Kate Upton wished a friend happy birthday this week with an e-card. Innocent enough, but the subtle dig at her ex is what has the sports world talking.

Frank Viola III, son of the famed left-handed pitcher with a similar name, is one of Justin Verlander's best friends. Kate used to date Justin, the Tigers' ace.

Apparently, Kate's friendship with Frank survived while her romance with Justin did not. Her e-card to Viola, included in her Tweet, was a good one, saying:

"Happy birthday to a friend of a friend who I now like more than the original friend."

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Cristina Torre, the 44-year-old daughter of former New York Yankees manager Joe Torre, made an all-time catch yesterday afternoon in Brooklyn.

She was walking along the street when she saw a 1-year-old boy about to fall from the awning of a building. When he did, she caught him in mid-air!

“The woman caught the baby,” said witness Kristen Bramsen, 48. “The baby was shaken. Everyone was going up to the woman and hugging her."

But the daughter of the legendary baseball skipper didn’t gloat one bit.

“She just smiled and said she was in shock,” Bramsen recalled.

As the saying goes ... never take your eye off the baby.

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Ding, ding! It was ON for Round 4 of the American Baking Competition last night, with the CBS series turning its attention from cakes to bread.

Pretzels, challah, croissants. This episode had it all.

Bread can be so finicky due to environmental factors and the quality of ingredients, the fact that they make great bread at home may not matter.

Can they perform under pressure? How will they handle the invariable hiccups? That's what the fourth episode of the season boiled down to.

The competition was fierce throughout. Whose bread was tops and gave them the best chance of winning more bread ... in a different sense?

If you can forgive the bad pun, head over to Food Fanatic now for its American Baking Competition review where the answer is revealed!

Civil disobedience. HIV. Smoking. Poor diet. Incarceration. What do those things have in common? 

Sesame Street. 

The latest special episode set on everyone's favorite street, Little Children, Big Challenges: Incarceration, will focus on children who have parents who are in prison.

Sesame Street - Little Children, Big Challenges

Since an estimated 1 in 28 children have a parent in the pokey, the topic is timely.

"What's 'carcerated'," Zoe asks. "And why was your dad in it?" 

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James Gandolfini died earlier today in Italy, according to reports. The Sopranos star is believed to have suffered a heart attack, and was just 51 years old.

Deadline was the first source to report Gandolfini's death.

He was in Italy to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily, and was scheduled to appear in an event this weekend with director Gabriele Muccino.

"Everyone is in tears," a N.Y. Daily News source said.

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This day shall forever be known as America's Comedy Birthday.

Not only did we get the awesome first trailer for Anchorman 2 this morning, but now we have confirmation that another long-awaited comedy sequel is finally moving forward!

After over a year of will-they-won't-they style wavering, Dumb and Dumber To is a go!

The Farrelly Brothers announced that Universal will produce and provide the funding for the film, which may start shooting as early as this fall.

The best news? Jim Carrey, who previously dropped out of the project, is definitely back in! For now, at least.

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Welcome, readers, to another edition of THG's Caption Contest!

This afternoon's image comes to us from Atlantic City, N.J., where some hot tub revelers recently received a surprise: Amanda Bynes popping in!

Sometimes, a picture really is worth 1,000 words. The question for you all now is: What would be the best caption for these? You tell us below!

Just leave comment(s) with your best caption(s) for the Amanda Bynes pics below! Go to it! Our winner will be announced Friday. Good luck ...

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was sued earlier this month for allegedly shooting a guy in the face after an altercation at a strip clip.

Even more astonishingly, this appears to be unrelated from a homicide investigation that led police to search his home in Massachusetts this week.

According to the lawsuit, Aaron Hernandez and Alexander Bradley went to Tootsie's Cabaret in Miami on February 13, 2013, and got into an argument.

Bradley claims they left the club and got into the same car heading to Palm Beach. During the ride, Aaron allegedly aimed his weapon at Bradley.

The gun discharged, striking Bradley in the face.

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It's official: Sam Taylor-Johnson has been hired to direct Fifty Shades of Grey!

For those who don't know, Sam, the 46-year-old director of Nowhere Boy, ended up marrying the star of that film, Aaron Johnson, who is half her age at 23.

Which kind of makes this choice perfect, given the theme of the novel (I really shouldn't call it a novel).

Aaron Johnson, in fact, has been talked about in the past to star as Christian Grey in the film. Whether that just got more or less likely now that his wife is directing remains to be seen.

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Miley Cyrus released the music video for "We Can't Stop" today, and it's filled with so many crazy antics, it may take you multiple viewings to digest.

Trust us on this one. But also see it for yourself below ...

Miley Cyrus - We Can't Stop (Official Music Video)

The three-minute music video is basically sensory overload, which is no doubt what the envelope-pushing Miles intended. Among the many highlights ...

• Miley scarfing down white bread (no gluten free recipes here)
• Lots of gratuitous shots of Miley Twerking in tight pants
• More Twerking, but this time with giant ass teddy bears
• Some chick cutting her fingers off with a meat cleaver
• Miley Cyrus French-kissing a large Miley Cyrus doll
• Some shameless Beats by Dre product placement
• A hot guy not named Liam Hemsworth
• Goats in sunglasses (don't even ask)
• A cigar pinata (we think)

And there you have it. What do you think of the video?