Oh, look! Here's a video of Antoine Dodson—of "Bed Intruder Song"/YouTube fame—arriving Wednesday night at LAX. Dodson, dressed to the nines and flanked by a bodyguard, chatted up the salivating paparazzi about being both famous and fabulous.

In your fall-like Friday media column: Harbinger is getting the hell away from the NYT, Tom Shales is leaving the Washingt Post, News Corp's "digital newsstand" didn't work out, and Peter Chernin might get a great new job.

When provoked, nerds may react with the fury of a cave troll. Earlier this week, a Canadian high school student was beaten at the hands of a group of kids he trash-talked in the computer game Warcraft III.

You all can figure out the indiscreet implications of this ad from congressional candidate Sean Bielat, depicting an animated version of his opponent, gay Rep. Barney Frank, as, in TPM's words, a "hip-swerving disco queen." But it's still entertaining.

A team of pranksters sent a helium balloon blaring Rick Astley's classic, "Never Gonna Give You Up," into the stratosphere. If we're looking to make contact with extraterrestrials, there definitely isn't a better way to let them know we're here.

Finally, a lucky break for Lindsay Lohan: At today's court appearance, the judge decided she won't go to jail. She will have to stay in rehab until January 3, 2011, though. How will the paparazzi survive that long without her?

On this season's home visits and critiques, Tim Gunn is a little out of his depth when visiting finalist Andy South at his family fish farm in Hawaii. Apparently, he doesn't like the feeling of slimy fishy whiskers.

Donny Deutsch is chairman of the advertising agency founded by his father, a bestselling author, and annoyingly inescapable presence on cable television. More »

In the future, credit cards will be funner: they'll have buttons and batteries and "tiny lights" and all the bloopity bleep-bloop that you, the consumers, love. It will be that much more enjoyable to pay off your crushing college debt.

Dallas-area Republican congressional candidate Stephen Broden is trying to unseat a Democratic incumbent in a deep-blue district. In case that doesn't pan out, however, he says violent overthrow of the government is "on the table." You know, just in case.

Where were you at 10:09 AM today? Figure it out, because you're going need to tell your kids what you were doing when someone overshared from space. Astronaut Douglas Wheelock just checked in 220 miles above the Earth.

As a part of the Night of Too Many Stars, Tracy Morgan and Chris Rock donned pale-colored turtlenecks and performed as Simon and Garfunkel. That is, until the real Paul Simon came onto the stage with some musical suggestions.

"I may not have a lip!" said the Blue Collar Comedy star. Yes, in the battle for low brow supremacy, Foxworthy and Lopez discussed how long he's had his moustache, as well as their roles in the upcoming Smurfs movie.

At a clown convention in Mexico City, 700 clowns attempted to break the world record for laughter. They failed, probably because they turned and looked at each other, and the hellish scene of 700 cackling clowns scared them into silence.

Jenny McCarthy told a story about the time she had her manager shove Gabbana (of Dolce & Gabbana) into a wall, after thinking he was a crazy person trying to attack her. Watch to hear how Gabbana evened the score.

[Famous actress Chace Crawford filming "Gossip Girl" in New York. Photo via Splash]

The billion-dollar high-tech "virtual fence" on the US-Mexico border is a worthless failure.

Gawker.TV Trivia, a daily question & answer game that tests your knowledge of television—past and present. Do you think you that you've got it? The answer to today's question, inside.

West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall, a Christian of Lebanese descent, has naturally been accused of loving the terrorists all election season. Here's his opponent's latest attack: "Nick Rahall: good for the Middle East, good for Obama — bad for America."

The Green Box is an eco-friendly cardboard pizza box that includes some incredible features: The top of the box separates to form plates, while the bottom of the box folds into itself to store leftovers. So simple, yet so brilliant.