Quickies: Thursday, July 14 2011

> Has the backlash officially begun? Lady Gaga was egged in Sydney.

> The rainbow toad (we love a queer creature), thought to have become extinct in 1924, was recently found alive and well in the forests of Borneo.

> Need a new reason to loathe Chris Brown? The singer was allegedly heard slinging anti-gay slurs while playing a pick-up game of basketball.

> Ricky Martin received a threatening tweet that read: "They will cry soon because you're dead."

> Oprah Winfrey may not be hosting her talk show anymore, but that doesn't mean she isn't busy with other important tasks: She just revealed that she's learning how to swim.