Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger refused to answer the questions of a Los Angeles television reporter, at one point saying “don’t ask me the same question, okay, because otherwise you’re boring the hell out of me.”

The reporter, KCAL-TV’s Dave Bryan, has been attempting to get Schwarzenegger to comment on his decision–on his last day in office–to reduce the prison sentence for the son of a former California Assembly Speaker.

What does a governor do after leaving office? Why, adopt a cool superhero costume and fight crime of course–complete with art by comic book legend Stan Lee and a “secret high-tech crime-fighting center under his house in Brentwood.” Of course.

Welcome to the world of The Governator, perhaps Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s coolest project since The Terminator. “The word Governator combined two worlds: the world of politics and the movie world. And [this cartoon] brings everything together. It combines the governor, the Terminator, the bodybuilding world, the True Lies,” Schwarzenegger told Entertainment Weekly, which features the comic book art on the magazine’s cover. “When I ran for governor back in 2003 and I started hearing people talking about ‘the Governator,’ I thought the word was so cool.”

On Sunday, California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger rang in the New Year – and, in essence, closed out his term – by reducing the manslaughter sentence of one Esteban Nuñez, son of Fabian Nuñez, the former Assembly Speaker. Schwarzenegger reduced 21-year-old Nuñez’s sentence from 16 to seven years.

“If Arnold Schwarzenegger can be governor of California, why can’t George Lopez be mayor of Los Angeles?” It’s a perfectly viable question, one that Lopez put forth today on Good Day L.A. When asked what he planned to do “after the comedy” (what an odd question), Lopez quickly proposed that wanted to run for mayor. Not only did he sound pretty serious, he also sounded like he’d actually put some thought into it!

Though Conan’s new show got all the attention last night, there were also a few interesting things happening over at the redhead’s old network. Specifically, Conan’s nemesis Jay Leno had a big-name guest: Arnold Schwarzenegger, who gave a relaxed, funny interview about everything from his thoughts on the Tea Party to his family’s dinner rules.

California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown, who is currently six points ahead of Meg Whitman in the polls, has just released this new campaign ad which seems to suggest that by electing Meg Whitman voters will just be getting Arnold Schwarzenegger all over again.

Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s lame duck term sure looks like a lot of fun! The Governator is off on an official trade mission in Moscow and spending plenty of quality time with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev which, luckily for us, he’s exhaustively documenting on Twitter.

With the vote on legalizing marijuana in California only a month and a half away, the state has also officially decriminalized it. Late yesterday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill effectively making possession of up to an ounce of the drug equal to speeding. With this news, opponents of staunch drug laws are now holding their breath, wondering what’s next.

On Thursday, California’s governor set off on a trade mission to Asia. While flying to his first destination, Arnold Schwarzenegger had a little fun with the aircraft’s onboard WiFi, taking to Twitter to poke fun at one of his fellow Republicans.

Forget that Black Panther voter intimidation nonsense, this is the real scandal! An Australian organization named uSocial has accused a number of public figures of gaming their Twitter accounts by inflating their numbers of followers. The list of people accused includes Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and even the most powerful man in the free world: Justin Bieber! Oh, and also President Obama.

In celebration of Gay Pride Month and in honor of this important anniversary, Mediaite contributor Robert Newman arranged a series of magazine covers – each “featuring an artist, personality, historical event, or publication of significance in gay history” – and released one per day throughout the month of June on his Newmanology facebook page. Here are some of the highlights from the collection:

If the polls are to be believed, Steve Poizner is getting trounced in his bid to be the Republican nominee for Governor of California.The barrage of ads by Poizner and his opponent, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, has been noteworthy even by California standards – or so say acquaintances who are excited about the primary today solely for how it impacts their TV watching habits. This is what happens when two mega-millionaires run against each other and their target audience is an entire state.

In honor of Earth Day’s upcoming 40th anniversary, we’ve collected 20 of the greatest Earth Day and environmental action magazine covers, from 1970-present. Check out more after the jump. More info on Earth Day can be found here. This story was co-produced by Linda Rubes.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs – whose…er…job of late it seems is to keep his health issues private and out of public scrutiny – has finally opened up about his long battle with pancreatic cancer and other health problems. The impetus for the sharing? Jobs’ was coming out in support of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger‘s bill to have California drivers decide when they get their license whether or not they’d donate their organs. Currently CA law has it that possible donors can attach the stickers themselves at their convenience.

Governor Paterson’s favorite person in New York these days is probably Hiram Monserrate, the former New York State Senator whose political path has gone…awry. A few weeks ago, the Times’ J. David Goodman looked at Monserrate’s 2008 campaign website, which was still allowing comments. (The comments he was receiving were not particularly flattering.) In the piece, Goodman asked an interesting question: How many orphaned campaign sites litter the Internet? That, of course, was a challenge.

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was on ABC’s “This Week” hosted by Terry Moran and dismissed the Tea Party movement. “The Tea Party is not going to go anywhere,” Schwarzenegger told Moran. “I think the Tea Party is all about just an expression of anger and dissatisfaction.” The video and transcript after the jump.

Twitterers around the world are going nuts over a letter from Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to the California State Legislature, and they’re not all policy wonks: If you read the first letter of each line, it pretty unmistakably spells out “F*** You.”

A new law in California will allow residents of the state to sue any media outlet that first publishes a picture that violates a “reasonable expectation of privacy” or was taken forcibly. The amendment also introduces civil fines of up to $50,000. What does that mean for the celebrity press and the rest of a star-obsessed nation?

Over at Gossip Cop, a new video clip has surfaced of the First Lady of California, Maria Shriver, politely yet effectively dismissing a nagging paparazzo. The cameraman confronts Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s wife and son at the mall, calling himself a “big fan” before urging that Shriver “talk some sense into her husband.” In a terse response Shriver shoots back, “I think you can do better than this, okay?” and carries on with her day. Check out the clip inside.

Fox News, 9:53amET: This is the kind of chyron with a backstory. For those who didn’t catch it yesterday, or aren’t on Twitter, here’s what you see: The governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, holding an enormous knife. Then the lower third has the news he’s telling his “Twitter critics” to “take a joke.” What?

While the freedom of the press guaranteed by the First Amendment has never been successfully challenged politically, it is now being challenged economically: as a practical matter, the press is not so free. So, how to pay for the vital probings on behalf of the entire polity, in this time of forced deprivation?