Poor Youppi.

The newly adopted mascot of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team (he was formerly the face of the city’s then-MLB franchise, the Expos) has lost a bet to “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon. And there are hilariously sad photos to prove it.

It all started a few weeks ago in the middle of the New York Rangers/Canadiens’ Eastern Conference finals matchup, when the hockey team proposed a bet: if the Habs (that’s what they’re nicknamed) won, Fallon would have to wear their jersey during his monologue. If the Rangers won? Youppi would need to take a series of sad photos, admitting defeat, in a Rangers jersey.

Spoiler alert: the Rangers won. And poor Youppi is very sad about it.

But he is nothing if not an honorable man-mascot-thingy, so Youppi made good on his bet, resulting in a series of 10 photos that put even Sad Keanu Reeves to shame:

(That one’s our personal favorite.)

Stay strong, Youppi. Stay. Strong.

Alicia Lutes

When you participate in trial by combat, you win or you die — there is no middle ground.

Tonight, “Game of Thrones” arrives at the long-awaited duel between The Red Viper of Dorne and the Mountain That Rides. In Oberyn Martell’s corner, we have a man with justice on his mind, and vengeance in his heart. In Gregor Clegane’s corner, we have a man who simply loves killing stuff.

Who will emerge victorious? And what will happen to Tyrion in either scenario? Here are some predictions for the outcome of tonight’s episode, “The Mountain and the Viper”:

If The Red Viper Wins…
The Internet will explode with glee. He’s the sexiest new character on the show by leaps and bounds (with apologies to Daario), he’s defending our boy Tyrion, and he has a score to settle. The happy outcome is a win in the Oberyn column.

If The Mountain Wins…
The Internet will explode with horror. It will be a sudden and tragic end for a great new character like Oberyn. But it’ll also be a bloodbath, presumably, so that’s kind of cool.

If The Red Viper Wins…
Then Tyrion’s options are wide open. The Imp could go just about anywhere. He could travel with Oberyn back to Dorne. He could go to Casterly Rock and steer clear of King’s Landing. He could find out about Sansa’s location and seek her out in the Eyrie. He could go north to Winterfell and hang with the Boltons, or help Jon Snow on the Wall. The ...

All right, so maybe a photo of a selfie isn’t a selfie per se, but it’s only a matter of time befor Aaron Paul tweets the photo himself. And once that happens we’ll have definitive proof that he and “12 Years a Slave” star Lupita Nyong’o need to do a romantic comedy together. Immediately.

I mean, look at these two! Look at how charming and universally adored they are! Look at how cute and playful their chemistry is: goddamnit, don’t you just want to see them get up to some antics? Partake in tomfoolery? Fill their days with shenanigans? End it all in some sort of modern take on the fairytale endings?

Of course you do! Look at them!

Doesn’t it make you feel aww shucksy all over?

The photo is from Saturday’s Veuve Cliquot Polo Classic in Jersey City, New Jersey. The annual event saw Nygong’o, Paul, and a bevy of other stars (including a similarly dressed “50 Shades” star, Dakota Johnson) come out and play fancy socialites for the day, while inadvertantly writing the next great American rom-com of our dreams.

Picture it: Paul plays Marcus, a down-on-his-luck artist type from Brooklyn, whose brief run-in with Nyong’o's Alice puts him on course for a missed connection sojourn, complete with Craigslist intrigue, a Twitter mystery, and a series of Instagram posts used to find and facilitate a second modern meet-cute. It’s a romance for these modern times! You want it, you need it: it’s OK to admit it — heck, that’s why we ...

“The last time I was in North Carolina I busted my ass,” Luke Bryan said while recovering from his latest fall in the Tar Heel state. “What is it about North Carolina that makes me bust my ass?”

Clumsy-footed country star Luke Bryan took a bit of a tumble last night, falling off stage (for the second time!) in the middle of performing a cover of Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ song, “Can’t Hold Us.”

He’s fine now — never you fear — confirming as such after the whole debacle, going so far as to encourage attendees at Charlotte’s PNC Music Pavillion to YouTube the literal misstep — most likely because this is 2014 we’re talking about and of course video of the fall was going to end up on the Internet. Of course.

Bryan later tweeted that all was well, so fans heading to Sunday night’s show in Bristow, Virginia have nothing to worry about.

Somebody get this man a “This Is The End of the Stage, Be Careful!” sign for his shows.

Alicia Lutes

There’s this show you may or may not be watching; it’s called “Orphan Black”. And in Saturday night’s latest episode — “Knowledge of Causes and Secret Motion of Things” — the show sort of upped the ante and changed everything. Which means it’s the perfect time to sit down, binge watch, and join the Clone Club already, damn it.

Now, you’ve likely heard the name bandied about on the Internet for awhile now, but for the unaware and uninformed, allow us to break it down. “Orphan Black” is a BBC America series starring the so-talented-it-is-stupid-and-borderline-unfair, Tatiana Maslany. The face of our sisterhood like no other — and by that we mean clones — Maslany is in a league of her own on the talented actor front. She rests on no laurels and is nothing if not 100 percent committed to her many, many, many different roles. She’s arguably the best actor on TV right now. After all: who else on television is playing a series of clones?

