Washington D.C.'s last video store is dead. The cause of death was every leisure-class Washingtonian's obsession with binge-watching House of Cards online and favorably comparing themselves to the characters.

In what appears to be a legitimate press release on the blog of the official Atlas Shrugged Part I website, the producers of the film have announced that they will "replace more than 100,000 title sheets appearing on the Atlas Shrugged Part 1 DVD and Blu-ray versions." Sounds like a pain in the ass. Why? Did child porn pics somehow show up on them? No! But the ultimate Randian curse word — "self-sacrifice" — did, and that's worse.

The 2008 Hillary Clinton campaign will never retire its debt. Now, with several hundred thousand dollars remaining, donor prizes like "Win Dinner with Bill Clinton" have been downgraded to "Hey, wanna buy a Hillary DVD for $35?"

There will be a time when everyone gets their entertainment through cortex-implanted microchips. But for now, people are still watching a lot of "traditional" (i.e. not Hulu) television. According to a Nielsen study, 99% of video viewing is via TV.

Tweens across America are preparing to go stand out in front of their local Wal-Mart at midnight tomorrow so they can buy the Twilight DVD. Unless they are murdered in a gruesome gang initiation:

Useful press releases, part 3: "Thunder, thunder, ThunderCats, Ho! ThunderCats are on the move, ThunderCats are loose, Feel the magic, hear the roar, ThunderCats are loose!" Did you know that the second season of the awesome cartoon ThunderCats is now available on DVD? Season two, volume one hits the shelves today! According to the trusty press release, "The Season One, Volume One release was the biggest selling retro animation title on DVD ever!" Please send more information as it becomes available, Premier PR! Pictured, two "Cheetara girls" on the loose in Trafalgar Square (obviously high budget promotions). But where are Lion-O, Snarf, and Panthro? Let's hope Mumm-Ra didn't get them!

Maybe that despised manager at Best Buy, who rushed to display of DVDs starring Heath Ledger, understood us better than we did ourselves. Amazon.com's chart of the most popular DVDs for sale, usually dominated by those recently released, contains three new arrivals: 10 Things I Hate About You, A Knight's Tale and Brokeback Mountain — in 6th, 11th and 13th place respectively. All three movies on the online retailer's top 25 list star the Australian actor who died, of an apparent overdose, on Tuesday. (Of course more want to remember Ledger as high-school hero, or lusty knight, than as sad gay cowboy, the 28-year-old star's most critically acclaimed role.) After the jump, the chart.

We're sure more than a few of you apartment- and tract-housing dwellers without the luxury of a real fireplace have turned to the crackling comforts of the televised Yule Log over the years to give your Christmas mornings some added ambiance.