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May the Force Be With You! ‘Star Wars’ Is Now a Religion All Over the World
Many ‘Star Wars’ fans follow their favorite sci-fi film franchise religiously. Now an increasing number are embracing Luke, Chewbacca and all the rest as their religion.
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Icy Staircase Causes Multiple Hilarious Winter ‘Fails’ [VIDEO]
Here’s the dilemma: You notice that a particularly icy stretch of a public stairway is taking down just about every other pedestrian who tries to traverse it.
Do you, A), post a sign warning said pedestrians of the impending danger? Or, B), find a good vantage point and record all of the slipping and sliding?
Based on the video below, one pedestrian obviously selected “B.”
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‘A Christmas Story’ Is America’s Favorite Christmas Movie…What Else Is There? — Survey of the Day
It wouldn’t be Christmas time without Christmas movies, and even though the same half-dozen or so holiday classics tend to be played again and again during December two Christmas films folks are still not sick of are ‘A Christmas Story’ and ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’
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Michelle Obama Is Now a World Record Holder for Jumping Jacks [VIDEO]
First Lady Michelle Obama is a world record holder, and she didn’t even have to anything weird like stuff a bunch of quarters up her nose or run around in her underwear, which is what less presidentially-connected folks have been doing recently to set world records.
Instead, she set her mark in a recent event in which 300,000 kids in locations around the world joined her in doing jumping jacks, shattering the previous record of 20,000 people doing jumping jacks in a 24 hour period. Now, the Guinness Book of Records has confirmed that Michelle is a world record holder.
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Whatever Happened to the Kids from ‘A Christmas Story’? [PHOTOS]
When it was released in 1983, ‘A Christmas Story’ was only a modest success. However, over the years, constant television airings of the movie during the holiday season has made Ralphie Parker and the gang almost as synonymous with Christmas as the characters in ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’
Although they remain ageless on the small screen, the kids from Hohman, Indiana are now middle-aged men in real life. See what they are up to below.
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Plastic Bag Turns Boring TV Interview Into Must-See TV [VIDEO]
As a distinguished-looking English fellow drones on during a TV appearance about something that can’t possibly be of interest to anyone, a wind-swept plastic bag spices up the interview by appearing out of nowhere and flying right into his face. Plastic bag-bombed!
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The Public Agrees, About $150,000 a Year Makes You ‘Rich’ — Survey of the Day
In light of the Occupy Wall Street movement focusing attention on the “one percent” and the debate over raising taxes on the wealthy, Gallup asked 1,012 adults how much money they would need to make a year in order to consider themselves rich.
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Is A ‘Top Gun’ Sequel in the Works?
Tom Cruise says he’s ready to get back into the cockpit and reprise his iconic role as Lt. Pete “Maverick” Mitchell.
‘We’re working on it,” Cruise told MTV News when asked about a potential ‘Top Gun’ sequel. “I hope we can figure this out to do it again.”
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Watch the Will Ferrell Old Milwaukee Ads You Won’t See on TV [VIDEOS]
Will Ferrell made the Pabst Brewing Company an offer they couldn’t refuse.
Apparently, the eccentric funnyman approached them and said he would make a series of TV commercials for their Old Milwaukee brand, free of charge, providing the ads be shot in Davenport, Iowa and only run in that city’s TV market.
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Are You Like Most Who Think We Celebrate Christmas Too Early? — Survey of the Day
These days, the Christmas season kicks into full swing right after Thanksgiving ends, but it looks like the majority of Americans aren’t particularly thrilled with spending an entire month celebrating the holiday.
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‘Every Tweet Ever’ Thinks You Should Be More Creative on Twitter [IMAGES]
A brand new Twitter account called @EveryTweet_Ever is offering up a steady stream of messages in 140 characters or less that mock the banality of the typical Twitter user.
You know, tweets like ‘I don’t want to go to the gym today,” or ‘Sleep is the best‘ or messages to a favorite celebrity that is more or less the same message that everybody sends to that celebrity.
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Did Coke Can the White Polar Bear Can Because of a Lack of Santa? [PHOTO]
Coca Cola, a company with a notorious history of making changes to its product that the public didn’t approve of, has stepped in it again.
Last month the soft drink giant introduced a white seasonal Coke can featuring polar bears as part of campaign to raise money to help save the endangered species. However, Coke drinkers rebelled against the new design — with the most common complaint being they looked too much like silver Diet Coke cans — and the soft drink giant announced they would discontinue production of the white cans and reintroduce the polar bear can with a more traditional red background.