago, the New Yorker heralded the arrival of its “Strongbox” network created by Wired‘s Kevin Poulsen and deceased hactivist Aaron Schwartz.

Previously, the New York Times announced that it was investigating an anonymous submissions system, but so far, nothing has come of the claim.

The hactivist group Anonymous launched two anonymous submission sites in 2011, one of which revealed that the 16-year-old victin the notorious Steubenville rape case had been drugged.

BABEWATCH

What Would Ryan Lochte Do?: The Answer Is Carmen Electra

By Karen Malmquist

MR. LOCHTE GOES TO HOLLYWOOD and worries hopelessly over a hot dog on Sunday’s new episode of What Would Ryan Lochte Do?” Not to be outdone, his BFF/ assistant Gene throws up on himself. Someone give this show an Emmy!

The Lochterage plays volleyball together. Afterwards they sit down for some sandwiches and discuss Ryan’s upcoming trip to LA, where he’ll be receiving a Hall of Game award. Okay, let’s note that he’s only nominated for the award. However, he’s convinced that he’s going to win. Maybe we’ll get lucky and it’ll turn into a Zoolander moment where a different guy wins the award, but Ryan goes up to accept in anyway. One could only be so lucky. He’s hoping to run into his celebrity crush, Carmen Elektra, while he’s there. Well, it’s not like she has much going on, so yeah, he’ll probably get to meet her.

TOURING WHINE COUNTRY

The Real Housewives Of Orange County: Hot In Malibu

By Karen Malmquist

LET’S ALL GO ON A TRIP TOGETHER!,” THE SAID. “It’ll be fun!” they said. On Monday’s Real Housewives of Orange County, the ladies “decide” to take a trip to Malibu together to help out Wines by Wives. Meanwhile, Heather takes every opportunity to point out everything wrong with Terry as the cameras roll, and then gets mad whne he defends himself.

We last saw Heather and Terry at dinner, fighting in front of their kids. Well, we saw Heather picking a fight with Terry in front of the kids. When he had joked that with Heather gone to film Hot in Cleveland,, the kids would get to stay up late, she did everything but let her head spin completely around, Exorcist style. When they get home, Terry tries to apologize, but Heather doesn’t want to hear it. She makes a very long-winded speech about how she does everything for the kids, listing all the stuff she claims to do by herself, and when Terry jokingly points out that she repeats herself, she dramatically storms out into what looks like a second giant walk-in closet. Looks like he’s sleeping on the couch tonight, but he’s probably relieved about it.

NOT FOR SALE

NBC

Sweet Yeezus He’s on Fire: Kanye West Smolders On Saturday Night Live

By Jacob Wittich

SWEET YEEZUS HE’S ON FIRE. KANYE WEST DELIVERED TWO GRITTY PERFORMANCES Saturday Night Live‘s season finale, debuting a loud, rock ‘n’ roll infused track titled Black Skinhead and performing New Slaves, which he unleashed on the world Friday night.

Kanye rapped over a thumping drumbeat, screaming the lyrics while the backdrop alternated between disturbing black and white images and vintage price tags.

A TATTLE TAIL

Car Vandals Caught After Making ‘Butt’ Call To Cops

TWO FRESNO, CALIF. MEN HAVE become the butt of a national joke after they inadvertently called 911 while they were breaking into a car.

Nathan Teklemariam and Carson Rinehart were pulled over by Fresno police after dispatchers reportedly overheard them conversing and then breaking into a car in search of drugs.

After answering the incoming call, a dispatcher listened in for about 35 minutes, overhearing one of the suspects say, “I just want to smoke weed so bad right now.”

A few minutes later, a car window is smashed and then a man reacts to finding prescription drugs in the car. “They’re Norcos, yeee-ahh!,” one of the men exclaimed.

‘DON’T’

Kreayshawn Delivers Cranky PSA Against Early Pregnancy

By Kyra Senese

“YEAH, I’M PREGNANT!,” 23-YEAR-OLD rapper Kreayshawn announced on her myspace-themed tumblrThursday.

But that was just the beginning.

“It sucks. If your not pregnant don’t get pregnant for a while…” the one hit wonder warned.

A GLITTERY BAPTISM

The Show With Vinny: Uncle Nino Gets Glittertastic

By Karen Malmquist

THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT VINNY THAT MAKES celebrities reveal the darkest parts of their lives—like Mark Wahlberg finally acknowledging that he was rap virtuoso Marky Mark of Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. On Thursday’s The Show with Vinny, not only does the former rapper chat with Vinny, but he brings along Pain & Gain co-star Anthony Mackie. And not to be outshined, Ke$ha drops by the house to grease-up Uncle Nino.

Mom turns to mush when she learns that Vinny will be interviewing Mark Wahlberg and Anthony Mackie at a nearby gym. At first she doesn’t know who Anthony is, but when she learns he was in 8 Mile and Million Dollar Baby, you can almost see a tear form in her eye.

Vinny arrives at the gym, then he tells the camera people that if it seems like he’s acting cool, he’s faking it. You can tell he’s nervous.

CAT BURGLAR ON THE PROWL?

Thieves Steal Chopard Jewels From Cannes Hotel Room

MIRRORING THE GLAMOROUS INTRIGUE OF A HITCHCOCK MYSTERY MOVIE — specifically To Catch A Thief — someone stole $1 million dollars worth of jewels intended to adorn the glitterati at the Cannes Film Festival.

The jewels were reportedly locked inside a safe inside a Chopard employee’s room at the Hotel Hovotel, so the thief or thieves ripped the entire safe from the wall.

MIGHT MAKES RIGHT?

Study: Muscular Rich Bros More Likely To Be Politically Conservative

By Elizabeth C.

THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS STUDY ARE GOING TO MAKE SOME PEOPLE throw up in their mouths — but a lot of muscular bros do the fist pump.

From MSN:

Rich men with bulging biceps may be more likely to hold economically conservative views and [be] buff but poorer men to hold economically liberal views…

Yes, you read that right: the more muscular and rich men are, the more likely they are to hold political views against wealth redistribution.