Sex Toy Used to Beat Off Cop

Adrian Chen · 12/23/10 08:11PM

When a police officer attempted to arrest 56-year-old Illinois resident Carolee Bildstein in November for a dine-and-dash, she allegedly attacked him with a "clear, rigid feminine pleasure device." I think I saw a porno that ended like this once.

The Island of Mislit Toys

Brian Moylan · 12/23/10 05:30PM

[It's like a toy store exploded in the front yard of this Brooklyn home, one of many that had elaborate lighting displays—and huge power bills—for Christmas. A few more pictures from the 'hood below.]

Barack Obama's Beach Covered in Poop

Jim Newell · 12/23/10 04:40PM

Rainstorms have caused 14 Hawaiian sewer pipes to overflow, at least four of which spilled into the waterway where the Obamas are vacationing. Hawaii has issued a "brown water warning." Will Barack Obama "man up" and swim in this poopwater?

Your Thursday Night Lineup

Matt Toder · 12/23/10 04:30PM

TONIGHT: We're scraping the bottom of the TV barrel at this point, but sports fans get some NBA and NFL action plus there's a new Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Also, Jack Black and Jason Segel hit late night couches.

Synchronized Diving Taken to a Whole New Level

Christopher Han · 12/23/10 04:25PM

The Japanese have become lemmings! Check out these precision timed divers follow one another off the diving board, leaving only a couple seconds in between plunges. It starts to look superhuman after a while.

Reindeer Shroom to Escape Winter Boredom

Maureen O'Connor · 12/23/10 04:18PM

An article in Pharmaceutical Journal claims that "reindeer deliberately seek out the mind-bending fungi to escape the monotony of dreary, long winters." Herdsmen then drink their pee to get a secondary high. Explains all that flying, doesn't it? [Sun, via]

Pink's Big Brown Building

Richard Lawson · 12/23/10 04:04PM

Singer Pink and her husband Carey Hart just bought this 6,800-square-foot Malibu mansion for $11.85 million. The swimming pool is 25 yards long! And it looks like there's plenty of space for Pink's aerial silk work, too.

Gawker.TV: The Five Best Videos Ever of the Day

Richard Blakeley · 12/23/10 04:00PM

Today at Gawker.TV, Hoda Kotb blows the lid of the hidden camera industry, The View unites against Catholic hypocrisy, and Tom Arnold talked about the time Roseanne stabbed him with a butcher's knife for smashing some of her cookies.

It's a Small World After All (Or Do You Prefer "Global Village"?)

gawkercreative · 12/23/10 02:59PM

When their post-grad plans were outsourced, your friends went with them. Now Alex teaches English in China and Kate does HIV counseling in Zaire. You're still in Queens, and with the Nixon Connect Watch, you'll never have to Google "time zones" again.