Former NBA stars perform Roy Hibbert While he is down

Indianapolis - may 5: Indiana Pacers center Roy Hibbert (55), Center, on the Pacers bench in the second half of the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Washington Wizards and the Indiana Pacers bankers life Field House on Monday, may 5, 2014. The Washington Wizards against the Indiana Pacers 102-96 (photo by Toni L. Sandys / the Washington Post via Getty Images/Bongarts) | The Washington Post via Getty Images

For the second time the 2014 NBA playoffs the Indiana Pacers 7-foot-2 Center Roy Hibbert found zero points and zero rebounds. He won Game 1 of their second-round series to five fouls, such as the Washington Wizards. A few former NBA stars over Hibbert performance on social media joked after the game.

Seven-time all-star Tracy McGrady shot Hibbert on Twitter.

Roy Hibbert and I had the same amount of points and rebounds tonight.

-Tracy McGrady (@Real_T_Mac) 6 may 2014

Gilbert Arenas, who spent eight seasons with the wizards, took a series of shots at Hibbert in his Instagram account.

"Damn, that he even at me in a video game result can not...This SO REAL,"wrote arenas.

He was not yet ready. Arenas has another post with a caption that said: "she only Roy Hibbert outside for an interview Lmaoo great victory tonight guys caught..."

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Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Tone It Down For The 2014 Met Gala

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It shouldn't be a surprise that Kim Kardashian was one of the most anticipated guests of the 2014 Met Gala.

Last year, Kardashian stepped out beside then-future husband Kanye West, covered in a floral print gown crafted by her designer BFF Riccardo Tisci. But, the dress didn't just stop there -- a major slit in the gown was only a mere detail, as Kim slipped her fingers into matching gloves ... which were attached the the garment. Needless to say, the fashion world and the Internet had a field day.

And of course we can't talk about Mrs. West (!!) without mentioning her hubby, who got a top nod for best dressed by Vogue last year in his Givenchy suit.

So, for this year's red carpet we were kind of shocked to see her pare down her look with a simple Lanvin navy and black gown -- although the slit leaves little to the imagination, as there's been a couple flashes of what seems like a matching set of underwear. As for Kanye, he stays true to his past gala uniform, rocking a fierce jacket tail.

We're loving Kim's elegant look, especially alongside Kanye's dapper outfit.

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Kate Upton Goes To The Dark Side For The 2014 Met Gala

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Kate Upton has been making lots of headlines lately. Between her acting gig in "The Other Woman" and being the face of just about everything, the supermodel is no stranger to the red carpet.

We're wondering, then, what she was thinking when she slipped into this dark, Frida Khalo-esque Dolce & Gabbanna gown and headdress for the 2014 Met Gala. She looks beautiful, of course, but the corset, the ruffles, the flowers ... it's just a bit too much.

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Contentious Obama Nominee Apologizes To Committee For Omitting Details From Past

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Georgia judicial nominee Michael Boggs, one of President Obama's most controversial picks for the federal bench, apologized to the Senate Judiciary Committee for leaving key details out of his committee paperwork. | ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON -- One of President Barack Obama's most controversial judicial nominees has apologized to the Senate Judiciary Committee for omitting details from his background paperwork, and has submitted new information about his time as a Georgia state legislator -- a period under intense scrutiny from progressive groups.

In an April 10 letter that surfaced Monday, Michael Boggs, a nominee for a U.S. district court judgeship in Georgia, told Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and ranking member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that he left out details in his January questionnaire to the committee that he didn't think were necessary or that weren't readily available. Now, Boggs said, he has "located and exhausted new resources" to provide senators with more information about his background.

The 26-page addendum lists bills that Boggs sponsored, and votes he took while serving in the Georgia House from 2000 to 2004. It also cites speeches he'd given. While it's not unusual for a nominee to provide supplemental materials to the committee, it's notable that Boggs provided, in his original paperwork, a lengthy description of the kinds of bills he sponsored as a state legislator but left out contentious legislation on abortion, gay marriage and religious freedom, which appear in his addendum.

