Pop quiz: what's the correct conclusion to draw about our economy from the following news? The NYT reports that 1850s-era gold mines in California—many of which have not been working mines for 40 years or more—are now being reopened for prospecting. "Gold will soon be big business again in California's Mother Lode, in the same area of the Sierras - and occasionally the same mines - where the old-time prospectors once used pick axes, ore carts and burros to chase their riches."

Pay attention, Charlie Sheen, Kayden Kross is an adult film star you'd be proud to bring home to Mom. In this surprisingly safe-for-TV interview, the multi-talented "Best Actress" details her brilliant discovery of a safe, all-natural appetite suppressant.

Miley Cyrus will host Saturday Night Live, Amanda Peet signs with NBC to play a housewife, more My Strange Addiction, and Adam Scott explains his absence from the Parks and Rec EW cover.

Egypt has finally dumped its arrogant, paternalistic dictator of three decades in the largest country in the Arab world. That's quite an achievement for a suppressive police state after only two to three weeks of protests that weren't very organized to begin with. But what comes next? Will pure democracy just kind of "appear"? Or does an impossible process of constitutional negotiations between the people, the army, the Muslim Brotherhood, business leaders, and foreign powers need to take place over the next year before anything even approaching a stable and responsive political system emerges? Unfortunately it's that second scenario, the "impossible process of constitutional negotiation" one, that's realistic.

Trying to make a long jump in what looks to be a wet hiking area, this eager girl slips and tumbles into the crevice. It looks serious at first, but thankfully she's OK.

We don't think Mark Zuckerberg or Facebook deserve any thanks for their role in Egypt's protests—given that role consisted mainly of kicking activists off Facebook for using pseudonyms. But Wael Ghonim, the Google engineer who was kidnapped by the regime and has become the youthful face of the protests, wants to personally thank Zuckerberg:

Today at Gawker.TV, Kathie Lee Gifford melts the fat from her "pooch," Diddy has Bieber-Fever, Jimmy Fallon hangs with Andy Cohen, Wendy Williams has words for Taylor Momsen, and it's Valentine's Day for all of our favorite NBC comedies.

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

It might be Valentine's Day, but that's not stopping The Office from breaking our hearts. During last night's love themed episode, the departure of Michael Scott loomed even greater as he and Holly continued on their path to happily-ever-after.

The New York Times Travel section has an article this weekend that has the ring of a Brian Williams parody, but does, in some bizarre way, appear to be real. Basically the paper sent free-associative word mangler (and chief food critic) Sam Sifton across the East River to file a "36 Hours In..." column about Brooklyn. You know, Brooklyn? The borough?

Faltering book chain Borders, which has been on a financial death watch for weeks, will file for bankruptcy next week, after failing to get a lifesaving loan. "Borders initially plans to close about 200 of its 674 stores." Initially. [WSJ]

Apparently, Rob Lowe's had a "thing for older women" ever since he starred in the pilot for 1981 show Mean Jeans. The show never saw the light of day, which we should probably be thankful for.

On last night's Jimmy Kimmel Live, Diddy crashed Justin Bieber's guest spot to tell everyone how much he loved Justin's new movie. (Answer: Too much for a 41 year old man.)

In your finally Friday media column: journalism's least competent weed dealer located, a Wikileaks smear scheme exposed, Rupert Murdoch believes in himself, AP employees put their cars on strike, and Eminem only speaks to middle school news outlets.

It's been a very Bravo week for Jimmy Fallon! On Wednesday he judged Top Chef All-Stars, and last night he was the sole guest on Watch What Happens Live.

In the latest episode of Parks and Recreation, real-life married couple Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman play toxic lovers who have just rekindled their relationship. This time, they end up in the slammer.

Unable to fix their show's many, many flaws on their own, the Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark production team is turning to focus groups of strangers to help point out weaknesses in their troubled Broadway musical. From Entertainment Weekly:

Viewers of the Today Show's fourth hour might be familiar with Kathie Lee's names for her stomach area: her "pooch," the "menopot," and even the "Snooki Pouf."

According to a pair of researchers, the total computing power of every general-purpose computer on earth only equals that of one human brain:

12-year-old basketball prodigy Jordan McCabe brought his impressive ball-handling skills to the hallways of ESPN the other day... and no one really cared. For a network dedicated to watching sports, they are surprisingly uninterested.