Are you familiar with "hobbits," or Homo florsiensis, the wee, extinct human species thought to have lived tens of thousands of years ago? Are you aware that they might have been hunted and eaten by enormous, six-foot-tall storks?

Tonight on Chelsea Lately, the gang got into the dos and don'ts of sex tapes. Do: smile. Don't: use botox. These tips will ensure your enjoyment of the next leaked celebrity sex tape... please, not Kelsey Grammer. Watch inside.

Tonight, Barbara Walters visited the Late Show to chat with David Letterman/promote the two specials she has airing tomorrow. When the topic turned to Oprah Winfrey—subject of Walters' first special—many laughs were had at her expense. Watch inside.

Tonight, Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show with a segment about the recent deal in Congress, aided by President Obama, that extended the Bush-era tax cuts. Specifically, Stewart mocked Democrats and Obama for their hyperbolic vilification of Republicans. Watch inside.

[Johnny Depp in New York before his appearance on Letterman. Image via Splash.]

Today is the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's assassination. Today is also the day that Celine Dion appeared on Larry King Live, and—during a discussion about Lennon—decided to belt out a verse of "Imagine." How spontaneous! Watch inside.

Last week, India's ambassador was groped by the TSA after speaking at Mississippi State University—she says because of her sari. "I will never come back here," she said, referring to Mississippi. How long until Grope War I?

On tonight's Modern Family, Claire was in charge of setting up for the kid's school dance. Including cunningly convincing custodian Gus (Danny Trejo from Machete) to change a lightbulb after turning him down to be his date to the dance.

Think you've got what it takes to be a live-blogging all-star? Then join our group live blog of Top Chef: All Stars in the comments section under this post. You'll be feeling stellar in no time!

Swardson tells Doug Benson about an interesting conversation he had with a waiter who was having a difficult time deciding between two very different halloween costumes.

Does anyone know where Steve Jobs is? Apple has something for him. According to California state records, Apple owes Steve Jobs $37.91—but they can't find him to deliver it themselves.

Those Columbia frat boys arrested for allegedly running a massive campus drug ring have hit on a brilliant defense: They had to deal LSD and coke to pay their tuition. It was all for the love of learning!

Operation Payback is facing a little payback of its own. First Twitter closed the pro-Wikileaks hacker movement's account. And now we hear the Feds are shutting down some online discussion of Operation Payback attacks.

In Soviet Russia, bungee cord jumps you! Or something. Anyway, here's another video of crazy Russian kids doing crazy Russian things, like—in this case—sliding off the roof of an abandoned building with only a waist-attached makeshift bungee cord.

HBO has released this dark trailer for the final season of Big Love. It features Bill Paxton praying and begging to "Spare my family these unending punishments." Sounds like the final season of the show won't feature a happy ending.

[Crowds flocked to the Strawberry Fields memorial in Central Park today to memorialize the 30th anniversary of John Lennon's death. Image via Getty]

Today's holiday mashup video that's making the rounds is this clip featuring classic footage from the original Rudolf The Red-Nosed Reindeer special and "Roxanne," the famous tune by The Police.

Facing a booing crowd in Europe, a PayPal executive tried to explain why his company blocked donations to Wikileaks. He cited a letter from the State Department calling the secrets-sharing site illegal. Sadly for him, no such letter exists.

Today we raged about something called "Khloe Kardashian" using public rape as an analogy for TSA pat-downs. Some agreed with our anger! Others disagreed. And one commenter... sort of did both.

In an effort to illustrate how wide open a Georgia shooter was, the folks at ESPN utilized their snazzy graphics again. In doing so, they managed to illustrate lasers shooting out of said players crotch. Well played, SportsCenter. Well played.