Last night on Saturday Night Live, Anna Faris dressed up like Sailor Moon, Drake (barely) reverted back to his acting roots, and Nicki Minaj made a surprise appearance in a very sexy leotard. We happen to love all three of the celebrity guests, particularly Anna Faris, and accordingly, this may be our favorite episode thus far this season. That’s not to say there weren’t some pretty low moments, of course. Click through to see our picks for best and worst skits of the night, and let us know what made you laugh (or cringe uncontrollably) in the comments.

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Today at Flavorpill, we decided that any iPhone app that can save your life is probably worth downloading. We were a little disturbed by the Photoshop fun happening in Newsweek’s “Diana at 50″ cover. We could barely recognize Anna Faris as a cropped brunette. We drooled over Curbed NY’s roundup of the 10 most valuable mansions in New York City, a list topped by an apartment once owned by Woody Allen. We met some famous high school dropouts. We learned the origin story behind plastic pink flamingos. We saw what gnarly damage obsessive video game playing can do to your hands. We wondered what really happens when you feed babies 7up. We watched the Season 7 premiere of Weeds, which Showtime is streaming for free a few days early. We got a little too excited over a new set of Forever Stamps dedicated to 12 pioneers of American industrial design. And finally, we read The Guardian‘s new interview with Prince in which he compares the Internet to a carjacking.

1. So this is exciting news: Netflix is coming to the iPad. The free app will be available as of April 3rd, and will allow subscribers access to their full-streaming library. [via Silicon Alley Insider]
2. Meet the rising stars of gossip blogs, including once-upon-a-time Flavorwire contributor Foster Kamer. [via NYT]
3. Pitchfork has dropped its quarterly guide to new releases for Spring 2010. We’re excited, but overwhelmed. [via P4K]
4. Anna Faris will star in Private Benjamin, a remake of the 1980 Goldie Hawn comedy about a spoiled widow who joins the army. [via Risky Business]
5. A new book about Louisa May Alcott‘s brief fling in the summer of 1855? Yes, please. [via AP]

Bonus link: William Faulkner’s Favorite April Fool’s Day Pranks.

As we’ve told you before, there’s an upcoming live action/CG-animated Yogi Bear movie currently in the works. In negotiations to star are Dan Aykroyd (to play the voice of Yogi), Justin Timberlake (Boo-Boo), and Anna Faris, who would play a nature documentarian following the bears for her latest project. Then there’s T.J. Miller. He wants the part of Ranger Jones, and decided to bring a bear along on his audition to give the director context.

Hilarity ensues after the jump.

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1. Word is that Bono’s Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark musical will live. Look for previews come July. Maybe. [via Vulture]
2. Anna Faris, Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake are all in talks to join the cast of Warner Bros.’ live-action/CG animated Yogi Bear. Faris would play a documentary filmmaker, while Aykroyd would voice Yogi; Timberlake, Boo-Boo. [via Variety]
3. Event organizers put up a barrier to prevent non-ticketholders from getting views of U2, Beyoncé, and Jay-Z performing at an MTV Europe VMAs concert celebrating the fall of the Berlin Wall. [via The Daily Beast]
4. J.J. Abrams wants to direct the pilot of Undercovers, his new NBC show that channels Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Bourne Identity. It will be the first time he’s directed for TV since the Lost pilot. [via Reuters]
5. Check out the trailer for Brothers, a family drama starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, and Tobey Maguire. [via Yahoo]

Yesterday we hyperventilated over the upcoming — but not fast enough — Where the Wild Things Are, and today, we’re giddy in anticipation of another big-screen adaptation of a childhood uber-fave, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. It features the voices of Andy Samberg and Bill Hader from SNL, plus Anna Faris and Tracy Morgan, so yes, we’re stoked.