TV producer Norman Lear is 87.

EXCLUSIVE TO: TMZ.COM TO: MIDDLE-AGED REALITY SHOW STARS (LIKE MY DAUGHTER) FROM: CANDY SPELLING

Jonas Brothers fans rejoice! (I mean, cry a few tears for Joey Joe Jonas ) For those of you thinking you have a shot at helping Joe Jonas take off that purity ring, you now just may with the mop

It is being reported that Chris and Rihanna stayed at the same New York hotel over the weekend. And even though they were not seen TOGETHER during their stay and checked into separate rooms, being at the SAME hotel at

Cunningham's career spanned over six decades. Merce was among a handful of 20th-century figures to make dance a major art and a major form of theater. RIP.

In fact, it's already starting. Blake is now saying that he saved Amy's life when she overdosed on drugs. Ummm, ok. And sure it could be true, but wasn't he the guy who introduced Wino to do hardcore drugs on

So what exactly does Johansson have to say of her character? Is she a bad girl or one of the good "guys"?

Here are a few highlights from last night's roast via Popsquire :

X Factor finalists JLS are planning to join forces with Britain's Got Talent winners Diversity in a spectacular Michael Jackson farewell concert.

John sends us "Rare and unseen footage of Disneyland's construction narrated by Imagineers. Includes some amazing new footage of Walt Disney walking the site before construction even started and some never-before-seen timelapse footage of the park from groundbreaking until opening

Here's an Australian physics teacher using principles of molecular physics (the "packing fraction") to "shark" games where you are asked to guess the number of M&Ms (or, presumably, other ellipsoid candy) in a jar. How to shark a 'guess the

Steve Silberman sez, "The Cold War computing race from the Russian side, including the development of the MESM -- for 'Small Electronic Counting Machine' -- powered by more than 6000 vacuum tubes." Building digital computers in Soviet post-war Russia was

Barry sez, "One of the most difficult things you encounter when discussing the bailouts is getting people to understand concepts of enormity that are literally beyond comprehension. 'Trillion' is one of those concepts. This visualization (by Jess Bachman, who does

This weekend, I discovered to my absolute delight that Sue Townsend had published another volume in the Adrian Mole diaries, a series I have followed since I was a teenager. The new book, The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001,

Carrie McLaren is a guest blogger at Boing Boing and coauthor of Ad Nauseam: A Survivor's Guide to American Consumer Culture. She lives in Brooklyn, the former home of her now defunct Stay Free! magazine. The Hartman Center at Duke

Carrie McLaren is a guest blogger at Boing Boing and coauthor of Ad Nauseam: A Survivor's Guide to American Consumer Culture . She lives in Brooklyn, the former home of her now defunct Stay Free! magazine . Should you ever

You hear a lot of talk about piracy in the developing world, about Nigerian markets filled with bootleg DVDs or Chinese iPod knockoffs. But if you want to see what real piracy looks like, look at the bio-pirates, people and

The most exciting development to come out of Comic-Con this year? Creator Bryan Lee O'Malley dropping news that Ubisoft Montreal is currently developing a PS3/Xbox 360 downloadable game based on his comic series Scott Pilgrim (above), to be released alongside

No Justice, No Juice" is the rallying cry of those joining the fight to support the popular webcomic "Get Your War On," after an aparrent ripoff in an ad campaign for the American juice franchise Jamba Juice. BB guestblogger Carrie

Ed. Note: We recently gave the Boing Boing Video website a makeover that includes a new, guest-curated microblog: the "BBVBOX." Here, folks whose taste in web video we admire tweet the latest clips they find. I'll be posting periodic roundups