John Travolta Is Going to Rub You Out

Richard Lawson · 01/26/11 04:15PM

He's gonna do it. Maybe quickly, maybe slowly. Depends how he feels. But watch out, he's coming. Also today: lots of news about television, casting and pilots and stuff, as well as an update on that Will Smith Annie thing.

Men's Health Editor Plagiarizes His Own Writers

Maureen O'Connor · 01/26/11 03:46PM

Last year, we caught Men's Health editor Dave Zinczenko reusing covers. Turns out that's not the only way Zinczenko recycles content: He's been ripping other writers' bylines off old Men's Health articles and passing them off as his own.

Fun-Loving Scientists Invent 'Breast on a Chip'

Hamilton Nolan · 01/26/11 03:24PM

Old galaxies! Nabokov butterflies! Milk safety! Insomnia relief! Cell timers! Solar sails! Bat naps! Math extinctions! Ovulation dreams! Breast chips! It's your Wednesday Science Watch, where we watch science—wackily, come on!

This Dog Is Perplexed by the iPhone

Matt Cherette · 01/26/11 03:02PM

Meet Maru. No, not the famous cat—Maru the puppy (a Shiba Inu, actually). In this short, sweet, and inarguably adorable video, Maru watches a video of another dog on his owner's iPhone. It confuses him—quite a bit.

Basketball Bully Uploads His Own Punch Video to the Internet

Matt Cherette · 01/26/11 02:45PM

"I was at a basketball game tossing in the ball (#34) and #3 hit my eye and I punched him." So says Evan, who recently uploaded this video of him punching an opponent during a youth basketball game gone awry.

Real Housewives of Orange County: There Will Be Shoving

Richard Lawson · 01/26/11 02:31PM

That strange rumbling and eerie orange light coming from the West are signs that season six of Bravo's Real Housewives of Orange County is almost upon us. Further proof comes today in video form, a short but enticing season preview.