Maybe the Argentinian lover wasn't his soulmate, after all? SC Gov. Mark Sanford is still begging scorned wife Jenny to take him back. Didn't you see her Barbara Walters interview, Mark? She's just not that into you, anymore.
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The Illinois insurance executive accused of making peephole videos of ESPN's Erin Andrews is expected to plead guilty in court next week, according to the Associated Press.

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff is living large at Butner Federal Correctional Complex, where he's cozying up with mob bosses and walking "with his head high," the popular girl at the jailbird ball.

From sports drinks to action figures, Tiger was once an industry unto himself. The Tiger Woods economy may have crashed, but in its place we now have the Tiger's woodies economy, repackaging and selling the women who turned him on.

Perhaps it is due to her trademark faraway stare, but we had our money on Natalie Portman playing a zombie in "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies." No: She's playing the lead role in this adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's book.

Lynne Curtin, the spacey, leather-chested mom of two truants and barely-budding entrepreneur from The Real Housewives of Orange County, got a face lift on tonight's episode of the Bravo reality show. She loved the results. We beg to differ.

Or: How the recession threatens government programs you didn't know existed. The US spends about $15 million a year on "seeding" clouds with chemicals to produce rain, but states are cutting these programs. Man conquers nature; economics conquers man. [AP]

On tonight's 30 Rock, Jack and Liz attempted to give each other zero-dollar presents. How did they do? Watch the clip to find out, but it did involve a bomb threat. Also: Julianne Moore sounding suspiciously like Little Edie Beale.

Seven months ago, Glamour introduced us to 27 year-old Lera Loeb, a Ukranian girl who found love and a rich American husband through a marriage brokerage service. Now she's working on a book and a television series. What's her secret?

Karaoke, Twilight, awkward pseudo-hugs, budding gay romances, nutcrackers and Santa making out with... Santa. Where else could you find all of that but at the Christmas party on The Office? Tonight's most eclectic scene was also the cutest. And funniest.

Facebook's Brandee Barker set her fight with a Twitter-investing ex Googler to "public;" CNET staff jockeyed for a free street turkey; and Serena Williams got ready for her nail-baring closeup. The Twitterati got scrappy.

Tonight's episode of Parks and Recreation featured a scene that lots of men and lesbians will relate to: what do you buy your girlfriend for the Holidays? Here, Tom advises Mark on a gift for Ann...a bloody one.

On tonight's Community, Jeff is challenged to a fight by a school bully (Anthony Michael Hall). In the funniest scene of the episode, the rest of the gang attempts to teach Jeff how to throw down, and hilarity ensues.

one of the first female copywriters on Madison Avenue in the 1960s (she's fine if you want to call her "the real Peggy Olsen") on how the romance was drained out of the advertising industry, to Jezebel's Irin Carmon.

Here is a secret standup clip from 'Parks and Recreation' star Aziz Ansari. In this he tells a hilarious story about getting drunk and planning a trip across the country with his friend and roommate Merlin. This story involves Vicodin.

Some people really hate MTV's new reality show masterpiece theater of eight crazy kids sharing a beach house. We like it so much, we want you to watch it with us. Come on in. We made ham!

Jeffery Epstein, the billionaire money manager who recently finished a prison sentence for soliciting under-aged prostitutes, is now claiming he is the victim of racketeering at the hands of a lawyer who represented women suing him.

Are you a There Will Be Blood kinda guy, or an Eternal Sunshine kinda gal? The choice of our favorite movie of the decade is one of the most important we as individuals can make.

We get lots of suggestions of what to post on Gawker every day. Let's take a look at what came in through the #tips page: Mysteries! Unknown disease closes an NYC private school, ad financial behavior and sex-chat blind items.

The lovely gentleman punching Jersey Shore guidette Snooki in the viral video clip has been ID'd: he's a gym teacher in Queens. This could end no other way.