Jessica P. Ogilvie

Some of you may have been inside all week, so we will break this news for you: it is hot beyond the doors of your apartment. And according to the National Weather Service, it's only going to get hotter.

Once upon a time, "South Park" declared that it was A-OK to joke about AIDS, since 22.3 years had gone by since the onset of the epidemic. Whether you agree with that or not, most of us can get on board with the idea that three weeks isn't enough time to have a laugh at the expense of the shooting victims in Aurora.

Just when you thought Snoop Lion was as real as it gets in the hip-hop world, his former mentor Dr. Dre is taking it to the next level: FX has just inked a deal with the former Death Row Records co-owner to produce a TV show about Los Angeles, seen through the eyes of both the crime world and the music business.

Today's same-sex kiss-in at the Chick-Fil-A in Hollywood was disrupted when employees called the police, reports TMZ.

Jenna Jameson has recently been in the news for plowing into a pole in L.A. while possibly inebriated, and prior to that she was known the world over for her prolific work in the adult industry. Now, Jameson is making headlines for something unexpected: She's come out in support of Mitt Romney.

Look, no one is going to deny that Scientology runs rampant in Hollywood. It's not entirely clear how or why it has such a death grip on so many actors and actresses in town, but it does.

After a brief disappearance to Arizona and a few weeks of family turmoil, Katherine Jackson has been reinstated by a judge as the guardian of Michael Jackson's children -- her grandchildren -- Paris Jackson, Prince Jackson and Blanket Jackson.

Westboro Baptist Church, the lunatics who have staged protests in L.A. and around the country bearing signs that say "God Hates Fags" and "God Hates America," has been dealt a long-overdue blow: A bill making its way to President Obama's desk would bar the group and others like it from picketing at military funerals.

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The woman who has been somewhat unkindly nicknamed the "Plain Jane Bandit" by the press isn't letting her newfound moniker deter her from her chosen line of work: She was recently spotted robbing a Chase bank in Cerritos, her eighth SoCal robbery in about a month.

Here's a better way to celebrate the Olympics than sitting on your couch eating Cheetos and cheering on Ryan Lochte: Get out there and adopt a pet.

Last week, TMZ was breaking all kinds of news when it came to the Jackson family's ongoing disputes. Among their reports was one that indicated that Janet Jackson, along with her brothers Tito and Randy, showed up at the home in Calabasas where Michael Jackson's kids -- Paris, Prince and Blanket -- live with their grandmother and proceeded to slap Paris and call her a "spoiled little bitch."