Scenes from the PEN Gala [GalleyCat]
When you throw me into a room of famous writers I've never met before, I'll see a pairing like Grace Paley and A.M. Homes and become totally gunshy. And the entire lobby of the Museum of Natural History was filled with people like that.

Chinese Censors Interrupt CNN International & BBC Feeds During Protest [TVNewser]
The Chinese government censored CNN International and BBC World when a protester was heard during the Bush/Hu photo op today, a stringer in China tells The Corner.

It's Design, It's Science, It's a Lab! All In One! [UnBeige]
Once we see that it's related to the Buckminster Fuller Institute, The Design Science Lab is one of those things we'd really like to be a part of, but we immediately question if we'd be anywhere near smart enough to be there.

Novak: I'm Less Evil Than You Think [FishbowlDC]
So Bob Novak is doing the whole donating-money-to-charity-to-prove- I'm-not-the-devil thing. Today's gift of $1.25 million establishes a chair in his honor at his alma mater, the University of Illinois.

A Novel Approach: How to Succeed At NOT Being Published [MBToolBox]
Amy Stone at Absolute Write tells you 'mistakes' not to make, by which she means do make these mistakes. She really pulls no punches. Prepare to feel ashamed, but enlightened.

This Is A Victory Like Walter Mondale Winning Minnesota Was A Victory [FishbowlLA]
According to Variety, "Latin Cinema is the big winner" among this year's official selections for Cannes. However, a quick count reveals exactly one of the 19 movies in competition comes from a Latin American country.

Meadow's Maxim Moratorium Whacked [FishbowlNY]
As you'll recall, about a month ago Sopranos' star Jamie Lynn Sigler told Steppin' Out magazine of all places that she was "over" so-called laddie magazines. Well, you know that "no," "never again" stuff? Nevermind.