Cheat Sheet - Seven Reasons Why ‘American Idol’ Sucks This Season

Today: Anonymous Hacks North Korea , Women in the World 2013: The Summit Is Finally Here! , Lululemon Exec Out After Yoga Pants Scandal April 04, 2013 WORST SEASON EVER 1. Seven Reasons Why 'American Idol' Sucks From bad judges to pitchy contestants, this is the worst season of Fox's reality juggernaut ever, says The Daily Beast's Ramin Setoodeh. He breaks down all the ways it's a sad failure. Read it at The Daily Beast Punked 2. Anonymous Hacks North Korea Kim Jong-un has been acting like a total jerk lately, so Anonymous has taken it upon itself to get back at the North Korean leader with some good old-fashioned hacking. The so-called hacktivist group broke into North Korea's official Twitter and Flickr accounts, posting photos and tweets announcing, basically, that Anonymous was here, as well as a fake "Wanted" poster offering a $1 million reward for Kim--depicted with a pig nose and snout and Mickey Mouse's face on his stomach—for "threatening world peace with ICBMs and Nuclear weapons; Wasting money while his people starve to death; Concentration Camps and the worst human rights violation in the world." Read it at PC Mag #WITW13 3. It's Summit Time! The fourth annual Women in the World Summit kicks off today. From Oprah Winfrey to Hillary Clinton and Angelina Jolie, find out who—and what—is on the agenda at the sold-out two-day event. Read it at The Daily Beast Bottoming Out 4. Lululemon Exec Out After Yoga Pants Scandal It's been a rough spring quarter for Lululemon. The sportswear company--a cult favorite among fashionable gym girls and yummy mummies--was forced to recall a production run of its popular yoga pants after fans complained that the workout clothes were too sheer. Now, the company has announced that its Chief Product Officer Sheree Waterson is out and that it is stepping up factory oversight to ensure the fabric is no longer see-through. Lululemon's stock plunged after the pants brouhaha. The defective clothes represented 17 percent of the company's pant sales and the recall prompted a brief yoga pant shortage.     Read it at CNBC REALLY? 5. Rutgers's Mike Rice to Get $100K Bonus Does he really deserve this compensation? Fired Rutgers coach Mike Rice is due to receive a $100,000 bonus from the university for the 2012–13 basketball season, a payout he would not be collecting had he been sacked when the administration saw footage of him abusing his players in November. Rice was fired Wednesday after ESPN aired the now viral video of him hurling basketballs and homophobic epithets at his players. But he earned $622,500 in 2012 and, as part of his contract, will receive a bonus for finishing out the season. Since Rice's firing, at least 13 Rutgers faculty members, lawmakers, and activists have called for further investigation of the school's handling of his case. Read it at ABC News AUTHOR, AUTHOR Hillary Clinton to Write New Book It will detail world events during her time at the State Department. DEADLY SCHEME Craigslist Killer Sentenced to Death For murdering three men in Ohio. BLAST FROM THE PAST Digitized Tape of MLK's Shooter Released On 45th anniversary of the civil-rights leader's death. EXPOSED Leaks Reveal Secrets of World's Wealthy New report shows abuse of offshore tax havens. SAY IT AIN'T SO 'Cute' Boy Leaves 'Girls' After clashing with Lena Dunham. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Blind Spots on the Border by Andrew Becker Shocking New Abortion Laws by Caitlin Dickson 'Arrested Development' Is Coming! by Jace Lacob

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