Salon's pick: Robert Downey Jr. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
People and Gossip
Robert Downey Jr.: ‘Sexiest Man Living’
Why Salon disagrees with People magazine's choice of Hugh Jackman
A Bond girl’s odyssey
Olga Kurylenko, who is starring in the new James Bond film, grew up hungry and dirt-poor as the daughter of a single mother in Ukraine.
Rourke’s divine intervention
After memorable appearances in such ’80s classics as Diner and The Pope of Greenwich Village, the actor Mickey Rourke self-destructed. When he started thinking of suicide, he sought help from a priest.
The nerd who called the election
Nate Silver, a 30-year-old statistics geek and the creator of FiveThirtyEight.com, predicted the results of the 2008 election with uncanny accuracy. On election night his site was visited by more than 5 million people.
Gossip: Adrienne Bailon
Adrienne Bailon, another rising Disney Channel star, was caught in a nude photo scandal last week.
Gossip: Hugh Hefner, Kendra Wilkinson
Kendra Wilkinson, one of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends, is leaving him to marry a younger man. Hefner will be giving her away at the wedding ceremony.
Gossip: George Clinton
Funk superstar George Clinton is storing his DNA so he can be cloned after death, said the New York Post.
Gossip: Val Kilmer
The actor Val Kilmer is officially weighing a run for governor of New Mexico.
Why a Paula Abdul fan died
Why Paula Goodspeed apparently committed suicide in front of the American Idol judge's home
Disney's nudity epidemic
Why Cheetah Girl Adrienne Bailon's embarrassing photos seem familiar
Winger’s disappearing act
Debra Winger, one of the most popular film stars in the early 1980s, has been out of the public eye for the past 15 years. She has just "resurfaced" in the film, Rachel Getting Married.
The man who would be TR
James Foote travels up to 20,000 miles annually to impersonate Theodore Roosevelt in documentaries, historical re-enactments, and personal appearances.
Quinn and the Almighty
Sally Quinn had a revelation in 1992 at a spa in California. Her idea of God "may not be the personal God so many pray to," but she does see divinity in the everyday world.
Gossip: Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Phoenix has decided to quit acting to pursue a career in music.
