American Apparel is having a terrible summer. First, their photo-based, no-uglies-allowed hiring practices got them lots of bad PR (from us). Simultaneously, the company was, you know, financially collapsing. The latest blow: potential delisting from the stock exchange.

Why did Lourdes Leon wear a marijuana-themed wristband? Lindsay Lohan may go free tomorrow. Taylor Momsen rather regrets her latest teen angst interview. Cuba Gooding Jr. parties with Johnny Weir. Tuesday gossip makes bold statements.

So how did Gawker.TV do this week in social media? We're up to 3785 Facebook Fans (up 15.75%), 4794 Twitter Followers (up 2.35%) and 1589 Tumblr Followers (up 1.40%).

The world's most inept attempted insider traders (at Disney) are pleading guilty to fraud charges.

In an incident with shades of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, at least 33 people—including six politicians and an 11 year-old boy—have been killed in a Mogadishu, Somalia hotel, in an attack by anti-government insurgents. [NYT. Pic: AP]

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

The Great Lakes $80 million Asian carp genocide has apparently failed, so officials want to install barriers on the "carp highway." Good luck.

[A Chinese truck driver washes up after spending two days in the 60 miles long Beijing-Tibet Expressway traffic jam. Sucks to be him right now. Image via AP]

24-year-old Efraim E. Diveroli, who scored a $300 million weapons deal with the Pentagon for Afghanistan in 2007 and was eventually charged with ripping them off, is at it again, trying to purchase guns for "resale in the Miami area."

Yesterday's tour bus hostage fiasco in the Philippines that ended in eight deaths was big news. Luckily, we have reporters like CNN's Rick Sanchez and his crew to make it relatable: "It really does look like Speed."

Jimmy Carter leaves today for North Korea where he will try to secure the release of American Aijalon Mahli Gomes, who was arrested for illegally entering the country in January. Maybe ignoring international borders isn't a good idea? [Foreign Policy]

NASA is holding a contest to name the "wakeup songs" played during the last-ever Space Shuttle missions. You can submit an original composition, or pick from a list of songs. The problem: They all suck. The solution: These 10 tracks.

Miss Mexico Jimena Navarrete, 22, was crowned Miss Universe on Monday after correctly answering the Sphinx's riddle and selecting the true grail. The runner-up was Miss Jamaica Yendi Phillips, who was quietly executed after the show. Click for more pics.

According to media hardman Michael Wolff, the anti-"Ground Zero Mosque" push from the News Corp-owned New York Post and Fox News is a reflection of the company's internal power struggles. And also, CEO Rupert Murdoch's "primitive, weird, reactionary" racism.

This whole season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey has been leading up to a big throwdown between Caroline Manzo and Danielle Staub. Tonight, it—and a few other things—happened on the season finale. Videos inside.

Thanks to artificially low prices, helium reserves could be entirely depleted in 100 years—jeopardizing the space and nuclear industries, which use the element for crucial components and processes. That squeaky voice isn't so funny anymore, is it?

On tonight's Lopez Tonight, Going the Distance star Justin Long tells a very interesting story involving Drew Barrymore, Christina Applegate and a nice Orthodox Jewish Family that all revolves around his manhood. What could go wrong here?

Researchers attempting to survey men with genital piercings found that those who responded were overwhelmingly Caucasian (89%), heterosexual (82%) and middle-class (56% earn $45,000 yearly). Can you think of another group of mostly white, straight, middle-class men?

At least 130 different species of birds "are known to engage in homosexual behavior." Scientists now think this may be because "homosexual behavior" is evolutionarily beneficial. Not to mention totally hot.

Tonight, Eli Roth appeared on Chelsea Lately to promote his new movie, The Last Exorcism. Chelsea shared a little anecdote about meeting Roth's girlfriend, Peaches Geldof.