Everyone's favorite sitcom was not always the comedic masterpiece that it's now thought as. Larry David's first sketch of the show was actually a drama. Here's what the show would have looked like if Larry had taken his original route.

Here's a salacious bombshell: Former Treasury Secretary and ex-Citigroup executive chairman Bob Rubin bragged about cushy corporate jets and how easy his job was during sexy romps with an alleged mistress. During the middle of the financial meltdown, no less.

TONIGHT: We've got the season finale of Who Do You Think You Are?, new episodes of Smallville and the Ricky Gervais Show, plus back to back Wife Swaps. Or you could go out with your friends.

Kids always want to grow up to be veterinarians, to play with all creatures great and small forever. That dream ends now thanks to Weird, True, and Freaky, which showed just how terrifying a day at the zoo can be.

Last night's episode of our favorite self-help series was all about communication. How do we interact with each other? How do we relate messages? What is the internet and, more importantly, why is it? Let's go in search of answers.

A Tennessee jury convicted David Kernell, 20, the kid who hacked into Sarah Palin's email account in 2008, of computer fraud and obstruction of justice. Palin, modest and magnanimous as ever, compared the case to Watergate in a Facebook message.

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

Today at Gawker.TV, Meredith Vieria lets a naughty word slip, Will Forte plays Jenna's new boyfriend—who happens to be a Jenna impersonator, Michael Scott gets a date through subtle suggestiveness, and Andre Leon Talley stops by Martha's kitchen.

While chatting with Letterman about raising her two children with Chris Martin across the pond, Gwyneth bemoaned the two most widespread and truth-based stereotypes about England (bad teeth and bad food) to rapturous applause.

Ponzi-schemer Bernie Madoff's sons Mark and Andrew, and his brother Peter, will face charges according to the AP and WSJ, who say they're likely to be accused of tax fraud, provided they escape securities fraud allegations. [AP, WSJ]

Since starting as Ron's assistant, April had managed to make her boss happy by halting all potential public interactions. Supplicants were scheduled for a day the secretary thought she'd invented through calender trickery. Unfortunately, that day is very real.

Does Alex have Asperger's? There is little else that could explain her profound lack of social grace. At a soiree for Ramona, Alex confronted Jill to say that Bethany basically "Never wants to see you ever again."

The Tribeca Film Festival wraps this weekend and fun was had by all—except perhaps poor Karina Longworth, LA Weekly's film editor, who seems to have had a mishap. A Twitter Room mini wrap-up below. And click here to check out everything you missed in theStoli Twitter Room!

Equatorial Guinea's dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, allegedly a cannibal and definitely a tyrant, has given the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) $3m to award a $300,000 grant to scientists in his name.

We called country singer Shelby Lynne's publicist to ask whether her client will announce her gayness the cover of People on May 5. "I don't have any information on that." How can a publicist not know the answer to that?

We all know boys like to rough house a little when left to their own devices. This clip illustrates the old adage "it's all fun and games until someone gets a concussion."

Ever read any black urban erotic chick lit? How about wordy-porn featuring shape-shifting werewolves? No? Surely you must have picked up the S&M re-imagining of Robin Hood? Because it's masterworks like these that may revitalize publishing.

Every day, celebrities are sweating on the treadmill in your gyms, hogging tables in your restaurants, and shopping in your stores. This week in #stalker sightings: Jimmy Fallon, Susan Sarandon, Michael C. Hall, and LaToya Jackson.

A lot of crazy stuff goes on inside college dorms. Watch as students play the classic snake arcade game using the only the lights in their dorm rooms. Anybody know how they did this?

"The 50cm long Asian swamp eel was allegedly inserted into the unnamed man's bottom, after he passed out drunk, by pals playing a prank on him." That is all. [The Sun]