When the resident of a village in France outside Bordeaux received a phone bill for nearly 12 quadrillion euros (15.5 quadrillion dollars), she figured it must be a mistake.

The new, very well-reviewed Ben Affleck film Argo opens tomorrow. Argo tells the true story of how the C.I.A. cooked up a fake science fiction movie in order to sneak six Americans hiding in the homes of Canadian diplomats out of Tehran during the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis. Watch the trailer here.

This is "Mexican Drug Blood," a regular feature on the deadly Mexican drug wars. Here, the story behind the murder of Zeta cartel boss Heriberto Lazcano.

During a Today show segment about a DoSomething.org app that makes pet adoption as easy as smearing fingerprints on your iPhone screen, Kathie Lee Gifford insisted that noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker hand her a dog that he was holding, and then she immediately dropped said dog on his head. Kathie Lee's was not an evil puppy love, but evil did come because of it.

Sure, Paul Ryan may be a Grade-A AC/DC-pumping beefcake, but can he do one-armed push-ups while solving a Rubik's Cube in 27-seconds flat?

The bloody and endless Mexican Drug War, which exists largely due to America's unwinnable "War on Drugs," is having a predictable salutary effect: increased mass torture, by police. From the LAT:

As of today, we are less than three weeks away from that night when the wretched souls of the dead stalk the living, rattling their miserable chains and demanding restitution in the form of blood or miniaturized versions of popular candy bars. Time to start rolling out Halloween costumes.

Speaking with The Columbus Dispatch yesterday, presidential nominee Mitt Romney reiterated his vow to repeal Obamacare and put in place a system that relies mostly on having people go to the emergency room when they need medical attention.

As any good astronomer will tell you, a star always burns brightest just before it dies. And Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino is certainly clinging onto his last drops of fame with every muscle in his steroid (and maybe painkiller) riddled body, following in the path of every D-lister before him, and posing nude shirtless for PETA.

Giving out what he thought was the number to the Florida Department of Health's toll-free, 24-hour meningitis hotline, Gov. Rick Scott inadvertently sent the residents of his state to obtain information on the deadly outbreak from a phone sex operator.

The vice presidential debates are tonight. We expect and assume that, as in most elections, the debates—and the subsequent election—will be decided primarily upon the basis of which candidate most fully embodies the wise teachings of Gawker Media fitness columns. Well, shut it down, Biden has won, no need to show up today, might as well stay home and moisturize, "SNOWFLAKE" Ryan.

When Hugo Manuel, a British musician who records gorgeous, satiny, R&B-tinged pop songs under the name Chad Valley, entered the studio to record his first proper album, he had two bands in mind: the New Jack Swing pioneers New Edition and the poppy English rock band Prefab Sprout.

How did you do financially last year? Very well, I hope, because rent in Manhattan, where all the breathless American dreamers yearn to live and "make something of themselves," rose 10% last year. The median rent in Manhattan is $3,200.

An "everyday person" from suburban Perth says he was thrown out of a rooftop bar in the Australian city's Print Hall shopping and dining precinct because of his mullet.

Think your commute is rough?

The internet has been freaking out over the possibility of a Justin Bieber sex tape since Bieber revealed that a camera and computer with his "personal footage" had been stolen.

Here is a shot-for-shot remake of a scene from Real Housewives of Atlanta starring notable drag queens. You're welcome.

When Wisconsin State Representative Roger Rivard said "some girls, they rape so easy," his words were taken out of context.

Critics of Obama are tired of being called racist just because they disapprove of the President. You might say the solution to that would be to not use racist rhetoric and imagery in so many attacks, but then, you would be "pulling the race card."

Yesterday, Gawker writer Neetzan Zimmerman brought our attention to the dark world of "needlessly sexy" Halloween costumes. Today ABC News has a special report on one particular iteration — the "sassy Big Bird."