Jeopardy-Playing Computer Shows No Mercy

Max Read · 02/14/11 08:45PM

Did you see IBM's Jeopardy-playing computer, Watson, play against show champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter tonight? (You may have been thinking "What black magick is this, that a talking box should play at being human?" yet verily, I tell you, it is no black magick but a "Mechanical Turk" fastened of steel and copper wire.)

We Are Still Not Sick of Fashion Week

Brian Moylan · 02/14/11 06:42PM

[No event in New York is photographed as extensively as Fashion Week. Continuing our trip down the glamour rabbit hole, here are some more of the best images from the barrage. This tableau, above, opened the Monique Lhuillier show. Image via AP]

Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark Injury Lawyers

Whitney Jefferson · 02/14/11 06:30PM

The saddest part about this fake commercial for lawyers ready to represent anyone injured by Broadway's Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark is that it's not that much of a stretch.

Project Top Chef Model Brings Us Clam Chowder Shorts

Lisa Gagliardi · 02/14/11 06:15PM

Michael Showalter and Atom.com present a new kind of competition show, one that combines many of them together to create a reality show monster. Could you design, cook and then wear your creation down the runway?

Iran Wastes No Time in Suppressing Protesters

Jim Newell · 02/14/11 05:37PM

Whatever coalition remains from the defeated Iranian uprisings of 2009 hit the streets again today for demonstrations, hoping to build on momentum from the 2011 Tunisia-Egypt Wave of Freedom Everywhere. After all, the Iranian regime had been encouraging the demonstrations in Egypt; why shouldn't it allow such protests in its own streets? Because then the Iranian regime might get overthrown, duh.

The Most Amazing Sword Trick You'll Ever See

Richard Blakeley · 02/14/11 05:35PM

After being falsely imprisoned for ten years, Uncle Matin is reunited with his family and friends where they beg him to do his infamous sword trick.

When Nap Time Becomes Nom Time

Matt Cherette · 02/14/11 05:13PM

For your Valentine's Day—and Monday—edition of "BAWWWWW!" we have this: a bunch of cute and tiny sleeping puppies being woken up by the sound of a spoon hitting a feeding bowl. Needless to say, they're a bit excited.

Valentine's Day Gift: Jake Tapper's Wife Joins Twitter

Maureen O'Connor · 02/14/11 04:49PM

Jennifer Tapper, wife of ABC White House correspondent Jake Tapper, has given her husband the best gift of all for Valentine's Day: She joined Twitter. And tweeted at him. It is the love story of our time.

150 Seconds of Cinema's Most Disturbing Kisses

Lauren Soroken · 02/14/11 04:45PM

If you need to counteract a case of the Valentine's Day warm and fuzzies, FilmDrunk's video editor has put together a truly revolting, cringe-worthy, and possibly NSFLife supercut of cinema's most disturbing kisses.