THAT POOR CHILD "Carson Daly and girlfriend Siri Pinter are expecting their first child together. … 'Carson is thrilled to be a father and they are looking forward to an extra special Thanksgiving this year with family and friends,' his rep Heather Lylis tells People. The TV personality and Pinter will welcome their child in early spring."

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Last night's TRL finale wasn't quite the circus it proved to be back in its heyday, mainly because the show has been trying way too hard since before Britney Spears took her tumble. Regardless, some of the show's most successful graduates showed up to pay tribute to arguably the best thing MTV ever produced. Tons of photos after the jump.

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Noted fashion photographer Nigel Barker put himself through hell at this weekend's Kentucky Derby, where the second-place filly, Eight Belles, was euthanized after breaking both front ankles. It was a tragic ending to a tragic day that was attended by the biggest losers of Hollywood (except, of course, Nigel).

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Carson Daly reminds us he's still alive by hosting a rally to make St. Patrick's Day an official holiday.

"It is not nice to be a scab," said Jack London, addressing the Oakland Socialist Party Local in 1903. We think his words endure, but some empty people do not. Take an underfed Carson Daly, who is crossing picket lines to resume production on his late night talk show, Last Call With Carson Daly.

And because he's not content with just being dastardly, Daly is getting gimmicky, cheaply recruiting friends and family to join his scabby corps:

Knowing that he couldn’t come up with jokes himself, The Smoking Gun has obtained an email Daly sent to his friends, family and doctor New York…asking them call into a joke hotline.

You'll find the original e-mail after the jump, complete with an example of a terrible joke that would apparently make the cut and the suggestion that the message's recipients forward it to their funny friends, including Mom's "backeast family," Meat's "crew" and even "random peeps."

Sayeth London, "The scab is powerless under terrorism." Daly better hope Meat's crew is big.

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Carson Daly, whose weight loss actually makes him look creepy, has—to my dismay—been hosting his subpar, submidnight program, Last Call, for a full five years.

To commemorate this landmark, last night Carson threw a party and invited a host of important people, including Kathy Griffin, one of the judges from Dancing With the Stars and&mdash:WTF?—Kato Kaelin. Kaeto left when they took away the catering.

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Best Week Ever has compiled a list of the 10 Greatest Heterosexual Men of Our Time, and they've included some fairly interesting choices. Would you have chosen Gandhi? Perhaps MLK Jr? You would have been tremendously wrong.

See, BWE is basing their lists on sexual conquests. And even with the brow so low, I still think their choices are awful. Like, should Tommy Lee really be commended for bedding Pamela Anderson? And Carson Daly gets a nod for dating Tara Reid? I would consider that at least seven demerits. That's not behavior to be encouraged.

Adam Duritz is number one. His exes are alright, I guess. But he needs to cut those dreads. They look like shit. Literally. I'm not sure I could eat around them.

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In this video, I think you can pinpoint the exact moment Carson Daly finally realized he was ready to just give up on this whole fame thing…and quite possibly his life: sitting on Tom Green's internet talk show, watching Tom f-ing Green guzzle Patron as Steve-O does whippets, listening to Steve-O talk candidly about having sex with Jessica Simpson and transitioning into his lovely story of masturbating in Nicole Richie's bed as she slept. Keep it classy, Hasbeenopalozza.

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• Ashley Olsen's bodyguard threatens a photographer with a gun, beats him with a flashlight instead. [X17]

• "Awesome" marriages often include one person living at a hotel, right Britney? [Celebitchy]

• Dude, Gwen Stefani, stop bogarting your baby. Gavin wants to hold him too, sometimes. [A Socialite's Life]

• Kevin Federline set to shock and horrify audiences by performing at this years Teen Choice Awards. [Celebrity Nation]

• Manorexic Carson Daly demonstrates why he is no longer allowed to frighten the tweens on MTV. [DListed]

• While no one was looking Keira Knightly became an elderly hunchback. [JustJared]

• Remember Katie Holmes pre-Tom Cruise brainwashing? Adorable really. [OAN]

• I know you wanna be a Hulkmaniac. [VelevetHotTub]