• Paris Hilton's half naked beach romp isn't going over too well with the Hindu population in Bangalore, Indian. [Much Music]

&bul; Is making coins really the best way to remember Bob Marley? Cuz we were thinking more like the naming a NYC delivery service after him. [Y!]

• Needless to say, Rolling Stone's seen better days. Better years, better decades, even. [WWD]

• Last night at the Book Eater's ball, Sufjan Stevens played a song about wanting to bang his grammar school teacher. [Billboard]

• Just because you have no idea who this American Idol contestant is, doesn't mean you shouldn't be thrilled she survived a robbery. [AP]

• Madonna has lots of needs for her upcoming tour, including free tickets for her broke ass celebrity friends. [R&M]

• Paula Abdul wasn't just drunk on American Idol this week, she got some painkillers to boot. We look forward to that particular brand of Paula crazy. [MSNBC]

• The Rolling Stones aren't angry that they are being censored for an upcoming show in China. Nobody can understand what the fuck Mick Jagger is singing under all that huffing anyway. [AP]

• Nigel Lythgoe, executive producer of American Idol, passes Lindsay Lohan's age-old wisdom on to the Idol contestants — breathe. Yay, group tattoo field trip! [MTV]

• The Sufjan Stevens/Rosie Thomas baby was just a prank on Pitchfork Media. Of course a former employer of Nick Sylvester wouldn't bother to fact check their news. [Pitchfork Media]

• Thomas Dolby isn't impressed with Kevin Federline's rap, or his illegal sampling of Dolby's hit She Blinded Me With Science. The song in question, America's Most Hated has been removed from Federline's MySpace account, but the battle is far from over. Why didn't Britney Spears get a prenup? [MTV]

• Avril Lavigne is planning a summer wedding in Beverly Hills, complete with circus performers and "known" rock bands. So we guess that means her husband won't be performing. [TMZ]

• Former Fugee and ghetto superstar Pras panhandled for a day. He made $8, and then tried to eat at The Standard. Thus proving homeless people are smarter than him. [R&M]

• Indie sweetheart Sufjan Stevens announced that he and girlfriend Rosie Thomas are releasing an album and expecting their first child. The sound of hipster hearts breaking ring down on Orchard Street. [Pitchfork Media]

• Great. Daniel Powter's Bad Day, the most obvious song in the world, is the number one single. Again. Now can we stop playing it every time anything sad happens on TV or anyone gets voted off of American Idol? [Billboard]

• It's the day everyone (okay like ten people) have been waiting for! Sufjan Stevens is awarded the first annual New Pantheon Award. Seriously, stop crying. [New Pantheon]

• Beyonce's father has challenged Simon Cowell to a (prefabricated girl pop group) duel. We do so hope it's to the death. [Lowdown]

• In case you missed Britney Spears on Will & Grace last night, clips are readily available on YouTube. Be warned: she's not joking about that pro-Bush stuff … or the outfits. [YouTube]

• This list of songs that aren't nearly as funny as their titles suggest isn't complete without "Hit Me Baby One More Time." True, when Kevin Federline starts beating her, it won't be funny anymore. [Stylus]

• Surprise, surprise there were a few problems putting out the Chinese version of Rolling Stone. Well, keep in mind Jann Wenner did reject adopting one of their unwanted girls. [NYT]

• Since Miami is giving everyone asthma, St. Bart's sounds like it was the better choice for New Years. Then again, it's a close call between custom karaoke or some Libyan dictator's children and Enrique Iglesias. [Rush & Molloy]

• Ok, please don't start a riot when we tell you tell this, but Jordan Knight and Jeff Timmons are getting together. No, not like hooking up — they're actually performing again. Both of them. Together. So gross. [Gothamnist]

• It's official. Rich hipster posers who listen to Sufjan Stevens are now called "yupsters." If you need an example, Newsweek suggests watching The O.C so you can get hip to the lingo of today's street culture. [MSNBC]

• Because our president isn't too busy trying to clean up the mess he has made of this world, he definitely has time to listen to Pink's letter-via-song to him. Or, maybe Dick Cheney could just download it onto his iPod. [MTV]

• Pete Townshend can't admit he's too old to hear, so he's making something up about iPods. Maybe him and Foxy Brown should start some kind of support group? [AP News]