Nick Romano

You don’t have to crack open a pinata to enjoy Cinco de Mayo, but it certainly gets you in the right mood. Everyone from little kids to hammered Corona-and-margarita drinkers love scrambling to get their free candy, but there are some pinatas out there that are just too awesome to demolish.

Whitney Houston touched so many lives across generations with her music and passionate performances, which is why we’re still looking for that ultimate tribute that can truly pay homage to the iconic singer. We may not have found the most epic one of them all, but we’ve certainly found the most touching performance by the children’s choir PS22 from Staten Island.

This year’s NBA Slam Dunk Contest saw a lot of firsts, including Jeremy Evans making the winning drunk by leaping over Kevin Hart. The comedian had bustled onto the court dressed as a stuttering mailman with a package for Evans.

The music world is still reeling from the death of ‘Soul Train’ creator Don Cornelius, who died yesterday from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. In particular, members of the R&B and hip hop community were moved by the passing of an icon whose TV show introduced many of them to legends like Marvin Gaye and Michael Jackson.

Here are a couple scenarios given out by Charles Barkley. See if you can figure them out. (1) You go to a restaurant, but you can’t tell if the chicken is organic. (2) You decide to vacation at your summer home, even though you already promised your friends they could stay in one of the five guest rooms. These are what Barkley and ‘SNL‘ call “white people problems.”

Party animals love New Year’s Eve because they get to drink themselves silly, throw glitter everywhere and dress up like babies without being thought of as creepers (in most cases, anyway). Rather than welcoming in 2012 with pictures of sloppy drunks in diapers, however, let’s instead focus on actual babies. They’re much cuter and don’t scream “Party!” every few minutes. Check out some sweet ‘Baby

Marvin Cruise is 47 years old, has tons of arm tattoos, rides a motorcycle, and is extremely terrified of pit bulls and pit bull puppies.

If Lady Gaga singing to Bill Clinton in true Marilyn Monroe style wasn’t enough of an O-M-G moment, then Usher’s wardrobe malfunction in front of the former president may have done it.