Barack Obama's Peace Prize acceptance speech started off humble, sounded kinda defensive, and it even got, weirdly, a bit Bush-y. But on the whole: it was pretty damn good!

In the early 90s, Kathie Lee's delusions of grandeur led her to film a hip hop Christmas special styled after Pee Wee's playhouse. A clip of Kathie Lee's Rock 'n Tots Cafe: A Christmas Giff after the jump.

[DJ Colby B and nightclub fixture Amanda Lepore strike a pose at Paper magazine's 5th Annual Nightlife Awards at M2 last night. Image via Getty]

Goldman Sachs is giving in, believe it or not. The bank announced this morning that it plans to change up the way it compensates its top 30 execs this year, as the fury over outsized pay packages continues to grow. Goldman says it will now pay out the bonuses in the form of restricted stock, a move that will likely gratify Goldman's critics and also terrify high-end real estate brokers and Porsche salesmen in the Hamptons. [NYT]

Steven Seagal: Lawman combines a really really boring episode of Cops with a washed up, overweight, out of work actor. Even with his fat suit on, he's bound to get recognized by the people he arrests. And it is awkwaaaard.

The cuteness of this kitten gives new meaning to cute kittens. Plus she has good taste in music.

If you're an American, Burger King offers you The Subservient Chicken: Some dude in a chicken outfit who does what you say. If you're British, BK offers you The Subservient Shower Girl. Her turn-ons: Voyeurs, and guys with Whopper bellies.

Remember back in September when the Post reported that Eliot Spitzer was thinking about getting back into politics and running for state comptroller? The ex-governor denied it, but the Post has a fresh story today about Spitzer's plans, and is now reporting that the disgraced governor is now "strongly considering" mounting a campaign for comptroller and "wants to run if he can." You can, Mr. Spitzer! Ashley Dupre has already blessed your return to politics. What else could you ask for? [NYP]

The New York Post and Paid Content report that Nielsen Communications' $70 million sale of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, and other trades to an investor group is done, but that Lachlan Murdoch dropped out at the last minute.

on the pictures of her dancing dirty at the celebration of her 2006 debut as CBS news anchor, first unearthed by Gawker, at Mediaite's Tuesday night party, according to the New York Post's Page Six.

This little boy knows muffins make the best breakfast, but he's not sure what the best topping is. Watch him try fish, baby food, cold noodles, even dinosaurs. What will he decide?

It's one thing to kiss and tell, but don't go around blabbing about an ex's endowment. Also shameless, a celeb who can't keep his affairs out of the tabloids and a binge-eating actress. It's enough to make you go limp.

This hot sexxxy lesbian teacher story is rapidly evolving, and we aim to keep you, our 14 year-old audience, up-to-date with all the day's enticing developments. The latest: One teacher has been spotted hanging around with women. And looking rock-n-roll!

Having trouble doing...anything? There's a handjob for that.

• It's been more than a year since Kiefer Sutherland picked up a five-story townhouse on Greenwich Street for $8.25 million. Now he's managed to sell his old apartment and turn a profit in the process. Sutherland bought the two-bedroom pad at 134 West 10th Street—which comes with private roof and terrace—for $3.15 million in 2006. He listed it in May for $3.7 million and has since sold it to a real estate executive for $3.5 million. [BTL, Corcoran]
• Madonna is reportedly planning to buy Wild Ocean Farm, Kelly Klein's 30-acre horse farm in Bridgehampton, for "under $10 million." [NYP]
• Former Random House chief executive Peter Olson and his wife, iVillage.com co-founder Candice Carpenter Olson, have sold their duplex apartment at 799 Park Avenue for $4.5 million. The buyer is Essie Nail Polish founder Essie Weingarten and her husband, Massimo Sortino, [NYO]
• Catering queen Rhona Silver's seven-bedroom Long Island manse has gone on the market. The over-the-top home, which comes with a "gold-leafed powder room" and has been the setting for more than a few rap music videos over the years, can now be yours for $5.5 million. [Newsday]

On December 10th, 1963 six year old Donny Osmond sings "You are my Sunshine" on The Andy Williams Show.

We've added several new names to our New York Times Buyout List this morning.

Tom Hoving, the former head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, died this morning, reports Michael Gross, the author of Rogues' Gallery, the tell-all about the museum that was published this past spring. A "scholar, curator, commissioner of parks in New York City, bestselling author, magazine editor, raconteur, and perennial thorn in the side of the museum mafia," Hoving long had testy relations with the man he picked to succeed him, Philippe de Montebello. But the two men settled their differences in the days leading up to Hoving's death, says Gross. "The city of New York and the museum world will be far less fun without him." [MGross.com]

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

It hasn't been all that long since Bernie Madoff was hauled off to prison and the family name remains as tainted as it was when the fraud was uncovered a year ago. But that isn't deterring Andrew Madoff and his brother Mark from looking into potential career opportunities in finance. According to the Wall Street Journal, Mark recently reached out to two contacts to see if he'd be able to find another job on Wall Street and indicated he'd be interested in working on a trading desk or in trading technology. Andrew Madoff is looking for a gig, too.