Starting tomorrow, new FTC regulations require bloggers to disclose when they accept cash or freebies for posts. Appropriately enough, fameball queen Julia Allison is leading this coming wave of embarrassing confessionals, with a disclosure about her insides.

[Members of the media brave the snow and gather outside Roman Polanski's chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, waiting for the director to be placed under house arrest in the building. Image via Getty]

When a franchise dies, all of Hollywood sheds a tear. But when a franchise dies prematurely, while it still has years of cash to give, Hollywood goes to battle stations. And tonight, Hollywood stands on the brink.

The good news: tourists poured a truckload of cash into Broadway over Thanksgiving weekend. The sad news: the shows that did best were tired gems like Wicked and The Lion King and shows based on movies. Original musicals are doomed.

• Tom Colicchio says he has a new restaurant planned for 2010. [Eater]
• Todd English is creating a "food hall" in the basement of the Plaza. [NYT]
• Monkey Bar is getting a bit more democratic. The restaurant now has a phone number commoners can call for reservations. For lunch only, though. [TONY]
• Bouley and Allen & Delancey have some health code issues to sort out. [GS]
• Anthony Bourdain is no fan of street food, in case you were wondering. [ML]
• Fewer bars and clubs are getting permits for all-night NYE parties. [NYP]
• Ever want to look inside Ruth Reichl's fridge? Now you can! At last! [Salon]

The White House state dinner crashers, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, are ready to speak: The couple has agreed to sit down with Matt Lauer on the Today show tomorrow. [ChiTrib]

Okay, now we're ready for dinner. Taco Bell, anyone?

A group of people modified a staircase into a working piano to see if more people would use the stairs if they were more fun. Did it work? Click to find out.

Congrats to Rush Limbaugh! We hear he's finally set a date get married for a fourth time—appropriately enough, it is the Fourth of July!

Warning: after watching this you'll want to run out and get a flu shot.

According to Break.com hot chicks are awesome, and so are pranks, so what happens when you combine the two? Something even more awesome.

[Steve Martin gets on his bike and takes a big adventure through Central Park today. Image via Bauer-Griffin]

the Real Housewife of New York answering Daily Intel's question, "If you were to try to teach a lesson from" White House party crashers and Real Housewives of D.C. aspirants Michaele and Tareq Salahi, "what would it be?"

Someone in France stumbled across an apparent new version of Facebook with a simplified interface. It looks like the social network is still fixing the information overload introduced by its disastrous redesign.

Lib bigots are faking climate change and electing a British monkey to the presidency. Only outrageous crypto-conservative statements in the media can save us. Time for your daily outrage-off! Today: Andrew Breitbart vs. Birthers. Vote in the outrage poll below!

What are you watching tonight? Let us know in the comments.

The 1988 Miami-Dade County Sex Offender Registry presents an informative music video about sex offenders via a shuffle.

In honor of our nation's most sacred holiday, Cyber Monday, here is an installment of Jim Behrle's Kreepie Kats that we did not put up last week.

Photo: Flickr/Marcom X

You think that the animated holiday specials we all grew up with were just teaching you about Santa and presents and winter wonderlands? You're wrong! They were sending you hidden signals both excellent and devious. Here is the ugly truth.