Among the bills that Boggs sponsored, but didn't mention in his original paperwork: A constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, legislation to feature the Ten Commandments in all of Georgia's county courthouses, and multiple bills related to abortion, including one that would create "Choose Life" license plates and another that would impose tougher restrictions on minors seeking abortions, even in cases of rape or incest.

"In several instances in my original questionnaire, I omitted detail that I did not believe was responsive, based on the public questionnaires of other judicial nominees who also had served as state legislators, and I would like to apologize for not including this information," Boggs wrote.

A committee aide said Boggs submitted the new materials in response to follow-up questions from committee staff.

Progressive groups have fumed at the president for nominating Boggs. NARAL Pro-Choice America has even launched a campaign to sink his vote. Boggs is part of an all-or-nothing package of six judicial nominees that Obama agreed to last summer with Georgia's Republican senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson. The White House has maintained that the tradeoff for Boggs is that Democratic-backed nominees in the deal will finally advance after years of going nowhere.

Chambliss and Isakson turned in their so-called blue slips to the Senate Judiciary Committee last week, which means Boggs and the other Georgia nominees in the package are cleared for a confirmation hearing. Leahy has yet to schedule a hearing.

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Hypnotically Beautiful Map Lets You Stalk Whales Around Hawaii

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Hawaii is practically overrun by humpback whales every October through May when they come from such far-flung places as Russia and Alaska to breed in the shallower and warmer waters. You can hear them sing underwater, watch them splash from the shoreline, and see them snuggle from the air.

But Scot McQueen, the chief strategy officer on GeoEngineers' Smartmine team, wants you to know about the other whales that live and breed in Hawaii. Humpback whales might be the show-stoppers, but Hawaii sees "a lot of different species of whales," he told The Huffington Post, such as false killer or beaked whales. "These whales aren’t that well known, and there is a ton of them that need help right now."

In order to draw attention to these whales in a compelling way, McQueen had his software development team build the Smartmine Whale Tracking Map, which animates the paths of whales using data collected over recent months.

McQueen notes that, as government funding for whale research decreases, "a lot of people need to see what’s going on. It’s not just humpback whales off the coast of Hawaii, or all over world, but all these other whales that people need to understand."

Eighteen species of toothed whales and six baleen whales are known to exist around Hawaii, but until recently, according to Cascadia Research, most studies have focused only on humpbacks and spinner dolphins. Hawaiian odontocetes (or whales with teeth, such as dolphins or sperm whales) face dangers evident in waters with human traffic, such as hook ingestion, Navy sonar pollution, and net entanglements.

The idea behind the map is, according to McQueen, that if it engages people with all the varieties of whales in a meaningful way, "from that consciousness rises new opportunities all the time."

The map isn't in real-time, but based on recent data collected by Dr. Robin Baird of Washington's Cascadia Research, who tags and studies the behaviors of Hawaiian odontocetes.

With the Van Goghian lines of the wind currents and ocean swirls (using data culled from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), the map is a hypnotic way to stalk your favorite whale -- and it sure beats getting slapped by one.

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Four 'Grey's Anatomy' Actors Score New, Two-year Deals must visit

Four Grey’s Anatomy faves have inked new contracts that would ensure their return to the series through season 12, EW confirms.

Sara Ramirez, Justin Chambers, Chandra Wilson, and James Pickens Jr.’s new two-year deals come as series regular Sandra Oh prepares to exit the medical drama at the end of the current season. Official word of the show’s 11th season renewal is expected in the coming weeks.

In January, on-screen married duo Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey led the contract renewal charge, scoring two-year deals of their own.

Following Oh’s exit, Pompeo, Dempsey, Chambers, Wilson, and Pickens will be the only cast members who have been with the hit show since its first season.

Grey’s Anatomy‘s season finale airs May 15 on ABC.

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'It's A Trans Trans Trans World' must visit

This past April, actress Laverne Cox stepped onto the stage of the 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards to receive the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, an honor given to one LGBT media professional who has done significant work in moving equality forward. After the year that we’ve witnessed, Cox’s award was a surprise to no one. The newly out Ellen Page took her time listing just a few of Cox’s groundbreaking credentials—the first trans woman of color to appear in a leading role in a mainstream scripted television show, the first trans woman of color to appear on a reality television show, the first trans woman to produce and star in her own television show.

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