Former US Weekly editor Timothy McDarrah was sentenced to six years in prison this week following his December conviction for attempting to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. Using the email address ps41alum@aol.com (now inactive, so don't bother sending hate mail), McDarrah responded to a Craigslist post planted by the FBI and offered $200 to have sex with a barely teen-aged girl. The FBI says McDarrah asked "What it'll cost for the cutest white 14-year-old......

Apparently, sexy Hollywood beefcake is what Columbia College is trying to promote at its Class Day this year! Last year, father-of-fellow-Columbia College-student Senator John McCain spoke, to wide protest. This year, Columbia College has selected Matthew Fox, star of Lost, to be the main speaker. Naturally, students are very divided about the news. One tells the Columbia Spectator, "I've never heard of this guy. The years before got a Pulitzer Prize-winner and a potential presidential......

Although the extremely gross clip of Glenn Beck propositioning an US Weekly writer on CNN was amazing, it's too awkward for us to enjoy. So our vote for the best line on TV yesterday is from 30 Rock. One of the plotlines was "Jack (Alec Baldwin) forces Tracy (Tracy Morgan) to attend The Source Awards." Oh, the sitcom wackiness! Naturally, Tracy refuses to go to the Source Awards, because of its history of controversy, and......

You would have thought Delilah shaved Samson's head again after the breathless reports of Britney Spears shaved her head Friday night. Apparently the pop singer-mother-train wreck did the deed before going to a Sherman Oaks tattoo parlor and giving the tabloids something to pun about. A witness told reporters Britney "said she was tired of people touching her head." That makes total sense. Plus, her hair was getting really gross after all the dye......

Today, the NY Times Thursday Styles section looks at two popular accessories: The tiny, teacup dog and the huge, monstrous hobo totes. Many women love little dogs, especially since their little dogs can be dressed in little designer outfits. And many women love their big purses because they can carry everything, even if they are suffering back and shoulder pain as a result. We are surprised that the area of intersection for these two topics......

They get "distraction buys," that's what. Here, let the Daily News explain: That bottle of Diet Snapple you never touch on your desk? The spare can of hairspray you never use? The family pack of gum it would take a month to chew through? Admit it - they're all items from the drugstore that you picked up simply to hide your hemorrhoid cream and condoms. Now those unwanted purchases have a name: They're called......

It's Oscar Night and Gothamist is here. Tonight, it'll be a joint effort, from our resident film guru Karen Wilson and our resident Oscar freak Jen Chung. We hope you weigh in with what you think! KW: I have my popcorn, my diet coke -- I am ready for the spectacle and the excess. JC: ALL RIGHT! I just took extra Vitamin C - I'm waiting for some food delivery. 6:36PM Isaac Mizrahi has NOT......

Mmm, there is nothing like it when the NY Times dips its toes into celebrity journalism. Sure, their story about what celebrities do when they buy or sell homes had some interesting new facts, but it also makes Gothamist feels less dirty than when we decide to get that issue of US Weekly for a subway ride (it takes 10 minutes to read!). This is our favorite anecdote:Dolly Lenz, a vice chairman of Prudential Douglas......

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Gothamist can't imagine that being a high school basketball coach is all that easy, but does it mean you should be spanking your 16 year old players? By laying them across the lap? Oof. Drew Sanders pleaded guilty yesterday to "forcible touching" and will be placed on the sex offender list. Sanders lives in New Sprinville, Staten Island, and was accused to making the players strip off their shorts and underwear to be spanked either......

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Meh-heh. Us Weekly is running new ads that have two women talking about one's boyfriend acting all "Colin" after the "Ben" he put her through. (Watch the ad here.) The ads, created by Deutsch, recenlty best known for agreeing to work with the kids from The Apprentice, are sort of funny but would have benefited from more maniacal line-readings from the women while on Stairmasters or getting their nails done. Besides Ben and Colin, other......

Martha Stewart's defense team hopes to pick jurors as well as she picks apples at her Turkey Hill farm, but the Post leads with the most important information: That the Martha carried a $12,000 Hermes bag to court yesterday (the brown bag in the photo). The Daily News says the Birkin is worth $7,000, but $12,000 is much more imflmmatory. Can't wait for the fashion assessment in the new US Weekly! Only two Martha Stewart......

That's three posts in a row where some part of the package is featured on Gawker: Balls (US Weekly photo), penis (more male reviewers than female at the NYT Book Review), and dick (Stephen Glass related, wouldn't you know). Gawker editor Choire Sicha writes on the scary US photo post, "In any event, that model boy better hope there aren't any squirrels lurking..." Like the squirrel on Choire's own site? And then there's this interesting......

Paris Hilton is speaking publicly about the sex tape for the first time since returning from Australia (and hanging out with sea life which can't hold video cameras). The Daily News reports Paris as saying "I feel embarrassed [and] humiliated," and that she regrets the tape "especially because my parents and the other people who love me have been hurt." The DN also details her family's reaction to the situation (support, via crisis management......

Ever since American laid on eyes on him in The Talented Mr. Ripley, Jude Law has been an object of desire for both men and women. If British tabloid The Sun is to be believed, Law and wife Sadie Frost are divorcing. This comes after reports that Frost, best known for a small part in Bram Stoker's Dracula or as Jude Law's wife, was in the hospital for post-partum depression. Claims that Law is......