'Avatar' Star Zoe Saldana TO THE RESCUE After Bloody Car Accident (TMZ)
("Avatar" actress Zoe Saldana is one real-life badass action hero -- rushing to the aid of an elderly woman in L.A. yesterday ... after a car accident left a bloody gash on the lady's face. According to reports, 33-year-old Zoe was driving along in Culver City when she noticed the accident and jumped into action -- helping the woman out of her car and onto the sidewalk.)
Tax-Free Breast Implants: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie Signs Bill Repealing Cosmetic Surgery Tax (Huffington Post)
(Starting in July of 2013, New Jersey residents getting botox injections, breast implants, and other various nips and tucks will be able to get the procedures tax-free thanks to a bill signed today by Governor Chris Christie, New Jersey On-Line reports. The bill will gradually phase out the "cosmetic medical procedures gross receipt tax," a state tax imposed in 2004 requiring clinics to collect taxes on their procedures.)
Man arrested in Saddam Hussein statue buttock investigation (Mirror UK)
(By now you've probably heard of Comic Book Men, AMC's new reality-based show from that other King of All Media, Kevin Smith. The series follows the staff of Smith's comic-book shop, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, as they debate geeky topics, appraise collectibles, record podcasts and more.A 66-year-old man has been arrested by police over claims a buttock from a statue of Saddam Hussein was illegally brought back to the UK following the Iraq War. Derbyshire Police said the man was detained today on suspicion of breaching the 2003 Iraqi Sanctions Order, which governs the importation of "Iraqi cultural property" - including items of archaeological, historical or religious importance.)
Man Marries Dead Girlfriend In Joint Funeral And Wedding Ceremony In Thailand (Huffington Post)
(A man recently married his deceased girlfriend in a combination funeral and wedding ceremony. Chadil Deffy, also known as Deff Yingyuen, placed a ring on the finger of Sarinya "Anne" Kamsook, his girlfriend of 10 years, during the ceremony in Thailand's Surin province. The couple had planned to get married in the future, but Yingyuen wanted to focus on his studies before tying the knot, the Thai-Asean News (TAN) Network reported.)
I dump girls for a living (Sun UK)
(THERE'S no nice way to say "it's over" but Jonathan Kiekbusch finds breaking up with a girlfriend rather easy... as long as it's someone else's. In fact, the 21-year-old is so good at delivering the bad news to an unsuspecting "other half" that he's turned PROFESSIONAL. For just a fiver plus expenses, he'll be your relationship hitman — delivering the bad news and sending an unwanted partner to Dumpsville.)
Opossum takes ride on NYC subway (USA Today)
(Even some jaded New Yorkers thought the four-legged creature curled up near a radiator under a subway seat was pretty unusual. Startled riders abroad a Manhattan-bound train spotted the opossum around 4:30 a.m. last Friday. The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/xpHJ9f0 ) reports that finding the nocturnal creature on a subway train was rare in several ways.)
The contest: School offers prizes if kids hold it in (Brooklyn Daily)
(A teacher at a Coney Island grammar school hands out prizes to kids who don’t take bathroom breaks as part of a controversial new policy aimed at keeping kids at their desks — and off the toilet. The new rule was put in place last Friday in a fifth grade class after a teacher told PS 90 principal Greta Hawkins that students were taking too many trips to the loo — and has parents demanding Hawkins be let go for allowing such a draconian rule in the school. “You’re going to give [our kids] bladder problems and they’re going to be wetting themselves during class,” said Luz Lozada, who has a child in the school.)
Porn industry mulls leaving LA if condoms required (Yahoo)
(Some of the most prominent purveyors of porn say they'll start packing up their sex toys and abandoning the nation's porn capital if authorities carry through with a nascent effort to police adult film sets and order that every actor be outfitted with a condom. That effort took a serious leap forward Tuesday when the Los Angeles city council voted 9-1 to grant final approval to an ordinance that would deny film permits to producers who do not comply with the condom requirement. The measure now goes to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa for approval.)
To test Intoxilyzer, FDLE paid employees to get drunk (Herald Tribune)
(Facing the possibility of losing its key weapon against drunk drivers, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement decided it would pay some of its employees to — what else? — get drunk. So, one day in October, the state's version of the FBI shelled out $330 on Jim Beam whiskey and other booze, along with mixers and some Doritos, and invited 15 employees to headquarters to imbibe on work time.)
Mother sues Disney after comedian 'spanks her at live taping of TV show Good Luck Charlie in front of her kids' (Daily Mail)
(A mother-of-two is suing the Disney Channel after she claims a warm-up comedian spanked and kissed her during a live taping of family comedy show 'Good Luck Charlie'. Kellie Rodriguez says she was with her children, sister-in-law and three nieces in the studio audience on December 22 when comedian Ron Pearson plucked her from the crowd to dance to the Village People's YMCA.)
Mother sues Disney after comedian 'spanks her at live taping of TV show Good Luck Charlie in front of her kids' (Daily Mail)
(A mother-of-two is suing the Disney Channel after she claims a warm-up comedian spanked and kissed her during a live taping of family comedy show 'Good Luck Charlie'. Kellie Rodriguez says she was with her children, sister-in-law and three nieces in the studio audience on December 22 when comedian Ron Pearson plucked her from the crowd to dance to the Village People's YMCA.)
Exclusive: See the poster for Kevin Smith's AMC series (USA Today)
(By now you've probably heard of Comic Book Men, AMC's new reality-based show from that other King of All Media, Kevin Smith. The series follows the staff of Smith's comic-book shop, Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash, as they debate geeky topics, appraise collectibles, record podcasts and more.)
