Young people will stop at nothing to get messed up. YouTube is flush with videos of misguided youths introducing alcohol to their nether regions, so we went to Union Square to get to the bottom of this mysterious trend.

A ten-year-old Dutch boy is perhaps the lone survivor among the 104 souls aboard Afriqiyah Air flight 8U771, which crashed last night in Tripoli. He's been taken to the hospital with "bone injuries." They're calling it a miracle. Sigh. [CNN]

On April 19, 2009, Richard Lawson's simple post linking to naked pics of Hipster Grifter Kari Ferrell got more than 36,000 clicks. Today, Kari's posing topless over at AnimalNY. Are you not entertained? I'm waiting.

I mean really, Tether Ball doesn't have many rules. The first thing you learn is to keep your eyes on the ball right?

The final four sang for their suppers last night and boy was it mediocre. Just really, really kinda OK. It had its high-ish points and its low-ish ones too, but mostly it was just extremely aight.

In your wet Wednesday media column: Peter Chernin assembling a secret empire, John Carney gets a new job, pay TV is far from dying, Jon Meacham meets Steven Rattner, and Vanity Fair joins the electronic age.

When we've seen dancing soldiers videos before, the gay references were in the eye of the beholder. Not so with these soldiers who say (or read?) "It's alright to be gay in the military," then dance to Ke$ha.

Here are the funniest moments of Conan O'Brien's recent visit to Google's Silicon Valley headquarters, including the comedian riffing on Google's "entitled a-hole" staff—and a cutting impersonation of Jay Leno that apparently violated legal constraints.

Brothers Jacob and ...uhhhh... yeah, we're definitely still calling him The Man in Black got their own full flashback episode last night. It seems Jacob isn't quite as cool as you might have thought, while the MiB? Still a badass.

Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to learn about our commenting system and help us with our beloved communities. The interns will learn about behind-the-scenes administrative tasks and quality community oversight under the direction of our Community Manager.

What's worse than filming a sex scene with nothing covering your parts but a piece of celery? Discovering midway through filming that your mother's come to visit the set that day. This story, plus a vintage Late Show clip inside.

Is there one girl on Glee who is not a slut? Mercedes, Santana, Brittany, Rachel—they were all fighting for the attention of men last night. At least it gave them some pretty things to sing about.

Miley Cyrus gave a 44-year-old gay director a lap dance. Isaac Mizrahi grabbed Scarlett Johansson's boob. Gay men and straight girls: Keep stray hands, butts, and body parts to yourselves. Just because there's no sexual tension doesn't mean it's OK.

Last Thursday, Current TV's movie review program The Rotten Tomatoes Show decided to go all New Coke on its viewers and change its formula.

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This parody of OK Go's new one-take music video (featuring a successful execution of a four minute long Rube Goldberg machine) offers us all a cathartic Office Space-like revenge on the worst board game of all time: Mouse Trap.

Gawker Media seeks a few brave interns to learn about our commenting system and help us with our beloved communities. The interns will learn about behind-the-scenes administrative tasks and quality oversight under direction by our Community Manager.

That is exactly what he is doing. Just not in real life. Also today: A Sunny favorite lands a big role, a movie about a human teenager has a casting shuffle, and no more Sarah Silverman.

College was once regarded as a place where no-good kids could smoke weed for four years and come out technically qualified for a high-paying career. Now, its regarded as a place you can't afford. But is three-year college worth it?

Why didn't President Obama pick a more "scrutible" nominee than Elena Kagan? Slate's Dahlia Lithwick weighs in on the matter—but not before Stephen makes a reference to Justin Beiber.