Scotty McCreery Gets $61,000 Homecoming, Is American Idol losing its X Factor?

Mubarak’s wife suffers heart attack (News Rickey)

Scotty McCreery Gets $61,000 Homecoming Bash (TMZ) - Oh wait, I didn't know he was from a big small town - 30,000 people.

Spider-Man 2.0 Takes Aim at Bloggers (Vulture)

Lauryn Hill Performs Bob Marley Classics on 'Late Night with Jimmy Fallon' (Billboard)

George Lopez is no Mr Myagi (Seriously OMG)

Ooh La La! Cheryl Cole Walks The Red Carpet In Cannes (Idolator) - Yay!

Britney Spears is mentally incapable of testifying? (PopBytes)

'American Idol' exit Q&A with James Durbin: 'I'm so proud that I was able to bring a voice to metal' (EW)

Why 'American Idol' Is Losing Its 'X Factor' (Ad Age)

‘Idol’ alum Anoop Desai thinks ‘X Factor’ will be bigger than ‘American Idol’ (Hypable)

First Worker at Fukushima Dies (Daily Beast)

NYC Tabloid Gold: "Osama Bin Wankin," "Osama Porn Laden" (Gothamist)

The Burger Lab: Building A Better Big Mac (Serious Eats)

The tragic, pathetic demise of a birther (Salon) - He did that?