Man took his dead mother home on bus (Guardian)
(A man took his mother's dead body on a 30-mile bus journey after she died during a day trip they had enjoyed together. The 52-year-old man, who is thought to have learning difficulties, wanted to get his 88-year-old mother home when she died suddenly on a trip to Lancaster on Monday. The woman, who has not been identified, is believed to have died on the bus on the journey back from Lancaster to Preston. Police said the woman's death was not being treated as suspicious.)
Cons on a bus! Prisoners ride alongside passengers (WTSP)
(Millions of Americans ride commercial buses each year, yet few are aware thousands of unescorted prisoners do as well. A 10 News investigation revealed that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has increasingly turned to commercial buses, like Greyhound, to transfer prisoners across the country unescorted. Meanwhile, neither the passengers onboard nor the driver of the bus typically knows the passenger is serving federal time.)
Cons on a bus! Prisoners ride alongside passengers (WTSP)
(Millions of Americans ride commercial buses each year, yet few are aware thousands of unescorted prisoners do as well. A 10 News investigation revealed that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) has increasingly turned to commercial buses, like Greyhound, to transfer prisoners across the country unescorted. Meanwhile, neither the passengers onboard nor the driver of the bus typically knows the passenger is serving federal time.)
Fox goes into battle with Batman and Superman (Guardian)
(Thought the Joker was bad? Batman now has a bigger enemy, in the shape of Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox News – reviled by the left, but with a reach into more than 100m US households – is taking on the superhero and his DC Comics cohorts, criticising the comics for scenes including "Batman and Catwoman having sex on the rooftop, a drunken Bruce Wayne, and graphic images of blood-splattered battles with heads chopped off". On Wednesday, Fox 5 – a regional division of the network – aired a special report headlined "Relaunched comics using sex and violence to sell", which focused on DC comics' much-publicised back-to-basics revamp of its entire line last autumn (the publisher started all its comics again from issue number one with fresh creative teams in a bid to get new readers on board and tidy up decades of confusing continuity).)
“The Dark Knight Rises” toy reveals name of Batman’s flying vehicle (IFC)
(Remember that epic flying vehicle spotted in “The Dark Knight Rises” trailer that we were all oohing and ahhing about? Well, turns out it isn’t the Batwing like most fansites were saying. It’s actually called “The Bat”. And, as it was with the recent “The Amazing Spider-Man” Mega Blocks and Pez Dispenser boxes, it was toys that gave away the big reveal.)
Christian Bale - Batman Christian Bale Breaks Up Fight Between Tramps (Contact Music)
(Batman Begins star Christian Bale was hailed a real-life hero over the Christmas (11) holidays after stepping in to break up a fight between two homeless men in California. The actor was shopping near his home in Brentwood, Los Angeles when he spotted two vagrants engaged in a heated altercation. The war of words escalated and Bale had to swoop in and intervene. An eyewitness tells the National Enquirer, "I could not believe what I was seeing. It wasn't clear what the people were arguing about - but it soon became apparent that their conversation was heading toward a violent incident.)
Math formula may explain why serial killers kill (MSNBC)
(Researchers have discovered that the seemingly erratic behavior of the "Rostov Ripper," a prolific serial killer active in the 1980s, conformed to the same mathematical pattern obeyed by earthquakes, avalanches, stock market crashes and many other sporadic events. The finding suggests an explanation for why serial killers kill.)
Search for the G-spot ends in anticlimax (Daily Mail UK)
(It will come as some relief to chaps up and down the country – though perhaps not to their wives. The elusive female G-spot may not actually exist at all, according to scientists. After reviewing 100 studies conducted over the past 60 years, experts have concluded that there is no evidence for the fabled centre of female sexual pleasure after all.)
US police developing infrared body scanner to detect guns in the street (Daily Mail)
(A device that can detect whether a suspect is carrying a weapon without needing to frisk him is being developed by police. Infrared rays will be used to scan a form of natural energy - like radiation - emitted from the body of someone concealing a gun on the street. If something is obstructing the flow of that energy, such as a weapon, the gadget will show exactly where the object is on a suspect's body.)
Red Tails: So Square It Can Barely Fly (Time)
(Against the great odds of pervasive bigotry, a group of black pilots from the Tuskegee training program flew in World War II, shooting down German planes, bombing trains and trucks and even taking out a destroyer. They sacrificed for their country during an era when they were not allowed in officer’s clubs. Can’t you taste the cinematic potential? This is exactly the kind of story of glory-glory-hallelujah bravery and perseverance you’d expect from a filmmaker like Steven Spielberg.)
Costa Concordia: captain ‘says he tripped and fell into lifeboat’ (Telegraph)
(The captain of the crippled Costa Concordia cruise ship, Francesco Schettino, has reportedly said the reason he was in a lifeboat while thousands of panic-stricken passengers and crew were trying to evacuate was because he “tripped” and fell into the rescue craft.Against the great odds of pervasive bigotry, a group of black pilots from the Tuskegee training program flew in World War II, shooting down German planes, bombing trains and trucks and even taking out a destroyer. They sacrificed for their country during an era when they were not allowed in officer’s clubs. Can’t you taste the cinematic potential? This is exactly the kind of story of glory-glory-hallelujah bravery and perseverance you’d expect from a filmmaker like Steven Spielberg.)
'Titanic' theme played as ship capsized (NZ Herald)
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