Move over ravin' granny, there's a newer, hipper granny in town. And this one's so youthful and "with it", she dances to Miley Cyrus in a parking lot. And it's very possible someone slipped some meth into her morning metamucil.

Former North Carolina TV newsman Jon Robinson is more interesting than most TV newsmen: "What I really wanted to say [on air] is, 'I shot heroin last night and smoked crack and watched eight hours of pornos.'"

A local Brooklynite had the smart idea to set up a video camera facing the imminent snow and hit record. He ended up with a beautiful glimpse at the storm that kept us indoors this weekend.

[Hugh Jackman was having a snow ball playing with his and fellow Aussie Cate Blanchett's kids along the Hudson River yesterday. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

explaining how months of smurfy ridicule for the Avatar trailer was the best thing that could have happened for the film, to the NYT's Carpetbagger. You're welcome.

This cat approaches a mechanical singing christmas tree cautiously only to be scared stiff by its motion detector. Watch it jump super high in shock.

A judge just sentenced Brooke Astor's conniving son, Anthony Marshall, to one to three years behind bars, and he will be required to report to prison on January 19. [NYT]

If you're feeling a little down in the dumps, perhaps it will make you feel better to know that you aren't the only one. According to a new study published in Science, residents of New York were the most unhappy in the nation, right behind Michigan. [NYDN]

Emmy Rossum and Adam Duritz hanging out in Washington Square Park on Saturday ... Leighton Meester and Sebastian Stan kissing in the street in front of Five Points ... Hugh Jackman playing in the snow with his kids as Cate Blanchett's sons played nearby ... Rachel McAdams walking with Jude Law's assistant, Ben Jackson ... Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick walking home from a play ... Ed Westwick shopping at Armani Exchange ... Sienna Miller walking downtown ... Catherine Zeta-Jones leaving the Walter Kerr Theater on West 48th Street ... Howard Stern and wife Beth Ostrosky watching a Knicks game at Madison Square Garden ... Amanda Seyfried walking her dog in the meatpacking district ... Britney Spears and boyfriend Jason Trawick arriving at JFK ... and Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Lance Bass taking a stroll in the meatpacking district.

This little boy experiences the whole spectrum of emotion when he find out he finally has his own Nintendo Wii. First happy then sad and eventually nauseous.

Ethicist Randy Cohen's blog is a casualty of the NYT blog purge, NYTPicker reports.

This leading lady likes publicity so much, she wants to put a ring on it. At least she's not so cheap she won't buy her own stuff, like this other star. Nothing comes for free, not even gossip.

Local review repository Yelp walked away from Google's $550 million acquisition offer this weekend. [TechCrunch]

The Super Mario Brothers theme song is possibly the most recognized song on the planet. So when it's left up to interpretation, people can be harsh critics. Well here's a perfect rendition of the theme done by a Broadway dancer.

As Christmas approaches and hearts across the world are warmed by good cheer, New York Post grave-pisser Andrea Peyser would like to take the time to piss on a murdered man's grave. She's a contrarian, what can she do?

December 21, 1946 It's A Wonderful Life Premieres, and Jimmy Stewart and Christmas become synonymous.

• Two weeks after it was reported that Richard Gere had found a buyer for his condo at Julian Schnabel's Palazzo Chupi, city property records indicate he's closed on the deal. Gere sold the 3,500-square-foot pad for $11 million, which is $1 million less than what he paid for it and $6.995 million less than what he was seeking when he first put the apartment on the market last year. As for who will be moving into Gere's former pad, he/she remains a mystery for the moment: The buyer is listed on the deed as Mercator 360 LLC. [Curbed]
• Brian Brille, Bank of America's former head of investment banking and its newly appointed Asia-Pacific chief, has closed on the sale of his 5,473-square-foot apartment at Trump Park Avenue for $14 million. Brille went into contract to sell the third-floor condo in October. [Real Deal, previously]
• Martin Begun, the husband of real estate marketing guru Louise Sunshine, has gone into contract to sell his 36th-floor apartment at One Beacon Court. The two-bedroom condo, which Sunshine's real estate broker son, Sam, listed for $6.75 million last month, is being picked up by a former JPMorgan investment banker who already owns an apartment in the building. [NYT]

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

How many Polish guys did it take to steal the Auschwitz sign? Five, according to police—who, we should stress, were also Polish, so let's not stereotype anyone, on this, of all stories. [CNN. Pic: AP]

The tabloids share a headline on the story of Brittany Murphy's death. The broadsheets either didn't think it merited much front page space, or the news broke too late for them. They covered the snow though! And the mafia!