Scott Brown Was Sexually Abused by a Camp Counselor

Jim Newell · 02/16/11 04:07PM

Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown's memoir comes out next week, and he'll be interviewed about it on 60 Minutes this week. Among the book's revelations is his admission that he was sexually abused by a camp counselor several times at age 10, and never told anyone. His wife only just found out by reading the book.

Lying College Students Don't Binge Drink Any More

Hamilton Nolan · 02/16/11 04:02PM

Kids these days! Getting smashed is no longer the "cool" thing to do among American collegians—college binge drinking rates (at Purdue, admittedly) have fallen from 48% to 37% in only three years! What are our young people doing rather than downing Colt 45 at racist fraternity sex parties? According to the Wall Street Journal—known as the beating pulse of life on campus—they're doing the following:

Gawker.TV: The Best Videos Ever of the Day

Whitney Jefferson · 02/16/11 04:00PM

Today at Gawker.TV, Kristin Cavallari blows the lid off of MTV's scripted reality series, Christiane Amanpour brings gifts to the Colbert Report, J-WOWW's life advice, and Victoria Beckham cried all the way through her latest Vogue shoot.

Watch an Adorable Baby Get Wasted with Some Puppets

Leah Beckmann · 02/16/11 03:35PM

Johannes Nyholm's charming shorts chronicle the adventures of "Puppetboy." This trailer for upcoming,"Las Palmas," shows a baby getting hammered in a bar while puppets dine. Hear that? It's the sound of everyone boarding the train for Nyholm's Whacky Puppetville.

Nazis Liked 3-D Movies, Too

Maureen O'Connor · 02/16/11 03:34PM

Turns out the Nazis were watching 3-D movies years before Americans were. According to the Guardian, Australian filmmaker Philippe Mora recently uncovered two 3-D propaganda films that date to 1936:

Guy Turns Indoor Sky Diving into an Art Form

Lauren Soroken · 02/16/11 03:15PM

This guy has turned an indoor sky diving session into an amazingly graceful and effortless air dancing performance. Watch as he floats, spins, flips, walks on the ceiling, and then makes an exit worthy of Superman.

Dr. Phil Takes His Crazy Talk of Cheating Fingers to Conan

Whitney Jefferson · 02/16/11 02:50PM

America's most-trusted doctor graced the set of Conan last night and he spoke about his theory that a man's finger-length can reveal whether or not he's likely to cheat. He adds that Conan was "probably born in a testosterone storm."

Every Time Robert Gibbs Admitted What He Is Not

Ajay Mehta · 02/16/11 02:15PM

Outgoing Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has been the voice of the Obama administration since 2008. In that time, he's admitted many skills that he simply does not possess, like telling "when spring ends or begins".