New Yorkers Have Lost Their Minds

You know how New Yorkers are famed for their snobbish disregard for popular culture? Yeah, not so much anymore if the reaction of the below audience to Jersey Shore's DJ Pauly D is to be believed. Manhattan's Terminal 5 was sold out at $35 a pop to "watch Pauly push buttons," says Eater, who calls the event a "truly historic low for nightlife."

(Via - Gothamist)

The Snooki Ball

As part of MTV's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square, the network will lower Jersey Shore cast member Snooki in a giant hamster ball. The ball will drop (violently, some would hope) from the seventh floor balcony of MTV's studios.

Tweet Of The Day - Sen. John McCain

Way to keep your eye on the ball, Sen. McCain!

Canada's Version Of Jersey Shore

Jersey Shore's Vinny - It Gets Better

The cast of Jersey Shore is taking part in MTV's own campaign against bullying. And Dan Savage's brainchild continues to expand far beyond what he probably imagined.

Battle That Beat, Bro

The above is an excerpt from the new "book" by Jersey Shore's Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino. Soon to be a New York Times bestseller. SRSLY.

Bristol Palin And The Situation Cast For Dancing With The Stars

This is NOT a joke. E Online reports that Bristol Palin and Jersey Shore's The Situation have been cast for the next season of Dancing With The Stars.

We can report to you exclusively that Sarah Palin's 19-year-old daughter Bristol Palin has been cast on the 11th season of DWTS, set to premiere Sept. 20, according to sources. As for the reports that David Hasselhoff, Audrina Patridge, The Situation and Brandy will also be part of the cast, here's the deal: All true, according to sources.

I was hoping for Antoine Dodson.

Jersey Shore Halloween

This year's hot costumes? I'm betting on Steven Slater and that super-annoying Progressive Insurance woman. The Walgreens on my block is already all Halloween. Boo.

McCain Tweets Snooki

Sen. John McCain tweeted Jersey Shore cast member Snooki this weekend. Because he's down with the Em Tee Vee generation!

In a preview for the second season of the almost Hallmark-like TV show, Snooki (who is coincidentally the same exact shade of orange as Ohio Rep. John Boehner) explained that she no longer uses tanning beds because "Obama put a 10% tax on tanning." Having just undergone a spray-on tan session she stirred up memories of 2008 by invoking the name of the president's past nemesis. "McCain would never put a 10% tax on tanning, because he's pale and he would probably want to be tan," she said. Like a cobra with a Twitter account, McCain attacked. "u r right, I would never tax your tanning bed! Pres Obama's tax/spend policy is quite The Situation. but I do rec wearing sunscreen!" McCain tweeted. Then, just like Sarah Palin of days gone by, she quickly stood by her man. "Haha Yes!!" she tweeted.

Of course, the real reason that Snooki is dissing tanning beds is that she's been hired to promote a spray-on tanning lotion.

Jersey Shore Producers And MTV Sued For Racketeering Over Bar Fights

The New Jersey Superior Court has agreed to hear a lawsuit that claims that MTV and the producers of Jersey Shore are engaging in an ongoing criminal enterprise by staging deliberately provoked bar fights between cast members and patrons of the nightclubs that they attended while on camera.

The lawsuit claims Ronnie Magro, the beefiest of the "Jersey Shore" crew, went out of his way to pick fights during the show's taping. In one episode, an exultant Magro howls at the camera after knocking out Stephen Izzo Jr., who is named in the suit. Joshua Thomas, also part of the lawsuit, said Magro started a fight with him and his wife, Kristin Porrenod. After the fisticuffs aired, Thomas said he was fired from the Monmouth Beach police force, according to the Asbury Park Press.

Just in time for season two, which premiers in July.