The Way We Live Now: Hitchhiking out of Dubai. Our only possessions: Bargains from Black Friday. That's it. No splurges, no handouts, no bonuses. But no crime! Which is nice.

You heard it here first: Amazon Eve will be the next reality star. A super-babe at almost seven feet tall, we can only imagine that TLC is scrambling as fast as they can to get her a TV deal.

When it came out last week that Greenwich, Connecticut didn't have enough money to pay for its annual display of holiday decorations, you might have assumed that within hours, some billionaire hedge funder would step up and cover the five-figure tab, right? No such luck! [Dealbreaker]

Even the best television shows run out of creative juice if they stay on the air long enough. But, when is the right time to give up hope a show will improve and abandon it forever? Finally, a handy calculation!

If you were worried you'd miss out on the great bargains available this "Cyber Monday," the day when e-tailers use every gimmick in the book to get consumers to begin their holiday shopping on the Web, rest easy: It seems "Cyber Monday" is now "Cyber Week." [Crain's]

Colder weather means more sick days- and more sick days means higher ratings for The Price is Right. Nothing brightens up your day at home as much as the following best flip-outs of the last 38 seasons.

The Sun argues newspapers are better than iPhones because you get news, sports, photos, gossip and games in an easy-to-share format without waiting for pages to load, no contract, or losing reception.

A romance between a young man and his lamp involves him f'ing it.

It's been quite a ride for Jesus Luz, the Brazilian model most famous for serving as Madonna's arm candy since the two met in Rio last December (and bonded over their shared enthusiasm for Kabbalah, apparently). A year ago Luz was making $500 a day as a model. These days—and like several other people better known for their connections/last names, not their musical abilities)—Luz collects a tidy sum to spin at clubs around town, and his modeling career has been given a big boost as well:

Each winter, with the coming of awards season, the colors of America's multi-plexes turn from bright pastels to dismal browns and grays as Hollywood strains for gravitas with their takes on the most depressing topics of the day.

The Way It Was: An interesting look at the friendship between New York Times reporter Edith Evans Asbury and artist Georgia O'Keeffe—friendship eventually destroyed by reporting on O'Keeffe's private life. This is why hardcore reporters have no friends. [NYT]

Time was, vicious YouTube beatings didn't start until high school. But police just arrested two San Francisco-area middle-school girls, 12 and 14, after finding video of them beating a classmate they lured to an open field. They face felony charges.

If you're going to swear on live television, what better place is there to do it than Fox News? Kelly Cutrone, the foul-mouthed, mean-boss-lady-type on The City did just that this morning when asked about Olivia Palermo.

In your maverick Monday media column: A word is preposterously declared to be The Top, Jim Lehrer takes it slow and steady, the Mike Penner vs. Christine Daniels question, and you are invited to a Hooker Pub.

Combine one of the most popular video games with one of the best party songs and the result is one hell of a viewing experience.

Is Lachlan Murdoch gearing up for an Oedipal struggle with the media-titan father who cut him out of the family business and exiled him to Australia? And if not, then why on earth is he buying the Hollywood Reporter?

A "moped maniac" leads police on a high-speed highway chase on a scooter before ending up at his parents' house and surrendering himself.

Thanks to all of our lovely, scarred, dysfunctional, boozy, bad-cooking readers, we were more full of Thanksgiving Horror Stories than a Macy's parade balloon is full of helium. We selected the best (or is it worst?) and crowned a winner.

Amazing investigative reporting by the great Joe McGinniss: Sarah Palin says she is conducting her book tour from a bus, but she is actually just hopping on a rented Gulfstream to get from suburban shithole mall to suburban shithole mall.

Could this be the cutest thing we've ever seen on the web? Almost definitely. We dare you not to squeal with delight as you watch happiness in pure form.