Mad Men: The Least Important Most Important Thing

Brian Moylan · 10/11/10 01:31PM

Mad Men often forsakes the world of advertising to take on the personal lives of those involved in the industry, but it's at its most powerful when the business and the personal collide—and everything hangs in the balance.

Bomb Found in East Village

Richard Lawson · 10/11/10 01:23PM

A bomb was found in the Marble Cemetery on 2nd Street in Manhattan's East Village at around 11:45am today. Streets are still blocked off. The normally closed cemetery had an "open house" this weekend and was open to the public.

How to Sell Stuff to Anyone: Stereotypically

Hamilton Nolan · 10/11/10 01:10PM

If you want to hear straight talk about race, ethnicity, and cultural stereotypes in America, look to the advertising community. They know what sells. To black people! To Latinos! To gays! If stereotypes are true, ads will prove it.

How Cleveland Got His Groove Back

Whitney Jefferson · 10/11/10 01:00PM

Last night on The Cleveland Show, the whole family went on an exotic African vacation. Okay, not exactly: during their layover in Hawaii Cleveland and Loretta decided it was a paradise that shouldn't be passed up. Just don't tell Rallo!

This Is the Creepiest Event Promo Ever

Matt Cherette · 10/11/10 12:54PM

Here's a video of a few body paint-laden women crawling around creepily to the tone of eerie music and equally eerie noises. Is it a music video intro? A short film? Nope—apparently, it's the scariest event promo ever.

Watch Mark Zuckerberg Snub Geraldo Rivera

Arielle Sklar · 10/11/10 12:31PM

What's the difference between Charles Manson, Yasser Arafat and Mark Zuckerberg? There's got to be some kind of hostility because at a recent press conference, Zuckerberg refused to shake Rivera's hand. Watch it all go down in the following video.

Huffington Blowing So Much Money on Bus Rides

Hamilton Nolan · 10/11/10 12:27PM

In your precipitous Monday media column: HuffPo's hefty bus price tag, the Tina Brown-to-Newsweek deal seems very close, a Jarvis-Weisberg Twitter feud, the Chicago Tribune's editor consoles his staff, and our boss is finally in a real magazine.

Celebratory Touchdown Dance Pays Homage to Carlton Banks

Annie Fleming · 10/11/10 11:47AM

Remember Carlton's sweet dance moves on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air? Detroit Lions cornerback Alphonso Smith does too. After scoring a touchdown Sunday against the Rams, he broke out into Carlton-like dance.

Rubicon Explains Itself, New Jersey Sucks, and the Terrorists Win

nightintern · 10/11/10 11:25AM

Last night, the two bogeymen API has been chasing all season on Rubicon converged. Will Travers was seconds away from solving the puzzle, but our heroes were ultimately powerless to prevent a devastating terrorist attack on US "soil."

Today's Gawker.TV Trivia

Chris Dignes · 10/11/10 11:00AM

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.