two-twenty

and the media shall be cast into pools of fire

Seven hyper-linked signs of the Apocalypse:

• This cutie got booted off of American Idol last night. Meanwhile, this guy is becoming a minor celebrity.

• Columbia options Neil Strauss' frightening expose of LA / Miami-based pirate-clown-pick-up-artist hybrid cult. For six figures. Vomit. Head spin. Vomit vomit. (Via Gothamist. And New Yorkish. Ok, and sort of via Low Culture. We've been meaning to get to this one for a couple days).

• Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of The Heart is back at number one... in France (via Popbitch).

• No one was arrested and no one made out drunkenly with anyone else on episode 8 of Real World: San Diego.

• Barbie dumps Ken. As is always the case when high-profile couples split, suspicion falls on an Australian.

• There is going to be, for fifteen minutes anyway, a Lingerie Football League (via Best Week Ever)

• Gay men diss "breeder" Choire Sicha for cavalier use of the word "fag". Fucking drama queens.