Today we looked at a crusty old man who is scared that leering gay men will ruin troop readiness. Y'know, because it'll make them all uncomfortable-like! This sentiment stirred up a lovely rant by one of our own commenters.

Mad Men star January Jones has landed a new gig. She's been hired as the new "face of Versace." For it she will just have sit there and look pretty while wearing expensive dresses. Play to your strengths, Jan.

Your daily look into the twitterific lives of our favorite celebs.

Pope Benedict says that all people—not just male prostitutes—can use condoms> But only to prevent HIV, not for birth control. Thanks for giving us permission, but the only old German we're taking sex advice from is Dr. Ruth.

An accused California bank robber's been caught with the "largest cache of homemade explosives ever found in the U.S."

Last night Bill O'Reilly targeted his devastating "pinhead" insult at the Simpsons writers, whose (very anti-Republican) latest episode called Fox News "Not Racist, But #1 With Racists." O'Reilly slammed the "pinheads" for their corporate disloyalty, the worst crime ever.

In this clip from Swift Justice, this very overly-confident gentleman speaks out of turn to agree with Nancy several times. Ms. Grace will not stand to be agreed with! Watch to see how she punishes him for it.

Prepare your goodbyes for Running Wilde, Taylor Momsen gets benched on Gossip Girl, Mischa Barton gets a reality show, Julia Louis Dreyfus heads to HBO, a Grey's Anatomy musical episode, Paula Deen loves her butter and more!

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The Way We Live Now: better than ever before. Ever ever ever! Burn your overflowing excess supply of $100 bills to celebrate the fact that we've just had the best quarter of corporate profits ever. Everyone is rich! Except Velma.

In case your only access to the outside world is Fox News, don't fret; Shep Smith has your back. Watch Shep list all the prohibited food items that the TSA will confiscate (and later consume) during Thanksgiving travel.

The many incoming Republican members of Congress are still enjoying Freshmen orientation: Boring lectures by day, secret Boehner orgies by night. But are these sore, hungover noobs even learning anything? Yes! It's all found in Eric Cantor's Official Freshmen Guide.

TONIGHT: We've got Carol Burnett on Glee, makeovers on the Biggest Loser, and conflicts of interest on the Good Wife. Plus, Jerry Seinfeld stops by Letterman's show and the winner of DWTS stops by Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Taylor Swift and Dane Cook where the guests on last night's Tonight Show. Everyone loves Taylor Swift. But Dane Cook really loves Taylor Swift. He came prepared with her face on his chest, a song and rose petals.

Good Day New York helped to raise much needed awareness about pizza earlier this morning. The United States Pizza Team, who will be featured in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, do crazy "pizza stunts" during this clip.

Today at Gawker.TV, Johnny Weir performs a tribute to Gaga on Skating With the Stars, SNL's Jay Pharoah reveals his Obama impression, Conan talks Gary Busey with his blimp, HIMYM's Happy Blitzgiving, and Tom Felton shares Harry Potter-themed come-ons.

Congratulations to intrepid spaniel Stigg for being the first person to answer today's Freeze Frame. Click through for the answer.

German reactionaries have a bizarre new icon: Google. Vandals in the Bergerhausen area of western Germany have egged several houses for opting out of Google Street View, leaving behind notes reading, "Google's cool." Get the message, privacy-hoarding squares?

You know how we bug you constantly to become a fan of Gawker on Facebook? We'll continue to annoy you about that, don't worry, but you now have a exciting new option to consider: You can follow each Gawker staff member on Facebook, too! Just what you were waiting for, right?

Here's the latest release from Sesame Street's YouTube channel—a tape of Cookie Monster auditioning to be a cast member on Saturday Night Live. Who knew that he had a passion beyond cookies?