President Obama has set aside an extra $4.1 billion for America's nuclear weapons arsenal.

Burmese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi—under house arrest for over seven years—was freed today, five days after the country's military junta held parliamentary elections. "We must unite!" she told supporters outside her home.

Ironically, the characteristics that Nick Kroll hates in cats, he loves in women. But you know what he REALLY loves? Latin radio—awesome.

[We may not be ready for Christmas yet, but Rockefeller Center certainly is after a 12-ton, 74-foot Norway spruce was hoisted into place today. Image via AP]

If you're a How I Met Your Mother fan who's been waiting for the next installment of Robin Sparkles — wait no longer! Inside, Cobie Smulders talks about the video and the guest stars: Nicole Scherzigner and Alan Thicke!

Kick off your weekend with a serving of Darth Vader and Hitler. Fictional evil vs. actual evil. Who deserves to win this epic rap battle?

Hey, need something to put on that blank wall in your living room? Well, step right in and enter our caption contest, and a pretty little painting could be yours! This all out of the goodness of our hearts.

Don't you hate when you go on national TV and interviewers ask you questions about stuff? Kanye West got pissed at the way Matt Lauer interviewed him on the Today show, so he's canceling an upcoming appearance on the show.

Is that Abraham Lincoln himself? No, but you can get caught up thinking it's him. Here is the speech in visual form; words, images, and patterns fluidly bending into each other. "Epic," Lincoln would say. Lincoln would say that, right?

Friday is the most exciting day, because it means drinking, yes, but also movies! What should you see? Well, there are twee indies, a commercial-sweet romantic comedy, and a thriller about an unstoppable train that will probably prove stoppable.

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

There's nothing like a terribly-written song performed by a trashy reality star to kick off the weekend. So, we present to you Angelina Pivarnick's "I'm Hot" — which includes the lyrics "Step off bitch, or I'll punch your face." Enjoy!

Today we read of the ruination of Williamsburg, starting much conversation about that neighborhood-in-flux. But, as one commenter reminded us, this problem is not specific to the L train, or even New York! Attend the sad tale of South Beach.

Heidi Klum attended the Black Swan premiere in the signature dress from Project Runway runner-up Mondo Guerra's collection. When Heidi defended the dress on the show, fellow judge Nina Garcia snorted, "I'd like to see you wear that dress, Klum."

Ed Asner, best known for his role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and as the voice of Carl in Up, recently outed himself on a podcast as a 9/11 conspiracy theorist. Here it is lip synced for amusement.

Do any Democrats dare challenge the omnipotent Nancy Pelosi for minority leader? Well, one ultra-conservative Blue Dog who's technically a Democrat may, if that counts. He's North Carolina Rep. Heath Shuler: Inexperienced backbencher. Legendarily shitty NFL quarterback. Democratic party savior?

Running Wilde gets benched, ABC orders more Castle, Tori Spelling and Jeff Lewis will team up for a talk show, and wait a second... MTV is using our negative review of the US versions of Skins as an advertisement. [Twitpic]

He's an idiot, so probably. The Huffington Post's Ryan Grimm has identified several passages in Bush's new book Decision Points that he says are "lifted" from some of his advisers' books.

Whoopi Goldberg must have woken up early this morning to be drunk by 11 for her birthday party hosted by Martha Stewart. Before it even started Whoopi was making faces standing next to Joy Behar and even kissed her neck.

New York City swinging venues—spots for couples looking to swap spouses—are reporting a 20-60 percent decrease in attendance because of the economy. At $110-150 per couple, it's no wonder sex isn't selling! Maybe they need coupons?