Sorry, I meant lawyer. DC is the best city in North America in which to be a lawyer. [Above the Law, pic: AVAVA/Shutterstock]

The Way We Live Now: Precociously. Our spending habits place us in rarefied company. We may not have money for hospitals, but we certainly have enough money to ensure that luxury does not die. Priorities, friends; priorities.

Maybe it takes an extraordinary man to conceive and launch an extraordinary website like WikiLeaks, the notorious hub for former secrets. Even so, the site's founder Julian Assange is a surprisingly weird guy.

On Monday night's episode of Dancing with the Stars, Kate Gosselin made a ~statement~ about her bad press with a horrible—and horribly awkward—dance to Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi." Last night, Jimmy Fallon brilliantly reenacted it. Video of both inside.

Oh hey, looks like the the government of Kyrgyzstan has been overthrown.

Forget getting it OUT in one piece—how on earth did they get it IN that tiny space? Never mind- it all just leads to one big fail anyway.

We all know Donald Trump's been having a rough recession. But have things really gotten so bad that even his "rich girl" employees can't afford a few thousand dollars worth of 'ludes?

90210 was chock full of drama: Lesbian drama, baby mama drama, blatant rip off of our logo drama. Look closely in the background and see what is Gawker.TV's color-bar logo being used on The Blaze.

Botox? Facelift? No way, not crazy-face Grier. After speaking with a "plastic surgeon friend," she realized her overwhelming desire to flex every muscle in her face wasn't actually turrets or OCD, but was actually a revolutionary way to combat aging.

This giant speckled beady-eyed six-foot reptile from the Philippines has been declared a new species. It "feasts on fruits and snails rather than carcasses." Sure, sure. You can pat it. [AP]

Last night was Beatles night on America's favorite county fair sing-off, because the girls who squealed for them on Ed Sullivan are now grandmothers, so it's OK to karaoke their childhoods.

Dead Air: A Timeline of Failed Broadcast TV Networks

What happens when the cast and crew of Mad Men drink something stronger than all the prop liquor in Don's office? Well, videos much like this one, which they made for Creator and Executive Producer Matthew Weiner.

In your hot hot Wednesday media column: a (relative) tidal wave of journalism jobs, a plan to save CNN, a publisher goes bankrupt, and Conde poaches Elle's branding mastermind.

President Barack Obama has personally ordered the assassination of a U.S. citizen. Yep! The C.I.A. is authorized to kill cleric Anwar al-Awlaki wherever and whenever they find him. At home, on vacation, maybe right behind you. Crypto-fascists are thrilled!

These guys care about one thing, and one thing only. Love. The big doe eyes and gentle demeanor of Charlie, Desmond, and Daniel set to the music of Queen asks, "Could the real heroes of the island be the lovers?"

In a 1961 address to the National Association of Broadcasters, then FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow famously described TV as a "vast wasteland." Well, it's also a graveyard, filled to the brim with the bloated carcasses of dead networks.

—Former Gawker intern Jill Zarin about the increased drama on this season of Real Housewives of New York to Gawker contributing editor Doree Shafrir writing for The Daily Beast. [Photo via Getty]

Get excited, Tim and Eric fans: Dr. Steve Brule (played by John C. Reilly) is getting his very own TV show. Details about the format of the show are still unknown, but we can only assume it's for your health!

Tina Fey's daughter Alice has got to be the funniest 4 year old ever. This morning on Regis & Kelly Fey talks about her daughter's aspirations to be a special kind of dancer. Don't kids say the darndest things?