[Dozens of hot air balloons get ready for a morning flight at the Bristol International Balloon Fiesta in Bristol, England, today. Image via Getty]

Well, this is what you get for visiting commie Europe: Michelle Obama's approval rating has tumbled — from 64 to 50 percent — following her horribly misreported Spanish vacation. No more fancy hotels for you, you... hotel snob!

This was a week of spectacular events — job quitting and meteor showers and natural disasters. Let's take a look back.

With a slide down an inflatable chute, a new star flickered to life on Monday. Five days later, disgruntled steward Steven Slater's star is waning: Video of his walk-off was disappointing, and his dissenters grow. Is this our hero's end?

Once upon a time, a street reporter stopped a bundled up lady and asked her whether or not her winter hat was her "secret to staying warm." What happened after that was the best 15 seconds you will see today.

Today we looked at the obscenity charges filed against Alvin Greene, the outta-nowhere South Carolina Democratic candidate for senate. This caused one commenter, a South Carolinian, to appraise their state in even-handed fashion.

We see you sitting there at your computer, so smug that you survived the curse of yet another Friday the 13th. You should be thankful that something disastrous didn't happen. Look at all the terrors there are in the world!

The bedbugs are spreading: Now they're at the Brooklyn DA's office.

Your daily look into the twitterific chances of our favorite movies coming out this weekend!

TONIGHT: There isn't much in terms of primetime offerings tonight, though we do have the season finale of Wife Swap, plus new episodes of Eureka, Say Yes to the Dress Flashpoint and more—plus Gabourey Sidibe on Jimmy Fallon.

JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater's infamous job exit has already been animated. What's next? How about footage of the real thing: watch as the plane's emergency slide inflates before Slater exits (although we'd imagined it to be more exciting).

It seems that not everyone has faith in NBC's fall schedule. This, and much more celebrity gossip, TV news, and webjunk after the cut! [The Live Feed.]

Weird billionaire Florida Senate candidate Jeff Greene is threatening a libel suit against the St. Petersburg Times, whose vicious reports about his employee treatment, vomit-caked yacht parties and sleazy real estate deals have demonstrated that he's one priceless asshole.

World's greatest mother Dina Lohan (aka yours truly) was on The Today Show this morning to SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT about her daughter Lindsay's jail stint (completed) and rehab stint (in progress). Several times, things got heated. Videos inside.

Spirit, the airline known for charging $45 for carry-on bags, has created the world's most brilliant Steven Slater spoof ad: a man, sliding down a chute, with beers. Nobel Prize for Advertising as well as Flight, to Spirit Airlines. [Consumerist]

In Frankel's hit show Bethenny Getting Married, we got to see a sensitive side of the reality star. However in this video, we realize she was overwhelmed with emotion for the majority of the series. Who cares, she deserves it!

Today at Gawker.TV, Ellen Degeneres dances her ass of on the So You Think You Can Dance finale, Kieran Culkin is accused of being a nintendo addict, and a passenger from Steven Slater's heroic flight speaks on the Early Show.

Congratulations to Chocolate-Wafer for being the first person to answer today's Freeze Frame. Click through for the answer.

The Way We Live Now: machen Sie sich keine Sorgen. That means "don't worry about it," and that's what you can tell people if you're German, because Germany is running things now.