The Somali government is teaming up with Somali pirates. Anti-government insurgents are teaming up with Somali pirates. And we'd love to team up with Somali pirates on some sort of t-shirt licensing deal. Pirates: awesome, till they kill you. [NYT]

Recently, I was hoodwinked into making two trips across Texas in the space of a month, and over the course of the 14 hours I spent in my car, I soaked up every Ricky Gervais Show podcast I could download.

Here's a Missouri Ozarks news broadcast about a highway billboard reading "Voted for Obama? Embarrassed Yet?" paid for by a concerned citizen. He says that billboard discourse is "what makes America great". Yes, impassioned debate through billboards. America's dream.

Failed David Letterman extortionist and future Gawker intern (???) Joe Halderman is out of jail.

What will it take to start Travolta's version of the Tiger Woods' mistress parade? T.I. gets arrested for drug possession. Lindsay Lohan fights to stop her father from selling pages from her old diary. Thursday gossip kisses and tells.

Today the cosmos align and the calendrical system itself bows down before the greatness that is, was, and forever shall be, Beverly Hills, 90210. On this most hallowed day, 9/02/10, we celebrate with memories of that perpetually troubled original posse.

Across New York City, our wealthiest restaurateurs are under assault from the poors—and their lawyers! Many celeb chefs you know and love from television are being sued for ripping off their workers. Where's tort reform when Morimoto needs it?

Her milkshake didn't bring the boy to the yard, because he dumped her. This tennis star is bedding a real princess, this singer does interviews wasted, and a TV star lies about her diet. Maybe she should try milkshakes?

Paul "Bear" Vasquez—or as he's known online, "Double Rainbow Guy"—is star of a new ad for Windows Live Photo Gallery. While we're happy to see an internet meme crossover to TV land, we're not entirely sold.

For now. Indonesia's world-famous cigarette-smoking two-year-old has quit cigs after undergoing therapy. Though there is concern that he will pick up the habit again once he returns home and the everyday stress of baby life wears at him once more.

Burger King's been sold to investment firm 3G Capital for $4 billion. Neat!

[Justin Timberlake on the California set of Gawker's one-time favorite movie, "Friends With Benefits". Image: Bauer-Griffin]

Four years ago, Rupert Murdoch-owned UK tabloid The News of the World got caught hacking the voicemail of "hundreds of celebrities" and other public figures. Now, the full extent of the hacking's coming out—and it's bad. Amazingly dirty, actually!

On the Late Late Show, Ray promoted her new show Rachael Ray's Week in a Day. When Craig Ferguson suggested tweaking the title to "Rachael Ray, She's Sometimes Gay," Ray admitted that she would go gay for Tina Fey.

Meghan McCain, everyone's favorite right-wing blogger(ette) has just released Dirty Sexy Politics, her first book for big kids (Meghan's other foray into the literary world was the wildly popular children's book My Dad, John McCain.) This should be interesting.

On a recent stop in Atlantic City during her comedy tour, Handler and fellow comic Chris Franjola met Bill Cosby. Watch as they describe their awkward and unexpected encounter with the very much alive comedy legend.

Time Warner Cable and Disney "continue to negotiate" a fee agreement today, after a midnight deadline passed. But it looks like your ESPN and ABC is safe for now, TWC customers. Looking forward to the next dozen disputes like this!

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

Six months after serving time on federal weapons charges, rapper T.I. was arrested driving last night in West Hollywood after police "smelled a strong odor of marijuana emitting from the vehicle." Another celebrity undone by the "vapor trail."

[A young man rides his bike through a flaming garbage dump in Changchun, China, where environmental pollution goes virtually unchecked. Image via Getty]