Tonight's word: Rip-Off. "On one side, you've got analysts buzzing that Google's been ripped off spending $1.65 billion on another Napster dud..."

Martha Stewart was on 'Today' this morning, but it wasn't just another of her frequent synergytastic drop-ins. No, she was there to promote her book, which we believe is entitled How To Be An Even Better Housewife. One of Martha's hot tips is about how to remove red wine stains; apparently it's not a very good one, judging from her expression when Meredith Viera accidentally sloshed where she wasn't supposed to slosh. Watch and judge for yourself whether Meredith is just uncoordinated, or maybe doing the old Couric Irish-coffee routine.

If you were too hungover (or sensible) to make it to last night's Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, fear not: Gawker videographer Richard Blakeley was on the secne, and he's distilled it down to this minute-long clip of fright and fabulosity. Watch if you dare. Or just watch, it only takes a minute.

Perhaps some of our Brit-sensitive readers can make sense of this ad for Monkey "magazine" — apparently an online lad mag that pushes the basement of quality even for that genre. There is a monkey in the commercial, and apparently it's causing some distress by interrupting a feat of soccer prowess. But is it funny? Tragic? The sort of thing that makes you want to check out an online lad mag? Explain.

A few of our readers on the East Coast e-mailed to let us know that tenuously lucid rocker/local personality Courtney Love made the The View the latest stop on her Trip Back From The Bottom Tour, where in the course of continuing to promote her 15 months of sobriety, took some time to lament how cruelly those "awful new websites, you know, the Defamers" treated daughter Frances Bean after paparazzi caught them horseback riding on Mother's Day. We, of course, take umbrage at being lumped in as part of some blogging monolith obsessed with tormenting the teen, as we're sure we'd never cover something as inconsequential as this particular mother-daughter equestrian outing; we're far too busy with weightier matters, like stories about Mom trying to circumvent Starbucks' pet policy, loudly defending the cinematic talents of pal Brett Ratner, or catching a much-needed nap during the Borat premiere. We'd hate for Love to think that she has to compete with her own offspring for our fawning attention.

• Good Day, Mr. Kubrick 2006 [YouTube]

Fashionista-forward photographer David LaChapelle conceived and executed the commercial above for the UK's Boots druggist chain. Therein, various glamorous (sorry, "glamourous") model types express far too much enthusiasm for Boots's cheap-ass cosmetics while engaging in holiday-related domestic tasks. We could do without the majority of the clip, in favor of more turkey-stuffing and bathtub brussels sprouts.

Last night saw the show-party for Surface magazine's ninth annual Avant Guardian awards thing, where various fashionably clad seraphs alighted briefly to celebrate the best in commercial photography. The occasion took place in the vast white vault of Splashlight Studios, all the better to highlight the Big Art Pictures and mobs of Tiny Skinny Men and Their Women. Two thousand guests were predicted, though that might have generously included everyone who just stopped by for a drink, the catering staff, and occasional passerby. Nevertheless, videographer Richard Blakeley plunged in to bring you a ghastly clip, which is notable chiefly for some Project Runway person flipping off the camera. Beyond that, house photographist Nikola Tamindzic brings his own finesse to a gallery of the absurdities in attendance; you can examine his further full gallery here. Enjoy the video after the jump, plus Intern Stephanie digs deep and tries to capture the scene, that it may never again be loosed on an unsuspecting public.

• Good Day, Mr. Kubrick... [YouTube]

They say the first year is always the hardest for both marriage and websites, so it makes sense that when that mark is hit, one would want to go out and get shitfaced. Last night, the boys from Thrillist did exactly that, inviting perpetual troublemakers Intern Heather, shutterfly Kate, and dance-happy videographer, Richard Blakeley along for the ride. The tequila-soaked lovefest saw standard-issue stripey shirts and skanks spazzdancing with kids from College Humor, Converse, and News Corp, which left us wondering ... would a Daily Candy party ever involve this much douchebaggery? Probably not. In the clip above, observe the various hot new dance moves practiced by various attendees. And you may enjoy a further photo gallery here.

• SIZZLER: The View vs. Law & Order! It's On! [BestWeekEver.TV]

The Aleksey Vayner tour makes today's stop at Inside Edition. Host Deborah Norville doesn't let him off lightly: There's some manufactured outrage when Aleksey admits that he's not exactly sure if it's him in the skiing segment of his resume video. It's an awkward—and therefore delightful—moment. A couple of quibbles: How many "first interviews" with this kid can there be? Also, when Norville introduces the segment and says that Vayner is"better known as 'the college kid with the super-sized ego'"? Uh, no, Deb: He's better known as "douchebag."

Aleksey Vayner finally showed up for an interview today, appearing on MSNBC's Rita Cosby Live and Looking for Work. Aleksey is deeply hurt by the way people on the Internet who don't even know him assume that he's some sort of douchebag. We feel for the kid. Also joining him was attorney Christian Steuben, who once again suggested that Vayner's privacy should have been respected since "it's not like he was applying to sell hamburgers." Agreed. Because you know everyone who's working the night shift over at Hardee's sends out their douchebaggy video resumes with the full foreknowledge that it's likely to be passed along.

We apologize in advance for this highly sophomoric clip, but it emerged from video minion Richard Blakeley's fascination with Conan O'Brien's whiteboy dance moves. Hence, a compilation of Conan's antics set to the calendar-appropriate "Monster Mash." Refined discourse will resume after this message.

Yep, it's another one of those scared-smokeless anti-tobacco ads, and like most people, we suspect the shocked crowd reactions are all commercial extras. That said, a singing cowboy crooning through his tracheotomy voicebox while making "camp" in a New York street is a nice little tableau. Maybe this is what the Naked Cowboy needs to spice up his act.

Leading blog search site Technorati has already come a long way from its first awkward, two-talking-heads-in-a-kitchen episodes (which we viciously reviewed here and here). Today's show ain't perfect, but unlike the old shows, it's up to date, tells us something we didn't know (That German Gizmondo game exec won't plea bargain about stealing the Enzo that he later crashed? No way!) and is very nearly not boring in its staging. And the last story in this little news show, a bit about the latest viral video, is cutely played out by host Aaron Krane.

Oh that crazy busy world of the 90s! Photojournalist Barton Bishoff YouTubed this classic news feature about "high-tech execs" from the first dot-com boom who live in rural homes out of cell range, with (OMG!) just one phone line. Best line by the commentator: "Goodbye mouse, hello goat."

The host of CNBC's On the Money just YouTubed a TV clip called "Google this!" in which savvy investor/columnist/blogger Paul Kedrosky explains why Google's success is such a headache for Yahoo. He and the other poor commenter have to compete with a video feed of some CNBC worker zooming in on the Googleplex in Google Earth.

R.I.P. YouTube: A Video Eulogy [Idolator]