Before you science fiction-phobes start running for the hills, allow us to implore you to sit your ass right down and wait, because that is only one part of it. If you’re apprehensive about getting in on such a premise, trust us when we say: this show is so much more than all that. (And really, geek is the new chic these days so you might as well accept it.)

The series itself runs more like a psychological crime thriller, with conspiracy theories, good cop/bad ...

“Maleficent” has topped the weekend box office sans need of potions, spells or cursed spinning wheel spindles.

Backed by Angelina Jolie’s razor-sharp cheekboned villainess, the film is on track to conjure over $68 million in its first weekend, making it Jolie’s best opener to date. Disney’s re-imagining of “Sleeping Beauty” absolutely smoked the competition, leaving Seth MacFarlane’s “A Million Ways to Die in the West” in its fallen fairy dust.

Despite mixed reviews, Jolie’s maniacally evil performance seems to be what bested the rest, though perhaps movie audiences were also swayed by an unconscious visual connection to another huge blockbuster?

“Maleficent” also stars Elle Fanning as Princess Aurora and Sharlto Copley as King Stefan, and includes an especially adorable acting debut by Jolie and Brad Pitt’s daughter Vivienne Jolie-Pitt, who plays young Princess Aurora in the film.

Katie Calautti

Justin Bieber is in hot water after a video featuring him repeatedly saying the n-word has surfaced years after it was recorded.

The footage was reportedly shot as part of his 2011 documentary “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never.”

The clip features a young Bieber telling a racist joke and then – ignoring his pal’s prompts to stop – dropping a nonsensical punchline that includes repetition (five times, to be exact) of the offensive word.

WARNING: CONTAINS OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE.

The video was first posted today by British tabloid The Sun. TMZ has since claimed that they’ve had the video for four years, but didn’t post it because Bieber was 15 at the time and immediately expressed regret.

TMZ quoted “sources connected with Bieber” as saying he is “frustrated and sad.” According to TMZ sources, a public statement is expected in the next day or so – we’ll be following the story closely.

Katie Calautti

Beyoncé has been on a photo-posting streak as of late, and we’re loving it – especially when those images involve the adorable Blue Ivy.

After sharing a fresh batch of beautiful mother-daughter snapshots on her website last week, Queen Bey took to Instagram Sunday to show off the tiny foot (and peek-a-boo face) of her little princess, captioning the black and white shot simply, “The blueprint.”

Those are some big shoes to fill, but we’re pretty sure Blue is up to the task.

Katie Calautti

Singer Melissa Etheridge traded in the strumming of guitar chords for the ringing of wedding bells this weekend when she married fiancee Linda Wallem at San Ysidro Ranch in Montecito, CA yesterday.

The nuptials didn’t come as a complete surprise, though – the “Come to My Window” crooner Tweeted a shot of her bohemian braided leather shoes in a garden setting shortly before the ceremony (perhaps lending insight into its theme?) saying, “A gorgeous, perfect, beautiful day to get married. #shoesonlylove”

Etheridge serenaded her bride (and “Nurse Jackie” creator) with a new song penned solely for the celebration, which also served as something of a dual birthday party for Etheridge and Wallem, who both turned 53 on May 29. Between events, Etheridge dropped a hint on Twitter, saying “Linda and I had a great birthday yesterday. Now, just a little rehearsal for something we will be doing tomorrow…”

The two have been dating since 2010, and were engaged in June 2013 after the Supreme Court’s historic rulings on gay rights. Etheridge’s four children were in attendance: 17-year-old daughter Bailey and 15-year-old son Beckett, from her previous relationship with Julie Cypher, and seven-year-old twins Johnnie and Miller, who she shares with ex Tammy Lynn Michaels.

Katie Calautti

Remember when that jerkwad Ukranian TV reporter Vitalii Sediuk punched Brad Pitt at the “Maleficent” premiere last Wednesday? Yeah, we’re trying to forget him too.

Well, he’s officially on probation – which will hopefully snuff out the 15 minutes of fame the prankster gained from attempting to fell the world’s most un-fellable man (reminder: Pitt shook off the hit and continued walking the red carpet after Sediuk’s assault – proving yet again that he’s the embodiment of cool, calm and collected).

After Sediuk’s court date on Friday in Los Angeles, where he pleaded no contest to battery and unlawful activity charges, he was sentenced to three years probation, one year of psychological counseling, ordered to stay 500 yards away from all celebrity events, and issued with a restraining order to keep away from Pitt and Angelina Jolie.

Prior to Friday’s court date, Sediuk was slapped with four misdemeanors – one count of battery, one count of assault and two violations of the Los Angeles municipal code (those last two from back when he crashed the stage during Adele’s acceptance speech at the 2013 Grammy Awards). Apparently, this guy’s lot in life is to be a professional pain in the butt – mind you, this is also the idiot who tried kissing Will Smith in 2012 and dove under America Ferrera’s dress on a Cannes red carpet earlier this month.

Sediuk will also have to serve 20 days of community service, which we sort of hope involves every celebrity he’s wronged enacting their revenge upon him, ...