The holiday season is officially upon us! Tonight, the 74-foot, 12-ton Norway Spruce that serves as this year's Christmas tree at New York's Rockefeller Center was lit—with 36,000 bulbs!—by Mayor Michael Bloomberg and... Jeff Zucker? Watch inside.

Michael Showalter muses on the drawbacks of being a smoker. The biggest one? When strangers constantly bum cigarettes off you. Just because you're both addicted to cigarettes doesn't mean you have anything in common!

How to make $1.5 million dollars for 45 seconds of work, in three easy steps: One, become a world-famous, Oscar-winning actress (like Julia Roberts). Two, convince Italian coffeemakers Lavazza to pay out for an advertisement. Three, deposit your check.

[Passersby might have a hard time not stumbling when checking out artist Kenny Scharf's psychedelic new mural (which replaced Shepard Fairey's) on Bowery and Houston in Manhattan. Image via Getty]

Fringe fans—are you excited? Non-Fringe fans—what's wrong with you? It's time to get on board with this fantastic show, and Thursday's episode "Entrada" is the perfect time to jump on in. The trailer of the epic episode, inside.

Two Oklahoma women were nabbed while attempting to leave a TJ Maxx with shoplifted goods stowed in their body fat. How much did they conceal? Four pair of boots, three pair of jeans, a wallet and gloves! Only in America.

The Sister Wives along with husband, Kody Brown, were on Oprah today. The hot topic of the day? Jealousy. Oprah is pretty suspicious about this multiple wives thing. Watch as Oprah probes the cast about jealousy, double standards and more.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told an interviewer today that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should resign if she had her diplomats "engage in espionage in the United Nations." Hillary Clinton, however, is unlikely to listen to Julian Assange.

Last night's CMA Country Christmas totally jumped the gun and single-handedly ruined Christmas carols for us this year but it did provide a little insight into how things have been with LeAnn Rimes lately. Apparently, things have been rough.

Today on Ellen, Mindy Kaling cleared up rumors she's heard about herself. The most offensive? Claims that she's a mere 5'2". Good thing Ellen had a handy oversized ruler at her disposal! Now, who's going to replace Michael Scott?

Reps. John Boehner and Eric Cantor, the two leading House Republicans, have issued a warning to the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery: Take down that exhibit where Jesus is covered with ants, or face "tough scrutiny" next year. [Update below]

Dancing with the Stars producers' dream cast includes Lindsay Lohan, who might be desperate enough to do it.

Today we talked about drinking on planes and drinking in airports! Yay! Good times for all! Except: Bad times for all, it turns out. Yeah, so said one commenter, some sort of flying expert.

The Way We Live Now: stealing everything in sight. Out of necessity, mind you. We're not some common criminals. Common criminals can't get jobs at all. We're uncommon criminals, avenging economics itself, with bold, technically criminal action!

Celebrities can have hard lives too. Feel better, celebrities.

According to at least one fashion blogger the Mankini—that strange hybrid men's bathing suit—is here to stay. Why is this idea patently ridiculous? Could this be just the thing that a new generation of men needs?

Grab a cup of hot coco and feast your eyes on this beautiful video capturing all things winter.

In your Tuesday edition of, "BAWWWWW!" allow me to present this: Emma, a cutie patootie French Bulldog puppy, engages in an epic battle with her owner's doorstop for the cutest—and most intense—30 seconds you'll see today. Watch inside.

Julian Assange has a Bank of America executive's hard drive. Guess what he's going to do with it!

The House approved settlements today for black farmers whom the federal government had discriminated against in the past. In the debate beforehand, however, Rep. Steve King compared this to "slavery reparations" from the "very, very urban" Barack Obama.