Quite a story in the NYT today about the trial of David Brooks, CEO of a body-armor company who ripped off the US military for millions. Okay, maybe his $100,000 belt buckle was excessive. But the prostitutes? Totally legit.

Rep. Barney Frank apparently got all hot and bothered over a denied $1 senior discount for a Fire Island ferry. What did he expect? He forgot his Suffolk County Senior Citizens ID! There are regulations in this world, Barney Frank.

This new feature will introduce you to our fantastic team of bright and eager interns. Today we have an interview with Michelle Cacciatore.

During filming of yesterday's Late Show, David Letterman stopped traffic outside of his studio to play a round of baseball with Cardinals' Albert Pujols and male-hero Denis Leary. Wonder if those buildings or cabs mind being pummeled with random baseballs?

Last week, a family of five in Staten Island died in a house fire. After initially blaming 14 year-old C.J. for killing his family, police backtracked yesterday, saying the mother did it. To whom does the media owe an apology?

Last night the Andy Cohen Drinking Spectacular properly known as Watch What Happens Live actually had a guest who didn't become famous by flipping over tables or pulling out a frenemy's weave—Rachel Dratch! Really.

Hey, pull up your pickup and sit on this hay bale and listen to ol' windswept Gwyneth Paltrow sing you a country ballad. It's called "Country Strong", and is from her new movie of the same name.

Sure, it may just be another MythBusters clone, but I'm in favor of any show that increases the number of alternatively-fueled explosions on television. But is there no room for a "she deafened me with science" joke?

@AngelinaJolie doesn't have followers yet—who will be the first? Paris Hilton denies doing a Nazi salute. Justin Bieber's life saved by a Segway. Ke$ha has a spanking fetish. Tuesday gossip is one tweet away from your best friend.

The media backlash against Wikileaks' "War Logs" is well underway. Serious Political Media Types don't want be shown up by online amateurs. The establishment's spokesman: the World's Worst Writer Richard Cohen—the Andrea Peyser of the Washington Post.

So how did Gawker.TV do this week in social media? We're up to 2336 Facebook Fans (up 3.09%), 4489 Twitter Followers (up 2.21%) and 1522 Tumblr Followers (up 0.59%).

The headline item is quite obvious. There's also something about The Hills (ugh), a young pop star who is shirking her responsibilities, and another terrible thing from terrible Ted Casablanca, America's gossip banshee.

Famous Belgian visual artist Jan De Cock was questioned by authorities yesterday after making a veiled threat to a flight attendant during a flight to New York. Too many cocktails? You are not the cock-of-the-walk, sir. [NYP. Pic via]

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

Mutant head lice scoff at over the counter treatments, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Today a collection of 65 glass negatives of previously unseen Ansel Adams photographs will go on display in California. Rick Norsigian bought them at a garage sale for $45, and they are now estimated to be worth $200 million.

Rod Blagojevich probably never imagined that when he hired R. Kelly's former lawyer to close out his corruption trial that it would turn into a circus. Never! But Sam Adam Jr. made a scene, and said he'd go to jail.

Mayor Bloomberg's girlfriend, Diana Taylor, says she could have beaten Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in an election: "I think I could have. I do." But will she run in 2012? "Never say never." Oh, the suspense is killing us!

Big news day for BP! Besides paying CEO Tony Hayward nearly $1 million a year to go away, the company also announced that it is setting aside a $32.2 billion fund for the Gulf of Mexico cleanup effort. [BBC]

Jan Schill, the daughter of a judicial candidate in Oklahoma, really doesn't want her father to be a judge. So much so that she took out a full-page ad telling people not to vote for him. And started a blog.