Well. Senator Max Baucus (D-Montana*), chairman of the Senate Finance Commitee and derailer of the health care process, apparently carried on a lengthy affair with a staffer, whom he then nominated for a US attorney position.

This lion cub is old enough to run around outside, but not too old to get a smackdown from Dad.

If you were about to get married but already had a wife at home would you give a live television interview minutes beforehand? This bonehead did. What he didn't know was that his two sister-in-laws happened to be nearby.

The annual Heathen War on Christmas is in full swing. Sexxxy cat woman Andrea Peyser has identified the key perpetrators: "Lawyers & jerks." But Andrea Peyser has also found Christian Christmas' savior: some shouty little kid.

It's Monday morning, and if you're not at work by now, you're either a freelance artist or in really big trouble. Here's a five second film to perfectly reflect the panic and chaos of your alarm clock screwing you over.

Some things are best when they remain hidden, like one actor's substance-abuse problems and romantic inclinations. He and a barely-covered actress, a closeted actor, and a fame-craving lady could learn a lesson in discretion from this broken-up-but-pretending-to-be-together couple. Guess away!

Blake Lively and Penn Badgley arriving at the SNL after-party at Abe & Arthur's ... Whitney Port showing up at the same party a little while later ... Karolina Kurkova walking downtown with her husband and baby ... Sienna Miller standing outside Jude Law's apartment ... Jessica Simpson getting out of an SUV in front of her hotel ... Matthew Broderick walking son James to school in the West Village ... Cate Blanchett putting packages inside an SUV outside her apartment building ... Isabella Rossellini crossing Central Park West ... Emily Blunt shooting scenes for The Adjustment Bureau ... Jude Law leaving his apartment ... and Andrea Bocelli leaving the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

This dude waits on the streets of Liverpool behind a piano all day long with two animatronic bears dancing along to his music. Street entertainment or just an old man waiting to attract youngins? You decide.

On December 7, 1941 the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The U.S. responds by going to war.

A bottle of tabasco sauce. An empty container. Two bottles of glycerin. One sweet party trick.

Washington Post columnist Anne Applebaum is A) married to a high-ranking Polish politician, and B) critical of Russia's shady government, which makes it—in the most general way—kind of alarming that her car blew up yesterday. [Update: She's okay!]

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

• It looks like Richard Gere has finally unloaded his spread at Julian Schnabel's Palazzo Chupi. The 3.500-square-foot space, which Gere bought for $13 million in 2007 and listed for $17.995 million in 2008, has reportedly sold for $12 million to an unidentified buyer. [NYT]
• John Novogratz, a senior managing director at Millenium Partners and the brother of fellow financier Michael Novogratz, has paid $3.44 million for a 4,400-square-foot apartment at 39 Vestry Street. [Cityfile]
• The penthouse duplex at 1020 Fifth has undergone a $5 million price cut. The 7,000-square-foot apartment, which is owned by heirs to the Kress retail fortune and first went on the market for $46.5 million in 2008, was reduced to $39 million in January. It's now listed for $34 million. [NYT, Corcoran]

Actress Ellen Burstyn is 77. Famed financier Michael Steinhardt is turning 69. Musician Tom Waits turns 60. MIT linguistics professor, author, and activist Noam Chomsky is 81. Actor Jeffrey Wright is turning 44. NFL wide receiver Terrell Owens turns 36. Retired basketball great Larry Bird is 53. And actress Jennifer Carpenter turns 30. And singer, actor, and Dancing with the Stars reject Aaron Carter is turning 22.

World leaders are meeting in Copenhagen to try and curb global warming. The tabloids are doubtless checking to see if Tiger Woods has a mistress there — because he apparently has them everywhere else.

Five AIG executives don't care that the government had to bail their company out because they were utterly inept. They want their full 'compensation' or they'll quit.

• Tiger Woods' mistress tally is quickly approaching the double digits. Jamie Jungers, a Las Vegas model, says she had a two-year affair with Woods; then there's Cori Rist, an aspiring model, who says she started seeing Woods after meeting him at Butter. To top it all off, porn star Holly Sampson has also been mentioned as a woman Woods was involved with, although she's yet to confirm or deny the report. Meanwhile, Queen Oprah thoughtfully reached out to Tiger over the weekend and offered him the opportunity to tell his side of the story, and that may be his best chance yet of somehow saving his rep at this point. [NYDN, E! NYDN]
• Alexa Joel, the daughter of Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, is recovering at home after what seems to have been a suicide attempt on Saturday. Joel took a bunch of homeopathic sleeping pills—possibly because she was upset over a break-up—and then called 911 herself. [NYP, NYDN, NYP]

Who hasn't slept with Tiger Woods? An actress who debuted in The Wonder Years, then went on to OMG Stop Tickling Me joins Tiger's stable; Lohan looks surprisingly hot in a faux-threesome; reality stars eat rats. Monday gossip ahoy!

The delegates at the Copenhagen climate change summit apparently don't care about the environment as much as they care about gas-guzzling limousines (1200) and private planes (140).

A tipster in Sweden says that Elin Nordegren's mother, a prominent figure in the Gavleborg region, has cancelled all her pre-scheduled appearances and engagements and will fly to the US to be with her daughter. Why?