Don Draper is no longer Mad Men's hero. That honor now belongs to Michael Ginsberg, the young Jewish copywriter whose work has already upstaged Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce's longtime brilliant creative director. More »

The good news is, Nick Stahl is no longer missing. The bad news is, he's going to rehab. More »

Comedian Fahim Anwar — member of the comedy team that brought us this response to Ashton Kutcher's racist PopChips ad — noticed a new model on the Americal Apparel website. More »

Today's annular eclipse — affectionally dubbed a "ring of fire" — will be the first of its kind visible from the mainland U.S. since 1994. And we won't get another until 2023. More »

More "fiction" says John Travolta's legal team: yet another masseur has come forward with allegations against the actor. This, of course, begs the question, how often does John Travolta get a massage? More »

Like so many of the people we went to high school with, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg let us know about his marriage to Priscilla Chan with a Facebook update. In a photo posted to Facebook, Zuckerberg and Chan pose as a married couple — with Zuck wearing a suit instead of his trademark hoodie, as all news reports have been keen to point out. More »

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John Travolta's first masseur accuser may still be John Doe, but Masseur #2 now has a name. More »

When President Obama spoke out in favor of same-sex marriage, some worried what effect this would have among his black supporters — particularly in terms of the traditionally conservative black church. But a recent poll showed a significant increase in support for marriage equality within the black community: 54 percent in favor, up from 41 percent last year. More »

A four-year-old in New York is being called a hero for dialing 911 when her brother was choking on a piece of chicken. The police sergeant who took the call was especially impressed by how "cool and collected" little Grace Varley was. More »

Have you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.
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Arizona's Secretary of State Ken Bennett is the latest politician to call President Obama's birth certificate into question. Following Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigation into the document, Bennett has now also identified the birth certificate as a forgery. He is demanding authentication from the state of Hawaii. More »

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Good news, hypochondriacs — here's something new to worry about. On Friday, the CDC issued draft recommendations urging all baby boomers (those born between 1945 and 1965) to get tested for hepatitis C. Of the 3.2 million Americans with hep C, 2 million are baby boomers. And they might not know it. More »

At 73 years old, Tamae Watanabe has become the oldest woman to scale Mount Everest. The previous record holder? Tamae Watanabe. More »

The circumstances of Dan Harmon's removal as Community's showrunner are emerging, and they're not pretty. Harmon's version of events, which he shared late last night on his Tumblr, explains that he learned about Sony's controversial decision about the same way we did. More »

It's been five days since Rose Murphy Stahl reported her husband Nick Stahl missing, and he is still MIA. More »

News just broke that Sony has not extended the contract of Community showrunner Dan Harmon. Instead of signing him for two years at the end of season 2, as is customary, Harmon and Sony agreed to a one year deal and now that Community has been renewed, Harmon is out. Somewhere in Southern California, Chevy Chase is smiling. More »

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This Friday's mailbag features a potpourri of scribblings sent from your minds to our inboxes. Please enjoy some of the praise, rants, and email exchanges we experienced this week. More »