Nikki Finke's on medical leave. She hates our guts, but here's to a speedy recovery.

"Sack tapping" is the new painful craze sweeping the nation's teen boys. That is: punching each other in the balls. One child had his right ball amputated because he was punched so hard in it. Prepare to wince.

The author moved in next door to the Palins, as part of his research for a book on Sarah. Wasilliness ensued — she built a giant fence and accused him of spying on her kids. He says that's ridiculous.

PETA wants to lease the house from Amityville Horror and transform it into a fake slaughterhouse filled with "animatronic hens struggling for space inside tiny battery cages." Enough! I will go vegetarian if you stop your crazy scheming, PETA! [NYDN]

Under pressure from the international community, Malawi's president Bingu wa Mutharika ordered a gay couple, jailed for 14 years for "unnatural acts and gross indecency" to be pardoned and released. But kind of grudgingly.

A new study shows that college students today are 40 percent less empathetic than their counterparts from the 1970s. This is because college students only care about tagging themselves on Facebook and playing video games and me me me.

A South Korean couple let their baby die of malnutrition because they were addicted to online games. Now the government will offer rehabilitation centers for those who always need just one more hit.

Based on the film "The Kid with the Golden Halo," Gary Coleman's 1982 cartoon series featured Coleman as an angel. Gary's adventures in heaven began long before yesterday. Too soon?

Yesterday officials from Washington "left little doubt that the Obama administration is prepared to go to court if necessary in a bid to block the new law." Governor Jan Brewer said she'd take it to the Supreme Court. [AP]

Spencer and Heidi are splitting up. Lohan wants to make her SCRAM bracelet fancy. Ke$ha and Beyonce are being sued. Roman Polanski's life: Better than yours. Nick Cannon's puppy: pregnant. Saturday Gossip Roundup is a holiday weekend of gossip.

Kids, from the mouth of the guy who once got so high he set himself on fire, these are just some examples of why you shouldn't do drugs. Or go anywhere near elephants.

So... Gary Coleman died. And celebrities tweeted about it. And it was sad.

Andy Richter may be the next host of Pyramid, SyFy is creating a cooking show, Cartoon Network is creating a Green Lantern cartoon, and Tom Cruise will reprise his role from Tropic Thunder, and Tracy Morgan as Maximus!

TONIGHT: Some might complain that there's (again) little on TV tonight, but I'm psyched for a new episode of Friday Night Lights. But, yeah, that's about it tonight. The National is on Craig Ferguson's show, that should be pretty cool.

[You're not the only one looking forward to relaxing this weekend. Air Force One dropped off the first family in Chicago yesterday afternoon. Image via Getty]

Let's take a look back at the week that was, May 22-May 27. It was a week of terrible things, sucky TV, and babies doing horrible deeds. The good news is it's a long weekend and we're taking off early.

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

Gary Coleman, who was as famous for his downward slide from childhood fame as he was for his role on Diff'rent Strokes, died in a Utah hospital today after suffering an intra-cranial hemorrhage. He was 42.

Today at Gawker.TV, Jimmy Kimmel roasts Matt Damon at his Hollywood tribute, a bizarre appearance by a pant-less Don Rickles, NBC's 100 Questions tanks, and an amazing video of a baby hearing sound for the first time.

Sad news: TMZ reports that actor Gary Coleman died this afternoon in a Utah hospital after slipping into a coma following a head injury. Coleman was 42 years old. For a look back at Coleman's life on television, click here.