What Is Jon Huntsman Doing at This Chinese Revolution?

Jim Newell · 02/24/11 01:01PM

Here's a clip from China's "Jasmine Revolution" protests on Sunday in Beijing, where a smiling U.S. Ambassador (and possible presidential candidate) Jon Hunstman walks into the middle of the crowd! He tells the cameraman that he's just there "to look around," and he then leaves. The video (with its hilarious soundtrack) was posted on the Chinese nationalist site M4 along with this breathless warning about U.S. meddling:

Jeweler Held at Gunpoint Fights Off Armed Robbers

Marie Bardi · 02/24/11 12:35PM

This closed-circuit video shows footage of a jeweler handily taking down two armed robbers, hurling one over the glass counter and chasing them both out the door.

Top Chef: The Haunting of New Orleans

Brian Moylan · 02/24/11 12:30PM

New Orleans is known for two things: fat people and natural disasters. Oh, and Mardi Gras and music and corruption. New Orleans is known for lots of things, and we got to see a little bit of each one.

7-Year-Old Serbian Boy Possesses Magnetic Body

Leah Beckmann · 02/24/11 12:08PM

Meet Bogden, a seven year-old Serbian boy who appears to be magnetic. Everything from utensils, plates, and remote controls cling to young Bogden until he removes them himself. Further more he can't even walk by computers because they'll stop working.

David Arquette: 'I Had My First Drink At the Age of Four'

Maureen O'Connor · 02/24/11 12:07PM

David Arquette gave his first post-rehab interview to Oprah, and it turns out he was a beer-swilling smoking baby. Arquette describes the scene of his intervention ("I go, what up, turkeys?") and says he had his first drink at the age of four, began "seriously drinking" at 12, and stole pot from his father at the age of 8.

American Idol: J.Lo's Big Breakdown

Richard Lawson · 02/24/11 11:35AM

Oh what drama! Last night was part one of the two-part finale to the segment of American Idol that could be called Judges' Choice. Meaning tonight is the last time the judges will decide who lives or dies, and then the contestants will be thrown to the heaving, frothing, blood-starved masses.

Tobacco Companies Asked to Admit They Were Dirty Lying Scumbags

Hamilton Nolan · 02/24/11 11:20AM

The U.S. government won huge lawsuit against the tobacco industry five years ago, based on the fact that the tobacco industry has been unconscionably killing Americans with blatant lies for 50 years. And the tobacco companies were like, "you got us! Okay, haha, you got us. We'll stop that."

Fox and Friends Interviews a Vampire About Banks

Marie Bardi · 02/24/11 10:40AM

Fox News reaches new levels of absurdity with this interview, featuring a man who foreclosed on his own bank. No mention of the fact that this guy happens to be a vampire. Nope, those fangs are perfectly normal.

Which Young Actor Is Already Having Plastic Surgery?

Brian Moylan · 02/24/11 10:37AM

This sexy star is already going under the knife to keep his good looks. This actress needs a paternity test and this actor believes he'll win an Oscar so he can share God's message with the world. We'd rather he just get a face lift.