Those Tyra-Banks-as-Michelle-Obama photos are finally online. They're not very fierce.......

The Café Society program, run by the Public Square at the Illinois Humanities Council, aims to create more informed and engaged communities through weekly coffee shop conversations that tackle relevant social issues. In a discussion titled “Too Thin to Win” participants this week will be zeroing in on not only the media’s portrayal of thinness as an ideal, but the steps that have been taken to combat destructive and unattainable images. In an effort to......

Did you know Tyra Banks is a singer? Not only is that her speaking during the opener of ANTM (which is fairly unchanged since last season) but that's her vocals on the background harmonies. Feel free to bust out that bit of trivia at the next party you attend. The episode opens with Jay introducing the girls to their bio-diesel powered limo. Something about that is oxymoronic, but given that this season is "The Futuristic......

Seattlest watches as a S.L.U.T. is born and Seattle Flickr users go nuts over a local art installation. A restaurant critic demands a Diner's Bill of Rights over a gnat next to her drink, and, in lieu of a Portlandist, Seattlest debates with itself over the identity of the Northwest's crown jewel. Seattlest also joins the guys from Fantagraphics for an ill-fated gun party in the woods. Bostonist got a crash course in what not......

The only thing wrong with Tyra Banks, besides her huge forehead (or her "five-head, funny Tyra), her terrible acting and her awful sense of humor, is that her karma is now seriously fucked up. Last night, instead of doing what she should have done, Tyra kicked off the inspirational Megan, instead of kicking off the biggest freak in reality television history (if you don't count Johnny Fairplay), Chicago's very own Monique. Let's do a side......