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Play With a Cat Over the Internet

Seth Abramovitch · 10/06/11 11:56PM

Cats and the internet: They go together like peanut butter and jelly. But until now, we could only enjoy online cats in the most passive of ways. No more! Thanks to the iPet Companion, you can control robotic cat toys at humane shelters around the country with the click of a computerized mouse! You can even move the camera around. It's really fun!

Celebrate Jesus Ween: The Godly Halloween Alternative

Seth Abramovitch · 10/06/11 11:35PM

Reluctant to have your little ones participate in a demonic (but delicious!) pagan ritual? Then choose to celebrate Jesus Ween this October 31st instead. Jesus Ween is not, in fact, a celebration of Jesus's ween, but rather "a non for Profit Organisation [sic] also known as JesusWin...focused on helping people live a better life."

News Corp Sets Up 24-Hour Tattle Line For Employees

Seth Abramovitch · 10/06/11 10:20PM

Selectively senile media magnate Rupert Murdoch has set up a special "hotline" for staff to report any "illegal activity" they spy around the various News Corp newsrooms. Which of course raises the question: Is the hotline tapped? And if so, will Murdoch-owned tabloids be the first to get scoops on News Corp employees who are about to be arrested for their shady journalistic practices? Because that ouroborosian arrangement could keep him in scandalous headlines for years to come.

Woody Allen's New Muse: Michelle Obama

Seth Abramovitch · 10/06/11 10:00PM

Septuagenarian comeback kid Woody Allen told U.K. talk show Daybreak, "If I was in a room with Michelle Obama, and I thought she was right for a part, I wouldn't hesitate to ask her." And he isn't just whistling out of his clarinet hole with that offer: He cast Carla Bruni, wife of French president Nicolas Sarkovy, in Midnight in Paris after having dinner with the couple.

Apple Store Looted During Steve Jobs Tribute

Seth Abramovitch · 10/06/11 09:35PM

Where some see loss, others see opportunity. That would at least appear to be the case at the Apple store in Little Rock, Arkansas where two mourners who had come to pay tribute to Steve Jobs noticed something unusual: that the store was being robbed.

Feds Crack Down on California Weed Huts

Seth Abramovitch · 10/06/11 07:47PM

A federal government crackdown has issued shutdown notices to 16 California marijuana dispensaries — part of a larger effort by the Obama administration to curb the fast-spreading weed trade, which now makes finding some indica easier than a Venti latte.

Friday Night Lights Is Not Dead

Richard Lawson · 10/06/11 04:52PM

Yes, our beloved football friends may yet live. Also today: good news for an American Horror Story, bad news for an American idol, and James Bond has a new title.

The Poop-Powered Toilet Bike of Japan

Maureen O'Connor · 10/06/11 04:05PM

Japanese toilet maker Toto has invented the world's first Toilet Bike, which converts human poop "harvested directly from the driver" into biogas, Treehugger reports.* The seat is a toilet, so if you ride it with your pants down, you could theoretically defecate while you ride, thereby fueling it.

Young Adult: Diablo Cody's Newest Creation

Richard Lawson · 10/06/11 03:49PM

Here's a trailer for Young Adult, the new movie from Juno collaborators Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman. Do those names send chills through your spine? Good ones, or bad ones?

Michelle Obama Wants to Jump a Million Children All at Once

Brian Moylan · 10/06/11 03:39PM

Michelle Obama is gathering hundreds of children at the White House tomorrow to attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Records record of the number of people doing jumping jacks at the same time. She's part of a push by National Geographic Kids to get more than 20,000 people around the world to do jumping jacks for one minute at the same time.

Hank Williams Jr. Packs It In

Jim Newell · 10/06/11 02:57PM

Hank William Jr. has had it with the political correctness of the Hitler-ish ESPN sports television corporation. You will never hear his "Are you ready for some football" song on Monday Night Football ever again. He's refusing the to lend the economy his productive services, now, after being treated so badly for sharing his political views on Fox & Friends Monday morning. Either that, or he got fired.

Amanda Knox Gets a Porn Offer, No Nudity Necessary

Maureen O'Connor · 10/06/11 01:59PM

And, like clockwork, PR-addicted porn company Vivid Entertainment makes Amanda Knox an offer she can refuse: "We would like to offer her the opportunity to be our vivid.com spokesperson and represent the studio at trade and retail events.This would involve no nudity or sex. Of course we would welcome talking to her if she wants to pursue this direction, but the decision is totally hers to express." So, booth babe at porn conventions? Lame. I've come to expect better from your stunt job offers, Vivid. [TMZ, image via Getty]

Do Plus-Size Women Need Their Very Own Hair Salons?

Brian Moylan · 10/06/11 01:48PM

A hair stylist in the U.K. has opened a salon especially for bigger-boned clients. Apparently plus-size women don't like going to regular salons? Is that really helping or is it part of the problem?

Obama Weighs In on Occupy Wall Street Protests

Adrian Chen · 10/06/11 01:17PM

Today, President Obama was asked today what he thought of Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley (oh, and thousands of others) marching against corporate greed and economic inequality at the Occupy Wall Street protests. He thinks they are "expressing their frustrations."