While cleaning out his bookshelves last night, my boyfriend stumbled across his Ann Arbor Community High School yearbook. He opened to page 35. "Do you recognize anyone?" he asked. I didn't, even though he was on page 35 (he looks very different now!). He pointed to the high school's most famous graduate, a non-descript looking teen named Andrew Wilkes-Krier, who would go on to become the very descript professional partier and "multi-instrumentalist" Andrew WK. Another wallflower blossomed.

The US Department of State has chosen hard-partying rocker Andrew W.K. to serve as Cultural Ambassador to the Middle East, inviting him to visit the island nation of Bahrain to promote — what else? — "partying and world peace."

What's musician/party god Andrew W.K. doing for the Grammys? Crashing anarchic image-board 4chan by "partying too hard"—that is, hanging out and answering questions, apparently. W.K. popped by the site's music board /mu/ (bearing a site-standard identity-verifying photograph) and answered a few questions over two different threads, in the process slowing the whole site down and causing brief outages. The first one, which was locked is here; the second is here.

Controversy's been a-brewin' around Andrew W.K. and his "true" identity. Though it seems the man may be the *NSYNC of partycore, the end is valuable enough... so forget about the means!

Dan Rodriguez, who booked and organized the 2004 show that jump-started the "Andrew W.K. is an impostor" internet conspiracy theory, has weighed in on the ol' switcharoo story. (He is pretty sure there is just one Andrew W.K.)

Andrew WK: he is an actual human, named Andrew Wilkes-Krier. But he is also a piece of performance art whose persona was in part designed by others. This seems to confuse a lot of people! Including Andrew, sorta?

Director Michel Gondry turns 46 today. Enrique Iglesias is turning 34. Knicks head coach Mike D'Antoni is 58. Author Thomas Pynchon is turning 72. Model Josie Maran is 31. Advertising exec Richard Kirshenbaum is 48. Alex Van Halen is 56. Earth, Wind & Fire's Philip Bailey turns 58. Ted Sorensen, best known as JFK's speechwriter, is 81. Actress Melissa Gilbert is turning 45. Socialite Nina Griscom is 55. And Don Rickles, or "Mr. Warmth," is 83 today. A few of the people celebrating their birthdays this weekend—including Rosario Dawson, Emma Bloomberg, and Billy Joel—after the jump.

There's probably been a time or two when you've been tempted to check out a restaurant or bar simply because some celebrity supposedly "owns" it. Maybe I'll see Justin Timberlake devouring a plate of ribs at Southern Hospitality! Or I'll spot Robert De Niro slurping on some pasta at Ago! Restaurateurs know this, too, of course, which is why they're all so eager to attach a celebrity name—any one will do!—to their ill-conceived bistro, brasserie, speakeasy, lounge, or barbecue shack. We don't want to be the ones to crush your dreams and tell you that there's no chance you'll see these famous faces at these venues. Just in case you're the more optimistic type—or just curious who has a stake in what—we happily introduce the Cityfile celebrity-owned restaurant/bar map!

We know, sweet children, that you've missed the galleries of LES hipstards. For that, we offer our sincerest apologies. Fear not, however, because Nikola Tamindzic has returned from shooting dirty sluts in Vegas and is back to his regular schedule of shooting dirty sluts in NYC. Last night we sent him to survey the High Voltage scene at Sutra, which hosted the debut DJ set from the totally talented Andrew WK. That's right, the guy who bought your eardrums to orgasm with such hits as "It's Time to Party", "Love Live the Party", "Party Hard" and our personal favorite, "Party Till You Puke" has gone and donned a pair of headphones and iPod and calls himself a DJ.