Long-running soap opera As the World Turns has taped its 13,858th and final episode

Man, this whole Oil Spill thing is such a downer. If only someone could help us see the brilliant rainbow in the inky black slick. CNN to the rescue! Today they have found the 'good side' of the Oil Spill!

Following today's post on a man who said, "Leave me alone," then disappeared into his bedroom for four years—only to be found dead there this week—Dutch speakers translated more on the tale that has the Netherlands in uproar.

You're invited to come hang out with Gawker.TV (past and present!) for after-work drinks this Thursday, June 24th at Destination Bar in New York City. More details after the jump.

[When the royal joked, "Is your water running?" this prankster replied, "Do you have Prince Charles in a can?" Oh, the Glastonbury Festival is a trip! Image via Bauer-Griffin]

Steve Jobs gave a new iPhone to the Russian president the day before patriotic American fanboys battled lines, shortages and debilitating heat to splurge on the smartphone. Just what sort of "revolution" is the Apple CEO really planning, mmm?

Today our line-waiting anthropologist Brian Moylan compared iPhone fanatics with Twilight fanatics. One commenter, though, thinks it was maybe an apples and oranges comparison. Because nothing can ever be the same as teen desire.

Your daily look into the twitterific lives of our favorite celebs.

The NYO is reporting that Gerald Marzorati is set to announce that he's stepping down as editor of the New York Times Magazine after seven years. They say he's getting "another job within the Times Company." [NYO]

Yes, there are going to be more lawns, bleachers, entrances, elevators, see-through decks, and a brand new garden space called the Chelsea Thicket when the stretch of track from 20th Street to 30th Street is opened to the public. You can see them in the representational drawings of the city's hippest public space at the end of the video. They even have animated people showing you what will happen in the park at night. Our favorite? A shadow man and woman who are approaching each other from different directions, they meet in the middle and the guy seems to say, "Hey, wanna get out of here?" and makes a hand motion. The lady agrees and they walk off together. Maybe he's taking her back to The Standard for a night of sex in the windows or cavort in their new topless bar Le Bain [NSFW]! Thanks, High Line for making all our dreams come true.

We're amazed that it's already the end of Party Down's second season, too. But there is an upside to it all: The show is bringing back Season One favorite Jane Lynch—and Patrick Duffy makes a cameo, too!

Republican campaigners and organizations are goin' nuts today over comments by Democratic Rep. Paul Kanjorski, where it looks like he's saying "minorities" aren't "average, good American people." Not really what he's saying, though, is the thing.

[Salma Hayek's daughter Valentina grows weary (overheated?) at Manhattan's Children's Museum. Image via Splash.]

Kid checkups! Organic fatties! Lazy docs! Sports carbs! Drunk teens! Rat Lungs! It's your predominantly factual Health Watch, where we watch your health—with the interest of a teenage girl amongst nerds!

Rachel Zoe hates her ex-assistant, photos of James Franco's art exhibit, Robyn's new interactive music video, an appreciation of Futurama's robots, and a root that came from the ground looks a lot like Homer Simpson.

California's Santa Clara County passed a law banning toys in food promotions, like those in McDonald's Happy Meals and will sue if the company doesn't comply. McD's says parents should swap fries for apple slices—with caramel dipping sauce.

If you're a toddler who's at the beach and screaming, "Mommy, get it off!" re: your oil-soaked feet, you probably don't want to hear, "Rub it!" in response. But that's what happened yesterday in Destin, Florida. The disturbing video, inside.

A Dutch man told his family to leave him alone, then slammed his bedroom door. For four years nobody opened it. This week they found him dead in his bed. "Foul play is not suspected." Wait—seriously?

TONIGHT: We've got a couple of premieres as ABC unveils their new rookie cop show Rookie Blue and a documentary series set in a hospital Boston Med. Plus, don't miss the "lost footage" episode of Real Housewives of NYC.

From his MTV special Better than Ever, Drake hardly seems better-than-ever as he talks candidly about the difficulties of life on the road and the reason why his mother is the only person who he believes loves him unconditionally.