Tonight marks the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, which is, unless I’m wildly off, an awards ceremony where gigantic sentient billboards get together for epic jam sessions and give out awards to each other. This year the ceremony is being hosted by Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell, otherwise known as the quirky parents on Modern Family. The live stream is behind-the-scenes video for your viewing pleasure.

North Carolina’s Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue proved once again why she is retiring after a single term in office on Monday when she issued an apology to the state of Mississippi and Republican Gov. Phil Bryant. She offended many in the Magnolia State when she said that a recently passed constitutional amendment that banned gay marriages in the Tar Heel State made them “look like Mississippi

President Obama is in New York today to address the graduating class of 2012 at Barnard College, in Columbia University. After a warm introduction from the staff of the college– the sister college to President Obama’s alma mater, Columbia University– including nods to his recent declaration of support for same-sex marriage and LGBT rights, the President got up on the podium with a message to send off the newly minted graduates into the world.

Fox News host Megyn Kelly hosted former Bush administration Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Tuesday to discuss a recently released Central Intelligence Agency memo that identified an admiral in command of the 2011 raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. Some have interpreted the memo as being intended to shift blame from President Barack Obama in the event that the raid resulted in failure. Mukasey said that “I’ve never seen or heard of anything like it.” He compared Obama’s message to Americans on the night of bin Laden’s death to those of past U.S. wartime commanders and concluded “big difference.”

Ana Kasparian, co-host of The Young Turks, apparently suffers from an all-too-common malady: Fox News Legs Syndrome. During a segment on Friday’s web-0nly portion of the Current TV hit featuring Bob Beckel playing pot/kettle with Joy Behar‘s looks, Kasparian confessed that The Five co-host Kimberly Guilfoyle‘s legs were “distracting” to her, a condition which host Cenk Uygur noted is common among Fox News viewers.

President Barack Obama gave a speech live from Afghanistan Tuesday evening at 7:30 pm ET. The President’s exact whereabouts had caused some confusion earlier in the day, with multiple sources — Mediaite included — pulling reports speculating on the President’s travel plans. As Mediaite columnist Tommy Christopher explained, the original post was deleted “out of [...]