'Before and After' Photos Not So Nice in Person

Hamilton Nolan · 10/15/10 02:52PM

A "health clinic" in Estonia is drumming up business for its weight-loss services by having a larger girl marked "Before" and a slimmer girl marked "After" walk around handing out fliers. We're horribly embarrassed for all involved, ourselves included. [Adfreak]

Project Runway: Mayor McCheese

Brian Moylan · 10/15/10 02:44PM

Last night Mayor-for-Life Michael Bloomberg gave the designers of Project Runway keys to the city. Then they designed things inspired by Gotham. Everything was black: bleak, hopeless, and black.

Cop Pulls Over Car, Then Jumps Inside to Avoid a Pack of Wolves

Matt Cherette · 10/15/10 02:40PM

Here's something you don't see... ever. A Russian cop, busy patrolling a highway, pulls over a car because of a broken headlight. Soon thereafter, though, the cop jumps inside the car to avoid a giant pack of wolves. Video inside.

The Well of Death: India's Automobile Centrifuge

Chris Wyman · 10/15/10 02:35PM

Board-track racing was a popular event in the early days of automobiles, but once the cars got too fast and the centrifugal forces too strong, it became an attraction for only the craziest motorcycle daredevils... at least in the US.

10 Halloween Costumes to Avoid

Brian Moylan · 10/15/10 02:33PM

Everyone's thinking—or at least should be thinking—about what they're going to dress up as for Halloween. Don't fall into the trap and wear one of these clichéd costumes that everyone else will have on. You can do better!

Movie FAIL: Bull Durham's Most Obvious Mistakes

Matt Toder · 10/15/10 02:08PM

The American League Championship Series kicks off tonight, we're in the mood for baseball and there's no better baseball flick than Bull Durham. But, just because it's great doesn't mean it's perfect. A collection of its most obvious mistakes inside.

Drive Angry 3D: Nicolas Cage's Continuing Descent Into Madness

Richard Lawson · 10/15/10 01:42PM

Here's a trailer for Drive Angry, a movie about an angry man (Cage) who drives back from Hell (seriously) to get revenge on the cult (I think?) who killed his family. This is part of Cage's I'm Still Here, right?

New Magazine Named After Extinct Creature

Hamilton Nolan · 10/15/10 01:38PM

In your gusty Friday media column: a new fashion magazine, undermining at the Chicago Tribune, gay anchors invade the airwaves, the NYO hires a media reporter, and Gannett's money isn't as long as it looks.

Outsourced: Still Discussing Arranged Marriages

Christopher Han · 10/15/10 01:36PM

Aside from Todd's attempt to help Rajiv marry, last night's episode followed our lovable Indian friends through a revenge plot. They need to get back at a rival gang of hot-shot salesmen who took their lunch seats.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills: Shot Right Into Our Faces

Richard Lawson · 10/15/10 01:07PM

Last night was the series premiere of yet another of Bravo's lady-destroying enterprises, this one set in the formerly classy California neighborhood that is supposedly home to our glitteriest stars. Too bad nothing glittered last night.