GQ's The Style Guy on his nine-year-old son, in an interview with A Continuous Lean.

Israeli diamond/real estate mogul Lev Leviev purchased the former headquarters of the New York Times at the worst possible time: In 2007, he paid $550 million for the West 43rd Street landmark, or about three times what the seller had paid two years earlier. The Uzbekistan-born billionaire (and part-time mohel) had been planning to turn it into a "first-class" office building. But then the recession came along and Leviev's empire started to unravel. And so now he has new investors and a new plan for the massive space.

A Christmas tree is synonymous with the holiday season as much as gift-giving overload; fun but mildly dysfunctional family get-togethers; and otherwise cringe-worthy but enjoyable "seasonal" music. But do you know where your tree comes from?

An Ohio mother called the cops on her 6-year-old daughter, who shoplifted a $3.11 packet of stickers, then toyed with claiming the $30 reward. Presented without comment: the mother is called Diane and the girl Shiane. [AP]

Our eyes! Last night, Kathy Griffin visited Craig Ferguson's show and gave us all an undesirable holiday treat: her crotch, sans panties. CBS made sure to censor the crap out of her nether-regions, but somehow we're still scarred.

An Illinois zoo know the true meaning of Christmas: ornaments made of reindeer crap.

Simon Monjack has been telling the media about his wife's last days. And his version is very different from the picture painted in the press. He calls rumors of drugs and anorexia "crazy."

A man built a Lego house that's cold, leaking, and not-so-functional. He bathes in a lego shower and uses legos to scrub himself "clean." All for the sake of making history? Sure, that's not weird at all!

We have chosen the king of the Holiday Travel Horror Stories and the winner of a $50 MetroCard. Looks like you're going to have to save your fresh tales of woe for next year's contest. Here are your winners.

A mystical cat trying to channel a dead mouse's spirit. Will he succeed? Will he fail? Who cares, it's a talking cat!

Did you hear what Prince William did earlier this week? He threw on a hoodie and pretended he was homeless for a night, camping out under a bridge in London so he could see what "life on the streets" is really like:

The years from 2000 to 2009 were unified by fakeness — high-profile charlatans penetrated virtually every area of life (as Frank Rich also pointed out). From fake celebrities to fake journalists, here's a top ten of our favourite* frauds.

Today's uncomfortable clip from The View happens in the midst of a discussion about the correlation between arrests for marijuana possession and race. Once Joy calls Whoopi out on her use of street slang, the slip-up was impossible to ignore.

Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene got sentenced to 90 days; rapper T.I., though, is free.

Amy Sacco sent out an email blast on Friday announcing—once again—that she plans to reopen Bungalow 8 in the near future. ("SAVE FEB FASHION WEEK FOR THE GRAND RE-OPENING OF THE NEW BUNGALOW 8 NYC!") Anything is possible. Although if she really is planning to bring the former hotspot back, it's probably going to look exactly like it did before it closed this fall. Sacco still hasn't filed for any of the city permits she would need to do renovation work on the West 27th Street club. As you can see below, she hasn't proposed to make any substantial changes to the venue since way back in 2002:

South Park might not have existed had it not been for the corporatism of Christmas. Here's a look at two paramount characters that have been around since the beginning: A maker of toys and a fisherman of souls.

There has been an important development in our Hipster of the Decade poll: after Hipster Runoff's Carles jacked the voting and blasted past Kari Ferrell and Dov Charney, Gavin McInnes has made a very authentic offer to win your vote.

"Sly" the giant hell hound that is the baffling New Jersey Nets mascot has a mischievous streak. Watch as he repeatedly frightens holiday shoppers by briefly coming alive before going back to his place as guard of the Champs Sports.

Back in August, the Post reported that Bernie Madoff was dying of cancer. The Bureau of Prisons denied it, but the Journal reports today that Madoff was moved the prison medical center very recently. Could there be a connection? Or is he just experiencing side effects from all those Native American purification ceremonies he's been taking part in? [WSJ]

Pesky condoms making you lose sensation? Hard to remember to take your birth control pill every morning? No worries, just watch an episode of Teen Mom and you will never forget to strap on that rubber again.