Stranger than fiction:

"Hillary Clinton enthusiastically picked a filly named Eight Belles to win the Kentucky Derby and compared herself to the horse. Eight Belles finished second. The winner was the favorite, Big Brown.

Eight Belles collapsed immediately after crossing the finish line, and was euthanized shortly thereafter."

Get it? Big Brown wins! But take away the presidential metaphor and I feel really bad for the dead horse. [TIME]

*Thanks, KA!

The Kentucky Derby — the annual see-and-be-seen event where revelers wear silly hats, watch horses run around a track, and drink mint juleps (I'm guessing) — went down this weekend. Although I'll never quite understand the draw, Gabrielle Union seems to like it. Also there: Dwyane Wade. Not there (if we're going by photographical evidence): Star Jones. A morning when I don't wake up to DWade and Star Jones relationship rumors is a good morning.

The vast majority of the pictures from the Tao Beach Grand Opening festivities in Vegas over the weekend are pretty ridiculous, and the one above says it all. It screams we're-rich-and-powerful-and-drunk-and-our-girlfriends-aren't-here, doesn't it? I couldn't justify giving the photo of the two of them holding stacks of cash (I'm serious) the place of prominence in the post, but check it and others from the weekend out after the jump.

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