Welcome to the wild world of "Weird Al" Yankovic - a world populated by a Pennsylvania Dutch gangsta-rapper ("Amish Paradise") and a serial-killing Saint Nick ("The Night Santa Went Crazy")

For centuries human beings have considered the world beyond Earth and wondered if there was life outside of what we know. There have been essays, books, movies, television,

Happy Birthday to Conor Oberst a.k.a. Bright Eyes (1980), Incubus singer Brandon Boyd (1976), "24" actress Sarah Wynter (1973), "Xena: Warrior Princess" actress Renee O'Connor (1971), synth-pop artist Jane Child (1967),

* Scarlett Johansson and Keira Knightley are set to shock fans by getting naked in a new Vanity Fair photospread. The sexy actresses disrobe in the upcoming Hollywood issue of the magazine. * The Sopranos star Edie Falco once played Sesame Street’s Cookie Monster at a wedding. Her job was to encourage guests to get up on the dance floor.