Pharma company Cephalon is trying to win FDA approval for one of its drugs, Nuvigil, to be used specifically to fight jet lag. How does it do this magical task? By keeping you awake. It's a stimulant. It "would be approved to treat only the sleepiness associated with jet lag disorder - not to shift the body's clock to the new time zone." So your jet lag treatment options would be as follows:

When a security breach at Newark Liberty Airport caused an entire terminal to be shut down for six hours, the passengers channeled their rage through song. Pretty incredible to see that many smiling faces singing "Hey Jude" during that mess.

Democrats will lose two or three Senate seats. Like North Dakota. But they will also maybe pick up a Republican seat or two. That is the state of the Democratic catastrophe you keep reading about.

An unpaid internship at Versace is now up for auction. (The current bid is $3,000.) Ever wish you could hold up Donatella Versace's dress as she squats over a port-a-potty and flicks cigarette ash into the palm of your hand? Now you can! And you can pay for the pleasure! [FWD]

On Today, "the gang" were discussing the Gerard Butler photos. More like Gerard Gutler, am I right!? Anyway, there's an awful double-standard for men and women in Hollywood, but Meredith puts a positive spin on things! Kinda!

Maybe it was after seeing Up In the Air and An Education, both of which—SPOILER ALERT!—have the same reveal: one of the main characters is, oops, married—but a related phenomenon has been bothering me lately.

Yesterday was Eric Trump's 26th birthday. And this is the cake that was presented to him at his birthday party last night. Seriously. Why does it feature a machine gun—a Soviet-made AK-47, no less—and what appears to be a bloody, dead bird? We have no idea. (But if Jared Kushner ever finds himself tempted to cheat on Eric's big sister, it should serve as a handy reminder why that may not be such a hot idea.) Another photo of the cake is below.

Some funny Spanish-talk Tumblr site pointed out that Johnny Depp in Tim Burton's upcoming film CGI Alice in CGI Wonderland looks like Madonna. My editor's wife thinks he looks like Elijah Wood. Both responses are correct! What do YOU see?

Mariah Carey's Tour De Crazy continues in full force, as shown by this post-acceptance speech interview last night. Here she talks about how her mermaid-shaped award from the Capri International Film Festival matches her "Mermaid Room" at home. Somebody help.

New York Times employees are being forced to forage for food outdoors today. The cafeteria is closed because—oh yes—the last 24 hours have brought gastrointestinal sickness to countless innocent NYT employees! Cuisine of DOOM? Scandalous internal memo below.

It's not easy selling a paywall. Just ask oft-failed entrepreneur Steven Brill, whose terrible copycat idea to save journalism with micropayments met stiff skepticism. His solution: Claim an ever-growing number of unnamed "clients," charted against uncooperative reality after the jump.

Two bits of advice: If you get on a plane, begin chanting loudly in Arabic, and then shout out, "I want to kill all the Jews," it's unlikely you'll make it to your destination on time. On the other hand, if you strip off your clothes and run in front of the White House naked, you will earn a free trip for your troubles, although whether you want to spend a night at a local hospital undergoing a psych evaluation is entirely up to you.

Gallup, New Mexico mayor Harry Mendoza saw Gallup newspaper publisher Bob Zollinger in a parking lot and what happened? Yes, they got in a fistfight. "Mendoza told police that Zollinger started poking him in the chest hitting his pacemaker."

Jon Stewart took time on last night's Daily Show to reflect on the hundreds of hours and millions of dollars it took to stage Wednesday's interview with George Lucas, giving us a glimpse behind the scenes of that journalistic feat.

During last night's Cougar Town, Lisa Kudrow guest-starred as a doctor with a venomous tongue who gives Courtney Cox her botox treatment— and a dose of insults. These two might have better chemistry as frenemies rather than Friends. Puns!

The first season of a reality show is the only "pure" season. Now that the eight cast members have achieved fame, the most important sociological experiment of our time is ruined. Of course we'll still watch, but wearing black.

Last year, the incoming Barack Obama administration promised to be... a whole bunch of "hotties" who would impress us with their stylish dress as they solved all our problems. Many of these hotties just had a bad year.

As if New York Times staffers didn't have enough on their minds what with all the recent layoffs and the gloominess that hangs over the newspaper industry, the paper now has a new enemy to concern itself with: foodborne bacteria. The Times is now looking into whether several employees came down with food poisoning after eating in the company cafeteria and has closed the kitchen as a precaution in the meantime. [NYO]

Today's prank consists of taking the mirror out of a bathroom, replacing it with a glass, getting twins to stand opposite each other, and then laughing at those who are secretly wondering to themselves, "Am I a ghost?"