The aptly named Redditor Captain_Auburn_Beard recently realized his lifelong dream of shaving his facial hair in the shape of the Bat-Signal.

A Vizsla named Rasta very slowly stalks a golf course wolf coyote decoy to the tune of John Williams' Theme from Jaws.

It's not news that the Netherlands has decided to limit legal marijuana consumption to residents, but man, a lot of us were hoping that wouldn't stick. Alas, Dutch court has ruled to uphold the law. Here's what this means for you, anyone who isn't Dutch: you can't fly to Amsterdam to get stoned in one of the city's legendary "coffee shops."

When it comes to Beyoncé, conspiracy theories abound — and damn it, it's fun to speculate. But for the first time since she gave birth to the littlest Illuminati Blue Ivy, Bey is willing to address those who said she was never pregnant to begin with.

Here's the buzzed-about anti-Obama political ad in which Barack Obama's oppressive coolness is exposed. There's a lot about this strategy I don't understand. Is being cool a problem when you're a president? Does this ad make Obama's fans like him any less? Could Mitt Romney ever pull off Al Green?

Highly anticipated superhero flick The Avengers is breaking records in advance of its May 4th opening. That's because the film premiered to international audiences first — earning $178.4 million in 39 international territories.

The New York Post has a rather alarming (and alarmist) article on a potential happy hour ban in the city. They cite a lot of mysterious Department of Health sources, so it's difficult to confirm any of this — but when anyone suggests a serious threat to cheap drinking, panic is the appropriate response.

One World Trade Center dominates the New York skyline once again — but it's only the tallest building with a caveat.

Get those cameras off of her — the oldest Kardashian daughter says she's "feeling claustrophobic," according to her blog post, "Feeling Claustrophobic."

It's a brutal and unsettling story, made all the more so by the fact that the perpetrator was a 22-year-old man with no connection to the victims. Bryan Clay was arrested Friday for the April 15 rapes and bludgeoning murders of a Ignacia Martinez and her 10-year-old daughter Karla.

Today the organization Unite Women joined forces with other pro-women organizations to orchestrate marches and rallies throughout the country.

Ensemble romantic comedy Think Like a Man continues to outperform expectations, winning the weekend again after last weekend's smash debut. The film took in $5.5 million on Friday and is slated to earn $16 million this weekend, bringing its total gross to more than $50 million.

Rescuers are trying to help a stranded dolphin return to the ocean after the animal got trapped in a narrow wetlands channel off the California coast. Actually, this is nothing like Free Willy, but when you think of marine mammals and miraculous rescues, what other film springs to mind?

Remember that book Fucking James Franco? Its editor Sean Joseph Patrick Carney sent in the following video of James Franco screen printing a version of the book cover. Franco giggles in it, and it's actually kind of endearing — also to be expected, since James Franco is screen printing the words "Fucking James Franco." Maybe he's got a good sense of humor about being (and having sex with) James Franco after all. James Franco.

Have you heard that video is a big thing over at Gawker Media? It's true, we watch and post a lot of videos each week. Here are some of the best videos of week, culled from an array of Gawker Media sites.

Dr. McDreamy of Seattle Grace — or Patrick Dempsey, as he's known to non-obsessives — did that obnoxious real-life hero thing hunky actors keep doing. I actually think Dempsey may beat Ryan Gosling in the rescue-off, because his story is just a lot cooler.

Close call, everyone: a German artist has been denied the ability to perform his piece Death as Metamorphosis, in which he was going to strangle two puppies to death on stage. Despite the horrific, seemingly anti-puppy content, the artist claims he had the noblest of intentions.

TMZ is breathless to tell you that The Hunger Games' Josh Hutcherson "tricks grocery store into selling him whiskey." The up-and-comer, who plays Peeta in the film and its inevitable sequels, is only 19 and has thus probably never tasted alcohol before. What could have pushed him to such vile deceit?

As Greek's May 6 election approaches, a country with a very low suicide rate is facing a disturbing trend. Suicide is up in Greece — much of it very public, and very brutal.

On tonight's Real Time, Bill Maher closed with rant about the state of our country's political discourse. "The only politics we understand is scandal," he said, "and the only scandal we understand is sex." Maher recounted many politicians who are not held accountable for their lies until those lies involve sex. It all boils down to the very problematic way we talk about both politics and sex in the United States.