Remember Eduardo Saverin? The sad co-founder of Facebook who got strong-armed out of the company by Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network (and also real life)? He's overcome his shattered dreams and is trying to get a piece of the next big tech thing.

Mel Gibson, the violent anti-Semitic actor whose terrifying phone threats thrilled a nation last summer, has pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanor battery against his ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva and will likely avoid jail. According to Gibson's lawyer Blair Berk, Gibson sought a plea deal with "the best interests of his young daughter... in mind"; in a remarkable stroke of luck, the best interests of young Lucia Gibson coincide with those of her father's upcoming movie, The Beaver, which sees a wide release in May. [NYT; image via AP]

NMA, the company that brings you all those animated videos of recent scandals, just signed a five-year deal with SpikeTV to provide content for the cable channel. The first special in the works? Charlie Sheen's Winningest Moments, naturally.

A new investment in Facebook by the venture capital firm General Atlantic puts Facebook's worth at $65 billion. Just last month, Facebook was valued at a measly $50 billion by Goldman Sachs. What happened in a month to make Facebook worth $15 billion more? They probably saw Mark Zuckerberg chilling with Obama and figured there was nothing to lose.

According to the Wall Street Journal, both Google and Facebook have been in "low-level" talks to buy Twitter. As long as it keeps them from making some new dumb social-networking thing, we're all for it.

Surprise, surprise: Michael Arrington is in another internal fight at AOL. But this time the TechCrunch founder isn't slamming a sibling blog; he's dissing his own, and what some mystery middle manager or sales guy has done to it.

Legendary satellite radio DJ Bob Dylan just signed a six-book deal with Simon & Schuster, including two more volumes of memoirs and one book about his radio show. Somewhere a Dylan superfan is crushed that he's not writing a seventh.

The FCC has approved the proposed combination of cable provider Comcast and NBC Universal. Pretty soon one corporation will own everything.

On Monday, news broke that Goldman Sachs had invested $500 million into Facebook, valuing Mark Zuckerberg's social network at $50 billion. Tonight, Jon Stewart laid bare the real—and hypocritical—reason for the investment: an avoidance of government-regulated transparency. Uh-oh.

Jersey Shore's Snooki has hired a firm to slap her name on every sort of product imaginable. And she's applying for trademarks on a variety of her catchphrases, too. The Snooki onslaught is coming—and it's scary!

The Weinstein Co. is buying a 25% stake in Starz, putting lady-dragging Starz CEO Chris Albrecht and reporter-dragging monster Harvey Weinstein in business together. Good luck, kids!

Goldman Sachs and Russian investment firm Digital Sky Technologies have invested $500 million into Facebook in a deal that values the social network at $50 billion—more than eBay, Yahoo! and Time Warner. What's cool now, Justin Timberlake?

Google's snapping up of the massive 111 Eighth Avenue office building in Chelsea, where it already occupies 550,000 square feet, is an even pricier purchase than previously thought, the Post's Lois Weiss reports.

The CEO of Twitter and the CEO of Microsoft last week had breakfast together in San Francisco, Twitter's hometown. Neither company will comment, but there's already speculation about a takeover. Maybe Microsoft will expand beyond productivity software into anti-productivity software.

Google is reportedly buying online discounter Groupon for $2.5 billion. It's about time; the two companies have been flirting on Twitter for months. Get a room, already!

The criminal that old people love to hate, Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit," yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges related to his years-long spree of stealing airplanes and boats. And, unsurprisingly, he's now mulling over book and movie deals.

Nations Trucks in Sanford, Florida has come up with a clever promotional deal to sell used trucks: With every purchase comes a free AK-47 assault rifle! Says manager Nick Ginetta, "My buyer is absolutely a gun owner, no question." Great.

West Virginia Senator-elect Joe Manchin, the only Democratic candidate this year to literally shoot a Democratic bill with a gun for a campaign ad, is receiving Republican offers to switch sides now. Don't you want to play for winners, Joe?

Need a couch for your apartment—one that says "I hate Jews... but I love good engineering"? Well, look no further: An "Authenitic [sic] German engineered Swastika velvet green Couch circa 1937," available on Craigslist for one dollar!

Steve Jobs hinted Apple might use its $51 billion hoard to buy someone. Maybe Netflix or Facebook, say excited speculators. Facebook already rejected Microsoft's $15 billion, so CEO Jobs better turn on the charm. (Naturally, sugar daddy's already started.)