• Proving the rumors to be true, Neel Kashkari — former U.S. treasury official and noted GOP member who is apparently verrry pro-good schools and pro-job creation — is running for governor for California. [Los Angeles Times]
• Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend‘s anchor Hari Sreenivasan explain to The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart the fundamental differences between PBS’s mission and that of 24-hour cable news. Guess which one does not cover high-speed car chases via helicopter? [The Daily Show]
• A “man-eating” tiger has been shot dead in India :(. However, the tiger was blamed for the death of three women in a nearby village. It’s still okay to feel bad and pour one out for the dead kitty. [BBC]
• Are you ready? Well it doesn’t matter if you are or not, because Priyanka Chopra debuted her latest single, “I Can’t Make You Love Me” at a GUESS store in London. She says it’s the kind of song that inspired her to get into music in the first place. Let’s not say things we can’t take back, P.C. [BBC]
• Also, Priyanka appears in the latest print edition of The Hollywood Reporter — its music issue. Editor Shirley Halperin provides a sneak peek. [Twitter]
• Club queen Nadia Ali steps away from the strobe lights in this acoustic cover of Sting’s “Roxanne.”
• Now that all that hubbub around that lady who thought she was above U.S. laws has died down to a tepid simmer, U.S. and Indian officials agree to just try to get things back to “normal” — whatever that means. [FirstPost]
• One-time star of We Are Men and former Associate Director of Public Engagement at the White House penned something (I say something because what it is it? “Sponsored content”? “Letter to the Editor”? “A thinkpiece”?) basically assuming the posture of someone who has no idea what Obamacare is, but has negative feelings towards it thanks to our vicious 24-hour news cycle. It’s a bit muddy, but there’s some good bits in there, I guess? [Barack Obama’s Official Site]
• AirAsia is a new “low-cost air carrier” partially funded by Tata Steel; it’s set to start India operations by April. [The Economic Times]
• Someone out there, in the world — walking, among us — thinks that it might be a good time for Salman Khan and Aishwarya Rai to hug, kiss, and be friends. Inspite of that thing that happened. [Emirates 24/7]
• Filipina pop superstar Sarah Geronimo totally rocks out with her version of M.I.A.’s “Bring the Noize”
