- MUST READ LINK: Mental Floss puts together the origins of your 10 favorite muppets. (via Gorillamask)
- GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS: The Bad News is Larry Harmon, who played Bozo the Clown, passed away today at 83. The Good News? There’s one less of these in the world: (Yahoo)

- THE PUKEY BUNCH: Cindy Brady, i.e. Susan Olsen, showed up to a radio interview hungover and promptly vomited. But listen — if you spent your entire life trying to live down your miniature self in blonde curly pigtails, you’d probably spoon a bottle of Jack Daniels to sleep too. (TMZ)
- THE METAL HAMMER: I don’t know who Villa Valo is, but if he’s the direct offspring of Vincent Gallo and Jack White, as I suspect he is, then I guess meeting/worshipping him wouldn’t be half bad. (ONTD)
- TRAGEDY: Christina Applegate’s boyfriend Lee Grivas was found dead in his apartment. He was only 26. (US Weekly)











