Did you know the Pope rocks out to Tupac?

Tupac Shakur is one of only nine artists worldwide to make the Vatican's MySpace Playlist for the album Alma Mater: Music From TheVatican. His song "Changes", a call for self-examination and racial harmony places him in the ranks with Mozart. I wonder of heaven got a ghetto?

Does he get two bags of pretzels?

There's been much debate about how to handle overweight passengers on flights. While some airlines may charge for an extra seat, not all do — and now a flight attendant allegedly snapped a photo on an American Airlines flight and of course it has been leaked to the press.

While it's hard not to feel bad for the passenger, you have to take into account that he's a major safety hazard in an evacuation, a gross inconvenience for the cabin crew, and probably a totally unacceptable traveling companion for the poor guy next to him.

American Airlines did not comment except to say, "We cannot verify the authenticity of that photograph, nor do we know who might have taken the photo. But gotdamn, we would never operate a flight like that with anyone or anything blocking an aisle and not seated properly."

Katie Couric Heard Some DooDoo Brown

So many captions come to mind for these pictures: al roker dance school, drop it like its hot, from the windows to the walls, it takes two to make the thing go whiite, junk in the trunk, and you're kidding right?

The New Millennial Dr. Death Returns to Work

Dr. Conrad Murray, the doctor accused of killing Michael Jackson announced last night he is returning to work. The doctor is in arrears with his child support and has not worked since Jackson's death. For those of you interested in booking an appointment with the New Millennial Dr. Death you can find him at the Armstrong Medical Clinic, Acre Homes, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.

Murray has admitted to administering Propofol and various benzodiazepines at Michael Jackson's home without a pulseox monitor, a defibrillator, and other monitoring equipment as well as leaving Jackson alone while on the medication; Murray says he was only gone for a few minutes. Police investigators say he was gone for at least an hour while Jackson slipped into respiratory depression leading to an eventual cardiac arrest. Murray maintains he did not give Jackson "anything that should have killed him."

If you feel like rolling the dice on whether or not the good doctor will be taking phone calls and visiting the loo during your important medical procedures, please book an appointment now. His receptionist is standing by.

Tila Tequila lost it

Since you haven't been paying enough attention to quasi-adult-film star Tila Tequila, she had to resort to drastic measures. Tila had a meltdown on her live U-Stream channel Thursday stripping naked and ranting about her ex-boyfriend Shawne Merriman abusing her. She called him a "woman beater" and said of herself, “I am an angel…because I am here to save the world with my army.” Ooooookay. So now she's the messiah? Methinks we are all lost if that's the case. Girl get help.

The breakdown comes just days after filing a $1.5 million lawsuit against her ex-boyfriend, NFL star Shawne Merriman, for battery and false imprisonment. Tila issued a statement blaming her unusual behavior on anxiety and flashbacks from the alleged abuse.

Ron Artest capitalizes on Ariza's Cinderella moment

During Sunday's Rockets-Lakers game Trevor Ariza lost his ruby red sneaker on the court during an early defensive possession. Ron Artest saw an opportunity and took advantage of it by tossing Ariza's shoe out-of-bounds and shooting a three.

Don't we all aspire to this?

Sherri Shepherd doesn't believe in evolution

Rhodes Scholar and panelist on The View Sherri Shepherd doesn't believe in evolution, not in the least bit. She also doesn't believe the world is round. It is really sobering to be confronted head on with the failures of our educational system...

Woman spanks another woman's 2-year-old inside Salvation Army

43-year-old Gloria F. Ballard has been charged with assault after allegedly bending another woman's 2-year-old son over her knee and spanking him inside an Ohio Salvation Army store. According to the child's mother, Donnay Jones, Ballard approached her after her son did something to catch Ballard's attention. Ballard told the mother she she didn't know how to take care of him and should make her son behave, bent him over her knee, and spanked him in front of the mother. Ballard maintains she simply gave the child a hug and a pat on the bottom because he was upset.

Jones said, “She was down there, trying to tell me what I should do and how I should act with my son...I was sitting there shocked thinking, ‘Did she really just do that?’ I could have put my hands on her for doing that to my son, but something told me not to put my hands on that lady. I think I did the right thing to press charges."

Ballard faces up to six months in jail and a $1000 fine if convicted. She has been convicted in the past of disorderly conduct, public intoxication, tresspassing, and other misdemeanors.

They should probably add improper use of magenta lipstick past 1989, overzealous eyebrow plucking, and just looking too damn hard in general to the list of charges.

Source: Associated Press

Y'all pray for Kandi Burrus

Kandi Burrus, formerly of Xscape and now a star on Real Housewives of Atlanta, really needs an intervention. I'm sure you know by now Kandi is engaged to AJ, father of six (with four babymamas). Kandi has one daughter from a previous relationship. Her daughter is uncomfortable with the engagement and her mother is positively against it. Well, Kandi recently told Essence.com she and AJ have put their engagement on hiatus.

What's the issue then, you say? Well...Kandi now has custody of his 12 -year-old twin daughters. Say what? I said Kandi is now taken over legal guardianship of two of his six children from AJ's mama. *sigh* She says it's because the girls need a strong female role model in her life and he would have taken them, but...blah, blah, blah. This man wasn't even raising his own daughters. He had his mama doing it. Now Kandi is the one pulling his plow for him. Yes, she would have been one of their guardians if they had gotten married, but she says they aren't even together right now. (For the record, I don't buy that for a minute. She is just trying to get some of the negative heat off her, in my opinion.)

Not only has she taken on the responsibility of raising his kids, but when asked what exactly what it is he does for a living Kandi says, "AJ over time has done a lot of things, including running this collection agency while we were together and he just recently bought into this strip club." So is she saying he can't keep a job? Nevermind that. I can't believe she thinks it is a good idea for her daughter's future stepfather to be a proprieter of a strip club. I really thought she had a good head on her shoulders. I just can't with them today.

Hef wants to see Kate's naughty bits

Rumor has it Hugh Hefner sent Kate Gosselin, star of Jon & Kate Plus 8 and mother of 8 year old twins and 3 (?) year old sextuplets a letter inviting her to pose for Playboy. Ever the prude, despite her eight children, Kate is said to have been deeply embarassed and tore the letter into pieces. I for one am relieved. Kate has a decent enough mom-body in clothing--especially for someone who has had eight kids--but the post-childbirth stomach of a mother of multiple multiples should only be seen by her mate. Besides, when they are old enough the children will be mortified enough when they read about their father's attempts to regain his castrated balls by changing co-ed girlfriends every 10 days or so.

Peaceful Ramadan.....