• Every new show of the fall TV season except for Fringe.

• Lucy Elllman's rave review for Chuck Palahniuk's new book.

• Jon Favreau's unringing telephone.

• Strawberry Shortcake's new look.

• The outrageous ticketing policy at Boy George's concert for the New York Department of Sanitation.

• Coldplay.

• The cancellation of M.I.A.'s European tour.

• The Happening's Metascore.

• Our awesome Q&A with Grandmaster Flash.

• Passing Strange's possible Tonys upset.

• Our mixed feelings about Katherine Heigl.

• Anthony Michael Hall's new job.

• Literally everything that happened in the R. Kelly trial.