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Vegas billionaire Wynn accidentally pokes hole in world's most expensive painting - Reuters
Jennifer Aniston plans on buying a $15 million Beverly Hills one-story house - People
Canadian Parliment member fired for blogging - Globe & Mail
Pitchfork gives the Weekly Detour Fest an overwhelming "meh" - Pitchfork
Tagger "DWP" still on the loose - LosAnjealous
Father of the boy who Madonna adopted tells critics to STFU - AP
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Universal Music Group sues video-sharing sites - FT
Paul McCartney accused of being worst husband since Ike Turner - US
Ice-T has done it again. 20 years after his controversial "Cop Killer" cover, he's got record stores up in arms with his new cd cover that features him and his wife lounging nude. Can't a brotha have a white woman lay on him in 2006?
Photo of the cd cover after the jump...
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