Ecko, a clothing brand that was cool roughly a decade ago, has announced the greatest deal in fashion: get a tattoo ("must be permanent, not temporary") of the Ecko logo, and get 20% off your Ecko purchases for life.

National Tea Party groups had planned to make a statement to lawmakers today with a well-publicized rally on Capitol Hill. Hordes of attendees were going to demand that wavering Republican members of Congress not compromise halfway with Democrats on a budget deal. A compromise for $33 billion in cuts instead of the Republicans' maximalist proposal of $61 billion, Tea Party folks believe, would be a betrayal of promises made during the 2010 election. So the Tea Party held its big important rally this afternoon as planned — but it only drew "perhaps a couple hundred" attendees. C'mon, Tea Party! Get your act together, or go extinct.

Everyone's favorite cult comedy actor is saddling up for yet another television show. Will this one stick? Let's hope so. Also today: Arnold Schwarzenegger announces his next move, TV actors leave and join pilots, and John Travolta is so gangsta.

Three-year-old Jesse is crying because he's sick of being told he's too small to be the governor of New Jersey. I mean, he's already got the proper education under his belt...or so he claims. His first order of duty seems to be raising property taxes.

People will do anything to live in Manhattan. This includes living in a space so tiny, you have to sit sideways to pee and suffer through occasional panic attacks. Only in New York would you keep bananas in your toaster!

The deadly cobra that's been missing from the Bronx Zoo for the past five days is terrorizing a middle school! No, actually, it has been found "alive and well," according to Bronx Zoo director Jim Breheny. It was in the reptile house the whole time. That was anti-climactic.

Saving smiles! Tainted IVs! Hep C! Water balls! Baby babble! No births! College hookups! And super secret squats! It's your Thursday Health Watch, where we watch your health—but just as a friend!

New theory: Lindsay Lohan is not an alcoholic, but a misunderstood klutz with a penchant for unstable footwear. A supposedly sober Lindsay put the "dive" in Lower East Side's Motor City Bar last night. New York, meet your newest resident. [Images via Getty]

The internet is all a flutter about the students who got caught on camera having sex on top of a building at USC. Gossip sites and internet comments (we all know how reliable those are) name the guy as Kappa Sigma member Kasey Carpenter, and this isn't the first time he was on film.

ABOVE: The winner of Top Chef All-Stars is announced, with Chef Richard Blais taking home the coveted prize.

The Central Intelligence Agency is a fundamentally lawless organization that secretly influences events around the globe on behalf of the U.S. It turns out Obama has deployed its agents to Libya, and for some reason liberals are up in arms about it.

Congratulations to Airport_Whiskey for being the first person to answer today's Freeze Frame.

Today at Gawker.TV, Gayle King makes a clumsy entrance onto Late Night, Gary Busey will leave an interview when he's ready to, Idol's Casey Abrams tries to cash in on his 15 minutes and Norm MacDonald explains his twitter feud with Steve Martin.

Thanks to Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX), one of the most widely debunked, and far-out conspiracy theories about the health care law found its way into the Congressional Record late Wednesday — with a twist.

We here at Gawker.TV have been pretty rough on the most recent batch of American Idol hopefuls. Whether or not Casey Abrams and Paul McDonald are deserving targets of our misdirected anger (my mother wouldn't let me audition for the show after my father was tragically suffocated to death by one of Simon Cowell's t-shirts) is debatable, but you can't say that these crazy singin' kids don't make it easy for us.

A freelance model is alleging that Terry Richardson asked her for sexual favors in exchange for taking her picture. We have a copy of the full chat conversation between Felice Fawn and the renowned fashion photographer. [Jezebel]

In another clip from the upcoming Comedy Awards, the men behind Funny or Die—Will Ferrell and Adam McKay—discussed what goes into making a hit viral video. Adam McKay highlighted kitties and puppies, while Will Ferrell highlighted the raunchier hits. [NSFW]

In your nor'easterly Thursday media column: The Daily's grim prospects, gritty Twitty New York City, newspapers will die, more awards news than is called for, and Arianna Huffington's latest outrage.

What kind of a guy goes on a safari in Zimbabwe to shoot "problem elephants," then makes a graphic video about it, set to a dramatic Animal Planet-style soundtrack? Bob Parsons: former Marine, self-made millionaire, GoDaddy CEO.

Before we start this Survivor: Redemption Island recap CBS would like us to visit www.cbs.com/jeffprobst. Normally we'd demur that kind of blatant and heavy-handed promotion, but we love Probst too much to complain in this particular instance. So go, now, and then come right back here.