During a Sydney performance of "Seek and Destroy," Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett is kicking balloons around the stage. He winds up, swings his foot, and—uh oh. Was that a child that just went flying?

Tina Fey received a fancy Mark Twain Prize in Washington last week, for being a funny person. But if you saw the taped ceremony on PBS Sunday night, you missed Tina Fey's mildly controversial live comments about Sarah Palin.

Last night The Big C aired it's season finale and once again we were left misty and confused. Have the producers possibly killed off the series star already? We've got our theories, now you be the judge.

Now Sam Zell and Tina Brown are feuding over who's a bigger media disaster. Now, now. You're both right.

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

Today at Gawker.TV, Emma Watson explains why she cut her hair, Kathy Griffin impersonates Justin Bieber, Daniel Radcliffe confuses horcruxes with Pokémon, Autotune The News appears on the Today Show, and Robin Sparkles returns with a pervy song about beavers.

A co-founder of MTV and once a top exec at AOL Time Warner, Bob Pittman returned to the media industry this week to help turn around radio giant Clear Channel Communications. More »

Since it's an Australian product, you may not be familiar with Bundaberg's gimmick: the company began as a serendipitous solution to a sugar surplus. In other words, it's a perfect excuse for this steampunk silliness.

Do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do abstinence spokesperson Bristol Palin and Jersey Shore's aggressive hook-up artist The Situation aren't the best choices for an abstinence PSA, mostly due to their bad acting skills. They also use the word "situation" 17 times in two minutes. Awful.

An Italian art historian claims some of the images depicted in Michelangelo's "Last Judgment"—the fresco on the wall of the Sistine Chapel—were inspired by acts the artist witnessed in homosexual bathhouses. Let's take a closer look, shall we?

After a fun campaign of widespread panic resulting in four state bans and an irresistible opportunity for political grandstanding, it looks like the FDA is set to ban caffeinated alcohol drinks once and for all—everywhere in America.

TMZ somehow found actor Steve Schirripa (a.k.a. toy-train collector Bobby Baccalieri of The Sopranos) at a liquor store in Jersey, which resulted in the following rant. We think he's right, and we miss when HBO was good. Video inside.

In your Tuesday edition of, "Things we never expected to see, but never wanted to see, anyway," we have this: a horribly scripted and acted pro-abstinence PSA starring Bristol Palin and Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino. Watch—if you can—inside.

Hours after Prince William announced his engagement, England's "heritage souvenir" industry has flown into action. Commemorative royal wedding magazines! Royal wedding t-shirts! Royal wedding thimbles! A guide to the souvenirs already available, plus a few suggestions of our own, below.

What if David Fincher hadn't directed The Social Network? What if the Facebook film had been made by, say, Wes Anderson? Or Michael Bay? Or Quentin Tarantino? Or, even, Frank Capra? Inside, a humorous video with those interpretations, and more!

The Republican National Committee's political director, who's actually named Gentry Collins, resigned in protest this morning — with a vicious four-page letter about chairman Michael Steele ruining the party's finances. If only they'd landed Gentry for chairman instead, amirite?

Resolved: Teacher training programs in America suck big time.

Last night's season finales of The Big C and Weeds demonstrated what HBO's oft-wayward younger brother does best. They make compelling, if ridiculous, drama about middle class women in precarious tight spots.

Faced with a hospital lock-down and an incomprehensible captain's log full of clues that might save the world [or at least New Jersey] from a smallpox outbreak, Dr. House turns to his favorite source of emergency consultation.

In your paradigm-shifting Tuesday media column: Sasha Frere-Jones decamps, Keith Olbermann declaims, Brides magazine double-entendres, and the NYT deconstructs.