The unveiling of Turtle's real name on the most recent episode of Entourage — it's Sal! — got me thinking about other nicknamed TV characters and the (occasionally even goofier) real names they hide. You can see some of my favorite nickamed characters, from Thirteen to Tootie, and learn their real names if you just hit "Start." Read more

Gwyneth Paltrow and Matt Damon joined director Steven Soderbergh today at the Venice Film Festival. Along with their costars Jennifer Ehle and Laurence Fishburne, they posed for photos at a press event for Contagion. Matt, still sporting the shaved head he needs to shoot Elysium, was in LA recently for the movie's junket — Matt shared his nickname "Red Alert" and spoke about working with Read more

The "furry congressman" David Wu has resigned. Wu earned his nickname when an image of him in a tiger costume surfaced earlier this year. With the bizarre accounts of Wu's behavior and the back story on the images, we don't know if the congressman actually is a furry, but even if he is it may not be as sexually deviant as you thought. Furry fans dress up in animal suits, attend conventions, and Read more

PetSugar Community member putalittlefireonit introduces us to her kitty Gridley, who's new to city life, in the Cat Palace group: Meet Gridley — a Tabby formerly from Danville, CA, and now a resident of San Francisco! He enjoys watching "Cat TV" from one of three main windows. He loves his cat tree, small mouse-shaped toys and hiding from the noise of the heater. Gridley was named for a city Read more