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GOOD WEEK/BAD WEEK

Charlie Sheen

The actor amassed 1 million Twitter followers in 25 hr. 17 min., setting a world record. #winning

Charlie Sheen

On March 7, Warner Bros. Television officially fired Sheen from his CBS show, Two and a Half Men. #losing

VIRAL VIDEOS

Shell Star

He has one googly eye, two pink sneakers and millions of fans online. Now Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, star of the Web clip voiced by former SNL cast member Jenny Slate, has a picture book, set to come out Nov. 1.

MUSIC

In the Hall of the Rockin’ Kings

Ah, the rock lifestyle: sex, drugs … and a fancy dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. This year’s inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (who will be honored at the posh New York City hotel on March 14) include Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John and Darlene Love.

VERBATIM

‘We have a man who has a flying hammer and wears horns on his head. And yet me being an actor of African descent playing a Norse god is unbelievable?’

IDRIS ELBA, the actor best known for playing Stringer Bell on HBO’s The Wire, on criticism surrounding his casting in the superhero flick Thor

INTERNET

Facebook: The New Netflix/Hulu/iTunes?

You’ll now be able to poke Batman and get away with it. Warner Bros. announced that it would begin to stream films through Facebook. Starting with The Dark Knight, movie rentals through the social-networking site will cost $3 (or 30 credits, in Facebook-speak) and can be viewed repeatedly for 48 hours after purchase. Hey, maybe one day you’ll be able to order groceries through Facebook! (Actually, no–we’ve just patented that idea, Zuckerberg, so don’t even think about it.)

ARCHITECTURE

Billowing Building

New York by Gehry, touted as the tallest residential building in the western hemisphere, at 76 stories of rippling steel, has opened its doors to renters and buyers. Which means that Frank Gehry–the architect behind the undulating Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the (also undulating) Walt Disney Concert Hall in L.A.–can now say he’s made some significant waves in Manhattan.

MOVIES

Why Does Hollywood Hate Itself?

In Battle: Los Angeles, the City of Angels gets attacked by aliens. But it’s hardly the first time that Tinseltown has been wiped out on film.

EARTHQUAKE

Charlton Heston sorts through the rubble after a tremor topples L.A. in this 1974 disaster flick

T2: JUDGMENT DAY

Never mind the cyborgs. A nuclear bomb turns L.A. to ashes in Sarah Connor’s nightmare

INDEPENDENCE DAY

In this 1996 movie, L.A. (and New York and Washington) is blown to pieces following an attack by giant flying saucers

VOLCANO

After a volcano somehow forms underneath L.A., lava gushes down the city’s boulevards

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW

Massive tornadoes hit L.A. and take down the Capitol Records building

VERBATIM

‘They’re … listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy Snoopy Poop Dogg.’

ALAN SIMPSON, former Wyoming Senator, opining on the younger generation’s enjoyment of Eminem and Snoop Dogg during a discussion on Social Security

5 THINGS YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THIS WEEK

1. Snickering while reading the Bible.

A new edition of the New American Bible will replace “booty” with “spoils of war.”

2. Taxidermy fading into obscurity.

Reality show Mounted in Alaska will display the hobby’s gruesome ins and outs.

3. Woody Allen filming in the U.S.

It’s not gonna happen. He plans to shoot his next film in Rome.

4. Gwyneth Paltrow.

The “singer” is in talks with Atlantic Records.

5. George Lucas’ sense of shame.

His plan to release each Star Wars film again (this time in 3-D!) proves he has none.

TELEVISION

Voice Box

You know what the U.S. needs? Another TV singing show. On April 26, NBC will premiere The Voice, with hosts Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton joining Cee Lo Green and Maroon 5’s Adam Levine to mentor aspiring singers, one of whom will win a recording contract. But who’s going to be the mean host?