Imagine How Stressful Owning an Enormous Mansion Must Be

Andy Cush · 08/15/14 12:15PM

Sure, keeping your crummy first-floor apartment tidy is tough when you're working two jobs just to make rent, but imagine if you had a mansion with a swimming pool and a two-level movie theater. Don't you think that would be harder? Your antique car collection isn't going to wash itself!

Here Is How a Human Barbie Hypnotizes Herself To Be Brainless

Rich Juzwiak · 08/15/14 11:45AM

Blondie Bennett's story of wanting to be a brainless idiot so that her life could mimic that of a doll's as closely as possible made the rounds earlier this year. Laura Ling interviewed Bennett on last night's episode of her E! show Society X. During the interview, Bennett treated Ling and all of us to one of her hypnotherapy sessions that she undergoes online so as to be "brainless," as Bennett likes to call it. This involves a Skype session with an out-of-county hypnotherapist, who tells her to envision an elephant and encourages her to do whatever she wants with it. She pets its trunk.

The Audience Wasn't Really Feeling This Twerk Contest, For Some Reason

Jay Hathaway · 08/15/14 11:40AM

There's nothing out of the ordinary about this video of three be-thonged women shaking it to Jason DeRulo's "Wiggle." It's just the average, everyday twerk-off you probably see three times before breakfast. Until the camera pans over to the audience, anyway.

Here Is an Able-Bodied Man Who Identifies as a Man With a Disability

Rich Juzwiak · 08/15/14 11:30AM

Meet Chris. He is not a person with disabilities, but nonetheless identifies as one and sits in a wheelchair whenever he can without giving his secret away to the people that know him. On last night's episode of Showtime's documentary series 7 Deadly Sins (this week's sin: envy), Chris shared his story.

Mark Hamill Grew a Sweet Beard for Star Wars: Episode VII

Jay Hathaway · 08/15/14 10:20AM

Major casting news for Star Wars: Episode VII: the role of Luke Skywalker's beard will be played by Mark Hamill's beard. It appears the beard-learner has become the beard-master, and Luke is the new Obi-Wan.

U.S. Couple Allegedly Murdered, Stuffed Mom Into Suitcase on Vacation

Allie Jones · 08/15/14 10:00AM

Indonesian police charged a young American couple with murder in Bali today. Heather Mack, 19, and her boyfriend Tommy Schaefer, 21, allegedly killed Heather's mom, stuffed her into a suitcase, and left the suitcase in the trunk of a taxi. Mack and Schaefer say 62-year-old Sheila von Wiese-Mack was killed by robbers.

The Worst Sex Songs To Have Sex To

Rich Juzwiak · 08/15/14 08:35AM

Released this week, FKA twigs' debut album, LP1, is, by and large, sex-themed music that is conducive to actual sex. (Try it, you'll like it, promise.) The same cannot be said for all music that was made for the purpose of making babies—some is too on the nose, some is too ridiculous, some is just cheesy. The last thing you want to do with your sex soundtrack choice is distract from the actual sex. I generally think it's best to be as obscure as possible, so as not to remind your partner of his or her past, but I also think that some pop songs are far worse than others.