A week or so ago, in the same galaxy we're all part of—at Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum, specifically—an events site called Newmindspace organized a lightsaber battle royale for 500 (yes, 500) geeky Star Wars fanatics. Here's what happened.

Old people make the world go 'round. In this clip from this morning's Today Show, the seemingly senile Bill Cosby tells Meredith Vieira that she's got a "load in her pants." How did Meredith retaliate? With a bitch slap.

In the wake of Steven Slater immortalizing himself with spectacular display of flight attendant rebellion, we call our attention to another act of mid-flight attrition: "cropdusting," when flight attendants walk down an airplane aisle and fart in seated passengers' faces.

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[Mira Sorvino on a movie set in Central Park. Image via Splash.]

A "progressive" organization called the Agenda Project has launched a new marketing campaign called "F*ck Tea," in order to "dismiss the Tea Party and promote the progressive cause." Probably, however, it will just make the Agenda Project look like assholes.

Survivor's "Eye of the Tiger" has been given an update for the new millennium in this music video in which a band plays the entirety of the song on their different iPad applications for keyboards, drums, and guitar.

During the summer, ice cream is a frozen indulgence that many people allow themselves without worrying about just how unhealthy it is. Here are the most fat-laden ice cream treats. The worst has more calories than three Big Macs. Fatty.

Today in Reasons You're a Terrible Parent: that bouncy castle that you rented for your child's birthday party has probably already caused them irreparable lead poisoning. Sorry.

This ad for motor oil won't make you to buy more oil, but it will make you wonder how mechanics spend their time while you wait for some maintenance or repairs to be done.

During last night's Countdown, Keith Olbermann maintained Jennifer Anistion's statements about single parenting that caused Bill O'Reilly to call the actress destructive to society. Olbermann uses his amateur psychoanalysis and chalks it up to O'Reilly's daddy issues.

Felipe Domingues, a 23-year-old Upper East Side dog walker is suspected of stealing $90,000 worth of jewels from his wealthy clients' homes. The Brazilian native is being held in jail by immigration. Talk about screwing the pooch! [Image: Shutterstock]

Jonathan Franzen is the first living novelist to grace Time magazine's cover in ten years. Halle Berry is the first black woman on Vogue's September cover since 1989 (and her over-40 peers are suddenly popular). Three possible explanations exist.

A young woman of higher class recently lent her American Express credit card ("Don't leave homeless without it") to a beggar and, miraculously, he returned it to her after making his requested purchases. This is an amazing story.

While promoting his new film, The Expendables, Sly Stallone revealed just how fit he is. Turns out he's not the bench-pressing beast he used to be. At least he has a sense of humor about it.

Air quality in the Russian capital is returning to acceptable, clear levels (glasnost?), as the smoke from the country's raging wildfires blows away from the city. Now everyone can focus on the raging corruption and reporter assassinating and all that.

Police yesterday arrested a man suspected of being the serial killer who's attacked 20 victims in Michigan, Ohio, and Virginia, killing five. The suspect worked at a party store, and was reportedly "really flirty with the ladies." [Pic: AP]

Jason Schwartzman comes from a long line of Hollywood greats, but that doesn't mean he keeps his cool around stars like Sylvester Stallone, or even impress airport security guards. He does have one classy Cheeto pin though.

Now the star owes the athlete rather than his creditors. This tween likes porn, another actor "came out," and another actress is cheating with her agent. The subjects change, but the stories stay the same.

Gary Guy Matthews is just a 46 year-old unemployed computer technician furry who finds gratification in dressing up in a humongous dog outfit. He's also an American, thank you. Why can't he be called "Boomer the Dog," if he wants?