As noted in this morning's NY Times, directors can land big budget films on the merits of a few good shorts or music videos. Apparently, this is the spec spot that helped Joseph Krosinki get the Tron: Legacy job.

She's not broke, but she does it anyway. An actor isn't gay, but he watches gay porn anyway. And another actor knows he shouldn't, but he drinks anyway.

Before disliked Charlie St. Cloud author Ben Sherwood became the new head of ABC News, he was executive producer of Good Morning America. Resentment of Sherwood still lingers from those days: people are forwarding us his email fuckups from 2004.

Forget Wikileaks, we prefer the RickyLeaks that aired on last night's Conan. Ricky Gervais interrupted the monologue with "leaked" tidbits about Conan O'Brien's life—including that he wears a Conan mask when making love to his wife. More inside!

It's been quite a week for Gawker.TV social media! We passed 10,000 fans on Facebook! So to all of you 156 fans (up 3.08%), crack open a bottle of champagne. We're at 6,919 followers on Twitter (up 1.96%.)

A kid this young - it's not his fault. However, if you hit a lizard one too many times, it's going to retaliate. If the first 51 seconds disturb you, the last 10 will not!

The foolish financiers who lent money to the bankrupt Tribune Company are reportedly planning to sue recently departed Tribune destroyer Sam Zell, saying that he took on so much debt when buying the company that he made it "immediately insolvent."

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

Now this is crazy: A Texas state agency is actually doing something worthwhile.

[Fearless Chinese electrical workers install the final power supply line for the Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway, which is scheduled to begin operating next year. Image via Getty]

Who: Barton is the beefy founder of the David Barton Gym chain. He can bench 405 pounds, in case you're wondering.

As expected, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by the Metropolitan Police in London today on a European Arrest Warrant for sexual assault charges filed by two women in Sweden. Assange is due to appear in court later today.

Chinese officials are fuming over Friday's Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony because they really don't like the winner, jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo. Police have arrested many of Liu's supporters, and today the Foreign Ministry called them anti-Chinese "clowns." How mature.

[Spanish bullfighter Julio Benitez, known as El Cordobes Hijo, falls during a bullfight at the Monumental Bullring during the annual fair in Quito, Ecuador. Benitez was not injured. Photo via AP.]

Remember when "reality star" Kim Kardashian and other celebrities promised to stop Tweeting until a million dollars was raised for Alicia Keys' AIDS charity? Well, they finally reached their goal after a $500,000 donation from pharmaceutical exec Stewart Rahr.

Fashion photographer Garry Gross—most famous for his photos of a young Brooke Shields—has died of natural causes at 73.

The British government is quietly trying to end a legal requirement that its Advisory Council for the Misuse of Drugs contain at least six scientists and a drug industry expert. Because who cares what scientists have to say about drugs?

This week Castle visits a Prohibition era bar in search for a secret stash of liquor that people would literally kill for. In the process, he meets a young billionaire he'd like to punch and serenades Beckett with Billy Joel.

Tonight, Martha Stewart made one of her always-entertaining talk show appearances when she visited Jimmy Fallon on Late Night. Stewart talked about her opulent Thanksgiving—white truffles!—before she and Fallon made insanely strong eggnog and crafted together. Highlights inside.

More bad news for Wikileaks: Not only was founder Julian Assange's Swiss bank account frozen over residency issues, but MasterCard will no longer process payments to Wikileaks. Time to get started on your cutting satirical "Priceless" commercial parody YouTube video!