Bathroom Is for Texting, Not Talking: Pitt

(NEWSER) - The efficiencies granted by the Internet have rendered many aspects of life obsolete—the Telegraph has compiled a full 50. Some highlights:

• The art of polite disagreement. A quick look at the comment section on YouTube or any news or politics-related site will confirm this.
• Fear that you are alone in not caring that a celebrity has died. Twitter abounds with dead celeb jokes.
• Listening to an album all the way through. Assuming one has even bought/downloaded the whole thing, the huge capacity of MP3 players almost ensures your attention will wander.

Twitter tries and fails to take down another celebrity

(NEWSER) - Bill Cosby is not dead, despite what you might have read on the Internet this afternoon. In fact, the 73-year-old comedy legend is alive, well, and making up words on Twitter, reports WPIX . Using a term he created after a similar false alarm in February, he tweeted today, "Again, I'm rebutalling rumors about my demise." He added , "Emotional friends have called about this misinformation. To the people behind the foolishness, I’m not sure you see how upsetting this is." To learn more about things the web has actually killed, click here . More»

Plus, Angie: hot or too skinny? It's anyone's guess.

(NEWSER) - Oksana Grigorieva may be carrying Mel Gibson’s love child, but she wants “to be judged by my art, by my music,” she tells Reuters in her first interview. “How can I be judged for falling in love? We live in the same city. I don’t control who I meet,” she says, adding that she did not start a relationship until she was “reassured” Gibson was not happily married. Elsewhere: More»

Singer cops to snooping through cell phones

(NEWSER) - Miley Cyrus is an admitted boyfriend stalker, she tells Tyra Banks. “I go through their text messages,” says the tween phenom, who admitted she would stalk her boyfriend for a day if given the chance, People reports. She also looks for clues in the way boys treat their mothers, which “is so much better than going through their phone and stuff because they always know.” More»

Pitt talks engagement to Angelina Jolie at Cannes

(NEWSER) - Brad Pitt was flying solo today at Cannes, but in addition to his gangster film, Killing Them Softly, Angelina Jolie was predictably a big topic of conversation. Pressed by reporters for some juicy gossip, he said his engagement to Jolie was "something that made sense," People reports. As for a wedding date, there isn't one, Pitt tells US Weekly : "It's just something that makes sense to us, and certainly date-wise, it's just a rumor," he said. "We're still hoping that we can figure out marriage equality in the states before that date." He also revealed the couple would "love to" do another film together, Vulture adds. More»