He's best known as the PC guy in the those Apple Computer commercials compring the Mac to a PC. But you've also seen him on the Daily Show , where he's a fake "expert" with a real journalism career. His name is John Hodgeman, and he's funny. Radar magazine has a Q and A with the man who personifies your average Windows machine.

It's now official. Heiress Paris Hilton has been charged for driving under the influence of alcohol and is now a defendent it what will be a formal court process starting with her arraignment in Los Angeles. According to reports, Hilton was charged Tuesday with two misdemeanor counts stemming from her DUI arrest earlier this month. The latest news is that her actual arraignment will be in December after a formal postponement was made by the court.

Hilton could be sentenced to up to six months in prison if found guilty, though we think the chances of that happening are the same as the chances of Ashlee Simpson suddenly not sucking. We speculate that Hilton will get a slap on the wrist, do some community service and -- before you can say "It's Hot" -- she'll be tearing up the streets of West Hollywood again, high on Red Bull and vodka and hunting for the nearest In-and-Out Burger.

We're very happy to see singer-songwriter that Chan Marshall, a.k.a., Cat Power, has returned to touring. More importantly, we're happy to see that she's become sober after years of alcoholism. Despite a career of beautiful, critically acclaimed albums, when it came to performing live, Cat Power was a shambles. Marshall's concerts were notorious hit-or-miss events, with the singer often behaving erratically and giving sloppy and bewildering performances that left many fans disappointed. Earlier this year her tour to promote the album "The Greatest" was mysteriously cancelled citing sudden illness. In truth, Marshall suffered an alcoholic meltdown an dwent into hospital rehab and recovery. The New York Times has an excellent video interview with Cat Power, who looks better than ever. Welcome back, Chan!

(Tip of the hat to Jess for the tip.)

The newest television commercial for GEICO shows the Caveman dressed in a sporty, jet-set kind of way, bag slung over shoulder, tennis racket packed, moving along an airport concourse. Suddenly he sees a billboard for GEICO claiming that it's so easy to use GEICO "even a caveman can do it," a tagline used in the first trilogy of caveman commercials that aired in 2005. The Caveman is incredulous and walks away with a seething expression on his face. He seems to be thinking, "NOT COOL!" We love it. We can't wait to see the follow-up spots. All we can say is we'll have the roast duck with mango salsa.

Business magazine Forbes has reported on the impact on Paris Hilton's career of her recent DUI arrest. In the article, Forbes reveals that the charges against Hilton for driving under the influence of alcohol might actually be a publicity boost for her career. The arrest happened around the time Hilton's long-awaited and much-hyped first CD was being released. The Forbes article goes on to provide a recap of all the major scandalous incidents, dust-ups and car accidents in Hilton's career. In spite of all the stuff that there is to hate about Paris, the Hilton sister just seems to be incapable of remaining out of the media's ever watchful eye. The old adage about there not being such thing as bad publicity -- while untrue as an absolute -- is aptly fitting in the case of Paris. Now that's hot.

One of our favorite street artists is the Brooklyn-based Bast, whose wheat-paste works can be found around the New York City, especially in SoHo, the East Village and the Lower East Side of downtown Manhattan. There's a new series of images
posted on the Global Graphica web site showing some recent Bast work in SoHo .

(Photo courtesy Global Graphica / Ivan Corsa Photo)

Borat is back. Chenkui! He stars in a new movie that debuted this past week at the Toronto Film Festival. Borat, for those who don't know, is a naive, heavy-accented, anti-semitic and sexist fictional journalist from Kazakhstan portayed by British actor Sacha Baron Cohen (of Ali G. fame).

The film is titled "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" but many people are referring to it simply as "The Borat Movie." The film reportedly brings big laughs to the big screen and not a little controversy.

Borat is one of several characters played by Cohen on "The Ali G. Show." As the film's torturous title suggests, part of what makes Borat so funny is his poor English. It's not that Cohen's character is unable to communicate in English when he interviews unsuspecting Brits and Americans for his "reports," but rather it is his awkward transliteral way of expressing his thoughts. Borat's conversations reveal a load of reprehensible cultural baggage -- racism, sexism, moral taboos -- that are part of his Kazak worldview.

His English is spoken with an innocent, child-like bluntness and dorky enthusiasm, even when his comments are jaw-droppingly offensive. This makes his chats with duped interviewees side-splitting, tear-inducing, rolling-on-the-floor-laughing funny. Borat's unworldy ways, his lack of sophistication, are a source of laughter, as well. Part of the joke, however, is that Borat is a worldy sophisticate in his native Kazakhstan.

For fans and viewers familiar with the character already, the film promises more of the hilarity of the Borat segments in "Da Ali G. Show." The word from the Toronto Film Festival was that the fans and critics have raved about the Borat movie (though many in Kazakhstan are upset about the way the character makes their country look to the rest of the world). As Borat himself would say in a loud gleeful voice, "Wow-wow-wee-ah! I like!!! It's nice!!!"

Chris Johnson has been collecting and archiving ASCII art -- images created using computer keyboard text and symbols -- on his Web site since 1994, the very early days of the Web. Like the image of the great Leonardo da Vinci classic the "Mona Lisa," above, some of the works in his collection are stunning renderings of well-known masterpieces. Others are droll interpretations of pop-culture icons, such as the kids of South Park.

Britney Spears just gave birth to her second child with husband Kevin "K-Fed" Federline. America's favorite white-trash pop-star and celebrity air-head, Britney, has indeed conceived the inconcieveable. The tabloid press is going to go to town on this news and the timing couldn't be better, what with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes having kept their baby, Suri, out of the media spotlight and even using decoys (until the recent Vanity Fair photo exclusive). TomKat is old news for now. Britney and her budding family are da bomb, at least for the coming week or so. And, anyway, Ms. Spears makes for so much better news copy. The chances of her marriage with Kevin Federline imploding seem so much greater. Plus Brit's willingness to go in front of a camera to breakdown and bare all in tears on national TV make her a much juicier series of stories for the ever-ravenous celebrity press hounds and paparazzi.

This hilarious and yet disturbing video of a kid emotionally freaking out on a theme park ride has been getting a lot of attention in the past 24 hours.

We've always thought of Jamiroquai's lead singer, Jason "Jay" Kay, as a peaceable, laidback sort, but in the past few years he's been involved in a couple of violent incidents with the paparazzi. The BBC is reporting that Jay was just arrested in London at a club, but the details are still a bit sketchy. We met and interviewed Jay and members of Jamiroquai at a bar back in the late 90's while the band was on tour, and they were friendly, engaging and obliging when it came to our questions, though they also teased us for being a journo. Jay didn't seem like the type to get too upset about anybody, even an intrusive photog, but that was just one instance so who knows. And now Jay is older, more famous, and, perhaps, more sensitive to the obnoxious antics of the press and especially the paparazzi.

Yes, it's been quiet here on the Massive the past couple of weeks since we've been on holiday -- a well-deserved, sorely needed vacation on the windward side of Oahu island, Hawaii, where we have friends and fam. Now we're back in New York City, back in the grind, back in the naked city, back in our downtown Manhattan digs, rested, refreshed and ready to get the Air Massive crunked.